Family Guy The Battle of Hastings

[hi262779]

Yeah Hastings and all the rest of England.

[captnm0rgan12]

@broncosfan02 the Normans were the French and the Angol Saxons were the English genius....-_-

[gboi96]

@captnm0rgan12 anglo saxons were originally Danish

[MrVresnov]

shes the man?

[Maskeyer]

444.444 Views ^^

[CharlieSpecs]

No, They get ENGLAND! Which is a far worse fate.

[umidontno040394]

i dont get it...

[broncosfan02]

@umidontno040394 its a history joke. the english fought the saxons in this battle for the crown of who would become king of all of england. the joke is that they make it seem like its not a big deal. personally i like history but for example you dont get it, so its not for everybody i guess.. :)

[Wolfington]

@broncosfan02 Erm...no, the English fought the French. Or more specifically the English Anglo-Saxons fought the Normans...who were French...but with Viking roots.

[broncosfan02]

@Wolfington still you get my point though

normans english

saxons french

tomatoe tomato 

[umidontno040394]

@broncosfan02 oh trust me i like history. wasnt this the battle when william the conqueror came in to england from france and conquered them? and then will became the king england.

[broncosfan02]

@umidontno040394 something like that yes

[kristjanarn]

I keep repeating this sketch in my head like 10 times an hour the past weeks <.<

[dwhl94]

I actually live in Hastings..

[PrimalStones]

@dwhl94 I actually don't give a shit..

[theonlylampshade]

@PrimalStones You obviously 'give a shit' enough to reply to his comment. Though I can't imagine he cares what you think in the slightest,

[JakeJonRoberts]

The Writers from Family Guy are dumbasses, the Battle of Hastings was extremely important that made William of Normandy king of England, and having an important foreshadowing to the Hundred Years War

[DurhamRebel]

@JakeJonRoberts agreed

[JDrakeify]

@JakeJonRoberts its a joke...

[Jared1494]

@JakeJonRoberts Yeah...that's the joke. Go look for the whole clip, the ottoman empire is a bunch of guys sitting on chairs with the furniture piece called an ottoman. So chill out champ

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

They must be good soldiers. No sweat no rush and very mellow. Yea lets do it, lets kill the enemy.

Yea Hastings :)

[awkando]

Was this supposed to be funny?

[SayYouLoveMeOrElse]

We watched this in History today...

[tehoceanguy]

Hey, that's my great great great x? Grandfather, Harold Godwinson! Nooo joke!

[CamCurtisGuild]

@tehoceanguy ur a dumbass thats William the Conquer from Normandy

[Godzilla52]

I've never seen someone undermine a defining moment in western history quite this much lol.

[JackassJunior627]

i'm from Hastings and i find this hilarious haha

[MrGreatAhmed]

@JackassJunior627 so?

[Historian66669]

It's for England actually!

[43NOTE]

im English and even i think hastings is a shit hole lol alright hastings

[ohbobsaget22]

alright hastings....

[chanson301]

since when was it for Hastings?

[cmiller8492]

alriighht hastiinnngs

[Yargasblarg1]

@cmiller8492 Your service to the deaf community is admirable

[Andreus]

Why do they have American accents?

[BloodyBanastre]

@Andreus All of the accents you find in America are actually, for the most part, slightly evolved old English accents that are now extinct in England. The two American accents that are closest to the older English ones are the eastern shore Maryland accent and the Maine accent. Besides, during the battle at Hastings they would have been speaking such an old dialect of English it would have sounded more like a low German to someone today. And also...its family guy...who cares, lol.

[promontorium]

@BloodyBanastre Except they were Normans, and they didn't speak old English or German, they spoke Norman which was derived from Norse, French, and Gallo-Roman. This is important because it vastly changed the concept of the language English from its German roots to something far more mixed.

[Uaxis]

@promontorium Yeah, except that in regards to history, it's not nearly as exciting as something like William Wallace's rebellion against englad, or *random event of the crusades*.

As far as high middle ages events go, there's a lot of other exciting stuff as well.

Also, hastings only lasted like a day or something, right?

[JDrakeify]

@Uaxis it lasted a day, which was unusually long for a battle

[thebrigadier27]

@JDrakeify yeah normaly they'd be over in an hour or two but this dragged on for about eight (ish) until harold got hit the eye and the saxon morale broke

[Uaxis]

@JDrakeify Like how unusually long?

[JDrakeify]

@Uaxis battles only lasted a couple of hours in those days i dunno how often they lasted a day though

[Eddtastic100]

@JDrakeify They could last months. Some even years.

