The random detour he does at 0:35 is gold. You think he’s got a plan and is about to pull off some big manoeuvre but just ends up right back behind him again.
If goofy lab coat dude had consumed approximately 13 Taco Bell bean burritos the previous evening, he would have had the rocket propelled closing speed required to apprehend the 1980s K-Mart Blue Light Special monkey suit wearing dingleberry. Also would have killed every fvck'n life-form within a 253.6 mile radius...
“I got a script. Read it. Scared me senseless, comme d’habitude. And I said to Garth-looked straight into his face, never been afraid at holding a man’s gaze, it’s natural-I said, ‘This is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap.’ And I do not say that lightly.” -Dean Lerner I couldn’t agree more.
The lack of episodes is what ensures the high quality. Fawlty Towers, Spaced, The Office - they all have just 2 seasons of 6 episodes. Big Bang Theory has 280 mindnumbingly dull episodes.
Quality, not quantity. Proper artists have other things they want to work on. This is why America can't do art, profit shouldn't even be in the equation.
@@hbp2m "Big Bang Theory has 280 mindnumbingly dull episodes." But you could reduce it down to two seasons of six and pick the very best ones and I'm pretty sure it would still be dog shit.
To me, this is one of the best parodies I've ever seen. For anyone who understands what they are doing and how they are playing off the 1980s, it strikes a real chord (and the funny bone). Andrew Hewitt, the composer of the music, IS amazing. I can't say enough good things about GMD. Savor.
@@Bcast64 Chase scenes, obviously. Long, drawn out, and a tad bit ridiculous and convenient. But hey, they were entertaining. That's what people wanted, and still do: action scenes.
Things I love about this: 1. The monkey man's incoherent speech 2. The fact that he took a bike in the first place, and Dagless took a second bike to follow him 3. There was no need for the chase to split up like that 4. Dagless still has his gun, but is deliberately choosing not to shoot the monkey man 5. That smooth ass drift from Dagless with the car drift sound effect 6. That little obstacle course they did 7. The way Reed appears to enter the chase horizontally from inside a bush 8. The terrible green screen as Dagless and Reed cycle side by side 9. "You know me, Dag! I'm too busy just staying alive!!" 10. Reed pulling a megaphone out of thin air 11. The little glance at the camera after the second "Pull over!" 12. Reed's stance after being pushed off his bike 13. The ramp 14. The way they abandoned the bikes for no reason 15. The obvious stunt double with the terrible wig 16. The full-on jungle gym they just happen to run into in the middle of the woods 17. The way the monkey bars are clearly low enough for Garth to just walk forwards and pretend he's hanging from them 18. The random pile of empty cardboard boxes 19. "Agh, I'm sweating now"
and the empty boxes have pictures of water jugs on them, as if that's what they actually wanted to use but for some reason they could not acquire them so they printed out images instead
The best part of that is the irony. They deliberately put a stunt double on a part where Garth could have easily done it... all the other parts that actually looked kind of dangerous, the cycling through unsteady terrain, they got Garth to do it instead of a stunt double!
The "DVD audio commentary" they recorded is also hilarious. In this scene, they just go: Learner:"We were all doing our own stunts." Marenghi: "Yeah, not everybody would do all their own stunts. There i'm running." Todd: "It's obviously not you." Marenghi: "It IS me!"
I remember this scene vividly when it was on channel 4 over 10 years ago. Nice to know that most of the comedian actors found fame in other areas except for garth himself.
I wish they had done another series of this, easily one of the best comedies I've ever seen. They could have "found" more copies of the old episodes instead of doing that Man To Man thing which was nowhere near as good.
Not much that could be done about it. Channel 4 put it on at a stupid time of night and it attracted fewer viewers because of it. C4 used these low figures to justify denial of a 2nd series.
@@HOTD108_ Because of the show’s premise. It’s presented as a TV show from the 80s that was never aired and is interspersed with interviews with the creators. To make another series they would have to claim that they were old episodes since most of the jokes depend on that premise.
OUTSTANDING!!! Better than anything out of Hellywood in the last 15 years! Laughed all the way through it! I can not commend everyone involved highly enough. The 70's Action Style camera work work was fantastic! Sound FX's were very well chosen and on point! And the out of sync with the action sound, reminiscent of a 70's Kung-Fu film, was truly inspired! The acting was right out of a Mack Sennett short from the 20's! Make more videos!!!
Many of the shots here were clearly inspired by the chase through the forest on Endor in Return of the Jedi. Honestly, I'm hard pushed to decide which production was the more impressive.
I've watched this episode dosens of times but I only just noticed that the greenscreen clips out Garth's feet at 1:35, it's details like that that really remind me why I love this show
Dammit, havnt seen this is in years and now I’m going to have to watch them again. Darkplace was such a brilliantly accurate homage to 80s low budget horror cheese, absolutely outstanding and as others have said, the music in this sequence is spot on
nah best high speed chase period. Like there is no better one even imaginable. Like if you look up high speed chase in a dictionary it will just show this scene.
