Yep, they are wanna-be sociapaths in training. To them, people are just rungs on a ladder-something to step on on the way to becoming a piece of shit ceo.
surfinmuso, similar to Graham Young, a serial poisoner. In prison, even the most hardened convict was terrified of him (including Reggie Kray) because he didn't see any of them as people, only test subjects.
There's a restaurateur in the big town near me who is (was? I stopped going); a lot like Webb's character. He listens a bit better, but he definitely tries too hard.
Yes and to the people in head office who insist on staff repeating the customer's first name at least 3 times during a call when designing the call script and call monitoring forms.
I really hate it when people obviously intentionally keep repeating my name (life insurance and hard sell types), the last time it happened I pointed it out to them and told them they were doing it to demonstrate control of the situation making you feel like you are back in school dealing with a teacher, and that it was very off putting.
This is amazing. It's fucking brilliant how real this is. I've never seen any other sketch ever talk about this particular thing. That's what makes me love this sketch even more.
I think there's a difficult and fine line between trying too much and being a weirdo-awkward-creep. I could stop trying to be friendly and kind and respond appropriately to people at work, or I could stop giving a single about their views on me, eventually earning me a reputation of a total weirdo and getting me fired. I prefer staying employed and generally very well-liked.
The irony is that Mitchell's character has the real people skills because he assertively tells it like it is and so actually helps the Webb-guy. Even though it's a bit confrontational, it's still said without rancour, with a cherry-on-top-agree-to-go-their-separate-ways ending.
The sad part, sometimes, is some people genuinely want to be better at interactions but they cross the line into fakeness. And when they get harshly called out for it, the ending here is similar except that they're discouraged from trying to improve.
It's worse when they hug you and you barely know them. I barely even hug my friends and family. I usually just give a half hug when I'm not feeling so huggy just so I dom't hurt their feelings. I'm only really comfortable with hugs that I initiate. I've had 2 practically strangers in my life hug me and I froze completely. One was just unexpected (I think it was part of a dare or something). the other was a manager at a place I was volunteering at. I was having issues with her and to start over she gave me a hug and I wanted to say no but I couldn't choke it out and basically remained frozen and I was given the most uncomfortable and scary hug of my life... she wasn't scary. I just felt scared in the hug.
@Ghost Rider oz Excuse me for not understanding why people want to be hugged by strangers. Do excuse me for not fitting into your narrative of social and normal. Do excuse me having personal boundaries and not liking when they are crossed. Yeah, I'm fine with being weird. That's a compliment. so thanks.
@Ghost Rider oz Oh piss off and stand on your own. you're just an ignorant twat. I was being sarcastic, you idiot. And I say that I'm uncomfortable with personal space being invaded and your immediate conclusion is childhood molestation? what's wrong with you? Most 'normal' people as you put it would leave it as 'she's weird' and not feel the overwhelming urge to point it out like a dick.
Ahaha. This is precisely how I feel about some people who are held up as paragons of social interaction. I can see how fake it is from a mile away and I'm always amazed that other people can't.
I think some people see it as 'charisma'. Maybe they're all aspiring to behave the same way, but haven't got the language down yet, so they look up to this person's 'confidence'. Then if you say "doesn't that person seem a bit fake to you?", everybody glares at you and thinks you're just jealous because that other person is so much better at people skills than you. So your only option when other people praise this individual is to agree and say "yes, they're so friendly and charasmatic!", just so you don't come across as bitter. Sigh.
Love this comment and completely agree. Most people prefer to be lead rather than stand out. They prefer to be part of the crowd and latch on to anyone who even vaguely demonstrates control. Like you, it just seems so obvious to me that certain people are merely acting the part and I’m baffled how people seem to fall for the obvious charade.
It’s what I laugh at most when listening to him. Get progressively angrier and angrier until it explodes in an incredibly well articulated joke, observation, metaphor.
"No offense but in a party situation you seem as relaxed and friendly as a serial killer doing a police interview while still wearing his last victim's skin." COMEDY GOLD
I've met so many people like this, as the sketch says, they are not bad people they just think that being friendly is all about talking and not at all about listening
just one of the best comedy duos of all time tbh. one of the best facets of observational comedy is making you see the point of view of 2 extreme sides of the same coin, i love it.
@@henryn700 Not exactly rocket surgery is it? And yes, that term does exist, it is used informally among at least the amateur rocket science community (of which I am currently a part) to refer to the in-flight modification or repair of spacecraft, since this requires being an astronaut with significant knowledge in rocket engineering, and or a large team on the radio.
