Webbed, For Her Pleasure

August 25, 2009 3:16 PM

There is no God.

More Mitchell and Webb:

Homeopathic A&E
Annoying Vegetarian
Education Reform
Mac vs. PC
Football, Football, Football
Bad Vicar
Abraham and Isaac
Apprentice UK Spoof
Candidates
Getting Over Lucy
Banana Dance
Angry Art
Avocdo Bathroom
Dying Kid
Identity Killer
Identity Killer 2
Alien Invasion
Cryogenics
Who is the Captain?
Levitation
Holmes and Watson
Corner Shop
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
Toothbrush Company
Party Organizer
Realtor Torture Psychologist
Friends of Moneypenny
Wavy Arms
Swimming Pool Sale
Myth Child
Speedo
Cheesoid
Boy With an Arse for a Face
Hole in the Ring
The Fun Historian
Chiropractor
Wordwang
A History of Numberwang
Scarecrow
German SS Officers
Henchmen
Good Samaritan
Social Misunderstanding
Gap Year Backpedaling Idiots
Gap Year Backpedaling Idiots 2
Gap Year Backpedaling Idiots 3
Israel/Bible Pitch
Science Fiction
Cricket
Dave Gorman
Football
Young Love
The Insulting Librarian
First Television
Chip and Pin
Heroin Addict Christmas
Arguing Couple
Big Talk
Detectives
Global Warming Skeptic
Hospital Drama
Counterfeit
Sell That House to Them
Daydream Believers
Daydream Believers 2
Daydream Believers 3
Rat Poison
Library Psycho
Sarcastic Paramedic
Bad Poker Player
IT Recruiting
Sarcastic Egg Farmer
Biscuit Levitation
The Green Clarinet
Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit
Garden Center Natives
Naming a Dry Cleaner
Massive Yacht
Table of Reds
Dreamy Pastures Insurance
Jump Off a Cliff
Sometimes Fires Go Out
Primetime Welsh TV
Yorkshire Airlines
Bad Waiter
Casino Carnivale
My Shag as a Whore
Captain Todger
Screw Back in Anger
Little Guy
Emotionally Repressed
Action Figures
The Greatest Invention Yet
Dog Bell
Lights Out
Ring Cycle
Alcoholics Hotel
Vectron
Community Policeman
Community Policeman 2
Guru Meditation
Kitchen Nightmares
Die Hard
Doctor and Ice Cream Tester
Remain Indoors
Remain Indoors 2
Remain Indoors 3
Prankster Doctors
Alcoholic Isotonic Drink
Polite Taxi Driver
Helivets
Helivets 2
Biohazard
Biohazard 2
Biohazard 3
Bronze Age Orientation
Everything is Now Fine
Lecherous Director
Hospital Innuendo
Pet Hospital
Tina Edwards
Hercules Poirot
Professor Death
Queen Victoria
Text a Blog
Best Man Speech
Brain Surgeon
Caveman Detectives
Now We Know
Write This
Cheese

posted by Christ, what an asshole (61 comments total)

eponysterical
posted by nadawi at 3:18 PM on August 25 [4 favorites]

Mitchell & Webb are awesome.
posted by The World Famous at 3:21 PM on August 25

Christ, what an assortment.
posted by stavrogin at 3:21 PM on August 25 [13 favorites]

Well, I ah..
posted by odinsdream at 3:22 PM on August 25

That Michell and Webb Look is a BAFTA award winning British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, that has currently run for three six-part series. The show follows on from the duo's earlier TV series The Mitchell and Webb Situation, and is an extension of their Radio 4 sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:22 PM on August 25 [2 favorites]

Come on, boffins, let's sort this out, once and for all. This is Big Talk!
posted by billysumday at 3:27 PM on August 25 [2 favorites]

*gasmgasm*
posted by mdonley at 3:28 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

That Michell and Webb Look is a BAFTA award winning British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, that has currently run for three six-part series. The show follows on from the duo's earlier TV series The Mitchell and Webb Situation, and is an extension of their Radio 4 sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound.

