One of my favourite parts of this is that the agreement is unrestricted trade for all parties at all levels - literally completely impossible to overstep
Seen this so many times but totally missed that. Morris's comedy is so layered. I was totally focused on his portrayal of how the media use their influence to make the news rather than report it. It's such a swipe at them and is a spot on account of how the industrial machine feeds itself.
@@mojoriley4712 Maybe next time you should critically analyse what you've typed out before clicking on the reply button, because you wrote 'detracted' instead of 'distract'. Or are basic spelling mistakes something that those who possess the lost art of critical thinking use as a clever technique to keep the rest of us on our toes? Don't act self-satisfied and holier-than-thou because someone else was understandably confused by your own error-filled post.
@@mojoriley4712 Mmm. Really doesn't make any sense... You propose satire of the sensationalist, propagandising media is a destraction measure? From what and by whom, comedians? Of all the people to accuse of distraction measures and you choose about the only sector of the media industry with any moral integrity. A truly bizarre comment if ever there was one.
I love how "tension here is very high" literally 8 seconds after the disagreement. And 20 seconds later, buildings are already on fire and bombs dropping.
@@JamesMadelin Patrick Marber. Looking at his wiki page he ended up doing a lot of writing and directing for the theatre. I would have loved to have seen more of him on screen. He was always brilliant.
@@themagnanimous1246 It's a mix of three metaphors: A string stretched to snapping point, a twig bent to breaking point, and metal heated to melting point. The joke is that though they all mean the same thing, none of them work together; a twig doesn't stretch nor does it have a melting point (and even if it did you don't stretch something to its melting point).
He even grins when just introducing the reporter in the field for status update before it got to that stage. I bet we can chat grins like that from real life newsmen.. War is not funny when you don't have an exit or when you realise that despite your mind you'll end up with a foot soldier's role..
@@AnonymousuomynonA trojan whore would make more sense, because otherwise it should have been some crazy greek considering they were the ones hiding inside the horse
Yup and the way the media is advertising that weapons and volunteers be sent to Ukraine to turn their country into a prolonged battleground is frightening. These actions put us on a precarious precipice to war.
@@maaz322 USA has only been sending weapons like machine guns, stinger missiles, javelins etc. Not a single tank or airplane. Basically they are preparing Ukraine for a guerilla war.
Impressed by how the whole slickly choreographed "this is how exciting our war coverage will be" pantomime is executed, complete with huge 3D set piece that probably took days to build. They obviously were well prepared *just in case* things took an unforeseeably dark turn.
The attention to detail is incredible, like the moment at 0:45 where the caption comes up for too short a time to be read which not only happens sometimes when vision mixers are adjusting faders in real time but also gently pokes fun at the slightly overlong and stodgy titles HM Government is fond of.
@@pmberry 😂🤣😂Glad you pointed it out. By the time I got to the end of that comment, I'd completely forgotten the beginning! I had to reread it slowly to get the point. Still don't know what "vision mixers" are and "stodgy" sounds like a uniquely British term.🤷♂️ I've heard stodgy on every episode of British Bake Off but "can't be arsed" to look it up. (We also don't say "can't be arsed".🤷♂️🤷♂️)
@@gandalfstormcrow7943 Arkansas. I watch a lot of British panel shows (QI, Taskmaster, etc.) so I sometimes try out a little of the vernacular just for fun.
There are a lot of great moments in this, but one of my favourite easily-missed ones is how at 3:00 the ambassador that Chris was interviewing is wheeled off stage to the left, desk and all
The way this entire scene ratchets up the tension only to release it with an abrupt but professional segue into the weather update with Sylvester Stewart is incredible. I'm screaming.
Hilarious and cleverly made, yes, but not really "ahead of their time". Chris Morris was just parodying Jeremy Paxman who'd been around since the 80s behaving just like this, and news media have always been a political tool for misinformation and distortion of events. It honestly baffles me how people now think all this is new, it isn't, it's depressingly old. All that's different now is the internet is host to far more of it. It seems like more people than ever before behave like they've been at the pub all night believing every word of some drunk having a rant - the modern equivalent being going on the internet and "doing research". Also, it sounds like everyone's only just learned the word "narrative" because it's all anyone ever repeats now. "Mainstream media!" "narrative!" "agenda!" It makes people sound like just another form of sheep, not thinking for themselves but just repeating what they've heard others say online.
