@Zack Deutsch Traditions are all over the place but on this issue there's no contradiction in the biblical accounts. The number of "wise men" is not given. The only clue being the plural "men." So, at least two. But since three gifts are mentioned, the speculative tradition formed that there were three gift givers.
I love when the person being interviewed is either so confused or so unhinged that they respond with something weirder than what she asked (see “how many three wise men were there?” “Who knows”)
There is no three "wise man" (magi) in the bible. Some traditions assume so because of three gifts. Mostly in eastern Orthodox traditions that number is assumed to be twelve.
@Justin Fung not only that, Philomena doesn't about how many were the Three Wise Men, she asked literally how many wise men there amongst all men so nobody knows
@Santé This is correct. What the interviewee means is that in real historical terms, in terms of the "three wise men" in the Bible, we don't know how many there would have been.
I guess what you wanted to hear is three men or one pack. But there can be more than one "three wise men", as in packs of three wise men, nobody really knows.
@Cole Smith It wasn't for no reason, it was a lazy comment. You swing a lot but have no idea what you're trying to hit, I've been living and working hard enough to earn 2 Grammys in the past 8 years, I don't need to prove myself to someone who requires so much validation on the internet. By all means, use that expansive vocabulary to improve your education and get a proper job that doesn't make you feel so desperate for approval.
@R E I promise my vocabulary is more expansive than yours. Regardless, leaving a hate comment calling out someone's "limited vocabulary" for no reason is something an angry, unfulfilled person would do. You claim I haven't been living for very long, but maybe YOU have been living for TOO long without achieving anything. Maybe it eats away at you, causing you to feel a need to leave such comments? It might be time for some introspective thought (Wow, I used a big word!).
"back in queen Victorian times women weren't allowed to vote, even though we had a female king" not even the best joke in this video but still had me gasping for air 😂
This show is beyond the Hitchhiker's Guide level of awesomeness. Mine is the explanation on the "missionaries" : - "The missionaries were known for their position, which was that the big man god was on top, and the rest of us had to lie back and take it"
I don't recall the exact line of "The Little Prince" but it goes something like "When people are too confused, they will not question what you do" and I think that's totally what Philomena embraced❤️
@Durzy she's mixing up circumnavigate with circumcision, which then plays into the reference to clippers (the type of ship, but also a type of tool used for cutting)
Could you explain this to someone who is not from an English-speaking country? To me, clipper is a made up word that is the name of a type of ship and could just as well be Zxvghh or Roggxvcgx.
I like how she takes the revelation that nukes still exist better than the idea that the entire Andromeda galaxy is going to hit us (bear in mind she reacts to the Andromeda news before Brian Cox has a chance to tell her how ridiculously long it's going to take for the galaxy to hit us).
Bloody hell it flashes by so quickly at the start, but after reading this comment I can't stop rewinding to the first 2 seconds and canning myself! This super confrontational "who are you? 🤨" haha!
Credit to satirists. They have a tough job these days: it keeps getting much harder for them to successfully distinguish themselves from the dim-witted, the liars, and the ignorant.
"Can you imagine how it feels like to be sucked off through a hole?" Brian sighed in defeat, "Yeah..." I know that feeling Brian. The only way to feel it now is to imagine it.... 😆
Read a book yesterday. Main character was named Philomena McCarthy. Couldn't help but imagine this woman for the entirety of the book, which was weird because it was quite serious
Interestingly the first scifi-fantasy story was by the Roman satirist Lucian of Samosata, in which a boat in a tempest is suddenly thrown into outer space by a rising giant wave So at least they thought about it, even if nobody actually tried Edit: this is if you don't consider Sumerian mythology, where interstellar colonising alien-gods with advanced technology (which includes nuclear weapons) are probably first mentioned
@shetland_ pone its called "A True Story" and was designed to be a parody of other "epics" and travel stories at the time which claimed to be entirely true events that the authors had lived through and survived
"Maybe one day human beings won't need buildings anymore. Although for that to happen we'd probably need to evolve skins made of bricks.And that might take at least another 30 years." Chilomena Punk
They are in on the joke, but they don't know what questions are going to be asked. The producers just ask them to respond naturally and try to answer the questions.
