Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - Darkplace Illuminatum
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- Garth Marenghi, Dean Learner and Todd Rivers are interviewed about working on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Extra from the DVD.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a British dark comedy show made for Channel 4 by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade. Darkplace is presented as a lost classic: a television series produced in the 1980s, though never broadcast at the time. The show parodies numerous aspects of '80s low-budget television, including fashion, special effects, production gaffs, and music.
No copyright infringement intended. All copyright remains under Channel 4. I do not own this show at all. This is the wonderful work of writers and creators Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade.
Brilliant show. Sadly underrated in it's day.
RIP Madeline Wool. Hope they find her body some day.
+Swoooze I think she's somewhere in the Eastern Bloc.
+DJC Vidz Dean didnt do it.
+IGOTDOWNS Dean absolutely didn't do it. If one man on Earth didn't do it, it's Dean.
It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.
If she got a burial at all
Peruvian fan here
We owe you guys big.
Thank god for the peruvian market
Thanks for keeping the show alive.
Thank you for keeping this masterpiece available.
This is my first time watching the show. Are you bieng serious
I love how it starts off all professional, everyone being nice about each other, and the longer it drags on, the pettier and nastier they get about each other, while still trying to look good. It's fucking sublime.
Love it when Dean gets into his shady sex life... Actual comedy all things considered in this Epstein island age
A surprising number of people Dean don't like seem to die or go missing...
+MasterFhyl Probably just a weird coincidence :)
Just a strange coincidence. Many have accused him of being a murdering, rapist pornographer but I don't see it. I truly don't see it.
I mean, like, did Jimmy Hoffa disappear because of the mob? I don't think so. Hoffa very likely went on a vacation and decided to stay. Just because Dean knew A LOT of people that eventually wound up shot in the face, sold to the sex slave industry and/or generally disappeared doesn't mean he was involved.
Yeah, but as he said, "I wouldn't shoot you...in the face." So I don't like your implication, chum, best wind your neck in or you'll be searching for the lost Darkplace tapes at the bottom of the Thames. In a concrete diving suit.
@@andrewcarson5850 Trying to find the lost tapes would be a good move for the darkplace community. Do you have any sort of plan
What a blessed man.
"Harrison Ford was a carpenter. As far as I'm concerned, Harrison Ford is still a carpenter" "He looks like he's always trying to fit a joist."
"Jesus also was a great carpenter!"
@@oOFranCescA2080oO “it just shows that wood work is a good grounding for whichever profession you go into.”
"I'm one of the few Authors you'll meet that have written more books than they've read"
- Garth
_Todd:_ A man who behaves like a beast... shall never suffer the pain of being a man... yet a man without love... is like an orchard without cherry blossom. That's the way I feel about it now.
_Garth:_ :|
And the giggle behind camera
Such an amazing line hahahaha
"I've mellowed, I think."
You could tell he was irritated that he didn't write it 🤣🤣
These "interviews" are just as good as the actual series 😂 wish there were more
This is the greatest television spectacle since Quantum Leap... and I do not say that lightly.
Lol I know that's just classic lmao" I love this show British humor is the bloody best
Jaina_Hodgson I have both dark place and quantum leap
Better than Lulu. And three other people.
Jason Hodgson so we’re talking creme-de-la-creme.
This is so exceptional from beginning to end. One thing, I can never work out if Dean Learner is rich or devastating poor. On the one hand he has his club and his strip clubs, on the other he mans the phones at his publishing house selling two books a time.
“DEAN!”
I think he has a high income stream, but he spends his money as fast as he can get it, meaning that despite his income, he's constantly strapped for cash.
@@ThejollyFrenchman Indeed, most likely much of it would need a bit of a wash before he could stick it in a bank. Actually, maybe Darkplace is nothing more than Dean Lerner's money-laundering operation.
I like the naming choice - "Beelzebook".
He's a bit like Jimmy Savile was: made tons of money thanks to his sociopathy, but lived like a tramp in a caravan. Promised the inmates of Broadmoor some alcohol at Christmas, then palmed them off with some out-of-date beers he found in a bin. Offered his family a night out to celebrate something, then took them to a chip shop that he had some coupons for, and wouldn't let them have anything the coupons wouldn't cover.
He does film Man to Man with Dean Learner in his own 5 million pound playboy flat.
"How do you answer the phone at home?"
"DEAN"
Q: "You're not popular on set, are you?"
Garth: "....Go on."
I bet this is the only time anyone will ever say "Thank god for the Peruvian market" Love these guys and their work.
criss poyner I've heard that phase lots of times, but I probably know a lot more coke dealers than most people.
It's strange to me that Holness didn't join Ayoade and Berry on "The IT Crowd", his character in the British "The Office", and his skit(s) on "Bruiser" as the IT Guy were good, seemed like he would have fit in well with that cast.
