As for the people claiming the builder was a hack and the wall could have rotated - I am sorry to say that it could not be done. The joke was a load bearing joke and can not be replaced.
You know what ... that contractor immediately got to work when he stopped lying. "Why do you want this done?" 'I just do.' You can practically hear him just accept that as more valid that most people he deals with.
It's weird when people just want things stretched out untill they're beating a dead horse. Wasn't Hangover 2 and 3 clear enough evidence to people that a great piece of comedy can be turned to something utterly shit if it doesn't just have it's day in the sun? Judt look at the Marvel movies...
Ball chair or globe chair, designed by Eero Aarnio (1963). "The idea of the chair was very obvious. We had moved to our first home and I had started my free-lance career in 1962. We had a home but no proper big chair, so I decided to make one, but some way a really new one. After some drawing I noticed that the shape of the chair had become so simple that it was merely a ball. I pinned the full scale drawing on the wall and sat in the chair to see how my head would move when sitting inside it. Being the taller one of us I sat in the chair and my wife drew the course of my head on the wall. This is how I determined the height of the chair. Since I aimed at a ball shape, the other lines were easy to draw, just remembering that the chair would have to fit through a doorway. After this I made the first prototype myself using an inside mould, which has been made using the same principle as a glider fuselage or wing. I covered the plywood body mould with wet paper and laminated the surface with fiberglass, rubbed down the outside, removed the mould from inside, had it upholstered and added the leg. In the end I installed the red telephone on the inside wall of the chair. The naming part of the chair was easy, the BALL CHAIR was born".
At a maths institute I shan't name, the teachers got a bit frivolous and sent a request to department management asking for a vector space. Management, in either a fit of unadulterated insight or... something else... replied: "How large a space? The closet for cleaning on the first floor has become redundant, will that do?"
It's now 123 ... the counting sequence. Perhaps we can make the one, two, three *poof* vanish. On November 16, 2017 at 8:42 p.m. central time... If you know what I mean. hahaha
Refreshments are quite stimulating, wouldn't you say? Although the effects of consuming such luxuries may linger for days and leave your capacity to walk properly slightly reduced.
😂🤣😂 Victoria of course, would also be a villainess in her own right and her villain attire might likely be black patent leather dominatrix themed. The two of them, looking and acting all "villainy" together while working out / discussing mundane issues like childcare and household chores would be hilarious. 😂
@@tinaperez7393 Villainess; villains and villainesses are both villainous (adjective) - at least I think that's right, I don't use these words often enough to be very confident of the proper usage...
Damned "health and safety" getting in the way of true evil genius! THIS is why we can't have frikin' sharks with frikin' laser beams on their heads! We're now FORCED to settle for ill tempered sea bass, and that just isn't good enough...
He's not a very good builder. The load bearing wall could be replaced with an RSJ above to take the load, supported by vertical load bearing pillars. The fireplace would be more a problem, but not too hard if the wall only rotates 180 degrees and back, connecting the chimney with a flexible joint section.
+jaxxstraw if you change the chimney somewhat, the wall should be able to turn whatever amount of degrees you prefer. You just make a round chimney with the axis of the turning wall in the middle of the chimney.
Omg. But you know, ONLY if somehow it were funny too and that's probably not the Bond brand. For that we have to go to Mitchell and Web, Melissa Mccarthy in Spy (which forever changed how I see James Bond movies), Austin Powers and Get Smart.
For what it's worth. You could build a revolving section on a load baring wall. But you'd need to joist the ceiling and it couldn't be more than 4-5 feet across.
He COULD make the chimney rotate, but as he said, it's down to health and safety. I guess the regulations are just not keeping up with the developing needs of construction industry, particularly its customers in the evil business of evil business.
I've seen a few films where David basically plays himself; he'd fucking kill an evil role. Even though this is comedy he still comes across as pretty scary tbh
The health and safety warnings aren't necessarily a requirement on private property. The main reason for this stuff is to prevent lawsuits and that won't be an issue.
This isn't necessarily private property though. It seems to be a working environment with visitors that are not necessarily trained or having signed waivers. You don't want protagonists dragging you to court.
So for the rotating wall, why not have the fireplace exhaust into a sort of funnel that points to the chimney. This way the fireplace can rotate while still exhausting smoke into the chimney.
