History Today

[@NorthWalesKid]

“You see Theresa May when she danced on stage to ABBA? Embarrassing herself, her family and everyone connected to her or has ever been affiliated with her?” “I have observed the spectacle” “That’s you doing your best dance moves to pull the birds that is. That’s you in ministry of sound on a Sunday morning at 2am throwing some shapes. Look at me girls, Professor F J Lewis, come and take a ride on my disco stick”.

[@andrewrichardsuk]

"You know men that put fruit up each others bottoms...", "yes...", "oh you do!" ... Priceless!!!

[@Lord-Gazimus]

"Too late with the hand! Too late with the hand!"

[@johnhughes2681]

Still hilarious all these years later. I saw Rob Newman at the Edinburgh Fringe last year and so wanted to attempt a "History Today" greeting but resisted. That's self-restraint, that is........

[@astonevans4992]

You see the age of your comment? That is how long it has been since your last sexual interaction which of course wasn't free, that is.

[@leecrawley9862]

I don't care... because I'm going to Edinburgh Fringe

[@dfrossness]

@@leecrawley9862 You see a dirty, dingy back alley in a decrepit old town? Where nobody has been down in years, except to knife someone. The only things there are some old cardboard boxes that have been melted into puddles of dirty rain, terrible graffiti, and one old, grey dog turd that has been there since the 1980s? It smells of old, broken bricks, and wee. That's the Edinburgh Fringe.

[@ravenaussie3760]

@@leecrawley9862 Penis and testicles.

[@ravenaussie3760]

@@leecrawley9862 Penis and testicles.

[@FallNorth]

32 Years ago, gawd I used to always try to be in to watch this series, I can picture it vividly now. I'm getting as old as these guys.

[@Rick-gb5jj]

No. Can't be that long ago. I'm old

[@thatboredaroace]

"you see that Boris Johnson? Talking about effectively nothing, making awful jokes about serious crises?" "I have witnessed such a man." "That's your best mate that is. That's who you bring with you on the pull."

[@misterjimminyman]

Still just as funny almost 30 years later

[@rabbitstew99]

Grew up watching this. Awesome memories.

[@nickmazonowicz511]

I love the opening of this audience. The viewers and the audience know exactly what the punchline will be and Baddiel and Newman know we know and are stretching it out as long as they possibly can.

[@Lord-Gazimus]

Anticipation works wonders in comedy.

[@alexguiver815]

"You know like, when you go to nursery school there's always a broken old-type roller skate in the toy box?" "Are one of the wheel bearings seized where it's been left outside in the rain at some point?" "Yes, and the leather straps are hard and crusty with age, and the buckles have begun to rust." "I have witnessed such a device." "That's your million pound supercar, that is. That's your gold-plated Bugatti Veyron. That's what you use when you're lining up on the grid at the British Grand Prix. Oh Hi girls, fancy a trip down to Monte Carlo?"

[@Beautiful_Sound_1995]

Deserves more attention.

[@darryllharden9141]

This is great that you collected all the 'History Today' sketches from Newman and Baddiel in pieces.See this compilation of sketches from a complete series...That's great entertainment that is.

[@mrkipling2201]

I’d forgotten how brilliant this was!! The whole programme was so good and funny, nothing else compared.

[@LocalH3ro]

Ever since I saw these sketches back in day I have incorporated the catchphrase “thats…that is” into as many zingers to multiple recipients as I possibly can and it never, ever gets old. Class 👍🏻

[@Ignorethisuk]

Must have watched this 100 times over the last 6 years and it's still just as funny!

[@Dan-Moz]

Now we live in a time when two Presidential candidates are basically doing this sketch on live TV

[@chaosnexxus9255]

You see that Joe Biden?

[@thehusketeers4319]

You see that lump of excrement pushed out by a homeless person in San Francisco? That's your dinner that is.

[@Joe21671]

Back in 2024 😂😂

[@worzel1]

Absolutely brilliant! Showing my 13 year old son this and it's cracking him up 😂 😂

[@johnmclaughlin1946]

See Fred savage back in the early 90s ! ...that's your son that is 😂

[@donaldasayers]

I am a member of the antiquarian horological society; the letters page of heir quarterly journal is exactly like this.

[@minesbiggerthanyours9474]

You know the person who never knows what to write in the comments section. That's me that is. Great Stuff, thanks for sharing...

[@Jake-vy2bh]

I knew what the first punchline was going to be. Everybody does. But what a glorious set up that takes it's time, and therein lies the genius of Newman and Baddiel. Lovely that they appear to be on speaking terms again.

[@joanneyoung6292]

They're not.

[@BenjaminAshmead]

going to bed at quarter past five sounds amazing, tbh

[@LusciousTwinkle]

One of the all time great British sketches.

