James Acaster on Celebrity Mastermind

[@JacksonBockus]

This is a man who has never studied the history of ice cream

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

"James, what will be your specialist subject?" James, eating a slightly out of date ice cream: "Idk, the history of ice cream?"

[@smoosev89]

shut up creamy boy

[@johnwhittaker311]

And yet still got 4 right. The man’s a genius

[@thejintymyster6396]

It is the key to his heart

[@jamiedalton2623]

He knew about Mr Icecream

[@jaygall2681]

With confidence: "CREAMY BOYS!" Clive: No.

[@luxpjamer]

That was hilarious

[@Jmcinally94]

The answer being "hokie pokie" is equally outlandish, I could picture him flippantly saying that instead in the same way.

[@patricklynch9048]

@@Jmcinally94 Well that IS what its all about so he (James aka the mash king) should've known

[@BIFFALA]

@ 1:40

[@DoctorPompidou]

Started answering. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite

[@matthewvivian7235]

The man really went on Mastermind with a random specialist subject that he knows absolutely nothing about, just as a joke, guessed all the answers, and still didn't come last in that round. Genius.

[@NikBlackwell]

That doesn't fit the definition of a genius, but I will accept your answer.

[@itsaninsidething]

@@NikBlackwell Your apprehension of genius is abysmal.

[@NikBlackwell]

@@itsaninsidething Your clumsy use of polysyllabic words which you don't quite understand is abysmal and doesn't make you look as smart as was intended. Also, your sense of humour could probably do with a service, as it's looking a bit ropey. I suggest you crack open one of those scary wordy books of words about words, commonly known as dictionaries, to avoid all this embarrassment in future.

[@emo.grandma]

If he had picked 2016 music he could have actually smashed it hahaha

[@bfab7036]

Exactly what I thought!

[@GoodKingMort]

My God you're right.

[@wastedtime101]

That would have been so good!

[@matthewlloyd3654]

The excuse they gave Richard Herring for why he couldn't have the penis as his specialist subject was because he'd written a book on it iirc, so maybe they wouldn't have let James do 2016 music??

[@javenturner1]

I'm fully expecting someone to bring this up in an interview and James to freak out because he can't believe he didn't choose it

[@jnevin9238]

This guy is a proper comedian, goes on mastermind and picks a subject he clearly hasnt studied for, just for the shits

[@mrsmime4055]

Lmao I know right what a rebellious guy!

[@AKAMustang]

Also possibly thinks it best to deliberately handicap himself after the whole House of Games debacle.

[@pixelfrenzy]

Didn't someone get ZERO in their specialist subject recently, or was that even on regular MM?

[@KanonDymous]

He TRULY loves desserts though, soooo much.. So doesn't suprise me, but still, who on earth would know or need that kind of trivial knowledge haha 😂.. He's brilliant mun

[@zacharyxx0]

@@pixelfrenzy a guy from the traitors got zero, but he pickled cephalopods for some reason. In the same episode, a girl picked Disney princesses (an easier category in my opinion) and still only got one

[@MyOnlyRob]

The Creamy Boys absolutely killed me 🤣

[@devonm8578]

And his appreciation of Hokey Pokey as the real answer.

[@KanonDymous]

Cracked me up also!! I'm surprised it's not one of his old band names, like the caprisun quartets haha 😂

[@ManWalksDogs]

1:43

[@rubycooper5922]

I love that he answered every question even if he had no idea

[@michellejoyce4697]

James didn't care about anything except getting the Mortal Kombat question wrong

[@NotaBurnerac-iv6pp]

a man of the people

[@cornbeef]

I think by question two of the History of Ice Creams, James realised he didn't think there would be so many questions beyond flavours 🤣

[@markc266]

He answered every question with a question mark inflection at the end 😄😄

[@redopz4462]

I don't know, he seemed pretty confident about Scary Spice

[@BlackKnight_217]

Isn't that what the great Ron Swanson suggests ??

[@markc266]

@@redopz4462 well we all know he was prepared to drown himself for the Spice Girls

[@azma11]

Including his name

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

It must hurt knowing you were beaten by someone who did no prep work and probably chose their specialist subject based on what they were eating when asked what thier specialist subject would be.

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

@@pauladamsfinewines8379 No but he still came in third place beating Charlotte Worthington that's who I was refering to.

