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David Mitchell and Robert Webb score a goal with a second series of their distinctively daft BAFTA-winning comedy, That Mitchell And Webb Look on BBC Two. There's a chance to learn the ancient art of padlock folding or Padlockigami. A man gets a little too excited about football. There's a staffing problem in an innuendo-ridden 70s hospital. Sir Digby Chicken Caesar goes on another rip-roaring adventure. And some stone-age technophobes are sceptical about bronze.
The Mitchell and Webb Look | Series 2 Episode 1 | BBC Two
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[@shaunsaunders320]

I love football, but i imagine this is how it must seem to people who don't like it

[@_mando]

Yes, it is indeed 😂

[@Splatpope]

after a while, we start getting the subtleties of it, but until then, yes, yes it does

[@ajaxlewis7664]

@@Splatpope People who aren't into football don't bother me. It's the superiority complex that often (not always) comes with it that makes me roll my eyes and tut.

[@martinputt6421]

I agree. They must think we're mad but I love watching football.

[@Slash1066]

Absolutely it is, leaves me utterly cold and confused

[@crazylizard1889]

My personal favourite has to be "The giants of Charlton meet the titans of Ipswich, making them both seem normal sized"

[@TraceHopperMaster]

Absolute genius 🤣

[@cubbyhoo]

I came here because I am an ITFC fan and this game is happening RIGHT NOW, quick or you'll miss it. Just kicked off

[@zapkvr]

@@cubbyhoo is there a recording somewhere?

[@zapkvr]

@@cubbyhoo never mind. I found the result. I won't post it here though. Suffice it to say, another nail biter

[@cubbyhoo]

The game was absolutely insane 🤣

[@MrMas9]

"Every kick of it massively mattering to someone, presumably!"

[@BigDogCountry]

Much like the NFL.

[@willisan]

Best line in the bit

[@Dangerous2099]

God it’s shit football isn’t it?....

[@matthewvaughan8192]

@@Dangerous2099 Almost as shit as spiderman and your handle

[@Elghast]

Matthew Vaughan who will win this time between Sunderland and Blackburn?!?!

[@Martdogg3000]

David Mitchell is definitely channeling some real feelings on this one I love it.

[@ismayb754]

Definitely. He's just said pretty much the same thing on an episode of Would I Lie To You that I watched. "They just play football, and play football, and play football. When will it come to some sort of conclusion?"

[@enei7045]

@@ismayb754 I think people completely misunderstand this joke. its like you think he actually wants football to have a conclusion. theres a line in fever pitch about how if you're not looking at football anthropologically you're looking at it wrong. thats what this joke is about, just the eternal and existential idea of what football is.

[@Kyle_Hubbard]

@@andrewrogers5962 That applies to literally everything, ever. Football has the same conclusion as any other situation in life. You try to climb the ladder and win, if you don't make it to the top, you've lost. Nothing really has any meaning. You work to live and you live in the hopes of promotion.

[@FoodReviewUK]

ALREADY BEING DESCRIBED AS "ON THIS SUNDAY"

[@OmikronGT]

Didn't expect to find you here, Michael!

[@FoodReviewUK]

Haha. Love Mitchell And Webb and this sketch is one of my all time favourites.

[@OmikronGT]

Same, I was just going through my favourites and you had commented on it since the last time I saw it :D

[@docdaneeka3424]

It'll go down in history as one of the football matches happening this weekend.

[@TheACGuitar]

Hey mooj

[@hazanko5875]

"There is still everything to play for and FOREVER to play it in!" really impresses upon me the utter terror of eternity somehow. For a moment the prospect of football briefly ascends to cosmic horror.

[@DrZaius3141]

It's really the essential bit, showing how it doesn't matter at all. Say your team wins the championship - how long will you be satisfied? Because as soon as the next season starts, it doesn't matter anymore.

[@usgreth]

@Zack Smith How is that bad news?

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@usgreth Because every kick of it massively mattering to someone, presumably?

[@user-fz9vk4js5l]

DrZaius3141 Oh I’ll be satisfied for a long time

[@BizzeeB]

But this was before The Event...

