A meeting with the head of programming about the future of NumberWang
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@TonkarzOfSolSystem7 жыл бұрын
It's odd that the inventors of a gameshow as bizarre as Numberwang are playing the straight man role in this sketch.
@tomgl66843 жыл бұрын
Bizarre? It's an extremely simple game. Anyone who bought the home edition and read the rule book will attest!
@holgerkanisch42102 жыл бұрын
That's Numberwang!
@A350Airways6 ай бұрын
@@holgerkanisch4210 Or more accurately Wordwang!
@davidwhitfield78648 жыл бұрын
"Ethnically youthful and homosexually young."
@aelolul4 жыл бұрын
Doctor Who?
@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas1411 ай бұрын
@@aelolulThis is spot on now that the Doctor is a literal Black Scot
@DanielWhite-v4e13 күн бұрын
canada
@metal28868 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this is how top gear picked it's new presenters
@IMOLDGREGG2525 жыл бұрын
metal2886 this comment is still relevant.
@jessicest Жыл бұрын
it's true; i was the youthful homosexual
@alexpotts65206 ай бұрын
To be fair, the original trio were irreplaceable.
@ethan57192 жыл бұрын
I've seen this clip countless times but I've somehow only just noticed the irony in his inability to read, yet supposedly having "numberwang" written on the piece of card.. for him to read
@Robert3996 күн бұрын
Maybe it says "#🍆"
@Pining_for_the_fjords13 жыл бұрын
"I'm not going to pretend to understand the creative process, because I don't understand the creative process, and because I don't know how to pretend." I love this line!
@samuelthestrong Жыл бұрын
Oh man. You can tell this one came from the soul. They must've had a particularly interesting meeting that planted the seed
@liesemiller47866 жыл бұрын
"None of them went to Oxford. I love diversity!"
@TristanAlricMusic7 жыл бұрын
"He'll be head of news one day if we let him, which we won't" Fucking brilliant
@MuchWhittering3 ай бұрын
It's not brilliant, he deserves that job!
@gregdavidl6478 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. Great satire on what makes the industry tick and what makes it vacuous at the same time.
@rdhunkinsКүн бұрын
These days it seems you can't satirize things enough. This probably happens IRL all the time.
@loysdoy949910 жыл бұрын
What a performance! He nailed it!
@slee199611 жыл бұрын
David Mitchell is perfect. In 2 minutes 28 he has managed to personify everything wrong with British culture and media. I say this as one of the homosexually young people the culture and media think is their target audience
@Stuart2672 жыл бұрын
This comment is WAY ahead of its time. Things are even worse now with the virtue signalling in shows & movies. Like having a g@y character in a show counts as a personality
@reethreepio72202 жыл бұрын
@@Stuart267 Your comment is even more prescient. Things are even far worser NOW than when you wrote your comment pointing out that things were relatively worse at the time of your writing in comparison to the general state of things in the ancient past of the original post.
@BenjaminGoose2 жыл бұрын
@@kevincarbone6831 Jesus is gay.
@randot66755 ай бұрын
Fast forward to 2024, and no, nothing's improved yet. You're welcome
@RedKincaid3 күн бұрын
I'm not britist but I am young and gay and deeply uncomfortable with the attempts of mainstream media to pander to me. I guess a decade and an ocean aren't enough to really change things lol
@minichapify12 жыл бұрын
"I CAN'T READ!!!" *picks up paper* "NUMBERWANG!!!*
@CheeseDemon13 жыл бұрын
This is such a great sketch, and what makes it even more impressive is that David Mitchell managed to do the whole thing in one take! (I found out on the commentary for the dvd, Mitchell said so himself) Epic! :D
@davros_adl8155 Жыл бұрын
That's takewang
@beeble200311 ай бұрын
Pff, it's easy to do it in one take when you have the name of the show on a card. 😉
@devourerofbabies13 жыл бұрын
Fascinating glimpse behind the scenes at how real television producers operate.
@zippodbeebilbroxen30167 жыл бұрын
"NUMBERWANG has been off our screens for far too long" IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE IT'S TRUE!
@angelica37449 жыл бұрын
Ranks in the top 5 of my favorite skits of all time.
@FatherStack4 жыл бұрын
Probably the hardest I've ever laughed in my life! Dave's energy in this is absolutely brilliant and that last line almost killed me 🤣🤣🤣
@StKildaFan11 жыл бұрын
Think of the meeting they must have sat through to make them write this sketch.
@jessicest Жыл бұрын
that would have been a great followup sketch
@HELPTHEPICKLEISALIVE13 жыл бұрын
My favourite show (looks at card) That Mitchell and Webb look!