"Some of the extras on Darkplace died." - Dean Learner
You know he tried to prevent each and everyone of those deaths. The poor guy, he must've been wracked with guilt...when the investigations took place, but he was feeling guilt, ask Satu.
I am from Peru and we love Garth Meringue. Love from all Peru people.
To say this show is underrated is to describe space as slightly empty. Why only the Peruvian market got this serious work of 80's genius is beyond this critic
18:34 you can hear someone off camera trying to control their laughter as Berry does his "A man without love" bit. One of the funniest TV shows ever.
David Philips Yeah, absolutely brilliant!
+David Philips Sounds a little like a sneeze to me, if I'm honest.
Also at 2:25
Absolutely superhuman emotional control from both actors. How did they do it?
@@Thatguy7242 Sounded like somebody scribbling onto a pad, writing down a quote.
One of the secretly funniest parts is when Todd starts randomly expounding on how overly tall Graham is, just reveling in it, how he is unfit to be filmed. No mention of Graham for the rest of the production lol
This is exactly why British comedy is outstandingly in a league of its own!
A truck driver with a tie, a pimp publisher, and a man with a soothing voice and a leather jacket, too big and delightfully squeaking - ASMR...in a simple setting with masterly written dialogues, masterly delivered, subtly working on many levels...I rejoice in this at bedtime :-D
I love these in-character-interviews so much!......maybe more than the actual episodes!
Sonic Titan agreed!
He's seen some serious stuff. Superglued men together. That, you know, that type of thing.
A great show. Rarely gets recognized.
Nobody writes books like Garth Marenghi, nobody.
The interviews are honestly my favorite part. Garth’s pure arrogance. Dean Learner’s pseudo intelectual persona with a hint of criminality. And Todd Rivers just bring like “what the fuck did I get myself into”.
"A man who behaves like a beast, shall never suffer the pain of being a man"
some name “Yet a man without love, is like an orchard without cherry blossom.”
@@borismuller86"That's how I feel. I've mellowed I think"
A slight variation of a Samuel Johnson quote
@@SomeDumbKid1 Thanks for the info. Web search didn't yield a result due to the different wording.
(I also admited this quote in an innocent root comment that got me shadowbanned for those. It's doubly messed up to see such out of control censorship on a show as deliberately offensive as this.)
Wait here's what's absolutely nuts, there is about an entire season's worth of Darkplace missing, according to Dean. 7 hr movie is 14 episodes. We only have 6.
It's at the bottom of the Thames lol
There are actually 40+ episodes they claim that were filmed over 4 weeks or something like that
"We didn't know you had to be asked to make a show" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That's the funniest shit ever....
" I had to suffer the undignity of a man slaughter trial" I love this show so much
I have a growing suspicion that Learner eliminated a lot of competition.
No, Dean never hurt anyone. He couldn't. He wouldn't.
They just got lost in the Thames
What do you MEAN you didn't ASK us to make this??!
Andy Mason god I wish there really were 80 episodes
that "lifts in shoes" rant was *WAY* to real
I know. Comparing short men who wear cowboy boots to bald men in toupees is spot on.
Most hilarious tv series I've ever seen. Genius.
"How do you answer the phone at home?"
"DEAN"
LOLOLOL
Darkplace would have aired in the U.S. due to the notorious "Eh, why not?" attitude of '80s TV execs.
Can you recommend shows like Darkplace? Real ones.
@@domchin8811 Strangers With Candy
@@domchin8811 Spoils of babylon
Garth Marenghi, six foot tall? He's barely 5 foot and wears lifts, end of story.
"I am, to most bystanders, a LITTLE bit shorter than Dean" *shows picture where Dean is clearly head and shoulders taller than Garth* - LOL!
"Crystal maze had come and gone" - Dean Learner
Not anymore, pal
The only bad thing about this show is that it’s only six episodes
What do you mean, it's 40 episodes. I think the peruvian version (overdubbed in spanish) might still be traceble somewhere in Lima, on betamax.
@@PaulusCaesar "El sitio penumbroso de Gart Manito", guey
The rest of it was lost in the Thames
@@BibleStorm Because Dean hurriedly tossed all his cassette tapes during the police raid on his house.
Could you re-upload the series with Peruvian subtitles?
I have the compete series on dvd and love the commentary. Just listening to them in character , so real and hilarious.
I love that Richard says we don't have crystal maze anymore but now he is the one that's going to present the revamped version😂
Madeline magically appearing actually scared me XD
40 Episodes in four weeks is some work ethic, man.
thank god for the peruvian market
"How do you pick up the Phone at home?" - "DEAN!"
I'm sorry if this insults any of misters ayoade, holness and berry, but these interviews afe really 2.5 times better than darkplace in itself. You really forget throughout that they are actors pretending to be actors (or truthors, in deans case). This character portrayal is incredible. I really hope that there are future berry/holness/ayoade projects coming. There is much potential.
