John Robins' Girlfriend Left Him Alone for Four Weeks | Mock The Week

[@one4all126]

They split up and then Sara was so upset that she ended up on a holiday to the wrong country. She talks about this when she went on to Would I Lie To You.

[@liamjohnstone1062]

She went to Costa Rica because she thought it was in Spain like Costa Del Sol and Costa Brava 😂

[@georgercop]

@@liamjohnstone1062 She thought "This is a long wait just to get a coffee..."

[@maggiesinthemud5638]

That was a different boyfriend

[@Popatop42]

Saw her live and she mentioned it then as well.

[@ccassidy9090]

True, he has an hour long stand up special in which he talks about how incredibly depressed he was after they broke up (it's on netflix, pretty funny) though so he definitely wins

[@whatyousaidbud]

Every Single Time Acaster kills it!!!

[@whatyousaidbud]

@Unknown User about on par this time but I based my comment on lifetime achievement.

[@casbot71]

I'm not British and I didn't know they were a couple [it got recommended cause I watched a few related vids] … as soon as he grinned at the microphone and it cut to her expression - I twigged.

[@TheSFHAA]

Nice work Kojak

[@janetovens756]

And she married an Australian

[@HarryNicNicholas]

"look who's hawking" classic, stolen.

[@claudebylion9932]

Sarah wasn’t in Australia, she was with me, a real man !!!

[@SvenTviking]

🤮

[@titteryenot4524]

This Sara/John public ‘he’s my boyfriend’ thing was cringey beyond belief. Just seen that’s she’s just got spliced to some guy called Steen, who looks like nothing more than Robins’ better looking brother. Odd. Freud would’ve known.

[@smg7602]

Hold on since when does the GF take out the trash. What an enlightened couple

[@noahswann]

Crazy modern times we're living in...women are allowed to drive and everything! They'll be wanting the vote next and body autonomy next!

[@mdntctyvlcn]

Welcome to the deconstruction of John and Sara's relationship.

[@centurionquincy3899]

I love how James Acaster was like: “Jon said a lot about Sara, so she might be mad at him. Watch me deflect all of that onto myself in my first line.”

[@Tao_Tology]

@@centurionquincy3899 He was also saying 'Yes, Sara, we all saw what John just did. Yes he was being a bit of a bellend.'

[@chrisstar969]

John Robins vs. the guy Sarah Pascoe told him not to worry about

[@sidraazam7859]

Hahaha so true 😂

[@jf775]

@@jamienewton7105 We get it. She didn't respond to your emails.

[@andrewwilliams7501]

Not really 🙄

[@chrisstar969]

these guys: watch Mock The Week also these guys: HOW DARE YOU MAKE A FACTUALLY INCORRECT OBSERVATION FOR COMEDIC EFFECT

[@andrewwilliams7501]

@@chrisstar969 Where's the comedic part?! 😂

[@ShreyGoyal]

The title still works without the "for four weeks."

[@centurionquincy3899]

Since they’ve broken up, you could just finish the title at “Jon’s girlfriend left him”

[@SarahRT92]

Yeah, that's the joke OP was making, except in a more subtle (and therefore more humourous) way.

[@centurionquincy3899]

@@SarahRT92 The way they said it, it seemed like they were saying that he didn’t really reference the 4 weeks during his bit except the one time, so you could just end it at “Jon’s girlfriend left him alone” which doesn’t sound like a breakup. That’s just my opinion though

[@ausaafzaidi]

Title should've just been "James actser". I enjoyed his bit more

[@FullazInTheHood]

Speaking of the Cinema... Sarah Pascoe’s an idiot 😂😂😂 Never fails to get a laugh out of me.

[@AH-te5gs]

John trying very hard not to laugh

[@ensa89]

I'm not from the UK and just recently found these videos. Could you please explain the joke to me because I don't get it :(

[@AH-te5gs]

@@ensa89 Sarah Pascoe is his girlfriend....

[@ensa89]

@@AH-te5gs I got that part. I meant the cinema - idiot reference

[@AH-te5gs]

@@ensa89 The joke is that there is no connection between the cinema and her being an idiot because of the bin bang thing (or possibly because of her leaving John on his own, I'm not sure)

[@willcurb5962]

Main lesson to learn from this-buy heavy duty bin bags Lol.

