Mitchell Webb Situation - Changing Meals

That's teh funny!

[@mitchjohnson4714]

I love this. I can't stand how they pretend everything is natural.

[@Breeze._rl]

Yeah its really odd when you are recording it too, and they make you do the same thing over and over. It feels progressively less natural to "just walk over here and look that way" and "could you say that again". I did two days filming for a 20 min segment on a programme. The interviewer recorded his questions totally separately to my answers too, all in one go. When I was on Northwest tonight once they even cut my answer so it said something completely different to what I said too.

[@RKroese]

I did interviews, this is exactly how it is.

[@kylegreene1356]

Those shows are so fucking gay.

[@L.i.am95]

@@kylegreene1356 are you 12? Who the fuck uses gay like that anymore hahaha why don't you hit puberty and catch up with the world dumbass instead of sounding like you're complaining about getting detention

[@arturovelasquez2767]

@@L.i.am95 wowwww political correctness's gone mad!!!!

[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

I've always thought shows like this were awkward for both the host and the normal people. This just takes it up to eleven. Awesome stuff.

[@mrfocigaz4942]

Eleven?! Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?

[@2011zurich]

@@mrfocigaz4942 ...well, this takes it up to eleven.

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@2011zurich or twelve.....

[@RanjamAroraKnowledgeHub]

This was 12yrs ago wow

[@sirmoanalot3779]

@@mrfocigaz4942 I’d prefer it if the sound was in Dubly

[@satori-in-life]

This is brilliant in taking the piss out of reality television.

[@johndoe9450]

Yes it is. It is remarkable that you have managed to deduce that. Next on your journey of understanding the universe you might discover that snow is cold and that bears do shit in the woods.

[@Lucifronz]

@@johndoe9450 Making everyone else as miserable as you will not alleviate your own misery. Your life will still suck after you've finished typing your truckload of bullshit, so just put the keyboard down and piss off.

[@bubbacalling]

He’s not wrong though

[@Lucifronz]

@@bubbacalling He is. Their point was not to make some astounding observation, so his comment has no purpose other than to shit on others for mentioning it. As if it's a crime to point out something just because it's obvious. They're enjoying content. People like him can fuck right off. Stop supporting him.

[@Cadaveralien]

@@Lucifronz You are not better, replying to an 10 month old comment and getting all pissy at a joke about something being obvious that doesn't have even a fraction of the abrasiveness of your reply, you need to do some of that pissing off yourself

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I think if I ever appeared on TV I would be like this, though I doubt I could be this subtle.

[@hilaryc3203]

I wouldn't have the patience for subterfuge either

[@paulthoresen8241]

+CornishCreamtea07 It wouldn't make it to air so no-one else would be in on the joke

[@user-sn8oe5sb1b]

It takes some practice. Because of my job, I used to meet a lot of famous people often, and my favorite thing was pretending I didn't know any of them. I got really good at it, and kept the charade up, even did it when I was meeting someone for a second or third time. "Excuse me, I'm awful with names, could you tell me yours again?".

[@oxymoron02]

This isn't "subtle" lmao

[@rusty6899]

I once did a cooking tv show for a local tv channel and I’m awkward as shit. I think I came across as pretty weird.

[@drumedorable]

Are we sure that David is playing a role and not just being himself?

[@SidneyBroadshead]

Because he isn't angry, confrontational and irritable. And Victoria Coren isn't with him.

[@SLR_96]

Yes! Otherwise he would've been much angrier

[@MrBalaki97]

David mitchell is such a loveable character. So funny

[@vikk3]

@@SidneyBroadshead This was before they were together

[@theantiantichrist]

I don't think he's sure

[@thedarkness111]

My mum did a reality show/documentary type thing she said she had to shake the guys hand on the doorstep 7 times. 😂

[@AA-hg5fk]

Was she mic'd up when the guy knocked on the door?

[@THEJRod09]

I'm mic'd up...

[@greenman3464]

“You’re still here. You’re all still here” is exactly what I’m thinking when guests have outstayed their welcome and are cracking open yet another bottle of Prosecco at 11.30pm

[@AA-hg5fk]

Absolutely. Can't stand it when guests outstay their welcome when you are hosting, you have to put up with them until they decide to go!