Almost every one of these made me laugh - I think the Darwin one is my fav, that level of absurdity which still possesses a tiny amount of intelligibility is hard to reach
im not sure how to explain to anybody that when something traumatic happens to me, any video of this woman is enough to return me to a functional state
Simply brilliance followed by brilliance followed by yet more brilliance, in both the writing and delivery. The only way to top this would be Philomena interviewing a certain ex US President.
ive never heard of this woman until a random reference in a "whiskey tribe" video and now Im upset it took me this long to find her - shes absolutely incredible
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"He died just 15, the youngest anyone ever died of old age"
Absolutely brilliant.
reminds me a lot of XRA's style of humour
@Jean Roch she is the female Johhny Depp
I screamed, she got me.
He was fat so he takes up more memory
I don’t get it 😭😭😭
"1 in 20 people have been a victim of crime, which means 19 out of 20 people are criminals" had me gasping for breath
So 1 person has been the victim of 19 crimes ?
This is something you'd see in a popular British tabloid. She's very smart
logically inconsistent statement. go and learn formal logic
She’s like if my childish intrusive thoughts were a person.
@Matthew Young Me as well...bloody hilarious!
Impulsive
ah yes they call that a tulpa
Brilliant
"How many 3 wise men were there?"
"Who knows"
Honestly that's the best answer 😭😭💀💀
@Maximo Namitzhian How did you know? :)
Also, I'm no christian but even I know these verses can be found at Leviticus 15:19-33
@AE V you must be super fun at parties.
Also, I'm no Christian but even I know the bible doesn't say that. Other holy books do, though.
@Zack Deutsch yes we never know how many wise men are there, but the joke here is that she already said 3
@Zack Deutsch Traditions are all over the place but on this issue there's no contradiction in the biblical accounts. The number of "wise men" is not given. The only clue being the plural "men." So, at least two. But since three gifts are mentioned, the speculative tradition formed that there were three gift givers.
"I. Love. Abba." The level of compassion in his voice 😭
@Lance Lansdale 💯
@GrimSWDN how can you fail at pronouncing abba
wahahahaha im dying like she is a genius
@Jacam he looks like he'd be a fantastic big spoon tbh
While he was thinking, "Jesus, Sascha Baron Cohen has really outdone himself this time."
Her crying over nuclear war was I C O N I C
That took an oddly wholesome turn actually
@Zealotes the Aussie omg I C O N I C.
@Zealotes the Aussie iconic is much older then 15 years, duh
A fair reason to cry, have you seen what happened to Japan?
@Harry MacArthur-Bale nukeclearer
I love when the person being interviewed is either so confused or so unhinged that they respond with something weirder than what she asked (see “how many three wise men were there?” “Who knows”)
There is no three "wise man" (magi) in the bible. Some traditions assume so because of three gifts. Mostly in eastern Orthodox traditions that number is assumed to be twelve.
@Justin Fung not only that, Philomena doesn't about how many were the Three Wise Men, she asked literally how many wise men there amongst all men so nobody knows
I hate to burst your bubble but its through editing. I agree its funny though
@Santé This is correct. What the interviewee means is that in real historical terms, in terms of the "three wise men" in the Bible, we don't know how many there would have been.
I guess what you wanted to hear is three men or one pack. But there can be more than one "three wise men", as in packs of three wise men, nobody really knows.
Over the last week she has become one of the most famous people in the world and I’m LIVING for it
@Cole Smith It wasn't for no reason, it was a lazy comment. You swing a lot but have no idea what you're trying to hit, I've been living and working hard enough to earn 2 Grammys in the past 8 years, I don't need to prove myself to someone who requires so much validation on the internet. By all means, use that expansive vocabulary to improve your education and get a proper job that doesn't make you feel so desperate for approval.
@R E I promise my vocabulary is more expansive than yours. Regardless, leaving a hate comment calling out someone's "limited vocabulary" for no reason is something an angry, unfulfilled person would do. You claim I haven't been living for very long, but maybe YOU have been living for TOO long without achieving anything. Maybe it eats away at you, causing you to feel a need to leave such comments? It might be time for some introspective thought (Wow, I used a big word!).