[@OptimusGPrime]

Turns out John should have worried about Sara going to Australia... *looks at Sara's Australian husband*

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

“Heavy duty black bin bags, no matter what your gender...” 🎵

[@frankshailes3205]

"Whether gay or straight or bender"... hey it's Peter Kay not me.

[@MrAshwinChauhan]

Secret to a good marriage: heavy duty bin bags !

[@jonathanfraser6738]

Even better-girl listens to boy occasionally.

[@tinfoilhatseller]

​@@jonathanfraser6738Even more better: boy doesn't rag on girl publicly.

[@neilporter6908]

They’re long and black and slender

[@DavidOakesMusic]

And he released a stand up DVD about it. Which I watched. And was reminded why I stay single.

[@RatelHBadger]

And why he now is also

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

@@RatelHBadger he appears to be engaged That Netflix special was astounding, however!

[@js0988]

So this is basically the black box of their relationship.

[@frankshailes3205]

I think she uses dye?

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Would have been hilarious if James also got home life and he repeated John's bit *verbatim*

[@MiskonceptioN]

They don't actually "get" topics. They're predetermined ahead of time so the comedians can use their existing routines or create one around the subject. Very little of the stand-up challenge is off the cuff.

[@wahahabuh]

@@MiskonceptioN i dunno about that, james acaster went off on cheese graters on the topic listing of "adventure"

[@smockboy]

@@wahahabuh He took the predetermined topic of adventure, and then inverted the topic to his lack of adventurousness to suit his repertoire of jokes and routines more organically. I've heard him tell that exact series of jokes without the 'I'm not very adventurous' qualifier before them in one of his earlier Comedy Store appearances. In fact, maybe a little over half the jokes I've heard during this segment of the show are jokes that I've already heard the comedian make in specials or at Edinburgh or somewhere else - particularly Ed and Russell. Acaster even pokes fun at how lucky it is that he has recently moved house and thus has a whole bit when he is 'assigned' the topic of Moving House. Hell, a decent proportion of the jokes they tell during the bits that are supposed to be topical (as in based on recent news) are recycled jokes from old routines - again particularly with Ed and Russell, but that might be because I've seen more of their stuff than I have of other guests and regulars.

[@smockboy]

That's not a criticism of the comedians by the way, it takes genuine skill to generate a repertoire of good jokes that can be used in a bunch of situations, and even more skill to make it appear as an off-the-cuff wittiy remark or spontaneous comedy set.

[@wahahabuh]

@@smockboy I'm not sure you understand my comment. Yes they are not making up jokes on the spot, they are using material they came up with in the past. But the topics are not pre-assigned. They didn't tell him in advance that he was going to get "adventure"

[@jane9250-h5v]

Props to James for lightening the mood cuz holy shit

[@shmookins]

When I first saw this clip I didn't know why the camera kept cutting to just that woman and Acaster's opening quib. Now that I know they are partners it makes more sense.

[@philpritchard1737]

Were partners when this series aired, four years ago.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

* quip *

[@gregoryuk]

I can't tell her, cos I've learned.

[@jonathanfraser321]

Thats high up on the how to keep relationship going list! ask any man!

[@RiffHarvester]

Sucks that they broke up less than 80 days after this first aired on Oct. 7th 2016.

[@userjim83]

The amount of people in the comments who think this is recent 😂

[@CollinInGame]

How many?

[@seth1455]

why is that funny ?

[@strawberrykicker2]

It was uploaded four months ago so fair enough

[@jayrap94]

And a few months later, Sara booked a flight to Costa Rica

[@SidneyBroadshead]

*Mock the Week* (Series 15, Episode 11; October 7, 2016) Segment (Standup Challenge): *_Trump Around, Trump Around - Trump Up, Trump Up and Get Down!_* Presenter: Dara O'Briain Team 1: John Robins (captain), Sara Pascoe, Rob Beckett Team 2: Ed Gamble, Hugh Dennis (captain), James Acaster

[@22griff22]

James steals this bit

[@gyped]

Where from?

[@robeldridge5668]

@@gyped it's taken from "James Acaster: Repertoire" on Netflix, which I highly recommend, it's one of the funniest and cleverest things I've seen.

