Dave Allen on Airplanes

[Kinokiddo]

I can see that pistonslapbigtime takes a no-surrender view on language. I respect it and I like the argument he presented. Excellent. He has something in common with Percy Grainger, who tried to use English without foreign imports. In particular, when composing music he refused, eg, to write "allegro" & all those other Italian instructions to performers.

[euphoricfreedom11]

Every click i hear is better than the last -LMAO....Very funny!

[AboSararFTW]

What I love about Dave Allen that he doesn't swear, you never hear him says FUCK FUCKING SHIT. And the few times he actually swore, it came just right. just one "Fucking" in the whole thing, but that one "Fucking" is just at the fucking right place.

[tomthetickintimebomb]

@AboSararFTW True, but towards the end of his run with the BBC, he did swear quite a bit and often got in some trouble for it. BUT, I do agree that overall he was not a comedian who felt he had to swear to make people laugh.

[11whizkid]

brilliant

[2212corby]

This guy is just pure class

[mmargaret28]

its still funny even now



[erionmema1]

brilliant!

[KelticWoman1]

Best friggin comedian ever.

[raybotokyo]

What spelling are you talking about? Are you taking drugs?

[8moem]

George Carlin believed in few things, i bet copy write was one of them...

[RaisuliLordoftheRiff]

@8moem

Yeah, no-one else should ever make jokes about aeroplanes ever again now because George Carlin has obviously covered the entire topic so brilliantly that the whole category of humour is closed, right? Just so you know, this Dave Allen sketch is older than George Carlin's recording of his airline piece. Much as I like both, just think.

[vanavasi38]

g00d

[Internetpolice666]

To be honest....it's that dated and lame I think the spelling does matter.

[kazee007]

dave allen a genious !

[Vampirelover121002]

Mummy we're going camping in the Indian Ocean

[xThisIsMyLife]

This is AMAZING!

[totes32]

allen=genuis

[sulfurousstench]

This man is a genius. What a wonderful world/

[alinemerrow]

Gosh, it is as if George Carlin suddenly became incredibly intelligent. Apart from that, their monologues are almost the same.

[Lava91point0]

He's like a british George Carlin

[RedRangerAidan]

@Lava91point0 Irish

[Lava91point0]

yeah sorry correction there lol@RedRangerAidan

[Murph7792]

@Lava91point0

he's irish

[Skillerguy45]

@Lava91point0 No, George Carlin is like an American Dave Allen.

[DaBhoyHughes]

@Lava91point0 Dave Allen is from Dublin.,Ireland, which makes him Irish!!!!

[myg0tpurepunk]

@DaBhoyHughes Isn't Dublin a part of Britain?

[williamskidfears]

@myg0tpurepunk Not since 1923. You might be thinking of Belfast

[myg0tpurepunk]

@williamskidfears Ah cheers

[blaydo]

@Lava91point0 Except he's Irish.

[DAVIDJMG]

A fixed-wing aircraft, typically called an airplane, aeroplane or simply plane, is an aircraft capable of flight using forward motion that generates lift as the wing moves through the air. Fixed-wing aircraft include planes, which are propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller, as well as unpowered aircraft (such as gliders), which use thermals, or warm-air pockets to inherit lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from ornithopters.

[radulac000]

Every time he says "that's bloody nice of them,isn't it?" I laugh my ass off

[slyph63]

who cares what it say in the title. just enjoy and stop trying to out preach eachother.

You will never be as much of a genius as this man.

[Kinokiddo]

Of course, spelling is important. But "Dave Allen on Airplanes" is correct, in US dialect. Brits say "aeroplanes" but "airplanes" is a perfectly good word, ennit? American English is a strong dialect; why not respect it, just as you respect any other dialect?

[pistonslapbigtime]

@Kinokiddo If the word is English in origin, i.e. strip or field, the "air" is correct, as in "air strip" or "air field". If the word is rooted in Latin, then it must be "aero" as in "aeroplane" or "aerodrome". There is no such thing as American English. There is only English performed correctly. Or not

[zythepsarian]

<3 dave allen

[sbrads9792]

Dave Allen was a comic genius... Everything here is true with a twist

[opendtuning]

when I fly I always sit at the the tail end,always.Because you never here of a plane backing into a mountain!!!