Sooner or later you guys will need to grow up and release this is how confident adults talk to one another and no amount of misanthropic sitcoms will change that.
the sad thing is that most people have had the misfortune of knowing at least one tosser with "people skills" who is really an insecure person who doesn't give a crap about what you are saying. And just wants to give the impression that they are listening becuase they have a pathetic need to be seen to be extroverted and with it and liked when they are pathetic. Id rather someone say "I cant stand sewage works"!!!
Roger Froger Let's not call people pathetic. They are just trying to fit in. Although I agree with you. In social situations there have been instances where I've met a few people who, like me, don't mind being silent for a while or just observe the game, or whatever we were doing but feel the social pressure to keep talking and to keep socializing (I can almost see it weigh on them, and on me quite often). It's just weird, dealing with people.
I just try to get them to relax and be themselves. They only do it because they think they have to because nobody will ever accept them so when they realise they don't have to try so hard then hopefully they'll stop. They're victims of isolation just doing their best to be valuable to you so just show them how. Doesn't always work but it's worth a try.
Ever talk to someone who's alternating between nodding "yeah" and head on side sympathetic "aww" with zero reference to what you're saying? Might as well be talking to a potted plant.
@jlim2397 some of us barely have the self esteem to get outside of our shells. the fact that we're awkward and wierd, is true. the fact that some people have ALOT of trouble talking with others should be recognized as well :/
Ironically I am just bad at remembering names, so I try to use it at least 3 times before moving on. Most of the time I still forgot the name the next time we meet, but I am really trying … my brain just does not care about other people. ;-)
Im bad at catching and remembering names. I have been known to take months to find out a person's name or worse once I know it the name escapes me at inopertune moments.
If something makes me laugh then that's great, if I laugh and think even better. Whether or not the comedians intended for me to think I'd say they did a good job in giving me a reason to. Unless of course I'm thinking "this is a shit sketch"
@PaddyMacNasty I'm already familiar with Reginald D. Hunter and Rich Hall. Both clever comedians, although Rich Hall has been around much longer (I remember him back when he worked in the United States in the 80s). Reginald's bit about the English not being particularly good at racism is quite amusing, as well as how he handled himself in Would I Lie To You when he had to convince people that the D stood for Delicious.
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT Every time I see people commenting on interviews with him about how charming or interested or personable he is, I just want to scream at them "HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HE'S USING TRANSPARENTLY FAKE TECHNIQUES HIS DAMN CULT TAUGHT HIM?!?"
It's a subtlety in human interaction. Washing the cheese off has always been a major no-no and in general you'd have to be really really good friends, and it would have to be the right kind of party.
It works because Webb is a natural cast for an antisocial person. ;) Now, serial killers, that's totally different. There's probably a good body of evidence that they are exceptionally great at winning the confidence of their victims. So they're likely brilliant people persons, all the way until seconds before the stabbings.
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someone show this to charisma on command
that guy is hella annoying
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He teaches some good methods but it's always clips of someone else doing it. He is a wank
oh god, where is youtube sending me now!
@@stephaniemoore1930 theres a video of him trying to speak to a girl and she tried to call the cops lol
He is basically every network-marketing pusher I came across.
They all have comedy sketch shows?
Yep, they are wanna-be sociapaths in training. To them, people are just rungs on a ladder-something to step on on the way to becoming a piece of shit ceo.
surfinmuso, similar to Graham Young, a serial poisoner. In prison, even the most hardened convict was terrified of him (including Reggie Kray) because he didn't see any of them as people, only test subjects.
It's not pyramid selling!
There's a restaurateur in the big town near me who is (was? I stopped going); a lot like Webb's character. He listens a bit better, but he definitely tries too hard.
That guy definitely read How to Make Friends and Influence People
+you-are-the-pelican-man Yup, read it...total horseshit. No wonder there so many wankers around.
How to be a manipulative empty husk and creep the fuck out of people.
BaileysBeads Pretty much
you-are-the-pelican-man A big part of the book tells people to always be sincere and don't fake interest, did you miss that part?
star0809fel I missed that part........because I don't need to read a book about how to make fucking friends! good day sir.
“Arrested in sainsburys for stroking the bread” is such a great line
"The way you keep using my name in a way that makes me feel oddly violated" xD
We all know someone like this.
@@Cephalopoda Pinkmongoose, I completely understand what you mean, Pinkmongoose.
@@canadianroot *Keeps touching Pinkmongoose's arm*
@@JimBiddle. Jim, I couldn't agree with your assessment of the situation, Jim, any more than I already do, Jim Biddle.
You left off the best part... About the drink?
