Mock The Week. Series 16: 13. Christmas Special 2017. BBC2. 20 December 2017

[@crystalblunt192]

I love how genuinely amused Nish always is at other people's jokes and antics.

[@inaazarcon5049]

And they say Dara doesnt work. He has to parent all of them hahaha.

[@CantStayAway]

"You're not a King Charles." "Neither are you." There will never be a day when I don't love that joke.

[@stephenp.6395]

Wanna bet?

[@CantStayAway]

@@stephenp.6395 TOUCHE

[@BlackieBloomberg]

It's still funny

[@rachelhilton186]

Love Milton, Dara trying to get him to come out from under the desk was great.

[@lanestovall1715]

James Acaster has always been one of my favorites on this show. I also love Nish even though a lot of people complain about him

[@joshporter5205]

Nish is wonderful.

[@kittaylor5752]

I like Nish as well. People always complain that he overuses his ethnicity as a topic for jokes, but most comedians that possess a niche (be it race, gender, disability or whatever) use it for material, and I've always thought him and Romesh do it really well. People just like to moan I guess.

[@oxydo9936]

So, you're telling me that Nish possesses a niche?

[@abbuk900]

I must admit he's grown on me.

[@molsy1768]

Fair enough, personally I think he drains the energy from the room and they could use that spot for a much better comedian

[@maxmarks3503]

James Acaster's Christmas tree and lasagna bit is nothing short of genius.

[@damienstephen332]

Max Marks uhas 7uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuujuuuuuijiiiuuuuuuuuuuuuijuuuiiuiiuuuuuu,uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu7uuiuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuu7uu8uutuuuuiuuuiuuuuiuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu,uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu,uu7uu77uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuüuuu,uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu7uuuuuuuuuuu,I uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[@frankbrodie5168]

I think it's the fact that you don't see the lasagne ending coming. Agreed it's a wonderfully comedic telling of the tale though.

[@annother3350]

Isn't it one of his classic scrapes?!

[@rikzz0r]

@@annother3350 It is, yes.

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

"don't look their children in the eyes" Gets me every time.

[@cynful4763]

James is my fav! There’s something about him that’s hilarious and adorable at the same time

[@Shyyrn]

“Then I won’t get the record, Dara!”

[@popazz1]

Hugh, Ed, Gamble and Byrne, and James Acaster ... top team.

[@Epicbird-hb5eg]

JohnPaul Dixon milton

[@Milts23]

That Abba Milton joke had me in tears

[@squirmyd1234]

For those without knowledge of (now old) current events, what happened?

[@just-tess]

it's nothing to do with current events, it's mistaking ABBA's Greatest Hits instead of (PLO leader Mahmoud) Abbas's Greatest Hits (as in assassinations)

[@Spitfyre1011]

19:10 I've been looking for this bit for bloody ages. Ed and Nish are so funny here.

[@nicholasrevill6610]

17:00 as someone from Catalonia, believe me it isn’t a small stick, it’s a full grown big one

[@PNGPJS]

Dara , the biggest but funniest 3 year old in the world!!

[@JohnD640]

He's just a big baby!

[@Fifury161]

22:18 - Ed's energy at pointing that out cracks me up!

[@opheliaismyname9180]

Basically, the little shit's lucky he's Dara's best friend

[@user-pp5oh9ee1k]

“And then I stole his lasagna”

[@douglasshowler4168]

Dont know how I missed this, thanks for uploading.

[@oscartravis5740]

Why did they edit out the first part of Gary's response: "What are the French facing a shortage of?" Gary answered, "Manners."

[@John.S92]

"Megabus-man make ha-ha news"

[@sammarks9146]

Milton Jones is bizzare; I love it.

[@annother3350]

Abbas greatest hits!!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Yepp, that one was good :-)

[@alomy9863]

I didnt get that one

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@alomy9863 Really? I don't know much about Mahmoud Abbas, but everything you need is there in the joke. Unless you don't know Abba?

[@MJFAN666]

4 mins in Milton already killing it

[@Karma-qt4ji]

OMFG Hugh's impression of Trump!!!

[@shaalis]

That Abbas joke killed!!!

[@barrywallace4985]

yeah you not often here Milton getting controversial, it is always funny when he does.

[@tongsifu1128]

Best show of its type. Totally brilliant!