[KristusTF]

Wonderfully delightful comedy. :D

[sbbinahee]

My god Ialmost peed me pants watching Allen here. Irish Genius!

Glen campbell talked of what nearly happened to the back of his pants on stage when the concord went supersonic.Hilarious too...

[benniquaid]

I've never heard of this guy before. He's freakin' hilarious!

[666spalony]

"Place the mask over your face and breathe normally." Well, I have no problem with that. I always breathe normally when I'm in a 600 mile-an-hour uncontrolled vertical dive. I also SHIT normally! RIGHT IN MY PANTS!

[debraann57]

Why cant people just focus on Dave, and appreciate his great humor! One of the best of all times! Miss you Dave...R.I.P.

[timtak1]

Did this inspire Fight Club? 

[johnanthonyp]

His etatw or Nivk should have made a fotrtune from Ceis Rock. Check the dates and difference in class delivert

[ArthurGoodlad]

Great upload of a wonderful comic.

[Zscheesus]

Well, maybe chriseurosong didn't know he was dead.

[snoopadoopadoo]

a legend !

[ytfmichaelxu]

Who did these jokes first, George Carlin or him?

[AJackalMan]

@ytfmichaelxu It wouldve been dave allen, but they are very common observations to make. They probably arrived at them seperatley, and developed their routines without knowledge of one another

[Lukeyboy969]

In the film Down to Earth with Chris Rock they use the black box joke. Poor Dave having his jokes used.

[Lukeyboy969]

blessing joke and kiss your arse goodbye were actually amazing.

[AltCtrl84]

God damn you Dave, I just woke up my parents from laughing out loud :-D

[johnanthonyp]

Cris Rock? / Master!!!!!!!!. I dare you to do his ghost story. do th ghost story!!!!

[mussman717word]

You can see how this guy had immense influence on Carlin.

[Longsleeeves]

This is interesting George Carlin had the same bit about the black box. I wonder which one of them did it first

[GodmanBG]

shuda said smth about parachutes

[gem60000]

brilliantly funny.

@chriseurosong <--- get a life,

aeroplane/airplane :

I'm surprised you never commented or complained about the Title

"Dave Allen on Airplanes " when he wasn't acutually on an aeroplane/airplane.

WISE UP....

[2112chopper]

@gem60000 well said total nob

[spetetic]

Its marvellous how little this has dated over the years. I've seen stuff a quarter the age of this that seems positively ancient in comparison.

[DoctorYoda1]

I need an oxygen mask when im watching this guy... almost died even though i've seen this for the billionth time xD

[showaddy11]

please bring him back instead of these innane programmes were people compete with each other and one of them is a failure. cheap tele. les dawson could show aspiring musicians how to play absurdly correctly

[johngray8]

Man Amazingly funny and genius at work.

[cpalace77]

Genius at work.

[muzikscud23]

What dvd is this?

[dinadrca]

lol

[cutykity]

genius

[wellerslastloafers]

One word..... Genius.

[tubeshan]

Brilliant!

Now I know where Billy Connoly got his ideas.

[branchkok]

george carlin copies this!!!!!!!!

[Lyons010101]

Class..nothing less

[cahtush]

i realy lol'd. its so funny :D

[MrPython1996]

thats so funny

[crucko1]

does anyone know what year this was?

[gmullery1]

there will never be another like him again,

[radulac000]

hahahhahaha, Jesus, i've got tears all over my face

[cowpat44]

Americans can't spell or speak the English language for shit

[8302linda]

What is the name of the cd or dvd of this standup ?

[svemelheim]

hahahahaha

[mvies77]

This and several vids is my first introduction to his comedy. I am an American and very familiar with our comedians. As to his likeness to Carlin, let me say that both are satirical, but Carlin was more bitter, angry and cutting. I would much rather listen to this.

[gluebum13]

Oh man...I'm hurtin' badly now.

[emmyemma101]

Comic genius.

