Ben Willbond actually pronounces the German pretty well
@meghan9683
4 жыл бұрын
He can speak French and Russian fluently so he's probably had lots of practice with difficult accents.
@turnip8749
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s impressive!
@scottishdiva6715
4 жыл бұрын
He really does!
@idiotsassemble5698
4 жыл бұрын
@@meghan9683 whoa can he really??
@lagoondiver
3 жыл бұрын
@@meghan9683 That is cool. I always thought Ben does the best French and German accents in HH :)
@LordofPride
12 жыл бұрын
You know it would have been funnier if near the end George I started to speak in French, which both of them knew and how George I actually spoke to his ministers.
@downtown2479
3 жыл бұрын
I did not know that
@mangot589
3 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure they both spoke French. I think George only spoke German. I’m pretty sure they would have figured that out, and it’s a well known fact George had problem communicating. But l don’t know why they didn’t get an interpreter. Maybe they did🤷♀️
@Cowman9791
3 жыл бұрын
It was Latin that they both knew, not french
@johnconner9296
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cowman9791 I feel like that would have made it even funnier
@SonjaHamburg
10 ай бұрын
@@Cowman9791but french was the language of the aristocracy. It was seen as especially noble to speak french. Even when there was no language problem. At german courts there was a lot of french used
@megacoolgirlable
12 жыл бұрын
Same here i love it when Ben says "Ich liebe Deutschland"
@lindathetford3776
4 жыл бұрын
I know :) I nearly passed out XD it was hot
@ewanfawkes2708
2 жыл бұрын
I can´t help but notice Walpole had that document with him the entire time. He was just waiting for the moment to take control.
@jamestown8398
4 жыл бұрын
0:22 - 0:34 He's talking about the South Sea Company and the South Sea Bubble.
@eddyharris2372
4 жыл бұрын
Walpole!
@lordcawdorofmordor2549
4 жыл бұрын
IT WAS WALPOLE
@lionsmith3944
4 жыл бұрын
Me and the extra credits crew: *IT WAS W A L P O L E*
@themanbehindtheslaughter7633
3 жыл бұрын
@@lionsmith3944 I know two things It WAS WALPOLE And absolutely 100% NOT DIOCLITIAN.
@ScootsMcDootson
3 жыл бұрын
@@themanbehindtheslaughter7633 And Bismarck always has a plan
@cherylhartnett6887
4 жыл бұрын
The British Royal Family - my favorite bunch of Germans!
@maximaldinotrap
2 жыл бұрын
William and Catherine's kids are mostly English though.
@Assassinus2
2 жыл бұрын
"I'm as British as Queen Victoria!" "So your father's German, you're half-German, and you married a German!"
@allenman97
Жыл бұрын
@@Assassinus2 hahaha blackadder
@thesecondsilvereich7828
9 ай бұрын
You do realise that the English are German aka anglo saxons
@cherylhartnett6887
9 ай бұрын
Yes, I do but I was referring to the recent royal Germans @@thesecondsilvereich7828
@hugh0221
10 жыл бұрын
I love when Walpole says 'power' in body language.
@232bluewings
13 жыл бұрын
Ben as George I.....Adorable doesn't actually even BEGIN to cover it! :3
@JuIcYmAnGoPrOdUcTiOn
13 жыл бұрын
Ben looks so cute and innocent in this sketch he's so fit lol love his Nigel & Victoria shows xx
@HoneyBee-tf1of
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact Queen Victoria and Prince Albert also loved Germany so much that Queen Victoria wanted to live there. She also loved spending most her time there.
@DraculaCronqvist
4 жыл бұрын
Well, Prince Albert was German and Queen Victoria was half-German, so it was only natural for them to both speak English and spend a lot of time in German lands. In fact, Victoria only spoke English at public events. At home, she only spoke German, even well past Albert's death.
@HoneyBee-tf1of
4 жыл бұрын
@@DraculaCronqvist Yes this is very true. I am so glad to meet another who loves history as well.
@mtlicq
4 жыл бұрын
@@DraculaCronqvist Really? Wow! "At home, she only spoke German" Not disputing it, but I wonder if you have sources to back it up? It's a shame that some greedy, jealous, racist, ambitious, war-mongering individuals twisted Britain against being neutral or allies with Germany. WW1 (and 2) did not need to happen.
@countshrubula5997
3 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that Victoria never left Britain, only going as far as the channel Islands. And yes whilst Albert was German and Victoria had most definately very German heritage being if the house of Hannover, I'm not disputing she spoke German but I doubt she spoke it all the time if at all outside of diplomatic meetings with German officials or something along those lines. I might be wrong, I might be right but hey just putting my voice in.
