Ricky Gervais - Nursery Rhymes

[roophies]

Humpty dumpty was originally posed as a riddle hence being thought to be an egg. It is a misconception that he is an egg so that children could draw him or that it was a cannon or a siege engine.

[alienhuman]

2 years ago some one told me about Ricky.  Now he is my favorite.

[willfhurley]

poor kerning in 'politics' there...

[quibble640]

Can i point out the Ricky probably does know that Humpty Dumpty isn't an egg! But it would ruin the act if he acted as if Humpty wasnt an egg!

[coreykeenan1]

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[OhWowAshDoesThings]

I assumed that this would be something Australian, from the way he used 'G'day'. Oh well.

[coreykeenan1]

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[bebeheuy]

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[dadto2cheekymonkeys]

legendary! 

[distortzz]

that last joke fucking killed me!

[sirbestnameever]

its a riddle

[Woahitsahand]

Humpty dumpty is about a cannon i thought it was about a fat person.

[Khronnus]

@Woahitsahand Humpty Dumpty was originaly a riddle to which the answer was an egg.

[TheBrucehump]

@Khronnus no humpty dumpty was a cannon which was being used by the Cavaliers in the English civil war in the town of Colchester, it was knocked off by the Round Heads and destroyed.

[Khronnus]

@TheBrucehump It is well known as a riddle, even before one man reported it to be a seige cannon, but with no evidence that the rhyme and that were connected. 

[roophies]

@TheBrucehump Wrong.

[MikeyClyro]

"Once, right, there was an Egg that could climb walls!!!!"

[gulliboi]

Thats Carling not Fosters..

[tainmentman]

his material is good but his acting and his voice acting is sensational!

[weaselidiotu]

why is he holding a beer can at some point?

[GuardianFarron]

@weaselidiotu he drinks fosters during his stand up :P

[DragosMP]

@weaselidiotu why not....

[ankr273]

Humpty Dumpty was an english cannon in a fort, which fell during a battle and all the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt get it back on the wall.

[RaysTrack]

@ankr273 - true (though I'm feeling a bit anal about being this geekish) it was during the English civil war. One of Colchester's gates (in Royalist hands) had a cannon called Humpty Dumpty as it was a short-length but wide bore canon. The tower it was on took a direct hit from Parliamentarian artillery and the canon was put out of action. The royalists couldn't 'fix' it.

[UberNoodleX]

@ankr273 "Humpty Dumpty was an english cannon in a fort"

The jury is still out on the origin of the term, but most accept that it was originally a riddle and thus designed to be cryptic. As for the cannon -- supposed 'additional verses' to support that claim have not been verified. They differ in style for both the period and the rhyme. Additionally, the earliest version of the rhyme doesn't even contain the military imagery of horses and men.

[DKwanwoo]

Nowhere in the humpty dumpty rhyme does it say he is an egg

[812jessmess]

probably jumped off the wall..died laughing!

[idgafjlmi]

omg he's hilarious.. it took me a while to get into his comedy but he really is .. amazing :D

[thanx4life]

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty took a great fall.

He's now in a coma.

[Eternaldream00]

humpty dumpty was a cannon wasnt it ? It fell off a tower or something.

[ibbisshh]

Thumbs up if your watching it in 2011 and still loves it !

[DATWEIRDGUY1]

don't fuck around with sluts or you'll get you head caved in

[yungsuh2]

probably jumped off the wall

[pk550]

how's the baby? it's an egg

[LittleBabyBum]

Haha! I love Ricky Gervais. I'm checking "nursery rhymes" video on YouTube (for my job as an animator) and came across this video. thank you Ricky! It was great to get an injection of adultness even if it was just for 4 minutes...ok back to the grind!

[TheRoyalstandard]

funniest man... ever.

[TalibanSOA]

Probably jumped off the wall haha brilliant.

[danfrost313]

@joed293 You have misspelled "subtitle" and you didn't capitalize.

[Mynameisnotooo]

@danfrost313 and not a shit was given that day

[KATT718]

I'm sorry, i have to brag about this to someone

Today i went to a park to collect conkers, and Ricky was there

I glomped Ricky Gervais :l

[Frequency404]

1:23

I'm sure that's a dog barking I can hear.

[TheACRainey]

"Don't send horses to preform medical procedures."

[Zimnyification]

"Where are the horses!?"

"...The egg!"

[llagin1234]

hahaaha dont fuck around with sluts or you get your head caved in

[JHDELIVERY22]

Don't sit on a wall if you're an egg lol

[supsification]

Humpty Dumpty was a cannon that fell from the top of Colchester Castle. It broke. This rhyme was written about it. I have no idea how it became an egg.

