Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - Horrificata Illuminata
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- Garth Marenghi, Dean Learner and Todd Rivers are interviewed about working on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Extra from the DVD.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a British dark comedy show made for Channel 4 by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade. Darkplace is presented as a lost classic: a television series produced in the 1980s, though never broadcast at the time. The show parodies numerous aspects of '80s low-budget television, including fashion, special effects, production gaffs, and music.
No copyright infringement intended. All copyright remains under Channel 4. I do not own this show at all. This is the wonderful work of writers and creators Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade.
"You and him were...buddies, weren't you?"
The delivery of that line will never get old
Fugazi Gil agreed, I'll come back to Garth every so often and that's the phrase I'll never forget. My friends and I often laugh at our inability to articulate what makes it so funny. Maybe you can help?
Fugazi Gil the last 5 minutes are just brilliant
@@cubensis01 It's the way he pauses and also the fake bass in his voice. That kind of over confident and the way his words trail off in this sort of vocal fry. Over the top cheesy. He sounds like he's romancing someone when it's just normal conversation.
the funniest lines in the show are from Sanchez 'I'll get a mop' after garths friend explodes and 'I don't even know your name'. 'Linda', points at himself 'doctor Sanchez'
@@jonskinner5664matt berry he got "best pointer" at some comedy awards for his Dixon Bainbridge character in the mighty boosh, I think you see it a lot with Sanchez
"I have no truck with snobbery. It's all the same to me, literature, porno, dog-racing..."
"Garth makes people who hate reading, read. And they won't read anything good, but they'll read Garth."
"I've heard someone refer to it as a harbor. That seems too ornate."
"My Mother, God rest her... I mean, she's alive, but let's make sure God helps her get some rest..."
"I am personally capable of controlling a car no matter what level of intoxication I'm up to. That's a gift I have. At the moment, the law denies me from exercising that gift."
Dean is so hilarious.
"…a mug wouldn’t go amiss from Salman."
"they wont read anything good, but they'll read Garth"- Dean Learner
"Are there too many skeletons on the cover?"
Salman Rushdie doesn't have to give away a free jumbo mug...
I will make sure sentences start with, um, capital letters, that's what they're called
That quote only shines in context.
"And then that manager died."
*cold, soulless stare*
Loved that part too was so easy to miss
I count at least 3 murders he's basically admitted to.
I miss this so much.
Matt Berry absolutely steals the entirety of these 1 on 1 interview videos. He's both extremely convincing as an arrogant, washed-out thespian and his voice/delivery is perfect. "I called her father a thief"
lmfao
I got up, put my trousers on, grabbed my car keys, and I went on holiday.
Hahaha
LemonZeppelin i heard the interviewer stifling laughter at that part
@@pashadyne patent absurdity, strong words! Lol
Ayoade and Holness are kings in this. Love Berry but his bits aren't nearly as strong.
🤣🤣"Ringos the best!" "No, john is!" "No, its George!"
Saw Garth in Manchester the other day, he was asked about what Dean was up to today. He said:
‘Dean’s doing time. Lots of time.’
Pam Marenghi is a strong woman who has suffered so much in silence.
Strong suffering silently is an art form unto itself.
She had Dean's brother-in-law
Lop
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Her lunch-making skills are said to be of the first water.
She really should stop her complaining and vacuum the house.
I love how in Garth's '24-hour day' he's only writing for 45 minutes.
His delusions of grandeur know no bounds.
“And then at night I think about dreaming some more.” Hit way too close for me
That's actually pretty common for writers these days. Most of them don't write lmao.
90 minutes
To be fair he does his best writing in his dreams.
"I won't put in semi colons, this isn't Joyce"
i love how dean learner becomes more sinister as it goes on! richard ayoade is amazing!
Dean is one of the most terrifying ridiculous caricatures in all of fiction; just so fucking dark of soul.
His son’s a good guy though. He changed his name to Moss to distance himself from Dean.
I basically started to read the comments just to read this.