[rarebutgreat]

The man was a legend , Fantastic routine

[nearadyn]

I'm a private pilot and one lesson I learned when I have non-flyers in the plane is never say the words "uh-oh". I finally talked a friend who is afraid to fly to ride in my fabric covered 1962 Piper Colt. He was smiling and having fun until I dropped my pencil off my kneeboard and he didn't notice. I said, "uh-oh" and reached for it. He had turned white as a ghost and was grasping his seat belt for dear life. Although I landed smoothly, with nothing wrong, he never has flown with me since.

[Katatawnic]

@nearadyn I'm in tears, your story had me laughing so hard!

[mijahan]

Dave was a genius.......fond memories of his shows when I was a kid.

[chriseurosong]

Dave is talking about aeroplanes - not "airplanes". I wish the uploader of this video had respected the fact that Dave is Irish, and consequently uses International English and not American English.

[medra1980]

@chriseurosong nobody cares

[digireedoo]

@medra1980 - bit ironic coming from a David Gray fan

[medra1980]

@digireedoo why is that?

[berniebay]

@chriseurosong

It really doesn't matter. Wouldn't plane by any other name still fly as high?

[berniebay]

@berniebay

wouldn't a plane*

[SilentNightS365]

@chriseurosong who the fuck cares? its the same thing jackass! it doesnt matter how its spelled and aeroplane is an airplane.

[crucko1]

@SilentNightS365 spelt not 'spelled' hahaa

[stu9191]

@chriseurosong Maybe you need to take note of what's important. And not focus on how the title of this video is spelled, you fucking idiot.

[THENITEGHOST]

@stu9191 well said my friend==}}

[cmpbllsjc]

@stu9191 I was thinking the same thing about chriseurosong, lol. Guess everyone isn't as perfect as him.

[JCaesar11]

@stu9191 Here here

[Murph7792]

@stu9191 that fuckin idiots comment is alot more popular thn yours. whos the idiot now? :)

[Zenesjatek]

@Murph7792 While it would have been nice to respect Allen's cultural background, popularity hardly equates truth. Just enjoy Allen's brillance. :) In the end, that's the only thing that matters.

[Digdigs2]

@stu9191 In the clip Dave Allen points out that 'words are very important'. A lack of appreciation of this fact is generally displayed by those trying to retain power or those too uneducated to realise their power. Education is everything, it allows for independent thought, the ability to reason and the means to communicate this reasoning. Words and their concise meaning and spelling form part of this, it is for this reason that dictatorships generally feel the need to burn books.

[johmedis]

@chriseurosong Wow, if you can't watch this video without getting wound up by the spelling, I feel bad for you.

[paininspain]

@chriseurosong how petty you are

[vemu333]

@chriseurosong american enlish is english

[grobo11]

@vemu333 No it isn't.

[vemu333]

@grobo11 for nom english people it is. no one talk what we call tea english. we those who speak english, talks with a strong american accent. not the hillbilly one of couse:)

[vemu333]

@vemu333 *for non

[kfe7sdkmfqe8few]

@chriseurosong > Since Americans invented airplanes, you should probably be using our spelling, don't you think?  But then, the British *do* have a thing about using unnecessary letters.

[grobo11]

@kfe7sdkmfqe8few Americanised English is simply stupid. Sorry, but spelling through as 'thru' is simply destroying the language. And that claim makes no sense "We invented the aeroplane so you should spell it how we spell it."

[hedonism13]

@grobo11

"Thru" is not americanised english, it's stupid english. Commercial english.

But if we're talking "Center" "Centre" "Color" "Colour" "Math" "Maths" who gives a fuck? Everyone knows what we're talking about.

Stop glorifying some grammar nazi.

[AzureusCeleste]

@grobo11 And when it's made, one may simply reply that the English invented the language.

[AzureusCeleste]

@grobo11 And when it's made, one may simply reply that the English invented the language.

[hedonism13]

@chriseurosong

Who cares?

[grobo11]

@hedonism13 People who can speak and spell English properly.

[grobo11]

@hedonism13 grammar nazi? LOL!

[oxfordshirt]

@chriseurosong It's still the same bloody thing, no?

[mgzt190plus]

@chriseurosong You can talk! He "was" Irish, not "is" Irish! That was a bigger mistake to make than the poster using an accepted word whatever nationality Mr Allen was!