[@robeldridge5668]

Tbh I think most comedians on mock the week take their stand up bits from their old routines, this is the most staged part of every episode

[@gyped]

@@robeldridge5668 I know it's from repertoire, i thought you were implying he stole that whole bit from another comedian. But it's not stealing if it's your own bit. It's his material at his dispense.

[@gyped]

It's like saying, a musician playing live, stole a song from their album.

[@sfoster.23]

Irony is her husband is from Australia 👀

[@typacsk]

Holy shit. I feel like there's 90% of the iceberg that we're still not seeing...

[@idc5309]

@@typacsk you can do a lot and meet a lot of people in four weeks 😏

[@strawberrykicker2]

Not really irony

[@fredh1720]

How is that ironic

[@davidmaxwaterman]

An example of why not to have a relationship with someone 'at the office'. Imagine if they break up - you'll never see them on the same show again.

[@EightThreeEight]

Exes can be amicable, you know.

[@userjim83]

This is years ago

[@davidmaxwaterman]

@@userjim83 Not yet it isn't.

[@userjim83]

@@davidmaxwaterman what?

[@davidmaxwaterman]

@@userjim83 what what?

[@ZarkowsWorld]

She left him for more than 4 weeks now...

[@OwenPlant532]

Look who's Hawking would be a great name for that film!

[@diegodicannio]

It’s so prepared scripted. How do anyone enjoy this garbage?

[@frankshailes3205]

Crumbs. I didn't realise Sara Pascoe was the girlfriend. What a mistake-a to make-a.

[@beageler]

Cue the tense ride home :-D

[@DavidOakesMusic]

3:06 Why does Ed always look like he's a really famous comedian *judging* everyone else's material ?

[@DrDespicable]

Resting Smug Face.

[@iamdb1990]

you see him differently, I just see a man laughing at a joke

[@DavidOakesMusic]

@@iamdb1990 Nah i see him countless times pulling faces like "wtf??" at other people's material. Like they're 'having a go' at stand up...

[@davimurph]

When he was working with Ray Peacock, their shtick seemed to be Ray acting thick and Ed acting condescendingly (but Ray's character was too thick to realise he was being patronised). To be honest, it sounded more like they were role-playing bullying than comedy. Ed's toned it down a lot since then, but I think I saw that arrogance resurface a bit on Taskmaster. I suspect that, off stage, he is probably extremely arrogant. But perhaps my dislike of Peacock and Gamble has prejudiced me against him. Perhaps I'm imagining the arrogance. If your job is convincing strangers that you're funny, you will find that easier if you never doubt that you're the best (even if you're not).

[@iamdb1990]

@@DavidOakesMusic I disagree, but fair enough

[@316SR]

They broke up ages ago.

[@muls9571]

And?

[@AutomaticDuck300]

This stand-up routine probably didn't help.

[@wenwilloughby8197]

Sarah's well off out of that.

[@Lightscribe721]

This episode of Mock The Week left me more invested in the relationship of two people I have never met than any trashy reality show ever could...and then they went and broke up, so lesson flippin' learned, I guess.

[@andrewharper1609]

Fun fact I got a defund the BBC ad on this video. Ironically.

[@John-Ginger]

You would think an ad like that before a BBC programme isnt that effective.

[@alexjackson5740]

Same 😂😂

[@Roflmaolinde]

Is it the same old stick that some people think it’s left wing? I live in Sweden and we have that argument all the time, though personally I think that it’s clear that publicly funded TV are better at being non-partial, than for example American TV were people just choose sides.

[@rileyjenkins3150]

Did not click for the first 15 seconds.

[@simonbiggs9102]

Sara 😍

[@skippytv1956]

It wasn’t nice to watch

[@brian-doesnt-know]

James is hilarious

[@mikec9982]

Amateurs, lifting the bin bag straight up. You close the bag, tip the bin on its side, then slide it out.

[@ryanseet8314]

James Is from a different planet! Funny as f***

[@jt4928]

Really funny (both guys)

[@backelie]

Hey, atleast she didn't leave him for Mr. Bean!

[@martinbailey3259]

Was surprised to read that John and Sarah split up and she married someone else.

[@josdenis3684]

Not a good idea, inviting two lovers.

