The Peru-bear piece is a reference to a childrens book character, Paddington Bear. Found at Paddington train station, originally from Peru. There are two mid2010s films about Paddington with big name stars in it (Hugh Bonneville and Nicole Kidman). When the films were dubbed into Ukrainian, Paddington was voiced by President Zelensky.

Al Murray who created this character is an Oxford educated historian who speaks a few languages. Clever man. Try and find a clip of him doing "why Britain has defeated everyone ". It is a tour de force.

I met Al Murray who was staying in the same hotel as me in Edinburgh once. He’s actually a really nice, down to earth, polite person.

118-dia: Because lots of UK customer help-lines are based in India! and 118 is the toll-free code. The peru joke is about the orphan bear 'Paddington' in children's books and movies.

I'm from Papua New Guinea and that "papa's got a brand new guinea" part had me laughing out too! 😂

Al starts his act by going through the audience and learning about them while making fun of them. He remembers enough to include them later on.

I used to love the show "Time Gentlemen Please.." especially when it had the Australian bar-maid who called him Bullethead....

@5:43 Classic comment (double entendre) "I love the Irish - I have infinite respect for them.....up to a point"

The running joke he has about squirrels is as a landlord he has a beer-garden where there is a sand-pit for kids to play in .... and the squirrels bury nuts in it. Always remember he is in character.

Al Murray 'The Pub Landlord' is a very clever man with a degree in history. Anything he talks about is funny. Please react to more of him!!

"the way Peru treats it's bears is f*cking outrage" is a referance to the Books/cartoons/film Paddington Bear. He arrived at Paddington station in England with a hat, a coat and a suitcase with a note saying... please look after this bear.

The bear from Peru is Paddington bear a classic British children's book

For those that have not been to Venice. Its fine (apart from the outrageous prices) all year round except for the really hot months (J, A, S) when it stinks.

Axel of elvis was in reference to Bush‘s axis of evil back in the day

The squirrel leaving his nuts in the sand pit in the beer garden part puts tears in my eyes everytime @ 10:22

He starts the bit by throwing the globe round the theatre, saying that's how it used to feel to be British.

Galapagos,where we invented Evolutuon!!! Absolute clas!!!

Americans never laugh at "The Womble Countries" which is such a shame. The Wombles was a TV show in the UK in the 1970s, featuring litter-picking characters such as Madame Cholet, Tomsk, Tobermory, Wellington, Orinoco, Bungo and Great Uncle Bulgaria. Bulgaria being the country which most millennial brits now think is named after a Womble 🤣

Just in case You are not aware, The Character "The Pub Landlord" is itself a Satire of a certain type of over patriotic dude you are likely at some point too meet in an English Pub. The knowledge of History that's pretty solid but warped and distorted too fit his pro Empire narrative. Its very clever, he is taking the piss out of every nation, but in each of those little jokes he's actually taking the piss out of the English more than anyone, although I think that part can get lost on people not from UK or Ireland. He is a stereotype making fun of stereotypes

I loved when he said “America , a good idea but it just got out of hand”🤣

There were so many of his jokes that were cleverly woven through history and British culture.

The Peru joke was about the children's book character "Paddington Bear"

I wonder if you've missed the fact that this character is a pub landlord. He's pissed off at the squirrels because they keep leaving nuts in the children's sand pit in the beer garden...

AL Murray ..... "Bacon Proves The Existance Of God"

The Christmas Island reference to tell Wizard that it IS Christmas every day there relates to that band's song ‘I wish it could be Christmas every day’ which is perennially played in December in the UK…

For those who didn’t get the 118 reference to India, 118 is phone directory service operated from call centres based in India. They charge about £3 or 4 to tell you someone’s phone number. That’s why phone books were abolished- the phone authorities sold the free service that we had , and now we have to pay 10 times the cost of a call to find the number we need.

"Went to the beach today and I'm red". Where I'm from in North East England went to the beach today, sand blasted face, freezing cold wind and sea temps barely survivable over 5 mins. However stunningly beautiful!! Thanks for the reactions , really enjoying them.

The India joke was he said he calls it 118-dia, it's a dig at the amount of call centres are based in India and 118 is usually the dialling code lol, love Al Murray, the guy is so intelligent it's unreal, a lot of comedians seem to be to be fair.