[mgzt190plus]

@chriseurosong Hark who's talking! Your English is worse! It's Dave was Irish, not Dave is Irish. He passed away in 2005. Kettle calling the pot black or what?

[buzmeister92]

@mgzt190plus ...your kettle analogy makes absolutely no fucking sense.

[mgzt190plus]

@buzmeister92 Go look it up to see what it means. Then it will make perfect sense to you and why I posted it.

[buzmeister92]

@mgzt190plus I'm not a moron, I understand the phrase, it just has no place in the context you used it in. A person retains nationality even after death, ergo, Dave, may he rest in peace, IS Irish, and forever shall be an Irishman, just like I will continue being American even after I pass on. Speaking of English mistakes, you have omitted a colon, as well as incorrectly used quotation marks. Quotation marks are indicative of speech, not italicizing as you seem to think.

[chriseurosong]

@mgzt190plus Your message makes no sense. You can't "go look it up" - that makes no grammatical sense. Perhaps you mean "go and look it up"?

Additionaly regarding your previous comment - you are correct, I should have said "Dave was Irish", as sadly he is now dead. But I like to think that if he were still with us, he's be very amused at the discussion which was started by my innocent little message 11 months ago!

[Masterkavi]

@chriseurosong "he'd", not "he's".

Sorry. I truly felt I should say that.

[buzmeister92]

@mgzt190plus Not only that, but you also double-posted, saying the exact same thing twice. Your communication is full of redundancies. Please, never reproduce.

[Bulldog22031]

@chriseurosong Do you REALLY think that he/she was being disrespectful because they used the vernacular common to them? No.

[JCaesar11]

@chriseurosong Jesus H Christ, be more concerned with the content, the genius that is this man than some pedantic nonsense about anglo-american spelling variations.

[voodoochiley2k]

@chriseurosong given the fact that the aeroplane was invented in the United States, perhaps the international community should respect how the Americans spell the word.

[thehoff1982]

@voodoochiley2k your lack of knowledge teamed with unsurprising american patriotism leads me to believe that you are american! i guess as far as you are concerned, the americans also defeated the romans, built the pyramids, conquered space, defeated the germans, won the vietnam war, cured cancer and built the great wall of china! you have the internet in front of you - fucking use it! yes, an american built a glider in 1883, but that is not self propelled! do some research you ignorant prick!

[voodoochiley2k]

@thehoff1982 a thousand pardons. what i should have said was that the U.S. was the first to build and successfully fly an airplane.

[Cyrillion]

@voodoochiley2k

well, there's some debate over whether or not the Wright brothers were the first. Gustav Weißkopf probably beat them by two years.

[aaron343432]

classy guy

[pioneercolonel]

The Greatest stand up comedian ever!!!

[robertskathryn21]

'now why don't they put wings on it and let us fly in it??'

I <3 Dave Allen

[johnanthonyp]

Having said that I'm sure I remember hearing a comedian doing this before Dave ( other writers did his material in these days and I honestly think he lost something by this time working for ITV. It was too English middle class and compromising, He was way funnier when he had his own material and was taking an Irish slant).

[BcallingDB]

"They give you a whistle." ROFLMFAO!

[callicolady]

"brace yourself' :) LMAO

[kaktuscar86]

Oxygen will be provided... well that's bloody nice of them XD

[oldworms]

Top man.

[cacatperoata]

George Carlin is a Dave Allen lookalike on some points

[squareblock1]

The only common is maybe the bad haircut..

Apart from that, Dave was a comedy artist of intelectual importance,without need to go cheap or hysterical , while compared to him the other fellow is just a bit of a clown.

[etnlIcarus]

@squareblock1

Ignoring the painful irony of someone misspelling 'intellectual', you're clearly not well versed in Carlin's work. Both men had an affinity for the English language, which served as the basis for many of their routines; they had similar politics and had much the same biting wit, cutting a swath through bullshit, with little regard for whom they offended. Carlin occasionally portraying himself the radical crackpot, being the only significant difference.