@iluvthecompanioncube13 жыл бұрын
I love the bit where he goes, "Here's some money!" and throws money at them. It kills me for some reason.
@crippmeister13 жыл бұрын
and a little bit of Oxford bashing from the Cantabrian. Love it XD
@rbarrington891110 жыл бұрын
I'd like to imagine they probably had a meeting like this.
@joshuahext92363 жыл бұрын
I've been in a thousand pitch meetings like this.
@BarokaiRein2 жыл бұрын
This isn't a sketch, it's documentary of how basically all media is runs nowadays
@DCI-Frank-Burnside8 жыл бұрын
1 man behind his desk. 2 people being interviewed and 3 people there to tick race, disability and gender boxes. Add those numbers together and what do you get...?
@VanessaVersus8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Johns A numberwang!
@DCI-Frank-Burnside8 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@misterwishart8 жыл бұрын
Numberwang?
@godmademefunky958 жыл бұрын
Six.
@lukessummerguitar8 жыл бұрын
20 Capstan Full Strength Navy Cut?
@mikepalmer8 Жыл бұрын
As a member of the Pedants Society of Great Britain, I feel I have to point out that he states that he doesn't know how to read, but continuously reads the word "NumberWang" throughout the sketch
@CheeseDemon14 жыл бұрын
what makes this sketch even more impressive is that David Mitchel managed to say all that in one take. :D
@markstevenson16466 жыл бұрын
Emma Sedgwick wow is that what you get from a university education? , the ability to speak continually for 2mins 28secs, impressive
@tomgl66843 жыл бұрын
@@markstevenson1646 Beats making bitter comments on a KZbin video mate.
@markstevenson16463 жыл бұрын
@@tomgl6684 wow is that what you get from a university education, the ability to post a shit quip three years after the event, impressive
@tomgl66843 жыл бұрын
@@markstevenson1646 Who said anything about a university education? Is that because you automatically assume someone taking the piss out of you must have an academic background?
@markstevenson16463 жыл бұрын
@@tomgl6684 well I wouldn't consider what you said taking the piss as you so eloquently put it, it was a bit pathetic if truth be told, here let me have a go, if I took the piss out of you there'd be nothing left.... BOOM there you go, have a nice day 😄
@maxdowker87664 жыл бұрын
Still come back to this sketch cos of the great writing
@EREJones9 жыл бұрын
I feel a strong emotional connection to the teenage p**fter.
@EpicDarkPanther5 жыл бұрын
me too
@Nick_J_2 жыл бұрын
Is poofter a censor-needed word in Merry Old Englandland?
@steveforest83852 жыл бұрын
Don't look at the box-tickers.
@_IHateHandles_6 жыл бұрын
Easily one of David's best performances. XD
@abrahamicreligionsbowbefor3585 Жыл бұрын
This aged perfectly.
@gwenivercall3 жыл бұрын
I remember around the time this came out, Frankie Boyle said that in every tv development meeting the main phrase used was 'crossed with Skins! Let's make Cash in the Attic, crossed with Skins! We'll call it 'Gash in the Attic!' I laughed so much - and then I watched Misfits. Oh lord.
@edwells89633 жыл бұрын
Misfits was good for one season, then they dropped any overarching plot and it had no point in existing
@SvendleBerries6 жыл бұрын
Very much reminds me of Denholm Reynholm lol
@spiralpython19893 жыл бұрын
This is the comment I planned to write!
@rosePetrichor12 жыл бұрын
That's Youngerwang!
@stephaniecarr69844 жыл бұрын
"..because I don't know what it MEANS!.." LOL!! Cracks me up EVERY single time!! ..and that LAST line, boy...lol!!! We'd NEVER get away with that here!!! Love it!
@jgrj524 ай бұрын
It's 2024 and this has now stopped being funny because it has accurately predicted how tv shows and movies are
@hoho3309 жыл бұрын
The HBO revolution in all its glory.
@BenjinWS10 жыл бұрын
AMANDA! Get these guys some drugs!
@lehietala13 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! This is one of my favorite sketches of TMWL! How can he speak so fast?
@aigtban Жыл бұрын
This is like the BBC equivalent of the scene in The Simpsons where the makers of Itchy & Scratchy brainstorm a new character to appeal to young people and come up with Poochie.
@xfronwenzyoucamex9 жыл бұрын
I wish they had done a skit of the new numberwang.
@alexpotts65206 ай бұрын
Me too. I'm struggling to imagine what a Numberwang that "retains all of its original features but is basically like Skins" would look like.