+TomPladgett And even if it was, you should be able to use a header or lintel to span the distance. It might be a thick member, but you should be able to do it.
Sorry about that. I was the cameraman, but he was so vague I didn't realize he was talking about evil things until like two weeks later, and then I figured two weeks had passed anyway so eh
It is actually possible to rotate a fire place with a cylindrical chimney tower! This rotating secret layer is a must for an Evil Mastermind to instil fear and dramatic effects and such!
David Mitchell's "Sidney Greenstreet"-type scornful laugh at the prospect of health and safety observance was classic. Funny thing is: Callipo are an Italian organization renowned for supplying tinned and jarred fish products.......Oh dear!
I love the fact his name's Leslie. I would bet on the fact he's very insecure about it , and Alan knows it and he calls him out by his name intetionally .
Alan is actually an undercover cop with a wire which is why he is so insistent on hearing Leslie explicitly order Harrison's murder when he was honestly being quite clear with his intentions in the first place.
You may be surprised but the theme is actually from the movie "End of Days" and is the main title theme, I only found out a few weeks ago. Just search on youtube End of Day's Theme, the music is very similar to TimeSplitters but that is because Free Radical, the guys who made TimeSplitters Future Perfect liked the eerie sense of the theme from End of Days that they decided to put it into their game, albeit a slightly altered version.
Yes, his speech mannerisms actually reminded me of Gman. The "...moral qualms..." sounds almost exactly like Gman's "...when quelling them... was out of the question"
Lots of people are commenting on the poor quality of the builder. As a shop foreman for a prominent Super villain I must explain. Past litigation brought about by The Evil Henchman Union Local 812 has resulted in stringent codes and inspection requirements. The builder is licensed and bonded through the Governing Body of Nefarious Means and Ways. He could lose his license and the Super Villain would be responsible for all liability claims. Basically his hands were tied on this project. Hope this helps all future villains planning renovations.
Actually the whole discussion on why they use ambiguous terms for crime such as "making them a pair of cement shoes" or "sleeping with the fishes" is rather interesting. The gangsters of New York, amongst others, did it so that if their conversations were overheard they would have an excuse because what they said simply didn't mean murder or theft or whatever. Bulletproof in court!
Funnily enough, in the Bond movies they are often much more explicit (e.g. Blofeld in YOLT - "KILL BOND! NOW!"). The times they aren't, it's usually a sick joke.
![That Mitchell & Webb Look - Job Interview [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-jhKceRgpak/mqdefault.jpg)
I love how for an evil organisation, the three men have the highly intimidating and villainous names of Alan, Keith and Leslie...
And the organization is named after a popsicle!
Clearly a good pension scheme, 35 days a year holiday, share options?
Something like Boris, Rishi and Dominic would be more appropriate.
You’re aware than people don’t name their babies based on how evil they think they’ll become in the future right?
Yeah I know what you mean
"Neither health nor safety are among my primary concerns." Oh the levity!
college_student_irl
"please deal with this paperwork"
*shoots the paper*
Oh I see, perhaps you were right about all this being a bit unclear.
"looks like those notes needed... Bullet points...?"
"I just... finalised those documents you mentioned"
As for the people claiming the builder was a hack and the wall could have rotated - I am sorry to say that it could not be done. The joke was a load bearing joke and can not be replaced.
Kek
🤣😂😅
Surely if one wall was a load-bearing wall, the one opposite it must be too, unless it was stud wall?
The builder said they couldn't do the fireplace because they couldn't rotate the flue which you can and even then you could just use a gas fireplace.
he looks like lucius malfoy if he let himself go.
i was horizontal stew!
He did let himself go in deathly hallows
Just say "He fat"
HAHAHHAHA
I think he looks like Angela Merkel
David is an unnervingly good evil mastermind.
It's all in the lava lamp.
666
Not liking that
My favourite of his is always the wasp bit from WILTY?.
th-cam.com/video/FL3BGT-0b1I/w-d-xo.html
Yeah and he's ripping off Dr. Evil, who was ripped off from Dana Carvey.
@@NormAppleton actually Dr. Evil is a spoof of Ernst Stavro Blofeld from James Bond
You know what ... that contractor immediately got to work when he stopped lying. "Why do you want this done?" 'I just do.' You can practically hear him just accept that as more valid that most people he deals with.