Can someone send this to the managers of every call center I have ever worked in??
Gary
So much truth in this!
Yes and to the people in head office who insist on staff repeating the customer's first name at least 3 times during a call when designing the call script and call monitoring forms.
It's annoying how webb's character isn't even that far from reality.
MrSnowman he's not this vapid in real life. He's pretty damn sincere to be honest.
Yeah I wasn't talking about Webb.
Oh haha, sorry.
i love doing this when the person is somewhat thick or annoying. It is sort of a sport of "how obvious can you get before they notice".
Ward Vermassen no u don't
I really hate it when people obviously intentionally keep repeating my name (life insurance and hard sell types), the last time it happened I pointed it out to them and told them they were doing it to demonstrate control of the situation making you feel like you are back in school dealing with a teacher, and that it was very off putting.
Helps remember someones name
This is amazing. It's fucking brilliant how real this is. I've never seen any other sketch ever talk about this particular thing. That's what makes me love this sketch even more.
Very good. :)
really? cus this kind of comment is exactly what this bit is lambasting!
“We should totally do lunch “
@@funk3nst3in No it's not
I think there's a difficult and fine line between trying too much and being a weirdo-awkward-creep. I could stop trying to be friendly and kind and respond appropriately to people at work, or I could stop giving a single about their views on me, eventually earning me a reputation of a total weirdo and getting me fired.
I prefer staying employed and generally very well-liked.
The irony is that Mitchell's character has the real people skills because he assertively tells it like it is and so actually helps the Webb-guy. Even though it's a bit confrontational, it's still said without rancour, with a cherry-on-top-agree-to-go-their-separate-ways ending.
Its taken me a long time to realize that assertively telling what you think will actually help others more than to just let them be
There are many harsh truths that need to be said and beating around the bush doesn't help anyone!
The sad part, sometimes, is some people genuinely want to be better at interactions but they cross the line into fakeness. And when they get harshly called out for it, the ending here is similar except that they're discouraged from trying to improve.
its a sketch its not real life
@@usernameluis305 Nah, you should just let people be
Its not called a cocktail for nothing.
BRILLIANT
Damn boi
This IS painfully true! Too many “charisma” videos say to touch the other person to form a connection. DO NOT DO THAT.
I have a feeling they didn't bother writing a script for David's part, this just seems like one of his rants ;)
Yes, he has the most articulate rants.
This was probably just off the cuff, Mitchell is really smart.
I hate it when people constantly touch your shoulder or pat you on the back when you barely even know them, it's weird and awkward.
Constantly or even just once? If it's just once, that's an issue moreso with you than with them.
Constantly. If it's just once, I don't care.
It's worse when they hug you and you barely know them. I barely even hug my friends and family. I usually just give a half hug when I'm not feeling so huggy just so I dom't hurt their feelings.
I'm only really comfortable with hugs that I initiate.
I've had 2 practically strangers in my life hug me and I froze completely. One was just unexpected (I think it was part of a dare or something). the other was a manager at a place I was volunteering at. I was having issues with her and to start over she gave me a hug and I wanted to say no but I couldn't choke it out and basically remained frozen and I was given the most uncomfortable and scary hug of my life... she wasn't scary. I just felt scared in the hug.
@Ghost Rider oz Excuse me for not understanding why people want to be hugged by strangers.
Do excuse me for not fitting into your narrative of social and normal.
Do excuse me having personal boundaries and not liking when they are crossed.
Yeah, I'm fine with being weird. That's a compliment. so thanks.
@Ghost Rider oz Oh piss off and stand on your own. you're just an ignorant twat.
I was being sarcastic, you idiot. And I say that I'm uncomfortable with personal space being invaded and your immediate conclusion is childhood molestation? what's wrong with you?
Most 'normal' people as you put it would leave it as 'she's weird' and not feel the overwhelming urge to point it out like a dick.
"I'd like to glue my brain to your face"
This is every Brit meeting an American
The "Alan Carr and Top Cat" line is a stroke of genius
This is actually a pretty motivational video, when you think of it.
I'd love to see it become part of some corporate training.
got knicked the other day for stroking bread in sainsbury's didn't understand at the time but things are all cleared up now thanks
Ahaha. This is precisely how I feel about some people who are held up as paragons of social interaction. I can see how fake it is from a mile away and I'm always amazed that other people can't.
I think some people see it as 'charisma'. Maybe they're all aspiring to behave the same way, but haven't got the language down yet, so they look up to this person's 'confidence'. Then if you say "doesn't that person seem a bit fake to you?", everybody glares at you and thinks you're just jealous because that other person is so much better at people skills than you. So your only option when other people praise this individual is to agree and say "yes, they're so friendly and charasmatic!", just so you don't come across as bitter. Sigh.
