American Reacts Mitchell & Webb - Football, Football, Football

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[@everythinggamingnow]

love this skit. As a non football person this is literally what every sky sports ad or football ad looks like to me

[@FortisConscius]

As a football person, this is what every sky sports ad looks like to me too. It's the beautiful game, not a bloody apocalyptic war. ;)

[@mav3783]

I am also a non football person, I hate it when I get in cab and they have talk sport radio on, and the driver ask who do I follow I tell him I dont follow football but the continue talk about it anyway with names of people I dont know

[@lawsonbriggs5416]

@@mav3783 Just pick a completely obscure team that he won't know about and then make up silly player names

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

BUT WHO WILL FINALLY WIN THE FOOTBALL?

[@w0033944]

Same here.

[@dcoughla681]

He’s poking fun at Sky Sports Presenters trying to whip up excitement in small matches which few people will watch. This looks and sounds realistic.

[@ajivins1]

YOU MUST BELIEVE THE HYPE!

[@mattsmith5421]

No he's not he's mocking the pre season build up adverts and generic mid season adverts, the presenters have no input into the adverts. The majority of the teams he mentions lots of people will watch

[@Mixcoatl]

He's just making fun of the football ads in the UK. Pretty accurate. But it's the descriptions of the games that are truly genius.

[@davidz3879]

M&W are excellent comedy writers as well as performers.

[@Varksterable]

Oh. He was making fun of the ads? I thought for moment there this was just one of them.

[@mattsmith5421]

@@Varksterable no there was a fresh one before every season started and it ran for about a month and they would also have a few mid season saying what matches they were showing but they would usually show footage of both teams with a voiceover

[@davidz3879]

I've often been asked "What do you think of last nights' match" by people who falsely assumed that I watched it & have an opinion of it. I don't even know which sport they're talking about, let alone who played who & when. They ask me what I was doing yesterday evening. When I say that I was watching sitcoms, they look at me as though I'm from an alien species that's just landed from another planet.

[@paulbromley6687]

My views exactly about the never ending pointlessness of the football never deciding who’s best just forever playing and pretending that it matters in some surreal way to somebody somewhere.

[@jonntischnabel]

David is basically spoofing the typical hyped up football coverage, as he is an intellectual middle class guy, who isn't interested in working class blokeish things like football, it makes it funnier.

[@trayas2272]

They really do announce football like that though, making it sound super dramatic.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

He's not wrong. When growing up, if you can't see what all the fuss is about, you'll be marked for punishment. (Because violence always wins the argument, doesn't it?) The I.T. Crowd football episode is also worth a look.

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Some people aren’t interested in football and to those people this is exactly how Sky Sports TV looks and Sounds when it presents Football coverage on it’s football exclusive channels. What adds a bit extra to this sketch too is the fact that David Mitchell hates football. Have a feeling he loved doing this.

[@paulj7736]

Especially as some of those matches were Football League or non-league matches and receiving the same hype as a Premier League derby or a cup final.

[@michael_177]

IT'S GONNA MOOOOVE

[@ry_jayy]

As a die hard football fan, this is fucking hilarious and extremely accurate of the honestly over the top and at times cringeworthy coverage on networks like Sky Sports. David Mitchell yelling "WATCH THE FOOTBALL!" WATCH IT! WATCH IT IT'S GONNA MOVE!!!" is my favourite part.

[@mpmlopes]

The joke you might be missing is that Europe is obsessed with football. There's always some "important" match going on. Then it manages to infiltrate the news, and when the news shows are over, you get the sports shows, which are actually about a single sport. You guessed it, football. And as a dual citizen of Britain and Portugal, I can tell you, Britain is not even close to being the worst at this, in Portugal, Spain, Italy, sometimes it feels like there's nothing else, football is on all the time, it dominates every conversation. Which team do you support is frequently one of the first things you get asked when you meet someone.

[@davidz3879]

I've been asked which team I support, many times, since early childhood. They haven't considered the possibility that I don't. They're baffled - and sometimes hostile as well - when I say I don't.

[@AnaInTh3Sky]

Spot on. Also, unlike in America, where you have your independent NFL/NBA/MLS organisation with their respective seasons always with the same teams, in Europe we have federated sport leagues in every country with endless divisions, and the. different European leagues, cups, league cups and then National teams competing against each other. In addition to the actual sport there is a whole business side of things too you need to follow in order to understand why teams are performing the way they are or how they will perform in the future as well as constant changes in format, prize money, sponsorships, signings... total insanity!

