Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish - Series 5, Episode 4 | Full Episode

[@MrRipsaw1]

Good to see Mrs.G. be included in the credits at last, given that she ends up being source material most weeks :-D

[@StreakyBaconMan]

Well this time she actually created a bit of content used in the show, every other time has just been something her husband has done to her and then talked about, and taken pictures of.

[@dogchaser520]

Well-deserved.

[@randyschwaggins]

So you actually check the credits each episode for her name?

[@andymills9624]

Gd 2 C*

[@kristalcornwell]

the fact Mrs Gorman flipped the script on his own prank is proof they are meant to be together. wholesome af XoxXo

[@dogchaser520]

Melts your heart, eh!

[@billybollockhead5628]

Poor Danny Wallace..

[@Charles-e2u]

I started watching these during the lockdown, not sure what to expect. Now I'm hooked and eagerly await each new episode. I've even stopped skipping the intro.

[@lukasbieri]

Exactly the same here!

[@shanewright2772]

Whaaaaaaa? The intro is the best part!! I love that tune, it's been in my head for about 3 months!

[@Charles-e2u]

@@shanewright2772 haha, I know what you mean. I got into the habbit of skipping intros on KZbin a long time ago. It's really a testament to the show that I look forward to hearing that song everytime a new video gets uploaded.

[@JSKIDNB]

Only 4 more to go unless he uploads season 1, shame it ended in 2017.

[@K1lostream]

Yeah nice try to get us to stop skipping the intro 'Charles'.....or should I say Dave?! ;p

[@aihtdikh]

My life, this is the best episode I've seen yet. Go Mrs. Gorman, that was magnificent!

[@dogchaser520]

Agreed!

[@billybollockhead5628]

Poor Danny Wallace..

[@seanmgordon]

I think we all need to strive for a marriage like Mr & Mrs Gorman! Lol

[@virtualatheist]

I learned two things from this video. 1. Dave Gorman knows how to pick a wife. 2. Mrs Gorman is a fucking SUPERSTAR!

[@Zikar]

I liked when the only epidemic we had was avocado hand.

[@MrSpasticdancer]

well, and depression

[@pyjamacritic1171]

I was in my late teens when I and everyone I knew got mobiles. We used abbreviated txt because those early phones limited us to 160 characters and we could fit more words or sentiment into a message by skipping vowels and shortening words. Plus writing the words was more laborious before phones had full keyboards. Then we got phones where you could write longer messages but they were charged per "page" so if you went to 161 characters you were charged double and with the amount of messages we were sending that could soon add up so it still made more sense to economise the lettering. It's modern phones where young people can write a text like it's an email knowing however long the message gets it will still cost the same and arrive all on one page. x

[@r0bw00d]

If only those people had realized that they could have delivered all of those words, not only without having to abbreviate them, but also with far less button presses, by dialing the receiver's number and pressing Send.

[@pigeon2503]

Also telegrams had limited space so even way back when they were using txt spk long before it had that name

[@nicosmind3]

Bugger, i had a quick look and didnt see this message so basically wrote the same thing. But since i wrote so much i aint deleting it, just wish i saw this first

[@jmurray1110]

It was probably also in part due to the 3letters per button requiring more deliberate and annoying presses that made shortening words more appealing

[@TheHutchy01]

I mean Dave's good at pranks, but Mrs. Gorman is the best.

[@TheCataclysmicevent]

Dave, Mrs. Gorman is a legend! It makes me wonder what other "lessons" you have tried to teach her where you get caught. I am sure this is not the first time....

[@JG-vh1xc]

There's an ep where he puts a chocolate candy into a dishwashing thingy to prove a point that you don't need the expensive deluxe high quality shit

[@jamesflynn4951]

This episode showed why Dave and his wife are perfect for each other

[@hanac5286]

He missed out the silent generation. Probably hadn't heard of them

[@hanac5286]

And the lost generation. Probably couldnt find anything out about them

[@pigeon_the_brit565]

@@hanac5286 or the agressive generation. HE DIDN'T MENTION US, DID HE!!!!!!!!

[@ji4215]

If only they could speak up...

[@dileepdoingthings4197]

@@hanac5286 can I use the joke haha

[@linswad]

I actually laughed myself into a coughing fit at the end of this one! Thank you Mrs Gorman.

[@KeithWWatson]

Just so glad you have always kept the wonder of the giraffe joke to the people who have seen you live

[@lornova79]

🤔 What joke?

[@KeithWWatson]

@@lornova79 it is not my place to spoil it, just wait and try and see him live when things get back to normal and he may preform it again

[@loisriley4139]

God that joke was funny af

[@jackspence6061]

I very much enjoyed the found poem he did live that included the line: The H in Meghan is silent, like the H in shoe.

