James Acaster on Celebrity Mastermind

All the Acaster bits from Celebrity Mastermind (2022). His specialist subject? Ice cream, of course.

[@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 James, eating a slightly out of date ice cream: "Idk, the history of ice cream?"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.

[@DoctorPompidou]

Started answering. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Matt-yw8tj]

C R E A M Y B O I S

[@joshuataylor3550]

Created a new heckle got him.

[@ManWalksDogs]

1:43

[@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 🤣

[@matthewscheifer1169]

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

[@hi-ve1cw]

Asked to name a government department, he says the Conservatives

[@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.

[@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

[@richardboyce4635]

I thought he was going to answer “Monsieur Whippy”

[@tracy9610]

😂😂😂

[@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.

[@jonny5696]

Creamy Boys!

[@chriskaprys]

Eclaire Bros!

[@cerysmcg10]

*bois

[@TheoHiggins]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@bamboozla9977]

Monsieur Ice Cream and Creamy Boys 😂

[@estebancomulet]

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

[@StanleyKubick1]

the music doesn't play in the studio

[@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

[@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

[@kaw203]

What a legend, history of ice cream

[@ComicalFlask]

He tied for first place on the general knowledge round.

[@williamnelson369]

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

[@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!

[@MrInsomniac19]

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

[@J_Jevans]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Akco007]

That mortal ko bat question killed him on the inside.

[@WDKimball]

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

[@antalkarolyi]

Nice Benigni reference

[@harryburgess8974]

He is effortlessly capable at being funny

[@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

[@derektownsend1262]

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

[@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?

[@bootyspelunker9802]

NO WAY, as soon as he got the spice girls question, I would have bet my life savings that he got it right

[@Matt-yw8tj]

All that Crawston Press has gone to his head.

[@ophiuchus_kin]

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

[@sirprintalot]

Monsieur what? ...Ice Cream.

[@IMHAVINHOOPS]

I adore him!

[@carlwilson6235]

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

[@hollyludvigsen6763]

James getting to flex his Spice Girls knowledge lol

[@JGold-cu5mo]

I live in New Zealand, thanks James.

[@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.

[@tiffanymoton704]

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

[@terranceparsons5185]

The History of Ice Cream! Only James Acaster!

[@mikeynma]

Pat Springleaf knows his onions...

[@Shaun742]

Christ, that laser question is probably the easiest quiz question I've ever heard. You just need to be aware what an acronym is.

[@JoelJoel321]

Easier than what the dish ran away with?

[@claustrum5534]

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

[@joebleasdale5557]

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

[@RedSaint83]

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.

[@fenhen]

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

[@jimpanzeexd]

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

[@KanonDymous]

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

[@mudskipper0075]

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

[@Really_Its_Me]

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

[@PimpMacSlickBac]

Yes, I thank you Clem Fandango!

[@ammall]

Tough ice cream questions.

[@virtute7971]

lmao im in counselling with youthworks northamptonshire cheers james

[@wozgog]

Thank you Clive 🤣

[@baker6444]

Of course he gets the spice girls question right

[@darkhatter]

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

[@weswheel4834]

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

[@francesprendergast1721]

I have such a crush on James I actually feel giddy when he's on screen...how sad...ffs

[@-_James_-]

How bizarre. I'm rarely on screen these days. ;)

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

Creamy boys

[@oscarramage95]

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

[@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"

[@gareth0256]

“The creamy boys!!”

[@car0_lineee]

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

[@KJKP]

Should have asked him some questions about cabbage.

[@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

[@racheyrach_rach3548]

"CREAMY BOYS!!"

[@DodderingOldMan]

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango.

[@joanne6744]

Thank you Clem Fandango

[@justacommenter]

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

[@emilyjane7027]

Monsieur Ice Cream 😂

[@leelid4376]

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

[@martinvanveldhoven8328]

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

[@adammackintosh430]

This is one hundred percent a community reference.

[@WaxedMix]

Monsieur Ice Cream😂😂😂

[@Benjaminduduu]

The creamy boys 😂😂

[@Myles4Kane]

Completely missed the opportunity to say Monsieur Whippy

[@kimwexler9393]

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

[@devonbk]

Creamy boys 😂😂

[@essiebod8107]

Monsieur Icecream!

[@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.

[@morphunkown]

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

[@kunaltolani1248]

Creamy Bois

[@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

[@vivavaldez87]

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

[@aaronjohnone]

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

[@SumChap1]

Creamy Boyz. Good band

[@yesterday1396]

Creamy boys!