He’s gotten a few roles in Hollywood now like in Yes Man and the new Jumanji but he always uses his natural accent, probably just because he’s funnier that way than trying to imitate an American one.
I think he is the most unfortunately named king when his name is translated to portuguese. Because it translates to "Pepino" which literally means "cucumber".
Rhys Darby competed for a stand up award (named after the late, great Billy T James), and his piece was brilliant. My friends and I still quote it, over a decade later. He came second and went on to do Flight of the Conchords, Jumanji, Yes Man, world tours, and be an author. I can't even remember the name of the lady who won. I guess he was just more willing to put the time and effort in.
@@TheHadesShade Dale Winton is very camp. So they were laughing suggesting he could be classed as a woman because of this. Obviously noone thinks a camp man is actually a woman, but that was the joke.
Where it says "TV Format" in the title I was thinking of aspect ratios of TV screens, and that maybe Charlemagne's dad commissioned a portrait of himself or something using those proportions. Now, had it said "TV SHOW Format", I wouldn't have been led astray...
The best Dark Age ordeal has to be Ordeal by Cake. A cheesecake was made weighing about an ounce, and the accused had to eat it whole. If they coughed, choked etc. they were guilty. The bread was made of unraised barley and the cheese was made of sheep milk
A show where you touch a car sounds weird, but not half as weird as Jason finishing 2nd in a singing contest ahead of the lead singers of The Darkness, Scissor Sisters & Skunk Anansi as well as Ceelo Green, Kelis and Katherine Jenkins all whilst dressed as a hedgehog
Dark ages endurance test? My dad used to play a dark ages endurance test on me all the time, basically hold the something-or-other while I try to fix shit very casually.
S.R. Bindler's documentary Hands on a Hard Body is a great film that follows one of these contests in Texas in 1995. The thoughts of the contestants and their different motivations make for a fascinating human drama far beyond just standing by a pickup for three days.
4:22 "It's been seven hours now, still touching it" must be a hell of a thing to tune into without catching the context at the beginning of the game show.
Also, trial by ordeal continued well into the central middle ages and wasn't even effecively stamped out by the fourth lateran council in the thirteenth century... but other than that, all quite interesting.
@@DrZaius3141 There's nothing "homophobic" about it. Dale was an incredibly effeminate man. Notice how Stephan is gay, but he didn't give a toss. Shove off with this "protection" we didn't ask for.
It's really not that surprising to have heard of Pepin. He's mentioned in a pretty famous play. "King Pepin, which deposèd Childeric, Did, as heir general, being descended Of Blithild, which was daughter to King Clothair, Make claim and title to the crown of France." Henry V (I checked, it is the same chap - pursuaded Pope Zachary to depose Childeric III in 751.)
It's crazy to think that 'Touch the Truck' as a concept failed lasting only 5 episodes. And then along came Mr Beast who dominated TH-cam nearly entirely using the same format.
Wasn’t there a case where someone lost the game (not at the show itself but that type of endurance game somewhere else?) promptly went outside and shot himself?
I was hoping someone would mention the importance of the name change to "Dale's Touch the Truck" for the UK version.. avoiding the trap of "Dale's hands on a hard body" :')
Not sure why Dale didn't go with this title: "The documentary Hands on a Hardbody tells the story of a nearly identical 1995 endurance contest in Longview, Texas."
I never questioned the “touch the car for the longest” radio competitions before. No one does that in the UK? It just seems like a regular radio competition. I also remember the one where the hosts would lock themselves in a jail in a mall for a couple days for some reason.
Pre-mediaeval? The 'dark ages' are well within the mediaeval period. They are, in fact, the early mediaeval. All medieaeval means, is middle age. As in the age between the two classicising periods of the Antique/Classical period and the Renaissance.
Did not King Pepin give the Donation to Rome? The medieval donation of lands to Rome that last for next 1100 yrs or so until Italy was unified in 1870 and 71 with Rome?
So if you couldn't say you were right by physical prowess, you choose a more capable person to do it for you. And this was how arguments of significance were settled in the presence of a king? Hmm. How does that translate to how things work today? It's who you know, and people outside the law consider that to be how things work?
Trial by ordeal...loss of a hand was the price paid by the loser in one ordeal and death in another, I was taught in history class, in the early 60s. Many of we eight year old boys made a fire on some derelict land, after school, to do our trial by fire. Lots of blister, screams and tears. The stuff that goes on in boys' heads is incredible and dangerous. 😜😂😂😂
I have serious doubts that whom-so-ever came up with the idea for Touch The Truck did so as a result of some medieval argument solving process. Researcher, " Guess what guys, I was reading about old Charlemagne's dad, you remember Charlemagne, and his dad created a format for .........so how about this for a game show? " Yeah right,lol.