The Peru reference was to the character Paddington Bear, who is from Peru. If you saw the Queen's Platinum Jubilee there as a skit with her and Paddington Bear and where she said she kept her Marmalade Sandwich (Paddington's staple food, which he keeps under his hat) in her handbag. It was a great hit with kids of all ages here who have grown up with the Paddington Bear stories.

Speaking as a born-and-bred Londoner I’m always very Impressed at how he can keep such an accurate Cockney accent going for so long authentically.

Here in GB we all love Paddington Bear …!! He’s from Peru and is also a film star ⭐️

For some great comedy there's Bob Mortimers best bits on Would I Lie to You. Lee Macks best bits on the same show are terrific too.

The potato famine and crisps reference is that potato chips are called crisps here and he is a pub landlord. Couldn't get crisps so had to use peanuts to keep the punters thirsty, and the squirrel is because the squirrels bury nuts in the children's sandpit in the pub garden.

118 dia is a reference to the call centre operation which in the UK was very much based in the North East of England where the Geordies live. But it switched to India years ago because there was large number of highly educated English speaking people who were willing to work longer for lower hourly rates than UK based citizens on minimum wage.

11:40 his reference to " chucking donkeys off a church tower " is relevant because its an actual spanish tradition /custom that they do.like bullfighting

Al Murray plays "the pub landlord" with an attitude. He is in fact vey intelligent and well educated but plays the nationlist bigot very cleverly. The bear from Peru is Paddington Bear. Maybe you've seen the films? I love how you laugh so wholeheartedly. It warms my heart.

bears relate to the longstanding childrens series of books written neraly 100 years ago now called "paddington" (named after the station he arrived at)

Great Reaction. The Womble Countries relate to characters like "Uncle Bulgaria" who was a member of this London cartoon family...

The thing with Al Murray is he sat myself things that are true but puts a comedy twist on it. He studied history at university and knows his stuff. What a comedian

118 was a british phone directory based in India, that charged you an arm and leg for your call

The Squirrel "Vengeance" is a play on the character he is playing, a Pub land Lord. Pubs stock Beer and Spirits, but also snacks like Peanuts. The notion being the Squirrels take the Peanuts and leave them in odd places

Well done, man. You truly get British irreverent humour. I'm sure Al would make you honorary British at this point.

You need to understand, world events, British humour and world history to keep track with his delivery. He is an extremely intelligent, highly educated historian and erudite man.

Al Murray is super intelligent as his jokes are all thought through and factual

I remember reading the comments on the original video and one of those 2 women at the front had commented. aparantly they had had a bit too drink before coming to the show and where originally meant to be in seats near the back but one of the ushers guided them to the seats at the front instead.

In the special this was from, Al did in fact throw the globe into the crowd, getting people to pass it around, but yelling to them, "Don't Give it to the Yank!" when it got near the American he'd done a bit on earlier.

Every time I see "the Landlord" in this particular footage I crease up so much it make me stomach ache, but I enjoy it!

The bit about bears in Peru refers to Paddington Bear.

The Spanish used to celebrate festivals by throwing live donkeys from church towers, also cats. An insane nation!

A great skit from Al Murray and the way he wound it up at the end was actually quite moving.

24:40 Paddington Bear... a British childrens' book character from darkest Peru for anyone wondering!

When he says that the Geordies asked for too much money, he's referring to a City in England called Newcastle, people from there are called Geordies and there are numerous call centers from that city

No matter how many of these reactions I watch about this particular comedy set by Al, every man watching always laughs at the part about us Brits being entitled to get anything made by a 4yr old Malaysian child. 🤣😂👍🏻 Comedy is a great way to actually search out and tell what a person's real sense of humour is about. Little Ole Paddington bear with his little suitcase is from Peru.

Really cool to see you guys reacting to this. It's funny because obviously a lot of the humour in this is quite context-dependent and relies on you knowing quite a lot about British culture and our relationships with/stereotypes about other countries. Think about how much you loved the "Papa's got a brand new Guinea" joke and then imagine how hard every single one of these jokes hits if you understand all the references. They come at you so fast you barely have time to breathe before he hits you with another amazingly thought out joke

Mr King Boomer , your bird is Top draw Totty , you should be proud ! , respect from Uk retired Royal Marine Commando .