The best high speed chase I've ever seen was an old jump motion video where two witches are riding broomsticks. Its kind of a jump, film, move, jump, etc, motion film. Cool effect for the time.
I know they are intentionally trying to emulate bad B movies, but this is still way too good. Bad stuff like Troll 2 and The Room can't be replicated. It's a piece of fine art.
This needs to be the new add for Choppers. I'd buy one again... admittedly I was 10yo last time mounted this beast but I know at 50 I'd still look damn good. Almost as good as CHiPs who me and my mate thought we was lol
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The random detour he does at 0:35 is gold. You think he’s got a plan and is about to pull off some big manoeuvre but just ends up right back behind him again.
He was trying to cut him off at the pass.
If goofy lab coat dude had consumed approximately 13 Taco Bell bean burritos the previous evening, he would have had the rocket propelled closing speed required to apprehend the 1980s K-Mart Blue Light Special monkey suit wearing dingleberry.
Also would have killed every fvck'n life-form within a 253.6 mile radius...
@@SatanicHamsterTheNegative.
He thought he saw a puddy-tat!
You know me Dag. I'm too busy just stayin' alive.
“I got a script. Read it. Scared me senseless, comme d’habitude. And I said to Garth-looked straight into his face, never been afraid at holding a man’s gaze, it’s natural-I said, ‘This is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap.’ And I do not say that lightly.” -Dean Lerner
I couldn’t agree more.
Have you tried though? Have you tried agreeing more? Or did you just decide you couldn't agree more without knowing for certain?
"I am one of the few people you'll ever meet who has written more books than he's read."
If you look closely, you can see that they are on bicycles, and not motor cycles.
Lies. These are DEFINITELY motorcycles. You must had been confused when they inserted bicycle sound effects @1:22 by mistake.
Wow
Not bicycles - RALEIGH CHOPPERS!
Good spot. Thanks for the nod 👍
Dean’s stunt was tight. Nice tuck and roll.
Still on the edgeof my seat. Such style in writing, such effects, such acting, such dreamweaving.
The only bad thing about these British comedies is the lack of episodes. Darkplace has only 6! Richard Ayoade, for me, is the funniest human alive.
The lack of episodes is what ensures the high quality. Fawlty Towers, Spaced, The Office - they all have just 2 seasons of 6 episodes. Big Bang Theory has 280 mindnumbingly dull episodes.
Quality, not quantity. Proper artists have other things they want to work on. This is why America can't do art, profit shouldn't even be in the equation.
@@hbp2m "Big Bang Theory has 280 mindnumbingly dull episodes."
But you could reduce it down to two seasons of six and pick the very best ones and I'm pretty sure it would still be dog shit.
Police squad is another. Father ted at a push.
The Mighty Boosh, The IT crowd, Black Books all had only a few seasons. Quality over quality for sure.
love the distinct noel fielding noises
LOL so it is him.
GALLABANDO!!!! 😂
@@TheWaynos73 YALLIN
"I'm sweating now" had me in hysterics :')
To me, this is one of the best parodies I've ever seen. For anyone who understands what they are doing and how they are playing off the 1980s, it strikes a real chord (and the funny bone). Andrew Hewitt, the composer of the music, IS amazing. I can't say enough good things about GMD. Savor.
Brian Coffey what is it parodying?
its parodying nothing at all
You guys need to watch some 80s tv then try this show again. The 80s were definitely this ridiculous. I love this show.
@@Bcast64 Chase scenes, obviously. Long, drawn out, and a tad bit ridiculous and convenient.
But hey, they were entertaining. That's what people wanted, and still do: action scenes.
Andrew Hewitt, hilariously aka Stig Baasvik.
Things I love about this:
1. The monkey man's incoherent speech
2. The fact that he took a bike in the first place, and Dagless took a second bike to follow him
3. There was no need for the chase to split up like that
4. Dagless still has his gun, but is deliberately choosing not to shoot the monkey man
5. That smooth ass drift from Dagless with the car drift sound effect
6. That little obstacle course they did
7. The way Reed appears to enter the chase horizontally from inside a bush
8. The terrible green screen as Dagless and Reed cycle side by side
9. "You know me, Dag! I'm too busy just staying alive!!"
10. Reed pulling a megaphone out of thin air
11. The little glance at the camera after the second "Pull over!"
12. Reed's stance after being pushed off his bike
13. The ramp
14. The way they abandoned the bikes for no reason
15. The obvious stunt double with the terrible wig
16. The full-on jungle gym they just happen to run into in the middle of the woods
17. The way the monkey bars are clearly low enough for Garth to just walk forwards and pretend he's hanging from them
18. The random pile of empty cardboard boxes
19. "Agh, I'm sweating now"
and the empty boxes have pictures of water jugs on them, as if that's what they actually wanted to use but for some reason they could not acquire them so they printed out images instead
@@coalzilla8567 lmao I didn't notice that
Monkey drivers!
my favourite part is the added motorbike noises to some bicycles.
