Mitchell Webb Situation - Changing Meals

[@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

[@mitchjohnson4714]

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

[@Ez.Art.4.u]

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!!!!

[@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?

[@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

[@gnualmafuerte]

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.

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

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

[@THEJRod09]

I'm mic'd up...

[@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

[@ffnbbq]

​@@SilverSpade92As I recall, they described sometimes having two camera crew cars which alternate. One drives ahead to get the shot, then the trailing crew takes over while the first packs and catches up.

[@darthkek1953]

I saw a guy filming his bike ride for his YT channel. Weird. He would cycle down the way, set his camera up, then cycle back, then cycle past the camera, then cycle back to get his camera. He looked mentally ill. But it's all in the edit I guess.

[@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!

[@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?

[@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

[@Collector917]

Realty television in a nut shell

[@SidneyBroadshead]

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

[@stevekelly5166]

Reality. Still alive?

[@otocan]

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

[@janesmith699]

Everyone with a brain is. Lol.

[@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*

[@AnthB]

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

[@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

[@alicesullivan001]

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

[@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.

[@JallenMeodia]

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

[@BenjaminGoose]

This is a lovely painting. *poke*

[@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

[@Dorgpoop]

@@grendelum not that dreadful painting

[@marks.3303]

@@Argentavisen That's not a Rothko.

[@SmokeDog1871]

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

[@LCdrDerrick]

This is Kitchenwang!

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Yes! Though it is also Wanger Kitsch.

[@elmangosta9926]

Let's rotate the chopping board!

[@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.

[@royksk]

Brilliant exposé of all those televised home visits.

[@01lesscar]

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

[@rparl]

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

[@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.

[@Longtack55]

Loved it. The honesty missed by the dull watchers of boring TV.

[@ben07643]

this is one of my fav ones

[@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.

[@taureansynner6993]

"I don't understand" Awww poor Barry 😞

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

At least he doesn't own an avocado colored bathtub.

[@dominicpeterson5018]

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

[@philodactyl]

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

[@crobblack]

This is my favourite sketch of theirs.

[@user-ot1dv6ri4f]

This is essentially how I experience the world, like this man

[@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

[@tom4412]

Barrie’s chopped carrots 🤣

[@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.

[@janosk8392]

Brought tears to my eyes.

[@danuk2136]

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

[@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 😁

[@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.

[@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

[@nicelyput299]

Oysters and carrots. My fave

[@Hesperell]

I've been looking for this for years.

[@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!

[@sophovot5079]

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

[@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

[@PalmBaiReader]

" so where's the kitchen " " it's where you set up all those lights " looool

[@madnessbydesignVria]

I love them so much...

[@jacobnewton840]

His hair does look noticeably longer

[@Football__Junkie]

“I’m mic’d up.” 😂

[@Missteree87]

I feel this oblivious sometimes 😓🙁

[@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!

[@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.

[@MargetMints]

This guys are just top quality!!! 😂😂😂

[@mma220]

Lesson of the day.. Everything is fake on tv

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Especially the news

[@danuk2136]

Literally everything!

[@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.

[@audunmagnusmoss]

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

[@esotericVideos]

The perfect comedy sketch.

[@batwithhat]

Best sketch ever.

[@AlanHope2013]

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

[@Zanian19]

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

[@ASChambers]

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

[@philb4462]

This is the quintessential "not playing ball". 😅

[@morganllewellyn8343]

"wont my hair look longer" looool

[@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!!

[@1312KW]

I love this show!

[@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

[@Ironwulfen]

"Reality" tv...

[@dinsy512]

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

[@jamesthefocker]

XD i love this! I always get pissed off at them acting surprised that the person has arrived even though the camera crew is already inside :D

[@mindrolling24]

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

[@Seanctk10001]

That was probably the worst display of sarcasm I have ever seen then.

[@VaelenTWoW]

Barry: I am confusion.

[@viggosimonsen]

Why is this so funny? Can't stop laughing

[@iamanidiotbut5523]

I wish the show was shown in this order

[@Izaak247]

Omfg this is freaken hilarious hahahahahahah. Y have I only just started watching is genius programme?!?!?!?.!?!?

[@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.

[@SF-eo6xf]

His hair looked longer

[@logandh2]

This is fucking amazing

[@Hexaggram]

its been a Looooong time since ive Lol'ed sooooo hard!!!!!!!!!

[@calsportstv]

David is so good.

[@Asidders]

My favourite sketch 😂

[@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...

[@gdogvibes1]

the ending lol

[@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

[@TJ201093]

im so glad im not the only one who points this kind of stuff out

[@Traumglanz]

So fucking brilliant.

[@weckar]

A teacher, ladies and gentleman.

[@yogidemis8513]

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

[@nicelyput299]

Love it when he pokes him in the arm

[@733eel]

" I was worried that my hair would look longer"