[funboy7099]

yes dave was a very clever man and very much on the ball no one will ever take his place in comedy and using a clever mind

[funboy7099]

hesssssssss cooolll

[lalanaseminole]

He was an IRISHMAN,not an Englishman,and proud to have him as a fellow Irishman.Well dressed and didn't need or have inclination to use explicit,while being nevertheless funny.

[halfhausaman]

@lalanaseminole

chris rock has A joke similar to the last one. great comics just think alike sometimes.

[johnanthonyp]

No, they don't, They rip people off and hope fans of true comedy will forget, Chris Rock is out of his league here.

[halfhausaman]

ok bro if you say so

[sameoldfitup2008]

GREAT MAN RIP

[FSXISCOOL]

Carlin was great so was Dave......but Dave was a gentleman!...he was an Englishman!...he was also a genius who deserves better than losers comparing some yanky comedian with the Brits best!,,,stuff you yanks who cant even enjoy Dave for who he is rather you have to make usa comparisons!..cant you just accept they were all awesome!..Dave was a genius!..i have heard them both and Dave wins for me!,,he was much better in his art!...

[FSXISCOOL]

The best!!!!!..Dave was so ahead of his time...he is and was the best stand up comedian ever.....RIP Dave!....RIP...you were the best!

[lake40]

classic

[Jetstarboy]

Dave would have a field day with todays low cost airlines such as Ryan Air.

He died too young.RIP

[happyuk06]

LOL @ 8:40 "Some arsehole with a briefcase!"

[prolefeedprocessor]

That was the best part!

[chrysophase2003]

His bit has a lot more in common with Billy Connoly's work than Carlin's, it seems.

[cupomash]

ou know I really don't care if Carlin or Allen stole jokes from each-other and I really don't believe that two of the greatest comedians of our time did so, but who cares they entertained us over many years and as Carlin once said we never question anything , how true this is. They both made us realize how stupid we are at believing everything we are told my media and T.V as Allen also once said that what we are is a load of jokes. It's true we are and I thank him for the great times.

[tin2019]

I just saw Carlin's sketch, and I don't find it terribly similar, other than the fact that they are talking about airplanes. But the punch lines seem to be very different.

I love Dave though. He is by far the best stand-up comedian that I have seen. No unnecessary vulgarisms whatsoever, and the gentlemanly way about him suits him so perfectly well. If he uses a vulgarism it is for a purpose.

RIP Dave, you are sorely missed.

[korgull73]

Carlin was a great comic, so was Allen. I would hate to think one stole from the other and i would really doubt it. Then again, didn't Leary steal material from Hicks? Or so I read.

[jadeouroboros]

I don't think one stole from another. The problems on airplanes are the same all across the world. Many comedians talk about airplanes. Probably Carlin and Allen simply had the same ideea.

[quantumforce123]

Hostess we are coming into the side of a mountain for an emergency landing..will you take my glass away pleaes!!....LMAO!!!!..he was the best!!!!!

[IWantLandingSnow]

Spectacularly Funny :)

[danw1374]

dave allen was my hero & still is god bless him

[Sterve23]

Only Dave Allen could make my sides ach this much - LMFAO

RIP Dave Allen

[bookworm12424]

"in the indian ocean. miles of nothing. huge waves *whistles* rescue plane, 40,000 ft *whistles* ya deaf bastard! *whistles" LMAO he is a comedy genius that is sorely missed : /

[TheMolle100]

hes brilliant!!! this comedian is still fun...even for me!! and im young :D

[podlack]

'kiss you ass goodbye' BRILLIANT!

[CCage325]

Brilliantly funny, they don't make them like him anymore.

[tapestrystarr]

@CCage325 u r so right!... .. i've always had the notion that british comedy is far more superior than u.s.a."s. i was exposed to both growing up...

long live britsh comedy.. u've been making the world giggle, laugh, guffaw etc for decades. cheers!!!

[01wiggyd]

@tapestrystarr He is IRISH not british.

[nickeax]

@01wiggyd There is no difference.

[bluegrl80]

@nickeax There is. If you are British you come from either Wales, Scotland or England. It doesn't include Northern Ireland. That's why its called The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[01wiggyd]

@nickeax I think that you'll find there is a difference.

People have died for it.