Burnistoun - Lovecraftian Sketch

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[@sejembalm]

It's kind of hard to tell the size of the thing with all the non-Euclidean geometry going on, down there.

[@hashmasterflash3951]

Bat Guano there bad for that those houses

[@TheGlennsof]

From this point on any time I read a Lovecraft story it will be in a bored Scottish accent.

[@Agent_Pumpkin]

I always read it like that! ;)

[@thursoberwick1948]

I already do. But in ma heid.

[@stevenmurray6527]

*mutters something incomprehensible about The Cats of Ulthuar.*

[@jackd.ripper7613]

This made me laugh way too hard... The 'Cats of Ulthar' reference sent me over the top.

[@binarynightmare]

Nah, they taken to moon by cats, a la Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. The writers knew what they were doing here!

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

Thanks for that translation, I couldn't understand what he said for the life of me. Something about being taken off in carts...

[@ragnarrthorsen2792]

Non Euclidean geometry 😂 These guys know their Lovecraft. Brilliantly done 😂

[@gregoryames2483]

This is the BEST - satire but not without some real respect for Lovecraft's work.

[@Senuf]

Oh my, this is brilliant. Never heard of Burnistoun until today. This is sheer quality humour. Thanks for posting this.

[@NatchEvil]

I'm pretty sure the "Taken to the moon by cats" is a nod to the Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Just a guess.

[@DamienHughes1]

"Shall I just put down wasps?" Classic.

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

I can't believe I didn't know about this! I'd love to read mundane Scot cosmic horror

[@iamcommonasmuck]

Try Grant Morrison's books from the 80's!

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

@@iamcommonasmuck I've read a couple, I really like them!

[@KeithFraser82]

Cyclopean Squirrel: sounds like a good name for a band!

[@euanmckenzie3503]

“I’d like it punted” 😂

[@Bkesal14]

Absolute fucking genius.

[@jorgespinha]

Underrated. Incredible sketch ! I have nothing but praise

[@SoylentBlack1]

all my neighbours got taken to the moon by cats. lol

[@Bkesal14]

This sketch is just perfect , absolute genius !

[@GLORTHAK]

One of the best versions of lovecraft I've seen

[@druidswillow1052]

I bless the day I discovered Burnistoun on here so many classic sketches where are these 2 now?

[@fraserwilliams2414]

I know something else that I would describe as cyclopian in scale, immeasurably huge such that it would blacken your very eyes with madness

[@jackd.ripper7613]

Yer mum?

[@reyniknamyrion3557]

The size of your brain tumour?

[@tomsdottir]

He was lucky with the whole cats thing.

[@j_freeman3230]

Dodged a bullet there, eh?

[@Bearded_Buddha]

I think the pyramid head was a nod to the character from the Silent Hill series of games. Both Ian Connell and Robert Florence are big gaming fans, they used to have their own gaming review show called ConsoleVania.

[@liquidstevie]

it isn't.

[@ericjamieson]

The charracter in Silent Hill is a nod to Lovecraft.

[@herrklamm1454]

Fist nah.

[@jamesmcgeachie7289]

Consolevania is Rab and Ryan MacLeod's baby...Connell and Rab usually work more on I guess what you could call "Telly stuff"

[@thelombaxsystemtv7492]

It's funny how He genuinely speaks of paranormal occurrences of an evil and malevolent presence/force in His home basement, as if it's something like a mad neighbour shouting loudly, like something that You should report to the council! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂 Like, for example, it's like imagining Satan appearing from the abyss of Hell, only just to buy something out of a local convenience store and making a packet of crisps the most Godly thing in the universe! 😂😂😂

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

"A maddening chanting in an unspeakable Eldritch tongue that would drive ya insane just to hear it." HHAHAAHA!

[@vigil12348]

It's not even imaginable, never mind nameable... :D

[@zakoid1]

Will I just put down wasps?.....

