The front cover of comedian Al Murray's new book shows him on a traditional British pub sign
Al Murray is a British comedian whose trademark is to stand in front of a counter of a traditional British pub with a pint of beer in his hand during his stand-up routine. He acts as a foreigner-hating pub landlord during his comedy routine, hence his nickname "The Pub Landlord".
The Pub Landlord is a British nationalist with a dislike for anything un-British, and with a particular dislike of Americans and the French - and, of course, German; he will challenge the audience to name any country in the world before producing some plausible instance of Britain bettering it.
Catchphrases include:
"All hail to the ale!",
"...beautiful British name!",
"Time-waster!",
"You DISGUST me!",
"Where would we be without rules? : France! And where would we be with too many rules?: Germany!"
Now he has written a new book called ""The Pub Landlord's Book of British Common Sense."
Synopsis
We live in an age of waffle, mumbo-jumbo and bad thinking. We're forever being fed dodgy information by so-called experts, scientists, opinion-makers, politicians, journalists and jumped-up little graduates. Their combined bad thinking includes: the idea that no one should win in running races at school, in case the losers get upset; the idea that owning a house in France is a decent way to spend your money; the idea that we should all talk about our feelings and that would make things better; speed cameras; mineral water; hummus; and the fact that everyone reckons they've got asthma. Get a grip! Why do we believe this nonsense? Because, as a nation we've forgotten the basic elements of common sense. Thank God then for Al Murray. He's here to put good old fashioned British common sense back where it belongs. This book brings together the wit and wisdom of the Pub Landlord, and the collective thoughts of the locals at Al's pub. Together they speak for generations of down-to-earth, normal, hard working, honest, sensible, normal, law abiding, tax paying (ish), normal, hard working, honourable, decent, reasonable people - British people.
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