Mains electricity, a gherkin and a fire in a bin - LIVE!

I do live comedy shows about science. Usually with Festival Of The Spoken Nerd. This is an expert from one of our shows.
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[@andrew17641]

Lol He's got a symmetry problem on his hands! Best joke ever

[@tsraikage]

best nerd joke ever. to be specific 😂

[@patrickhannon4217]

Still makes laugh out loud, I only found this video recently, but when I need cheering up 🤣🤣 It's *so* multi-layered that it has overtaken "clever/intelligent" humour and returned to "stupid" humour 🤣🤣

[@DavidGuild]

"He's got a symmetry problem on his hands." Parker pun for the win.

[@_Uptilt]

His squares might be a bit off, but his puns are on point!

[@NikolajLepka]

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE HOURS OF CONTENT?!!! SIGN ME UP!

[@SteveMould]

+Nikolaj Lepka it's a two disk DVD so plenty of room!

[@NikolajLepka]

Steve Mould assuming 8.5 GB gives you two hours 185 hours would be 45.5 GB Which requires at least 10 DVDs to hold Either you got some freaky quantum DVDs or there's magic involved Either way, sign me up

[@SteveMould]

+Nikolaj Lepka ah man, your interpretation is way more interesting than the truth.

[@NikolajLepka]

Steve Mould who needs truth when you have magic?

[@EllaJameson]

+Nikolaj Lepka Yup! Just play at 1/60th speed!

[@1224chrisng]

"I've Wired two Nails to the Mains ." lmao

[@IceMetalPunk]

You've heard of the potato clock, but now witness the majesty that is...the pickle lamp! :D

[@adammullarkey4996]

I wonder, if you hook a pickle up to a potato, will it work as an emergency torch?

[@cookeymonster83]

Gherkin lamp*

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@cookeymonster83 Potato, potahto, tomato, tomatillo.

[@blindsightedkill]

NEON- GLOWING PICKLE RICK!!!

[@joost199207]

"when you excite a sodium attom, it's electron jumps up to a higher orbit and then when the electron jumps back down again it release a photon of light" Idk but that kinda sounds like "where do babies come from", but for physics xDD.

[@qwertyTRiG]

It's what Stewart & Cohen would call "lies to children".

[@lohphat]

Are you suggesting to replace all of the UK's streetlights with pickles? If not, why not?

[@cookeymonster83]

That would be impossible to do since pickles can't exist within the UK. As soon as a pickle enters the UK, it becomes a gherkin.

[@prerakpatel4444]

LED would save more electricity 👍

[@U014B]

More people will try to eat the bulbs, that's why.

[@Peter_1986]

lol at "subtitles in binary for inaccessibility". xD

[@EatsUsedTP]

my 4th grade teacher was great and showed us that experiment, then afterwards let a student eat the pickle

[@SteveMould]

+Joseph Nisbet ha! That's brilliant.

[@ErwinPommel]

"let" Do you mean "forced"?

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Yum. Burnt pickle... 😝

[@rookieman329]

seems like a good deal to me, you know you get like edible light

[@panda4247]

And then the student contaned the salt, so she stuck him to the mains. Muhahahaha!

[@kcthewanderer]

Purchased the download version. Looking forward to watching it later!

[@darkxfbi]

That was amazing! Thank you for sharing that bit!

[@christianruiz4249]

5:28hands down one of the best jokes I've heard. Honestly didn't know Steve Mould was so hilarious.

[@therogue1542]

That was most amazing 4 minutes i have ever spent in my life

[@dedwarmo]

I purchased the download. Loved the the Festival of the Spoken Nerd.

[@Rotceev]

this was amazing, I gotta see the whole show, its freaking a-ma-zing, I laughed my ass of through those 5 minutes.

[@pectenmaximus231]

My party tricks repertoire just increased by 2, thank you Steve.

[@loupetron]

Thanks! I ordered the download version right after seeing this vid!