[@ghomerhust]

milton under the desk is simply fantastic

[@_S0LUS_]

Literally crying at the final bit with ed byrne

[@FzNd]

I was just leaning down to grab a bottle of whater when that one hit. Felt like I had cracked a rib :D

[@jannegrey]

I don't know if it fit the category, though. I've read it in many novels tagged "romance"........

[@Caroleonus]

I love how many times he tried to go forward before saying that. He was determined to get that one out lol

[@andycontento3563]

Always love Mock the week. 👍👍👍👌👌👌🤣🤣🤣

[@Travis_Kemp]

Acaster has the potential to be the next bob mortimer or milton jones.

[@parkviewmo]

I agree! He is a weirdly tilted human!

[@lanestovall1715]

I much prefer Acaster over Milton

[@josephbellamy2587]

Yep no arguments here. He is a breath of fresh air on panels shows these days.

[@RoboBongoCuckooCop]

couldn't agree more

[@ablestmage]

Big Milton fan here (and from across the pond no less), and Acaster is deffo one of my favorite newer talent showing up on the panel shows =)

[@PopeSalty1]

If I ever hit the lottery, I'm paying James Acaster a million dollars to tell me bedtime stories every night. ...Wow, that came out way more sexual than I meant it...

[@briananderson2452]

His hands are huge.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

I would mean it entirely sexually.

[@blohmymind]

Oh I know that trick. U say 20 pounds, but it turns out that u really mean 20 poundings.

[@engasal]

There was nothing sexual in what you said. What are you on about?

[@ladyi7609]

@@engasal You see nothing sexual in someone else "telling" them "bedtime stories"? You sweet summer child.

[@MrKaywyn]

I really LOVE these specials.

[@rosieposey8175]

bloody hilarious!!!! fabulous sense of humour!

[@Lcy_Ane]

This is the first time I saw Dara O’Briens legs, until this point I was convinced he didn’t have them

[@littlemisssunshine874]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE JAMES!!!!

[@almostfm]

Am I excessively nerdy that I knew the answer to the Jingle Bells question was "During the flight of Gemini 6"?

[@DrewSavo]

Right at the end when James took the Pig, i was expecting Glenn to say 'Do you want my Lasagna as well........?!?!?!'

[@aaronpincus6095]

In California, you can get a Cannabis Advent Calendar.

[@tjgrossman]

I really miss new episodes of this show😢

[@tara.5986]

I love it when Nish laughs

[@carriemitch1]

Thanks so very much!! Cheers from St. Louis, MO

[@parkviewmo]

Another St. Louisan!

[@carriemitch1]

Way cool! Merry Christmas!!

[@parkviewmo]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@Firthy676]

The trump scene had me in stitches, I do not like the -little-thing-you-do-with-the-beef!

[@ikustang88]

Dara at the beginning is just fantastic!!!

[@MrExEssex]

3:01 Quite a prescient answer by Ed Gamble two years ago. (< Written on 29 May 2019. Theresa May just resigned and the UK took part in the EU elections).

[@sabinrawr]

I died at 28:45. Thanks Hugh!

[@emmacassidy8482]

Dara should so do the marketing campaign for Megabus

[@Spitfyre1011]

Emma Cassidy he already does

[@VideoNozoki]

Thank you.

[@davidanderson3586]

Great trump impression from Hugh I have to say.

[@Bxbygwxrl]

It was so spot on 😂

[@just-tess]

"😬WhatdoItalkabout" "Things you talk about? Irish" 😂

[@Nullifidian]

Gary Delaney definitely had the best line with his _Last Tango in Paris_ joke.

[@hrushikeshsridhar]

I didn’t get the joke.

[@Nullifidian]

You have to have seen the movie to get it, or at least have heard about the scene. In the film, Marlon Brando's character forcibly sodomizes Maria Schneider's character while using butter as the lubricant. It's the most infamous scene in the film. Gary was implying that the French were so busy recreating that scene that they ran the whole country completely out of butter.

[@thrasher2809]

Sometimes I get a little tired of Gary, but he's QUICK, man. He's scary quick.

[@hrushikeshsridhar]

Nullifidian hear about it. Got it now.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Thanks, I couldn't hear what he said

[@Enterprise1701J]

“Meelaynia” 🤣

[@vlada1582]

The way James says lasagne is my religion now

[@coffe06]

i wonder if bbc really had the wine calendar approved at all? =P

[@scarymonsterer]

So good. Thx for posting

[@annetjievz]

Nish Kumar has the best laugh... There, I said it! 😎

[@bremCZ]

I quite like Miles Jupp

[@Legion563]

Lmao that ABBA joke of Miltons is killer!