These interviews are genius. "It's a sad day for Dean when I have to say 'Love, get in a cab. It's not happening."
Pretty sure you can here them starting to crack up a bit, even the interviewer seems to start giggling just ahead of the fade to black.
I like how even though Todd Rivers is a struggling actor, going on holiday as an argument diffusement strategy with his 'young girlfriend' is still a financially viable move
Megabus to Brighton with a bag from the off-license and some absurdly low quality coke, don't knock it
@@ballsups I like to imagine a zip lock of coke the cola. If he fancies the other it will be provided by his old prison buddies.
"My mother, God rest her, even though she's alive, but let's make sure God helps her get some rest." That shit got me.
😁😁😁
Favorite part outside of Matt Berry going over”You and he were buddies (pause) weren’t you.” Is Richard Ayoade trying not to laugh saying “it’s not happening tonight love.”
He definitely breaks at the end of that sentence
Matt Berry is bloody great.
Dinastía Chow Fan He is the best.
To reiterate that; Matt Berry's bloody brilliant.
House of fools snuff box, Toast of London this show IT Crowd and much more Im sure - your so right mate
@@lanslater TOAST 🎭 🤩🎬📺... IT crowd 😁
That anecdote about his dog was very funny and clever, Garth is blessed with a natural wit.
_"A gift is a blessing only if you can bring it to fruition."_ - *Dowlphin* , 2022 (polymath, visionary, spiritual teacher)
"I got seven votes, in total, which is a shame because I know more than seven people."
JB4K i want to like this comment but it’s got 7 likes already
These darkplace interviews and the dvd commentary might just be my favourite pieces of comedy ever.
right on marley, fucking funny shit.
I laughed more than during the show's presumed main part.
I love working with women.
Hang on, let me rephrase that. I admire the women I work with.
Well, let me phrase that. I will work with women.
If you play with fire little girl you're going to get burned.
Matt Polzkill you’re not meant to relate to garth
Matt Polzkill ....your not meant to relate to that. It’s supposed to be making fun of people like you
@@user-pp5oh9ee1k 😂😂🙏
Garth and Dean's sections of this are funny of course but Todd Rivers's sections are really astonishing, in that they are so believable. Like not only could you see a washed up more traditional actor saying these things about acting but to me at least they kind of make sense? And then he delivers the "You and he were... buddies" line and it utterly shatters everything. Bravo.
I love the proper Darkplace series, but I think the comedy podcast nerd in me just loves hearing these demented people talk even more. They’re all brilliant characters, brilliantly improvised and acted. Matt Berry is just on another level here.
Berry is a genius. The way he can make such outrageous lines believable is incredible. Comedy actors are the best actors.
".... 13 and up... Look the other way... " -Dean Leaner Cira 1997
You're playing with fire little girl.
It's not a popular opinion
The fact he took out a bigger longer cigar after saying it lmao
Circa
"It's not a popular view, I know.
It's a sad day for Dean when I have to say "Love...get a cab...it's not happening"
9/11 never forget....that you took a bad day and made it worse.
peter, thank you
He's my favourite author, dreamweaver, visionary, plus actor.
I will work with women- can’t get anymore pc than that
My friends in school all used to argue that it was "class actor" not "plus actor" thank you for validating 12 year old me.
Garth Marenghi and Old Bill Shakespeare were both "Ferrymen" as it were..fellow thespians rowing us across the deep dark river of dreams... 😁
Ill get a mop
Get his new book!
'TWO women in that book for a start..' Classic.
Well, one and a half women. Half women, half wasp-priestess.
Every time I rewatch this and Garth starts talking about the wasps I laugh until I am in physical pain
"Most people who hate reading, read Garths books"
That's fucking golden🤣
I always wondered if that was a dig at people who only read Stephen King/other popular horror novels etc. - I've known a few like that over the years. Would always see them with a book by Stephen King or some other popular author and nothing else.
Wild that this series says Broccoli comes from space. A few years before, the sci-fi book series Animorphs would confirm this. What an interesting coincidence.
