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October 5, 2018 7:02 PM   Subscribe

Something to occupy you while you REMAIN INDOORS this weekend, a bit of fun from Mitchell and Webb, creators of Countdown parody Numberwang. Fear The Quiz Show. (MLYT)

Here's a Pre-BAFTA awards PSA. The playlist. Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
posted by zaixfeep (16 comments total) 35 users marked this as a favorite
 
Any Brits reading this: Who IRL is the man in the first episode photo with the glasses and pipe? Thanks.
posted by zaixfeep at 7:14 PM on October 5, 2018 [1 favorite]


Erm ... Heston Blumenthal?
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 7:27 PM on October 5, 2018 [5 favorites]


That's Eric Morecambe, who was half of the well-known comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.

BBC REFERENCE BONUS ROUND: Test Card F
posted by halation at 7:32 PM on October 5, 2018 [2 favorites]


I've been binging old Big Fat Quiz on youtube recently, which both fills me up with Mitchell, Ayoade, and sometimes Webb, and also allows me to pretend the last three years didn't happen.

haha! Trump's a feckless moron getting taken to task by some Scottish farmer! And dang, that Kristin Schall is an up and comer!
posted by es_de_bah at 7:36 PM on October 5, 2018 [8 favorites]


Mutually Assured Crescent
posted by infinitewindow at 7:46 PM on October 5, 2018 [1 favorite]


Halation, thanks! Brain itch scratched. Of course, now I remember.
posted by zaixfeep at 7:49 PM on October 5, 2018 [1 favorite]


Yes I have seen Mitchell in clips of that quiz show. He's as sharp as a hedgehog riding on a honeybadger and carrying a switchblade just sharpened by Sweeny Todd.
posted by zaixfeep at 7:53 PM on October 5, 2018 [2 favorites]


I only saw the first three seasons of Mitchell and Webb, so most of those were new to me. Thanks for putting this all together.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:20 PM on October 5, 2018 [1 favorite]


On the up side, this bit is amazing.

On the down side, it made me think about the Event.
posted by Sequence at 10:55 PM on October 5, 2018 [17 favorites]


Mitchell & Webb are just a fucking amazing duo, all the moreso because they are pretty goddamn amazing on their own.

Interesting factoid: I first saw "That Mitchell & Webb Look" on Netflix. A few years later, I saw the original BBC versions, and there were a few things that had been edited out for US release. One notable sketch cut for Netflix was Jesus teaches about "The Good Samaritan", which I think must have been cut because they worried religious viewers in the US would get upset.
posted by Saxon Kane at 11:19 PM on October 5, 2018 [12 favorites]


Sequence, don’t.
posted by Tuba Toothpaste at 11:30 PM on October 5, 2018 [1 favorite]


I really wish I had these on DVD or Blu-Ray, some days you want to watch a little Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit or The Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.

Though my favorite sketch of theirs is probably Glucozade Port. "They're just fully recovered! The fools!"
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 1:08 AM on October 6, 2018 [2 favorites]


Yes.
posted by zaixfeep at 8:19 AM on October 6, 2018 [1 favorite]


Great stuff!

Speaking of Mitchell and Webb favourites - The That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch Corner Shop has lodged itself in my mind. It breaks my heart every time I watch it.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:52 AM on October 6, 2018 [2 favorites]


Yes..
posted by zaixfeep at 10:26 AM on October 6, 2018


Thanks for putting these all together!
posted by aspersioncast at 7:49 AM on October 8, 2018


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