The constant joke many miss is that Garth Merenghi's writing is entirely based on a life watching American tv shows. Everyone in Dark Place use American phrases, American terms and American medical jargon which are completely out of place with British accents and all carry guns for no reason at all.
The irony is, the show got cancelled because it was actually very expensive to produce. They even shot it on 35mm to get that authentic 80s look, rather than faking it.
@@locks69 what u r thinking about is the mok-up origin story of the tv show within the show, that it originally was cancelled 6 times meta-humor u know ;)
The running gag where they say goodbye at the end of a phone calls is probably a reaction to the common trope in US media where, for dramatic effect, characters often just end a call without saying goodbye.
Matt Berry’s writers love that running gag thing. In TOAST there are a lot of them. Someone mentions a famous actor or comedian, he always says “who?”. Also “Ray Purchase” lines are there for his eternal foe.
Another one is "Something was pouring from his mouth. He examined his sleeve. Blood? Blood. Crimson, copper-smelling blood. His blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick."
Thornton Reed hanging up a phone only to immediately pick it back up to sheepishly say "goodbye" is genuinely one of the funniest performances ever committed to film.
Just finished this wonderful show. I think one of my favorite running jokes is that the music is composed based on melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi. Just imagining what that process was like makes me laugh so much.
Fun fact: that's how a lot of Michael Jackson's songs were composed. No, really. He couldn't write music, so he'd just whistle / hum / beatbox into a tape recorder (or directly _at_ a musician), and someone else would write it down.
@@RFC-3514 the fact Matthew Holness definitely knows this, makes it even better. Marenghi think's he's as good a musician as Michael Jackson, as well as a better horror writer than Steven King. Layers upon layers.
As a Scottish person the line that got me was; 'I'm afraid I can't offer you any salt with that', as he hands a Scottish ghost stereotype some shortbread
Ok please clear that up for me. Is it implying you all eat overly salted food or that you put salt on shortbread? I would appreciate the information greatly……..you goddamn misty jock!!!
@@TheCesar11g as far as I'm aware it's making fun of what us Scots would use in place of Sugar, before we had access to Sugar Cane. Even today, many will eat the traditional national cereal (porridge oats) with salt, in place of sugar.
I remember watching bits and pieces of this when I was younger late at night. I was so confused because I thought it was a, "real," show and had no idea what was going on.
The thing I love most about it is the interplay between them. Todd Rivers HATES the show and is constantly complaining and Garth gets more and more wound up, it's brilliant!
"Listen, when I first joined this hospital I was strictly sOloOooo... _you_ were the first _real_ buddy I ever had... BUuut if you and he wish to become best buddies again I wont stand in your wayyyyy..."
“I don’t believe that animals should be harmed in the making of a film. That’s why I feel really bad about that cat we killed.” This show is gd brilliant. Someone gave me a bootleg about 10 years ago and I’ve watched it regularly since.
Also yeah, I watched it on adult swim back when it was airing and I instantly fell in love, I've had the entire series and special features (which I highly recommend watching, it adds like 50 min of extra fake interview dialogue and it's all hilarious) on my phone for years
I just binged this and another amazing running gag is that Rick is always saying how busy and overworked he is when he’s never shown doing his job, and how he’s never thanked even though everyone gives him credit for everything 😂👌🏾top notch
@@jamesayewale5695 if you break a rule and you haven't mastered that rule, it looks careless. If you know exactly how to follow a rule, then you know the perfect way to break it and create comedy like this show
@@regularusername5516 Knowing exactly how to follow a rule is as difficult as following the rule. As in; it's not especially fucking difficult. The quote still makes no sense.
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One of my favourite gags in the show that I missed several times before I actually caught it was in this video where Ayoade holds up his hand and the camera pans too late and he has put his hand down before the camera gets there. Such a good show.
One of my favourite Dean Learner lines, "when I found out my wife died I could barely finish my lunch!" Have u ever seen the Dean Learner talk show where the actor for Marenghi plays various guests? It's called "man to man with Dean learner"
This is one of the greatest things that has ever been on television and it absolutely blows my mind that more people don't know about it. As parody goes it may even be beyond "Spinal Tap" level perfection because it's actually one dead-on, minutely detailed parody set inside another more subtly dead-on, minutely detailed parody. There's simply nothing else like it. Plus it has Richard Ayoade rapping, which is worth the price of admission all by itself.