[@OblivionGate]

I don't agree, England is just as obsessed with football as Spain, Italy or Portugal. England has the longest running football show in the world with Match of the Day, the English Premier League is broadcast to more people than any league in the world. England has the most fans attending games other than Germany of any league in the world. England has the most history of football of any country in the world. England has the oldest teams of any county in the world. England has the oldest league in the world, England has the oldest Cup competition of any country in the world. England played the very first international match. England invented and wrote the rules of football. Everyone in England supports a team to some degree. England fans are notorious for being the loudest and most passionate on the road. England breathes football. Its not a coincidence that England has the best league in the world, its because of the atmosphere at games all across the country every week. England always has football on TV, the FA Cup was on both BBC and ITV this year. Most football is on a subscription service nowadays so it's not on terrestrial TV, so making a statement like you did is hard to judge without the figures. England is just as obsessed with football as any other country, shit we even have songs in the charts about football! 3 Lions, Vindaloo etc. England loves football. And when you say Britain you mean you're a dual citizen of the UK and Portugal, you can't be a dual citizen of Britain, as Britain is just England, Wales and Scotland which doesn't exist as a dual nationality status. Don't just make up stuff which you obviously have... People will find you out.

[@mpmlopes]

@@OblivionGate Not claiming there are less fans in England, also because population wise, there's a lot more of it than say Portugal. Also not denying that stadium attendance is much higher, as in Portugal, Spain, or Italy, financial conditions cause people to often watch the matches on the TV. What I'm saying is that in England there's a lot more going on, while in those countries football dominates society almost completely. If you think England is the only one that has football songs reaching the top, you're very much mistaken, at least in Portugal there's been a handful of them, and if you ask people, most will still be able to sing for example the one that was made for Mexico 86. Regarding the citizenship, do you have a passport? Just read what's written there. It says "British Passport" not "UK Passport", nor "English Passport". You call yourself whatever you want, your passport will call you British.

[@AnaInTh3Sky]

@@OblivionGate Ok mate... we get it, you are English. But I can tell you... it's not the same. As someone who has lived in Spain, I can 100% assure you it's another level over there... you cant ubderstand (I cant talk about Italy/Portugal because I've never lived there). In the UK there is good coverage of the sport, but in Spain it's more than just the sport, it's politics, gossip, drama... just to give you an idea a "clasico" comes with at least 2-3 weeks of pre-game controversy/chat/windup/news/gossip and another 2/3 weeks post-game. Endless talk shows, gossip shows... hundreds of hours of content around one match... also, just for you to understand the scale of things the biggest newspaper in the country (MARCA) is exclusively dedicated to football.

[@davidz3879]

I've heard colleagues talk about a disaster yesterday in {city's name}. I thought they were talking about an actual disaster such as an explosion, flood etc., with high death toll - until I find out that they were talking about a football match.

[@coot1925]

This is so true. Sports news has about 20 minutes dedicated to football and about 3 minutes to cover all other sports. Before a match starts you have these people, usually ex footballers and commentators spending 30 minutes trying to predict what's going to happen in a game that's about as predictable as knowing whether you're going to fart or shit yourself when you have a bad case of diarrhoea. I'll watch England play if they get to the semifinals of the world cup, but that's purely for patriotic reasons. But apart from that I can't stand the game or it's overenthusiastic fans.

[@davidz3879]

Yes, the speculation beforehand is particularly excessive. Starting the TV broadcast much earlier to show a load of that is ridiculous. After, there's a load of post-match analysis.

[@Red-hh7dm]

I have waited and waited and waited for THIS REACTION

[@ianpark1805]

Slightly understated if you ask me.

[@araptorofnote5938]

There are often lengthy TV news items relating to 'England' or 'the England Manager' that give no Indication that they are talking about football.

[@davidz3879]

Yes, and often not in the sports section of the news. Halfway through the regular part of the news, the presenter says that the England manager says/plans something, without first saying that they're talking about football or even sport. They'll start a news item which sounds like they're talking about a battle when they're actually talking about a football match. That stuff isn't real news & shouldn't be on it. There should be separate programmes for sport during which they give all those details.

[@markthomas2577]

They're spoofing Sky Sports where every game they show is built up as a massive clash of the giants and the most important game of the season, even if it's a relatively minor game between two smaller teams

[@raphaelperry8159]

"Which has literally been described as ... on this Sunday".

[@mattsmith5421]

You can't get the joke fully but you pretty much grasp the crutch of it, this is similar to what pre season adverts were like trying to oversell it

[@clairenoon4070]

Never fails to make me scream with laughter! So realistic; trying to whip up a frenzy about Macclesfield vs. Shrewsbury Town!

