"You're Nuts, You're Totally Barking Mad!" | Dragons' Den

Max McMurdo, owner of Restore LTD is a company passionate about the environment. He designs eco-friendly furniture and inventions to help minimise plastic waste. Max is seeking a £50,000 investment in exchange for a 10% stake in his business.
Season 5, Episode 4
An international sensation, Dragon's Den features entrepreneurs pitching for investment in the Den from our Dragons, five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity.
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[@franciscolaurean8550]

Can't believe Duncan just threw away all of Theo's children's inheritance

[@Gabe94dotcom]

Lol

[@Zenocius]

its fake money

[@buckethead133]

It’s prop money.

[@SaabzLFC95]

Yh.. That's the joke lol.

[@lisagreen1941]

Mrs P wouldn’t be happy 😅

[@riyandj6318]

Guy was damn right when he said cover bags will be staying with us for the next 10 years

[@tubester4567]

Here is Australia they are banned. Then they replaced them with thicker heavier plastic bags that cost 15 cents. Or you can buy a fabric bag for 1 or 2 dollars. I still see most people using the heavy plastic bags because everyone forgets to bring their fabric bag.

[@AshNikkosWife]

Here in the US everyone uses them. Lol.

[@AshNikkosWife]

@@tubester4567 eww you pay for bags? Lol.

[@tubester4567]

@@AshNikkosWife Only if you forget to bring you bags from home. They did it for environment protection reasons, trying to force everyone off plastic bags, Many countries do this now, including Canada, and most of Europe. Even China and many African countries have banned them. Its coming to the US too. I believe there are a few states in the US north East that have banned plastic bags.

[@leonleon2276]

@@tubester4567 no one cares about Australia pal. This is England mate

[@dazediss6629]

Update; company is still trading today, but both dragons have since sold their shares & left the company. Current net worth of Reestore Ltd is -£78k

[@ulvenhakon]

Thanks for the update! Always fun to read

[@joshbrownmovies]

Minus 78 thousand? They can’t be doing that well 😆

[@0xbenedikt]

That’s not true. I’ve just had a look at their 2020 financial statements and he‘s doing okay.

[@mashed-shavo7609]

@@0xbenedikt I've just looked the business up. Net worth is -£128k

[@peterclarke7240]

He's doing ok (he does occasional tv work and the like), but reestore is pretty much dead. That horrible shopping trolley chair is on his website for £950, which is absolutely absurd.

[@sadas3190]

What a missed opportunity at 4:13 he didn't just say "You just pick it up and carry it down, so cheerio!" and walk out with Theo's money

[@lindsayadambrown9251]

Why oh why, did he not walk away with the bin full of Theo's money, would have been great banter!!

[@onlyme219]

I just love this show, my guilty pleasure when it's a day off on my own at home, catching up on them :) Side note: Loved the daisy tie

[@Bluecollarkiel]

You would

[@mikeyswift2010]

@@Bluecollarkiel huh?

[@Chilling_Chilling]

Daisy tie, huh? Guess you're also some kind of *Fruity pebble?* 💅💅

[@onlyme219]

@@Chilling_Chilling Guess you're some kind of barmcake

[@Uvray]

I don't think that bin will be the golden goose - but that guy is creative and he is going to be successful.

[@BozCobra]

This was many years ago.

[@chrisg8321]

Nah mate it was a silly idea when you can either put it in the recycling bin outside or simply get another inside bin for recycling. Reinventing the wheel to be slightly less round

[@Gabe94dotcom]

Lol

[@BrendanJohnDoherty]

"Peter Jones thinks that he`s spotted a flaw in Max`s pitch" .... his suit! He`s got some great stuff with his chairs. Hope he does really well. I did agree with the Dragons, in the sense that the carrier bags are a major issue in terms of recycling.

[@LivingOnaPrayer123]

Cant believe how many people are still watching Dragons Den on KZbin. Even all the old episodes. I thought it was only me! I didn't think the show was that popular.

[@Vegan123]

In a way 'background noise' - non committed to watching but having it on in the background whilst doing work is great

[@craigentrekin5883]

Thinking about starting a support group... 😂

[@jietroraximoff2805]

3:57 love how outraged Theo is at his fake money being taken and binned.😆

[@JeremiahEcks777]

Apparently sometimes the money was partially real. Not the Dragon's own, obviously, but the Dragon's and contestants claimed it was real and fake mixed together. Why? No idea. 🤷‍♂️

[@Veganarchy-Zetetic]

@@JeremiahEcks777 Well you only need the top one to be real to make the whole bundle look real.