Wouldn't the better phrase have been "if anyone has any further doubts, they may feel free to...drop out...of this arrangement?"
I love this. I have no words to describe how great that comment was.
After reading your comment I immediately thought of Dr Evil's laugh.
bah tomato/tomato
Hey twentyzero4. I'd work for you too, what's your redundancy package like?
Now when you say “drop out”, do you mean....
Mr Cooch did an excellent job. His dedication to health and safety is commendable
As comical as it is, I think David Mitchell does a pretty good cliché evil genius!
I think you are mistaken. The evil genius does an unnervingly good David Mitchell.
Clearly he is Geralt of Rivia lol
"Alas, I abhor informality."
David Mitchell pulls this off so well. haha.
That's just the camera still rolling while he's not acting 😂
I would definitely watch a movie about this 'organization' - there's a comedy goldmine of possibilities!
It's called Austin Powers... x')
It's weird when people just want things stretched out untill they're beating a dead horse.
Wasn't Hangover 2 and 3 clear enough evidence to people that a great piece of comedy can be turned to something utterly shit if it doesn't just have it's day in the sun?
Judt look at the Marvel movies...
He may not have gotten his revolving wall, but at least he´s got a cool revolving chair.
Until it starts malfunctioning then he's gonna need an old priest and a young priest.
That and light refreshments
Ball chair or globe chair, designed by Eero Aarnio (1963).
"The idea of the chair was very obvious. We had moved to our first home and I had started my free-lance career in 1962.
We had a home but no proper big chair, so I decided to make one, but some way a really new one. After some drawing I noticed that the shape of the chair had become so simple that it was merely a ball. I pinned the full scale drawing on the wall and sat in the chair to see how my head would move when sitting inside it. Being the taller one of us I sat in the chair and my wife drew the course of my head on the wall. This is how I determined the height of the chair. Since I aimed at a ball shape, the other lines were easy to draw, just remembering that the chair would have to fit through a doorway.
After this I made the first prototype myself using an inside mould, which has been made using the same principle as a glider fuselage or wing. I covered the plywood body mould with wet paper and laminated the surface with fiberglass, rubbed down the outside, removed the mould from inside, had it upholstered and added the leg. In the end I installed the red telephone on the inside wall of the chair. The naming part of the chair was easy, the BALL CHAIR was born".
At a maths institute I shan't name, the teachers got a bit frivolous and sent a request to department management asking for a vector space. Management, in either a fit of unadulterated insight or... something else... replied:
"How large a space? The closet for cleaning on the first floor has become redundant, will that do?"
that’s not enough for a modern villain!
"perhaps I'll see you later for a little light refreshment" that bit always cracked me up.
"perhaps I'll see you later for a little light refreshment"
47 people... have become a nuisance
I'm sure they may all meet with a... little accident, soon enough.
looks like one did, only 46 left lol
Yes, but it looks like 4,877 want a little light refreshment
it is now 109
It's now 123 ... the counting sequence. Perhaps we can make the one, two, three *poof* vanish.
On November 16, 2017 at 8:42 p.m. central time... If you know what I mean. hahaha
I love that the main villain is called Leslie.
Just cracks me up.
I wonder what his full title is. Dr. L. Thaddeus Mikhael?
@@rin_etoware_2989 Haha, good one! He designed Camden Town, didn't he? That's always a fucking nightmare to use.
Honestly Leslie sounds like exactly the name an evil genius of this kind would have.
I always use the phrase "And that, dear friends, is the purpose of the Calippo Organisation" wherever possible.
Enjoyable youtube comments are the purpose of the Calippo Organisation.
@@DaveDexterMusic
I thought it was pizza delivery... evil pizza delivery.
If anyone offers me a "refreshment", I am running away...
Refreshments are quite stimulating, wouldn't you say? Although the effects of consuming such luxuries may linger for days and leave your capacity to walk properly slightly reduced.
what if it's a *light* refreshment ? :P
Don't worry, it will all be behind you *snort*
@Roy G Biv Back that ass up amirite?
It's not that bad really.