[JDrakeify]

@Eddtastic100 do you mean wars?battles wouldnt last that long until the 20th century

[thebrigadier27]

@promontorium not just normans but italian mercenarys and bretons too

[relentlessaddict98jm]

@BloodyBanastre and the fact the normans would have been speaking french! :P

[tommat00]

@BloodyBanastre The guys we see would have spoke old french actually :) And the others would have spoken the Saxon tongue which became English after it mixed with French and a tiny bit of German and Danish and practically every other Germanic language. And yes it is family guy:)

[766ajc]

@BloodyBanastre I must inform you...the soldiers in this scene who are trying to "get" Hastings are Normans led by William I. They would be speaking French, not English.

This video reminds me of Monty Python's "reenactment" sketches.

[PrimalStones]

@BloodyBanastre I would say most American accents are influenced from the Irish accent..

[alexsau91]

@BloodyBanastre Actually, these guys marching would have been speaking Norman French :)

[SOULTAKIFY]

someone always has to argue about something in the comments -_-

[Jed0fSpades]

@SOULTAKIFY No they don't!

[Illier1]

Wasn't the Battle of hasting one of the most important battles of English History?

[Trentest0]

@Illier1 Yep!

[jb10626]

@Illier1 yes, why don't you know... If you speak English in my opinion you should at least heard of Hastings, Waterloo, Yorktown, Agincourt, the Armada, and the Somme.

[breadedcat]

@jb10626 well then your opinion is weird. meow

[jb10626]

@breadedcat -.-

[po157]

alriight hastiings!!!!

[DRAGONKING2OOO]

aaaaaaaa hastings good times good times

[Calburtonreid]

family guy is awsome ....... BUT THE HISTORY SUUUUUUCKS lol

[Adammarketis]

Which side was this? the american accents really make it hard to tell.

If they were supossed to be the English, then they should already have Hastings, in fact the whole of Britain really. They were defending it, not taking it

But if these guys are supposed to be the Normans, then Family guy missed a good joke here because they were French and if they had put silly sterotypical French accents it would of made it better.

[Adammarketis]

@Adammarketis

Of course a better joke could of been to have King Harold get all pumped about the battle only to be completely owned by the normans (you can toss in gore humour here for effect, his death wasn't pleasant as his corpse was hacked to peices)

[scabbarae]

@Adammarketis These guys are the Normans- you can tell by the shields and armor. But would it have been a good idea to give them French accents, since they became the English later on? I can't decide...

[MrStig691]

@Adammarketis The Normans weren't French, they were Norseman, who were given Normandy as ransom.

[Gustaveleloup]

@MrStig691 The Normans were gallicised. Yes, Rollo was a Viking, but Normandy became a French Duchy soon enough. William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant) spoke French. Until Edward I, the Kings of England and the Noble classes, who were predominantly Norman, spoke French.

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@Adammarketis

Mate, it's a Family Guy clip. 12 seconds long. Let it go.

[Adammarketis]

@IAmCaptainMarvel

That comment would make sense if I was so up my arse that I was aruging for historical accuracy, Which I am not. I realize it's family guy, I am just arguing that it should be more funny. I mean this is a animated comedy is it not?

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@Adammarketis

I agree, I realise as well that Family Guy isn't as good as it used to be.

[Vietcong01]

hastinggss...

[GoAheadSuicider]

I love how king's face changes after what he says

[OlOleander]

Why is this on an ear rape playlist?

[Grant123CC]

I hate when the top comments are exactly the same, and by the same person

[anilesemil20075]

The awkard moment when the two top comments are the same.

Why so dumbs? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

[TheGudZeBadAnDaFozzy]

Why are people giving a thumbs up to comments that are the exact same to one another?

[SomeRandomKrazyGuy]

wha- seriously? The 2 top comments are not only the same they are from the same person? Dafuq people

[NottinghamForest22]

at least it's more historically accurate than Braveheart.

[AndyMcCy]

Actually, whomever won that batlle got the british isles...so...yeah...still not great...

[Darkrai1276]

isnt it very weird when both the top comments are the same, by the same person on the same day

[MegaSammydude]

the orange fondler is a joke we know pretty much everthing about the battle of hastings after all it was faught in england and what would you americans know it wasnt faught in america!

[crazymidget96]

@MegaSammydude Well tbh pretty much every person outside of the United States claims they know more about our politics than us.....

[SirKil0t]

alright hastings!!!

[LawrenceOlaf]

...why do English soldiers have American accents?

[TheOrangeFondler]

@LawrenceOlaf it's fine, americans don't care

[whiteboyballa23]

@TheOrangeFondler lol and im sure many brits no very little of the battle of hastings. u needa chill its family guy haha

[TheOrangeFondler]

@whiteboyballa23 did you think my comment was aggressive? it wasn't, you inferred that man

[whiteboyballa23]

@TheOrangeFondler haha ight my fault bro. hopefully i didnt sound too much like a douchebag. its just usually on youtube people are aggressive haha.

my bad

[i69children]

classensify tore a hole in the universe after his posted the same top comment twice

[ClayTongues]

@AstiArts actually we do learn why America broke away. I say we, like America most Brits are thick as shit which is an unfortunate reality. Britain and the US differ in two ways, we don't cling to religion nor do we have any patriots. I couldn't give two shits about the current state of the UK.