I remember watchng this when it was originally broadcast in the UK - and for at least a decade it felt like a fever dream that only I'd experienced. None of my friends remembered, or had even heard of it. I'm glad that it had a wider reach than I thought.
One of the best Darkplace moments is on the dvd commentary. Matt Berry talks about this business plan he has to make make up products for all different skin tones, he's going to call it Ethnic Cleansing, the reaction from the rest of the cast is priceless.
I have a particular love for this bit, the adult swim commercial that used that part was on when I first kissed my highschool gf So I associate it with a nice memory
Matthew Holness's part in The Office was amazing too, I still regularly quote this bit: I could see the people were going "oh my God, if that guy hits that ramp going at that speed he is DEFINITELY dead". I hit the ramp, I took off in the air, I turned over in the air and they were going "well he's definitely dead now". I landed on my wheels, pulled over and said, "what were you worried about?".
"Oh great Marcus, what fire of knowledge do you bless us mortals with today?!" But in all seriousness, this is right up my alley. Thank you, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to binge watch this a million times.
I got so lucky to discover this on Hulu where they described it the same way the show describes itself. So I went into it thinking it really was some revolutionary, boundary pushing show that was just too terrifying and ahead of its time to be released back in the 80's. The entire first episode I was like "what the HELL is happening?!?". A masterpiece.
OK I was skeptical about this show, but when the literal cat dropped, I was along for the ride. This is without a doubt a masterpiece. It has since spread to every member of my D&D group and to the friends and now the Dagless Cult has spread to full inside joke and cameos in our D&D Campaigns. Thank you Cosmonaut you beautiful bastard. For all those who still have not seen it I have to say it was best summarized by this quote. "My bonce having been knocked, I fell into a strange fantastical dream, rich in imaginative imagery. I found myself alone in a primitive land where phantasm, spelt with PH not an F, abounded. I turned one way. Then the other. Then back. Then forward. Then I saw myself as a monkey."
I'm assuming if you're a fan of Matt Berry then you already know about Snuff Box. It's worth noting that Darkplace had a spinoff called Man to Man with Dean Learner, which is definitely worth watching if you like Richard Ayoade.
I am so grateful that Cosmonaut introduced me to Darkplace, I binge it annually and each time I find some new hilarious detail that I missed previously.
I stumbled upon your video of this show and had to dip before you went to spoiler territory to watch it myself. After that I came back to say this is one of the best pieces of media I have consumed this year. Thanks dude!
I found out about this show a year ago - watched it over two days - and I have to say that it’s a masterpiece. I know somebody who’s a huge horror fan, and I think they’d get a kick out of it, so it looks like I’ve found an excuse to binge it again =)!
Can confirm. Am Scottish. I try telling people here about the show, and even in the UK it's a cult thing, so many people have never heard of it, but everyone who has fricking love it!
If anyone is interested there’s now an 8 hour audiobook on audible by Garth Marenghi, called Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome about a washed up horror writer who buys a cursed typewriter and has sex with it. It’s really good
The thing I love most about the acting in this is that you can see the (fake) actors trying to remember their lines. They're so concerned with which lines to say, and in which order, that they stop acting at all when they're not speaking.
My favorite running gag is that Thornton Reed, despite being some kind of hospital advisor or administrator, always seems to have access to a fully loaded shotgun at all times.
As a fan of Matt Berry (and because of the show I'm about to recommend, Rich Fulcher), I highly recommend Snuff Box, although it's definitely quite bizarre.
My favourite joke of the show is when Rick goes to see his friend and when he opens the door his friend explodes, and after when he's in pieces on the ground Rick just says "you alright?" I lost my s**t at that one
I’m so happy to see other people talking about this show! I’ve loved it for about 10 years now and I’ve always been surprised more people don’t know about it!
Thank you so much for making this. I'd never heard of it before even though I love anything featuring Ayoade and Berry. Currently recommending it to everyone I know!
A lot of people don't know there was a sort-of follow up to this, a fake chat show called "Man to Man with Dean Learner". Garth Marenghi is a guest in one of the episodes.
Seriously, it's incredible just how much they were willing to try back then, especially compared to now where they're pretty much a woke laughing stock. Shame.