@A D Don't take this the wrong way, but you come across as an absolute self-righteous narcissistic tosser. No offence! This is just an observation. I guess you're just a side effect of the modern-day bile spouting keyboard junkie who feels he can say what he wants in the safety of his sweaty chair. Congratulations!
@@GTRaceReplays Wow, the irony and hypocrisy. Get over your pretentious little self and stop throwing an online tantrum. "Dantes Creative Mind" my arse.
It's somewhat amazing that you anticipate there'll still be any sort of sentient beings left, or that any new ones will emerge from the neo-primordial gloop, after the Earth is turned into a wanna-be Sun, during the *W A R.*
Every line in this is so expertly written. Donnnald Bethl'hem in Eastmanstown on the Autralio-Hong Kong border, despite the fact both Australia and Hong Kong are islands, is one of my personal favourite bits (And no i did not make any typos)
I love how there's clever jokes that respect the audience's intelligence. Like how they had a reporter in place of exactly where they'd expect the war to break out on standby. My favorite bit is that the huge WAR letters were shrouded completely in darkness, but OBVIOUSLY they've been there the whole time, and they planned on flipping them on. It's really clever stuff.
respecting the audience's intelligence! absolutely. I feel like that's missing from so much American comedy, where the punchline's often "I AM SCREAMING, WRONGLY. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHEN TO LAUGH." I mean, we have more shows than Saturday Night Live, but there's still something special here
Without him we wouldn't have most of the media parodies that exist today. He really laid the foundation for a lot of commentary on media hysteria, distrust in media, social manipulation and the personalities that dominate the airwaves
Such a promising young presenter, to think that in later years he would declare war himself (on stress). Such a shame about the irregularities in the pension fund that eventually caught up with him though.
Oh this takes me back! I recently visited the Australio-Hong Kongian border, where the built a low stone wall of Rememberance - twenty billion bricks long, one for everyone who perished in the conflict. Thing is, I wasn't looking where I was going and I tripped up over it. In a rage I kicked the wall hard, chipping off some of the names.... long story short, i'm in a prison cell and Melborne, Adelade and Canberra have just been nuked. Oh well...
This came out in the mid 90s and where I first heard of comedic genius Chris Morris and where character Alan Partridge made his debut. This is beyond relevant.
The one line that didn't quite make sense, as it was the Greeks inside the Trojan Horse, which I think is the point of the reference. Some crazy Greek wouldn't have worked though, nor Achaean probably.
It takes a special sort of skill for an actor to not just look like not-an-actor, but look like someone, so helplessly thrust in front of a television camera, they must be a hapless civil servant.
I tuned on the BBC for their coverage if the war and they were talking about the weather. Even talked to my mom about how they talk about it twice compared to our national news.
"Let us revolve the weather collar now seventy degrees to the midlands, where I was first bereaved." - one of the most brilliant and subtle lines of 90's british comedy.
You know- I knew, I just fucking KNEW this would be in my recommended in lieu of the recent events. One of the first things that came to mind and I didn't even have to look for it. Very glad this cult classic still resonates with people today after nearly 30 long years. As relevant as ever.
Today, looking towards Eastern Europe having had every news and media outlet report on it for weeks on end, challenging one side of the argument with the half-truths of the other side, war as an inevitable outcome, I wonder if diplomacy in Ukraine would have stood a better chance if the News had been less hungry for.. "War!"..?? This programme was truly prophetic. The reality we live in is grim.
Clicks, views and ad revenue. It's all the legacy media really cares about. War is good for business, yet another lifeline for a dying industry, just like Convid was.
Utter nonsense. Not that long ago, russia agreed not to invade or attack Ukraine territory. And then it invaded. And then, this year, it invaded again. No one was attacking paranoid little Puteen.
This was one of those moments of satire when you thought, 'There's no way news media can ever do this War Fever crap again after this.' Of course, they only got worse through the 1990s and 2000s.
Younger generation doesn't remember war fever... it's quite new for us. I don't remember the news coverage after 9/11 but I'm sure it was similar to this and current news coverage. I remember watching the news coverage of taking action in Syria back in roughly 2016/17 (arms deals and sanctions etc. not a hot war) and it was much more measured and nothing like what we are seeing today
Anecdote: on the day of the 9/11 a friend of mine was watching the TV coverage in Canada. After the first report they had to turn it off when, in real time, each segment was emblazoned with "Drama! Now!", explosions etc etc Because reporting on the attack itself just would not have been 'catchy' enough, apparently.