This show deserves a revival.
Got one already - watch the third season of BBC Sherlock
"From thirteen and up... turn the other way." *holds cigar sinisterly upright*
... it's not a popular view
@@pepper1656 no its not
@@pepper1656 neither has yours, to be fair, since I'm willing to bet that you're not Richard either...
@@L4cH4nC3 woosh
@@SuperNintendawg whoosh what? you can't even see the comment I was responding to, it's not here anymore
You can hear them laughing in the back. Great stuff.
I love Garth's obsession with wasps! In the Garth Marenghi universe he did an "invasion" movie called War of The Wasps.
+gullivera Look out for the clip - from Tonight with Dean Learner I think
Yep, that's the one!
"Alright, I'm knocking the wasps!"
Also his dog skipper was killed by wasps
It’s hilarious that Dean is implied to be everything from a murderer and animal abuser to a paedophile and sex pest. He’s such a terrible person and it’s great😂
True to life that he's all that, and so affable and genial and personable. Abusers often hide behind social masks like that, rather than being outright abrasive from the start like Garth. How else would they seduce victims, otherwise?
How did Garth's other manager die?
Plus drink driver
Richard Ayoade is never happier than when he is playing someone truly outrageous. Moss was too mild and reasonable a character to satisfy the Ayoade desire to be a bastard.
I believe Dean was cancelled, but had it annulled because he had not prescribed.
you know they cut at 15:40 because richard ayoade had to start cracking up when he muttered out "rats!"
wtf link to the proper time tosser
@@robinsonner5461 15:38
Dean Learner is such a well fleshed out character . He's hilarious.
Garth didn’t want an act he wanted the truth. And that’s exactly what Dean gave us.
Ayoade is wasted in type cast nerds.
It's so weird. Garth and Dean's one-to-ones were comedic and out of touch, then Todd gets his, and it feels genuine and down to earth.
Todd could have his own show....
"should" have..
That’s just Matt Berry for you
@@pjom4191 Toast of London almost is, tbh
Cause Berry is playing Rivers completely straight in contrast to Ayoade and Holness intentionally playing absurd characters.
The Lore of this is genius. Theres no chance it wouldnt have been a cult classic.
“...it could easily come from space. I’m sure that’s nonsense, though.” Is the best I’ve ever seen
The funny thing about that line is that the last chapter of Joyce's Ulysses has no punctuation whatsoever.
Did his editor fail to read it or was there a printing mistake?
@@Myndir Some say it was deliberate.
"He'll be remembered in the same breath as ... Maureen Lippman."
8:55 They only just got through that... first time I ever heard Dean Learner's voice crack. Too good.... I would be on the floor lol!!
"I love working with women- Let me rephrase that: I like the women I work with- Let me rephrase that: I WILL work with women."
I like how he takes a break after writing for less than 2 hours, then doesn't do any more writing after the 'break'.
This...is...awesome! I was hooked on this from the start. And to see so many talented faces who have become a success in their own right, great. They really got that naff old TV series vibe down to a tee. The awful wooden acting, the terrible puns. Fantastic stuff. I have watched this countless times on dvd.
His cigar getting longer and longer 😭😭
I like the added detail of Garth being a washed up has-been who can't sell books anymore. It really adds another layer to his egotistical hack writer persona.
"Her dock, my ferry" Classic.
Wet dock is too much.
I love hearing Ayoade break character and crack a little at 9:07 you can tell they're having so much fun with it.
"Most people who read Garth's books HATE reading."
I believe they are not fond of books that come from trees, either.
A huge shame more people didn't watch this amazing programme, a second series would have been amazing
The shade Todd Rivers throws is a gem.
"Salman Rushdie doesn't have to give away a free jumbo mug!"
"I'm nothing if not camp." --Dean Learner
I’m 100% certain dean killed Garth’s first manager
This is so perfect in every way, especially the bits about women, or how Garth, Todd and Dean talk about women. Just... so, so good.