[Keith5Cats2]

@supsification TIL...

[Frequency404]

@supsification

Are you telling me a cannon fell off of a wall and became an egg?! Fuck me!

[supsification]

@Frequency404 They were crazy times back then. I suspect a wizard may have been involved.

[plstrom]

veru veru smart from english to... english !!!

[robin961000]

about

[dodoegg1]

The reason Humpty Dumpty (or Umpty Dumpty as Karl would say) is depicted as an egg is because it is sung to young children who then draw it. As we all know, kids drawings are just heads with limbs coming out of them, thus Humpty Dumpty took that form.

Trust me, I know loads about eggs.

[GhostHostAnth]

@dodoegg1 That makes sense because Humpty Dumpty is never described as an egg, so an assumption is always made that he's an egg because he falls down, breaks, and can't be put back together.

[BroadwayBoundLoser16]

It's funny because the words in "Humpty Dumpty" never actually mention that he's an egg. People just have that impression, I guess.

[snailkit]

I know it's for the sake of comedy...but both are political allegories.

[YasserCrackafat]

I turned anotations on and it said "Clintons running to blow the horse"

[MajikkaniHand]

Dude, the horses are there to make GLUE. They're not FOR pushing egg bits around with their hooves.

[Kadiezi]

@MajikkaniHand

Nice excuse. Have you ever seen a horse that could make glue?

[MajikkaniHand]

@Kadiezi No no no no no, you misunderstand. The horses don't manufacture the glue, they ARE the glue. Horses are the most stereotypical for this, but any animal with connective tissue, boiled long enough, makes protein colloids that form an adhesive. It's great stuff, for certain jobs. and with the ability to be steamed off and re-applied it might be good for restorative work of a finicky nature such as piecing together an eggshell.

Animal cruelty makes the best nursery rhymes. ^^

[Kadiezi]

@MajikkaniHand

..... I could have lived a happy life without knowing that. .__.

[assassin7707]

lmao "whats the moral of that? Dont fuck around with sluts or youll get your head caved in?"

[stellosac]

didnt karl say this?

[BaltosGirl]

Fucking Hell XD Funny as shit

[jonahtakalua1]

the nursery rhyme never says humpty dumpty is an egg.. lol

[jdowman31]

It was a rhyme about a cannon in the siege of colchester, it was placed up high and shot down :-) (I'm from colchester, hence the sad knowledge)

[nikoincroatia]

I'm pretty sure they only started drawing it as an egg because illustrating a splattered human corpse wasn't deemed appropriate for children's books.

[DarthBismarck]

@nikoincroatia Have you ever read the original stories of the Brothers Grimm?

[nikoincroatia]

@DarthBismarck Some of them. Gruesome stuff.

[palxue]

Charlie Sheen is gonna get his head caved in sooner or later

[YayBenSpeck]

@palxue wwweeeeeaaakkk



[mo1234321]

There's someone in the audience with a really annoying laugh.

[stuvaio]

where is the rhyme does it say humpty is an egg?

[Atheeizm]

22 people love "Sex And The City"

astounding.

[1foottall]

"He's probably jumped off the wall" HAHAHAHAHA

[mackeymkay]

Funneh. On a slightly more serious note, isn't Humpty Dumpty a riddle?

[templar19]

22 people are eggs who tried to sit on a wall.

[MortTheCat]

yes i am the 1200 liker!!!

[jimmyPain2121]

"dont fuck around with sluts or you get your head caved in" a moral that i live by

[mdsatan]

@jimmyPain2121 It is the one lesson I hope to one day pass down to my children.

[michaelmatula]

Ohh man, I almost suffocated from laughing so much at this one :)

[MistaMariguana]

21 people are eggs on walls

[jmac3299]

This is good

[jumpsstart]

"Read that" "Fuck" hahaha funniest man alive

[000crazyshit]

Nineteen eggs sat on a wall. 

[AvatarRoku1]

No where does it ever say that humpty dumpty was an egg.

[findyourintelligence]

@AvatarRoku1 Ricky addresses this 

[SandBarAndYou]

@AvatarRoku1 Read between the lines. He was a fuckin' egg! lol

[neil182sr]

the dilikes are from eggs, or eggs who were performed on by horses

[lagerbaer]

18 People lack the dexterity to click the like button

[theboardie]

18 people accidentally hit the thumbs down button. careful, guys.

