Oh solitude, does mock me dire (and I) I must confess, my soul's afire (soul's afire) Your visage haunts my addled brain Do I yearn in vain? Strike me, dearest, yet again!
I love the touch of having Mr. Darcy say “it’s meant to go boy-girl-boy-girl” so quietly that Caroline has to ask him to repeat it - as if he’s embarrassed even to admit that he knows that.
Abso-freaking-lutely. I recently re-read the book and also re-watched the 1995 series, and on so many occasions you can tell that he comes within a hair's breadth of yelling, 'Would you shut the fuck up!' And of course by the standards of the day that really is what he actually does... all that talk of 'fine eyes' is definitely his way of shutting her up.
Watching this, it's brought me to the conclusion that if Robert Webb ever wants to give serious acting a go, a Jane Austen adaptation is the way to go.
If the proceedings had stopped at "OH CAROLINE WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!" it still would be a GOAT sketch. The freestyle disco dancing to Britney Spears on the harpsichord is but the cream cheese icing on a hilarious cake.
Still find it so adorable that when looking for someone to cast as the gorgeous, intelligent, and self-possessed Lizzie Bennett, Robert Webb decided to cast his own wife. Awww ♥️
That Sarah Hadland, Jo Neary and the rest of the actors were able to maintain straight faces throughout the dance is testament to their dedication to the craft.
@@tweepixie “I see Mr Frankly over there. Do you like him?” “Mr Frankly is such a graceful young man; his voice hovers about the room with such wonder, and my heart would flutter with affection. His presence feels intimidating yet inviting, and he gazes upon me as if I were but the only woman in the world.” “So that’s a yes?” *continues to go on for a few minutes* me: 1:36
@@ottz2506 LMFAO. When I have to bust out the ruler to separate the sentence by clauses and google if they're breaking any grammar rules by making such a long sentence.
"a gentlemen does not the conga" xDDDD that's funny to hear "Oh, Caroline would you please shut the fuck up?!" dude, I always wanted that to happen when I read the book xDDD And the disco free style dance of mr. Darcy xDDDDDDD I roll in the floor laughing xDDDDD
*giggle* I love this. I just finished P&P earlier today, and 1:36 just made my day. And now I want to hear a full harpsichord version of "Baby One More Time."
You know, I posted this on the Oregon Regency Society website a while ago, and it's become quite the mantra among our membership. At the Feast of the Twelfth Night on saturday, we were all standing in line to dance, and someone said: I am a gentleman... I only do freeform disco. And then a bunch of us blurted out: Oh, Caroline, would you please shut the (bleep) up!
AHAHAHAHAHAH first off P&P is my favorite book and I'm so glad Darcy finally yelled at Caroline. And I absolutely LOVE how he's dancing to 'Hit Me Baby One More Time'....just classic.
I choose to believe that this masterpiece of a sketch also inspired the Bridgerton interpretations of modern pop music AND Wednesday Adams style of disco dancing. OR Mr Darcy is a time traveller. Hmm.
I'm sorry but this is a MASSIVE WIN for anyone who's ever read the book. 'CAROLINE WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!' I bet even Jane austen thought that when she wrote the book.
The flapping arms! Did anybody know what exactly Robert was going to do in the final product? 'Carolines' facial expressions and other body language is hilarious when he starts dancing. Also love Lieutenant Modest Crotch behind him (Thanks Mike Nelson/MST3K/Gorgo!)
The harpsichordist is playing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears as a background for Darcy's brief exhibition of his freestyle disco prowess.
Just thought, rewatching this (for the millionth time), there's a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... would it not be improved if there was to be Pride and Prejudice and Disco? :D
I'm sure this has been pointed out before, but both the head and the tail of the conga line are positions that are taken by men. So it's actually Mr. Darcy who is being excluded from the conga line, not any of the ladies.