[NaLi2977]

Why is the top comment the same by the same person?

[Maazersmiit]

I used to be a King like you, until I took an arrow to the eye.

[Michiganfan105]

@Maazersmiit Haha that was a smart joke.

[ahenryb1]

Ok time to get my nerd face on 8============) ok ready.

The battles of hastings was merely at hastings. It was to capture the english throne. After Normandy Conquered English in 1066 the royal hiarchy started. No I did not use a search engine. THe bayeux tapestry depics the whole thing.

[Tomst7]

@TaffTalk It's not satirical. It's funny. Well, usually.

[Classensify]

Why are people debating the historicity of a Family Guy cutaway?

[Tonio31]

@Classensify Because it's the internet.

[Classensify]

@Tonio31 True. And this is one of the less inane threads...

[zilbiol]

@Classensify because this is what americans actually believe

[Joesolo13]

@Classensify Why is the same comment by the same guy both the top comments?

[Classensify]

@Joesolo13 I don't know, I didn't post that or any other clip. And I only made the comment once too, so beats me...

[AvlisadSirk]

@Classensify Some people just need to prove that they know something. Even though they Googled half of it. Lol It's kinda sad ain't it :/

[Tahkaullus01]

....did this guy ever crack open a book? Its basic british history for crying out loud! Hastings decided England you american retard!

[thedarkmusician]

But Hastings is actually kinda shit...

[ClayTongues]

Americas view on British history never seizes to amaze me. All they remember is that we lost the American war for independence and we apparently got "saved" by America during WW2.

[MouzieCA]

@ClayTongues

Not true, I know that British soldiers were the best ever. They also fought in many conflicts that showed the importance of naval warfare (Falkland War). They also was/still (in sense) the largest empire the world has ever seen. Come on, are us Yanks and Dix are that bad to you Brits?



[pokewhite86]

@MouzieCA los ingleses rezaban porque a los españoles nos viesen por mar porque si nos veian por tierra decian que San Jorge les ayudase.los españoles si que teniamos soldados valientes,andrajosos,peor pagados pero con dos cojones,y nunca fuimos conquistados.solo por los romanos pero les costó Dios y ayuda.Santiago y cierra España.

[AstiArts]

@ClayTongues Not Really we get taught way more than that in school also likehow your country was the first world superpower its actually the propaganda english schools use like for example not telling students that america broke away from britain they just say it has always been there sadly the british still try to implay they are perfect but sadly no one is not even america

[captnm0rgan12]

@Schensue your geek face kinda looks like a penis....

[Henagonify]

The only reason the Normans won Hastings was because Vikings had invaded and taken over northern Anglo-Saxon England, the southern English then raced up to meet the attacking Viking and beat them (The end of the Viking Age), they then marched back down to southern England and fought the Normans outnumbered and exhausted. Obviously they were beaten. Frankly I feel sorry for the Anglo Saxons.

[smithcas86]

@Henagonify

Dont feel bad for us poor anglos, after all we went on to RULE THE FUCKING WORLD!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Suck it people of different ethnicities and cultures!!!

[zheuhang]

the king sounds like stewie

[marrey07]

funny joke, some of you need to calm down.

[MBGamingLegends]

This joke failed. I mean, it's probably funny to someone who doesn't know shit about the Battle of Hastings.

[landondonovanify]

its a joke?

[jkidst]

how was it for england? it was for sussex and south england, the normans fought so many more battles to get wales, northumberland etc.

[FrogRolls]

@jkidst wales? you mean sub-england, right?

[Uberdude6666]

Ahahaha, it`s funny because few people really know where Hastings actually is, and the place itself is quite insignificant, and yet the battle was so important

[tylertrenton31]

Anyone else have skitscape bring u here



[GZUZFREEK2009]

Why is this funny? Where is the joke?

[nikelivesonmusic]

@GZUZFREEK2009 They don't care about winning much...

[Pretison]

Medieval 2 in a nutshell

[jakeman52]

@Pretison Nailed it

[TheIslammiracle]

Alright Haastinggs!

[littlelalainfo55]

im from hastingsxD

[TheHazzamb]

@littlelalainfo55 Same :D :O

[garethvictorbattell]

im from hastings :P x haha damn :P x

[jonny1460]

King Harolds sounds like a french ,but he must have a german accebt,or not ?

[mrmemanme]

@jonny1460 Harold godwinson was a west Saxon. However by this time the west Saxons were the "Angelcin" or land of the englsih speaking people. They spoke old English, a cross between German, Danish and a dose of latin.

[TheSirPrise]

tbh I'd rather they had American accents than an absolutely piss poor of an attempt at an English accent.