[@davidz3879]

Many fans - even those of small clubs - insist that their team's performance is of great importance.

[@grizzlygamer8891]

This is basically what the Sky Sports adverts were like at the time. I personally think it's also an observation on how much the british public are so obsessed with football to the point where young men are nowardays completely unable to conduct a conversation about anything other than football. I hate the British obsession with football personally. I think it has unfortunately and completely unintentionally contributed to a lot of the problems we have in society today. I'll get a lot of hate for this but it really is the sport of yobs...

[@davidz3879]

Why are there football hooligans, but most sports don't have hooligans? I've never heard of cricket hooligans or tennis hooligans.

[@ReachForTheSky]

Hooliganism is one of our most embarrassing exports, and unfortunately most of that is football. I get being passionate about the sport and your team, but when you feel the need to smash a car window after your team loses, you need to evaluate your life choices

[@moluther2826]

@@davidz3879 because cricket and tennis are for snobs.

[@anthonycunningham8116]

You sound fun

[@Dreyno]

The thing is, a league is a slow grind. No playoffs, no final. The matches are all scheduled at the start of the season and every team will play all their games, usually twice against all the other teams, home and away. So apart from teams at the top meeting or teams at the bottom meeting, it can be quite hard to care about most games that don’t involve your own team. The channels covering it try to hype up every game as a big deal when they are often of limited interest.

[@garydalziel9676]

Sky basically hype games, that are of little relevance to anyone except the fans of those clubs, to the level of a league decider or Champions League final

[@craigusfelos]

As a Brit who hates football and the ridiculous hype around it, I LOVE this skit lol

[@gordieparenteau6555]

This is basically what NFL commentators sound like.

[@davidz3879]

Yes, the only differences are the accents & the sport.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Basically the joke is that this is a parody of Sky Sports' advertising, guys yelling at you about matches you don't care about and the constant cycle of football that never ends. There isn't really any hidden punchline, it's merely just an exaggeration of the football coverage/adverts we get here.

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

See man, if you grow up in the British sphere, that is one of the funniest sketches they did. It's amazing. But you have to have been exposed to the SKY Sports cinematic advertising to really get it, I suppose. The first time I saw this, I was howling, I mean almost can't-breathe laughing.

[@denisrobertmay875]

It can seem like this on TV in Britain ( and most of Europe and South America frankly). Broadcasting organizations such as Sky were built by buying the rights to broadcast some leagues and competitions bringing a lot of money to the clubs. The worldwide viewing figures are simply astounding. As for the sport in the English FA there are over 5000 "Professional" Footballers ( some part-time and a separate Association for Women Players) . There are at least 10x more amateur and non registered players, this for the organized 11-a-side game. " Any given Saturday" * in the "Season" practically every park and village will have a pitch being played on. And yet, somehow, other sports and leisure activities take place as well but football does tend to dominate TV especially when international competitions take place. On of the delights of "amateur" Club sports is the "tour". Playing your sport in a different area, preferably abroad (most often France and Ireland). These will generally take place over an extended Weekend, with much socialising. *Sunday and Weekday evening matches take place as well

[@nbartlett6538]

Football has changed a lot, it used to be the football fans who were violent psychos. Now it's the club owners.

[@FortisConscius]

Football used to be like any other sport a long, long time ago. A noble, spirited outing of cheering and spinning clackers. Now hype is whipped up to a frenzy and rivalries are exemplified to war-like levels for the most trivial of matches. Wonder not at how psychotic, violent hooliganism came to be. Mitchell punctures the pomposity of it all in this sketch with that outsider look (he's not a fan, I presume) - football really shouldn't be apocalyptic.

[@Codex7777]

Except that British football hooliganism was at it's peak, well before all this started and has largely disappeared with the onset of wall to wall coverage.. I'm not saying that the onset of hyped-up, blanket coverage caused the decline in hooliganism, I'm merely pointing out that they coincided and thus your implication, that this sort of coverage was amajor cause of hooliganism, is obviously complete bollocks! ;) :)

[@Steve-gc5nt]

He's right. Why do they need to decide who is best year after year after bloody year 🤦

[@jonjohnson2844]

I like how he said "Sky Sports 4" ironically (there wasn't one at the time), there are about 8 Sky Sports channels now.

[@mattsmith5421]

With 4 of them showing the exact same program

[@pxr0583]

Sky Sports hype over run-of-the-mill football fixtures, so they can sell soap, that`s the joke. When they found out they could make people pay for Sky Sport subscriptions AND make them sit through endless adverts, they must have thought it was Xmas.