Thank you for the context. Much appreciated.
posted by zarq at 3:30 PM on August 25

See also David Mitchell's Soapbox, and don't forget This Mitchell & Webb Book.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:31 PM on August 25

You didn't alphabetize this list.

Pft.
posted by Pecinpah at 3:32 PM on August 25 [2 favorites]

"Big Talk", to me means that someone tells me why I should click on any the 100 or so links aggregated there. Is this an example of a "stunt post"? Seens like the guy is subject to premature ejaculation.
posted by path at 3:34 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: This melon blows my tomato out of the water!
posted by lumpenprole at 3:35 PM on August 25 [3 favorites]

path: by being complainey you're missing the opportunity to laugh a whole bunch for essentially free. Who seens premature now?
posted by jtron at 3:37 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Oh my God, the homeopathic A&E is fantastic.
posted by shmegegge at 3:38 PM on August 25 [4 favorites]

Richard Dawkins isn't involved with this is he?
posted by benzenedream at 3:43 PM on August 25

Richard Dawkins isn't involved with this is he?

It's funny. So, no.
posted by The World Famous at 3:46 PM on August 25 [11 favorites]

Mitchell has a usually funny opinion column at The Guardian too.
posted by turgid dahlia at 3:47 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Fantastic, I hadn't seen any of this.
posted by maxwelton at 3:49 PM on August 25

I don't know about you guys, but I never thought Mitchell and Webb reached the lofty heights of peep show with their non-Peep Show endeavours. Not that this isn't funny, just not Peep Show funny.
posted by ashaw at 3:51 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Lights Out - this seems pertinent.
posted by edd at 3:51 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Christ, what an assortment.

How long have you been saving that one?
posted by DU at 4:00 PM on August 25

Eight.

Four.

Sixty Three.
posted by pompomtom at 4:05 PM on August 25

It just goes to show, you can't be too careful.
posted by The Whelk at 4:06 PM on August 25 [8 favorites]

That first link is funny, but Homeopathic A&E wins.
posted by lexicakes at 4:09 PM on August 25

Eight.

Four.

Sixty Three.

Sorry, those aren't Numberwang.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 4:09 PM on August 25

Christ, what an astronaut!

. . . Why yes, that is how I got punched in the face by Buzz Aldrin.
posted by grobstein at 4:11 PM on August 25

I was watching Dara O'Briein videos today, and YouTube suggested that I watch these guys, but I didn't, and then you made this post. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 4:13 PM on August 25

If you're looking for a place to start, Avocado Bathroom had a line (I won't spoil it) which made me laugh harder than I had in years. The downside is that everything else will pale by comparison.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 4:22 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

I love Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. It makes me fall over laughing.
posted by daq at 4:24 PM on August 25

They will! They will brush their tongues!
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:27 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Men: Shave and get drunk.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 4:30 PM on August 25 [5 favorites]

I've said it here before but Peep Show, starring these two - plus Super Hans! - is the funniest and most awesome show on UK TV of the past decade. Channel 4 has some sort of BS proprietary video player to watch it, but fuck that - it's easily available as a Bittorrent download, all packaged up by season, 5 in all.
posted by Flashman at 4:31 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

I feel bad for the poor guy who got so offended by Mitchell and Webb maligning his beloved PCs that he felt the need to add commentary between the ads.
posted by hifiparasol at 4:31 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Square of 17.

6 plus 99.

Negative 0.


Is that Numberwang?
posted by paddbear at 4:32 PM on August 25

The Green Clarinet is quite possibly the funniest thing Mitchell and Webb have ever done.
posted by elsietheeel at 4:33 PM on August 25

they stand on the shoulders of Monty Python because
w/o the Flying Circus they would have never been.

which proves that Monty Python is god :)
posted by liza at 4:39 PM on August 25

which proves that Monty Python is god :)

Clapton's not going to be very happy when he hears that.
posted by The World Famous at 4:54 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Thank you so much for this post -- I had no idea these guys existed. It's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
posted by hifiparasol at 4:57 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Seconded, hifiparasol; that was crazy.
posted by odinsdream at 5:00 PM on August 25