[@JoshH96]

The way this is shot is just genius. Props to the camera people.

[@AGD_27]

***** The way this was shot was fairly boringly its the editing that made it frantic.

[@vladimirlenin8917]

+Schizoman That's the point m8

[@AGD_27]

Raidan Rees I know. He said the way this was shot was genius and I pointed out that the shots were not in any way difficult or special.

[@vladimirlenin8917]

+Schizoman And he didn't say that, he said the way it was shot was genius, perhaps an overstatement, but it was pretty much perfect for the way they wanted the scene, and was well executed for the way it came through. That's the point, you're missing the point.

[@CarlCampbell]

Can we agree on it purely being a case of good editing and cinematography? It's meant to look like any and every football ad out there and it succeeded marvelously.

[@PrimeParadiso]

IT'S GONNA MOOOOOOVE

[@PrimeParadiso]

WATCH IT! WATCH THE FOOTBALL!

[@PrimeParadiso]

KEEP WATCHING, NEVER AVERT YOUR EYES FROM THE FOOTBALL!

[@conorgildea1163]

20 minutes later WATCH IT

[@glencooper43]

That line totally kills me Everytime

[@crinihendrix1350]

:D :D

[@HURBRET]

"It will never be officially decided who has won the football." This could very well be the funniest phrase and the most philosophically enlightening all in one sentence.

[@paullasky6865]

Perhaps a metaphor for life itself. Made all the more poignant that this is replying to an 11 year old comment.

[@joer626]

Trust me, Real Madrid has won the football

[@Syd_Layne]

@@joer626 Odd - I thought Brazil won the football in 1970 with their third World Cup. They were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet trophy, the ball, the corner flags, the ref's whistle and the linesmen's underpants.

[@alexbailey6312]

​@@joer626surely you mean they bought the football

[@jayp123]

Until someone wins the quadruple

[@s427]

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

[@SalamVeteramexHappyDagger]

+Vincent Clavien What was Wenger thinking, sending Walcott on that early?

[@s427]

+Sircosick100 The thing about Arsenal is, they always try and walk it in!

[@slayer500x]

+Vincent Clavien Arsenal didn't play last night

[@nuculearpancake17]

+Vincent Clavien their avin a laugh today, "But we're winnin" No their avin a laugh!

[@woollythewombat995]

+Vincent Clavien I've got a pony on Liverpool, so I probably won't see that again..

[@jkk45]

Rumour has it that 14 years later, David Mitchell is still furiously pacing round that football pitch.

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

And the football is still going on, forever!

[@frflinstone]

​@@Hawk_of_Battleand now with added women !!!

[@zapkvr]

​@@frflinstoneIn Australia too.

[@adampeel6161]

@@Hawk_of_Battle Every kick of it still mattering to someone, presumably

[@unijames517]

Did the ball move?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

The thing I love the most is that when this was made, there WASN'T a Sky Sports 4, but there actually is now!

[@environm3ntalist549]

there is not

[@HOTD108_]

@@environm3ntalist549 Yes there is. Stop living in denial.

[@environm3ntalist549]

@@HOTD108_ 😂 provide the list of Sky sports channels….I think you will find there is no ‘Sky sports 4’

[@billypribbo9668]

@@environm3ntalist549 stop lying there are five

[@environm3ntalist549]

@@billypribbo9668 lol. Tell me a channel calledSky Sports 4?

[@kyrridas1573]

this is such a simple joke/skit, but i love it. i dunno why, but this one just gets to me. maybe my favorite mitchell and webb sketch ever

[@1035pm]

Kyrr-naion this and the cheese argument, gets me every time.

[@fobster2000]

It's David Mitchell's delivery and the editing that make it so dizzyingly hilarious

[@Seansaighdeoir]

Probably because its accurate!

[@KindredBrujah]

"Are we the baddies?" is my favourite.

[@starcitizen890j5]

Conspiracy theories and Grammar Nazi is a close second and third.