That reminds me of when an American Radio Station caused quite a few pee-related injuries when they did a Wee For A Wii competition back when the Wii first came out, essentially the last person to wee got a new Nintendo Wii, it caused quite a few major injuries because peeing is natural.
As a New Zealander I find Rhys Darby hilarious, even though it's hard to pin down exactly why he's funny.
His looks for one are quite entertaining.
He's the cleverest
Leggy blonde goodbye, goodbye.
He’s gotten a few roles in Hollywood now like in Yes Man and the new Jumanji but he always uses his natural accent, probably just because he’s funnier that way than trying to imitate an American one.
I'm also a New Zealander and honestly I have got quite sick of him.
I thought Rhys was David Mitchell impersonating Austin Powers at first
He gets that all the time.
I thought he was a gay Hugh Jackman
@@CommanderSuberox He gets that SOME of the time.
OH! took this comment for me to realize it wasnt cosplay :P
the problem with famous people is there are so many ov them it hard to remember them all
Rhys is just a fantastic comedian. He's really a master.
Pepin the Short really did badly when it came to nicknames, he was the son of Charles the Hammer and the father of Charles the Great.
Charlemagne is called Karl der Grosse in german, with Gross meaning great but also tall (Charlemagne was supposed to be 6'2)
Illyrian Imagine it getting mistranslated somewhere and now he’s just Charles the Disgusting
Wasn't there a Pepin the hunchback later down the line too?
@@bakersmileyface he was Charlemagne's son. I'm not sure he was ever King though.
I think he is the most unfortunately named king when his name is translated to portuguese.
Because it translates to "Pepino" which literally means "cucumber".
Rhys Darby competed for a stand up award (named after the late, great Billy T James), and his piece was brilliant. My friends and I still quote it, over a decade later. He came second and went on to do Flight of the Conchords, Jumanji, Yes Man, world tours, and be an author. I can't even remember the name of the lady who won. I guess he was just more willing to put the time and effort in.
Rhys Darby is a gem
"Chap or lady?" Just really taps into the British sense of humour that haha.
Well Dale can be either sex. Dale Arden was Flash Gordons lady
I never got that joke. Captain?
I think Kiwis say 'chap' too, the Aussies as well.
@@TheHadesShade Dale Winton is very camp. So they were laughing suggesting he could be classed as a woman because of this. Obviously noone thinks a camp man is actually a woman, but that was the joke.
Rhys is a New Zealander, of course, not a Brit. Watch him on Flight of the Conchords.
Where it says "TV Format" in the title I was thinking of aspect ratios of TV screens, and that maybe Charlemagne's dad commissioned a portrait of himself or something using those proportions.
Now, had it said "TV SHOW Format", I wouldn't have been led astray...
Glad someone else had the same thought.
It is almost clickbait.
It's the only reason I clicked on it.
He invented 1080p in a dream, but forgot about it when he woke up.
PAL or NTSC
@@michaelharrison1093Considering he was French, probably PAL
Good to see Austin Powers joining the crew in QI.
Ordeal or no ordeal
The best Dark Age ordeal has to be Ordeal by Cake. A cheesecake was made weighing about an ounce, and the accused had to eat it whole. If they coughed, choked etc. they were guilty. The bread was made of unraised barley and the cheese was made of sheep milk
Ordeal by cake! Are you sure Terry Pratchett didn't invent this one? Only it would be Ordeal by Mrs. Cake!
This clip features one of the last public appearances of Bush-Man, before his strange disparition, in a remote area of New-Zealand.
Psycho Sam!!
Holy shit I didn’t realise
As a New Zealander, I find Rhys Darby's accent odd. It's like he's doing the accent that non-kiwis expect Kiwis to sound like.
myUserName “He maybe did!”
“Did what?”
“He maybe DID.”
“Okay, maybe he did, maybe he didn’t... what did he maybe do?”
“Not alive... you know, DID.”
@@pembertr0n 😂😂😂
I imagine Henning Wehn sounds similarly odd to Germans
Exactly. As a New Zealander I’ve never heard anyone sound like him in my life. He actually sounds a bit Aussie to me
Do you think he is an actor?
To the late Dale Winton.
TheHutchy01 ☹️🙏
I remember the show touch the truck on channel 5
He's dead????
@@1989Chrisc He passed away in April 2018.
@@ScoopMeisterGeneral No way! Aww, he was a charming (if orange) fella!