[@KristinaTheCoolGirl]

They gave him a Spice Girls question. Brilliant.

[@neildurbin]

He told them if he didn’t get a Spice Girls question that he’d drowned himself.

[@Bobby.Kristensen]

He was one of them

[@LPKelly380]

He Really Really Wanted that question.

[@muga9506]

@@LPKelly380 Stop right now

[@dollface2917]

@@muga9506 Thank you very much

[@Matt-yw8tj]

C R E A M Y B O I S

[@joshuataylor3550]

Created a new heckle got him.

[@ManWalksDogs]

1:43

[@phoenyck]

Answering "conservative" and his following reaction was the funniest part of the video for me.

[@stanista]

The dejected clarification at the end, "I don't think...Conservatives are a department, by the way" got me

[@BoldRam]

As a self confessed fan it's good to see he got the Spice Girls question right.

[@lexigold8448]

He'd have had to drown himself if he got it wrong

[@meiji_tom]

Either I’m going to get this spice girls question right, or I’m going to die

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

@@lexigold8448 that's the best inside joke I've ever seen

[@TomMerson]

@@meiji_tom Which happened?

[@_n_d_]

I'm surprised he knew because he doesn't have the Spice Girls debut album "Spice".

[@liapique]

I didn't know that I was capable of feeling disappointment and amusement at the same time until I watched this clip.

[@richardboyce4635]

I thought he was going to answer “Monsieur Whippy”

[@tracy9610]

😂😂😂

[@TheoHiggins]

He knew he should've gotten the Mortal Kombat question right

[@jonny5696]

Creamy Boys!

[@chriskaprys]

Eclaire Bros!

[@cerysmcg10]

*bois

[@hs4974]

The questions he was expecting- Do you like ice cream? What's your favourite flavour of ice cream? What 2 numbers are the name of an ice cream topping? True or false- ice cream is hot? What popular addition to ice cream is also a way of describing someone who cancels plans? Would you like some ice cream?

[@fogallan7058]

Those are all pre approved questions for any Joe Biden interviews!

[@matthewscheifer1169]

Asked to name a city, he says Vermont. Asked to name a state he says Chicago.

[@Fredreegz]

But hey, he correctly guessed a US President based on the decade of his death 200 years ago

[@ericforsyth]

@@FredreegzYear, and only three presidents had died at that point (then again, even Americans seem to struggle with placing presidents)

[@chrisbarry9345]

I'm from the us and we don't have Philadelphia ice cream. Never heard that and I'm from the north east

[@wrenbo4816]

It's so satisfying when American trivia isn't prioritized.

[@sizzl75]

In the context of geography, Chicago's a bad answer, but in the context of a stage play named after some US place it's not too bad

[@TooMuchInfoSir]

The Hokey Pokey answer almost broke him 😂

[@jamesharvey7793]

6:50 perfect comedic timing😆 I think he deliberately waited for the music to start before saying that.

[@Rosalind-butNotThatOne]

The slight show of surprise in his eyes when he's right at 2:00 is excellent

[@bamboozla9977]

Monsieur Ice Cream and Creamy Boys 😂

[@ComicalFlask]

He tied for first place on the general knowledge round.

[@ryanmurphy1398]

"Paul Hollywood's going around ookimg at you with his sexy eyes, it's very distracting" Fucking love James so much... It is very distracting he's right

[@kaw203]

What a legend, history of ice cream

[@williamnelson369]

I bet this was a fun watch for the staff of Youth Works Northamptonshire

[@antygod]

my specialist subject would be questions where the answer is "five"

[@mrfocigaz4942]

What is your IQ?

[@fisheatsyourhead]

that's numberwang!

[@antygod]

@@mrfocigaz4942 I haven't had an iq test in about 20 years but back then it was 130

[@mrfocigaz4942]

@@antygod Oh, it wasn't a serious question, it was my crappy joke. I wanted you to say five!! 😼

[@antygod]

@@mrfocigaz4942 it hadn't occurred to me that it was a possible question where the answer was five as IQ scores don't really go lower than 70 and that is considered considerably impaired. an IQ of five would basically be dribbling and barely able to move. i just thought it was a weird question ;p

[@DoctorWhoFanatic]

The way he answers with “Ice Cream” is incredible! God I love this guy!