[@georgiaolivia91]

@@JeremiahEcks777 all for affect I thought that for a while bc the dragon does a check but to scare n intimidating the person and the power and such they hold

[@BenjaminGoose]

@@georgiaolivia91 What do they check for?

[@georgiaolivia91]

@@BenjaminGoose well a check is to write how much money to give

[@thebastardgift]

Those first few minutes when the pitchman must set up the stage before speaking while the dragons watch and wait is smothered in awkwardness.

[@dannyflint5746]

The dragons are probably not seated at this point.

[@GearsDemon]

I didn't see that coming. Max is making things happen though.

[@MrMattaiusify]

Don’t go there cus’ you’ll never return I know you think of me when you think of her

[@pamelamckenzie2685]

May you go far Max I love your designs keep going keep designing.

[@Deadhammer218]

Actually, current net worth is -£78k He lost the 50k and then some

[@scienceevolves4417]

@@Deadhammer218 ouch

[@Chilling_Chilling]

He's cute though. He could easily recupurate it in other ways 😏 🍌🍑

[@sambou6286]

Last facial expression of Peter Jones denotes frustration of missing out!!

[@nifralo2752]

I love his company tie

[@andymartinez767]

Very good, that furniture looks good for an outside setting. Glad to see he got an offer, hope you go far

[@adelezierler1547]

Deborah and Theo have good taste, I also like these chairs and the cravat he is wearing. It'll appeal to many people, and Deborah is right about the entrepreneur he seems talented and creative. I will watch this and hope all involved great success.

[@royfr8136]

tie - not cravat

[@sherrix6881]

I know him, he’s on drugs

[@phil8528]

@@sherrix6881😂

[@luima5198]

It's funny how they can insult everyone, but if someone respond they get suddenly offended 😅. Very mature behaviour. One reason for never showing up at this place.

[@DavidMcCoul]

This was a charming episode, and one of my unexpected favorites! Duncan's sense of humor with Theo's "money", Theo's drastic turn-around, Max's charm, and how effortless the deal was made with Deborah and the other two all made for excellent television!

[@sistagalsistagal8136]

I love his products. He is quirky and investable. I would love his chairs.

[@ashleighgibson3239]

I don’t understand the purpose of Ben the bin. Wouldn’t you just put a carrier bag on in your kitchen and fill it with stuff then carry it down? Why would anybody need the plastic stand?

[@free_gold4467]

I use carrier bags like that but the stand would tidy things up a bit.

[@yasinevans]

Isnt this is the guy that did the caravan on ITV's 10K holiday home

[@rgearr1808]

Great confidence guy

[@moogleking]

i thought he was gonna get no offers lol was surprised

[@SocialWorkProfessor]

What a champ. We'll done.

[@jamesmcginn583]

Max is a TV presenter now on Find It, Fix It, Flog It.

[@matttippo8325]

Crazy enough to work with out the bins. Some times it pays, this is why it's prudent to watch the show.

[@trayel83]

Actually theirs a company I use to work for called CNG that makes specialty film. Thier plastic desolves back into the soil naturally.

[@daquidi]

max is absolutely right about the plastic bags. he knew his stuff.

[@kayb2445]

Love how the narrator repeats everything that’s just been said lol

[@ruthsmith2367]

The shopping trolly chair looked great. I hope this guy has gone far. I’m waiting for my washing machine to pack in to make a fire pit out of the drum which I’ve seen people do 😀

[@EaskyOverAndOu2]

Love watching DD 🤓💯🖖

[@Fraggman666]

Yes better then A cups.

[@drunkdunc8738]

Must have upscaled his idea , I recently visited Big Ben 🤔🍻

[@anovosedlik]

Those chairs would have been a THOUSAND times better had he use old leather (which you can easily source scraps of and patch together), and used an ACTUALLY old shopping cart whose metal is distressed. The one he used is either new, or he used something to restore it. The whole beauty of restoration is seeing that the new object had an old life.

[@thunderousmastermind3748]

They make biodegradable grocery bags btw and the FACT you can’t recycle the common grocery bags is it not suitable to reuse the bags? I agree with this guy completely about his mission and his products are really cool in my opinion and make plenty sense, I like the wheel barrow chair and washing machine table is sooooooo coooool!!!! And y’all so paid, lend him 50k haha that’s so little he asked for compared to others who ask for like 175k 200k etc and he has a way better mission!