[@That_Random_Bloke]

14:35 Baddiel trying desperately not to lose it

[@bengunn9254]

Lol, Baddiel on a few occasions had to compose himself while doing History today.

[@stevogeezer]

great stuff

[@Parknest]

Same with Robert Newman.

[@joet7644]

"And that's how you drive". Best insult ever.

[@michaelsadler6445]

Reminds me of a school trip to a local farm in 1983-One of the pupils pointed to a cow pat and called the teacher over and said “That’s you that is Sir” 😂😂

[@apollocreed1000]

1983? That's before this show. Pupil must have been a young David Baddiel

[@leebee5361]

I'd actually forgotten how ferkin funny these two could be!!

[@alanclement6896]

Absolutely brilliant - Mary Whitehouse experience was sooooo good

[@Potionette81]

I liked the sketch with the slides, and how it was a different twist on the usual format.

[@PoshLifeforME]

F' me, a reference to a 'swatch.' Where have all the years gone.

[@sss-vv6pf]

Never get bored of this

[@karnevorseal2003]

You no this badly recorded video all grainy with bad sound well that’s your video that is!! Love this thanks sooooo much!

[@markhoneywoodmobile]

You see where you wrote "you no" rather than "you know". That's your poor grammar that is. 😀👍

[@AlexSmith-mg6we]

My mum got me into this and now I can't stop thinking about it

[@Lucy0809]

Love it 😍 thanks for the laugh, 45 this year and still funny 😁

[@Winter1x]

What reminded me of these clips. Oh yes the US election debates! 😆

[@gdj6298]

2024 and here we go again...and in the UK as well. See people who talk like this "QWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAK...." That's the bloody lot of them, that is.

[@markborrill2460]

Timeless!

[@brianm2881]

Anyone else think Newman's character gets in the better burns?

[@richardenglish2195]

Agreed. I also think Baddiel's delivery is a little too 'large' at times compared to Newman's softer, more natural delivery, but that's probably just me. (No pun intended.)

[@richardlaversuch9460]

The humour of incongruity - Armstrong and Miller did it too.

[@Keithoweneducation]

love it !!! Roasting on TV before roasting on TV was a thing 😀

[@stephensaxby2820]

"See an old car without no wheels and no doors in a car breakers yard?" "Has it been crushed in the car compactor?" "Yes" " I have seen such a thing" "That's your Rolls Royce that is"

[@nickshuttleworth8389]

Pure class!

[@amiga512k]

You see those lack of likes on your comment? That’s the number of real life friends you have

[@Turnbull_AC]

13 Americans just don't get it. Like losing a war against Vietnam.. America, that's you that is!

[@allenomalley4014]

See that Vietnam War that was your best war that was

[@n0w3lly90]

That's you that is, that's you at your best... Hilarious 😂

[@scorn787]

You see this empty comments section? That's the best you could do, that is. That's as much as anyone cares.

[@sgordon92]

You see your comments likes? Thats as many people as will attend your funeral. That includes the minister. Thats how missed you will be.

[@tanukijessica]

You see that Jabba the Hutt? Thats you at your best birthday party.

[@StefanTravis]

See that Professor F. J. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of History at All Souls' College, Oxford? That's your girlfriend.

[@homiepug189]

See you... see that cross man / whatever at the end of the Fly 2? That’s your prettiest girlfriend ever that is

[@nykhlfc6times632]

@@tanukijessica no thats your boyfriend. You love him. You see that green slime that oozes from the corner of his mouth....thats your baby gravy. You have an illness you do...you got it from your Dad.

[@MrBendibus]

This is how the Academic professors debate Brexit on twitter these days.

[@stewartmcminn7773]

They're your role models, you have posters of them on your wall.

[@theSFCchannel]

'See that Blue Oster bar over there?' ' yes I have observed it once a twice' 'You know when you go in there and there you hear tatda dadaaaa and there are lots of men in leather in there?' ' Yes I have heard that tune once or twice'..........' 'YOU HAVE???' they are your harem they' your first second and third birds they are!

[@CS-mo7xp]

never seen the one with the slides before. whaa

[@chembleton]

0:48 , 11:31 , 14:19 , 23:18 the four best ones

[@MrPatto74]

Absolutely hilarious love a bit of banter 🤣

[@richardlaversuch9460]

I used to know a lad, with minor learning difficulties, who literally used to talk like this..."that's you...".

[@Mr2at]

No, thats you, that is!

[@stevogeezer]

A green tea saucer from an institutional tea set 🤣🤣🤣

[@richmotroni]

As an American, I wished our Presidential debates would be like this.

[@thehusketeers4319]

See that lump of excrement pushed out by a drug crazed homeless person on a sidewalk in San Francisco? That's your dinner that is. Thats what you buy from the drive thru when you get your welfare check.

[@biggusdickus5986]

Have l got news for you, they are 😂

[@jamesbessant9290]

Ironically Newman and Baddiel look really young here.