[@anarcho-pingu]

He calls the channel "Sky Sports 4" which is supposed to be a joke at how many sports channels there are. At this point in time, Sky Sports 3 was seen as a bit excessive. Nowadays there actually is a channel called Sky Sports 4 and the joke no longer makes sense 😂

[@nasyithrahman9594]

and today numbered Sky Sports channels including Sky Sports 4 are no longer exist. They've changed their channel line up where each channel more specified to certain sports.

[@MBM1117727]

Sky Sports 4 technically existed at the time as "Sky Sports Xstra"

[@sayhibobbi]

@@nasyithrahman9594 You mean I'm never gonna get to make a Sky Sports Ocho joke?

[@Charlieee23]

Nasyith Rahman they should have just used this sketch to advertise the ‘sky sports football’ channel 😂

[@Da_Wurm]

Robert Leu THE OCHO. hell of a reference there mate

[@robmoss8198]

Basically every advert Sky ever do.

[@holyjebus]

Rob Moss watch it! It’s gonna move!

[@MillywiggZ]

By this point it’s every advert on every channel.

[@mergieismoronic]

yea, that is the joke

[@wanderlustwarrior]

He had to have given this whole speech with near identical delivery at least four different times, just for the shots where his sentence is clearly being said on opposite sides of the pitch, all so the video team could edit it together and make the movement seem even more unnecessary. Love it.

[@zapkvr]

Agree. The skit is hilarious but the production value is brilliant

[@richardg8376]

His dialogue would have been recorded in a studio and dubbed in via ADR to get that unbroken consistency (and for clarity), but you're right that he still would have had to deliver at least parts of the speech multiple times around the stadium to get the footage!

[@stratocaster1986able]

"........and indeed at most."

[@teabagger1981]

LAMPS

[@itsjoemofo]

Speaks truth... As a Villa fan, their record against Utd is shocking 😂

[@GitsumSaus]

.....a match that has already been described as "on this Sunday!"

[@jozwrx]

Too funny. 🤣

[@RW-nr6bh]

To which it cuts to the crowd chanting "Off off off!"

[@Aurongroove]

Everything single line of this sketch is quotable, but this time around my winner is "Looking forward to March. Every football team will be playing Football several times and in various combinations"

[@holliswilliams8426]

yes that's my favourite line

[@noaht2005]

This is the most accurate parody of British football culture I’ve ever seen.

[@steveespenell]

And of how utterly boring and pointless it is.

[@zootsoot2006]

Never made it through an entire football match. Usually fall asleep in the first 5 minutes. What people see in it I'll never understand. Rugby is a far more interesting game.@@steveespenell

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

​@@steveespenellwell everything is pointless but being boring is subjective

[@carends1]

"There is still everything to play for, and FOREVER TO PLAY IT IN"

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

That line always fills me with existential dread 😂

[@MrPixelMoney]

IT WILL NEVER FINALLY BE DECIDED WHO HAS WON THE FOOTBALL! It's funny cause it's true.

[@DarkSideChess]

There's still everything to play for! Even when you're dead!

[@123455thatguy]

Until the next match or season.

[@SteveCowlishaw]

and the match or season after that. Fan #1: "We're going to beat you because our team won last time and your team sucks simply because I dont support them!" Fan #2: "Yeah but remember that other time where our team won instead? And we have one of your players who we didnt like when he was playing for your team and he's going to kick your teams ass!" Fan #1: "But our team has changed its entire squad to a bunch of guys not even from this town who were good in their individial teams in whatever league they used to be from so they're definitely going to win. I have to support them because they're all playing under the team name I support!" Fan #2: "Oh yeah, thats definitely true, if either one of our team loses it's definitely the managers fault even though the managers dont even play football. We can't blame the shitty players because we know they can score goals for other managers! It's not like it's their job or anything!" lol I got carried away.

[@ChaoticNarrative]

@@SteveCowlishaw "I got carried away" Be that as it may, you're description is absolutely on the nose.

[@whatwentwrong4599]

@@SteveCowlishaw Go on then? What sports do you like then?

