Paudy returns to dodge a US immigration officer, Budweiser in hand

The Dublin sketch trio's newest bit leans on a character fans recognize, a sip of American beer and a switcheroo at the end, as their tour heads to North America.

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Irish Guy Fools US Immigration Officer

On a usual day, Foil Arms and Hog's back catalog brings in somewhere around 115,000 views. Right now it is running at about twice that, and most of the extra comes from one sketch.

"Irish Guy Fools US Immigration Officer" went up on October 1 and passed 130,000 views in its first day. The setup is as plain as the title: an Irish lad at the border trying very hard to pass as American. The comments make it clear who is playing him. Arms is back as Paudy, the spaced-out Irishman viewers have met before, and several are delighted to see him arrive again. The moments people quote most are a forced sip of Budweiser praised as delicious, a line about sharing a flat with 25 lads from Roscommon (a county that, viewers note, always seems to catch the jokes), and a swap at the end that many call the best part. One viewer is already asking whether a Halloween sketch is on the way.

The other upload, "Honest Airport Pick Up Signs," doubles as a reminder that the three are going on tour. The description points to a live show traveling the world, and the immigration sketch's timing, with dates coming up in New York, Boston, Toronto and beyond, feels less like a coincidence than a warm-up.

Among sketch channels their size, this is a modest week. Their number of subscribers holds steady at 1.25 million, while dinocornel and INAFISH are pulling in several million views a day. For Sean Finegan, Conor McKenna and Sean Flanagan, who met at university studying engineering, architecture and genetics, a border crossing played for laughs was enough to double the daily pace.

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The numbers

Here is how Foil Arms and Hog's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

dinocornel

30,989,459

INAFISH

23,334,711

Im Nick

14,163,980

Ryan Kelly Comedy

10,293,494

You Betcha

8,247,379

Adia

4,065,085

Foil Arms and Hog

825,690

Johnny Carey

62,641

subscribers

1,250,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

640,017,963

views per day

227,956

typical day: 115,330

this week's videos (first-day views)

Irish Guy Fools US Immigration Officer

133,843

Honest Airport Pick Up Signs - Check ou…

60,575

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

im_kankan

1,320,000

Johnny Carey

1,300,000

Foil Arms and Hog

1,250,000

Adia

1,250,000

You Betcha

1,240,000

Ryan Kelly Comedy

1,210,000

dinocornel

1,210,000

INAFISH

1,180,000

Im Nick

1,160,000

As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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