Such a funny sketch but my favourite throwaway gag was ripping the arm off of the bear. "Sir is very generous". Well corrected on 7th Feb 23. Listen closely, it is Monsieur. I do apologise for the misquote.
"And suave good luck" "I won't need luck" "You're going to a casino" "Oh God yes that's right yeah blimey,fingers crossed" that bit made me laugh so hard
The reason they're using Imperial measurements is because the type of fairground games they're playing in this sketch are now outmoded and date to a time when Britain still used the Imperial system. As someone else has rightly pointed out, Britain currently inhabits some weird Twilight Zone where the two systems are used alternately.
I wondered if it was because they're a type of food. Imperial seems to be popular for recipes, since the conversions can be messy and some recipes are very old. I'm from Australia though, so I only have a vague idea of how much a stone actually is. The only thing which is commonly still in imperial units is a person's height. It just seems more natural to say a person is 6ft than to say 1.9 Metres. One day the kids will probably be thoroughly confused about the fact that we still measure people in feet but nothing else...
@@SineN0mine3 it's very weird that the british either use metric or versions of imperial like 'stone' that are even more inexplicable than the normal ones
I know right? It looks so eerily similar to that one scene where Bond enters a casino somehow, but also not at all. Also, I just looked it up, and I really can't find that scene anymore, but I know I saw it like a thousand times, he made the exact same movements, looked in the same directions, walked the same way, etc
I don't personally think that all of their comedy is funny but when it is funny,it's really funny and this this is really funny because it's just silly lol.
Does the guy handing over the teddy bear at 0:19 remind anybody of a young John Cleese? For a moment I thought he went on a time travelling adventure from the 70s to crash a future sketch comedy show lol.
I love David Mitchell's "Bad Guy"... I kind of want a film with him as the evil villain - something like Austin powers .. only funnier, with perhaps more subtle humour :p
That second cake was never 3 pounds in weight.. It was about the size of a soreen malt loaf which is about 300 grams (loads less than a pound) it must have had a lead bar inside it.
Rollo Maughling You have a point i suppose; In scenes like this, the audience is recorded laughing, for obvious location purposes. Still, a number of people just hate them regardless, but i always think its worth differentiating the real laughter from the fake stuff.
Funny video! I like to think that it is making fun of the way that the movie version of Casino Royale replaced Bond's favorite game of Baccarat with Texas Hold 'Em.
That movie was awful, the director clearly didn't play to thier strengths and in the process just made the most bland generic movie ever...and god the music was terrible.
Proof that David Mitchell should play Geralt in a live action Witcher movie
henry cavil did pretty good
@@Kropolis I was really expecting them to cast David Mitchell as Geralt tho, such an obvious choice
let's just hope there'll be another That Mitchell and Webb Something and we get a The Witcher parody in it
Cavill's gone so never know
This comment has aged well!
David Mitchell: "This is your target."
*Gives him a picture of David Mitchell*
Me trying to drop hints
Webb: Shoots his boss and leaves.
I thought he said Klaus Schwab.
"My target is an elf on middle Earth?"
The sign 'Frappez le Rat' amuses me to a ridiculous degree.
"But why me?"
"Because you're the best damn guesser of the weight of a fruitcake in the service"
I also watched the video
Thanks. I'd forgotten that bit as soon as the video finished.
I love how someone on the Mitchell and Webb crew one day got a shopping list for 500 fruit cakes.
Although the different shapes and sizes concern me that a crewmember's grannie one day got a demand to bake 500 fruit cakes
Methinks one of the writers knows someone who owns a local bakery.
Such a funny sketch but my favourite throwaway gag was ripping the arm off of the bear. "Sir is very generous".
Well corrected on 7th Feb 23. Listen closely, it is Monsieur. I do apologise for the misquote.
I always felt very bad for that poor teddy bear.
@@zanguusu gosh, you're right. I do beg your pardon.
To be fair, Monsieur is french for Sir or "Mister" so you half-right.
Yeah that and the bit where Webb has to brush the fruitcake crumbs off his hands after sliding them 'all in' across the table! 😂
I can only imagine Suave's reaction when he discovers that his boss is a double agent.
Spar10Leonidas While he's only a Raising Agent...
+Loosewire2 Oh you.
He's gone rogue!
@@Loosewire2 this is exactly the kind of shit we're talking about!
@@Loosewire2 You make us look like dicks in here!
David could so easily play an elf from lotr in tht wig
Dr. Evil
Lucifer Malfoy.
TumbleDwarf *Lucious
themaypole Well if he was him, he wouldn't have the same name, would he?