@eskyguard ironically, most of the books by jane austen were initially written as a large shut up to pretentious English culture :P but nowadays, we just see the hard to read, out of date words used, and hate it
Ah, yes. The classic 18th Century song "Strike me, Dearest, once more."
isn't this 19th century?
@@LewisCampbellTech Indeed you are correct.
I humbly submit what I think a slight improvement: "Strike me, Dearest, yet again."
@@FlamingCockatiel I accept.
Oh solitude, does mock me dire (and I)
I must confess, my soul's afire (soul's afire)
Your visage haunts my addled brain
Do I yearn in vain?
Strike me, dearest, yet again!
Exactly as I remember it from the book, yes.
FaerieDust which book
Cameron Spalding Humility and Humbleness by Fitz'lizzy Bendarcy.
*IT* (?)
@@cameronspalding9792 Pride and Prejudice.
'Funk and Funkiness' (published posthumously)
I love the touch of having Mr. Darcy say “it’s meant to go boy-girl-boy-girl” so quietly that Caroline has to ask him to repeat it - as if he’s embarrassed even to admit that he knows that.
The best part is that he's furious and aloof while dancing free style disco.
Raise your hand if Mr. Darcy shouting at Caroline Bingely to shut the eff up just became part of your head canon.
Words can't express my joy.
Darcy being freestyle disco champion of Derbyshire is now my head canon
Yes
Anybody who has dealt with passive-aggressive cattiness can relate so hard.
✋
If you're doing it right, people should be unable to tell from a distance whether you're dancing or fighting bees.
1:36 After many, many adaptations, we finally have one where Mr. Darcy says what we were all thinking.
Does anyone else feel that canon Darcy is close to this version? Like he's ten minutes away from yelling at her?
I don't think anything could save that piss poor excuse for a movie
I think Katherine was referring more to the original books and the 1995 TV adaption rather than the 2005 movie.
Harry Akira Eaton Pretty much. I read the book once a looong time ago but I've seen the miniseries like 20 X's
Abso-freaking-lutely. I recently re-read the book and also re-watched the 1995 series, and on so many occasions you can tell that he comes within a hair's breadth of yelling, 'Would you shut the fuck up!'
And of course by the standards of the day that really is what he actually does... all that talk of 'fine eyes' is definitely his way of shutting her up.
Five, but yes.
I must've seen this video about 30 times already and it still never fails to crack me up
+Daniel Gould every single time! :)
+Eric Dalton It's the turn that always does it for me, it's just so perfect in the midst of.. the more freestyle aspects xD
I've seen it once and it still never fails to crack me up.
It's not only really funny, he's also making a great Darcy!
I noticed that. Never seen or read P&P but it's still a good performance.
Have you seen David Mitchell's Poirot, or his Mrs Danvers? This show does the best classic novel parodies!
Even when he said, “Free style disco.”
I love his last dance move he moves like an angry cartoon goblin that has just lost his gold!
Ah, such a wonderful depiction of class dynamics in nineteenth-century England... And free-form disco.
Watching this, it's brought me to the conclusion that if Robert Webb ever wants to give serious acting a go, a Jane Austen adaptation is the way to go.
If the proceedings had stopped at "OH CAROLINE WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!" it still would be a GOAT sketch. The freestyle disco dancing to Britney Spears on the harpsichord is but the cream cheese icing on a hilarious cake.
Not Britney Spears, Tchaikovsky
Still find it so adorable that when looking for someone to cast as the gorgeous, intelligent, and self-possessed Lizzie Bennett, Robert Webb decided to cast his own wife. Awww ♥️
And it’s also funny considering he is a giant queen.
Finally! Something that's true to the book.
That Sarah Hadland, Jo Neary and the rest of the actors were able to maintain straight faces throughout the dance is testament to their dedication to the craft.
Caroline's face after Mr. Darcy yells at her never fails to make me laugh.
1:36: Me whenever I am generally reading a Jane Austen book and a character goes on an unnecessarily long monologue
>Miss Bates
This happens to me too
@@tweepixie “I see Mr Frankly over there. Do you like him?”
