Tim Minchin at the Secret Policeman's Ball 08

[livvylama]

love... this...song... ^.^

[TrixiesNo1Stalker]

@kiwired5 He's ginger. This song supports gingers. Surely gingeristsistists would have seen it?

[kiwired5]

Better make it 52 gingas have watched it. ;)

[JamieCurrant]

So much better on Ready For This?.

[rwfsmith]

@JamieCurrant I concur.

[WorldTvNews777]

51 gingers watched this

[neilaarondudgeon]

@WorldTvNews777 yes and we ALL liked the video

[GamerzFun]

@WorldTvNews777 Ok present me with your evidence, you dont have any? you're just a fucking attention seeking little boy? figures.

[jgalt7]

it's not a dead audience.....it's "the policeman's ball"....lmao....

[YoDawgItsJesus]

Does anyone know the name of the song he plays on the piano at 1:44 ?

[D4ng3rB0yc3]

Its not a dead audience, its a captive audience, they are quiet because they don't want to miss a word!

[cornish188]

Amazingly clever love it !!

[mark191513]

@1:54

[faathead619]

so this is upper class Britain he keeps talking about

[GrumpierCallumM1]

poor Tim. they gave him the deaf audiance

[Sozzie16MJ]

This audience don't appreciate Tim enough.

[SMOKEYJONES1]

FUckIN leGEnD

[ebeneezzer]

Whimsical,unfunny,makeup wearing kangaroo fucker

[lasquishia]

@ebeneezzer you clearly dont understand how fucking amazing Tim Minchin is. He's a damn legend.

[Sboy200]

as someone how isn't ginger.... I find this reverse prejudice :(

[sknnyguy25]

@Bobbyperrault2 I found out about Tim from a FB post by Bo. I have to admit that since then tim has become my fav. But to say that Bo isn't funny is ridiculous! Keep in mind most of his stuff was written when he was 14 and his wordplay still trumps the majority of comedy musicians. His piano skills may be another story! :P

[bobbyperrault2]

hes like bo burnham but acutely funny

[maddawg1012]

what a shit audience. but fuck he's good :-p

[AGingerBreadman]

What up GINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Equirah]

FOr me it only starts at 1:54, love the feel it has x)

[9215]

I think the audience just can't spell. There's quite a dely between him spelling it out and them laughing

[multimaster666]

@9215 Sorry champ, it's spelt "delay"

[dontactsuprised4]

god is everyone in that audience a gingerphobe?? they dont seem to understand how clever and brilliant the song is!

[TheMasochisticZebra]

He's just brilliant.

[ilovestars78]

what a poop auddience

[jokerman693]

ginger

nigger



[xSleazyDx]

@jokerman693 yes, thats the joke..

[jmanning74]

im a ginger and this song is funny as heck!!

[kirk11977]

This song fucking rocks though!

PS - Gingers are ugly as hell!

[ladywolfblood99]

@kirk11977 have you see harry potter???? if not see it! (red heads are cute!) ;)

[lank05]

Tim has come a long way since 2008. So brilliant.

[charliesmakinme]

God some people are idiots, they just DONT get it.

[yfzrider13]

nigger?

[KitingMadness]

@yfzrider13 did you listen to the song?



[monkeychoco919]

the audience seem like a big group of bellendsssssssssssssss

[CrazymegaCat]

48 peppole need to work on mouse aiming issues

[JoTheGeekConway]

47 people don't understand the genius...

[adilomar]

FUCK the audience in the face.

[FlameShotLord]

quite different to the current version

[select899]

audience is dead.

[Kvergjelme]

@select899 Because he suck?

[OisirM]

@Kvergjelme No... I'm certain that is far from the real reason...

[peterabbid]

shit audience.

[Madsblach]

@peterabbid there hasn't been placed a mic. in front of the audience, that's why you can't here them...

[geniuswondergirl]

Why does this sound so familiar?

[agroskater165]

dude, that audience sucks. understood he was pressed for time on his set so he kinda had to rush it but like seriously funny shit man.

[stphstrwbrrygl]

he seems nervous

[notapirate74]

@PsychShock dudue take this down it will give it away

[notapirate74]

@PsychShock dudue take this down it will give it away

[OffCentre01]

the audience is crap. i'd be wetting myself if i were there. he had to leave gaps to give the audiece time to laugh. he's better than that.

[OffCentre01]

oh god, the audience is crap. id be wetting myself with laughter if i were there.

[ARIADNEntheMONKFISH]

lol. my youngest is a stunningly mad curly Ginger and as he says "carrot tops are GREEN" lol.

[notapirate74]

@ARIADNEntheMONKFISH dude take this down it gives it away

[cheapshotdrummer]

HE'S NO THE PRINCE, HE'S THE KING U DUMBASS! (0:02)

[Sparkz147]

@cheapshotdrummer Yes but "prince of the piano" actually sounds better than "king of the piano" because of the double p. Taken out of context yeah a king is better than a prince.

[tsjaaaa]

I think he's hot, and funny.. But please comb your hair..

[KelwinDicks666]

Dowwnload the audio from this clip at searchripgrab doht cohm.