@HoneyBee-tf1of
3 жыл бұрын
@@countshrubula5997 Victoria spent the majority of her time visiting the duchies and kingdoms of Germany. Often to Belgium and the Netherlands. She loved Germany and its kingdoms.
@Narnianerin
Жыл бұрын
Me ten years ago (+/-): that is my favourite Horrible histories sketch. I don't know the show or the actors only what is on KZitem but that is the best! Me 1 year ago: rewatching all the six idiots projects and finally learning their names. Also realising almost all my favourites over the years are played by Ben. Me today: can't stop grinning still the best sketch god Ben is so cute I cant
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
I admit Mat got me hooked, but pretty soon I started to appreciate the others too. Now I honestly don't know who I like best. They all are matched to their characters so well. This is my favorite sketch with Ben too, followed closely by The Borgia family song. I know he doesn't have any solo lines but his facial expressions do it all. And let's not forget his underrated moment in the Dick Turpin song. Everybody is swooning over Mat (not without good reason) and Ben's "is this real life right now?" moment goes unseen.
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
"Ich verstehe nicht, was das war, aber er war traurig, und jetzt er ist freudlich, also habe ich es gut gemacht" - what George I is thinking as this skit ends, probably.
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
Out of all those ladies who swooned before him and would do anything for him, you'd think he'd find one that spoke German and make her stand behind him and interpret all the time. After all, she wouldn't want her husband to be killed...
@noblelies6364
11 жыл бұрын
btw I love it when he says "Auf wiedersehen"
@bstrktn
13 жыл бұрын
Ben is too adorable for his own good.
@Albukhshi
12 жыл бұрын
@LittleDirtyBlonde23 actuallt, George II was also born and raised in Germany. unlike his dad though, he was more willing to associate with the English (partly b/c he hated his dad-long story there), and learned to speak good English-though with an accent. it wasn't until George III that a King of that dynasty could be said as being born and raised in England.
@Basileios1974
11 ай бұрын
Yepp! But at least until Queen Victoria the Royal Family spoke German at home. At least as far as I heard.
@Albukhshi
2 ай бұрын
@@Basileios1974 Just saw this: yep! she did indeed speak German.
@user-gi8pk9uc7q
16 күн бұрын
And was able to speak English fluently!
@1Thunderfire
13 жыл бұрын
The rat is my favourite historian. :)
@belleophile
4 жыл бұрын
Omg!! How adorable is this, he's really innocent and cute! I love this >3
@peterdavies2960
3 жыл бұрын
Just like the German composer, Handel spent most of his time in England and lived the same time as George I
@indigoziona
2 жыл бұрын
And was employed by him both in Germany and England!
@TheMoshpitgirl
12 жыл бұрын
1:55 he puts the quill down twice...anyways hilarious sketch!
@aroaceautisticsashajames1832
4 жыл бұрын
😱😱😱😱😱
@paulcowlishaw
4 жыл бұрын
Yes he did.
@star.interlude
3 жыл бұрын
1:55 an editing mistake!
@koni00004
3 жыл бұрын
@@star.interlude I think it might have been two takes😂
@erraticonteuse
4 жыл бұрын
Say it with me now: It *was* *WALPOLE*
@annettefournier9655
4 жыл бұрын
I show these to my grandkids, they love them. Wonderful way to teach snipets of history.💜
@displacerkatsidhe
11 жыл бұрын
I love this show, (age 25), and so does my boyfriend (31) so you are in excellent company our norther neighbor! :D
@annasahlstrom6109
4 жыл бұрын
And all because they couldn't tolerate that King Charles II's brother, James, who succeeded him after his death, was Catholic. William and Mary couldn't have children and Anne's children didn't survive. So they imported a king.
@Threezi04
4 жыл бұрын
Well you can't have the head of the Anglican church be Catholic, can you?
@annasahlstrom6109
4 жыл бұрын
@@Threezi04 They were afraid he'd overturn it and make England Catholic again.
@ploppledoodledoo17
3 жыл бұрын
God, George I was adorable in this..
@NightmaresDaydream
13 жыл бұрын
I adore it when english men try to speak german, it sound cute and extremly funny, because their gramatic is weird. xD
@quintiniusverginix7827
4 жыл бұрын
Was meinst du, mein Deutsch ist perfekt.
@Dim4323
4 жыл бұрын
Strange they didnt do a sketch On king george the 2nd. You know the bad one
@snowangelnc
4 жыл бұрын
Bad George! No sketch for you!