“Mr Frankly is such a graceful young man; his voice hovers about the room with such wonder, and my heart would flutter with affection. His presence feels intimidating yet inviting, and he gazes upon me as if I were but the only woman in the world.”
“So that’s a yes?”
*continues to go on for a few minutes*
me: 1:36
@@ottz2506 LMFAO. When I have to bust out the ruler to separate the sentence by clauses and google if they're breaking any grammar rules by making such a long sentence.
When I watched this when it was originally broadcast, Darcy shouting at Caroline to please SHUT THE FUCK UP made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe.
1:36, Lit students studying Austen everywhere just punched the air.
I just adore that Caroline is apoplectic with rage and cannot speak.
hes playing hit me baby one more time
"a gentlemen does not the conga" xDDDD that's funny to hear
"Oh, Caroline would you please shut the fuck up?!" dude, I always wanted that to happen when I read the book xDDD
And the disco free style dance of mr. Darcy xDDDDDDD I roll in the floor laughing xDDDDD
I come back to find this sketch every so often because Webb's voice is burned into my mind whenever I have to listen to something droning on.
I come back and watch this sketch every month
Oh my god, mr Darcy dancing to Britney Spears on a harpsichord, I just can't.
You mean Lady Britney of Spears
im in tears, my cheeks hurt from laughing... oh god damn
*giggle* I love this. I just finished P&P earlier today, and 1:36 just made my day.
And now I want to hear a full harpsichord version of "Baby One More Time."
Sorry. Took a while: th-cam.com/video/Vs4H-Wx-acg/w-d-xo.html
anything with webb dancing is sheer gold.
Truly indistinguishable from any televised period drama.
I like how the guy standing behind Caroline can't watch Mr. Darcy dancing and is even trying not to laugh 🤣
"Hit me baby one more time!" - Ms. Forsyte's favourite audio track...
You know, I posted this on the Oregon Regency Society website a while ago, and it's become quite the mantra among our membership. At the Feast of the Twelfth Night on saturday, we were all standing in line to dance, and someone said: I am a gentleman... I only do freeform disco. And then a bunch of us blurted out: Oh, Caroline, would you please shut the (bleep) up!
That is utterly gorgeous :D
AHAHAHAHAHAH first off P&P is my favorite book and I'm so glad Darcy finally yelled at Caroline. And I absolutely LOVE how he's dancing to 'Hit Me Baby One More Time'....just classic.
I have seen this like 50 times and I *just* noticed that recently. What a nice touch.
Webb is very Cumberbatchy in this skit.
Cumberbatch is just very Webb-y!
Karabiner Hayward Indeeed :D
this is THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME
Ms. Bennett, you must allow that the only dance my position could possibly support is that of freestyle disco LOL
I choose to believe that this masterpiece of a sketch also inspired the Bridgerton interpretations of modern pop music AND Wednesday Adams style of disco dancing. OR Mr Darcy is a time traveller. Hmm.
Just noticed Mr Darcy is freestyle disco dancing to "Hit Me Baby One More Time", as played on the spinnet. Classy.
I just realized: the actors playing Elizabeth and Darcy have been a real life married couple for 16 years.
I'm sorry but this is a MASSIVE WIN for anyone who's ever read the book.
'CAROLINE WOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!' I bet even Jane austen thought that when she wrote the book.
"T’s meant to go boy-girl-boy-girl..."
Derbyshire Disco Dancing (freestyling) is the hot new dance craze of 2023.
I come back and watch this regularly.
The flapping arms! Did anybody know what exactly Robert was going to do in the final product? 'Carolines' facial expressions and other body language is hilarious when he starts dancing. Also love Lieutenant Modest Crotch behind him (Thanks Mike Nelson/MST3K/Gorgo!)
Probably the best sketch ever
Apart from anything else, David Mitchell doing the Conga is a rare treat indeed !
It's not David Mitchell I think, it's Mark Evans
Okay, so now I've just sprayed wine all over my monitor because of 2:07 and onwards.