A show where you touch a car sounds weird, but not half as weird as Jason finishing 2nd in a singing contest ahead of the lead singers of The Darkness, Scissor Sisters & Skunk Anansi as well as Ceelo Green, Kelis and Katherine Jenkins all whilst dressed as a hedgehog
The masked singer?
That's astounding 😂
Dark ages endurance test? My dad used to play a dark ages endurance test on me all the time, basically hold the something-or-other while I try to fix shit very casually.
S.R. Bindler's documentary Hands on a Hard Body is a great film that follows one of these contests in Texas in 1995. The thoughts of the contestants and their different motivations make for a fascinating human drama far beyond just standing by a pickup for three days.
4:22 "It's been seven hours now, still touching it" must be a hell of a thing to tune into without catching the context at the beginning of the game show.
Why is David Mitchell dressed as Austin Powers?
Also, trial by ordeal continued well into the central middle ages and wasn't even effecively stamped out by the fourth lateran council in the thirteenth century... but other than that, all quite interesting.
So, did Pepin le bref hold contests where peasants had to touch an oxcart, last one touching it wins it ?
I'm laughing more than I ought to be.
The touch a car prize was and is a very popular radio thing for in the US. It's been done since the 70s but is parodied a lot more on comedy shows.
I remember smtv did a spoof of touch the truck
Rhys was hilarious in The X Files episode "Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster". His character was called Guy Mann (a.k.a. The Were-Monster).
RIP Dale Whinton
Love that pause after "chap or lady?"
"Audience, behave!"
I don't get the joke?
@@SkidMcmarxx Apparently he was gay, so some less than creative people might construct a homophobic joke out of that question.
@@DrZaius3141 There's nothing "homophobic" about it. Dale was an incredibly effeminate man. Notice how Stephan is gay, but he didn't give a toss. Shove off with this "protection" we didn't ask for.
I watch these clips because I think they're quite interesting
1:42 Brian and Alan :)
Stephen: "Audience! Behave!" :-)
Longview, Texas had an annual "Hands on a Hardbody" contest at one of the local car dealerships. It was made into an indy documentary and a a musical.
It's really not that surprising to have heard of Pepin. He's mentioned in a pretty famous play.
"King Pepin, which deposèd Childeric,
Did, as heir general, being descended
Of Blithild, which was daughter to King Clothair,
Make claim and title to the crown of France."
Henry V
(I checked, it is the same chap - pursuaded Pope Zachary to depose Childeric III in 751.)
Surbiton my home town... Was mentioned on qi
My life is complete
You're not a Good Life fan, then
Rhys is so charming.
He also wrote the musical "Pippin" :)
Definitely a radio show contest in the US as well.
imagine the truck standing outside in the sun on a summer day that would be a show i would watch xD
Ryhs Darby is a genius
Is that Murray?
Alex Everett-last no, it's Mooray
yes, and it's pronounced "Mary"
Alex Everett-last mlmlol m ml
present
2:44 I know the blonde with the curly hair toward the left. Hi Sophie. ;)
If anyone was born to wear the wig and silk, it's Stephen.
It's crazy to think that 'Touch the Truck' as a concept failed lasting only 5 episodes.
And then along came Mr Beast who dominated TH-cam nearly entirely using the same format.
Wasn’t there a case where someone lost the game (not at the show itself but that type of endurance game
somewhere else?) promptly went outside and shot himself?
I was hoping someone would mention the importance of the name change to "Dale's Touch the Truck" for the UK version.. avoiding the trap of "Dale's hands on a hard body" :')
Not sure why Dale didn't go with this title:
"The documentary Hands on a Hardbody tells the story of a nearly identical 1995 endurance contest in Longview, Texas."
Isn't that a musical?
BandanaDrummer95 it was adapted into a musical
i first seen that guy in yes man with jim carey omg he so funny
I never questioned the “touch the car for the longest” radio competitions before. No one does that in the UK? It just seems like a regular radio competition. I also remember the one where the hosts would lock themselves in a jail in a mall for a couple days for some reason.
Rhys Darby is what you get if Harry Connick Jr and Hugh Jackman had a baby.
He also played a big part in TH-cam then.
He played himself on Yesman.😗
Why is he wearing ramen on his head?
It's a British thing.
mcgeej18 judges where wigs
mcgeej18 It's a judge's wig
In an alternative universe, it is the ramen with a Stephen Fry up its arse.
Omar Khan what 😂
Pre-mediaeval? The 'dark ages' are well within the mediaeval period. They are, in fact, the early mediaeval. All medieaeval means, is middle age. As in the age between the two classicising periods of the Antique/Classical period and the Renaissance.