I love how well he remembers his audience. You two are great bouncing off eachother, defo more of you both 👍

It's fascinating watching which bits you guys laugh at. So much of what is funny (to us) reflects his knowledge of (actual) world history which seems to mostly go over your heads. I'm guessing we are taught very differently in schools about these things! 🙂

What I like about this channel (and why I just subscribed) is that it feels natural. 2 people watching a video they actually find funny. Too many reaction channels I feel pretend to like stuff just to boost ratings (you can't like every single song you listen to surely?). Keep this up and i'll stay watching.

The Peru reference, he was describing Paddington Bear. I suggest you check out the padding bear movies, they were very entertainment. Paddington Bear is also a cartoon and book.

reference to the Bear in Peru is to a British.. very famous and much loved, childrens series of stories about 'Paddington Bear'. He is sent to England and arrives in Paddington Station in London. During the Queens Jubilee celebrations HM The Queen, Queen Elizabeth, did a skit with an animation of the bear and it was very well received as it displayed her noted good sense of humour.

95% of this will fly past the average non British punter.

Hey buddy, you just earned yourself a subscriber! Love your content! You don’t need any fancy intros or anything, your personality just shines through! You just genuinely love the videos you watch and it’s great to see! I have so many recommendations! If you like the abusive football chants in the last video, I’d recommend Frankie Boyles audience annihilation parts 1 and 2. Keep up the great content! 😃

The 118dia joke is because all the call centres are in India- often now starting with 118 go there. They used to be in cities especially in the north east of England

Congratulations on getting so much of the British humor....I mean, humour 🤣 Apart from some of the more obscure references like the 118 dialling code for Telephone Directory Enquiries which you wouldn't have had much chance of understanding, I have to say I'm pretty impressed. There's a lot of subtlety and British daily life, attitudes and history wrapped up in Al Murray's comedy (and Brit humour in general) which is easily missed if you don't know what he's referencing and, in the character of a mouthy, opinionated pub landlord (aka barman) sometimes misrepresenting, like his "Axle of Elvish" dig at George W. Really enjoying seeing an American enjoy our stuff. Subscribed! p.s. To return the compliment, I'm a big fan of Bill Burr; he would go down a storm in the UK!

That is just part of his act. I saw him a few weeks ago , and he was comedy amorous to two nurses on the second row. He is merciless but brilliant, if you are touchy to having the piss taken out of you ,you don't see Al.

The India quip was 118-dia. As in 118 was a number used with call centres. Over here (Britain) when you receive a call from a call centre, most of the time the person on the phone is from India; usually somewhere like Mum also reference the Geordies in that same section. The Geordies come from around Tyne and Weir and Sunderland, which is high up on the east coast. They too have some call centres there, but again most companies transferred their call centres to India as it was cheaper.

RSPCA, Royal Society for the Protection of Animals Paddington Bear from Peru, a well known children's story in UK

I highly recommend you check out Billy Connolly who is national treasure and genuine legend . The only comedian who nearly stopped me breathing I laughed so hard . Any of his routines are hilarious but I do love ... The Dwarf on The Bus or The Old Lady on The Bus or Incontinence Pants or Prostrate Exam or Colonoscopy .

The Scotland not being in a final refers to the Football World Cup, and 118 dia for India was because, at the time, some British businesses had call centres in India which you called with a 118xxx number. The call centres could have been set up in NE England (Geordieland) but India was a lot cheaper.

118dia is a reference to India being the new home of call centres. The Geordies asked for too much money is reference to Newcastle and the North East being the home of UK based call centres (alongside Glasgow) Also, the reference to Peru is down to Paddington Bear. Paddington Bear is from Peru.

Ozzie here, love how he had nothing to say about Oz 😂😂 was waiting for it though!!

I dont watch many reaction videos but these are def my favourite, and the fact the clips are longer than most uts like watching it all over again, brilliant

Paddington Bear (Children’s story) about a bear from Peru who likes marmalade sandwiches. (Also a movie)

Btw A lot of people don't get this is satire though, he is making fun of the people who think like this, like the typical pub landlord very nationalistic sort of person People think he's talking literally. It makes it even more funny to me that they don't get that.