Dying with laughter. Thankyou M&W
Yay! Another version of P&P to add to my favorites!
I don't think I'll ever be able to watch this without laughing!
Absolutely love this. Made me lol. Everybody has a Caroline moment in their lives.
The harpsichordist is playing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears as a background for Darcy's brief exhibition of his freestyle disco prowess.
Just thought, rewatching this (for the millionth time), there's a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... would it not be improved if there was to be Pride and Prejudice and Disco? :D
No one's gonna mention that he's doing his freestyle disco dancing to the tunes of Baby One More Time?❤
Oh... it's been mentioned (see comments 3yrs old)
That spin
Absolutely one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy's - "Gentlemen don't conga." rather they "Free Form Disco".
Must have seen this vid a dozen times and it still makes me laugh :-) lol
If only Pride and Prejudice featured the conga and freestyle disco dancing...
This is the most hilarious thing! Their representations are spot-on (save a few...slight...modifications :p)!
Ow ow ow tea just shot out of my nose when he started to dance
Brilliant! What one assumes to be good breeding, is merely thinly veiled passive aggression.
This is quite simply one of the most hilarious parodies I have ever seen in my life! :D Oh, where is that pesky repeat button?
Like an orphan with Ricketts
OKay, I dont know why I did this or how i managed to do it, but I just learned the dance steps that Darcy did at the end.
God this is so true to the P&P characters, right down to Caroline Bingley wearing an enormous feather.
This is pure fucking genius
I can't believe after so long; I've only just realised he's playing hit me baby one more time.
I thought it was Swan Lake until someone pointed that out :D
In truth, Mr Darcy does freak out passingly well!
He must have learned these moves from the Doctor's Drunk Giraffe.
I do not know what is funnier, the ridiculous anachronism or the fact that he's not half bad.
Perhaps Mr. Darcy you would be good enough to favour us with a brief exhibition of your free-style disco prowess?
The sedate harpsichord accompanying the inappropriate manic dance is hilarious
I actually started clapping at the "PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!" My thoughts concerning Caroline, were summed up in one single sentence!
Is that Hit Me Baby One More Time on the Harpsichord? Wonderful.
I really hope Rob does this on Strictly!
What I wouldn’t give to now see Mr. D’Arcy and Elizabeth Bennett dance the Hokey Pokey
Nah, the Lambada, just to see the rage on Caroline's face.
I appreciate that Mr. Darcy requests Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" from the pianist.
It's a bit eerie how well Britney Spears' "Hit me baby one more time" fits as a classical harpsichord piece hahahaha
I so want to see the outakes from this scene.
There's clearly more to this freestyle disco than I had thought.
How bad were the other guys? I fail to accept THAT dance won him derbishire's freestyle disco championship for twelve years!
Have you been to Derbyshire?
1:36 - THANK YOU D'ARCY!
That feather. :-D
I love how accurate this is
1:36 who HASN'T wanted to say that to Caroline Bingley at some point in the book?
british blokes cant get enough of this guy
Hilarious...nice free form disco Mr. Darcy!
I'm sure this has been pointed out before, but both the head and the tail of the conga line are positions that are taken by men. So it's actually Mr. Darcy who is being excluded from the conga line, not any of the ladies.
1:36 made my day, along with the dancing
This will never not be my favourite video in the whole world 😂😂😂😍😍😍
That was SO rainbow rhythms.
This is 12.5 on the funny-as-shit scale.
Yay Sarah Hadland!!!!
Good observation!
I finally watched the 1995 Pride and Prejudice and Darcy definitely wishes he could've told Caroline to shut the fuck up several times.
They should do their own 6 hour version, and throw in some lady gaga.
has anyone else noticed the song at the end is Hit Me Baby One More Time?
@eskyguard ironically, most of the books by jane austen were initially written as a large shut up to pretentious English culture :P but nowadays, we just see the hard to read, out of date words used, and hate it