[golfdeano]

Listen, Minchin is amazing!! the audience will have understood and thoroughly enjoyed the jokes! the point is that the laughs didn't come across on the video is probably because the audience wasn't mic'd up like they are on his stand up video's and other material!! (although it does come across as a tough crowed!!)

[7CellarDoors]

Totally thought he was going to say Nigger...

[Maksimfan]

@7CellarDoors that's the point

[7CellarDoors]

@Maksimfan Yeah i got that...

[squarepeg85]

What a shit crowd.

[xxlushlolaxx]

wow tough crowed,they hardly laughed at all he did better in other gigs :(

[chrisbaker91]

@xxlushlolaxx think about it it isnt a crowd which was there for his comedy they were there for various acts not all of them as non-pc as him but this is one of his best relatively pc songs so he should have got more laughs but the crowd was probably full of middle-class old biddies

[DavySigfusson]

There must be a lot of pigs in that crowd since this is the secret "policeman's" ball.

[steviesuperstar]

very good made me smile, i did think he meant nigger at first but ithink that was part of the joke , to make you think that, thats why he gave that coy smile

[Nogert]

@steviesuperstar it's obviously the joke

[steviesuperstar]

@Nogert of course , i got it straight off my comment was really to try to enlighten the less fortunate in the brain department, cause it realy is a clever and funy song and not every one is as clever as you no insult intended : - )

[supersophiexx]

@MyHeadJustExploded uh that's the point, that's why it's funny.

[MyHeadJustExploded]

I thought he meant the n word. like the one people call black people

[cwrhabocp]

hes so stoned!

[MrNickeh]

@cwrhabocp He doesn't do drugs. And he does some kickass playing in his other songs that you couldn't do whilst stoned :P

[jontnay]

the woman at the start is just stairign at him like wtf are you

[DifferentGirl3]

These people didn't laugh nearly enough...

[takertown]

45 ppl dont like being called ginger.

[EEJAS]

"a tinge of the ginge in your minge"

a true poet

[dek9912]

@mrnebs I think that he's trying to show the stupidity of racism, in Britain no-one takes "racism" towards gingers seriously, I think he's trying to show that they're both stupid, relating it to that level that brits know, also probably because he's ginger as well.

[anaemicandsweet]

@dek9912 Not naturally though - he dyes his hair

[punkmanjon]

@anaemicandsweet No he doesn't. Where did you get that from?

[anaemicandsweet]

@punkmanjon From his documentary film 'Rock N Roll Nerd'. It details his early career, and at the beginning he decides to go for a 'new look' and you see him at the hairdresser getting his hair done. I don't think his natural colour is far off - you can see his brown roots here: img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/­TimMinchin151008_450x381.jpg

[Rhemora]

wow, 45 people have no sense of humour.

[amarndar]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS CROWD?? They don't show enough appreciation to the genius of Tim Micin!!

[ricardogommeren]

Why didn't he play Jack Sparrow? He's used to the looks.

[erkiness]

nigger lol

[aqueen8]

Ginger is The Best !!!!

[sgfig]

Was it the point to make people think he was going to say nigger?

Cause that is definitely what I was thinking for the first part of the song.

[TokerSmurf]

@sgfig - yes that is exactly the point - he does it well.

[sgfig]

@TokerSmurf Yea I realised that it was clearly the point after watching it the second time haha

[mrmebs]

@sgfig becuase ginger and nigger have the same letter, so you think he going to sing a song about racism but it's one about being ginger instead

[RPR1983]

@mrmebs Don't you see? The genius of the song is that it IS about racism. It's a song about blacks that's secretly about gingers that's still about blacks. It's biting social criticism about the reality of racism in the modern world.

[ballisticninjabob]

45 people are stupid according to the counter

[timytoad]

@ballisticninjabob They must be racists

[Ordimis]

The audience is shocking, fail.

[sgtmd1]

this audience must be the slowest responsive people ever. Tim has to wait like 5 seconds at every comic reference for a response, and it kinda spoils his comic timing. i don't think most people actually even get this joke about the letters hes singing about and the "taboo" word you expect him to say. shame really as its a very clever song.

[sgtmd1]

this audience must be the slowest responsive people ever. Tim has to wait like 5 seconds at every comic reference for a response, and it kinda spoils his comic timing. i don't think most people actually even get this joke about the letters hes singing about and the "taboo" word you expect him to say. shame really as its a very clever song.

[Cody111079]

wow Elton John really let himself go..

[12345l6789]

only tim minchin could pull off a pull back and reveal on a piano

[Hazter5151]

seriously how shit is this crowd! they barely laughed, even at tampon! O.o

[lukeluke01]

sounded like the audience didnt understand half the jokes in the song.... or at least didnt find them as funny as i did!!

[beckkah]

i remember watching this on tv lol the tension was just unbelievable until he got to the main point :L love tim =]

[Quiksilver4eyes]

Transcribe audio on this is priceless.

[Parau1990]

You shouldnt have rated those two so high, now it will spoil the surprise for everyone.

[Pippin1988]

@Parau1990 this is probably the best way to get voted up I've ever seen. Congrats ;-)

[jafacake09]

he's so cute ;D

[slyme1711]

brilliant !