[@SteveMould]

+loupetron yay!

[@fanthomans2]

+Steve Mould I was crying by laughter on the glove part. Automatic order. I''ve been a fan of all of you for a long time. Keep up!

[@marlenrichter2295]

Great show, and I love the the No such thing Vinyl ;))

[@boris_s_s]

Absolutely brilliant! :)

[@gothenix]

My sight of an eagle can’t help but notice the use of Polish pickles (the etiquette on the jar said “Ogórki” meaning cucumbers tbh) Sooooo Yeah Now I like you all even more

[@cookeymonster83]

We also don't call them pickles in the UK so Heaven knows why he was using American English in London.

[@timearly5226]

Science AND comedy, well done! BTW thank you for including American English in your DVD. Should be helpful though I've watched enough Monty Python and Faulty Towers to make it through. Perchance a few regional dialects as well, Brooklyn, Boston, southern drawl? Ya'll keep up the good work! :c)

[@eswing2153]

Thanks for doing this!

[@osirismother]

please come to Plymouth lots! you are SO good live

[@zbrooo]

I laughed so hard at 100 hours of content and 85 hours of extras.

[@edmatzenik9858]

One thing I notice about Steve, anyone else notice this? His voice is incredibly clear. I'm half deaf, and I thought it was the microphone or the EQ, but wherever we see him it seems the same.

[@frogz]

old videos? dont mind if i do, found this from festival of the spoken nerd webpage at random, i remember making a fire tornado as a young child using a record player, a metal tin and some window screen, worked really good but because i was sloppy and only like 7 or 8 years old i didnt realize stability spinning would make it work better

[@themadman5615]

That performance was quite well done

[@frankowalker4662]

So thats who you are. I've heard your radio 4 series and seen you on Q.I. Love your work guys! I've just ordered the DVDs!

[@SteveMould]

Thank you! Hope you like them!

[@tubeymcdee]

@@SteveMould HI steven. I liekd them steve. thbanks seteve

[@adammullarkey4996]

Not only is the pickle excited, but, thanks to the way that it creates light, it's also fascin- uh, exciting!

[@Finite-Tuning]

Cool. I just bought the trilogy download. Cheers 🍻

[@GvinahGui]

5:52 "That's the nerdiest thing you could do with a pickle" Well, it is if you don't count turning yourself into a pickle. Pickle Rick!

[@SteveMould]

Pickle Rick!

[@LuigiTrabacchin]

sodium lights and snow, miss both of them...

[@xBris]

185 hours? I might even be tempted to buy that. Very funny content.

[@adrienconverset6571]

"that is the nerdiest thing you can do with a pickle" Rick be like "Hold my beer".

[@michaeladams3762]

who's rick

[@LordQueezle]

I knew I would find a reference if I scrolled down far enough. xD

[@RocneKS]

@@michaeladams3762 Pickle Rick

[@cookeymonster83]

A pickled what? We call them gherkins. Ignore the Brit that speaks American.

[@michaelgauthier2741]

This looks like the best show to attend. With or without my kids.

[@michakisielewski4898]

"I'm pickle Rick!"

[@kriskropd]

Steve Mould: "That's the nerdiest thing you can do with a pickle." Dan Harmon: "Hold my... whatever this shit I'm smoking is called." (Months later) Arbys employee: "PLEASE GET OFF THE COUNTER! YOU'RE NOT PICKLE-RICK!" edit: Oh, TIL that episode was actually written by Jessica Gao. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Gao

[@elliotskunk]

this was really actually very funny

[@_jenaissante_]

Yes we've got Mat Parker!

[@topilinkala1594]

I've cooked sausages that way. They are normally cold in the middle and burned and quite hot at the ends.

[@craigcorson3036]

I've known about the electric pickle for years now, done it myself many times. The mysterious thing about this is that, although the current is alternating, and we should therefore expect the light to appear at both poles, it appears at only one. To my knowledge, the reason for this is unknown.