The Miami Vice-like score is the icing on the cake. Plus sprinkles, and those little candy flower decorations.
This chase is unironically more entertaining than the chases in big multi million dollar movies.
Comedic genius and awesome music!
Ironically this was the most technically competent and coherent sequence in all of Darkplace somehow.
I love it how in the greenscreen part, Garth's bottom part of his legs are cut off. It's little bits like that, that makes this great. :)
+Kendra McCullough What green screen? No such thing in this masterpiece
Thats how shows was in the 70s and 80s
I love how it began and ended in cardboard boxes. Perfectly symmetrical storytelling, right there.
It's like poetry, it rhymes
Same props in fact
One of the best sitcoms ever made. Brilliant!
1:56 That stunt double tho
Seano299 never noticed that before
And how earlier in the episode he mentions how many shots the gun has and if you count the shots fired, it equals more than what's in the gun.
Unsure if that is the best part of the clip. Whole show is pure gold.
Love the body double at 1:50 that's running on foot and looks nothing like Garth.
The best part of that is the irony. They deliberately put a stunt double on a part where Garth could have easily done it... all the other parts that actually looked kind of dangerous, the cycling through unsteady terrain, they got Garth to do it instead of a stunt double!
"I'm not going to risk trudging through poison ivy, get the intern"
The "DVD audio commentary" they recorded is also hilarious. In this scene, they just go:
Learner:"We were all doing our own stunts."
Marenghi: "Yeah, not everybody would do all their own stunts. There i'm running."
Todd: "It's obviously not you."
Marenghi: "It IS me!"
The composer to this music is an absolute genius and could easily start a completely new music genre.
Synth wave
tyebillion listen to fm84 - running in the night. it sounds a lot like one track lover from the same show
Stig Baasvik :)
Based on melodies originally hummed by Garth marenghi
@@AM-ty3zp Jason- the midnight
Los Angeles-the midnight
Sunset - the midnight
I like that they added slomo on episodes that weren't long enough. Yet speed it up here to seem more intense.
Love the stunt double while running. Makes it funnier when he says "I'm sweating now".
The music is actually spot on for the chase.
1:55 love the stunt double running there!
It was quite the stunt
mrjimmyos
Running in dense foliage is very dangerous!
I remember this scene vividly when it was on channel 4 over 10 years ago. Nice to know that most of the comedian actors found fame in other areas except for garth himself.
Seems Matt just isn't really interested in it.
@@Pagliacci_Rex that's just it, he's playing an actor that's just phoning it in.
Now itz roughly 16 years ago. Insanity.
@@gandalfstormcrow7943 2004 was 18 years ago 👍🏼
@@GrandJediMaster7860 what? No!
We used to think this was satire before the Boba Fett Biker Gang Chase Scene, now we know the truth.
Do you think this will ever be appreciated as one of the greatest comedies of all time
This is the greatest show ever to light up a screen.
I thought the 80s spoof niche and the synthwave music started with kung fury and then I saw this masterpiece. So ahead of his time really!
I wish they had done another series of this, easily one of the best comedies I've ever seen. They could have "found" more copies of the old episodes instead of doing that Man To Man thing which was nowhere near as good.
hyperdeath84 the interviews was better than the series imo
Not much that could be done about it. Channel 4 put it on at a stupid time of night and it attracted fewer viewers because of it. C4 used these low figures to justify denial of a 2nd series.
Why did you put "found" in quotes?
@@HOTD108_ Because of the show’s premise. It’s presented as a TV show from the 80s that was never aired and is interspersed with interviews with the creators. To make another series they would have to claim that they were old episodes since most of the jokes depend on that premise.
They tried to get channel 4 to do a 2nd but apparently they didn't understand the audience watching it online as well as TV
I love how when he punched him, 10 seconds before the punch sound went off.
all chase scenes are merely an homage to this genius work
Not many know this where Return of the Jedi got its speeder bike chase scene from. True, that is.
I used To watch this series over and over when it's very 1st game out. Proper comedy
OUTSTANDING!!! Better than anything out of Hellywood in the last 15 years! Laughed all the way through it! I can not commend everyone involved highly enough. The 70's Action Style camera work work was fantastic! Sound FX's were very well chosen and on point! And the out of sync with the action sound, reminiscent of a 70's Kung-Fu film, was truly inspired! The acting was right out of a Mack Sennett short from the 20's! Make more videos!!!
Many of the shots here were clearly inspired by the chase through the forest on Endor in Return of the Jedi.