@franckluciani92842 жыл бұрын
this show was ten years ahead of its time... it's terrifying x'D
@thelolmaster199710 жыл бұрын
I think this is basically completely true Including ethnics, disableds, gays and women for no purpose apart from bragging about having diversity.. Also aiming every new program aggressively at teenagers and copying any popular theme.. fckin fed up
@MJW2389 жыл бұрын
It's called trying to get ratings. Young people are attractive to advertisers.
@sophovot50799 жыл бұрын
Well, if that's what it takes to have tv shows that aren't just about straight white able-bodied men then i'm all for it. why shouldn't they want to have diversity, it's a good thing that people like
@wenqiweiabcd9 жыл бұрын
Sophovot If I'm marched in front of a screen not because I'm particularly suited for the part but because the producers are pandering to people who love to see my kind doing things, I would feel cheapened and insulted beyond measure. What is the difference between this and a freak show, or a circus where bears ride bicycles and dogs jump through burning rings? Compare that to this[1], do you see what I mean? If you are going to achieve genuine equality by highlighting how other and alien certain people are, pointing out and worshiping their alienness at every chance, and shoving them into public eyes frequently for no other reason than the fact that they are alien------are you not going about it the entirely wrong way? [1]: www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/rfa0u/youre_doing_a_great_job_guys/
@purpleprinc37 жыл бұрын
Was that link for real?
@0xCAFEF00D7 жыл бұрын
Sophovot I think that's a bit short sighted. The end goal can't be to have box tickers. Whatever your view on how TV should be nobody thinks that box tickers serve a purpose other than statistical. Integrating people in a process is an important step to take.
@Lunios2 жыл бұрын
this joke was ahead of its time
@vinzbrain13 жыл бұрын
outstanding david
@Feyling__113 жыл бұрын
does anyone else rekon this might have been bases on mitchell and webb's real experience of tv executives?
@MRMADOO12 жыл бұрын
wow i love david mitchell
@expressrobkill11 жыл бұрын
So funny the first time i watches it i almost cryed i love this kind of obseane humour
@pizzajona3 жыл бұрын
This is how Wordwang was created
@BrothersWeird11 жыл бұрын
I now try to use "It's brilliant in a way that is awful" in everyday conversation as much as possible.
@dialEforEm12 жыл бұрын
I went to Oxford, what I meant to say is that I didn't go to Oxford. ...I did.
@Carandini14 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how they develop shows in America.
@casiedragmire468611 ай бұрын
Aren't these two characters also the quiz broadcast contestants?
@soflogator2 жыл бұрын
I love this character david plays
@VestinVestin2 жыл бұрын
In a fit of snarkiness, I feel like claiming that he's just being himself :P.
@me490110 жыл бұрын
Take the money before you go.
@maggie13219728 жыл бұрын
When I took I job they did a thing hot wire also.
@DaRealWuXiit14 жыл бұрын
So this is how they saw the BBC bosses.
@Thecuregalore9412 жыл бұрын
I refer you towards Charlie Brooker's 'a career in telly' piece.
@RangerJackWalker Жыл бұрын
How can Alison and Peter have created Numberwang? This contradicts The History of Numberwang.
@franka99424 ай бұрын
why does he look exactly like james spader in the office (us)
@Apollys12 жыл бұрын
Hilarioussss! He could read though, he kept reading the notecard.
@resonatorneuronium53243 жыл бұрын
Nope it was a picture of the word NUMBERWANG.
@Aethelian14 жыл бұрын
The sort of people that watched Numberwang were old, weird, had a hat, smelled and were Belgian. Well, thanks a lot.
@JasonX212 жыл бұрын
Best impression of a coke head I've ever seen.
@TraineeHero9 жыл бұрын
If he can't read because they burned out his brain, what the crap was on that card?
@PureZOOKS9 жыл бұрын
numbers
@clashmanthethird8 жыл бұрын
He probably just said that because he didn't give enough of a shit to read anything.
@uthertheking12 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's a logo the show has, and he's heard the name of it in association. Like people immediately thinking of Batman when they see his symbol.
@HaniiPuppy12 жыл бұрын
What does a °checks card° NUMBER WANG look like?
@Spikey1000004 ай бұрын
STEVIE!
@greiteneis11 жыл бұрын
i numberwanged once..now my algebra book is all sticky!
@UberJamesMan8 жыл бұрын
If he can't read, why does he keep looking at the cue card to remind himself of the name "Numberwang"?
@markstevenson16466 жыл бұрын
UberJamesMan it contains a picture of numberwang, duh
@zanite865012 жыл бұрын
Numberwang is why.