Destroy Ukraine - then Europe - Then the World followed by the Solar system - the Milky way - our local cluster - the Universe and finally the Multiverse - but my lust for power and destruction can never be satisfied. I am God. Thank you Mr Putin -
One of my favourite parts of this is that the agreement is unrestricted trade for all parties at all levels - literally completely impossible to overstep
Haha I just realised that
Seen this so many times but totally missed that. Morris's comedy is so layered. I was totally focused on his portrayal of how the media use their influence to make the news rather than report it. It's such a swipe at them and is a spot on account of how the industrial machine feeds itself.
If one side were to impose trade restrictions, that would be a breach, so yes it is literally completely possible to overstep
@@VisualiseTheFunbut limiting trade would be restricting or cutting off the agreement, not exceeding it.
Lmfao
We are all cursed that this skit will forever be contemporary
Yep
@@mojoriley4712 what the f r u on about?
@@mojoriley4712 Maybe next time you should critically analyse what you've typed out before clicking on the reply button, because you wrote 'detracted' instead of 'distract'. Or are basic spelling mistakes something that those who possess the lost art of critical thinking use as a clever technique to keep the rest of us on our toes?
Don't act self-satisfied and holier-than-thou because someone else was understandably confused by your own error-filled post.
@@mojoriley4712 Mmm. Really doesn't make any sense... You propose satire of the sensationalist, propagandising media is a destraction measure? From what and by whom, comedians? Of all the people to accuse of distraction measures and you choose about the only sector of the media industry with any moral integrity. A truly bizarre comment if ever there was one.
@@mojoriley4712 you remind me of my uncle. He was a Scientologist until he ran out of money
I love how they just roll away the minister as soon as war breaks out.
Seen this dozens of times and I've missed that every time!
Daniel Flugt that’s fucking hilarious lmao
Ikr! XD
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I also love how his name and title appear then disappear immediately at 0:44
I love how "tension here is very high" literally 8 seconds after the disagreement. And 20 seconds later, buildings are already on fire and bombs dropping.
Yes, it’s always good when someone explains the joke
_"That's it. Yes. It's war!"_
He looks so pleased with himself. What a show.
Hes copying Paxmans accent during the interview as well.
War means more coverage, more adverts more cash! ^^
War equals cash
“He’s gone full Tonto…!”
Murdoch and the hate mail love war, more headlines, more anher, more purchases. Chris is brilliant at exposing the stupidity.
"The stretched twig of peace is at.. melting point" is just a delightful line to hear
Brilliant
XD
A heavy kak of cloud.
Who is that guy and where did he end up? He was superb.
@@JamesMadelin Patrick Marber. Looking at his wiki page he ended up doing a lot of writing and directing for the theatre. I would have loved to have seen more of him on screen. He was always brilliant.
“People here are literally bursting with war”
lmao wtf
That woman bolting off to go cover the war cracks me up every time.
Like some crazy Trojan
"The stretched twig of peace is... at melting point." That line _almost_ got past me hahaha
Hamburger 🍔
That's the best mixed metaphor ever.
@@disposablehero4911 could you explain it?
Thats Tom Hardy
@@themagnanimous1246 It's a mix of three metaphors: A string stretched to snapping point, a twig bent to breaking point, and metal heated to melting point. The joke is that though they all mean the same thing, none of them work together; a twig doesn't stretch nor does it have a melting point (and even if it did you don't stretch something to its melting point).
The little grin Chris Morris gives when he says "That's it, yes, it's war" is genuinely one of the funniest things that's ever been on TV
same as when he smirks after reducing that jam festival lady to tears.
I also love the way he signs off, absolute delight. love it😂
@@dystopia47 I HATE SEBASTIEN COE!
Correct.
He even grins when just introducing the reporter in the field for status update before it got to that stage. I bet we can chat grins like that from real life newsmen.. War is not funny when you don't have an exit or when you realise that despite your mind you'll end up with a foot soldier's role..
3:19 the best part. Literally can't stop laughing. That run.
"Like some crazy TROJAN!...."
Like some crazy Trojan ____
Hahaha
Is it because the actes is from snack the pony
i wonder if the original line reading was "trojan whore" but it was censored late in production.