“He’ll be remembered in the same breath as Rick Astley.” 😂😂😂
I pity all the people that say they love comedy and have never seen this programme
Damn right
Me, too.
You can't really generalize though, saying you "like comedy" is kind of like saying "I like movies", or music, or art, there are multiple genres of comedy, and of course individual tastes. This is definitely niche comedy, but I like it a lot personally.
17:01 that is the most creative pronunciation of Iannis Xenakis i have ever heard
Todd Rivers, playing the part of Matt Berry. Whomever was the production staff on this video could probably write a really good book about the hellish bit of awesomeness that these guys made.
Literature, porno, dog-racing...
I think they made the few episodes to give this a frame of reference. And I think it is genius.
Shame they couldn't stretch this out for a couple of hours it's just comedy gold
"I've been criticized for only employing women at Devil Press, even for heavy lifting."
Most devoted women's empowerment activist ever.
6:19 "I-I personally believe that... _really_ from thirteen and up... turn the other way."
The best part is when RIchard Ayoade starts shaking his head as if he _himself_ is disgusted by what his character is saying 😂
Garth's description of horror novels at the beginning is actually really accurate. I can't tell if he was being funny or not, but that's how I react reading horror books.
On another level!
Peculiarly funny from start to end.
Would like to watch more of this.
I am crazy about British comedy and this is at its best.
"It's like any art form, really. There's a lot of sitting about." Todd Rivers
_"You got a funny theory about who is running the country."_ - _"I certainly have."_ - _"Who is that?"_ - _"Rats."_
*It's funny because it's true.*
At around 9:00 it seems that Matthew is nearly gonna crack up and break character. So funny
Ayoade almost does at the end of that scene too. His voice cracks.
Matthew???? Matt Berry you mean?
@@nealmceneaney3771 Matthew Holness
Matt holness is beyond talented
I think this is what motion picture was invented for :)
I cannot emphasize how much I love Garth Marenghi and Dean Learner :D
I dont' know why "sex pest" is so brilliant, but it is :D
_Sex pests aren't getting much love these days._
_Times are getting harder for everybody._
This gives me D&D role playing inspiration
28:26 just making sure I can always get to this part
This is so under rated it is criminal
I'm self taught. In fact I make it a point of honor to never learn anything from anyone else.
Todd's was by far the best, whoa
You're playing with fire there little girl,
And when you play with fire,
You get burned.
"And can I just say that you've not made love until you've made love to Jean-Michel Jarre."
That's the most sensible thing I've heard all day.
'You and he were...buddies...weren't you' Need I say more
who is watching in 2020?
almost everyday for 6 years
Sorry, 2021
Hello, I am from the future.
Damn I love these guys and this show , thank you for all your dark place vids
And if you play with fire little girl, you're going to get burnt!
Literally spent an hour looking for this line all over the show on youtube
Worth it haha
look the other way!
Fucking brilliant!!!
i'm just gonna mark the time here in case you or anyone else is looking for it 7:17 i love that part, and the "turn the other way" bit :)
“Garth wants to have his remains blown out of a medieval horn”
Breathtaking.
"...should bits of this book be popup?"
🤣😂
This must have been such fun to shoot and it shows. Brilliant comedy!
Outstanding
I need a techno remix of Todd Rivers saying "Scotch mist? What Scotch mist?!"
Its the name of one of the episodes from the show
I won't put in semicolons, this isn't Joyce. Brilliant. A very clever gag from Richard who obviously has.
Just so brilliant and clever. I really enjoy these
Would like to see ALL of the footage they did for this.
This is brilliant!
"because there playing with fire... and if you play with fire little girl your gunna get burned..."
The fontostic
Phantastique
@@pineutrino Wonton stick
"Her dock, my ferry." 8:05 LMAO!
"Harbor is too much. Sounds like you're going o be moored there for a couple of days"
Extraordinary
14.51 - spat my tea out. Thanks for that, Garth.
8:04 says more in a couple of sentences than any in-depth interview could ever intentionally reveal. That's pure good luck.
The realm of the fontostique
Astonishing