[lilafgprincess]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA fat johnny!!!!hay]ahahahah

[MasterExploder6]

It's funny because nowhere in Humpty Dumpty does it say he is an egg

[71johnf]

I love it when one person in the crowd has a distinct laugher

[sidewinderxx]

@71johnf thank you for giving me a new lease on comedy haha that's gold

[Kingsizenerd56]

18 people did not like this video. That's it. Nothing else. They just didn't like it.

[chadbrochillist]

The people who disliked this need to check for a pulse.

[seanlee747]

18 viewers are eggs.

[SHlTTER]

@seanlee747 haha now theres two cartons of eggs disliking it

[isleofyew1]

The point is that broken eggs can't be mended no matter who's help you call in. So if you still have any doubts about an afterlife forget it, that is impossible and stupid to even consider,.religious eggheads.

[saphirebandit93]

there once was an egg by the name of steve wore pants with suspenders I believe went to bed in a frying in pan and woke up next to sausages steve the egg steve the egg how’d he wear pants without no legs steve the egg steve the egg he woke up next to sausages (kudos to anyone who know’s where this is from)

[kylieemaree]

@NZUkuleleGuy + @GarryHarriman

Guys get a private chat line going or something - we really don't wanna hear your bromance

[Demockracy69]

@kylieemaree simple solution, don't fucking read it. you're not hearing anything. you are physically making yourself read it... just stop that and you wont have to "hear" anything.

[kylieemaree]

@Demockracy69 Oh, semantics!

- not that it has anything to do with you anyways, aye!

[Demockracy69]

@kylieemaree Actually, its more then semantics audio is forced onto someone while visual (especially when it comes to reading) is not. As for not having anything to do with me well.. Its a public forum so tough shit.

[NZUkuleleGuy]

@GarryHarriman in NZ i surf! :) and when i'm not doing that i play songs on youtube and work in insurance!

[NZUkuleleGuy]

@GarryHarriman i'm not sure if there have been any other dvds... might have to have a look, i hope so! I'm originally from Reading but live in New Zealand now

[vaj99]

In fact nowhere in humpty dumpty does it say that humpty was an egg!

[NoTrueFace1]

ring around the rosey is about the black plague.

that 4 and twenty black birds one...i forget the details but i think it involves several convicts dying in a horrific way.

london bridge is falling down...obvious.

nursery rhymes are freakin terrifying. i'm suprised he didn't touch on some other ones.

[doron297]

@NoTrueFace1 dont forget oranges and lemons, and although it doesnt count as a nursery rhyme, Allouette which is about tearing a small bird apart 1 body part at a time

[defy89gravity]

"probably jumped off the wall"

oooohhhh hahaha

[angelfang]

lol i thought it was his hat too when i was a kid...

[chimchimaru]

He is def drinking a four loko...

[Jdvstheworld]

@chimchimaru wrong sir, you need to brush up on your alcohol

[MrJster0]

@NZUkuleleGuy your comment made me laugh more than ricky gervais has. think you may hit the big time if you started touring with that material.

[MrJster0]

@simonistic Now now darling, each to their own opinion.

[highdonkey24]

keep clicking on 1:23 its hilarious

[Miniermotte]

If your surname is "Dumpty" - DON'T call your first born "Humpty"!

phaaaaahahahahaaaaaaaaa xD

[hockeychick25111]

read that...fuck

[MrJster0]

my mates sent me this as backup to why ricky gervais is funny. however there backup is irrelevant as ricky gervais is simply not funny.

[simonistic]

@MrJster0 fuck you and your mate , mate

[NZUkuleleGuy]

@MrJster0 you sir, don't know comedy. Stick to Two and half men.

[MardukHail]

Humpty Dumpty was a cannon that was extremely large (too large) which fell and broke. The enemies of the king got a good laugh. Mother Goose turned it into an egg. It was originally a war joke.

[MrHighron1]

he's a brilliant comedian.

[mezzz73]

Ricky Gervais is awesome. The reason you never hear about the fact that he's an egg is because it was originally a riddly, and the answer was an egg, but now everyone knows the answer so it's just a rhyme. I LOVE RICKY GERVAIS!!!

[avatarcody1]

WOW he has lost a LOT of wieght

[lurima52511]

What I love is when his voice breaks during the punch line. RICKY FTW!!

[preliator96]

Probably the best stand up comedian ever

[fredeblob]

Ricky's a legend. God bless Ricky!!!

[BggProductions]

Gervais is a true comedy legend of our time. XFM, podcasts, The Office, Extras, live shows & all his films; the guy is amazing.