[@sirjohnmara]

If you want to see how smart David Mitchell is watch him on QI: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoW5q5iBj5eLY6M&ab_channel=BonusRound

[@Unsung_Earth]

Footbaaaaal

[@Unsung_Earth]

Football football footbaaaaal

[@mrsiborg]

Is this about Football? Not sure.

[@Zomdra]

Maybe the joke isn't as obvious if you're interested in sport in any way, but to people like me who aren't into it at all, this is _exactly_ how ridiculous and overblown all TV sports promotions look.

[@zenonorth1193]

Of course, the other part of the joke is that David MItchell is pretty supremely uninterested in football as well. His hyped-up delivery is hilarious.

[@mattsmith5421]

The joke is still blatantly obvious even if you're a football fan if you saw some of the adverts they used to run

[@crazeamnesty8355]

basically football is very massive in england

[@StevenQ74]

Another good one to react to is the "worlds worst football coach" sketch by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZCqZYWooaygjM0

[@matthill3293]

If your team wasn't mentioned on this skit, you're tinpot #saintsfc #southamptonmassive #wehaventplayedatthedellforaveryverylongtime

[@meadowpus]

Hes just taking the piss of how they over hipe some shit games.

[@davidz3879]

Please react to Peep Show.

[@pokerphil1st]

The joke is the world seems completely obsessed by the pointless and trivial game of football.

[@alexnorman4919]

This skit is making fun of how football matches in England are presented in a way, way over the top climactic manner where every sentence has to be more dramatic than the last,,, you see these type of adverts all the time on UK television.....

[@davidz3879]

Millions of gloryhunters are fans of a team which they have no connection to, and have never been to the city or town in which the team are based.

[@13dronid]

Watch a tribal game of who kicks a bladder over a line! It's IMPORTANT! WATCH IT! We'll cancel programmes that people were expecting so another group of people can yell at a group of men kick an inflated sphere! Yes, for lots of people, they enjoy it. For the rest, we find that many of the people enjoy it think a) we should and b) we should be happy when it interrupts our viewing. Just so you know David Mitchell is not a fan of football.

[@moluther2826]

Wow, who knew we'd have so many snobs in the comments

[@davidz3879]

Many fans insist that they won matches, despite having nothing to do with the team's performance.

[@c_n_b]

That's because fans are a part of the team. No viewers, no TV revenue. 👍

[@mattsmith5421]

No fans no football club, also fans do actually help push players on that's why most home games are won. I'm not one of the we beat you crew unless it's to a mate who you know you can't wind up and have a laugh

[@davidz3879]

@@mattsmith5421 I'm not talking about the fans who buy tickets & attend matches, I'm talking about those who merely watch them on TV.

[@mattsmith5421]

@@davidz3879 oh the ones who pay money to watch their team on TV so the club's get massive payouts from the TV company's enabling them to spend millions every year on new players? Oh and liking your own comment isn't a good look btw

[@James-jl4jt]

@@mattsmith5421 I've seen him spoil so many vids on so many different channels by constantly spamming the comments with the stupidest, most pointless, most obvious, most repetitive things. The best way to get him to shut up is to to ask him why he likes his own comments

[@davidz3879]

I think you'd be more successful if you had a different channel for comedy than for history & politics. They have very different audiences.

[@Varksterable]

I watch both. Came for the comedy, stayed for the educational experience. _You_ decide what to watch on a KZbin channel. And which channels to watch. _You_ . Skipping stuff is horrendously simple; don't like it? Skip it. Simple. What's utterly tragic is that a lot of people don't seem able to do this, and then complain that the content _they_ chose to watch isn't something they wanted to watch.

[@davidz3879]

@@Varksterable Many KZbinrs have multiple channels. Most comedy fans aren't into military history.

[@MantisEnergy]

If you don't find football exciting as an Englishman, you may find the excitement that comes with it just as baffling. Utterly underwhelming hype, about something never satisfactorily justified. It's so meaningless and repetitive but you're expected to find it exciting.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

I'm English. I saw a game of football once. In 1986. I've never seen the need to watch another. I mean, how different could it be?

[@James-jn9nm]

@@Steve-gc5nt Excellent point, I listened to a song in 1987, watched a musical in 1990,a film in 1992, a ballet in 1988, an opera in 1991 and looked at some paintings in 1993. I’ve never seen the need to do any of these things a second time, how different could they be?

[@davidz3879]

Many football fans insist that it's the most important thing in the world.

[@comawhite39]

David Mitchell really hates sport.