[@KeithWWatson]

@@jackspence6061 I rember that found poem, took him ages to continue after he said it due to him and the audience laughing

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

Mrs. Gorman is indeed a gem!

[@LJALLDAY600]

Best found poem he ever did

[@adriantownsend2317]

...Mrs Gorman is an absolute legend! 👍👏👏👏👏

[@tsjitskek]

I watched them all. Amazing how much funny material Dave and team can come up with. Thoroughly enjoyed the episodes and also enjoyed his love for his wife in every episode. Would love to see more shows. In 2020 we need reminding that modern life is indeed goodish. Thank you so much !

[@ColinGLogan]

Dave has missed out something about spelling correctly when texting: the generation below roughly 25 spell things properly in texts too mostly. We type sufficiently quickly that shorthand isn't meaningfully faster anymore. A few terms (lol, omg, etc.) are used but no one I know would send anything like the message he used as an example

[@aihtdikh]

I was thinking that too, it seems like now it's mostly the oldiewonks who stuck with it.

[@Milamberinx]

The teens who were getting their first phones around 2000 had to pay for text messages, and typing was done on a numeric keypad, predictive text eventually helped but it was a slog to send a long message.

[@iniehawk4472]

Also character limits were a real problem when going one letter over the limit would split the message in two making it harder to read and costing you a whole text message more. I mean 25p for a couple of characters extra is a bitch when your a student planing booze expenses

[@Dougiewoof]

Very true. Im 19 I don't know anyone who I talk to who texts like that

[@YMasterS]

All true, but there are also chains of emojis replacing some sentences, in some contexts.

[@TheShakeyshane]

Best episode ever!

[@fubblitious]

One of the best ever this. And yes, it is one show I wish was perennial. Lets face it, the internet will always have a bottom half ripe for the picking ... just like avocados

[@TheGreatFish23]

oh my gawd your so bloody good at telling a story i have said this before and i will say it again i have never seen a single video were i didnt like the content i am always entertained you sir are a star

[@Bert_Bertsson]

It's such a shame they stopped making this show.

[@artlessdodger]

I think it was partly the huge amount of time that went into writing/making them. Writing six to eight basically 45-minute one-man-shows every year must have been taxing, especially with the amount of extra stuff he had to make/edit/actually go out and do. I have hopes that he might bring it back one day in the far future but I get why he wanted to stop.

[@young_scouter]

He still tours and had a new show on the same channel called Terms and Conditions Apply.

[@kamranhussain2210]

@@young_scouter terms and conditions apply isn’t as good though. MLIG was perfect

[@Orah90]

Mrs Gormon is a treasure and I love her

[@barryhogan3795]

best one yet, dave is so funny, amazing programme

[@Nosregni]

She recognised his hands, but he can recognise her kneecaps!

[@theunoriginalartist8731]

Such a good show, from the same town as him, knew a nephew of his.

[@djsherz]

I think I love Mrs Gorman as well after seeing this.

[@patavalttia]

Brilliant episode!!!! Thanks Dave!

[@franticranter]

don't worry, we as the life hack generation laugh at life hacks, but trust the top tips generation

[@burgersbeansandchips]

I for one have never looked back after shortening all my electrical cables to save on electricity

[@tomrowe9142]

@@burgersbeansandchips Ijjjjjjjjujkkkkmmmmmmkk

[@SimpleGrow420]

This is my favorite episode!

[@Munki]

Well played Mrs G. Well played.

[@burrytellam]

One of the best shows. "Thanls"!

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I get the feeling that Dave would be a fan of Anne Reardon, assuming that he hasn't already seen her takedowns of 5 Minute Crafts and their ilk.

[@Tom-oi1xc]

Their elk you mean?

[@Bagofnowt]

I hate 5 minute crafts and their elk. Always the same catphrase. Crafts.

[@addiemiller9677]

I love Anne!!

[@GameFreak7744]

Pretty much what I was thinking when he started talking about making up total nonsense life hacks. Having seen Anne's videos I was thinking 'aren't _most_ of them total nonsense..?'

[@ProfRonconi]

Mrs Gorman must be a riot!

[@olih322]

Love these videos!

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Best episode

[@riddlydiddlyimawantedmanin4442]

Thanks for uploading this, Im a young guy and I don't own a TV anymore because i refuse the BBC tax. This was the last good show on tv when i got rid of it like 4 years ago, glad to still be able to watch it here.

[@riddlydiddlyimawantedmanin4442]

@andrewwmunro ?

[@ryanoftinellb]

I have one of those swipe-y keyboards on my phone, and the first suggestion when I attempted "generationy" was, for some unknown reason, "Brzezinski"

[@alanclarke4646]

I LOVE the fact that Mrs G outpranked him on his own prank!

