What we gotta understand is Americans back then weren't the humble and unassuming people they still aren't today.. 😂

The British wore red Coats so you couldn’t see them bleed. Same reason the yanks wore brown pants.

In Britain we're very fond of the kind of humour which can be characterised as "it's funny 'cos it's true".

"In America we don't joke about American history", wow. This is incredibly sad and terrifying in equal measure.

Pronounced Fill-o- meena - not File -o-menna. She's might coat it in stupidity for humour's sake but she is razor sharp and hits the nail on the head a lot of the time. Also you missed exactly what she said about Americans today because you weren't listening..which is ironic. 😅

For fairness, you should watch her ripping into British history. You know enough to enjoy her take on it

As a Canadian, I believe everything she said about America is true. The education system in America is non existent.

The interviewees didn’t know it was going to be a comedy interview in the first series, but as popularity grew people generally knew what they were signing up for. They don’t know the questions though, so all reactions are totally authentic.

Diane Morgan is such a great actress! She was brilliant in Afterlife, I couldn't imagine anyone else playing that role.

Did you notice? There's none of the canned laughter, so common in US comedy shows.

You must do more of Philomena. She really is a star. Thank-you for a great reaction.

The line " The Land of the Free, which may have come as a surprise to all the slaves" is masterful.

She said "Americans weren't the humble unassuming people they STILL AREN'T today".

You missed the bit about “All men are created equal, which must have come as a surprise to all the slaves.”

"file a menna" 😂 fuck me, Americans grasp of the language never fails to amuse me! I once heard "eye-mow-jean" for Imogen! 😂😂😂

She is amazing and she roasts everyone.

"File-o-menna" Hey everyone, who's your favourite character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? For me, it'd probably have to be Uncle File.

Americans back then weren't the humble unassuming people they still aren't today

The 18, 30-minute episodes of Philiomena On... mockumentaries are very popular, both in the UK and far beyond. My grandsons (aged 10-14) in both Australia and Canada have been shown the original six Cunk on Earth shows at school. Their younger brothers and they have watched all 18 of them on their local BBC affiliate stations. US Netflix began airing the series in 2023, so lots of my grandsons' American friends have since been enjoying them too.

Philomena Cunk roasts everybody. There's Cunk on Britain, Cunk's Christmas, etc.

11:41 NO she said "Americans weren't the humble people they ARN'T today" - NOT "they ARE today"... pay attention Tyler! 🤣😂

You call it British humour, we call it 'in your face'; and I'm glad you enjoy it, simply telling the truth, no filters. Cheers.

Originally, the 'experts' were told that itvwas a serious interview, and also told that if the question seemed very child-like, to answer as if talking to a child. I suspect that the interviewees have it figured out by now as there is so much material available on social media. One of the funniest scenes is when she bursts into tears on finding out that nuclear weapons are real, and that Britain was planning to increase the number of warheads they owned. The interviewee had no ideas what to do!

she said that the Americans "STILL AREN'T [polite and humble] today" not that "they are today." There was no actual sarcasm in her statement (but the whole piece of course is draped in it) Listened twice and still heard what he wanted to lol...

She did a whole series of 30 minute mockumentaries. It was not a collection of short skits.

She is well known, as an actress and as a comedian. British humour has no sacred areas anything and everything has a funny side. Including our own history and traditions

20 seconds in and i'm already laughing at him saying her name

Love Philomena Cunk. The programme is so sharp and funny. Diane Morgan as Cunk is exceptionally good.

Love her, she's so funny in Motherland too

I believe she's a national treasure in the UK.

Wow the pronunciation omg says it all🤔

If you want more Philomena, I would recommend the nuclear weapons skit. Her acting is beyond brilliant.

Red was originally used by Cromwell for the first army uniforms purely because red dye was the cheapest. It then became a British military tradition

ALL Brits would instantly know this was sarcasm and a joke, as you said you need a brain to get the humour.

Philomena (fill o meena) is a national treasure. She pushes the British sacastic humour to a whole new level.