[XxMcFlyAngelxX]

@nurav1990 no, two people of the same sex kissing is gay.

this is a man playing the piano singing a song about gingers.

[greatestXhits]

@XxMcFlyAngelxX two people of the same sex can kiss without being gay

[willowstar01]

@XxMcFlyAngelxX errrr my best friend is the same sex as i.... and we kiss all the time and i... infact happen to be completly straight and hav a boyfriend.... so that your theory comepletly fukked.

[Sephiralen]

I didn't realize he was a ginger...

I don't understand why it's such an insult.

I think it's hot, usually.

Most times I can't even tell the diff between their hair-color and blond, honestly.

[santajimi]

@Sephiralen Yeah, they all look the same to you dont they?! :(  Damn racists ... :P :)

[MarxIzalias]

@Sephiralen

Some people think Black folk are hot, but guess what happens when people use terms offensively. People get offended.

[MelisandeSharizai]

Wow, his eyes are red!

[360army]

god i felt so sorry for him when he paused for the audience to laugh but they didnt then he got distracted and slipped at one bit

btw the word he spells at the start spells ginger not the N word

[itsmattknox]

@360army You didn't quite get the jokes, did you?

[Gongiar]

@360army are you retarded ?....we all realised that.

[charliesmakinme]

@360army lmao you idiot...

[360army]

he is ginger you morons

[pRiMeValNeRd]

I didn't realise they had the same letters right until this video!

I just thought he was spelling ginger wrong at first, then I realised what he meant to imply.

Im such a innocent girl:').

[littleacousticlover]

@emilienutkin I prefer to say he's the lovechild of Russel Brand and BIll Bailey.. :P

[santajimi]

@littleacousticlover I think theres a little Dudley Moore in there as well. :)

[raybankat]

I actually never realized they had the same letters until now, haha.

[LoveUKtelly]

His eyes are beautiful :o

[hayleystorm]

Tim is a legand, Cant wait to go see his new tour in dec '10 :D . . the crowd sucked, this is my fav Minchin song!! Hilarious . . . ''like only a ninja, can sneak up on another ginger. . .'' lol

[Ruckus12121]

@hayleystorm only a ninja can sneak up on another ninja**

[hayleystorm]

@Ruckus12121 I realised the typo when i sent . . .

[robb4yyy]

i fucking love it

[Tsugo582]

oh dear i love mr tim minchin :)

[jacksonnybraund]

im not ginger but im a nazi so go fuck yourselves

[gazlsos]

Thumbs up for Tim!! Thumbs down for the worst crowd ever!!

[babiiemmii]

5:01 ♥

[AshleyisGoddess]

God he is sexy for his age :D

[Electroguy1996]

It's scientifically proven that gingers feel more pain.

[cheapshotdrummer]

@Electroguy1996

However, there are other experiments that conclude the exact opposite, in the case of electric pain (pain induced by small electric charges)

[Dylans503]

only a nigga can call another nigger nigga

[Flutterfly5000]

best song ever! Awesome!

[BibleStorm]

This song makes me want to be ginger

[Ashley5ash]

@BibleStorm What is a person with a username as yours watching Tim Minchin? How ironic! Tim Minchin is an athiest.

[BibleStorm]

@Ashley5ash I'm actually an atheist too. I have pretty much exactly the same ideas about religion as Tim does.

[Ashley5ash]

@BibleStorm XD Haha! Intresting...

[mrsziggystarlet]

wow- he is epic xD i cant believe you cant hear hundreds of people in hysterics- like i am xDDD

[DjembeDjam]

Isn't this song called "Prejudice"?

[SandyPandy7]

@DjembeDjam Nah, it's called Taboo

[TiaTizz]

Seemed like a tough crowd that night, but he's amazing

[SandyPandy7]

"Cause papa's gonna be bringin' home the ginger bread" hahaha

[SandyPandy7]

"Like only a ninja can sneak up on another ninja" - Oh he's such a genious

[PrinceD4rkstR]

Obviously early in production of the song. xP But still great.

[empressjulz]

absolutely genius! i'm not sure many ppl realise that GINGERS is a metaphor for another word... i.e. nigger... 5 stars.

[danthor19]

@empressjulz I'm pretty sure most ppl got it, If they didn't I would become even more disappointed (if that's possible) with the intelligence level of the human race. =)

[MetalAtheist93]

@empressjulz

How about anagram.

Kinda the joke.

[AndoggPLAYA]

@empressjulz I like how people who have the attitude that they are so much sharper than others don't know the difference between a metaphor and an anagram/euphemism...

[FIDDY87]

LOVE IT!!

[Just8eatit]

genius!

[chessecaketv]

i didnt find this funny stopped at 1:08 D:

[haggler]

@chessecaketv joke right?

[chessecaketv]

@haggler no i really dont find this funny really no joke.......

[YourRealBestFriend]

@chessecaketv

That's okay, mate. Personally I find this hilarious, But I can completely understand if you don't like it. Go upon your way watching things yóu find funny. Don't let anyone get you down. The intereb is huge.