@@symbiote1982pk Bo'Selecta... Absolutely hilarious, but completely cancelled these days because everyone is insulted by everything. Lee Francis begging forgiveness from Trisha (who is a horrible human being by all accounts) sickened me...
Did a book report in high school for “The Shining” and said something along the lines “it’s like Stephen King writes all his books thinking “I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards.” This show is a treasure
Brilliant, someone finally made tribute to this gem. I watched this when it first came on Channel 4 in the UK, whats even more brilliant is, they used to Logos for that station at the time of its release which took me back to my childhood when that channel first appeared with that logo. This was absolutely underated, one of favorite scenes was the music vid Sanchez did. And the scene when from nowhere Thornton pulls out a flamethrower
"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards" literally sums up the entire feel of the 'show', and Garth Marenghi's entire character. That and his penchant for insulting the intelligence of his audience by using one simple French word in a sentence and occasionally explaining what that French word means at the end of the sentence, that means tendency or liking for.
It's kind of a joke at another British show that was actually around in the 80s, Only Fools and Horses. In it, Delboy will sometimes mix in french words to make himself sound cultured or smart. In reality, he's speaking absolute nonsense, like ending phonecalls with "Bonjour".
Saw it when it came out in 2004/2005. Even when the ad came out we were all hooked. We still quote it to this day..need it say more...Need I say more..
I am so glad you've made this video. This has been one of my favourites for a long time. It's up there with Peep Show, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, Spaced, Black Books... all the great British comedies!
I watched this video back when you made it and immediately watched it. Since then, I'm happy to say my roommates and I have a wonderful new Halloween Tradition. Thanks Marcus!
I lived in Romford and we've always assumed Darkplace was based on Old Church hospital, an old Victorian hospital that was demolished. All the Romford jokes are accurate.
I remember hearing the line "I'm one of the few people you'll meet who have written more books than they have read" when I was younger on adultswim, but never knew what the name of the show was. Thank you so much lol
I just watched it 2 days ago. I've come across it when TH-cam recommended me a compilation of funny matte Berry moments. And one of like 4 movies/series cut together was Dark Place and I found it hilarious! So I convinced 2 friends to get drunk and watch it with me. We had such a splendid time - I will rewatch it soon enough! Thanks for this video
The constant joke many miss is that Garth Merenghi's writing is entirely based on a life watching American tv shows. Everyone in Dark Place use American phrases, American terms and American medical jargon which are completely out of place with British accents and all carry guns for no reason at all.
"I wasn't planning on falling on my fanny" is one that always tickles me. Clearly went for the American meaning 😁
Also, Rick Dagless (played by Garth Marenghi) is said to be a Vietnam War veteran even though Britain didn't send soldiers into that war
It's not very consistent. At one point he gives a kid some free medications, which he probably wouldn't have to worry about if he were in the UK.
The irony is, the show got cancelled because it was actually very expensive to produce. They even shot it on 35mm to get that authentic 80s look, rather than faking it.
Derek Smallshorts always wondered why they canned it
@@thegodpopper8934 because nobody watched it
it did not get cancelled though it juust ended.that happens sometimes.
it was cancelled due to low ratings mate
@@locks69 what u r thinking about is the mok-up origin story of the tv show within the show, that it originally was cancelled 6 times
meta-humor u know ;)
The running gag where they say goodbye at the end of a phone calls is probably a reaction to the common trope in US media where, for dramatic effect, characters often just end a call without saying goodbye.
Matt Berry’s writers love that running gag thing. In TOAST there are a lot of them. Someone mentions a famous actor or comedian, he always says “who?”. Also “Ray Purchase” lines are there for his eternal foe.
I love how one of the episodes had a photo of a Golden Retriever at the end with the following:
"In memory of Skipper. Killed by Wasps."
This comment reminded me there's another Garth Marenghi movie short called Attack of the Wasps or something similar...
@@jackchatham3947 th-cam.com/video/wXM0rWqWGjc/w-d-xo.html
That got me
Wasps are the key.
The key to all of this.
“I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards”
This is literally the funniest thing I’ve ever heard
"I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards”
-Writers of Game of Thrones last few seasons
The funniest part is that’s literally the opposite of the truth
This is the quote of the century
Wajima I was trying to place where I’d heard the quote irl and THIS IS IT
Another one is
"Something was pouring from his mouth. He examined his sleeve. Blood? Blood. Crimson, copper-smelling blood. His blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick."