[@sejembalm]

If an unspeakable eldritch horror makes home in your basement, register a complaint with your housing association. Burnistoun S02E06 - There's an unnamable, unimaginable thing in my basement and I want it punted. A few months ago, I complained about the noise next door. A maddening, chanting in an unspeakable eldritch tongue that would drive you insane just to hear it, but that's done with ever since the neighbors were taken to the moon by cats. But this thing in my basement is a sort of unnamable creeping monstrosity. It's kind of hard to tell the size of the thing in the basement with all the non-Euclidean geometry and all. I'd say it's probably... Cyclopean in scale. Immeasurably huge such that it would blacken your very eyes with madness. An unnameable eldritch horror beyond the mind's comprehension. This thing is ...inconceivable.

[@hashmasterflash3951]

Bat Guano mmm well perhaps if you can get it to come in we could maybe get it tae fill out a form for us

[@hashmasterflash3951]

Bat Guano I’ll... ask it if you like but ad imagine it’ll send is screamin’ in tae the abyss or some patter like that

[@hashmasterflash3951]

Bat Guano what if you get it tae give us a phone. There’s my number *takes card* *office phone ring* Hello North Burnistoun Housing Association Can I have your name please

[@abnunga]

Will I just put down 'wasps'?

[@MySerpentine]

Anyone here ever read Shoggoth's Old Peculiar?

[@matthieufernandez6871]

Pyramid head was hilarious.

[@KatyGroves]

This is some profound social commentary.

[@TNJX]

ABSOLUTELY GENIUS.

[@popburnsy3207]

I would imagine "wasps" is close enough

[@athulfgeirsson]

send me screamin intae the abyss or some patter like ah

[@WilliamAmbervein]

Moon bay cats! I forgot about that!

[@palatineNL]

It might refer to Arthur Machen's "The Shining Pyramid".

[@MrJacobThrall]

If it's Lovecraftian then I'm not sure a standard tenancy agreement is appropriate. He should be gradually buying the property. On H.P.

[@EverdinaSkloos]

I Love the accent!!

[@unrealeck]

Yeah I heard him.

[@AllyRdr1]

This is brilliant. That is all.

[@croydonrudeness1079]

Shall I just put down wasps.

[@carlwilson1772]

Nyarlathotep but.

[@TheMrSomecheesyname]

yes... we say that

[@Fergit_]

Sounds like fishmen for neigbours.

[@Celephais8]

I thought he said, "My neighbors got eaten by cats," a la The Cats of Ulthar.

[@dunc71]

Taken Tae the moon

[@vaudevillian7]

@NatchEvil It definitely is :)

[@Spitfyre41]

Is there a transcript for this? My American ears have trouble with some of the British accent. I have to have closed captioning to understand the brilliance of Monty Pylon and Doctor 'Who.

[@iainmurphy833]

Will a just put down wasps?

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

That's because they're not English. I think they're Scots. Maybe Wales?

[@doppelganger2166]

@@IHateKZbinHandles615 Scotland

[@MrE-zs1gu]

Just listen to it a few more times.

[@Quaztub]

Who's here after watching diggee and diggee dog flaps cat flaps and flat caps?

[@v85rawdeal]

Could it be a squirrel? Awesome!

[@wjarnock44]

Hilarious.....is it wasps?? 🤣🤣

[@arkhamdrivein]

LOL - thats excellent.

[@anothermansrhubarb454]

Pyramid Head

[@getthefuckaoutmyway]

3:04 Pyramid Head

[@chrisstehlik7927]

Geese?

[@eaglebladedolphinbrother4611]

hilarious!!

[@lewiscameron5761]

666 likes

[@jadentheprinceofdarkness4824]

So this is not where to go when people suffer from eldritch abominations and lovecraftian horrors Dammit I was hoping to get rid of mine. There’s this creepy ass clown that somehow knows my fears and worst nightmares, a monster that came from a strange place that looks upside down, a tall faceless man with tentacles, a pyramid shaped demonic trickster, a demonic sentient flower, unseen creatures that make people commit suicide wherever I go, a tall blackish purple humanoid made of squares and rectangles, and then there’s Cthulhu who keeps asking me stupid questions. Maybe I should move out of my neighborhood then.

[@JohnSmith-kz7rd]

i cant understand half of what they are saying :P

[@neuvocastezero1838]

It's probably a squirrel.

[@joemares497]

Could you please add subtitles ? :)

[@iainmurphy833]

Will a just put down wasps?

[@ugh9176]

it is not that hard to understand