[@sophovot5079]

EVERY KICK OF IT MASSIVELY MATTERING TO SOMEONE PRESUMABLY

[@santino4561]

i love how he gets gradually louder and crazier

[@heartache5742]

they keep cutting to different shots faster and faster try and keep track of it, you'll get a headache

[@ChickenWings103]

"IT WILL NEVER STOP!" Sorry to break it to you, Mitchell, but today Coronavirus has officially stopped the Football. EDIT 17/06/20: ...and today it's back!

[@felixleiter9123]

Not in the vanarama league. It never stops!

[@OliverHatton36]

@@felixleiter9123 It stopped.

[@kalleekstrom6770]

The EVENT

[@felixleiter9123]

@@kalleekstrom6770 one thing they missed out on was the friday bog roll packet!

[@Sir-Blaze]

It stopped.

[@LetterheadStudios]

He carries the energy of a sports announcer with the self-awareness of a comedian. Love it

[@ZipSlipHollingbrook]

I love how Dave can seem both snarky and on the edge of a mental breakdown at the same time

[@billypribbo9668]

That's basically David Mitchell in a sentence

[@christopherwilletts9297]

Perfectly captures how I see the ridiculousness of the constant hype. “Look at it it’s gonna move!” Kills me every time 😂

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

"In a clash that's gonna go down in history as one of the many football matches that are happening this weekend!" 😂

[@matthewwoodham295]

"And after the football you can watch a re-run of the entire match later that night, followed by extended highlights, followed by the regular highlights, followed by the quick highlights, followed by the 30 second recap, before we show it all again the day after."

[@tomhayes5860]

In a match that is already being described as "on this sunday"

[@Da_Wurm]

it's quick-witted and almost easy to miss subtleties in dialogue like that which inarguably make British humor the most intelligent and most superior on this planet. and trust me, im an american.

[@ryancnayr]

@@Da_Wurm we British have mastered context and connotation

[@Da_Wurm]

@@ryancnayr i couldn't agree more with that claim

[@MaxChaplin]

It's also a perfect depiction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dozens upon dozens of film hours, each more climactic than the last. A constant, dizzying array of characters and battles, every punch massively mattering to someone presumably. The MCU is officially going on forever. It will never be finally decided who has won the MCU.

[@Hazzad77]

the GIANTS of tottenham play host to the TITANS of Ipswich...so making them both seem normal sized

[@anonymouscrowman4437]

+Hajir Azad giants of charlton*

[@PSI441]

Anonymous Crowman Charlton? Giants? please

[@paulwatc2750]

He's correcting him you moron. He says Charlton are giants in the video - not Tottenham.

[@LickThemFlaps]

CAFC Till i die

[@alessiacara4101]

Simon Barnett Spurs is a giant though

[@MimMdance]

"It will never be finally decided who has won the football!!" LMAO That quote is so brilliant. This whole sketch is just golden and so true!

[@jamiesmith2865]

This is actually more relevant now than it was when it was made.

[@detailingshed8130]

because you're older now and it's still going on?

[@timmcelroy2188]

@@detailingshed8130 No because its gotten worse

[@diabl2master]

It's been pretty much consistently relevant since it was created like 10 years ago, and a long time before.

[@fineichangeditagain5675]

I mean the teams are outdated but other than that

[@keshymckesh]

@@fineichangeditagain5675 it's true. It's a shame neither Portsmouth or Southampton exist anymore but at least they are preserved forever in this clip. In truth though it's definitely more relevant now they've spaced out the games for TV.

[@OracleIllumis]

I love how it starts normal and progressively gets more psychotic

[@gordieparenteau6555]

Especially when you speed it up 2x.

[@StandardGoose]

As I understand it, two football teams football at each other and whoever footballs the hardest is crowned king of football.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Sometimes people get sent off for unfootballing

[@jayjarmanmusic5877]

Jonathon Cowley-Thom for one year

[@davetye]

And the old spelling of jail is gaol, an anagram of goal. Coincidence? I think not.

[@cicstommy]

Come on football, score a footballs.

[@barrymanihigh8560]

Those who don't football so well have to football at a lower standard alongside other weaker footballs

[@TomHoseason]

I just can't get enough of this one! Every time I watch the tears run freely and the belly laughs are loud and proud. "Every kick of it, massively mattering to someone, presumably!" Classic Mitchell! :)

[@callumdodsley6794]

Everything about this is utter superb. The jokes, the slow building pace, the camera cuts.