Thornton Reed hanging up a phone only to immediately pick it back up to sheepishly say "goodbye" is genuinely one of the funniest performances ever committed to film.
Just finished this wonderful show. I think one of my favorite running jokes is that the music is composed based on melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi. Just imagining what that process was like makes me laugh so much.
Fun fact: that's how a lot of Michael Jackson's songs were composed. No, really. He couldn't write music, so he'd just whistle / hum / beatbox into a tape recorder (or directly _at_ a musician), and someone else would write it down.
@@RFC-3514 the fact Matthew Holness definitely knows this, makes it even better.
Marenghi think's he's as good a musician as Michael Jackson, as well as a better horror writer than Steven King.
Layers upon layers.
"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards." - D.B. Weiss & David Benioff, 2019
200th like
Impressive.... very nice. Now let’s see Paul Allen’s Game of Thrones...
One of them almost said that once. I'm not joking.
“He has to act like a man who cannot act.”
So you’re saying he’s a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude?
The dudes are emerging!
I love tropic thunder so much
@@happyface7836I love that line in particular XD one of the funniest lines put to screne
Yeah, Ice T... that's what I'm sayin'
That’s dudeseption
As a Scottish person the line that got me was;
'I'm afraid I can't offer you any salt with that', as he hands a Scottish ghost stereotype some shortbread
Ok please clear that up for me. Is it implying you all eat overly salted food or that you put salt on shortbread? I would appreciate the information greatly……..you goddamn misty jock!!!
😂 The accents alone were perfectly bad
hello! mexican here, would you be able to explain that joke? cheers!
@@TheCesar11g as far as I'm aware it's making fun of what us Scots would use in place of Sugar, before we had access to Sugar Cane.
Even today, many will eat the traditional national cereal (porridge oats) with salt, in place of sugar.
@@onlyonewhyphy thank you kindly!!
This used to come on Adult Swim like 10 years ago, masterpiece.
I KNEW IT I THOUGHT THIS WAS MY CANDLE COVE
I remember watching bits and pieces of this when I was younger late at night. I was so confused because I thought it was a, "real," show and had no idea what was going on.
Is it still on adult swim?
Hi please respond
@@bootymuncherwebb7045 dont believe so
“I’m not Jesus Christ. I’ve come to accept that now”
"They work you too hard here. They should pay you a hero's wage."
"Never do drugs!"
......."Son of a bitch"
Amen 😇🙏
Uh huh bye!
"Listen, I’m a writer. If I want to start a sentence with a full stop, I will."
- Garth Marenghi
"I'm actually one of the few writers who's written more books than they've read"
"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards!"
“When I wright I just start hitting the keys. Getting it in the right order, that’s the trick.”
Garth is the most significant artist I've worked with and I've worked with Lulu. And four other people.
So we're talking creme de la creme.
The dvd commentary is a must see for any fan of this show. Its like having a whole second series.
I found it on TH-cam the other day, even listening to it without watching the show is hilarious.
The thing I love most about it is the interplay between them. Todd Rivers HATES the show and is constantly complaining and Garth gets more and more wound up, it's brilliant!
@@HamsoltYT can you send me the link been trying to find it for like 12 years
@@forgetmenotjimmy the scotch mist episode where todd rivers gets dean to start ripping into garth too is the best
…. That child had a coke habit
"They tried all the positions: on top, doggy and normal..... then a hell beast ate them." -the prolific Garth Marenghi
His bulky totem beating a seductive rhythm
@@SPAGETT If that's not pure James Herbert, I don't what is. Shaun Hutson was bad for that too.
Her sacred v....
@@lucyschoon5585 Her mossy cleft
He's written more books than he's read
don’t forget shrektober with cosmonaut picture show
SKYZ_ Potato was just about to comment where’s shrektober
*drake clapping*
I was going to ask that.
I see we all want it
too bad marcus and meghan broke up
I love that this show made it across the pond. It's even underrated in Britain
I still sing the song they had to myself all the time. "I'm a one track lover, on a 2-way lane."
“She’s smooooth,
Just like ice.
Cold to the touch and isn’t very nice.”
When your left..........alone
You let her treat you badly if you're hanging o the phone.