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

Please, please have some sort of competition (like a question) to give away a dvd, please. Btw: Fire tornado? That's just epic!! :)

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Did you get one? If you still don't have one I will buy one for you. Lol I am so shocked right now, somehow I've been watching both of these guy's videos for quite a while but somehow had zero clue that they knew each other! I feel ridiculous

[@Roy.Abhishek]

Wow very nice

[@petrajaros8637]

I'm just in the comments to appreciate the video description. :D

[@subhabratadas8419]

Too good

[@rareroe305]

Looks like all the light is coming from one of the nails. I'm not great with electricty, but I assume that that nail is the positive (or red [in Canada, anyway] or "hot") electrode?

[@johnschroeder3072]

No actually it is 230v AC so the polarity are constantly changing. There is most like slightly higher resistance there so it gets hotter else its the other way around and it's more conductive allowing the electrons to change "level" easier. Also in Canada they have 120v AC supply so no positive or negative either.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

I have constructed an L E P (Light-Emitting Pickle) on several occasions at home. Usually after having reached a certain point at a party.

[@matiasmoanaguerrero8095]

2:07 "it's amazing"

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

I have done the pickle experiment at home. Best to do it outside and be very careful. It smells and if you screw up it can absolutely electracute you.

[@RichardGetzPhotography]

Content like this would be great for a YT membership

[@DantevanGemert]

6:00 Ah I got excited there!

[@jabolee7296]

there's no wonder you always look knackered doing all that lot.

[@dsample]

Any chance of a blu-ray version?

[@KaeYoss]

I don't know about you guys, but if someone puts on big rubber gloves and breaks out the pickles, my mind runs away and hides.

[@neerithedragon298]

A gherkin, bin on fire and a pair of nails wired up to the mains walk into a bar. "ahw shoot, we're in one of steve's videos again."

[@ReubenAStern]

It's pickle RIIICK!

[@vbnandu867]

This should be avaialbe for purchase or rent on youtube for people from around the world! I am from India if you are interested.

[@_CinnamonKitty]

Hilarious 😆

[@burnsiet]

100 hours, and here I was thinking that I had something to do for the next 4 days! Bumma.

[@l.c.8475]

We did the pickle experiment in our 5th grade physics class

[@jimmythewig3354]

Is that a Parker pair of gloves?

[@Graeme_Lastname]

Don't use wooden or plastic baskets? Pickle light works just fine. How do I get rid of the smell? :)

[@mewanan282]

Funny MOULD 😂

[@Electroshockist]

At 3:00, no that is not a banana in sodium's pants, he does not like bananas.

[@meithecatte8492]

These are Polish pickles!

[@iliketurtles4463]

I guess it varies from pickle to pickle, but what voltage or amperage would be required to result in an exploding pickle?

[@andraslibal]

Well you need a high enough current so that the pickle heats up and cannot dissipate the heat fast enough, leading to the water inside boiling to steam that has no way out, the problem is that it already has two holes where the steam can release ... explosion is not likely to happen.

[@ericscaillet2232]

@@andraslibal with enough force anything can happen ,but yes from the energy available to the regular citizens,you are correct.

[@pocarski]

This is both the moth meme and Pickle Rick meme

[@zacharylagler242]

+Steve Mould just yesterday I saw Jeremy Clarkson do this...

[@thrango2379]

No Oxford comma in the title? I expected more from you, Steve.

[@cookeymonster83]

English obviously isn't his strong point.

[@molockwood2787]

My teacher did the pickle thing and blew out the power.

[@martijndekok]

I see on your site that you are doing shows in the UK now. Do you have any plans to do show in other locations in Europe? I'm from The Netherlands and would like to see the three of you live, but I'm not sure how practical and costly it is to go to London for one show.

[@SteveMould]

+Martijn deKok we don't currently have plans but it's useful to know that there are people interested!