Love this comment and completely agree. Most people prefer to be lead rather than stand out. They prefer to be part of the crowd and latch on to anyone who even vaguely demonstrates control. Like you, it just seems so obvious to me that certain people are merely acting the part and I’m baffled how people seem to fall for the obvious charade.
they do. they just don't care. why should they?
The crazy thing is that Mitchell can pull off such comparisons on the fly even without a script.
I think he probably just made this up on the spot.
It’s what I laugh at most when listening to him. Get progressively angrier and angrier until it explodes in an incredibly well articulated joke, observation, metaphor.
"No offense but in a party situation you seem as relaxed and friendly as a serial killer doing a police interview while still wearing his last victim's skin."
COMEDY GOLD
*during
David Mitchell definitely says "doing", not "during"
0:46 and now the waiting game of "When can I fit this line into a conversation" begins
These great lines never work in real life... don't try it or you'll end up looking like Webb, lol
Stroking the bread
clickaccept is there supposed to be something wrong with that?
@@stevenhulbert6973 No, it's perfectly fine. It's when you start stroking the meat that people tend to take issue with your behaviour.
@@stevenhulbert6973 Post-virus it's become a bit unpopular.
God these comments are so true. We should all do lunch.
No one can deliver those lines like David Mitchell
Totally sounds like our sales guys...to the point you go oh please. stop it dude...its obvious
Still if what's their paid to do (this is one of them talking) then what can they do except for quit.
Learn actual skills that don't involve manipulating strangers.
I've met so many people like this, as the sketch says, they are not bad people they just think that being friendly is all about talking and not at all about listening
"rapey arm touching" LOL
just one of the best comedy duos of all time tbh. one of the best facets of observational comedy is making you see the point of view of 2 extreme sides of the same coin, i love it.
Right after Fish and Cushion maybe.
"... everyone who isn't Alan Carr or Top Cat."
I’m SO glad I remembered this show ❤️
What a brilliant and well-written sketch!
"Okay, piss off and stand on your own then."
"That's more like it." 😂😂
So tell me James, what do you do for your day job? I'm asking because, well, I don't like to brag, but I'M A BRAIN SURGEON.
Well...
It's not exactly rocket science, is it.
@@henryn700 Not exactly rocket surgery is it?
And yes, that term does exist, it is used informally among at least the amateur rocket science community (of which I am currently a part) to refer to the in-flight modification or repair of spacecraft, since this requires being an astronaut with significant knowledge in rocket engineering, and or a large team on the radio.
This reflects alot of shop keepers, specially the small family run places.
They read through a customer service course, and this is the result.
Thank you James/David, I had no idea I was annoying people this much. Wish someone told me earlier.
i hate sales and marketing types.
I think that's universal.
Sooner or later you guys will need to grow up and release this is how confident adults talk to one another and no amount of misanthropic sitcoms will change that.
@@colin-campbell like total shitweasles? fuck you.
@@aredub1847
I’m sorry to tell you how the world actually operates.
@@aredub1847 lol shut up you nerd
Love David’s sweater.
Favourit sketch of all time!
the sad thing is that most people have had the misfortune of knowing at least one tosser with "people skills" who is really an insecure person who doesn't give a crap about what you are saying. And just wants to give the impression that they are listening becuase they have a pathetic need to be seen to be extroverted and with it and liked when they are pathetic. Id rather someone say "I cant stand sewage works"!!!
Roger Froger Let's not call people pathetic. They are just trying to fit in. Although I agree with you. In social situations there have been instances where I've met a few people who, like me, don't mind being silent for a while or just observe the game, or whatever we were doing but feel the social pressure to keep talking and to keep socializing (I can almost see it weigh on them, and on me quite often). It's just weird, dealing with people.
I just try to get them to relax and be themselves. They only do it because they think they have to because nobody will ever accept them so when they realise they don't have to try so hard then hopefully they'll stop. They're victims of isolation just doing their best to be valuable to you so just show them how. Doesn't always work but it's worth a try.
sorry, what were you saying
This is definitely how Mark and Jez first met
They think that nobody can see through their facade, but some can
a david mitchell rant disguised as a sketch
I love these guys.
Just watched Back and it reminded me of this sketch.
God I love this!
“I feel strangely violated...”
Oh my gosh I HATE it when people keep saying my name after our first introduction, now i know why!
I love the skits when they skewer social expectation.
love this!