"Listen, when I first joined this hospital I was strictly sOloOooo... _you_ were the first _real_ buddy I ever had... BUuut if you and he wish to become best buddies again I wont stand in your wayyyyy..."
..."I've got a best buddy Sanch...but some shit sticks no matter how hard you scrape. Hang back".
@@TransmissionEpicts "You got it." *fist bump, finger gun*
You missed the first bit there mmbuddy.
The word "way" has at least 37 syllables.
seoulough
“I don’t believe that animals should be harmed in the making of a film. That’s why I feel really bad about that cat we killed.”
This show is gd brilliant. Someone gave me a bootleg about 10 years ago and I’ve watched it regularly since.
christapherwayne "I had a cat once. Couch fell on it. It was a write-off so I stepped on his head."
I think it's "I dropped a safe on it. It was a right laugh so I stepped on its head"
Also yeah, I watched it on adult swim back when it was airing and I instantly fell in love, I've had the entire series and special features (which I highly recommend watching, it adds like 50 min of extra fake interview dialogue and it's all hilarious) on my phone for years
yeah I'm John Assal I had a cat once. I dropped a sofa on it. It was a write-off, so I stood on its head. 👌🏻
I had a cat once. I dropped a sofa on it. It was a write-off, so I stood on its head.
The audio commentary for this show is incredible too, the whole thing is Garth, Dean and Todd talking about the show for over two hours.
"I know how you feel, when my wife died i could barely finish my lunch"
"She was like a candle in the wind...... unreliable"
My fav show ever! So happy you've reviewed it!
That line had me buckled first time I heard it.
Dag: "It looked like I was going to have to spend the night in Glasgow."
Sanchez: "Jesus Christ."
“My Aunt lives in Scotland she’s says it’s quite nice”
“She’s wrong”
I ain’t ever going back, not never
I ordered a cheeseburger. Anyone could have made that mistake.
Go easy on Thornton. He's got Won Ton and Third Floor to contend with.
And he's got a lawn mower.
I just binged this and another amazing running gag is that Rick is always saying how busy and overworked he is when he’s never shown doing his job, and how he’s never thanked even though everyone gives him credit for everything 😂👌🏾top notch
“You can only break the rules after you have mastered them.”
That quote makes no sense.
tell that to Tommy
James Ayewale makes sense for moviemaking
@@jamesayewale5695 if you break a rule and you haven't mastered that rule, it looks careless. If you know exactly how to follow a rule, then you know the perfect way to break it and create comedy like this show
@@regularusername5516 Knowing exactly how to follow a rule is as difficult as following the rule. As in; it's not especially fucking difficult. The quote still makes no sense.
People never talking about the “sequel” series - “Man to Man with Dean Learner”.
Which is also massively worth a watch.
i didnt know it existed
"I think you're a fucking toilet"
@@jonreededworthy7518 yesss
Just finished dark place. Guess ill binge this now 😂
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One of my favourite gags in the show that I missed several times before I actually caught it was in this video where Ayoade holds up his hand and the camera pans too late and he has put his hand down before the camera gets there. Such a good show.
Love this channel
nice name ;)
you have the best matt berry impression out there
Such a underated comedy... Perfect. ♥️
One of my favourite Dean Learner lines, "when I found out my wife died I could barely finish my lunch!"
Have u ever seen the Dean Learner talk show where the actor for Marenghi plays various guests? It's called "man to man with Dean learner"
*shoots shotgun into ceiling*
“Guys this is a hospital”
This genuinely had me rolling on the ground
If you haven't already, please watch it, it gets even better
@@BigT.Larrity Stop being sarcastic.
You can't fight in here! It's the war room!
Fences 23
I know same 😂😂
@@stephdux1805 maybe if everyone who had ever been close to you had died. You'd be sarcastic to
This is one of the greatest things that has ever been on television and it absolutely blows my mind that more people don't know about it. As parody goes it may even be beyond "Spinal Tap" level perfection because it's actually one dead-on, minutely detailed parody set inside another more subtly dead-on, minutely detailed parody. There's simply nothing else like it. Plus it has Richard Ayoade rapping, which is worth the price of admission all by itself.
I remember watchng this when it was originally broadcast in the UK - and for at least a decade it felt like a fever dream that only I'd experienced. None of my friends remembered, or had even heard of it. I'm glad that it had a wider reach than I thought.
Same
"You and he were...BUDDIES, weren't you?"