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

The emphatic way he said *CREAMY BOYS* 😂😂😂😂😂

[@J_Jevans]

I’ve started so I’ll finish........ POPPADOMS OR BREAD James Acaster!

[@estebancomulet]

I love that he clearly knows nothing about this, was purely for the comedy.

[@StanleyKubick1]

the music doesn't play in the studio

[@darkhatter]

as a jmaes acaster fan, hearing the spice girls question got me more excited than mastermind should ever get anybody excited

[@mphays]

According to the rumor I just started spreading, if they didn't ask him a Spice Girls question, he was going to try and drown himself in a pool after the show.

[@Akco007]

That mortal ko bat question killed him on the inside.

[@MrInsomniac19]

1:20 - Can't believe he missed the opportunity to say Monsieur Whippy there

[@richardgurney1844]

3:16 - 4:16 Just to highlight his comedic genius! The way he chooses to sit, describes things, and makes fun of the normal situation etc on the fly is impressive

[@WDKimball]

He got more right than I did. You scream. I scream. We all scream for ice cream. 😀

[@antalkarolyi]

Nice Benigni reference

[@the_joe_reynolds_foundation]

Funny, I am from Philadelphia and have NEVER heard of the ice cream mentioned at 2:13. Interesting how terms and phrases grow and get a life of their own outside their original realm of influence. For example, there's an expression we use here all the time for yogurt, breakfast sausage, and nacho chips; we call it "The Posh Londoner."

[@BD-yl5mh]

Wait… is that, like… all mushed together? Or is it like, you eat a tub of yogurt, and then you eat some sausage on nachos? Coz if it’s all together that sounds insane

[@Matt-yw8tj]

All that Crawston Press has gone to his head.

[@harryburgess8974]

He is effortlessly capable at being funny

[@derektownsend1262]

I'm surprised "suck it" didn't make an appearance.

[@carlwilson6235]

This is such good service, given that I would never want to watch the whole thing.

[@pajamaparty01]

The city of Vermont and the state of Chicago

[@secretforreddit]

At least we can assume Vermont was at least a slightly educated guess, since that's where Ben & Jerry's is from? Some people in the US forget VT's a state, too :/ Doesn't excuse the state of Chicago, though.

[@tomtom21194]

You can see how he got there though, it's a musical and he couldn't think of another with the time pressure. Funny though

[@ericforsyth]

@@tomtom21194 And in this game, you benefit from hazarding a guess rather than passing.

[@RedSntDK]

Ok, I got like 3 questions (of the 'harder' ones) right: Häagen-Dazs, Mortal Combat and Parakeet (pure guesswork tho). So all in all he did incredible.

[@ophiuchus_kin]

They could've asked him the entire set of stage names of all the spicegirls and he wouldn't flinch

[@dcworld1076]

i think he chose history of ice cream for a laugh

[@emanonkianols]

No lol he loves ice cream

[@Blackoutproject]

Surely not

[@andreeacalugarita7405]

If WILTY have their facts straight, he used to be an ice cream vendor.

[@bigredsock1]

I wonder how long it took the producers to find an expert on the history of ice cream to set the questions!

[@fenhen]

Should be ashamed for getting Mortal Kombat confused with Street Fighter.

[@jpzXD1]

You could really see he was annoyed with himself on that one.

[@gurrrn1102]

all I know about them is one of them has FINISH HIM

[@IMHAVINHOOPS]

I adore him!

[@sirprintalot]

Monsieur what? ...Ice Cream.

[@terranceparsons5185]

The History of Ice Cream! Only James Acaster!

[@virtute7971]

lmao im in counselling with youthworks northamptonshire cheers james

[@cjdavis9289]

Never seen mastermind before this clip and those drum sounds are creepy af, anyone else notice they're the same as the Inglorious Basterds soundtrack whenever something bad was going to happen?

[@KanonDymous]

... Had to pause to comment, "Creamy Boys!!" 😂 aw, I love Acaster aye 😅

[@anaccount8474]

He only chose ice cream as a specialist subject to generate publicity. He was hoping it would be a scoop but he just made a nougat out of himself.

[@mikeynma]

Pat Springleaf knows his onions...