[@panda4247]

Someone was sleeping on the sofa that night

[@user-gl8qu7qf2q]

Oh dear, what a sad man

[@anirudh1785]

1:03 🤣

[@vaulimere]

This channel and BBC should both change their name to Dave... always reposting the same old videos.

[@PAWNB3YOND]

Sarah Pascoe is so cute to me

[@greengolfkid]

This is the funniest 4 minutes on KZbin imo.

[@saltbjorn]

John is so accidentally funny it’s unreal

[@LednacekZ]

i guess he should have been more concerned.

[@N94able]

An odd thing to draw attention too.

[@rossshepherd9836]

to*

[@raffitz]

They haven't been a thing for years now, but you're seriously going to refer to Sara Pascoe as "John Robins' Girlfriend"?

[@davethefish5]

They were when this was recorded

[@raffitz]

@@davethefish5 Exactly, so they should have titled it something like "Sara Pascoe Left John Robbins alone for Four Weeks".

[@davethefish5]

raffitz why?

[@raffitz]

@@davethefish5 Because she's an accomplished comedian who has an identity of her own. I guess you sing God Save Prince Phillip's Wife when you're feeling patriotic.

[@davethefish5]

raffitz I do it makes it much more exciting

[@redcoat4ever323]

Hilarious!

[@thesteve120]

Ah yes John "I know Sara Pascoe" Robins...

[@Popatop42]

It was like Dane "i was in a shit boy band for a few yrs, but i shagged jordan and mention it at every opportunity to try and stay relevant" Bowers.

[@thefunkychief]

i think you mean, John "Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner" Robins

[@andydavis7254]

Sarah Pascoe is hot.

[@LednacekZ]

was

[@andydavis7254]

@@LednacekZ She still is.

[@DontStealMyFish]

Anybody ever ship Sara Pascoe and James Acaster?

[@AdrianColley]

Perhaps James does.

[@SidneyBroadshead]

James Acaster used to date Louise Ford (AKA the current Mrs. Rowan Atkinson). That outships everything.

[@MarkPentler]

Also Rose Matafeo

[@martinmoore7920]

I thought the heavy duty bin bags were for putting puppies in....🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@misfit2022]

Shame BBC don’t reward on merit anymore as John Robins is hilarious, wins the Edinburgh award and still no sitcom

[@ethanlappin]

Gee I wonder why they broke up

[@chunkylefunga]

John is really riding Sara's talent.

[@ll5196]

Well they split up over 2 years ago and he's since won the Perrier award, so I'm not sure that's true. Perhaps they are both just talented comedians?

[@llewboy9973]

I'd say it's very much the reverse.

[@TechBaffle]

I like how this video is 4:20

[@ThatCoalSoul]

It isn't ...it loses a second when you click on it.

[@samedz3966]

The best and worst of british comedy (in reverse order)

[@michaelcarr3924]

This is shit without the old guard. Frankie Boyle. Come back. Dara is just going through the motions.

[@phatmanc7078]

is this funny sorry not for me and that crowd is shocking

[@Z561-k6j]

Thanks for the update, do be sure to keep everyone updated on any other developments 👍

[@Griff78]

I remember when mock the week was a comedy show

[@madsteve9]

Didn't Sara Pascoe, abort John Robins child, because she decided she no-longer loved him. When she gets asked what happend, she says "I had a tapeworm".

[@madsteve9]

@AJ17 Hi. No talking about her second abortion. This was 2016. In fact she was about 16 Weeks Pregnant when they appeared together again on an episode of "Mock the Week". Something was said about Marriage during the episode. Later in 2017, when asked about it, she shrugged it off saying she had "had a Tapeworm". They had split up at this point.

[@munky342]

Who cares?

[@TransTess]

This isnt true. somehow a joke about "Ive never had a baby, but i have had a tapeworm" has become this myth?!

[@telectronix1368]

@@madsteve9 "Didn't she.....?" you typed in your OP but then later reply with "No, she did and here's how and here's when and here's a quote"

[@h0lly_blue]

@@madsteve9 username checks out

[@Bobby56288]

James Acaster is not funny.

[@WrambleOn]

That's why he got the much bigger laughs.

[@ipellaers]

Bit like the fact that you exist then.

[@bazzakrak]

Come on, we all understand John why he left her, who would be with a vegan, women need to eat some meat from time to time

[@NachaBeez]

She left him, but nice try.