[@Hascienda27]

"IT'S GONNA MOOOVE WATCH IT"

[@lifeisagame2023]

Most terrifying statement "there is still many more matches of football to come and forever to play it in

[@seekthegreatness4818]

I just love how one line just makes the whole skit. It's gonna mooooove!

[@wwgtg12]

So accurate it's painful.

[@noshit31]

wwgtg12 it stopped in Mrach 2020 due to THE EVENT

[@noshit31]

Zack Smith only one month earlier

[@yewgfjkds3583]

"Watch it! Watch it! Watch the football! It's going to MOOOOOOVE!!!!!"

[@TheHoffDudeThing]

this is how i feel with the world cup on

[@thirasiv]

"Every kick of it massively mattering to someone presumably "

[@CaptainCushty]

Every time he says "Football", 0:12 - 0:51 - 0:57 - 0:58 - 1:02 - 1:04 - 1:08 - 1:10 - 1:14 - 1:18 - 1:23 - 1:31 - 1:36 - 1:42 - 1:44 - 1:47 - 1:48

[@harrisonwatchedthis]

“in a match already being described as ON this sunday” never fails to make me laugh

[@patrickhodkinson25]

Even as a football fan I love this sketch. Pure genius by David Mitchell, this alongside the Mitchell and Webb look sketch on football fans.

[@LongfellowLP]

MAKING THEM BOTH SEEM NORMAL-SIZED I'M DYING

[@leftymu]

"And indeed at most" LOL!

[@dantheman669]

“As the irresistible force of Portsmouth, meet the immovable object of South Hampton” Amazing

[@jozwrx]

Without wanting to sound pretentious or whatever lol, I think this skit is a work of genius. It stands up to anything considered 'a classic', down through the years.

[@mikesinclair7135]

David Mitchell is fucking hilarious!! Every FOOTBALL team will be playing FOOTBALL several times and in various combinations!! THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of hours of FOOTBALL!

[@lodoedwards9666]

I love how he’s constantly power walking

[@Keyfur91]

What are you doing!? Scroll back up and watch the video! Don't you want to see the football move!?!

[@PerovNigma]

Joke's on you, I'm on a phone.

[@PerovNigma]

Pole Man Dan No, I was and am using a smartphone, so the video continues to take up part of the screen as I "scroll" down to look at the comments.

[@dankirk4186]

Whooosh

[@PerovNigma]

Ah.

[@jackeryq4908]

The best thing about this is the official BBC Channel uploaded this 14 years ago at 240p and haven't bothered to update it since

[@arwelp]

“The giants of Charlton play host to the titans of Ipswich, making them both seem normal-sized.”

[@m47kr3nt0n]

I can imagine Lee Mack heckling him from the stand "You don't watch football David!"

[@jaal426]

This is brilliant, David Mitchell's demeanour and the jumpcuts; hilarious!

[@SharpeICE]

Watch it, watch it, its going to move! That hit my funny bone hahaha

[@chrishall7915]

"There's everything to play for and forever to play it in"

[@robhulson]

Welcome to the planet. Welcome to existence.

[@Torthrodhel]

This is so awesome, the way he aggressively keeps walking and everything. Wonderful.

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

This is such an accurate take on those sport ads. I just had one of those football ads pop up, telling me that 'every moment matters'. Yeah, presumably to someone.

[@unenombre5840]

I love the imovable object of southhampton!

[@Luetin09]

lol XD

[@CousinBowling]

Une Nombre I don't get it

[@rebelfriend1818]

Jeroim3142 how can this be? when I’m sitting at home but I’m inside this screen

[@Foxtrot6624]

So does Brendan Rodgers

[@hamzahsajjad7952]

@@Luetin09 of all the places to find you Luetin...

[@iainmackenzie3704]

Absolute genius, picking apart a crazy game that I absolutely love!