[@jedaaa]

That's because you're entertaining the kind of people who drink Prosecco, elevate your taste in friends who don't drink chav juice 🤣

[@MajorT0m]

1. Go to bed and leave your mates to it 2. Ask them to leave as you are tired

[@jenbervis4352]

@@MajorT0m major Tom knows what’s good

[@noahkarpinski1824]

Its 9pm what are you ALL STILL DOING HERE?

[@Mellbergfan]

I have always thought that about the camera man being behind people when they answer the door like they weren't expecting the presenter to knock.

[@isee7668]

Or..."Out here alone in the scorching aussie heat, Gold Hunter Narelle's sprained ankle could be a death sentence..." Well the cameraman is obviously ok, and the sound guy, and...

[@jabberw0k812]

My favorite part of every reality TV show is the fake road trip. I like to imagine them dropping off the camera crew before driving 2 miles back down the highway for the shot.

[@rdouthwaite]

@randomguy8196 way too expensive.

[@rdouthwaite]

@randomguy8196 oh totally, but daytime lifestyle TV, not a chance. Camera guy, sound guy, director, continuity / runner. If they're lucky.

[@SilverSpade92]

To be fair, I expect they have a seperate car from the camera crew, so they can set up a shot without the "talent" car having to do double duty. You see it a lot in Top Gear, where the shots are often filmed from a seperate car that's also moving down the same road. I do like that mental image tho =D

[@8DX]

"Won't my hair look longer." - EPIC

[@janesmith699]

The tv adds ten pounds thing must have confused him.

[@schvanger]

how much can hair grow in a day?

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@schvanger could hair growth hurt a person? Could it grow so much the weight of hair would pin them down long enough for them to starve? Specifically this person?

[@schvanger]

@@MediumRareOpinions it is possible

[@DaveDexterMusic]

@@MediumRareOpinions spot on

[@eksiarvamus]

Every home cooking show ever :D

[@allways28]

+eksiarvamus most tv ever . source - im a tv camera man !

[@BenjaminGoose]

I've watched a lot of these shows and have never really noticed people to act as such.

[@eksiarvamus]

well of course they don't act like that because they indeed are "acting". It's not natural as they would point out these silly issues.

[@BobbySpringer1]

That's literally the point!

[@CoyKiyote]

“This is a lovely painting..” *points to world’s worst painting*

[@grendelum]

David Orth - I quite disliked it as well but I actually *_did_* quite like that system of hanging them visibly...

[@grendelum]

That is that the hangars and wires are visible... of course you’d want the art to be displayed visibly...

[@Argentavisen]

I bet that's a Rothko or something

[@RealUlrichLeland]

@@grendelum not that dreadful painting

[@marks.3303]

@@Argentavisen That's not a Rothko.

[@redlady935]

My friend's were on TV on Changing Rooms and they got really pissed off at how they were asked to look suprised at things that they weren't suprised about.

[@Svoorhout85]

The sad truth is that theyll also make you do stuff thatll make you look bad. And the internet will shit on you for it. Like, a Dutch home improvement show gave a family a kitchen makeover, and the woman claimed she hated it because she didnt like the light switches and demanded it done over. The clip went viral ofc. No sensible person would do that in front of a camera. If she really didnt like them she couldve to ahardware store after the crew leaves and switch them herself.

[@isaacs8783]

@@Svoorhout85 what was the show called?

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@isaacs8783 Dutch Improvement show who gives families kitchen makeover I guess?

[@blackdragoncyrus]

friends*

[@ismayb754]

I know everyone loves the way this sketch points out the fakeness of how these kind of shows are edited (I love that too) but for me the joke here is the guy's complete failure to understand it. Usually in these type of sketches David will play a character who is angry and frustrated at having to "pretend" and will go on a rant about how "Isn't this just patronizing the viewers? Surely they know you've already been here and set up your cameras so why do I have to pretend I am just meeting you for the first time now? Can't we just skip all this and be real with the viewers?" etc etc. But in this instance they have decided not to go down that route and instead David's character is really slow and confused and it's almost depressing (in a funny way) how he just doesn't get it lol.