She's incredible. I really wish she would take that kind of trip through Norwegian history as well, because that's really full of dark absurdities.

In the early days guest were unaware it was a spoof but she's pretty famous now so most of the guest know what's going on.

That was awesome, Tyler. I have seen her show, Cunk on Earth on Netflix, but haven't watched it. I will now. I agree, her comedic timing, and dead pan approach is just hysterical. The talent it takes to do that is amazing. Still laughing. Peace

Cunk is simply brilliant. I love her!

She is a character (pronounced Fill-o-mee-na) played by the actress Diana Morgan. Almost all the experts she interviews are in on the joke.

It honestly is jarring every time you say her name

We love our history in the Uk and totally acknowledge we did bad things and had bad things done to us. We find humor is a good way of talking about it. Most primary school kids would list giving Small pox to Native Americans as a big fact they have been taught along with Slavery and the War against Slavery. We see the declaration of independence as a sad thing, like when a child refuses to have anything to do with their parents. The USA only teaches a very narrow history to it's citizens.

It's sad that you don't understand. Don't be angry, but (there's always a BUT), that's how most of Europe sees America. But you're young, you'll learn how the planet works.

She is a really brilliant comedian

She said still aren't today not are.

Regarding red-coats keep in mind that only elite troops managed more than 3 shots per minute to a maximum effective range of >200yds. While British regulars qualified as elite by the standards of the day, at 20 seconds per shot if you are charged from 200yds you get two shots before you are in hand to hand - the first at 25-50% and the second at 50-75% - although good officers would hold those shots back to improve the odds. Still if your unit is spread out in a scattered skirmish line and you are charged by a dense line of the enemy, you can expect most of them to reach you unscathed - and now you are in melee outnumbered 2 or 3 to 1. That doesn't consider the cavalry units who will only allow you time of a single shot if you are lucky. So most units have to be dense linear formations that try to find a balance between optimising for weight of fire and melee mass. In these circumstances it is much more important that you and your officers can see you have friends nearby than that you "hide" from the enemy - after all, you are several hundred men standing in a dense formation, hiding isn't really an option. So all regular armies of the time (including the US revolutionary army) had large bold easily seen uniforms. That was the smart thing to do, especially after the third or fourth volley when smoke started obscuring everything. This does not apply to guerrilla warfare, such as Spanish irregulars in the Peninsular War; Russian partisans during the Russian campaign; or US militia during the American rebellions. These hit and run harassment couldn't win a war, but in all three cases helped tip the strategic balance in favour of the weaker side. The idea of US exceptionalism in the form of dumb redcoats being slaughtered by independent camouflaged American Patriots winning a grand war for freedom is 100% pure propaganda. The reality is a drawn out insurgency campaign was barely able to sustain a viable force-in-being despite being regularly and consistently defeated until the French and Spanish naval campaign could undermine the British operational and tactical success and gift the rebels a strategic victory. But that story doesn't serve well the sort of totalising propaganda required to sustain America's "Manifest Destiny", so we get the other one.

we need you to watch her on british history, or at least watch it and have a post watch reaction. cunk is amazingly fun to watch

Very Funny. I've heard about her, but never seen any of her work, until today. I haven't had a television since 2008. Thanks for the introduction, I will definitely look for more of her stuff.

Tyler, you wouldn’t be prepared to be interviewed by a 5 year old.

His weird attempt at a laugh is so fake.. Its like a wind up toy. Its like a Cartman fake laugh...

She is so funny I could watch her all day long. 😁

Diane Morgan ,Philomena Cunk a little bit of an Ali G typ of character , she is so funny , Do more x The people she interviews are made aware of her and her style and were prepped. They were told to expect questions a child would ask and to answer accordingly. She didn't know what their answers would be, so what you hear after her initial question is all improvised.

Is it 3 words per interruption or slightly more?