The evil elf, Negolas
Loved the bit where she licks his "rat whacker" and just goes "erggghhh" 😂
"And suave good luck"
"I won't need luck"
"You're going to a casino"
"Oh God yes that's right yeah blimey,fingers crossed"
that bit made me laugh so hard
It's 'Suave'.
3:50 "no limits" ... immediately followed by defining the very fixed limits of double or nothing. classic.
does any else feel a bit queasy watching the fruitcake get pushed across the felt board?
i got that too, like oil on white
Then you'd need a bucket watching LA Beast try a twenty year old Crystal Pepsi.
Pc Genie j
stop being a fruitcake
Yup! It reminds me of Christmas with the family, everyone playng cards and eating cake, pandoro and torrone on the table with the felt cloth.
Webb is rather dashing, actually.
Mmmm
Quite.
"Whack the rat", followed by "light refreshment"
"Do you mean 'anal sex'?"
"Jimmy Carr is never like this."
"You're worse than his guys."
The reason they're using Imperial measurements is because the type of fairground games they're playing in this sketch are now outmoded and date to a time when Britain still used the Imperial system.
As someone else has rightly pointed out, Britain currently inhabits some weird Twilight Zone where the two systems are used alternately.
I wondered if it was because they're a type of food. Imperial seems to be popular for recipes, since the conversions can be messy and some recipes are very old.
I'm from Australia though, so I only have a vague idea of how much a stone actually is. The only thing which is commonly still in imperial units is a person's height. It just seems more natural to say a person is 6ft than to say 1.9 Metres. One day the kids will probably be thoroughly confused about the fact that we still measure people in feet but nothing else...
@@SineN0mine3 it's very weird that the british either use metric or versions of imperial like 'stone' that are even more inexplicable than the normal ones
Is that you, Lucius Malfoy?
Abbatha personally I think he looks like he's on his way to Helm's Deep to fulfill an oath the elves once held with men.
You only swore what the dark hlord hwanted you to see.
"He's very very good at guessing how much a fruitcake weighs."
"That's what they say about me."
The face on Webb when he walks in makes me laugh everytime
I know right? It looks so eerily similar to that one scene where Bond enters a casino somehow, but also not at all. Also, I just looked it up, and I really can't find that scene anymore, but I know I saw it like a thousand times, he made the exact same movements, looked in the same directions, walked the same way, etc
Always lose my shit at "I suppose you're doing this for kicks"
"Whack a rat"
"Do you mean.. wanking?"
*Confused face* "No....."
LOL
Sarah hadland is such a great actor she is totally under-appreciated and should get more roles and recognition.
She really gives every performance her heart and soul.
@@donald5458 haaaart n sooool*
@@donald5458 I reaaaaally hope this is a reference to th-cam.com/video/ttmsiU-GZlg/w-d-xo.html :)
i love this more than any other mitchell and webb sketch, the lines they get fed are impeccable...
Hmmmm, Sarah Hadland. Gorgeous in this sketch.
"you mean when your cupping my fishy bal......im not saying that!"
lmao best bit
I've watched this sketch loads of times but I've never noticed before, that's bloody John Finnemore.
I noticed the first time I watched it, lmfao. It's so random and beautiful.
FINNEMOOOOOORE
Yellow car!
5:29 _"Yes I must say..."_
*THAT'S NUMBERWANG!!!!!!*
*Both of them look at eachother in shock
Damn, Webb looks dapper as fuck
I wish casinos were like this
This is absolute gold. The first time I saw it and he said "cake you on" hahaha
"Good luck"
"I don't need luck"
"... You're going to a casino"
Utterly hilarious, all the better for how seriously they take it until they don't.
4:07 David Mitchell's facial expression after that line is hysterical.
Be careful... He's very good at guessing the weight of a fruitcake.
Now I want some fruitcake.
King of the Anals and the Fist Men Haha, shut it lefty scut
Such a great parody! Loved every minute of this. :)
I don't personally think that all of their comedy is funny but when it is funny,it's really funny and this this is really funny because it's just silly lol.
So many surprises in this one, ah, never got tired of it.
The best part is that this isn't the last we've seen of David Mitchell in this wig
3:45 should have been "win your dough back"
*kicks hard* That’s exactly the kind of shit we’re talking about!
Nah. Fruit cakes are made of batter.
@@marfdasko In that case, how about;
"I'm a good sport. Perhaps I should give you a chance to win back your money in a game you are batter at."
"I'm sorr-y. Jimmy Carr is never like this..."
Hah! :D
"Jeremy, please, don't smile like that! You're not... James Bond, you're disgusting!"
"I *am* James Bond."
"Sorry! Jimmy Carr is never like this.." Burn.
This is one of the funniest sketches i've ever seen!