@thunderbird1921
4 жыл бұрын
Have they done one on George V (the "bearded one")?
@OO-oe3th
3 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 they did feature him in a WWI song (it was part of a WWI special with the original cast)
@Mortablunt
Жыл бұрын
Can't remember anything about 2, but wasn't George 4 the disgusting IRL ugly bastard who bankrupted the country by spending way too much on wine, prostitutes, and special sex furniture because he was too fat to fuck normally? In America we give George 3 the villain treatment, but he really wasn't that bad, mostly. The policies that led to us revolting were more the fault of acts of parliament he couldn't do too much about, and the actions of various ministers, bureaucrats, and officials rather than him. He was more than reasonable in dropping hostilities with America after the war, having normal trade with us, and not even trying one little bit of reconquest, just to be petty. When he wasn't being slightly crazy, he was seemingly running for World's Most Reasonable Monarch.
@bekluwe
4 жыл бұрын
Not just George I. was from Germany. Every British monarch after him was from a German royal house.
@dodykusumanto8377
4 жыл бұрын
The next in line, Charles and William will come from Danish Greek Royals of Glucksburg (which actually originated from Northern German), but adopting a German morganatic family of Battenberg............. or the Brits prefer to call them Mountbatten. Yep, still German.
@CrocsRule931
13 жыл бұрын
Ben Looks Well Cute As George 1!
@CaptainJuniper
13 жыл бұрын
As a german I've got to say. He speaks very well german ;D I love Horrible Histories :3
@Zeldarw104
4 жыл бұрын
I just can't stop watching Horrible Histories: it will be the death of me, it will, it will, it really will!🤭😂😂🙀💓
@thunderbird1921
4 жыл бұрын
The guy playing Walpole is AMAZING here. I could see something really awkward like this actually happening in the early part of George I's reign.
@dragontypeliv
13 жыл бұрын
Ben is just too cute :)
@LiddyW
13 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely hilarious! The wigs are fantastic.
@danieldelrosario7447
4 жыл бұрын
George I was an absolute monarch in Hanover.
@soundwavegamer2321
Жыл бұрын
Minister: How was your visit to Germany your majesty? George: Deutschland, wovon redest du? Minister: Yes Deutschland how was it there? George: Warte, was ist ein Deutschland? Meinst du Hannover.
@deangirl2286
3 жыл бұрын
King George sounds like me when I’m repeating yeah so much to my teachers as they talk and I drifted of
@oliverpony
3 жыл бұрын
This is what it's like when I try to talk to my Serbian relatives
@LawlietLoverx3
12 жыл бұрын
He's so cute!!
@dxfan18
5 ай бұрын
For those wondering, the reason George became king at all is because he was the closest Protestant relative to Queen Anne and England was dead set on not having another Catholic ruler. George was the great-grandson on James I
@megmo272
11 жыл бұрын
Ben looked so cute x
@Anastasia910Peace
12 жыл бұрын
Repeat yes after everything I say... *thinking*... Lol
@LaskaSkywalker
12 жыл бұрын
I showed this to my little sister now everytime there is some problem we start doing this "crisis" mime and die laughing xD
@sophiehale1171
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@roxsziegalrox55
12 жыл бұрын
i cant get enough of this video... :) ben
@au9parsec
2 жыл бұрын
England actually came from Germany and that made things a little tricky
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
1:21 Light. Bulb.
@4LunaLovegood
12 жыл бұрын
Mat is the best, end of, but i agree ben is cute when he nods at the begginning aww!
@razz0rric106
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !
@lusyhognaston3777
3 жыл бұрын
It would have helped if George the 1st had a translater both fluent in English and German.
@dodykusumanto8377
3 жыл бұрын
He didn't need to. As he also spoke French, and French back in the day are common language in European court. And some evidence actually sugest that George understand English better than many people think.
@10Shivi
12 жыл бұрын
"Yah,yah."
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
When it comes to accents - American, German, French, Scottish, Irish, Northern English - Ben Willbond is AWESOME! Actually, he's awesome in every way ;-)
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
@floridarocks567 ... as far as debts and duty were concerned, George IV had no choice. Going back to the song, do you remember the lines which go: ' but the wedding caused all sorts of strife, 'cause I already had a wife...' NB: George IV married the twice-widowed Roman Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert, some time before, in secret. George III interjects: 'A DIVORCED CATHOLIC?!' George IV:'...dad did sigh but the mad old goat just wouldn't die!' ...