[@jacobgabrieel6646]

I was worried my hair would look longer

[@sammythatcher6678]

We get it you’re smart

[@jacobgabrieel6646]

@@sammythatcher6678 nothing smart about understanding a simple comedy sketch

[@ismayb754]

@@jacobgabrieel6646 yeah exactly I was just sharing my thoughts on what I just watched (I thought that's what comment sections were for), but if they want to call me smart, thanks I guess.

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@ismayb754 Free compliments for everybody!

[@Collector917]

Realty television in a nut shell

[@SidneyBroadshead]

Without the drinking and sex. Though it would have made this sketch more interesting...

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

No matter how many times I watch this, David's witless performance leaves me in stitches.

[@LCdrDerrick]

This is Kitchenwang!

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Yes! Though it is also Wanger Kitsch.

[@elmangosta9926]

Let's rotate the chopping board!

[@lot24]

Barry would be excellent at CinemaSins

[@Moe_DeGrasse]

lot24 DING!

[@booates]

haha

[@walesdoesntsuck6635]

Hossein D stop being a sheep

[@cameronspalding9792]

Hossein D they even criticised themselves: giving themselves infinitely many sins

[@SplitGoose]

Dude, you shouldn't have the time to write all that.

[@MrNoban0]

I'm looking for a gift for my aunt.

[@sebleebeats]

How about this woolen dog?

[@GlovesoffHarry]

How about a spatula made of butter and thermite.

[@otocan]

That's brilliant, it's like you've met my aunt.

[@eIucidate]

Next time...

[@spider5600]

Yes, she's my Aunt too.

[@krashd]

If I was ever on a show like this I would fuck with the continuity in subtle ways like changing my collar between shots, messing up my hair, moving pictures around on the walls, etc. My mum upon watching the show weeks later would be like "That little bastard is at the mischief with that nice TV crew!"

[@walsh9080]

Smoking cigarettes is a great way to mess with continuity. I have family members who worked on reality TV and one of them told me, they got really frustrated by this guy who basically chain smoked the entire day, because it was virtually impossible to get him to have his cigarettes at the exact same length when they edited. The end result made it obvious to any eagle eyed viewer that things were not filmed at the same time as the length of his cigarette would change between shots.

[@anonvideo738]

@@walsh9080 reminds me of the first time you see james bond in dr no. The famous scene where he introduces himself. He lights a cigarette only for it to be unlit in the next shot.

[@AA-hg5fk]

Tbh I think that much of your sabotage would go unnoticed, continuity errors often make it into the final cut of high budget films as the vast majority of people watching the film will not spot small differences like a character's shirt going from tucked in to untucked as they walk through a door

[@otocan]

This is what I'm thinking every show like this.

[@janesmith699]

Everyone with a brain is. Lol.

[@mma220]

Lesson of the day.. Everything is fake on tv

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Especially the news

[@danuk2136]

Literally everything!

[@BenjaminGoose]

This is a lovely painting. *poke*

[@Aure217]

This actually made me kind of depressed.

[@what3man3]

semantics but depressed doesn't necessarily refer to clinical depression, it can refer simply to sadness as well, according to both dictionary websites i checked

[@johnlimzhiyue]

James, medically you're not an idiot, but as of now in general, you are an idiot.

[@tommythecat7752]

@James What you seem to assume is that this person doesn't have depression. They might. I have depression but I would still say there were times when I felt depressed and times I didn't

[@telectronix1368]

@James James, you are not ready for youtube commentating.

[@sratus]

@James Oh James you've made a bit of a tit of yourself

[@blatherskite3009]

Why haven't I seen this sketch before? That's perfect. Exactly what I've always thought whenever I see the kinds of shows they're "exposing" here! :) The ironic thing about the term "reality TV" is that it refers to shows that are in fact doubly fake - every bit as staged as "normal" TV shows, but also attempting to fool viewers they're not staged.