@@AnonymousuomynonA trojan whore would make more sense, because otherwise it should have been some crazy greek considering they were the ones hiding inside the horse
This is an absolute masterpiece critique of mass media hysteria.
Yup and the way the media is advertising that weapons and volunteers be sent to Ukraine to turn their country into a prolonged battleground is frightening. These actions put us on a precarious precipice to war.
Yeh, thank Christ it will never happen in real life...............
@@maaz322 The started when Russia invaded.
Absolutely true. 100%!
@@maaz322 USA has only been sending weapons like machine guns, stinger missiles, javelins etc.
Not a single tank or airplane.
Basically they are preparing Ukraine for a guerilla war.
Impressed by how the whole slickly choreographed "this is how exciting our war coverage will be" pantomime is executed, complete with huge 3D set piece that probably took days to build. They obviously were well prepared *just in case* things took an unforeseeably dark turn.
No one could have predicted it but at least they were prepared
Yes the German finance minister didn't like it but he'll have to go along with it
War is neither forseeable or unforseeable
“unforeseeably” 😅
@@jamieallan2859 Presumably you mean "Rufen Sie ein Taxi bitte sonst verpass' ich meinen Flug"?
a man sees god in his car, he crashes....
😇
Profound stuff that.
Innit
Yes, I thought he said that as well.
Why is it funny again? Just can't get my head around the joke
Very glad that these gentlemen are here to give me the NEWS about the WAR
This is literally just Piers Morgan on good morning Britain
Every fucking weekday 😂😂😂
Lmao
"SO DO YOU THINK BOYS CAN WEAR SKIRTS TO SCHOOL??"
Just coming back to say *how dare you*
And now that he's left GMB....... HAHAHA
The attention to detail is incredible, like the moment at 0:45 where the caption comes up for too short a time to be read which not only happens sometimes when vision mixers are adjusting faders in real time but also gently pokes fun at the slightly overlong and stodgy titles HM Government is fond of.
And the length of my sentences.
@@pmberry 😂🤣😂Glad you pointed it out. By the time I got to the end of that comment, I'd completely forgotten the beginning! I had to reread it slowly to get the point. Still don't know what "vision mixers" are and "stodgy" sounds like a uniquely British term.🤷♂️ I've heard stodgy on every episode of British Bake Off but "can't be arsed" to look it up. (We also don't say "can't be arsed".🤷♂️🤷♂️)
@@TroubleToby3040 where are you from?
@@gandalfstormcrow7943 Arkansas. I watch a lot of British panel shows (QI, Taskmaster, etc.) so I sometimes try out a little of the vernacular just for fun.
👍 couple more commas might be nice, but you make good points so who's counting?🤓
0:44, love how the ministers title comes up for literally 1/2 a second haha..
Honestly I expected there to be more gibberish there
There are a lot of great moments in this, but one of my favourite easily-missed ones is how at 3:00 the ambassador that Chris was interviewing is wheeled off stage to the left, desk and all
The Onion, Colbert, Jon Stewart, Mock The Weak.....take notes, this is good satire.
David Firth Hey you, stop commenting on videos 5 years ago and make sum new bleedin cartoons!!.
"Mock the Weak" ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
well he is from Doncaster...
David Firth hello Mr firth. I always had a feeling you were inspired by morris
Oh please, they are at the same level as the day today,
The way this entire scene ratchets up the tension only to release it with an abrupt but professional segue into the weather update with Sylvester Stewart is incredible. I'm screaming.
NO WAY I AM TOOO! AGHGGHHHHH11!!1
This explains modern journalism quite well
These guys were so ahead of their time. A perfect representation of media manipulation to push a narrative.
Hilarious and cleverly made, yes, but not really "ahead of their time". Chris Morris was just parodying Jeremy Paxman who'd been around since the 80s behaving just like this, and news media have always been a political tool for misinformation and distortion of events.
It honestly baffles me how people now think all this is new, it isn't, it's depressingly old. All that's different now is the internet is host to far more of it. It seems like more people than ever before behave like they've been at the pub all night believing every word of some drunk having a rant - the modern equivalent being going on the internet and "doing research".
Also, it sounds like everyone's only just learned the word "narrative" because it's all anyone ever repeats now. "Mainstream media!" "narrative!" "agenda!" It makes people sound like just another form of sheep, not thinking for themselves but just repeating what they've heard others say online.