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz Amazing! I really enjoy watching Gene Kelly films but unfortunately he went before I could even speak, so I had this kind of almost there obsession when I was watching HH one day and it just hit me! Ben Kelly :) (that's got a good ring to it)
@Amapola1981
13 жыл бұрын
i think im in love!!! i must learn german! lol
@ldblokland463
4 жыл бұрын
Of course, it was Wallpole...
@RougeWinters
12 жыл бұрын
Ben is so cuuute X3
@amberankinson
4 жыл бұрын
I love 💕 horrible histories
@sophiehale1171
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@KiaraDex
4 жыл бұрын
Death rolls the king for a house. hahaha
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz 'Hot sausage' very much! Bahaha Saxon nun xD This corresponding of ours has made my day, it feels like I've gained a friend and a secret life all thanks to Ben here. I've actually abndoned my dream of living in the countryside with land and horses. This is the real deal! Oh, a word about the biscuits, I hope he doesn't eat Garibaldis otherwise I think I'll unconciously gravitate to Larry's whereabouts :) Who am I kidding...it'll take more than dodgy biccies to throw me off!
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
@floridarocks567 ... either they convert to the Church of England (Protestant) or stay Catholic and lose your place in the line of succession to the throne. George III wasn't all that batty, though, because he said he would pay off George IV debts if he married Caroline of Brunswick... also, ensuring a legitimate heir to the throne (which was their only child, Charlotte, who later died in childbirth...)...
@CaBrown86
12 жыл бұрын
I love this show to bad we don't get it in Canada. I feel a bit guilty being 27 and this show is supposed to be ment for youth but heh its to good to pass up just because of age...
@offtheapex
Жыл бұрын
It was Walpole
@user-tt5xj5ib1e
10 ай бұрын
George I is a cutie :) 😍😍😍
@MeMightyLeper
13 жыл бұрын
What a friendly king.
@Santeria78
12 жыл бұрын
@LittleDirtyBlonde23: That´s true, indeed. German ancestry, but British. But his German is rather well I would say, compared to other Brits who try to speak German :-)
@penchimerical
11 жыл бұрын
Daww. He's so cute here.
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
...We calm down and go from fangirls to sensible in 3...2...1 when we all sit down and have a good, long sensible chat/giggle about HH, tap dancing, the Royal Albert Hall, his on-location crib and lack of comforts therein and other things. Our respective coffees go cold (we sink them quickly), Ben poses for pictures with us, autographs our napkins and other items... and we club together and buy him coffee and a muffin of his choice as a big thank you. Imagine if Garibaldi appears in Series 4...
@Bexahontas
12 жыл бұрын
@TheEditrix92 Agreed. He's bloody lovely.
@DougiePoynterFanxx
12 жыл бұрын
no problem. no problem?
@robertcracknelljunior2691
3 жыл бұрын
much love :)
@mr.beatfan8814
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode. The only thin is that George II died IN the toilet, not ON the toilet.
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
To be honest that bugs me a little bit too. And he didn't really die of diarrhea. He might have had it at the time but according to the autopsy, his cause of death was aortic dissection. (Same thing that killed John Ritter and Lucille Ball.) But that's okay I guess - it's just an oversimplification, and somewhere I read that the makers of HH had the goal of making people want to look up more about things they get a glimpse of on the show. So I guess that works....
@ShakespeareWilliam1600
2 жыл бұрын
I'm quater german. And this honestly made me wheeze. 😂😂
@dodykusumanto8377
Жыл бұрын
You're quarter German. Are you related to Elizabeth Saxe Coburg Gotha and her son, Charles Glucksburg?
@ianrastoski3346
3 ай бұрын
It was Walpole.
@Zolega89
3 жыл бұрын
Ja ja ja, ich liebe Deutchland! *I'm not german*
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz I have to keep some record of our story, this will be amazing to read when I'm older! A point which I probably should have mentioned (but desperately desperately want to block out completely) is that good old Benny boy looks like my older brother, it's wierd especially the plague song where they look almost like twins and they even sound a like! Story of my life...
@Thefrogster993
3 жыл бұрын
Auf Wiedersehen
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
@floridarocks567 Yes, it is confusing. I'll do my best to explain myself better... In the song, George IV sings that he only married Queen Caroline (because he was up to his neck in debt). NB: Caroline of Brunswick was a Protestant, which ticked the boxes for the British monarchy because of the Act of Settlement, which prohibited Roman Catholics from the throne. To this day, any Catholic who marries into the Royal Family have two choices...
@Dim4323
13 жыл бұрын
Sir Rober warpole is the first Prime miniester. and many followed Churchill Thatcher Blair Major and Cameron.
@whatsanenigma
Жыл бұрын
Wait, I thought George 2 was the bad one? Thanks, Rattus!