[@AnthB]

I love him leaning on the brick wall and having to awkwardly wave

[@Ironwulfen]

"Reality" tv...

[@JallenMeodia]

This sketch lives in my head whenever a show has somebody opening the door to "welcome in" the hosts.

[@Cephalopoda]

Having been on a reality TV series, I'm constantly like this whenever I'm watching TV with someone now. "This is the bit where they create an unnecessary drama for tension." "That'll be the fifth take." "She's not really just walked in that room."

[@ismayb754]

It depresses me that people don't already know this for themselves

[@Charlieb82]

@@ismayb754 exactly, I was going to say it doesn't take being on a reality programme to work this out... 🙈

[@joestrummer4106]

Right she’s just saying that being in a reality show was her first experience where she realized all tv is fake

[@DaveDexterMusic]

It took being on a reality TV series to make you realise these things?

[@plastic4872]

you sound really annoying.

[@Santar69]

Makes me think of that top gear episode where they were driving in 'dangerous arabic' territory and 'they didn't know what danger was behind the next corner that they had to take' except for the crew who was already there and where filming the whole stuff with a lot of threatening music, of course. Made me laugh harder then with their intended jokes.

[@RedsGarageUK]

That's why I gave up with top gear. Everything was so obviously planned and scripted and yet we were somehow supposed to pretend it was unscripted reality. I just couldn't do it. Shame really, it could have actually been funny.

[@suficer7827]

The crew may have known but the other 3 may not have, the crew wouldn’t have told them about it and they just prepared for when the hosts arrived waiting to record their real reactions or whatever else. Sometimes crew groups drive up ahead and set up the cameras to record the drive pass on roads.

[@beardedemperor]

Yeah, because what makes great TV is letting your show's hosts stumble unwarned into a terrorist camp you scoped out the day before.

[@wanderingrandomer]

@@RedsGarageUK I just figured it was clearly all scripted and treated it as a sitcom starring three idiots. It's a lot funnier that way.

[@kevthedestroyer1044]

@@beardedemperor you know there was no war when they went to the middle east right? Plus no one knew they were there

[@RaggedM88]

This sketch in particular reminds me of A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Especially Robert here reminds me of Hugh. Great sketch.

[@PaulWilliams66]

Hello, Control.

[@T7meister]

Subtle genius

[@CKarasu13]

+Evi1M4chine I'm American, and this video is way blatant. Not all of us have trash standards.

[@DyllonSlaboda]

+Clarasu Yes you do.

[@nodnarbnaelc6819]

@@DyllonSlaboda Subtle if you're a moron. I'm American; and yes, we do have trash standards. Looks what's on television.

[@hannibalburgers477]

@Evi1M4chine I will ru Jalapeño to your Jalapeñis if you talk shite ever again

[@rparl]

This video was even more accurate than Duck Dynasty with The Robertson's.

[@TheUndulyNoted]

I always think this stuff when I'm watching those crap shows

[@lewismacpherson5721]

I wish That Mitchell And Webb Look didn't have a studio audience or laugh track.

[@bluejackmedia]

They didn't on this sketch? I agree, works much better when awkward etc :)

[@beesree39]

@@bluejackmedia this is Mitchell and Webb Situation, not Look

[@bluejackmedia]

@@beesree39 OK I see - so the comment I commented I replied to originally was wrong. Thanks for putting me right :)

[@aldomir]

Mitchell and Webb likely didn't want one either. That's television producers for you; always interfering with the artists' vision.

[@beesree39]

@@bluejackmedia no, the original comment is correct. your reply was wrong.

[@SmokeDog1871]

love how he just constantly pokes holes in the facade that is reality tv

[@prn718]

I lived with someone with Asperger’s for two years and every day was like this

[@AA-hg5fk]

I am someone with autistic spectrum disorder and every day feels like this!

[@harpfully]

It’s the honesty that gives him away

[@13tuyuti]

That must have been hell for the poor bloke.

[@FerHivore]

Why is Webb dressed like Buddy the elf?