[@johnryandapetilla6991]

Can't believe the guy is now worth 11.2 Million!!! Kudos to him.

[@rabsonlungu9029]

Don't tell me?

[@jeanp1323]

good for him

[@TrulyMadlyShallowly]

Is he? Where did you get that?

[@Erickhetfield]

Love how Max shut down Theo over and over.

[@Deadhammer218]

I don't know why, but when it zoomed on the bin slogan (below GLASS) I read " *thank you FCK UR recycling* "

[@thunderousmastermind3748]

Yay good job brother! He got the 50k!! :)

[@prodigalparties]

Arrrrrrr the days when the elevator was out of order.

[@mobiuseno]

And the bags are still with us! We just pay more for them 😣

[@easycoding8255]

10:41 What a lucky man

[@MrMattaiusify]

I am once again here to comment: Nothing but class and charm with the Caan

[@Person01234]

You might want to look into his history and business practices.

[@marioapostolides9689]

Love it though! :)

[@jarednil69]

Max McMurdo has a cute, almost Elf-like quality!🤗🧝‍♂️

[@garethtichauer5153]

Good lad...

[@shadaba.qureshi4367]

its Reestore Ltd and not Restore Ltd/plc, the later is a 2500 employee company, generating 350 million pounds revenue a year.

[@jaylondon283]

It says 177k on companies house on his accounts for reestore Ltd

[@anjotheweezky215]

I am happy with this result

[@anothertime1282]

Max did it entirely on his personality. Brilliant.

[@rogerrabbit4284]

I frikin love deb !

[@STRATLOB]

Theo best advice

[@marcelnz]

who would've thought. lol the dude has willpower, hence his success.

[@barbarawatt3691]

Has no one heard f Bonnie Bio a refuse bag made from corn flour - compostable and recyclable?

[@milijanovcic4479]

So you eat the bag once you are done with it ?

[@terranceparsons5185]

Nothing like big enough! Try 6 coke cans, a couple of cereal boxes and some empty milk bottles in one load.

[@jakecooper5855]

You should drink less coke, it's very unhealthy

[@Gabe94dotcom]

Loooooool

[@CynthiaPrice79]

Plastic grocery bags are actually banned in my city, and you have to pay for paper; 10¢ per bag, I think. There is no charge if you’re using EBT (food stamps) benefits. Most people use cloth bags.

[@topherman420]

Seeing this now, where I use reusable bags for my groceries, its absolutely useless. No money to be made.

[@MarvelousActions]

The concept was good and innovative hows the business doing now...

[@Shrooms-up6sv]

covid shuttered it!

[@AliKhan-yx1dy]

That seat looks like shopping trolley lol why

[@crow-vz5lx]

Actually a good product.

[@BenjaminGoose]

Congratulations to Max, his company was a success and he now turns over 400 billion anally. All of his bins turn over in the wind.

[@gdog7391]

6 per person for every human on earth

[@taranullius9221]

I particularly savoured "anally" here. A beautiful touch in ridiculing Darren et. al.

[@taranullius9221]

@@gdog7391 He's making a joke. There's an absolute muppet here that comments nearly every video "My boy smashed it his company is now worth 50 million" (Darren, there's another guy I can't remember). OP is satirising them.

[@phil8528]

Doing 400 billion of anything anally sounds painful.

[@DavidMcCoul]

Theo's offer was probably the most drastic turn-around I've ever heard in the Den

[@user-oo8wt3hr1t]

This is very, very early 2000s

[@LopousLIVE]

"Due that they're black" why did I laugh at that? 💀💀💀

[@ChrisJ-ru6ek]

BEN THE BIN 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dabin88]

They predicted the future

[@RockyDave]

Meat and potato pie, chips and recycled gravy today.

[@erepsekahs]

He has a WalMart tie. What a scream.

[@KarrierBag]

I am not a plastic Karrier Bag 🤣

[@trudoug]

Now I realize that that money is fake!

[@jesusbermudez6775]

They invested in him because they liked him. That makes a lot of money sense.

[@georgehand]

Hasn’t he been on Find It, Fix It, Flog It the name sounds familiar

[@FlemmingErnst]

Very very old clip!

[@joewas2225]

"Something is stopping me for saying I'm out" Den: Deborah, you are out since you said those 2 words. Rules dictate if you say "I'm out" you are out regardless of what you say before those 2 words.