Alien Invasion and Everything is Now Fine are two utterly devastating takedowns of the (BBC) TV news format. I wonder if news producers have enough self-awareness to cringe when they see these sketches.
posted by mhum at 5:06 PM on August 25

Oh hells yes.
posted by EatTheWeak at 5:13 PM on August 25

Just goes to show, you can't be too careful.
posted by subbes at 5:13 PM on August 25

I saw this post and the first thing I thought was, "I already hate the first person who says 'eponysterical'".
posted by mrnutty at 5:19 PM on August 25

Their movie, Magicians, also has some sublime moments.
posted by Greg Nog at 5:42 PM on August 25

Agreed. Everyone must see Peep Show-which also stars Mitchell and Webb.
posted by PHINC at 5:48 PM on August 25 [1 favorite]

Annoying Vegetarian is more annoying than I expected - it's linked to Homeopathic A&E.
posted by mr vino at 6:00 PM on August 25

Mindnumberwanging amount of links y'got there.
posted by not_on_display at 6:19 PM on August 25

Thanks for the intro to these guys! Some of the sketches are truly remarkable (Bad Vicar, Avocado Bathtub, Alien Invasion).

From the "Alien Invasion" sketch:

"And now, a quick update for those of you who, for some reason, are more interested in the news than what some people you don't know think about the news..."

It's funny 'cause it's true...
posted by darkstar at 6:29 PM on August 25

That's Wangernumb!
posted by JustAsItSounds at 6:29 PM on August 25

You guys remember that Dave Gorman is, or perhaps was, a mefite, don't you?
http://www.metafilter.com/user/42696
After this happened:
http://www.metafilter.com/54722/Do-you-mind-if-I-write-down-that-website
Nice bloke. Come back Dave!
(Metafilter just doesn't work with Chrome, and I'm just too damn lazy/noobish to do that HTML magic myself)
posted by Flashman at 6:49 PM on August 25

I was off and on for most of them, but I really enjoyed "Bad Vicar." I'd have liked it even more without the overt "joke" at the end; just the surreal conversation was plenty entertaining.
posted by Scattercat at 9:10 PM on August 25

There's a really good skit at the end of the first season dvd, where they sit down to discuss whether they need to have fake "candid" discussions that are actually scripted, then argue about whether they are scripted or not.. but i can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone know the one i mean?
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 11:39 PM on August 25

Oh you bunch of bastards... I'm supposed to be working this morning...
posted by twine42 at 3:31 AM on August 26 [1 favorite]

BTW, Yorkshire Airlines is Hale & Pace not Mitchell & Webb
posted by twine42 at 4:43 AM on August 26

Thanks for this post. I've seen most of these, and enjoyed discussing them in the previous thread, but there are some I've missed here. Cheers.
posted by lazaruslong at 7:44 AM on August 26

I can't find them online at the moment, but keep an eye (ear?) out for their radio series That Mitchell and Webb Sound, which is where they started before TV. I actually preferred it to the TV show. The identity theft sketch is supurb.

Brits can see more of David Mitchell in Would I Lie To You?, chunks of which are available to everyone else on youtube.
posted by metaBugs at 7:53 AM on August 26

Wow, never heard of these guys. But just saw "There is no God", heh that's the first original thing i've seen in the religion debate in years and its funny too! Two watermelon thumbs up!
posted by storybored at 12:06 PM on August 26

now we know! now we know!
posted by ElmerFishpaw at 2:25 PM on August 26

Oh you bunch of bastards... I'm supposed to be working this morning...

Are you testing me Metafilter?
posted by Flashman at 3:23 PM on August 26

The identity theft sketch is supurb.

YES!!! (But it's no "Bit of Ham")
posted by Sys Rq at 3:29 PM on August 26

I've been watching these for the past two days and just saw the "Queen Victoria" sketch. OMG, that is hilarious!
posted by darkstar at 7:54 PM on August 26 [1 favorite]