[@SidneyBroadshead]

He's supposed to be a quirky chef. Just be thankful he wasn't wearing Dobby the Elf's costume...

[@philodactyl]

you- you've been setting up in here for hours...

[@waori]

lol I always think about this at the end of these shows where you watch the car drive away while the family stands and waves. I always imagine them having to drive around the corner then turn around and pick up the camera man and then actually say goodbye.

[@tom4412]

Barrie’s chopped carrots 🤣

[@leirgauk]

"I want to understand..." Such a perfect line.

[@bigjef362]

"Oh I don't understand"*

[@paulthoresen8241]

+Dwarf Midget now we know

[@azogtheuglee4889]

Now we know

[@misterhayleyface]

we know now

[@bigjef362]

we now know

[@idoruZe]

Same spoons as the spoon design sketch. I have watched these too many times.

[@TheTaterTotP80]

How did you know that LOL?

[@Howtard]

+Nosaveddata I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean..

[@blueberry1874]

ledge

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

Pff yeah but not rocket science is it.

[@dinsy512]

Too many times is never enough!

[@chromatic91]

In the end, all i hear is "Oh i don't understand" but everyone else says it's "I want to understand." :( I guess it's the accent that makes it hard for me to hear it.

[@pienmash7495]

No you heard it right, they've got it wrong.

[@Simple1Jack]

He definitely says Oh I don’t understand.

[@madnessbydesign1415]

I heard "I don't understand"...

[@tmuxor]

He definitely says "I don't understand"

[@johnrankin7135]

No, you're right. Let this be a milestone on the path of realizing that most people are stupid, and especially so on the internet.

[@alexanderm2220]

"won't my hair look longer?"

[@audunmagnusmoss]

Isn't that the cutlery from the sketch about the bigger spoon?

[@2484marshall]

My entire life is looking behind the curtain and wondering why everyone insists upon the clearly obvious charade. I love the way David Mitchell can highlight these points.

[@Missteree87]

I feel this oblivious sometimes 😓🙁

[@rzgrlngshnks2368]

This reminded me of an old American TV show called 'Monk', especially when he said ''my hair will look longer'' exactly something Monk would say, because he could tell the difference of 1 day longer hair and would have expected others as well to realize, as if it's perfectly natural and normal.

[@KAl-vf1dz]

High five to you for knowing Monk!🤝🏻🥂 lol I loved that show so much as a kid 😁

[@Hakudohshi]

This is a really interesting portrayal of a character with Asperger's.

[@John_McDonnell]

+Hakudohshi Not an aspie, just an average, everyday, honest Englishman.

[@crackcocainenigga8494]

+John G. Schmidt effectively no difference, aspies might be more mathematically inclined.

[@CompaSystem]

British Aspie here. The two are very similar.

[@Brynwyn123]

Crack Cocaine Nigga That isn't how autism works, my dudes.

[@telectronix1368]

Does this also name your email ? - And the comment was about aspergers, not autism.

[@PopePrincess]

The biggest thing that irritates me in these kinds of shows is when they do the 'opening the door, I'm so suprised to see you' thing. With camera footage from the INSIDE. One of the things that makes these guys brilliant are how they take the typical, parody it, and in doing so reinvent it leaving the audience with a greater understanding and broader view of the world we live in.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

This is 5th wall stuff Haha!

[@hayberdasher8625]

Nothing on TV is real...true then, true now

[@LokiOwl]

I work in marketing. I am simultaneously Mitchell and Webb in this sketch. I want to die. I just edited this post for grammatical errors. I have a particular resolve to ensure my own death.

[@dinsy512]

Utterly fantastic! Putting the lie to all the fakery, HA HA HA.

[@alicesullivan001]

I am rewatching all of these again and it seems funnier after all these years 🤣🤣🤣 these guys are just comedy genius

[@sophovot5079]

oh hey it's the cutlery from the bigger spoon sketch

[@MargetMints]

This guys are just top quality!!! 😂😂😂

[@SF-eo6xf]

His hair looked longer

[@AhuraMazdaAhriman]

Very funny but unfortunately through the 'magic' of editing, it'll come out completely different on tv.