It's too bad that Ayoade/Berry never appear in the few darkplace interviews etc. I've seen - always just Holness or Lowe.
Are you saying Garth Marenghi made a subpar medical horror drama?
I cannot count anymore how many times ive watched this series and videos
Okay but Richard Ayoade bemoaning the loss of Crystal Maze is pretty funny.
What I really love about the interviews is how Matt Berry, in contrast to the two others, as this disillusioned, straight man, who might have been a great actor, who has a knowledge of craft, but was unfortunately roped into the BS, and I think the final line from him cements that.
I see him as just the same as the other two. Garth doesn't know he's a shit writer, Dean doesn't know he's got no taste, and Todd doesn't know he's a shit actor. According to Matt in an interview with Adam Buxton, his character is based on those English actors from the 70s who did a lot of theatre work and couldn't get used to the fact you don't have to bellow all your lines to fill the room when on television.
God I would KILL for 40 episodes of this show.
"For God's sake, it's a joke. Just sit on the man's knee and he'll stop asking."
Such exasperation.
"It just shows that woodwork is a good grounding for whatever profession you end up going into." - This sounds like something Nick Offerman would say
Who came here after cosmonaut ?
julian lobo 🙋🏾♂️
jup
"I SPENT THE LAST 4 WEEKS OF MY LIFE MAKING THIS SHOW!"
How the blue bloody hell do they think all this stuff. Oh my God. It's amazing.
I love how much these guys did not give a single fuck and were very honest about the show they made. Great material and great actors, publishers and Writers, Amazing show
You know this is a bit, right
@@mikegiamalva321I knew from the get-go, I was admiring the work in its entirety mate.
Hands down, the funniest tv show!! Genius.
this is better than some of the episodes
Highlight: Garth's tremendously self-satisfied head movement at 00:28
*His cash.* _Fair enough._
Words to live by.
Darkplace is the greatest thing that ever happened.
"Literally bigger fish to fry"
I died 🤣😂🤣😂
Shit, I've watched the last of Darkplace. Time to watch Man to Man with Dean Learner!
I would love a second series.
"Garth Merenguhi's Darkplace is probably why the human race was invented.
I love all the subtle jokes. This is the most well written comedy. Almost every line is a joke. At 20:40, Matt Berry's Character says you should be able to nail your lines in 2 takes which is immediately followed by Garth saying you should be able to nail it in one take meaning Matt Berry was acting throughout the series with the idea he should be able to get a redo and Garth thought each performance should only be filmed once.
“Art isn’t a commodity that you haul in and out, like dildos.»
- Dean Learner
So the actual entirety of Darkplace is between 40-50 episodes all ranging from 1 minute to several hundred minutes in length.
leather lab coat
thank god for the Peruvian market
Well thanks for posting, the DVD is not available in America.
So brilliant and perfect.
That's it. I'm googling Jean Michel Jarre.
targaghjj it’s like making love underwater.
Richard suits a moustache 👍🏻
Thornton Reed lost a knee in Korea? Is that why he's riding a bike in racer speed in episode 4? :D
I concur!!
#findmadelinewool
How the hell do they keep a straight face
Someone give these people more money, please. I don't mean work, I mean literally, just give them money.
"If you're small, you're small, nobody gives a shit if you're 5 foot or 5 foot 1". Todd Rivers
"The crystal maze has come and gone we won't see that again". Is that so Richard.
@18:19 It just kills me.
“The idea is chilling, oh yes”
Crystal Maze came back with a new host that somewhat resembles Deano
"Gripping the oak" is poetry
"...I believe the word is "brained". It brained him."
18:20 brilliant
"I don't think I am rewriting the bible, but I am adding an addendum", I wish I was this confident.
You just need to wear more leather items
Crystal maze has come and gone. Well that was prophetic
"Crystal Maze has come and gone...
We wont see shows like that again"
Garth is Shaun Hutson. No getting around it.
And I do love me a Hutson book now and then. Kinda like a guilty wank over a weird fantasy scenario.
Garth Marenghi is unparalleled in the field of writing. The only author to ever come close to Marenghi's brilliance is Dr. Cecil H. H. Mills.
Dean Learner is unironically one of the most important characters to look at for an inspiring actor. It’s such a display of terrible acting, you almost learn more from “what not to do”, than “what to do” from a good actor.
Peru saves the day...again.
40 episodes? I hope they release the other 34...possibly 14 if the half Dean dumped aren't found elsewhere...
We need Wonton.
Would love to see him show up with Matt on What We Do In The Shadows in some form
''but a lot of the film is lost... in the Thames''
10:08 I love how he says “gun” it’s so funny
30:24 Crystal Maze is back with Richard Ayoade as host. Art imitating life imitating art.
I fucking love this show!!!!!!!!