[@peanutthelion815]

I wasn't expecting to be grouped into the same generation as Dave Gorman today, but I guess every day is a new surprise.

[@PetersonZF]

We have a special gadget for cutting, de-stoning and scooping avocados. Okay, it's the most middle class tool in the kitchen, and we don't even have avocados that often, but it is incredibly useful!

[@yosef2cool91]

My wife and I watched your video and coulden't stop laughing. You're great!

[@Dadas0560]

Haven't laughed this good for a damn long time!

[@dogchaser520]

And it's not a cynical laugh, either. Makes you feel better about the world. A rare thing.

[@glenn1534]

32:22 My neighbours heard me laughing at that reference :') I think I'm a Gorman nerd

[@burgersbeansandchips]

I didn't think Dave did impressions but he nailed that emoji!!

[@og87]

Dave Gorman is just too much. Been making me laugh since I was about 12 😂

[@LoneKharnivore]

1:35 I knew it was autocorrect for GenY immediately.

[@altreusplays]

This episode is some of the most well crafted comedy I have seen since Googlewhack

[@garethbutler6256]

Just brilliant.

[@TheRbruce55060]

Well done Mrs G 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 looooool

[@funlovingvoyeur]

Mrs Gorman sounds like the perfect match for Dave.

[@JRCSalter]

Mrs. Gorman gives as good as she gets.

[@nicosmind3]

That was a great episode

[@JonnyMack33]

fair play there Beth!! Fantastic that hah!!!!

[@subinmdr]

so sad that we're getting to the end of the series once again.

[@MuchWhittering]

Older people are definitely MORE likely to use text speak. My grandmother is the only person I know who uses it. Everyone else spells things properly.

[@PaulCole-71]

An advert for Ancestry.co.uk appeared during the Mick Jagger Family tree section. Human intervention, AI or coincidence?...

[@maxthrust976]

Paul Cole now that you’ve typed that in a KZbin comment it’s all you’ll be advertised.

[@glados_gaming4170]

WE ARE ALL BECOMING SENTIENT

[@shona-sof]

Wasn't autocorrect, sounds like a voice recognition error. He must have dictated the statement to a computer or mobile device.

[@charlottesfunandfreechannel]

28:36 Fruit or vegetable? Avocado is a fruit. More specifically, botanists define it as a large berry with a single seed

[@justanotherglorpsdaymornin5097]

The text segment reminds me of texting my parents, my friends or sending a email to my university professors. The only person who texts me back with punctuation and doesn't shorten words into single letters or use numbers is my nan.

[@Teribus13]

When the messee becomes the messer 😂😂😂😂😂

[@simplydebby2530]

If you watch How to Cook That, with Ann Reardon, she debunks the 5 Min Craft items & shows how so many "craft" sites are owned by the same parent company. She also shows how they are set-up to look fun & easy but are tricks. Check her out! (And good on Mrs. Gorman!)

[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

When he kept saying, “she had”, I wanted to scream, no she was bored and wanted to try it. That’s not bullying, that’s just her needing to take up some creative hobbies 😂

[@diamonddiva3204]

this would have been a fantastic one to end the entire run on Mrs G finally getting one over on dave LOL

[@Dougiewoof]

The avocado thing is accurate the problem is that they're forgetting the most crucial element.... .. a towel, a folded towel

[@crispyandspicy6813]

the Gormaness is strong with this one

[@PokerJoker811]

And of course, if you take the slide at 12:49 and zoom it out far enough, you end up with Cary Grant.

[@Shehasbeenreducedtoadam]

15:45 *starts complaining about an emoji*

[@ChrissieBear]

Generation Y to January sounds more like speech to text fucking up.

[@Furycrab]

I cried when he pointed out being born a step mom.

[@markbrandon5408]

Lol. Doesn’t everyone dream of being in a relationship like that? 🤣🤣🤣

[@dumpling321]

He hit the jackpot with Mrs. Gorman, they were meant for each other... I mean we already knew that when she allowed him to troll tinder with her picture, but it's now been confirmed

[@benwinter6049]

Pretty sure I saw the balloon thing on a real life tips video on Facebook recently lol

[@xethlorien4736]

Texting with T9 back in the day was cumbersome. Texts were expensive. We did everything we could to make the most out of what we had. Now we have full touchscreen keyboards and we've all gotten really good using it. No need for the old ways.

[@colemyst]

I absolutely love your wife Dave.

[@celticraven8523]

I’m a chef, never had avocado hand. But I have nice scar from a fray bentos pie tin

[@eddie-roo]

Relationship goals tbh

[@rubaiyat300]

Well depending on when that article was made, we definitely might have been washing our hands incorrectly. Or at least that's what the last year has indicated.

