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American English, like British English, is regional. What you hear in Chicago is not necessarily what you would hear in other regions, such as Dallas, where I live.

In New England, intrusive letter Rs are definitely a thing

The "intrusive r" can be heard in Boston speech, which is typically non-rhotic.

It pleases my ear that there are so many dialects and accents.

The last one is not just when the following word starts with an A. I've heard countless times how Brits say "I SAWRIT" or "DRAWRIT" and even "DRAWRING" instead of drawing.

"I sawr a film today, oh boy!"

And i am sitting here as a German thinking i could learn something to improve my dialect-free english, realizing i didn't even understand the distinction between what is said and what is supposedly correct.

Between you and I is my pet peeve. Thank you for highlighting that one!!

Watch Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady! My father was a very senior civil servant in a Department when Thatcher was Secretary of State for the same Department. He and I watched the film together. There was no slip in performance. In my Dad's words, she's got her perfectly, including little slips of pronunciation that Thatcher, who was raised in Grantham, still had, at least in private.

Alright, but my favorite "British" accent is the multitudes of Scottish accents. They're musical in their differences, and the roll of the rhotic R is so pleasant.

One of my favorite examples of being lost between accents wasn't an actor but was the famous jockey Steve Cauthen. He was from Kentucky and was a phenom as a teenager here in the US, winning the triple crown. He later went to England when he grew too much to make the weight here and was equally successful there. When he came back to the states he was caught between the two accents, and sounded either like an Englander doing a bad American accent or an American doing a bad English accent, with some Kentucky southern thrown in to confuse it further. And since he was so young when he went to England, his accent was more influenced by being in England than it would have been had he been a middle aged adult.

9:39 YAAAAAYYY 🙌 EDIT: Explanation: In the comments for the last video, I lamented that Laurence no longer signs off by saying, "Goodbye," very Britishly. So this was quite the treat, whether it had anything to do with my comment or not.

I love it when you try on various American accents but I hope that you never lose your native one. Your accent goes hand in hand with your style of humor. You're one of my favorite YouTube Sensations.

The last point reminds me of the Oasis song in which the lead singer sings "There's a champagne su-per-no-ver in the sky."

I grew up watching nearly as much British TV as my native US, so it makes it a little easier when shifting between accents when narrating audiobooks.

I'm English. I only noticed the intrusive r thing after my sister pointed it out to me about a year ago. I personally don't do it, but have since noticed others do it

Another fun thing:
I pronounce "saw" and "soar" basically the same, bu "sawing" and "soaring" differently

Some Brits add the intrusive r in "sawing"

I remember James May reviewing the song 'I see deer (in the rear view mirror)' by Nana Liz and remarking, when reading the lyrics, that apparently she doesn't bother about rhyme in her song. But she does! It sounds like 'I see deer, I see deer in the rear view meer'. 😁

I still watch "Classic Corrie" as well as new episodes. The evolution of the Northern accent is pretty strong. Characters that were on for decades are really fun to observe. I've been watching since I was a kid but if I play a clip of a really old one for a younger person they can barely understand what they are hearing. I always enjoyed Hilda Ogden telling Stan to "shur up"! "Rita" in early days was always "Opening t' shop", or telling Mavis to "put kettle on". The Scouse has been turned way down in just a few decades. Amazing how so many people just can't decipher what is being said to them if there is even the slightest of what they consider is an accent. Break a leg!

I'm a Midwesterner (not too many miles NW of you, Lawrence) who watches a lot of Britbox. Laura on Lark Rise (and nobody else on the show)  pronounces her parents' names as MAR and PAR. It kills me. On Doc Martin, it's 'Louizer' for Louisa and 'Morwenner' for Morwenna. In Reggie Perrin, the secretery says NERRR for no, always. In England, my name invariably gets turned into 'Pameler.'  
Someone needs to take away your Rs until you've demonstrated proper handling abilities. 😂