@A D Don't take this the wrong way, but you come across as an absolute self-righteous narcissistic tosser. No offence! This is just an observation. I guess you're just a side effect of the modern-day bile spouting keyboard junkie who feels he can say what he wants in the safety of his sweaty chair. Congratulations!
@@GTRaceReplays Wow, the irony and hypocrisy. Get over your pretentious little self and stop throwing an online tantrum. "Dantes Creative Mind" my arse.
@@GTRaceReplays I don’t understand how any of what he said was narcissistic.
@Josh K who cares what you think? 😂😂😂
I love the way Chris Morris points at people when he's insulting them, makes me laugh every time.
Paxman!!!!
@@PHDiaz-vv7yo yeah I can't even watch University Challenge any more without thinking of the Day Today.
Return viewers in 2045 be like: "this show predicted the Australia-Hong Kong war"
It's somewhat amazing that you anticipate there'll still be any sort of sentient beings left, or that any new ones will emerge from the neo-primordial gloop, after the Earth is turned into a wanna-be Sun, during the
*W A R.*
Every line in this is so expertly written.
Donnnald Bethl'hem in Eastmanstown on the Autralio-Hong Kong border, despite the fact both Australia and Hong Kong are islands, is one of my personal favourite bits (And no i did not make any typos)
Clear typo there - it's Dônnnald
Well that escalated quickly. ^^
Oh shit, the country England actually has a TH-cam channel
E
Death to monarchy
@Tom B naaah
Oh hello QUEEN ! :d
I love how there's clever jokes that respect the audience's intelligence. Like how they had a reporter in place of exactly where they'd expect the war to break out on standby.
My favorite bit is that the huge WAR letters were shrouded completely in darkness, but OBVIOUSLY they've been there the whole time, and they planned on flipping them on. It's really clever stuff.
respecting the audience's intelligence! absolutely. I feel like that's missing from so much American comedy, where the punchline's often "I AM SCREAMING, WRONGLY. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHEN TO LAUGH." I mean, we have more shows than Saturday Night Live, but there's still something special here
'The stretched twig of peace is at melting point' gets me every time.
People here are literally BURSTING with war.
"This is the one thing we didn't want to happen."
chris morris is a woefully underused comedy genius
Without him we wouldn't have most of the media parodies that exist today. He really laid the foundation for a lot of commentary on media hysteria, distrust in media, social manipulation and the personalities that dominate the airwaves
@@geordiejones5618 That's because of The Christopher Morris Academy in Hampstead.
Chris Morris is responsible for delivering the funniest sentences in human history. He's top of the list, hands down.
Such a promising young presenter, to think that in later years he would declare war himself (on stress). Such a shame about the irregularities in the pension fund that eventually caught up with him though.
Are you talking about Morris? Very cryptic ?
fAAATTTTHHHEEEEERRRRRR
@@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158 Someone hasn't seen the IT Crowd 😂
@@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158 th-cam.com/video/MZTvMYQSl_w/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/cEpKcBkkVMY/w-d-xo.html
The thing that let him down the most was gravity
Chris Morris is one of a kind. Thank fuck he had the ability, resources and most importantly hard work to share his art. Legend.
I love how war initiates a Final Fantasy battle theme.
That's just the opening theme of the show
Oh this takes me back! I recently visited the Australio-Hong Kongian border, where the built a low stone wall of Rememberance - twenty billion bricks long, one for everyone who perished in the conflict. Thing is, I wasn't looking where I was going and I tripped up over it. In a rage I kicked the wall hard, chipping off some of the names.... long story short, i'm in a prison cell and Melborne, Adelade and Canberra have just been nuked. Oh well...
well, as David Brent (from Wernam-Hogg's Slough branch) would put it...
Adelaide being nuked would cause about 15 quid's worth o'damage
@Evan Jones
Yes officer, this comment right here.
At least nothing of value was lost then
A Nuclear Hong Kong then? 😂
War never changes
The media is still exactly like this.
True. Every single outlet has a constant hardon for disaster misery and bloodlust. These men are bursting with War!🤣
Masterfully written. "They've only just swallowed their sanctions, and now they're burping them back up in *your* face!" tickles me greatly.
“Let’s revolve the weather collar now seventy degrees to the midlands where I was first bereaved” 😂
r o t a t e t h e t h r o a t c i r c l e
Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned “a large cack of cloud”
I can't hear the word bereaved without thinking of Sylvester Stewart in the weather collar
Watching this today. For no particular reason.