[@mariahammarstrom7934]

Nish almost died laughing.

[@Dzeroed]

Check out that intro! It's a rare appearence from the comedian formerly known as Dara! (For anyone who is thick or under the age of 28 and about to attack me, I love Dara O'Brien, I was referring to him miming the theme song)

[@TheGBC]

His surname is an anagram of Nairobi. As Stephen fry texted him once. O briain not o brien.

[@TheSGZack]

turns out you can be young and still aware of who prince is.

[@kiwi_sodas]

Lol I love the intro of Dara singing to the music

[@Nagarath16]

What is the main chrismas episode or is this the main chrismas episode and the whole idea is to make episode from outtakes and not actual takes?

[@LivvyHackett]

👀 where’s that wine advent calendar from?

[@decodolly1535]

Dara said Aldi.

[@RIXRADvidz]

They're available in America too, shop around

[@rexcorvorum4262]

Did anyone tell Dara that they would add his dancing in the final cut?

[@TheHutchy01]

I think he finally got the operation and that's Dara's head on Posh Spice's body.

[@chriskaprys]

The cartoon Dara plays a pretty convincing live-action Dara in real life.

[@ThumpRat]

Hugh's Trump sounds like Topcat

[@jaggass]

''Its Christmas Eve. At least try and enjoy it''

[@aoibhinnomahony7712]

Why didn't he say nollaig Shona duit

[@aoibhinnomahony7712]

Irish Vegan he's even a gaeilgóir it makes no sense

[@maeevans2842]

Nish’s laugh is magical lmao

[@singhalarjun19]

abbas greatest hits !

[@richardpaxford5792]

Glenn Moore looks like he should be supervising a call centre somewhere lol

[@joansmith69]

Who puts the almond in riskrem? (Rice pudding?) It's supposed to be in the risgrøt (rice porridge) which is hot not cold. Monsters!

[@MB-dg3lr]

It's called risalamande (ris-ala-mand). Basically, it's a rice cooked on milk with chopped almonds on top. Served at room temperature with warm cherry sauce on top. And than one whole almond in one of them. I guess they all found almonds cos they all had chopped ones, but not the whole one. I find it overrated, it's not bad but I wouldn't make a fuss about it.

[@joansmith69]

Well in my part of Norway that certainly isn't the tradition. Still, I guess some people have it in their Rice Pudding Dessert instead of their Porridge dinner.

[@falcychead8198]

In San Francisco it's called risaroni.

[@WonkaTheWhiteTiger]

So true. It is an almond in the porridge. They mixed it up with the dessert (where you don't win anything)

[@WonkaTheWhiteTiger]

Det er fullstending nytt for meg. hvor i Norge bytter man om på disse to rettene?

[@MxMattyB]

i needed to pee very badly while driving today, felt james' pain

[@rossmurray6849]

This show reminded me of the most disturbing mis-translation I've ever seen. While in India I saw a sign which I presume was advertising cold, or chilled, beer. The sign actually read 'Child Beer'. I don't think I approve of getting children started early on their path to alcoholism. :(

[@rofik1476]

9:10 Damn he got us

[@zhv3062]

"49 Years" "When will Brexit happen" HA!

[@Trackrace29582]

Can we get this in america

[@Didntwanttomakeauser]

Sorry Dara, Glee finished two years ago.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Goodness, I didn't expect ris a la mande to be mentioned here. You don't fish for it with your hands, that's barbaric. Use a spoon like civilized folks. You also don't have to win a marcipan pig, it can be anything. In Denmark we call the reward "The almond present". I won it last year in my family. That was rather exciting, I'd never done that before. I won a cookbook of illegal animals, which I bought myself as the reward (it rotates who provides it in our family). Two years before my cousin won, an ornament for his tree reading "I won the almond present 2020". He proudly showed it off on Facebook and declared it was the best thing to happen to him that year. His wife then replied "We GOT MARRIED this year. Hell, we had a CHILD this year." That was very funny.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Nobody found the almond this year. It can be difficult in a desert full of chopped almonds.

[@just-tess]

or even a dessert!

[@ProHeroGalahad]

I fucking love this show!