[@Mia-fg2ik]

Of course he knew the spice girls question, he tried to drown himself when he didn't get their album for christmas

[@weswheel4834]

Creamy Boys! (appearing tonight at the Dublin Castle).

[@JGold-cu5mo]

I live in New Zealand, thanks James.

[@Really_Its_Me]

Can’t believe he didn’t get Mortal Kombat 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

[@ZeusBielski]

Real fans know there was no way he was ever going to miss the spice girls question

[@hollyludvigsen6763]

James getting to flex his Spice Girls knowledge lol

[@fatbelly27]

How long did James take to decide his specialist subject?

[@Sam-yy6yw]

I’d say 15 minutes max tbh

[@matthewday5213]

@@Sam-yy6yw by minutes you of course mean "seconds"

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

@@matthewday5213 and by seconds you of course mean "Milliseconds"

[@matthewday5213]

@@MikeMJPMUNCH and by milliseconds you of course mean "nanoseconds"

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

Yes, I thank you Clem Fandango!

[@tiffanymoton704]

the way he knew bill bryson..he reads ugh i love him

[@mudskipper0075]

When you actually don’t have a specialist subject but had to come up with something…..🤣🤣🤣

[@shmeli]

I live in the US and I've never heard of Philadelphia ice cream

[@aaronjohnone]

They asked him a spice girl's question, do they not know about his Christmas meltdown?

[@samfelton5009]

Why didn’t he do the music of 2016!?

[@darthmarticusLFC]

Because then he would have done well. I don't think that was the point.

[@thelorddrinian]

LASER is just in the question!!

[@leelid4376]

He's usually great on Richard Osman's house of games.

[@baker6444]

Of course he gets the spice girls question right

[@wozgog]

Thank you Clive 🤣

[@hiitsme6639]

I am American and a big fan of ice cream. Never heard of the Philidelphia style ice cream. Maybe it is a posh thing

[@narcissus78]

His subject should have been “Things that are circles.”

[@claustrum5534]

I wanted to take History of Ice Cream at Greendale but the class was fully booked.

[@kimwexler9393]

What do ghosts eat for pudding? BOOberry pie and I SCREAAAAAAM.

[@heathermca1351]

Who else answered the XL means extra large with the confidence and naivity of thinking the rest of the questions would be as easy

[@oscarramage95]

I saw James get 4 points and was then surprised that he wasn’t last

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

Creamy boys

[@KJKP]

Should have asked him some questions about cabbage.

[@ammall]

Tough ice cream questions.

[@TheKeebster1]

Having not watched this show before, why are the questions 30 minutes long? "You get one and a half minutes" and a full minute of that is going to be asking the actual questions so you only get 2 questions.

[@davidlockwood9192]

Always four contestants, with two rounds. As you can see from the scores it is possible to have up to 10 questions per round ( if you are quick to answer!). First round is your specialised subject, 2nd round General Knowledge.

[@DodderingOldMan]

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango.

[@gareth0256]

“The creamy boys!!”

[@morphunkown]

The Great City of Vermont, located in the State of Chicago. Home of my ancestors!

[@martinvanveldhoven8328]

Monsieur .... Ice cream ? 😄 Realizing that's funny himself.😂

[@justacommenter]

James is no creamy boy when it comes to general knowledge, that's for sure

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Should have listened to the you're dead to me podcast about the history of ice cream

[@davidlockwood9192]

Just listened to that and helped me get some of those questions right!

[@adammackintosh430]

This is one hundred percent a community reference.

[@PotatoMC1]

"Which government department" "... Conservative?" "Department of Education."

[@vivavaldez87]

How on Earth is James' specialist subject not "albums released in 2016"?

[@gajasmrecnij4352]

I think they aren’t allowed to pick a subject they’ve written a book about

[@vivavaldez87]

@@gajasmrecnij4352 That would make sense. "Welcome J R R Tolkien, specialist subject, Lord of the Rings"

[@robskyd]

I really hoped the answer to question 2 was Mr Whippy !

[@TCHorwood-xq7mw]

I want ice cream now, luckily there's some in my freezer :-))

[@lawjef]

Yes, I can hear you clem fandango

[@car0_lineee]

"What city...?" "Vermont."

[@harrybaldwin7517]

I was confidently shouting "conservatives" at my screen. I'm not very good at listening to questions