[Frodojo111]

@TheSirPrise

Normans weren't English.

[TheSirPrise]

@Frodojo111 These are Anglo Saxons. That's King Harold on his horse.

[xxMrFablexx]

@Frodojo111 Neither were the Saxons

[LittleMKing]

Alriiight, Hastiiiings

[TheDonkeyKlaw]

I used to tell good jokes, until I to-... nevermind

[LionTroy]

Actually....they get England

Battle of Hastings was merely at Hastings.... the battle was for ENGLAND.

[JackWolf10]

@ohmyagod4 fuck off troll

[Saxonsoldiers]

@ohmyagod4 You're from the land where when you run out of potatoes you die (where as we English would have just ate something else lol), the land known through out the world for its inferior education bordering on illiteracy, a land so shit broke it has to go begging cap in hand to its hated neighbours (how i laughed at that, i'd have made you beg, then laughed as i told you to fuck off) yet you call England a shit hole! hahahahah Now fuck off and clean the wheels on your house pikey!

[TalesOfWar]

@Saxonsoldiers Nothing like some casual racism eh? You can be proud of your nations heritage without shitting all over someone else's you know? Grow up.

[Saxonsoldiers]

@TalesOfWar Errrr read the enitire conversation. I merely responded to his comment!

[HastingsArcher]

@Saxonsoldiers Illiterate? Did you ever hear of Jonathan Swift,Oliver Goldsmith,Joseph Sheridan La-Fanu, Bram Stoker,W B Yeats,George Bernard Shaw,Sean O'Casey,Samuel Beckett,Oscar Wilde,Maeve Binchy to name but a very few.

And as for the potato famine,the Irish obviously ate more than just potato's! (As well as knowing how to spell potato!) It was the English landlords and government that made it far worse than it need have been.

[HastingsArcher]

@Saxonsoldiers It always strikes me as funny that racist bigots always get offensive and never seem to know what they are talking about.Of course,if they did know then they wouldn't be bigots. Oh by the way,It's "we English would have EATEN something else.

[Saxonsoldiers]

@HastingsArcher Quiet boy! I can see plenty of grammatical errors in your post. My excuse is using a mobile phone to post my comment, what's yours?

[jamespageisgay]

@ohmyagod4 you live in Ireland, what have you given the world? (that is a serius question, i have no idea)

[TotalSnivy]

@LionTroy Actually, the battle itself was not fought at Hastings itself, but rather at a place called 'Battle'. I live nearby.

[Gardash111]

@LionTroy

Sigh, don't be a moron.

[lucaslodovico]

is anything beside the "alriiiiiiiiiight... hastiiiings" supposed to be funny? I mean, some contextual joke?

p.s.: not american, just not much into history, specially foreign one

[ImperialGlory1920]

@lucaslodovico Your country's history must be shit.

[TheZombieman87]

I think it was more complicated than that. :)

[jonhyman11]

Allright.. Hassstiiiiiiiiings......



[Jh5kRadio]

which episode lol

[wildvenisson]

They were fighting for the crown, not just the place... aaanyway...

[Soap360]

Well... they'd get England itself but yeah I loled

[Imperialmatty]

This shows how much americans know about history

[MostValuableSoldier]

@Imperialmatty its a joke not a history lesson

[TheNaziboy007]

@Imperialmatty eh?..

[YukonExpatriate]

I'm surprised they didn't show the bit where he got an arrow in the eye right afterwards. :p

[MJFAN666]

ALRIGHTTTT HASTINGS!

[bulldogrj5020]

EVERYONE JUST CALM THE FUCK DOWN WITH YOUR ARGUMENTS, ITS A CARTOON

[Jswan500]

Since when did they speak with yank accents?



[TheSadCake]

alriiiiiight hastiiiiiings...

[Nickkraw]

Those are Normans not Anglo Saxons

[Schensue]

Gotta put on my geek face... 8-B

... and here we go:

The Battle of Hastings wasn't about who got Hastings. It was part of the war of succesion after the death of king Edward the Confessor and the first Norman victory on William's path to the English throne.

[Aqquila89]

@Schensue Well, Channel 5 News is not exactly known for accuracy.

[jeremiahjacksoncomic]

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[The505Guys]

Why the fuck are people arguing about 1066 on a family guy video? If you want to do that crap go and do it on an actual historical video...

[Lulzalutioners]

@The505Guys

Oh golly, gee perhaps it's because it has a historical reference to the year 1066 in it?

[The505Guys]

@Lulzalutioners It's a family guy video....

[Lulzalutioners]

@The505Guys Sharp observation 505Guy, but you don't seem to understand that once someone posts something that another person thinks is inaccurate he will tell him so, and there an argument will spring up, it being a family guy video has nothing to do with it.

[MTCoblivsicas12345]

alright lets do this