[@jackdaniels7653]

I’m not playing board games with you hahah

[@CynthiaPrice79]

Considering they can, and do regularly, jump back in…

[@krzakupl]

Wow win internet

[@shibbymiyah6614]

I'm glad he got a deal

[@666JPF]

And then max made it doesn’t need them anymore

[@geronimo5537]

Duncan dumping all of Theos money was a complete chad moment. I didnt like the chairs. But I did like the washing machine coffee table.

[@terranaxiomuk]

Entrepreneur: Hi.. Deborah: I'm out

[@richardanthonygilbey]

I saw his bin wrapped around his chair in the river sowe

[@RJSAMCRO]

Usually don't get or have any emotions for the den since of Will I am man enough to say he choked me up into tears but good on ya for this guy and it made me smile to see Theo and Deborah invest.

[@josipcuric8767]

Reestore ltd is now worth £130,000

[@EUROPOWER2000]

Subtitulo al rspañol por favor

[@alanbell2156]

Did the business work?

[@janne6657]

I thought the bag hold was kind of clever, but then I realized nobody in their right minds would just leave one on the open in their kitchen or anything like that

[@mm-lh1nt]

He said it was recycling/bottles not food

[@drsnova7313]

I usually use reusable shopping bags in my kitchen for glass, paper and drinks containers with deposit. If such a thing came fitted with, say, a washable cloth bag, I would pick up two or three of them immediately. Much nicer than my solution.

[@stephenhosking7384]

Another terrible call from Peter. Fifteen years ago I bought a simple wire-frame version of the bin. Ten years ago one-use plastic bags were banned from stores in my state "except for...". I'm still using my frame, and putting about three bags a week on it.

[@carpii]

But that's kinda the problem. You've bought one unit in 15 years

[@emilianorodriguez8961]

⁠@@carpiiagreed, also there is no way to paten a product like this, nor is it a new or unique idea. Bins you can put a plastic bag in have existed since plastic bags. Peter made the right call

[@carlhamilton8531]

Theo and Debs were always the left wing, eco friendly investors

[@marioapostolides9689]

Erm excuse me, this is not lunch time

[@joewas2225]

Excuse me yes it is.

[@marioapostolides9689]

@@joewas2225 haha what part of the world are you in you human?

[@gdog7391]

It’s breakfast in Australia

[@rleriche5044]

Plus a bonus 500k of Theo's fake cash. Winner!

[@1Animeculture]

Well to be fair, theos money were allready in the bag so..

[@Shrooms-up6sv]

His website went dark in december 2018, I think Ben is in the bin.

[@ooginator12]

His name is Max. Thinking you looked at the wrong website lmao

[@ShockMagics]

Cheese and bacon toastie today for tea

[@Dieterbe]

They didn't realize the bag dont have to be plastic to fit the bin ? pretty sure biodegradable bags would work too....

[@JeremiahEcks777]

So did Deborah and Theo follow through, and how is he doing? I've never seen Ben the Bin I have to say...

[@VENOMSCOTTy]

He’s still going, making the same sort of stuff and selling them on his own website. Company is called Reestore Ltd (must have been auto corrected in the video description)

[@Hutchyy]

they did follow through but sold their shares in 2021 or earlier

[@ifwecouldvote]

They had a 3 way and then parted company. He now lives in Theo's house and never washes the dishes.

[@vdxxxiii1615]

@@ifwecouldvote and hes fostered theos children

[@hiimjustin8826]

He grew a beard

[@godlikesnake8909]

god i wish max just ran with his money.

[@dr.leftfield9566]

Jenny may of had a punt..........but she's out.

[@gabhandebrun1871]

He could use eco friendly Carrier bags instead of normal bags

[@CynthiaPrice79]

That would defeat the point.

[@rabsonlungu9029]

I can't seem to grasp the business model here

[@royfr8136]

DOn't worry tTheo... its not real money

[@seancharlie8476]

I think Ben the bin is a dreadful idea, and I too was dumbfounded with the use of a plastic bag

[@lo3551]

Do you realise this is a very old episode? Single use bags were still being used when this was made.

[@taranullius9221]

@@lo3551 Even so it's still greenwashing. Use up your bags in your rubbish bin, put your recyclables in a cardboard box. Done. No need for a piece of plastic thrown into the mix.

[@chefgav1]

His name is max you dummy

[@lo3551]

@@taranullius9221 Re read my comment. I was stating they were being used back when this video was made not now so I was stating their use now is irrelevant @Sean Charlie84. I haven’t used single use bags for years and depending on the country you’re in like ours they were banned years ago anyway. :)

[@Libra_custos]

2002? Guy looks like hes 17, lol