Hi from 🇬🇧 The name is pronounced like Phil (dr Phil) and the academics and historians interviewed are real. They knew it was a joke but didn’t know what ‘she’ would ask them. They were asked to play it straight and the reactions are genuine of them trying to take the questions ‘seriously’ 😂 Diane Moran is a very good actor. The best actors can always do comedy brilliantly

She roasts everyone, well worth watching more of her content

Bro I’m American and everything she says is true like why’s that’s so shocking to you? lol plenty of Americans and American comedians make fun of American history I have no idea what you’re even talking about

Diane Morgan, love her

I loved that! I didn't know about her either I can't wait for the deep dive now. Like a Netflix binge.! Thanks Tyler! 🙂

The interviewees are told it's satirical but aren't told what she will ask and they are to answer simply as if speaking to a child. Some of them respond amazingly and one or two struggle to not laugh.

Love Philomena! (and I think it's pronounced Fillomeena). You'd like her bit on time, on Shakespeare...too many good ones

Genuinely curious -how many of these reaction channels does 'Tyler' have? Tyler Bucket, Tyler Rumple, Tyler Walker - have I missed any? How far does the pandering rabbit hole go?

Fye-lo-menna? It's not even that unusual a name...... Anyone unfamiliar with Philomena should realise she has previously roasted British History in the same way- it's not that she is inherently anti American! Also -these are clips from a whole series of programmes - so you're just getting the highlights. She really is brilliant.

For taking the mick out of your own history (England, in thar case), you could read '1066 and all that'. Published 1930. All the bits you can sort of remember. Philomena is somewhat like that. (she is also an actress, comedian and writer in her alter ego as Diana Morgan) She's wrong about aeroplane flight, though. They keep up because of the raw fear of the few. If no-one worries, the damn thing falls out if the sky.

Please watch more Cunk - my favourite is Cunk on Christmas but they are all amazing. Not many things are “off-limits” here when it comes to comedy! The comedians would refuse to do any more if they weren’t able to say what they like and they make a lot of money over here because comedy is extremely popular and important! 😂

Your pronunciation of Philomena is the most American thing I'll hear for...... well, the rest of today anyway

Just when you think American pronunciations couldn't get any worse 🤐

This is not comedy it`s facts.

Yes, I call this style of British humour "saying literally everything, true, false, scathing, ridiculous, insulting or painfully accurate with the same completely flat, matter-of-fact tone of voice"

Humour is a fundamental part of British life. A former senoir politician called Ed Balls (a joke name itself) wrote his autobiography. He had two chapters on how important humour is in British politics. His party leader and Prime Minister was Gordon Brown, a very serious Scotsman. But he employed joke writers to make sure he had at least a couple of jokes in his speeches. the idea is that people remember jokes above anything else. So if you want a point to be remembered, you need to say it through a joke. Even the very dry Margaret Thatcher made quite a few good jokes (but most likely through speech writers).

RE: Redcoats It comes from before guns were a thing, in a battle with spears, swords, etc you'd want to be able to quickly distinguish friend from for, so wearing something bright and obvious as your group was a thing. As guns came to be it didn't change much because early guns were terrible(slow to reload, inaccurate, and often wouldn't kill in a single hit at a distance). Once guns improved to the point it was shown the bright red distinguishing uniforms were a detriment rather than a benefit the armies uniform changed to camo like you'd expect.

Charlie Brooker also wrote the "BLACK MIRROR" Series... BTW her name is pronounced Fill O Meena

I love the documentary on the first single use submarine TITAN IC. What an achievement 😏

Pronounced fillamena… she’s great, just takes the piss out of serious subjects. We love her and a great comedian and actress 🇬🇧

Fill o meena.

TBF, she did a series called "Cunk om Britain" where she spends six 30-minute episodes roasting British history

When she interviews it’s like Borat without all the melodrama. They are serious and don’t realise they’re part of a skit.

Love your reactions to Philomena Cunk. Shes actually an actress and all the experts are in on the joke. So funny to see how even an open minded American seems to take anything about America to heart and shocked 😂 Still watching the video, got to the bit where you ask how well known is she. Ive never heard of her till she came up on Netflix end of last year. Really worth watching the whole six episodes. Really funny America only comes up in the last two episodes

Loved it,and most of what she says is truth

I can watch everything she has done . She is amazing . I enjoyed her early work .