I'm glad they made this one - looks like it could have been pretty expensive
This is possibly my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketch
Does the guy handing over the teddy bear at 0:19 remind anybody of a young John Cleese? For a moment I thought he went on a time travelling adventure from the 70s to crash a future sketch comedy show lol.
TheIrishEnigma I was thinking he looked more like Steven Fry
+TheIrishEnigma I thought late 80s/early 90s Stephen Fry
oh...john finnemore there as the croupier...
''Or should I say....cake you on?''
''Guys, you've got to do better than that!''
Guess how many jelly-beans are in the oversized glass jar, Suave!
Mitchell and Webb are brilliant and funny, would love to see John Finnemore act more on TV... x
Love the eyebrows of the bad guy when he says that. Love it.
I am so in a laughter-high watching these clips.
I love the team up at the end.
Jez in a tux... wow. i can't get over it
Seems I'm the only one who thinks the laugh track fits!
Wonderful sketch, silly and smart at the same time.
I love David Mitchell's "Bad Guy"... I kind of want a film with him as the evil villain - something like Austin powers .. only funnier, with perhaps more subtle humour :p
This is the best sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look ever.
the Jimmy Carr throwaway reference was goddamn brilliant.
No, you have THE BEST sense of humour. =)
possibly the best sketch in any show...
5:06 wow that was intense
I was not expecting that ending. I'm dying!
Unusual and also great to see Finnemore onscreen :D
Oh that was a great reference. "Jimmy Carr was never like this"
this is MUCH funnier than the entirety of 1967 Casino Royale
I was doubled over in laughter. 😂
good lord, this is brilliant.
oh he's gone rogue !
such a funny sketch
The whole sketch was magnificent, but that ending was particularly inspired.
That look really suits David Mitchell lol He should wear it in everyday live! That'd be so awesome.
"I suppose you're doing this for kicks" WAS good.
hahhhhaahah, omg i've just discovered Mitchell and Webb, looking forward to this :D
"Estimez le poids du gâteau de fruits" ^^
Been watching Mitchell and Webb since 2017, I never saw this one, nice
I would happily watch a whole film of this.
haha this show doesn't get enough credit, still keeping typical British comedy alive!
one positive thing is that it makes it easier to laugh when you find it funny
This is the best non Monty Python monty python sketch I've ever seen
This is great. I love he sign at 0.46 saying "estimez le poids du gâteau de fruits", great detail.
1:05 Aaaand enter Lucius Malfoy.
I need to try the line "Will you kiss my rat whacker for luck?" :DDD
I AM James Bond
You're not James Bond, you're disgusting! Hahahahaha
That second cake was never 3 pounds in weight.. It was about the size of a soreen malt loaf which is about 300 grams (loads less than a pound) it must have had a lead bar inside it.
+Doreen Green
He said ounces, guys.
+Doreen Green Please tell me you didn't actually analyse this sketch seriously?
Are you really saying you're a better fruitcake-weight-guesser than Suave?
fruit cake is a lot more dense than soreen, my nan makes it with a load of booze and it weighs about 14 stone
Jeremy, you are not JAMES BOND
John Johnson ...I am James Bond
Would so love this to be turned into a movie!
That may be the greatest thumbnail in the history of youtube.
"You mean when you're cupping MY fishing bowl?"
They could lose the laugh track, I'd say
Its a live audience, not a track. However, if you still don't like those, fair enough.
Alexander Lewis-White It's a laugh track, just not a canned one, which is what you're probably thinking of.
Rollo Maughling You have a point i suppose; In scenes like this, the audience is recorded laughing, for obvious location purposes. Still, a number of people just hate them regardless, but i always think its worth differentiating the real laughter from the fake stuff.
Hardly any TV program uses canned laughter anymore, apart than for comic effect.
Rollo Maughfling I'm pretty sure the Big Bang Theory (worst show ever) does.
I love that its john finnemore playing the dealer
The dealer is John Finnemore!
Funny video! I like to think that it is making fun of the way that the movie version of Casino Royale replaced Bond's favorite game of Baccarat with Texas Hold 'Em.
I love how camp he says the word "Eurgh!"
Mitchell's face after "Cake you on?" XD
5:13 is just brilliant :D
I love everything these two do (except that movie). You can tell in lots of their sketches that Monty python was a big influence on them.
That movie was awful, the director clearly didn't play to thier strengths and in the process just made the most bland generic movie ever...and god the music was terrible.
What movie? What am I missing?
And influenced by fry and laurie I'd add :)
-Good luck!
-I won't need luck.
-You're going to a casino...
-Oh god yes that's right!
That last one actually WAS good