I get the feeling this is David's real appearance and the one we normally see just has dyed hair
No wonder Victoria finds him so attractive! 😁♥️💕
@@tinaperez7393 Victoria is living at Nana's cottage
😂🤣😂 Victoria of course, would also be a villainess in her own right and her villain attire might likely be black patent leather dominatrix themed. The two of them, looking and acting all "villainy" together while working out / discussing mundane issues like childcare and household chores would be hilarious. 😂
I wonder if Victoria likes "a light refreshment".
@@tinaperez7393 Villainess; villains and villainesses are both villainous (adjective) - at least I think that's right, I don't use these words often enough to be very confident of the proper usage...
50 people have been missing out on... light refreshment
...So they're all gay?
No Feste they are missing out. Which means they don't want anal but we all do apparently.
Ohh. Makes sense.
Michael Collins sup with the heavy one?
Governments outlawing gays are missing out on ‘light refreshments’
Damned "health and safety" getting in the way of true evil genius! THIS is why we can't have frikin' sharks with frikin' laser beams on their heads! We're now FORCED to settle for ill tempered sea bass, and that just isn't good enough...
Or a safety cage for the shark swimming, along with a safety course a support diver and medical staff on standby.
"ill-tempered sea bass" 😂 😂 😂
Ill-tempered sea bass would be pretty freaking dangerous to one's junk...
So probably a bigger threat to Austin Powers really.
@@Bowie_E that made me laugh too
On the plus side, one has fewer workers getting accidentally knocked into a vat or reactor.
He's not a very good builder. The load bearing wall could be replaced with an RSJ above to take the load, supported by vertical load bearing pillars. The fireplace would be more a problem, but not too hard if the wall only rotates 180 degrees and back, connecting the chimney with a flexible joint section.
I need you in my house in Sydney...
+jaxxstraw You, sir, deserve a high-five, a cookie, and a raise.
+jaxxstraw if you change the chimney somewhat, the wall should be able to turn whatever amount of degrees you prefer. You just make a round chimney with the axis of the turning wall in the middle of the chimney.
Michael De Pauw I knew watching TH-cam would be educational eventually.
+Sandra Stone what evil organisation do you run from Sydney!! 😉
David Mitchell needs to be a Bond villain
He's quite a good actor, I love it when he's posh and evil
Omg. But you know, ONLY if somehow it were funny too and that's probably not the Bond brand. For that we have to go to Mitchell and Web, Melissa Mccarthy in Spy (which forever changed how I see James Bond movies), Austin Powers and Get Smart.
What a fricking good idea....those dark eyes of his convey a sadistic, calculated mind!
Or the adversary of Johnny English
"And then I understood... I was the baddy. And I was very comfortable with that realization."
That entire bit with the trapdoor had me in tears.
I felt bad for the villain during the trapdoor bit :(
TheoneandonlyGTA All that money for nothing.
The way Mitchell described the wall rotating over the fire made me remember the sketch as if it'd actually happened.
Maybe Series 2 of Doctor Who, The Girl In The Fireplace?
Same!!
Lesley is such a perfect name for a villian.
"Call me Ryan"
"Alas, I abhor informality"
hahahaha
So good, these guys together. Mitchell is a comedic gift.
Those poor ravenous piranhas are going to fill up on chair. :(
Why does no one (else) think about the piranhas!
Best line is the 'He has became a nuisance', Just the hand gesture and smile..gets me everytime. And yes..dodgily like Lucius Malfoy.
Light refreshment anyone?
Travel sweet, Puchek?
my body is ready!
Peter Kotara I'm game
Don't mind if I do, Mr. Cooch
I'm good, thanks.
Brilliant, truly brilliant. 👏 This entire show was perfectly done from start to finish, they went out in such wonderful way.
For what it's worth. You could build a revolving section on a load baring wall. But you'd need to joist the ceiling and it couldn't be more than 4-5 feet across.
He should have have said “Let us hope no ill befalls Professor Ritson”. That would have been even more confusing.
Alas I abhor informality...
Sheer incarnate devil this video must be for you then.
The moment David Mitchell wasn’t acting whatsoever.
he said it at the same time i read your comment
I tried talking my girlfriend into trying some 'light refreshment' - she wasn't interested.
Sorry to hear that
He COULD make the chimney rotate, but as he said, it's down to health and safety. I guess the regulations are just not keeping up with the developing needs of construction industry, particularly its customers in the evil business of evil business.