[dehorned]

@BggProductions Also hes in Grand Theft Auto 4 , along side Kat williams , At the comedy club in liberty city, has 2 different skits.

[superburnley1882]

I...I...the egg...

What?

I sent them to mend an egg!

Are you fucking mental?

[Davewise1965]

Ricky Gervais's style of comedy is so funny.

[MRFRUITCAKE98]

it was eggcelent

RICKY GERVAIS ROCKS!!!

[davemelnick]

if one doesn't know how to laugh, (s)he might want to buy thierself a sense of humor eh. ;)

[ThatCheshireLadBloke]

how's the baby?

it's an egg.

LOL

[sheila2646]

Humpty Dumpty is really supposed to be George III of England - who was mad, due to porphyria. That's the nickname the English press gave him.

[grassjr]

Its unfortunate i have seen many small time stand up comedians repeat the same 'horse' part of the humpty dumpty joke :(

[samnichols26]

This guy kills me

[cyclemom]

I was crying laughing at this. He's brilliant with the simplest stuff.

[elephantpoopwormie]

hahahaha this is great. My favorite.

[buffiexoh]

Read that... fuck!

[Kotowboy]

3:41 his face !! He's Incredulous xD

[31arctica]

Prolly jumped off the wall <3

[8300dvo]

sdfg

[cuckoo61]

his style is similar to that of eddie izzard... i feel. kinda seudo-intelectual :D

[daylite34]

he probably jumped off the wall.....XD

[GroovingPict]

Ricky, you twit, you only "know it's an egg from pictorial evidence" cause it is a bloody riddle.. wouldnt be a bloody good riddle if the riddle itself gave the fucking answer

[stfwho]

@GroovingPict it wouldn't be a bloody good riddle if it didn't give clues to Humpty Dumpty being an egg either. A riddle has to give you some form of information that you piece together to determine the answer. All it really is, is a nursery rhyme that has no riddle to it at all. How many people would figure out Humpty's an egg if there wasn't a picture? Would you be able to guess that he's an egg from just the nursery rhyme? No you couldn't.

[GroovingPict]

@stfwho Are you daft? Yes you bloody well can work it out from just the rhyme/riddel, thats the whole point! If theres a picture accompanying it, showing you the answer, how is that a riddle?? All the clues you need are in the rhyme. A child can work it out from those clues. The fact that you say you couldnt, says more about you,

[stfwho]

@GroovingPict Well the answer could have been anything that breaks when it falls. It could have been a round jug you know. The fact that you can't realize the riddle makes absolutely no reference to an egg at all, yes you're still so sure that without the picture you'd know it's an egg, says more about you. If you can show me where it actually makes a hint that its an egg, and not any object that would break after falling a great distance, then I'll say you're right. But you can't, so you're not

[lenny619916]

I thought humpty dumpty was a canon unless your Reading the dictionary but I doubt the eggs drunk anyway mite be a possibility but a posibility at most

[ketchuph8r]

'If I had to design a perfect egg-crushing device, it would be a hoof.' hehe oh ricky.

[yourmum739]

Those 11 people who don't like this, have NO sense of humour

[Betheotherone]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the seventeenth century. The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person. There's more at wiki.

[spikelilgirl]

Don't send horse to perform medical procedures.

[ObscenityOlivia]

He's so cute.

[procritic09]

Don't sit on a wall if you're an egg.

[Thechalfonts]

Genius!

[brynjones11]

oi kids. dont fuck around with sluts or you'll get your head caved in

[copiagueeagle]

Lmao at the suicidal egg. "don't make it worse... He probably jumped off the wall"

[ih8palis]

ricky gervais is a genius.

[JodiBakerIsJellyBaby]

it doesn't actually say humpty dumpty was an egg anywhere in the rhyme..

[phleugh]

did you know that in humpty dumpty, they NEVER actually mention an egg...?

[Hyro]

@phleugh The whole nursery rhyme is a riddle. The answer is that Humpty is an egg.

[applebananatrees]

haha where r all the kings horses n men?...eh sent them to mend the egg

[sundoeco]

awesome! hmmmm him or jimmy carr as a better comedian??? i cant decide.

[mrfundah]

@sundoeco ricky hands down

[rand0mwurds]

don't send horses to do medical procedures

[elalalalana]

Haha, I thought Jack lost his hat for the longest time too!

[Dickking666]

The Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme is actually a riddle, so no wonder it's not mentioned. But still hilarious.

[PNHL]

AHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA love him!