If you say "I'm living for it" you're probably gen Z which means you haven't been living for very long, and also a sign of your limited vocabulary.
"What powers a mirror? Sorry you're not the mirrors expert." Fucking killed me.
Pretty sure light powered the mirror
what did it mean?
@ADITYA MATHUR ?
@Paul Solon ayyo
Language
"...which is the youngest anyone had died of old age." made me stop for a second and ponder the absolute brilliance of Philomena.
“Santa is the worlds most popular home intruder” will live in my head forever.😂
A show like hers wouldn’t work in the USA because too many people would believe her…
Borat
TOO MANY
I wonder how many Americans thought "he's not from Kazakhstan, he doesn't even look Kazakh"
What the
"That even at moments of peace, men will still divide into two sides and try to beat one another."
True gold.
Thankfully we usually do that in the form of sport.
I never thought I’d see pessimism come from such a hopeful event, but dry humor knows no bounds.
I love how the experts are so prepared for real questions
The face of the chef at the end of the bread sauce bit was pricelezs
I'd pay for her to narrate my life 😆
@invokeabilityrude
Absolutely
And then have Matt Berry read back the entire transcript.
"Can u imagine how it'd feel like to be sucked through a hole???"
"Yep 😐😐😐"
then she repeats it lmfao hahahahahaha
@Patricio Hondagneu Roig Oooh, that's rough.
I know he's a scientist, but some experiments do seem a little unnecessary
"back in queen Victorian times women weren't allowed to vote, even though we had a female king" not even the best joke in this video but still had me gasping for air 😂
“he was fat so he takes more room in the memory” 😭😭
He takes up several Megabytes of memory. Just as he likely took several mega bites of hamburgers.
Finally an explanation. #Justice4RichardV
"the youngest anyone had ever died of old age"
@chunkmonk given the color, I want to say auto-erotic asphyxiation.
what the hell happened to that emoji
goofy ahemoji
@SWFL Aerial Guy that's true. Took us hours to watch because we had to pause and rewind as we were laughing all the time.
That episode is in the series Cunk On Britain and if you're a history buff, it's absolutely a must watch.
The interview with the Cold War/Soviet/nuclear war guy is my favourite
The moment she said the word blanks i lost it! 😂
@Manguan Xu nah the soviet one would taste like polish tears and distilled hunger.
Mine too!!!
@Sernan lloren it sounds very fishy, I bet the soviet one tastes like regular potato
But she never mentioned an European Onion
This show is beyond the Hitchhiker's Guide level of awesomeness.
Mine is the explanation on the "missionaries" :
- "The missionaries were known for their position, which was that the big man god was on top,
and the rest of us had to lie back and take it"
🌚
🗿the words of a wise woman
"A Building is anything that anyone has built"
"So my Shoes are a building" 🤣🤣🤣
friggin diogenes over here
Top 20 checkmates in history
I don't recall the exact line of "The Little Prince" but it goes something like "When people are too confused, they will not question what you do" and I think that's totally what Philomena embraced❤️
Nathan for You also operates off of this idea. He presents these outrageous ideas in such a straightforward fashion that people just go along with it.
@J. Jhony Marquete the bigger the lie the more people will beleive in it
Deceiving by dumbfounderment
It's amazing how seriously people will take you if say something with professional conviction, no matter how ridiculous it is.
“…the first person to circumcise the globe, which is probably why this sort of ship is called a clipper.” Hahahahhaha I lost it
I lost it on that one too 😂
@Durzy she's mixing up circumnavigate with circumcision, which then plays into the reference to clippers (the type of ship, but also a type of tool used for cutting)
This was the best one - clever!
@Durzy Clipper (ie nail clipper)- could be used to CLIP your foreskin off if you were being circumcised. It’s a play on words
Could you explain this to someone who is not from an English-speaking country? To me, clipper is a made up word that is the name of a type of ship and could just as well be Zxvghh or Roggxvcgx.