[@stashbanditloot4494]

‘It will never be decided who has finally won the football’

[@jumpingjjonah8088]

"To see who'll win that!" 😄😂😄

[@randa140511]

This is quite possibly the most perfectly constructed comedy sketch ever !! Sums up footy and how much it matters to us folks that aren't interested :)

[@alexzahrai4703]

This should be a World Cup broadcasting advert

[@russianluigi0]

Best lines said in this sketch: "Every kick of it massively mattering to someone, presumably!" "As a match already being described as on this Sunday" "It will never finally be decided who has won the FOOTBALL!" "Watch it, watch the FOOTBALL!" "The FOOTBALL is officially going on forever!"

[@vinnywinnies]

every apoplectic stride is a work of comic genius. One of his best sketches - probably one of the best sketches ever

[@MimMdance]

"Tottenham play Bolton for the second time this season to see who will win that!" LOL

[@WilliamReginaldLucas]

The editing just after “to see who will win that!” is beautiful.

[@YouOpaOpa]

That actually got me pumped up for some football

[@badrulamin3663]

0:46 that transition will always got me ☠️

[@gwilberto]

one of their best sketches! 'every kick of it mattering to someone presumably' brilliant

[@borednow5838]

One of their best sketches. Pretty much spot on too!

[@joshmelville7464]

Genius! There isn't comedy of this calibre on TV anymore. Genuinely uplifting. 😄😄

[@RunawayTrain2502]

It all moved to the Internet, mate XD

[@Hellwyck]

*WATCH IT! IT'S GONNA MOVE!!*

[@DrChallenged]

This unironically gets me hyped for more football 😂

[@rocknroller3000]

Nailed it. Still relevant 15 years later. 😂😂😂

[@michaelredford5389]

It's amazing how relevant this still is 15+ years on. 😂

[@HydroSnips]

“...WATCH IT, WATCH IT - IT’S GONNA MOOOVE...”

[@HellCat86]

As a 20 something male who never joined 99% of other British males in becoming obsessed with football, this sketch never gets old. Perfectly sums up the overblown adverts run by Sky and co.

[@ChrisWrightOM1]

You're not alone, my friend... even if you are now a 30-something.

[@andysmith5997]

As I enter my 47th football season ( conscious of it that is : I’m 53) this gives me the strength to carry on. My 17 year old son is going to tomorrow’s battle for the North West as Morecambe take on Macclesfield. My brother is in his 45th season of watching more than 30 Leeds games and my brother in law is going to watch Guildford City. Oh God.

[@arvedui89]

It's getting more and more relatable every bloody year.

[@rossturpin4696]

After years of football this is now how I view it. Couldn’t give a shit about it anymore 😂

[@onewithsource9742]

Eventually it becomes more of a distraction I've found. All those hours of watching it in one year could be a whole book written or a course completed etc

[@joelmc4811]

Haha write a book

[@avivaforget-manson4279]

"Deciding the victor for this year at least, and, indeed, at most!" really captures how inconsequential it all is

[@ochukwu]

That simply wasn't enough FOOTBALL

[@ericxpenner]

I have been watching this for like a decade and I laugh every single time through most of it. It's genius.

[@d.jparer5184]

This is a perfect spoof of early noughties sky sports adverts 😂

[@DarkSideChess]

It has been 15 years. I can confirm that no one has yet won the football.

[@N0rmad]

This has to be my favourite sketch of theirs and one of my favourite sketches ever.

[@user-jy2sz1jr9p]

Perfection - in every single detail - masterpiece.

[@ChelseaFootballClub1905]

The people who came up with the idea of the European Super League must have watched this.

[@anonUK]

"I've got an idea! Decide in advance who has won the football!"

[@BFD1989]

You can really see the contempt he has for football in real life coming through which makes it hilarious

[@fminns]

One of my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches!

[@stephenconnell]

Beautiful work and the ball does move. Watch it!

[@000xyz]

September 3rd 2019 and this skit is both still as hilarious as it was the first time, and just as relevant as ever for all eternity. this skit will stop being as such when the football finally stops, and the football goes on forever

[@b8nnytez]

Speaking from Veganuary 2022, run away! run as fast as yer little legs can take you, and don't look back! Sh*t's about to get (un) real!