Yes I thought this
Gawd! What was that Japanese endurance gameshow called?
I remember watching that waaaay back in the day.
Someone should tell Stephen about Mr Beast
There also happens to be a musical
An hour?!
81 hours!
*I'll sky plus it*
I recall people doing these in shopping malls, when I was a kid
I knew it was Pepin the Short. I've played Crusader King 2!
Why didn't anyone straighten Stephen's wig? It's driving me crazy.
"Dale Winton." dear lord, tell me it's not Human Tetris/Hole-in-the-wall...
"stand like this" "based on a Japanese game show..." I was SO terrified that it was actually gonna be Hole-in-the-wall
BRING ON THE WALL
So... Pepin the Short is just the medieval MrBeast?
Was thinking hole in the wall, kinda works for the cross thing.
Wonder if they did a role call at the start...
On the plus side, no one lost their head over it.
Did not King Pepin give the Donation to Rome? The medieval donation of lands to Rome that last for next 1100 yrs or so until Italy was unified in 1870 and 71 with Rome?
There is no way Pepin the Short invented trial by ordeal. It's already a method of judging guilt 200 years before he lived.
I thought it was common knowledge that Pepin the Short was Charlemagne's father.
Yes did people not watch lotr
@@niallharrington3636 Pippin's son was called Faramir.
@@qwertyTRiG it was a joke
@@niallharrington3636 That I knew.
You've an odd concept of "common knowledge", then.
Singapore has this competitions using SUBARU cars.
Americans might know Dale Winton as the game show host from Trainspotting
So if you couldn't say you were right by physical prowess, you choose a more capable person to do it for you. And this was how arguments of significance were settled in the presence of a king? Hmm. How does that translate to how things work today? It's who you know, and people outside the law consider that to be how things work?
Just a little tip for anyone wanting to win a car, put a magnet in your glove.
What? Dale Winton must be pitching if Fry calls him 'well turned out.'
I've heard of lots of ordeals ... but they can't hold a light to an hors d'oeuvre!
Didn't know Austin powers took part in QI.
I like the kiwi version of john oliver
Never knew Austin Powers was on QI.
MrBeast the new champion of this format
Trial by ordeal...loss of a hand was the price paid by the loser in one ordeal and death in another, I was taught in history class, in the early 60s.
Many of we eight year old boys made a fire on some derelict land, after school, to do our trial by fire.
Lots of blister, screams and tears.
The stuff that goes on in boys' heads is incredible and dangerous.
😜😂😂😂
why did they laugh when the guy asked if he was a chap or a lady?
Dale Winton is a very camp gay man
Krontok because Rhys is not from the UK so he'll be unlikely to know who he is.
I have serious doubts that whom-so-ever came up with the idea for Touch The Truck did so as a result of some medieval argument solving process. Researcher, " Guess what guys, I was reading about old Charlemagne's dad, you remember Charlemagne, and his dad created a format for .........so how about this for a game show? " Yeah right,lol.
3:52 Luckily those 54 voters were all from Wyoming, so he won the election.
They wee doing this touch the car shit back in the 50s in America.
This is assuming the person that came up with the game knew of "ordeals".
I was thinking of a physical format...
MrBeast be like 3:05
wondered where mr beast got his ideas from lol
Killem-all-batesy Was looking for this comment 😂
He got it from Ralph's.
@@fionnualac4632 cannot even remember commenting lol
So, t-posing for dominance?
That reminds me of when an American Radio Station caused quite a few pee-related injuries when they did a Wee For A Wii competition back when the Wii first came out, essentially the last person to wee got a new Nintendo Wii, it caused quite a few major injuries because peeing is natural.
I have, no shit, heard a BOWLING match broadcast on the radio!
Dang, I thought it was Pepin the bald.
Wig and/or hat party
4:00 shity morning radio shows give away cars that way all the fucking time here in America
*Mr Beast just entered the chat*
Pepin the Short was *not* "pre medieval", nor is "dark ages" an accepted term.
Ordeals by t-posing
So this is where mr beast got it from
What's he on about - they didn't have cars in the Dark Ages?
thats not a truck that's a ute
What the heck is this? It seems potentially amusing but I don't get the premise. Besides, the judge didn't have anyone clapped in irons.
pretty sure, no im 100% sure, that such endurance tests went on long before Charlemagne's father ever existed, and that HE didn't invent it.
T posing to assert dominance.
Why is Austin Powers dressed as Harry Potter?
Wait till they hear about mr beast