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz ....I wonder what biscuit he'd offer. I won't take oreos as even though I adore them, they do get my fingers mucky. maybe a rich tea, no one can get messy with a rich tea. I just love the image of me hanging on to his ankle.....hang on I can see you running down the corridor and rugby tackling him. Yep, now there are two girls he'd have to take to work...so now begins our future in writing for HH that we spoke about briefly;) Life would be sooo sweet!..............
@camilogonzalez5576
4 жыл бұрын
Turns out it wasn't Walpole. It was George I all along...
@thedrinkinggamemaker9749
10 ай бұрын
Damn gerries 😤
@StepsKat
11 жыл бұрын
Fair enough if you ask me. I think I'd object too if some guy arrived in, was declared king just because he was Protestant and in some way related to the previous monarchs, and then didn't bother his barney learning the language of the country he's supposed to be ruling... It would make anyone worry for the future of the country.
@floridarocks567
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz in the george IV song, doesnt he say divorced catherine? not divorced catholic? Correct me if im wrong thats just what I thought he said. :)
@floridarocks567
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz ohhhh I get it!Yeah that makes sense now! Thanks for explaining! :)
@irishgodfatherchris
12 жыл бұрын
@txvoltaire as much as they would know French, the UK would either have been in a state of war with France or would be in a period bordering on detante but still a massive amount of distrust.
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
Ben Wilbond... *mmmmmelllllllllltttttt*
@OldestManEvaXD
12 жыл бұрын
oh you already wrote it, im so stupid :D (the google translator is very baaad :P)
@Elaineonyt
4 жыл бұрын
i came here from extra credits
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
@stupidintellect90 Loooooooove the scenario! Don't forget to pack a permanent ink marker for the autographs! I love the cafe scenario, too. This is mine. Not as good but... You know the Alexander the Great scene, where Ben whispers 'Alexandria. OK?' into Mat's neck, don't you? Imagine standing in the queue,waiting for a coffee, and Ben is right in front of us! We'd probably whisper into his ear 'Garibaldi! OK?' before drawing a long sniff... and breaking into a fit of giggles! ...
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz Indeed. Your comments are so funny (sorry for the late reply, I was stuck in a tent somewhere) Come to think of it, I might just act all 'George I' with him. Ben: You can't just come in and stay around. Me: Yeah, yes. Ben: I don't even know your name. Me: Mmm yes, yes. Ben: well....alrighty, will the sofa be okay?. Me: No problem, oh and could I invite my friend Supergingernutz around?mmm? Yep, all sorted. I think my imagination's running wild.......
@SuperGingerBickies
13 жыл бұрын
@stupidintellect90 Love reading your posts... especially this one about pitching a tent outside Ben's house! Momentarily, my imagination ran away with me whilst picturing the scene - though I really hoped he would've given you more than a wink - as in Ben making you a cup of tea and offering you a bite of his toast! Now, that's more like it ;-) Also, Ben reporting to BBC reception: 'Er, Ben Willbond for HH and a close friend - a very close friend - so close she's hanging onto my ankle!' He Heee!
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz Don't forget temporary siamese twins or rather triplets in his working hours as well. Founder of Garibaldis would make a truely awesome sketch, for the horrible part all they need is to shoot a close up of someone eating it with a raisin hanging off their lip. euurhhh! I've just been reading through the timeline of our comments and thinking what would our reaction be if we were to actually meet him? FIrst off, I'll need to first spot him at leat 100m away.....
@pml08usaf
12 жыл бұрын
What is the name of that song?
@noblelies6364
11 жыл бұрын
This is so fucking cute
@stupidintellect90
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperGingernutz Haha, thank you, I don't think LOL has ever been used true to its context up to now, I had a right giggle! But a piece of toast, now lets not get ahead of ourselves:) a piece of his toast is my target after 2 weeks camping outside his house, a wink will suffice for now. Maybe I can linger into his garden one day and 'borrow' a sock then I could be that friendly neighbour who knocks on the door with a 'Hi, I believe I've found your sock'...That's getting my cup of tea sorted!....
@gayleocuaman8350
4 жыл бұрын
WALPOLE!!!!!
@darhas01
12 жыл бұрын
goot trick
@MrShnier
12 жыл бұрын
What is the tune in the intro ?
@drtrekwars
12 жыл бұрын
btw, I think he put the pen back twice :P
@Dim4323
13 жыл бұрын
and correct sir Robert walpole became the first PM ever and then may pm's like winston churchill, Margret thatcher, Tony blair, David Cameron then lead on the Prime minister posision at number 10 downing street.
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