I binge watch it almost as regularly as Peep Show.
“I hope you’re sitting UNcomfortably....Be it on your sofa, armchair, or bean bag -if that’s how you choose to live your life.”
I've already corrupted 50% of my buddies with this masterpiece
Check out Sapphire and Steel, its not a parody
How they got top actors David Mccallum and Joanna Lumley to appear in such rubbish
is the true mystery
Thank you for your service
You and them were...buddies...weren’t you
One of the best Darkplace moments is on the dvd commentary. Matt Berry talks about this business plan he has to make make up products for all different skin tones, he's going to call it Ethnic Cleansing, the reaction from the rest of the cast is priceless.
“Shoots gun with a gun” genius incarnate
Shoots a gun that's turned on him, only for the second gun to turn on him! 😂
Brilliant show 😆
The small frame gun he pulls from his ankle holster also morphs into the beretta 92 he originally threw down
Best way to defeat gun is using another gun.
"She's smooooth...like ice. Cold to the touch and it isn't very nice!"
When you left.....her alone.
Lady treat you bad when you leave her on the phone.
I have a particular love for this bit, the adult swim commercial that used that part was on when I first kissed my highschool gf
So I associate it with a nice memory
Track is straight fire 🔥
This show is literal perfection.
My ex introduced me to Darkplace a decade ago and it was the best thing I got out of that relationship.
Matthew Holness's part in The Office was amazing too, I still regularly quote this bit:
I could see the people were going "oh my God, if that guy hits that ramp going at that speed he is DEFINITELY dead". I hit the ramp, I took off in the air, I turned over in the air and they were going "well he's definitely dead now". I landed on my wheels, pulled over and said, "what were you worried about?".
"Oh great Marcus, what fire of knowledge do you bless us mortals with today?!"
But in all seriousness, this is right up my alley. Thank you, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to binge watch this a million times.
Grizzly Burr Jon tron reference nice
“Muscular and compact, like corned beef”
Was scanning for this, one of the best line's ever written.
Noel Fielding slips this one in the Great British Bake-off its on TH-cam
I got so lucky to discover this on Hulu where they described it the same way the show describes itself. So I went into it thinking it really was some revolutionary, boundary pushing show that was just too terrifying and ahead of its time to be released back in the 80's. The entire first episode I was like "what the HELL is happening?!?". A masterpiece.
OK I was skeptical about this show, but when the literal cat dropped, I was along for the ride. This is without a doubt a masterpiece. It has since spread to every member of my D&D group and to the friends and now the Dagless Cult has spread to full inside joke and cameos in our D&D Campaigns. Thank you Cosmonaut you beautiful bastard. For all those who still have not seen it I have to say it was best summarized by this quote. "My bonce having been knocked, I fell into a strange fantastical dream, rich in imaginative imagery. I found myself alone in a primitive land where phantasm, spelt with PH not an F, abounded. I turned one way. Then the other. Then back. Then forward. Then I saw myself as a monkey."
You had me at Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade.
I'm assuming if you're a fan of Matt Berry then you already know about Snuff Box. It's worth noting that Darkplace had a spinoff called Man to Man with Dean Learner, which is definitely worth watching if you like Richard Ayoade.
Me too
I'm glad someone else discovered this absolute masterpiece. This is UK comedy in a NUTSHELL
its so well known in the UK its great its finally crossing the pond and getting the recognition it deserves
@@Jimmeyyyyy I wouldn't say it's super well known in the UK. Hope it starts to get more attention, it's only been 15 years since it aired
@@kerokerostvincento9263 does anyone else remember monkey dust? That show was incredible
@@shayZero I adored Monkey Dust. I recently bought Series 1 DVD and enjoyed the commentary tracks. Gutted that I can’t find series 2 and 3 on DVD.
I am so grateful that Cosmonaut introduced me to Darkplace, I binge it annually and each time I find some new hilarious detail that I missed previously.
I stumbled upon your video of this show and had to dip before you went to spoiler territory to watch it myself. After that I came back to say this is one of the best pieces of media I have consumed this year. Thanks dude!
“It’s like black dynamite”
SOLD
It reminds me of Twin Peaks
@@oogbooga1614 lmao yeah he had me there too
I guess he's saying this to reach out to American viewers, but my god, it's *so much better* than Black Dynamite.