Health and Safety is itself an evil business lol.
Shame you can't tell health and safety to 'fuck off' and do it anyway.
Neither health, nor safety are among my primary concerns!
Hey man you do know its a sketch show not reality tv !!
David's 'Health & Safety' quote at 4:04 cracks me up every time :)
He could have delayed Hugo by discussing his "severance" package.
5:10 "Wake up Mr Freeman, Wake up and smell the ashes"
Haha he is even forcing them to join or walk away; "time to choooose... its time to chose"
I've seen a few films where David basically plays himself; he'd fucking kill an evil role. Even though this is comedy he still comes across as pretty scary tbh
The health and safety warnings aren't necessarily a requirement on private property. The main reason for this stuff is to prevent lawsuits and that won't be an issue.
This isn't necessarily private property though. It seems to be a working environment with visitors that are not necessarily trained or having signed waivers. You don't want protagonists dragging you to court.
"Are we the baddies?"
LOL
I always thought that calippos were somehow sinister.
Deliciously delightfully sinister.
Alan, Keith and Lesley. I love it.
So for the rotating wall, why not have the fireplace exhaust into a sort of funnel that points to the chimney. This way the fireplace can rotate while still exhausting smoke into the chimney.
Pedro Rodriguez It would be pretty easy to install some kind of rotating seal yeah. This was just for the sake of a joke :p
+Pedro Rodriguez It is sort of a mystery how a wall with a fireplace and a chimney in it is not a load-bearing one.
+TomPladgett And even if it was, you should be able to use a header or lintel to span the distance. It might be a thick member, but you should be able to do it.
Veian Demontrond "It might be a thick member, but you should be able to do it."
that's what I said
Nah, you would end up with a room full of smoke. No good for health and safety
I can't believe they are filming this man being so evil and none of the camera men are reporting him to the police?,he's so evil.
Look what you did to the fourth wall, it's ruined.
*****
LOL.
***** well she is quite...no wait don't kill her, I was just saying she was a nuisance.
Censor Duck it's not ruined, it just rotates now!
Sorry about that. I was the cameraman, but he was so vague I didn't realize he was talking about evil things until like two weeks later, and then I figured two weeks had passed anyway so eh
Well he did follow the correct health and safety procedures, such a considerate evil genius.
"Deliberately killed to death."
This is so true. Staff meetings are even more boring than they used to be since health and safety got involved.
I will never accept an offer of meeting for "light refreshments" again...
One of the most hilarious skits of all time.
I love the phrase "deliberately killed to death" I'm totally stealing it. My fellow Americans will never know it isn't mine...MWAHHAHAHA
David Williams seems to enjoy his role a substantial amount.
wouldve been hilarious if the trap door like was an elevator going down so slowly
...or had the required upwards-and-outwards opening motion... %)
Mitchell's evil laugh is hilarious
Is there some requirement that Supervillains wear Nehru jackets?
Mark Siefert more a tradition than a requirement.
Jawaharlal Nehru was the OG villain.
Less a requirement, more of an excuse.
I think they are called Jodhpuri Jackets i.e. Bandhgala's and not Nehru Jackets if I'm not wrong.
Mansfield House In the west, they are called Nehru jackets. But yes, I believe they are technically Jodhpur jackets.
They talk ambiguously in case there is a wire.
It is actually possible to rotate a fire place with a cylindrical chimney tower! This rotating secret layer is a must for an Evil Mastermind to instil fear and dramatic effects and such!
Truly he is an evil genius, nobody can guess the weight of a fruit cake as well as he can.
I just love the "down to buisness" worker when he says "fair enougth, I will have that done by thuesday" :D
"warning, this wall may revolve" LOL i'm going to put that sign in my room xD
I've never seen this before it is Hugely hilarious! British comedy 😄😄
Perhaps we should give him "a trip to Belize"... You know doing "The old Yeller" on him
Walter to Saul "Belize????? I'll send you to Belize."
"And that gentlemen is the true purpose of the Calippo Organization"
David Mitchell should be the next Bond villian
I wondered how Julian Assange spent his time in that embassy.
What?
Really enjoyed this one! :) Thank you for posting!
"Attention, trapdoor # 3 is about to open"!
David Mitchell's "Sidney Greenstreet"-type scornful laugh at the prospect of health and safety observance was classic.