[@ChrissieBear]

Emojis are totally appropriate. They were not invented for kids, they were invented for adults.

[@Kaziklu]

Dave got a mobile in the 90s with a number pad and manually typed out full words? wtf... I use full words most of the time today. However in the 90s and early 2000s I used text speak regularly C u soon is 2222##888##777776666 6666 666 I have to make 28 button presses and 2 pauses 77777333 333##99996666888##77776666 6666 666 is 41 button presses and 3 pauses. Saving a pause and 13 presses isn't insignificant.

[@RIPBlueInk]

After watching this I think I also love Dave Gormans wife.

[@EleanorPeterson]

I'm English. Not heard of Mason jars, so I'm guessing they'll be Merkin. I've still got several Kilner jars - invented by a Yorkshireman in 1842. Same thing?

[@phs125]

Nobody: The seagull lady: *w h e e z e*

[@StuartGelin]

I would push back on the spelling in text thing. What he said is maybe true for certain things like "lol" "bff" or "lmao," things that have entered the vernacular. But for things like "c u l8r" and "gd 2 c u," its pretty much exclusively the older folks who use that now. Theres some nuance in tech history he skipped. When an sms message had to be under 160 characters and each letter could be up to three clicks to type, it made more sense to type that way. It was just agreed that sending sms messages was expensive and annoying enough that it was worth the hassle of shortening words as much as possible. When messages became free (either through unlimited plans in the usa or by switching to apps like whatsapp in other countries) and full sized keyboards became the norm, most people under 40 or 50 stopped typing like that and all our parents never got the memo.

[@Reject101Personal]

What will happen with this channel once the episodes run dry? Arlo I absolutely, positively HATE LIFE HACKS!

[@Grothgerek]

5:40 I was sure he used a royal family. Inbred makes really funny Generation Trees ^^

[@peddersmeister]

Yes, I'm a generation spells everything correctly in text messages!

[@mollym4006]

*i’m from

[@teresawilkinson6231]

do Dave & his directors know there are other shirts in the world besides plaid? asking for a friend

[@burgersbeansandchips]

Keep watching, he wears 1 plain one, then comments about his constant use of plaid shirts throughout the series.

[@nicosmind3]

Well, whenever mobile phones first got popular, and text messages were fairly new, everyone used shorthands cause space was limited. Ie 40 characters limited (i think) so people often had to send multiple messages. Then phones came out that would let you send 3 messages as one (cause networks were still charging you per blocks of characters, so it appeared to be just one message, really it was 'worth' 1-3 texts) and if you wanted to send more than 120 (i think) characters its switched from 3 text messages to multimedia, ie it would charge the same as if you were sending a picture. And if memory holds texts were 8-12p per text, and 50p for an image

[@lucykinnear5888]

Did that guy ever find out what an Avacado is?

[@tonymurphy2624]

Not autocorrect, voice-to-text.

[@PtolemyJones]

Being born an aunt or uncle was very common in families with a dozen or more kids.

[@NickHoad]

Theory about the Generation Y/January thing, it might have been voice-to-text misinterpreting the spoken phrase “Gen Y” as January.

[@elliez.3561]

I think it's fair to rename Generation Z as Gen Zoom. It even starts with the same letter. Can someone think of anything more creative?

[@bjarnenilsson80]

Yea early mobile phones kind of forced you to abbreviate things, never mind that sms messages only where 150 caracters ( yes spaces and punctuation counts), but with only a numeric keypad you often head to press i key multiple times to get a single caracter, this was way before t2 and predictive auto complete). Note tho those who remember yhise phones ( Yea I’m amongst them) this comment was ment to provide context to people (at the time of writing) who are 15 years and yunger and donit remember anything byr dmartphones

[@azzybaby]

@Dave Gorman ... im trying to find the finnish dishwasher tabs MLIGish.....can u plz post it soon??? ty x

[@NigelTolley]

This really makes you think about how elections also get hacked...

[@markreynolds1436]

As in it's made up by a trickster? Agreed...🙂

[@phs125]

Honestly, I've seen the stupid texting age come and go. India got mobile phones in early 2000s. Teenagers started using it in mid 2000s. We only had 100 messages per day, so we had to use each Character very efficiently to prevent going over 160 character limit. Then in early 2010s, android phones came along and people started using WhatsApp instead. Because there's no character limit, people threw away the stupid b2c and returned to proper grammar. Also, those t9 keypads may have played a role...

[@KrisAdamsTV]

Automatic like for a full episode. Obviously. This comment is gonna trend 😂 Sneaky me haha