I love this kind of humor!
lol i wasnt looking for this but it was funny XD i needed that!
What it feels like every time I talk to a 'recruiter' while looking for a new job.
It's a real laughter track, bits like these are filmed infront of a live audience. Other parts the location stuff is shown to a live audience.
This basically felt like a clip from DM's soapbox. That's not a bad thing.
Lol, so relatable! These people..
Pls show this to every person working in recruitment
Ever talk to someone who's alternating between nodding "yeah" and head on side sympathetic "aww" with zero reference to what you're saying? Might as well be talking to a potted plant.
The sympathetic ''awwwww'' thing which people do makes me want to claw my eyes out.
Sometimes I do talk to my potted plants. It’s still better than this.
I kept expecting him to try to sell me a seminar to "get on that hustle".
I got a creepy Tom Cruise vibe. I need an adult!
What made that even better was that i read it in David Mitchell's voice, it fits so well. ;)
OMG. Brilliant
Such a David Mitchell sketch. Funny how you can tell when the idea is from one of them.
I would rather be my real authentic self than someone that pretends to be something I'm not, especially on social media...oh...wait...
😂
lol, I get that impression at times.:)
This is spot on.
top cat reference !!!!! damn that is amazing
So that's why no one came to my 6th birthday party.
If you work in an office, you will run into many, many people like the character Webb portrays. It's painful.
that's a weirdly positive sketch
Top cat is very charismatic
Note to self: don't stroke the bread at Sainsbury's.
This hit close to home 😂 watched a few videos and read How To Win Friends And Influence People and turned in to This Guy
hahaha strokey arm touch too!
Thank you for the response bp. Cheers.
@jlim2397 some of us barely have the self esteem to get outside of our shells. the fact that we're awkward and wierd, is true. the fact that some people have ALOT of trouble talking with others should be recognized as well :/
That is so true... James
Top cat was pretty cool.
Awesome!
"Great great, yeah that is SOOO true, that is bloody FAScinating, just great" - yeah somebody get me a cricket bat please
Every HR and recruitment consultant I have met.
How wonderfully kind to Alan Carr.
This is everyone at my work. I wish I could work without ever sharing my name with my coworkers.
I log every usage of my name in conversation and if the count rises above 1 i tend to view the other person as some form of graspy cipher.
Ironically I am just bad at remembering names, so I try to use it at least 3 times before moving on.
Most of the time I still forgot the name the next time we meet, but I am really trying … my brain just does not care about other people. ;-)
Im bad at catching and remembering names. I have been known to take months to find out a person's name or worse once I know it the name escapes me at inopertune moments.
Seven year aniversary of this upload! And my birthday!
This reminds me of far too many people I've worked with.
excellent. ireapzz knows good comedy.
I know too many people like him. Thankfully they all tend to stick together, so if you avoid one you avoid them all haha
I think the point of the sketch is to make the viewer laugh. I might be thinking about it too deeply though.
same lmfao
If something makes me laugh then that's great, if I laugh and think even better. Whether or not the comedians intended for me to think I'd say they did a good job in giving me a reason to. Unless of course I'm thinking "this is a shit sketch"
The reason it makes us laugh is cos we have all met twats like this a parties.
"Zing!" *wink" "like it!" It's just so perfect :D
Mark : drops mic
every social media influencer out there
“Long freaky nail loner” I almost became one of those 😅
Story?
OUch. So true it hurts me.
Its hard to make a true connection
@PaddyMacNasty I'm already familiar with Reginald D. Hunter and Rich Hall. Both clever comedians, although Rich Hall has been around much longer (I remember him back when he worked in the United States in the 80s). Reginald's bit about the English not being particularly good at racism is quite amusing, as well as how he handled himself in Would I Lie To You when he had to convince people that the D stood for Delicious.
This is just everything Tom Cruise does.
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Every time I see people commenting on interviews with him about how charming or interested or personable he is, I just want to scream at them "HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HE'S USING TRANSPARENTLY FAKE TECHNIQUES HIS DAMN CULT TAUGHT HIM?!?"
This sketch has got a touch of Chekhov to it
It's a subtlety in human interaction. Washing the cheese off has always been a major no-no and in general you'd have to be really really good friends, and it would have to be the right kind of party.
It works because Webb is a natural cast for an antisocial person. ;) Now, serial killers, that's totally different. There's probably a good body of evidence that they are exceptionally great at winning the confidence of their victims. So they're likely brilliant people persons, all the way until seconds before the stabbings.
Everyone has someone like this in their social circle. If you don't, chances are it's YOU.
that's deep.