Funny thing is: Callipo are an Italian organization renowned for supplying tinned and jarred fish products.......Oh dear!
Calippo is also delicious water ice, sold in Belgium and the Netherlands
This needs a netflix series
hahahaha..."needlessly ambiguous"! What a very ENGLISH phrase! I love it!
I love the fact his name's Leslie. I would bet on the fact he's very insecure about it , and Alan knows it and he calls him out by his name intetionally .
4:03 - the greatest evil genius laugh of all time
always loved this evil genius
"the effects you'll get is a room full of smoke"
so we hotboxing now?
"I wish for the entire wall to... rotate! Turn... upon it's axis! Roundy-round." xD
Alan is actually an undercover cop with a wire which is why he is so insistent on hearing Leslie explicitly order Harrison's murder when he was honestly being quite clear with his intentions in the first place.
I could go for some light refreshment right about now
I didnt know I needed to see this.
So many stereotypical 'evil villain' moments haha
TimesSplitters Future Perfect Mansion of Madness Theme in the background at 2:01 and onwards
Dude, amazing refereence. you are the best.
+Stahl's Game's And Strategy How you're right, do you think they just took the theme and altered it slightly or maybe it's just a massive coincidence?
You may be surprised but the theme is actually from the movie "End of Days" and is the main title theme, I only found out a few weeks ago. Just search on youtube End of Day's Theme, the music is very similar to TimeSplitters but that is because Free Radical, the guys who made TimeSplitters Future Perfect liked the eerie sense of the theme from End of Days that they decided to put it into their game, albeit a slightly altered version.
3:44 The phrase 'a certain je ne sais quoi', meaning 'A >certain< >I don't know what
Dr. Evil, meet Draco Malfoy.
Lucius Malfoy
This man is the product of Lucius Malfoy and Dr. Evil having some light refreshment.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
And Luciasalfoy and Legolas. 😁
Never heard of these dudes but I'm digging the old school pommy comedy 🤣
Roundy round!
One of my favorites. Late night refreshment lmao
Do you mean anal sex?
4:12 Tory response to Grenfell
Mitchell is EXCELLENT. He's like a Bond villain crossed with G-Man.
Yes, his speech mannerisms actually reminded me of Gman. The "...moral qualms..." sounds almost exactly like Gman's "...when quelling them... was out of the question"
The funniest thing about this hilarious sketch is that the evil genius is called "Lesley". :o)
Lots of people are commenting on the poor quality of the builder. As a shop foreman for a prominent Super villain I must explain. Past litigation brought about by The Evil Henchman Union Local 812 has resulted in stringent codes and inspection requirements. The builder is licensed and bonded through the Governing Body of Nefarious Means and Ways. He could lose his license and the Super Villain would be responsible for all liability claims. Basically his hands were tied on this project. Hope this helps all future villains planning renovations.
All sorts of sites on the internet dedicated to light refreshment.
I didn't know Elrond was an evil genius.
spacecowboy5000 more like lucius malfoy
With a touch of Thranduil.
Elrond has dark hair
The Calippo Organisation - World-Dominating Plans.
Who will rid me of this turbulent cleric?
‘Being Jordan’ 😂
This sketch is ..."rather interesting."
Dat Oblivion look
best sketches of the show
Actually the whole discussion on why they use ambiguous terms for crime such as "making them a pair of cement shoes" or "sleeping with the fishes" is rather interesting. The gangsters of New York, amongst others, did it so that if their conversations were overheard they would have an excuse because what they said simply didn't mean murder or theft or whatever. Bulletproof in court!
+HowesSpace Is that interesting? Or fairly obvious.
It still doesn't explain why they do it in movies where being overheard isn't an issue.
+HowesSpace Is that interesting? Or fairly obvious.
It still doesn't explain why they do it in movies where being overheard isn't an issue.
Funnily enough, in the Bond movies they are often much more explicit (e.g. Blofeld in YOLT - "KILL BOND! NOW!"). The times they aren't, it's usually a sick joke.
Jonathan Campbell yeah but there's also Moonraker, "look after mr bond, see that some harm comes to him".
I put that in the "sick joke" category. It's still more explicit than anything in this sketch, anyway, since Drax is still phrasing it as an order.