The great al Murray very intelligent bloke historian and has degrees but also a great comedian we still love him over here in blighty saw him last year in Aylesbury funniest night ever, going again this year

I love your reactions to Al Murray. One of the finest comedians to come out of the UK. His knowledge of history is impressive. His "Road to Berlin" was a great series from D-Day to Berlin was great. But if you can find it try watching Al Murray's Why Great Britain Wins Every War. Its very entertaining and funny.

Someone else already told you about the 118-dia, but just after that he said _'basically the Geordies asked for too much money.'_ Geordies are people from Newcastle in the North of England, I think they used to have a few call centers. He also mentioned _Bulgaria, Romania, Moldavia, the Womble countries..._ The Wombles was a Children's TV program. There was a character called Great Uncle Bulgaria, simple as that. Of course there is no modern country called Moldavia, it was a historic region that Moldova as well as part of Ukraine and part of Romania fall within, I believe.

About time you got round to this! 👏🇬🇧

THe Norweigian Roald Amundsson was the first man to reach the South Pole beating Scott . Scott and four of his team froze to death before they could get back to base.

I think the 118dia is a reference to the fact that so many call centres are based in India and 118 was an enquiry number.

The 118 (India joke) is about call-centres being outsourced to India (‘apparently the Geordies wanted too much money’) The Peru joke is about a popular English book called Paddington Bear

I love Al's explanation of why bacon proves the existence of God.

Another brilliant video Thank you so much! Everyone below has explained any explaining, it was fun laughing along, brilliant stuff (eh? eh? eh? as Al says)

Love how most the jokes go over your guys heads 😂 Good work 👍 Keep it up

Seen so many reactors watch this...loved your grasp on English humour to try to make sense of it all...Peru and the bears has been explained below...new subscriber cant wait to see how you react to Al Murray again!!

118dia if you ring a call centre in the UK you'll be speaking to someone in India, communicating can be difficult.

Norway (Amundsen's team) was first to the south pole, they got back alive. The British (Scott's team) second (5 weeks later), but that trip did not go so well as they all died while returning.

The Spanish have some interesting animal traditions. Quail catapulting, dog throwing and donkey stoning, which may account for the throwing a donkey from a church tower reference. The British get fined if not jailed for that.

Micky Flanagan - "Delhi Belly", "The demise of fingering", "Can I come in your house", "Peeping", and there are others. He's a Londoner with a Cockney accent so you might have to listen carefully - but it's worth the effort. To add to that list, "The fucking French" and "Women fucking love cards".

Oh this cracks me up, as a fellow Brit it's interesting to see Americans reactions to this. The reference to Peru and bears refers to Paddington Bear The friendly spectacled bear from "darkest Peru" - with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love of marmalade - has become a classic character in British children's literature. I have subscribed, not laughed so much in ages, you guys are great. May I suggest you check out Billy Connelly? A Scottish comedian with a similar style

Dont know if this has already been answered for you guys, but Peru is where Paddington Bear comes from, hence the hat and coat gag.

Thanks guys that was a fun watch. Love from England.

"Basically the geordies asked for too much money" People from Newcastle UK (Geordies) are known for working in call centres. "asked for too much money" India were willing to do it cheaper.

A Norwegian called Roald Amundson was first to the south pole beating the Brit Robert Falcon Scott by 34 days

The mans a national treasure, he made a proper tv series called "time gentlemen please" and its hilarious

The 118- dia refers to the out sourcing of call centers and customer services, to India, that was adopted by skinflint corporates. ( 118 118 was a services directory that ran a successful ad campaign featuring 2 dork Brits, both named, 118.)

Amundsen from Norway got there first. Mind you he took many many dogs to pull his sled and of course he then ate them for food.

So glad you're both enjoying the comedy. Can't wait for the next one! Great reaction from you both 👏👏👏

He gets to know loads of people in the first few rows or more in the first 20 minutes of the show. He brings them in later. Front few 5 rows WILL be targets... and those with those tickets KNOW it

The grey squirrel from north America is forcing the domestic red squirrel towards extinction, the red squirrel is not edible BUT the grey squirrel is.