4 year old me driving my parents to divorce
Like some crazy Trojan
This is a late comment, but "Trojan Whore" would be a pretty clever replacement for "Trojan Horse"
@@rspeak5768 That's what I completed it with in my head
I remember it as some crazy Trojan war bitch
But it wasn't the trojans inside the horse, it was the greeks. UNACCEPTABLE! I demand retribution.
CaptainBohnenbrot are you saying you want what it is I think you want? War????
"Mr Lavrov, let me give you a hint!...BANG!".
"The stretched twig of peace is at melting point"
classic
This came out in the mid 90s and where I first heard of comedic genius Chris Morris and where character Alan Partridge made his debut. This is beyond relevant.
2:50 Nobody told Patrick Marber that the explosions were going to happen. That flinch is genuine.
Can see him trying so hard not to laugh 😂
The war was sudden, after all
15 years ago yet still so relevant,
Was the first thing I thought of with how things are playing out today 🤷♂️
15 years ago?
More like 28, unbelievable.
@@nottmjas shit - I’m not that old am I! 🤣😂🤣😂
Yeah, your probably right - I just saw this clip was posted 15 years ago 🤦♂️
@@jimkhana007 KYTV also had an episode were they parodied a war, with the poolled journalists hovering around the 'media' (swimming) pool in a hotel.
What has changed in 15years, not many, iphone 1 is iphone 88, same shit with different number
BBC News this morning. WAR!
On the Australio Hong Kong border...had me rolling on the floor...a lot of Americans would actually think this is a thing :):)
If anything this is ten times worse now with the internet and social media with non stop saturation coverage
"Like some crazy Trojan" will never fail to make me laugh
The one line that didn't quite make sense, as it was the Greeks inside the Trojan Horse, which I think is the point of the reference.
Some crazy Greek wouldn't have worked though, nor Achaean probably.
@@jimb9063its been censored, the full line on the uncensored dvd is "Like some crazy Trojan whore"
The way they obviously cut off his sentence makes it extra funny
What a time to be alive! IT'S WAR!
"people here are bursting with war"
"People here are literally bursting with war."
The way the lady runs off got me good! "FROM INSIDE THE FIGHT!" Badass
That's it.. yes it's WAR! He couldn't hide his delight.
The fishing dispute in Jersey brought me here today - 06/05/21
Timeless classic comedy… and a pitch perfect commentary on most media, too. Genius.
that musical cue at 02:59 with that added RED ALERT is brilliant realised
"I bet he'll declare war again, he *loves* declaring war."
Feels like I’ve been watching this scenario play out in real time with the Russian Ukraine crisis
This has now come true.
That's it. Yep, that's war!
The same way Idiocracy is a documentary.
...
My mind also went straight to this.
This is comedy that gets your pulse racing. Amazing, timeless brilliance.
The actor playing the British minister appeared as Sweaty Raphael in 'I'm Alan Partridge'.
(he also provided the voice of Radio Norwich)
Cacky Raphael
He was also in This Time with Alan Partridge on the subject of corporal punishment
It takes a special sort of skill for an actor to not just look like not-an-actor, but look like someone, so helplessly thrust in front of a television camera, they must be a hapless civil servant.
That emphasis on "treaty" gets me every time. Classic Paxman.
Yes ! I loved that emphasis and - contemptuous ? - emphasis too.
@@Simpleburger1968 It's like he's trying to do inverted commas with his eyebrows.
@@MCVessels Yes! Spot on!
2:51 when Benjamin declares it a war.
Why tf are you here? 😂
@@shadowtrooper262 why are you here ?
Oh boy I love living through historical events
Oh boy I can't wait for WAR TO BREAK OUT BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST
The way the cinematography instantly changes when the war starts
The fact that they had the "war" set ready in the background threw me off laughing into the abyss 😂🤣🤣
Good old Chris Morris! This was true comedy
haha, yes Chris :--)
I tuned on the BBC for their coverage if the war and they were talking about the weather.
Even talked to my mom about how they talk about it twice compared to our national news.
And here we are
"Let us revolve the weather collar now seventy degrees to the midlands, where I was first bereaved." - one of the most brilliant and subtle lines of 90's british comedy.