@alhartnivin12 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I'm pretty sure they went to Cambridge. Let's just say they went to Oxbridge. ;P
@scw5512 жыл бұрын
They really know how to make unpleasant personalities even more unpleasant.
@rockstarrist12 жыл бұрын
Best part: "numberwang numberwang numberwang numberwang "
@Callithyia15 жыл бұрын
it's like Lord Flashheart ran Numberwang...
@ppapz63294 жыл бұрын
i see my old boss in this. good times.
@pluxorama14 жыл бұрын
Lol "My Team: Disabled Ethnic, Teenage Pooftah and Woman!"
@Reac2 Жыл бұрын
I love how this is now inversely true. Its basically the same thing, except for everything is for old people. Between aging demographics in the developed world and new media pushing adaptive young minds away from television, all TV has left is appeal to retirees
@CatLady99912 жыл бұрын
This is how popular American "reality" shows are created.
@doritostheking13 жыл бұрын
This is basically how TV really works.
@Paul-A01Ай бұрын
Sadly there are no numbers in this sketch and thus it is not numberwang
@_wolfenstein12 жыл бұрын
That's Numberwang!
@TheMarioChannel38 жыл бұрын
Uhhh... 27?
@sakar1818 жыл бұрын
Thats not Numberwang. :(
@antaresmaelstrom53657 жыл бұрын
But 1 is, in fact it is the Prime Numberwang.
@ChrisK427 жыл бұрын
43.2
@ian_b7 жыл бұрын
58
@Maino887 жыл бұрын
Two hundredth and forty-leventh
@indiefan9211 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is a number.
@15schaa5 жыл бұрын
In the History of Numberwang, they said Numberwang was invented by Bertrand Russell before the war.
@smorgi7 жыл бұрын
He looks like Robert California
@lordbuss2 жыл бұрын
2:08 That sounds like Spamton. [[YOUTHOSOME TEENAGY YOUNGNESS]] AND ABOVE ALL [[NUMBERWANG]]! DO IT MAKE IT NOW! MAKE ME THE NEW [[NUMBERWANG]]! THAT'S RIGHT!! NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A [[BIG SHOT]]!!
@ijustcametogetsomethingtoe32345 жыл бұрын
0:10 NHS in a nutshell
@naomi433337 жыл бұрын
Very Stephen Fry, which explains why it's so good
@Theduckwebcomics14 жыл бұрын
Oh god yes! Media people ARE actuallu exactly like that O_O
@prunesinjuice14 жыл бұрын
and to this day... no new epsidoes of Numberwang ):
@peteclark2845 жыл бұрын
This guy reminds me of denom relnom from it crowd
@thehoults1111 жыл бұрын
It's Series 3, Episode 6
@choo698812 жыл бұрын
HE'S PRETENDING no wait he said he can't pretend.
@wasianwigger12 жыл бұрын
MItchell and Webb both went to oxford.
@gorvindougwinkristoffiplob51377 жыл бұрын
a quiz which is basically like "Skins"..... errrrr........ 0_o
@Chasmodius2 ай бұрын
... Lord Flasheart?
@IoEstasCedonta12 жыл бұрын
Why do I get the feeling that if I ever worked in TV...
@Robert3997 күн бұрын
1:18 "Old, weird, had a hat, smelled and were Belgian" so Numberwang was watched exclusively by Poirot?
@phsopher8 жыл бұрын
I think that the Numberwang stuff is generally not as strong as most of their other stuff and I think they dwelled too much on it (same with Sir Digby Chicken Cesar). However, this skit is pure genius.
@KyleMiddleton78 жыл бұрын
+phsopher Sir Digby Chicken Cesar IS their best work
@phsopher8 жыл бұрын
Kyle Middleton I guess we have different taste then. Seems too bleak to me and pretty much just makes fun of mental illness. In my opinion, their best recurring sketches were things like Big Talk, the post-apocalyptic quiz broadcast, the two guys organizing a party, early BBC, Hennimore, lazy screen writers, government conspiracies, the Bond-type super-villain and the "sensitive freakshow" documentaries.
@jacobfelger56848 жыл бұрын
+phsopher Ah, well, there is different opinions for everything. As long as we just remain indoors, we shall be fine. :)
@purpleanex8 жыл бұрын
Whats wrong with laughing at mental people?
@phsopher8 жыл бұрын
purpleanex Are you being serious?
@judyhopps93807 жыл бұрын
Doctor Who creative process in a nutshell
@johnwhittington29986 жыл бұрын
Naho Saenoki basically how the meeting for Class went down
@shrilleth5 жыл бұрын
Judy, quit being egotistical
@krich4517 жыл бұрын
if he can't read, what is he doing with that card?