@@DavySolaris no its not.
@@miggypeso909 Okay!
“We all thought that maybe he exploded too soon. But the lord works in mysterious ways.” This and The Mighty Boosh are classics
"Sometimes he'll come in at an angle."
No one is talking about how good Vincent D'Onofrio's English accent is.
was he in darkplace?
I found out about this show a year ago - watched it over two days - and I have to say that it’s a masterpiece.
I know somebody who’s a huge horror fan, and I think they’d get a kick out of it, so it looks like I’ve found an excuse to binge it again =)!
when i was a kid i thought the commentary was real, and that the actress was really missing. lol
Dead dead dead.
@@schteeve4759 like a skunk in a hole.
I think she's in the Eastern bloc
You think she's living in the Eastern bloc?
I think she's buried somewhere in the Eastern bloc
Has the most accurate portrayal of Scottish people in British TV
Can confirm. Am Scottish.
I try telling people here about the show, and even in the UK it's a cult thing, so many people have never heard of it, but everyone who has fricking love it!
I love the subtle rudeness of having subtitles whenever the Scottish ghosts talk.
"You goddamned evil misty Jocks...!"
If anyone is interested there’s now an 8 hour audiobook on audible by Garth Marenghi, called Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome about a washed up horror writer who buys a cursed typewriter and has sex with it. It’s really good
And now there’s the sequel - Incarcerat
The thing I love most about the acting in this is that you can see the (fake) actors trying to remember their lines. They're so concerned with which lines to say, and in which order, that they stop acting at all when they're not speaking.
"That's the mother, Rick."
Just a genius show on every level, Matt Berry’s character kills me
Mega Movie Cheese ewwwe an’ heeeeee, wur, AHBUDDIIIES, weren’t you.🥳👌🏻
‘That renwick customehhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’
"I won't get in your waaAAaaaay."
Have you seen him in Toast of London? So good.
@@user-bw4jm1bv1i Damn good show
Thank you so much for the pro tip on where to find the episodes! The clips I've seen of this show are absolutely my favorite brand of humor
My favorite running gag is that Thornton Reed, despite being some kind of hospital advisor or administrator, always seems to have access to a fully loaded shotgun at all times.
Gotta keep Won Ton off his ass somehow
Im a genuine British person so i feel qualified to recommend you watch toast of London if you enjoyed Dark Place.
Right now, you've got me to try it again. Ep. 1 alone wasn't that huge for me, but 2 is already better (it's on TH-cam, as well)
Screams 'yessss' in Matt Berry's recording booth voicr
Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango.
Danger 5 is another good one in the same vein as Darkplace.
As a fan of Matt Berry (and because of the show I'm about to recommend, Rich Fulcher), I highly recommend Snuff Box, although it's definitely quite bizarre.
"You and your friends"
Are you mocking me?
"You and he were....buddies...need I say more?...need I say more?"
YT suggested this a couple weeks ago. Ended up binge watching the whole series.
Genius, simply genius.
My favourite joke of the show is when Rick goes to see his friend and when he opens the door his friend explodes, and after when he's in pieces on the ground Rick just says "you alright?"
I lost my s**t at that one
I dont know how someone cant fall in love with the show after the intro.
I’m so happy to see other people talking about this show! I’ve loved it for about 10 years now and I’ve always been surprised more people don’t know about it!
Thank you so much for making this. I'd never heard of it before even though I love anything featuring Ayoade and Berry. Currently recommending it to everyone I know!
A lot of people don't know there was a sort-of follow up to this, a fake chat show called "Man to Man with Dean Learner". Garth Marenghi is a guest in one of the episodes.
Just finished all 6 episodes after seeing this video, and absolutely loved it. Early 00s channel 4 was a gold mine.
Seriously, it's incredible just how much they were willing to try back then, especially compared to now where they're pretty much a woke laughing stock. Shame.
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Bo'Selecta... Absolutely hilarious, but completely cancelled these days because everyone is insulted by everything.
Lee Francis begging forgiveness from Trisha (who is a horrible human being by all accounts) sickened me...
@@symbiote1982pk it's just gays, disabled people and cooking shows now. Sometimes even shows about gay disabled people cooking.