You know- I knew, I just fucking KNEW this would be in my recommended in lieu of the recent events. One of the first things that came to mind and I didn't even have to look for it. Very glad this cult classic still resonates with people today after nearly 30 long years. As relevant as ever.
I wa sborn in 95 guess this appeared around then ? since youn re 98 born you weren t around either for this masterpiece
2:14
Completely lost it when Chris turns to the screen behind him to talk to Dônnnald Bethl'hem
“A man sees God in his car. He crashes...” - Jaques ‘Jaques’ Liverot
It's just funny nonsense; a caricature of the sort of impenetrable statement a pretentious philosopher might make.
@@antonydyatlov5651 It caught me so off guard I've been reciting the quote all day. Such stylish humor, honestly.
It's stupid but the more you think about it it's actually quite a deep statement.
“A brilliant man and a surprisingly nice one too.”
The UK news networks right now
The bit where he just shouts "THIS IS A WAR" is my favourite.
Hello to everyone rolling in from today's news.
Today, looking towards Eastern Europe having had every news and media outlet report on it for weeks on end, challenging one side of the argument with the half-truths of the other side, war as an inevitable outcome, I wonder if diplomacy in Ukraine would have stood a better chance if the News had been less hungry for.. "War!"..?? This programme was truly prophetic. The reality we live in is grim.
Clicks, views and ad revenue. It's all the legacy media really cares about. War is good for business, yet another lifeline for a dying industry, just like Convid was.
So true. In fact right now they are extolling Ukrainians to be martyrs which plays good on news TV.
Russia decided to invade ukriane months ago
Utter nonsense.
Not that long ago, russia agreed not to invade or attack Ukraine territory.
And then it invaded.
And then, this year, it invaded again.
No one was attacking paranoid little Puteen.
@@williamthebonquerer9181 And they have been "bursting with war" for years.
This guy was brilliant, a brilliant comedian and writer... If people like him were in office the world would be a better place
And here we are 2022 and once again it's WAR
This was one of those moments of satire when you thought, 'There's no way news media can ever do this War Fever crap again after this.' Of course, they only got worse through the 1990s and 2000s.
This show completely ruined the news for me. Never been able to watch it with a straight face since.
That's why they pulled his show off the air.
Younger generation doesn't remember war fever... it's quite new for us. I don't remember the news coverage after 9/11 but I'm sure it was similar to this and current news coverage. I remember watching the news coverage of taking action in Syria back in roughly 2016/17 (arms deals and sanctions etc. not a hot war) and it was much more measured and nothing like what we are seeing today
Anecdote: on the day of the 9/11 a friend of mine was watching the TV coverage in Canada.
After the first report they had to turn it off when, in real time, each segment was emblazoned with "Drama! Now!", explosions etc etc
Because reporting on the attack itself just would not have been 'catchy' enough, apparently.
I think the media thought this skit was celebrating what they do.
Way ahead of it's time... I can see Kay Burley doing this today.
And also way ahead of its time.
@@joseparcenary4706 Yep, that's the natural Kay Burley reaction to the deaths of thousands:
"This is my chance to *SHINE* ."
“Mr Putin, it appears that the stretched twig of peace is at melting point - what are you going to do about it?”
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Destroy Ukraine - then Europe - Then the World followed by the Solar system - the Milky way - our local cluster - the Universe and finally the Multiverse - but my lust for power and destruction can never be satisfied. I am God.
Thank you Mr Putin -
the stretched twig of peace is beyond melting point: how true that is!
Absolutely still relevant today.....
"Let me give you a hint: BANG!"
The stretched twig of peace is at melting point. The people here are bursting with war.
"The people here are literally bursting with war"
Who else is here with the Iran-Israel situation going on right now?
"Like some crazy Trojan"
This show truly was something
Donald Bethlehem reminds me of Peter O'hanraha-hanrahan
"A man sees God in his car... he crashes"
I think I just laughed myself to aneurysm.
2:56 love the subtle excited expression on Chris' face
The Day Today was one of the best satires in the history of TV.
Just listening (begrudgingly) to Jeremy Vine on radio 2 talking about Ukraine, and it made me think of this.
This is still one of the greatest things I've ever seen. :-D
We need a three year update.
If ever there was a clip that fitted the "Well, that escalated quickly" meme perfectly, this is it!
Sky News in Ukraine since Feb 2022. Practically gagging for death and blood at every step.
Here we go again
say it !
you want the word?
The wooord!
BANG!