[@SteveMould]

+Martijn deKok we don't currently have plans but it's useful to know that there are people interested!

[@SteveMould]

+Martijn deKok we don't currently have plans but it's useful to know that there are people interested!

[@SteveMould]

+Martijn deKok we don't currently have plans but it's useful to know that there are people interested!

[@SteveMould]

+Martijn deKok we don't currently have plans but it's useful to know that there are people interested!

[@Red_Schuhart]

If you ate the pickle afterwards.. would you just taste the chlorine?

[@Micksoffthings]

I leave this under every video I watched, it helps the algorithm..

[@trebogetich2029]

How can we find out when and where shows would be?

[@SteveMould]

+Tre Bogetich fotsn.com

[@trebogetich2029]

+Steve Mould thanks I would love to go sometime

[@blindsightedkill]

Pickle Rick Level 2!!

[@fairnut6418]

0:16 Jimmy Valmer irl

[@oldcowbb]

those mr.bean laugh effect

[@colleenforrest7936]

What would happen if you hooked a pickle up to a lemon?

[@danielchmiel7787]

polish pickles! 🙆🙆🙆

[@childofnewlight]

Daniel Chmiel World War 2 German occupation edition Polish pickles!

[@laurawillits176]

We've done cruel things to pickles at our house, too. Great fun, horrible smell.

[@popcornpretzel6720]

this wasn't in my sub box :(((

[@jimidybobidybo]

All the show dates are on weekdays and in London, that's no good is it. Are you lot doing the fringe?

[@SteveMould]

+Jonathan Lowe we just finished our UK tour :(. We're not doing the fringe this year sadly. Hopefully we'll be near you soon. Do join the mailing list if you'd like to be kept up to date. Sign up is on the website.

[@SimonSozzi7258]

If you're nerdy, then I can definitely think of something even "nerdyer" to do with that pickle 😉😉😋

[@ChairCushion]

When was this filmed?

[@SteveMould]

+Brian Bender Jan 2015

[@FeatherzMcG]

"Excerpt" sounds like "Ecksert".

[@cookeymonster83]

False. The P isn't silent.

[@richardfarrer5616]

So why not turn one of the gloves inside out?

[@ArthKryst]

The description of states it as "expert" 😂😂😂😂 not except

[@hugovangalen]

Indeed! And I am very unsure whether that was intentional.

[@fewwiggle]

After talking about the burning/spinning ice skater, you missed an opportunity to ask for a volunteer from the audience.... :-)

[@DarthTwilight]

I have never thought about setting an ice skater on fire, but the Olympics would be far more interesting...

[@ericscaillet2232]

One a matter of time.

[@fritsfmn]

first, i was like 100 hours on dvd , good deal, but no ...after i read the text.. :)

[@Aliosar22]

He also said it is available as a download. That would take a little

[@namenamington]

Egg syrup.

[@alexsawyer8467]

5:50 what about turning yourself into one?

[@Twxii]

When you wanted 100 hours... ;-;

[@stefanotorelli3688]

Google... yep... KZbin subtlites says: ... "enjoyed that sample that's actually from our DVD full frontal nuditywhich"... Great!

[@RogueShadowTCN]

Eyes.... so red... ?

[@pawelkorzeniewski4897]

Important note to all the people who do not try this at home: it only works with Polish pickles.

[@cookeymonster83]

Additional important note to British scientists: It's a gherkin.

[@alexhauptmann298]

Anyone wanna fill in Mehdi Sadaghdar about this pickle thing?

[@atharvamarathe]

poor pickle rick got electrocuted

[@vrennexx3736]

This isn't funny. It's not even funny funny... It's smart funny... The BEST funny!

[@halonothing1]

I'm not a fan of stad up usually, so I always made a point of ignoring this or Matt's stand up videos. But I actually really enjoyed that. You got a laugh out of me more than once, which doesn't usually come easily for me.