[@actonevideo]

I’ll never be able to watch anything on TV ever again… My life is ruined!!! yadda, yadda, yadda…. and now, for something completely different, Thank you and you’re very welcome.

[@AlanHope2013]

This is David Mitchell being autobiographical. That's what he's totally like.

[@ben07643]

this is one of my fav ones

[@robertdougherty349]

Poor Barry. Such a linear fellow.

[@kryx6620]

Nothing changed, only moved to youtubers

[@danuk2136]

This is just like come dine with me..ahaha hilarious!!

[@hamasaken]

you would think they would try to explain to darry whats realy hapening or is barrys memory shit?

[@gdogvibes1]

the ending lol

[@elliotyamamoto38]

People who should watch Love Island should watch this 😂😂

[@elliotyamamoto38]

@Josh Jamos I should not have added that extra should. Should doesn't even look like a real word anymore 🤣

[@Football__Junkie]

“I’m mic’d up.” 😂

[@ukstevey]

Haha every single crap daytime tv show represneted in this sketch, the camerman is always inside the house whenn they arrive and supposedly say hello

[@royksk]

Brilliant exposé of all those televised home visits.

[@mrbenoit5018]

The way Robert says “that’d be typical” changes the tone of the statement ever so slightly which i feel is quite unintentionally funny

[@johnmcn90]

"let's hear what barry thought of the food after we'd gone." "you're still here." damn barry's slow! this show's one of the funniest british comedy acts of the past ten years!!

[@AddyTsuki]

haha I always wondered what happened behind cameras and how awkward it must be to act out something fake lol.

[@exoxy]

Well whatdyou mean?

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Was this made before "come dine with me" made this stuff actually real?

[@jan2000nl]

So in summary, creating a TV show involves a degree of illusion. The alternative being to take a million viewers and stuff them in the house. Both realistic options so I don’t understand why they feel the need to pretend the camera is the viewer

[@TheNorma]

Really funny take on "reality" tv. Awkward...

[@01lesscar]

I could watch a whole series of just this sketch idea.

[@Zanian19]

And just imagine, this is the final "edited" version.

[@elonwhatever]

I love that look of utter bewilderment. I wonder if my face is sometimes like that when I don't understand why people make the exact same mistake they made before.

[@youreworthyourweightinavoc7189]

OMG lol, I hope it is

[@dnomyarnostaw]

Barry had a hard time fitting in with the other kids ....

[@Dougal-Mcguire]

spectrum humour

[@ratchetclan3]

Still searching for Ronoc9's Comment, running low on water and food, but the film crew is still here, and they seem to have endless supplies.

[@lordoflemonade6033]

What did it say

[@philb4462]

This is the quintessential "not playing ball". 😅

[@mbners]

LE REDDIT ARMY!!!! XD

[@ASChambers]

“ I was worried that my hair would look longer…”

[@nathaniel8907]

Funny, I did think his hair looked a little longer in that scene...

[@logandh2]

This is fucking amazing

[@wyskass861]

It's easy to forget how it actually happens.

[@Kris.G]

I was in the audience of a TV show once as a kid and was shocked to the core. "So, what are we shooting now? The ending? - Yeah, let's do the ending now".

[@extramild1]

Say what you like about Mitchell & Webb but that is some very neat painting around the door.

[@morganllewellyn8343]

"wont my hair look longer" looool

[@johnr797]

The most annoying for me is when they film from behind the "unsuspecting person" like they didn't notice there'd already been a camera crew directly over their shoulder

[@mindrolling24]

Every time I watch this genre of program I say exactly the same thing. I’m with Barry.

[@iamanidiotbut5523]

I wish the show was shown in this order

[@yogidemis8513]

Hahaha, if reality TV was really like this. Probably more entertaining than what's on now!

[@deanlinney6111]

David Mitchell wearing trainers just doesn't look right

[@Greenmailerr]

this is accurate, i was in a reality tv show pilot and it's all scripted. i bring this up on the internet any chance i get because i would feel like a total douche if i talked about that irl.