"Do you like Abba?" "I love Abba." ...Her tearful "Yeah?" 😂
She’s like a British Eric Andre, with a more dry absurdist sarcasm as opposed to Eric’s insane over the top chaos
This comedian is like this other comedian with a totally different sense of humor
- genius
she is an Ali G remake
smarter
Eric Andre isn’t even funny
Shes like Caleb Pressley but British and Female
How she manages to keep a straight face is beyond me, just the sheer stupidity of some of the questions is hilarious
I like how she takes the revelation that nukes still exist better than the idea that the entire Andromeda galaxy is going to hit us (bear in mind she reacts to the Andromeda news before Brian Cox has a chance to tell her how ridiculously long it's going to take for the galaxy to hit us).
Brian Cox nearly cracked at the 'sucked off through a hole' line 🤣🤣
“Despite being the stuff of nightmares, Santa is the worlds most popular home intruder” is one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while.
How Diane Morgan is not the most popular comedienne on the planet is beyond me. She’s Philomenal.
@Fiona Williams why thank you, ma’am.
Very good pun, Sir
"I love Abba" This guy needs his own damn show his timing is impeccable
I loved the way this lady dealt with the pandemic.
I love that woman. She never breaks character.
@Spell LOL
@Spell yeah her real name is diane morgan
She's a character?!?
"Edward died age 15, the youngest anyone had ever died of old age." HAD ME SCREAMING
"who are you? " the best opening question anyone ever asked
Bloody hell it flashes by so quickly at the start, but after reading this comment I can't stop rewinding to the first 2 seconds and canning myself! This super confrontational "who are you? 🤨" haha!
Credit to satirists. They have a tough job these days: it keeps getting much harder for them to successfully distinguish themselves from the dim-witted, the liars, and the ignorant.
Painfully Sad and true in a world where South Park is heralded as a holy grail of satire and political commentary 😂
Yep
Amen.
"Can you imagine how it feels like to be sucked off through a hole?"
Brian sighed in defeat, "Yeah..."
I know that feeling Brian. The only way to feel it now is to imagine it.... 😆
I don't think people appreciate how much of a badass alpha male you have to be to say with so much confidence and passion..."I love ABBA!"
I didn’t expect so many people to watch this one. Thank you for that! Looks like I’ll have to make another. Stay tuned!
I love her so much
@ralphyboy25 0ķ
She is my new hero, thank you for the clips!
@ralphyboy25 rbyrybfybfbfbyffffbyfff
"Because he was fat, he took more room of memory " had me rolling
It takes a lot to actually make me LOL at this point. Philomena does it every time.
I don't understand how people don't burst into laughter when she interviews them. I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
It is reassuring to see how seriously Britain is dealing with humour.
Read a book yesterday. Main character was named Philomena McCarthy. Couldn't help but imagine this woman for the entirety of the book, which was weird because it was quite serious
the bread sauce moment that guy did not know how to respond without laughing he knew she was right hahaha
I LOVE seeing the reactions of the interviewees. Lol
The "NOOO"
🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha...her crying over nuclear warheads...this woman is a genius
Interestingly the first scifi-fantasy story was by the Roman satirist Lucian of Samosata, in which a boat in a tempest is suddenly thrown into outer space by a rising giant wave
So at least they thought about it, even if nobody actually tried
Edit: this is if you don't consider Sumerian mythology, where interstellar colonising alien-gods with advanced technology (which includes nuclear weapons) are probably first mentioned
@shetland_ pone its called "A True Story" and was designed to be a parody of other "epics" and travel stories at the time which claimed to be entirely true events that the authors had lived through and survived
The "who are u, aren't they, doesn't it, couldn't they, kay" kills me every time 🤣.
She has the spirit of classic Stephen Colbert but with classic deadpan British delivery. She's amazing
@a fax machine I'm confused, I think the woman is funny but don't think colbert is, maybe he was funny years ago but I didn't know him
@GenghisKhanxxx the comment didn't call Steven funny though.
@a fax machine correct she is funny, colbert isn't, im sorry if that opinion is scary and edgy to you 😂
@GenghisKhanxxx but you did think she was funny. At least get your defence right edgelord
@GenghisKhanxxx Based
She’s basically everything that half of my brain is screaming for me to say but then the other half says “nah that doesn’t sound right does it.”
“Even in times of peace men will still divide into two groups and try to beat each other.” She’s so real for that.