Honestly, I'm hard pushed to decide which production was the more impressive.
Truly amazing, this really reflects on real life in modern times...
I've watched this episode dosens of times but I only just noticed that the greenscreen clips out Garth's feet at 1:35, it's details like that that really remind me why I love this show
I'm truly grateful for all the commentators who highlight things I'd not noticed.
That was AWESOME ! Whatever it was, it was AWESOME !!!
the music is just perfect
YELLEN!! KOLABYOH!! LOL X
Heh-hehh!
Absolutely Incredible.
I love this british comdey. Richard ayeoda is a legend
And so is Richard Ayoade!
And so is Richard Ayodaleyheehoo.
@@MirlitronOne I was close
@@peterclarke7240 not a name I often recognize, with its spelling
love the motorcycle sounds on the acoustic bicycles
Lol "acoustic bicycles" XD
You could tell it was noel fielding at the start, those mighty boosh noises he was making, mans a genius.
That was great! I do some video work - but I'm always in awe of someone who can plan out a sequence like that, get the footage, and put it together.
I love that the ape man is just shouting "Yelling" over and over again. And that music is a banger.
I’ve done something right in my life for the algorithm to put this in my feed after 10 years.
Beautiful.
Absolutely brilliant, this was the best part of the whole series.
This is pure gold :D !
Thornton Reed is the hero we need right now.
Just a reminder that any production company could fund a new season of Darkplace any time they want.
I think it was remade as The Kingdom Hospital, by some Garth wannabe called Stephen King...
THANK YOU. You are the only comment out of a million that actually mentions the title of the show.
Under rated show. Just watched again after 20 years and it's amazing.
0:59 I'm so glad Garth didn't perform this dangerous stunt himself. So glad.
Dammit, havnt seen this is in years and now I’m going to have to watch them again.
Darkplace was such a brilliantly accurate homage to 80s low budget horror cheese, absolutely outstanding and as others have said, the music in this sequence is spot on
I can't believe no one had mentioned the motorcycle sounds . . . for bicycles. Just brilliant.
Motor bike sound affect had me in tears .
What a bonkers show. :)
George Lucas saw this and ripped it off in Return of the Jedi.
I have no context for this, I have no idea what it’s from, but TH-cam decided that I would like it and it was right.
Garth merenghis darkplace
We need more chases involving Chopper bikes. Legend!!!
They got the bike sound effects just right 😂
The ape's cry of "Kulabando" gets me every time. 😂😂
nah best high speed chase period. Like there is no better one even imaginable. Like if you look up high speed chase in a dictionary it will just show this scene.
Thanks I have now had "YELLING"! stuck in my head for about a week
Vex Vulper's disguises have gotten more...creative.
What a show! Music is like Jan Hammer's 'Chase' from Miami Vice.
I love this programme
I love Garth Marenghi
Love these. Wish there was a little more of the 'stunt double' but subtle is good.
Most of the budget went of sending Richard Ayoade back to the 80s, but it was worth every cent.
cool synthwave
The best high speed chase I've ever seen was an old jump motion video where two witches are riding broomsticks. Its kind of a jump, film, move, jump, etc, motion film. Cool effect for the time.
I love the Miami Vice soundtrack.
Truly wonderful! Steve McQueen would be proud!
Art...
The ONLY shaky cam I will accept in movies. What a masterpiece.
Jesus Christ that was intense.
I watched that entire video and it was time well spent.
Im gonna think about this the next time I go mountain biking
the music sells it
I feel like the car chase in Bullitt just got overshadowed by this amazing achievement 😎
I know they are intentionally trying to emulate bad B movies, but this is still way too good. Bad stuff like Troll 2 and The Room can't be replicated. It's a piece of fine art.
omg wow i totally love the mighty bush
I knew that was Noel Fielding from the noises so fast lol
Ahh the Raleigh Grifter. The muscle bike of the 70s and 80s. Even too much power for Richard Ayoade
"Coot le mango... koolerbanou".
TV was just not ready for this..way ahead of its time...beats anything fast and furious has done!
1:55 is that a stunt double for Dagless? I notice something new everytime I watch this.
This needs to be the new add for Choppers.
I'd buy one again... admittedly I was 10yo last time mounted this beast but I know at 50 I'd still look damn good.
Almost as good as CHiPs who me and my mate thought we was lol
Damn i wish darkplace had run for longer than it did.
has the same nostalgic retro feeling of 80s
I can't believe you got David Ayoade to do his own stunts like that.
An incredible homage to Return of the Jedi
This is to movie chase scenes as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy's song Paralyzed is to rock and roll.
Not many people realize that this was the inspiration for the speeder bike chase in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
the only reason this scene did not get an award is cause the bike didnt explode when it crashed.
I'm sweating now
Vince Noir has really let himself go.
1:47 who left that ramp there? litterbugs
very cool