Bright uniforms were popular because fighting was at close quarters, meaning was important to know that the person you aimed your musket at was on the other side. As technology improved it became more about attacking from a distance, and hiding from those attacks, hence camouflage.

For any word you aren't sure about you can Google "how to pronounce" followed by just about any word, and you will hear it pronounced correctly. Even before you finish typing the word "Philomena", the whole name comes up.

This wasn't a special, it was edits from completely different shows on a range of topics where she touched briefly on something American and the complier has put them together to make one 'on America' clip show. She would normally interview just one expert per show so every time you see a different expert being interviewed tells you it was just a segment from a different show. The experts, and they are all real experts in the field she's discussing, all know it is for a mockumentary from the outset they aren't being tricked in any way, but have no idea what she is going to ask them and are asked to treat her like an inquisitive child and gently correct any confusion. Oh, and it's Phil as in short for Phillip.

I love her, she is hilarious. She is in quite a few things in the UK x

From what I understand, the people she is interviewing are told to respond, as best they can, as if this is a serious interview. They actually do very well, though I'm sure there are outtakes where they're cracking up.

They still "Aren`t today" you need to listen.

One reason we wore red is that the French wore blue and the Spanish wore yellow.

The people being interviewed are experts in their fields. Apparently they were told just to take it seriously. Some of them are on the verge of being very offended, others struggled not to laugh.😊

Philomena interviews famous academics and experts. Cunk on Earth was one of my favourites. Cunk on Art.

Fillow meena (like pillow) is the pronouciation. A lot of people didn't know how to probounce Hermione, which is a Greek name (though some think it's Scottish) is simply 'Her my oh nee'. There you go. I can't pronounce Hiawatha too well.

She's does the same to British history!

all armies wore bright colours at that time, having mainly soft bore muskets meant the only chance you had of hitting something was firing as a large group, generals also needed to see formations and direct the battles so camouflage was something armies weren't after

Check out “Cunk on Britain” in which she rips the piss out of our British history. Also, Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Borat) has a character called Ali G who likewise, among other things, interviews unsuspecting celebs and politicians (UK and USA) with hilarious results. Definitely worth a watch! 😉

Watch cunk on Britain that's the best one

That blink thing you continually do, is that an American thing?

I love his pronunciation of Philomena. Filohmenah, I’m adopting it.

What is really funny about this humour is that if you think a little longer you go oh crap, that's basically what happened.

The actress is Diane Morgan playing a character, Philomena (pronounced Fill-omena) Cunk Do you pronounce Philadelphia as File-adelphia??

The attempted analysis of a pretty standard form of British humour is painful to watch. Is telling the truth through humour not allowed in the USA?

In Britain 'Freedom of speech' is now bandied about as being 'right wing' ironically by the very fascists that claim to be anti fascist In England until people were completely brainwashed by American internet wokeism we used to have this thing called 'plain speaking', and 'freedom of speech' where people used to actually acknowledge REAL things that had happened and talk openly about them, (without having to preface our beliefs with a two minute preamble pointing out it was 'only our personal opinion and that no offense is meant' before commencing our statement about a satsuma) Now not only must reality not be mentioned in any way shape or form, but we have adopted American history that didn't happen in Britain, so we are now ALL guilty of racism and slavery despite our actual history being very different. And of course we are ALL responsible for actions that not only took place 400 years prior to our own existence but happened in a different country on a different continent. We cannot even acknowledge events such as the second world war although it was arguably the biggest event in the 20th century because the word 'Nazi' cannot be uttered anywhere in anyway and will most likely result in this post being taken down just because I've typed it. It isn't a 'British thing' it's just the way people have always communicated up until the birth of the millennial era, so we are not 'going there' it's called communication. In America facts are just something that happens to the rest of the world, Americans may never joke about 'their history' but to then rest of the world it is a constant source of great amusement. You are confusing the word 'Blunt' with 'Fact'

she is very well known and loved