[@lazypizzaguy]

how come ive never seen daras sing along before

[@helenangilley9436]

I'm stupid, can someone explain Milton Jones' ABBA joke?

[@just-tess]

it was really (PLO leader Mahmoud) Abbas's Greatest Hits (as in assassinations)

[@barkebaat]

I have won a marzipan pig on several Christmas dinners. I ate them as an extra desert. Then I felt rather sick.

[@lonnwy]

And if I can't manage that then I would start on milton jones, xxxx

[@timetogoproductions]

James Acaster ladies and gents... can I say that in 2019?

[@benbrady4652]

Jesus christ Gary Delany's Last Tango In Paris joke just about killed me

[@iasonkostellenos8341]

care to play the captain and explain it to a clueless viewer?

[@benbrady4652]

@@iasonkostellenos8341 there's a movie from the 70's called Last Tango In Paris, in which there's a pretty infamous scene where one of the characters is raped; and butter is used as a lubricant.

[@just-tess]

wow wish I hadn't gotten that explanation! yeah LOL rape is hilarious, especially when it's an actual rape of the actor! ...

[@just-tess]

with outrage you mean? oh good, I'm sure it's not that you find jokes about rape and the actual sexual assault of a 19yo actor at the behest of the director so hilarious...

[@tomroberts9266]

Miltons Abba Joke 🤣

[@evano486]

Why won’t they let James go to the bathroom??💀

[@Cyba_IT_NZ]

Funny as always! It's also funny how whenever there are Aussie comedians on these panel shows they just can't keep up with the Brits.

[@wunnell]

To be fair, many Brits who are on a show like this for the first time also seem a little uncomfortable. Most people you see here have been on this show many times and probably other panel shows with many of the same people too. It can take a few goes to settle in. Also, if an Aussie is on then they are probably in the middle of an English tour so they are likely not inclined to spend too much time writing material for a show like this and they may also not be quite so up-to-date with British and European news. Actually, just checked and it appears that Felicity Ward is one of those Aussie comedians who spends half the year in Britain, so some of my points above probably don't apply quite as much as I first thought.

[@datgrrl_official]

@@wunnell English not British... she spends most of her time in England because her husband is English not British for fucks sake...

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

22:36 what does he say about Paris?

[@RIXRADvidz]

they ran out of butter because of the Last Tango in Paris, it's a movie, google it

[@just-tess]

or don't! really, just don't!

[@Paopin]

It has to be a whole almond, also some nitwits find it amusing (in their eyes) to put in almonds that has been scratched with a knife and those almonds doesn't count.

[@montanafidge]

22:35 what on earth does he say??

[@frag2k12]

Last Tango in Paris, its a reference to a scene involving sodomy and butter, the implications are the Parisians were busy recreating the scene and ran out of butter.

[@platinumpatience5307]

22:36 what did Gary say?

[@bremCZ]

"Cause of Last Tango in Paris." The film contains a scene with an interesting use for butter...

[@aaronmorris1513]

"I found the almond" is my best sex move.

[@sarathebookworm8295]

Why is Dara lip syncing?

[@sfoster.23]

Ed’s laugh at Milton’s ABBA joke 😂

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

I didn't get the joke

[@just-tess]

ABBA's Greatest Hits / (PLO leader Mahmoud) Abbas's Greatest Hits (as in assassinations)

[@joemorrison9342]

Some people just can't be pleased . It's different "jokes" for different folks.

[@mkiel705]

It Was Rare To See Milton Jones Sitting On The Other Side

[@mattl1762]

49 years - When will Brexit happen. Although funny, it's not to far from the truth!

[@GroovingPict]

that is not at all what our marsipan pigs look like, Dara... they look like this: gjovard.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/marsipangris.jpg And yes it's supposed to be one single whole peeled almond.

[@lemonscentedzombie9080]

OMG! Dara has legs!!???

[@afrog2666]

HetookaDUMP, I`n theBack oftha BUS!

[@EmilyCooper-cf1qj]

Can’t wait to see James acaster in june

[@katy3901]

I've got tickets to see him in September and I can't wait!

[@gabrielholley6116]

I get that Milton's Abba joke is funny, I just don't get why. Can someone explain?

[@just-tess]

just the contrast between bubblegum pop and ethnopolitical assassinations I guess? mostly Nish and Ed's reactions were the funny part...