"Santa is the most popular home intruder..." Lmao
You have no idea what I would give to watch "the letter H" part for the first time again.
Netflix
that "anything you like" response is so damn wholesome I almost cried myself 😂
"Maybe one day human beings won't need buildings anymore. Although for that to happen we'd probably need to evolve skins made of bricks.And that might take at least another 30 years."
Chilomena Punk
How on earth was she able to interview the same people twice!?!? Surely after the first one they would have been on to the joke?
@Coppertunes Nup, Ali G they were in the dark. This show they know.
They are in on the joke, but they don't know what questions are going to be asked. The producers just ask them to respond naturally and try to answer the questions.
@Wai Wong she has played this character since 2013, the world renowned academics probably googled her and the show before they agreed to appear in it
@Coppertunes how do you know?
@Wai Wong Negative, just like Ali G, Borat etc. These people had no idea they were being set up.
How have I never come across this comedy genius before!? Brilliant!
I absolutely need a full documentary with her as the narrator and host
Almost every one of these made me laugh - I think the Darwin one is my fav, that level of absurdity which still possesses a tiny amount of intelligibility is hard to reach
It is the same with Newton: The good old days, when everybody was flying around, before he invented gravity
How do the experts keep a straight face? She's brilliant.
The embodiment of british cheekiness and humor, Love her style so much 😂
In my 5 years of working in customer service I've encountered people who behave like this.
I watched it twice cause I couldn't believe it. "today Britain stands at a fork in its Crossroads". I missed that the first time. A knee slapper!
What an astonishing, succinct compendium of so much wisdom. Thank you.
She doesn't let the intrusive thoughts in She is the intrusive thoughts
this is more effective than those "try not to laugh" videos. each clip of her sends me HAHAHAHAAHA
When she started crying about the nukes. Oh my god that was the greatest moment of television
im not sure how to explain to anybody that when something traumatic happens to me, any video of this woman is enough to return me to a functional state
"15 years old, the youngest anyone's ever died of old age" - that broke me
5:15 How does she say all that without laughing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Already lost it at “so my shoes are a building” 😂
"Despite being the stuff of nightmares, Santa is still the world's most popular home intruder."
That's bloody brilliant.
Professor Ashley Jackson is by far my favourite. Philomena's interviews with him are gold.
Asking troll questions while looking professional is a dangerous skill to have.
"sounds rubbish but with no app store killing plants was as good as it got" 🤣🤣🤣
We found her, the world's funniest woman.
Simply brilliance followed by brilliance followed by yet more brilliance, in both the writing and delivery. The only way to top this would be Philomena interviewing a certain ex US President.
This is awesome..enjoyed her character on After Life...good to see there's more!
This woman is unshakeably talented 👏 👌
the first clip got me dying with laughter
I just love how that guy says he loves abba in the same serious tone of voice he was using when taking about war
the sheer emotion and passion behind that phrase "i love abba"
She is such a good actress.
That sigh at 0:39 is incredible.
As an American, i am not sure how my algorithm blessed me with her content. Now I am just cracking up and I can't get enough
How does she keep a straight face 🤣🤣
Best sense of humour out there. Love it.
She's like my childhood thoughts personified
"He was fat so he takes more room in your memory" ☠
There is hope in humanity when you know there is people watching this.
This was equally hilarious as it was hard to watch. And I’m in for the ride.
Never heard of this gal before in my life. Pretty clever and Very amusing 😅
Drake 'circumsized' the globe...on his ship aptly named the Clipper. Pure comedic genius! Love this lady!!
I'd really have to wonder if the people she's interviewing know that this is a gag or if they go in fully expecting it to be a normal legit interview.
When she said “clipper” my face did the same muscle distortion as when she found out that Britain has nuclear weapons
ive never heard of this woman until a random reference in a "whiskey tribe" video and now Im upset it took me this long to find her - shes absolutely incredible
Have you ever watched 'Motherland' she is brilliant in this comedy series.
That was really cool of the gentleman to affirm his love for ABBA after giving such devastating news about nuclear warheads. Respect!
I was drinking water while watching this (bad idea)
and the mirror questions clip almost made me die bc i choked on the water laughing too hard 😭