[@debbiebarlow]

Wonderfully hilarious

[@granto6738]

Amazing

[@finlaylavery8408]

Btw does anyone know the name of the music they use at the start and end of the sketches?

[@masonringbinder684]

Yes, that's your record collection that is; that's all the records you've got.

[@kevfrombutterley]

@@masonringbinder684 😂

[@Reticence9zen924]

F J Hayden's String Quartet No 63 in D Major Op 64 that is.

[@TheMadTatter]

Thats your Spotify most listened, that is.

[@johncohen222]

See that Joey Essex? You've lost a general knowledge test to him.

[@biggusdickus5986]

Nobody could be that stupid, but your mum. 😂

[@jav35]

Outstanding! Been sat at work watching this with my earphones on and laughing away and getting looks of others in the office! Still brilliant to this day!

[@xlr82u]

3:00 Ahhh so good

[@Joe21671]

Presidential debate 2024 😂😂

[@FallNorth]

See a really bad golf swing. Like really bad. Not like my swing, my swing is a good swing, so good. The worst swing. That's how your mum swings.

[@jamesfield1674]

I'm sure one of them broke character trying to find it 14:32

[@TheMillieBurton]

The Trump/Biden remake of this wasn't as funny.

[@theSFCchannel]

'SEE that Sinclair pocket calculator over there?' 'Yes I have observed it upon the charity shop counter' "That's your brand new overclocked and water cooled computer that is! 'See those roller skates over there?' 'That's YOUR computer when you wanted it to go faster that is' But that is your APPLE MAC THAT IS! ' :( :( :( :( :( :( :( '

[@adrianridgway4333]

Peter Hitchens vs Richard Dawkins

[@jacktheladfrost]

I saw baddiel and Newman i on stage in Leicester 92. As they came on someone shouted, where's the two funny ones?

[@jj9749]

That's a good line. Answer: boring everyone to death on radio 4

[@elfboy29]

Pretty much how it is now.

[@Rogue_Leader]

The first time I saw this I laughed until I almost threw up.

[@Isobel31Swan]

Rob Newman was so beautiful.

[@michaelriley6774]

Lmao Brings back memories

[@darkxaur]

See this video on KZbin? That's you, that is.

[@mattblackwell4100]

They were great together until they had their bust up. Still don't know what that was about. And to have it happen when they were on tour?!?!? That must have been awkward. Hopefully one day they can reconcile.

[@brianm2881]

I think much of it was just down to the sheer magnitude of their fame and the pressure it put on them, causing them to become testy with each other over inconsequential things, such as Newman wanting top billing on their shows. Apart from History Today, I think the rest of their touring show was individual performances of stand up and characters they did. I think Newman wanted to go on last and be the 'main event'. Anyway, they have reconciled in the sense that there's no longer any bad blood between them. They've grown up and moved on with their careers. They bumped into each other one time not too long ago and took a picture together, which I think Baddiel posted on his Twitter.

[@rikshaw9346]

I am subscriber 304, the other 303 tell people they have joined MENSA.Thats what they do.

[@grahamkitchen6650]

It was a shame that Newman and baddiel Parted company Their comedy genius is unsurpassed .😢

[@khrystree9233]

Just brilliant writing from two great actors, just dont get this standard of comedy now. K

[@richardlaversuch9460]

"Monthly...".

[@EnosEverything]

Bloody hilarious

[@iany8230]

See that Skegness with chill north wind and empty shops....that's the Brexiteer's new Nice that is. History Today still makes me laugh. Thanks Baddiel and Newman!

[@gdj6298]

A curved aft and a curved stern ?

[@waynedarronwalls6468]

That's how you walk, that is

[@adrianridgway4333]

See that growly, posh southern voice? That's the only accent Rob Newman can do that is.

[@archive6094]

Brilliant comedy

[@richardlaversuch9460]

Of course, I do not want to engage in this particular activity excessively...

[@06howea1]

Humerous for more than 30 years old

[@markcollins3710]

That's your that is

[@markcollins9903]

That's your rabands that is

[@joanneyoung6292]

Raybans

[@chembleton]

​@joanneyoung6292 oh hi girls, Tom Cruise here 😎

[@markcollins9903]

Wha wha wha

[@joanneyoung3240]

That's how your Dad talks

[@scobra5941]

@@joanneyoung3240 That's what your mum said

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

That's how your mum talks ... she's got a piece of her mouth missing... It's... a ... tragedy...

[@biggusdickus5986]

​@@joanneyoung3240l know, he copied your mum 😂

[@bonehead1344]

see a flea bitten dog with rabies and a scabies infestation............................................................thats this comment sections pet that is that its best friend

[@GrannySmith-w3q]

😂😂😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaspercatcopeland8649]

Your Mum!!

[@simonevans4720]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