Did a book report in high school for “The Shining” and said something along the lines “it’s like Stephen King writes all his books thinking “I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards.” This show is a treasure
Brilliant, someone finally made tribute to this gem. I watched this when it first came on Channel 4 in the UK, whats even more brilliant is, they used to Logos for that station at the time of its release which took me back to my childhood when that channel first appeared with that logo. This was absolutely underated, one of favorite scenes was the music vid Sanchez did. And the scene when from nowhere Thornton pulls out a flamethrower
Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry, I'm sold, I'll come back and watch this video after
I’ll probably check it out
Looks great
Scratch that I’m definitely watching it
It is so freaking awesome.
If you can find the DVD, they do the whole thing in character too.
The bit in the commentary where Dean doesnt know how google works 😂
@@rosie3929 "Why's that woman green?!" from Matt Berry was a good bit, too.
@@JudgeHoldem yess!
“I don’t buy it yet, let’s just say I’m going window shopping and there’s a half price sale on weird.”
OMG thank you for making this video, Garth Marenghi's darkplace is one of my fav things in the existence of the universe and it needs more love
"As I rounded the corner, I felt muscular, and compact. Like corned beef."
"Watch it on TH-cam because you can't really watch it anywhere else"
If you're in the UK, it's literally on 4OD :D
4OD?
jack gibson channel 4 On Demand
Also avaliable to Yankee doodles if they can be bothered using a VPN.
@@GGGI15 It’s called All4 now, but used to be 4oD. Which was a far superior name.
Happy to see it be called by it’s true name, All4 always seemed lazy to me.
As someone who used to watch this super high with my best mates in our tiny London house, my love for Marcus has risen exponentially.
So glad someone from the US has been able to find and appreciate this show! It’s class and I’ve watched it sooo many times over the years!
"I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards" literally sums up the entire feel of the 'show', and Garth Marenghi's entire character. That and his penchant for insulting the intelligence of his audience by using one simple French word in a sentence and occasionally explaining what that French word means at the end of the sentence, that means tendency or liking for.
It's kind of a joke at another British show that was actually around in the 80s, Only Fools and Horses. In it, Delboy will sometimes mix in french words to make himself sound cultured or smart. In reality, he's speaking absolute nonsense, like ending phonecalls with "Bonjour".
I think you mean “AX’EM” the manga
Me and my buddy watched this series on your recommendation. Loved it to death. Thanks for sharing this
Saw it when it came out in 2004/2005. Even when the ad came out we were all hooked. We still quote it to this day..need it say more...Need I say more..
Same. Watched it after the actors were interviewed on Richard and Judy (bizarrely) upon its release and it’s been my all time favourite since.
I am so glad you've made this video. This has been one of my favourites for a long time.
It's up there with Peep Show, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd, Spaced, Black Books... all the great British comedies!
I like Spaced because it's like a proto version of all the other stuff he'd go on to do
People Just Do Nothing is another great.
"Blood. Blood. Blood. And bits of sick."
And piss and shit.
This was the worst day of his life.
I watched this video back when you made it and immediately watched it. Since then, I'm happy to say my roommates and I have a wonderful new Halloween Tradition. Thanks Marcus!
Costmonaut: this show is notoriously hard to find
All 4: I got you fam
I lived in Romford and we've always assumed Darkplace was based on Old Church hospital, an old Victorian hospital that was demolished. All the Romford jokes are accurate.
I remember hearing the line "I'm one of the few people you'll meet who have written more books than they have read" when I was younger on adultswim, but never knew what the name of the show was. Thank you so much lol
I think I’m already a fan of this show and I haven’t even watched it yet. The small clips you added here already got me laughing out loud!
"It's a sad day, a sad day for Dean when I have to say... Get a cab love, it's not happening."
I actually watched this show when it came out and I never thought it would ever get the following it has. I wish it can somehow come back.
Ben Day Dot Fucking uni days for some of us.
Ended up watching this show because of you: loved it and been sharing it around! Thanks for putting this on my radar!
How have I not heard of this?? This is SO completely up my alley! Thank you for doing this video and introducing it to me!
I just watched it 2 days ago. I've come across it when TH-cam recommended me a compilation of funny matte Berry moments. And one of like 4 movies/series cut together was Dark Place and I found it hilarious! So I convinced 2 friends to get drunk and watch it with me. We had such a splendid time - I will rewatch it soon enough! Thanks for this video
Sees the video -> goes to listen to One Track Lover immediately