Mock the Week Series 19 Episode 7

[@bioLarzen]

I'm convinced that Hugh's hit-by-a-javelin death routine here was what netted him the scientist-shot-in-the-head role in the Bond film a year later ;)

[@sebastianbetschart]

?!

[@aecides3203]

I don't think nearly enough attention was given to Dara and Ed playing "Guess who" with the zoom audience - I could honestly watch an episode where they all just did that.

[@Ktr-1142-ema]

Ikr 😂😂😂

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

The clockwork orange guy was so good! 😂😊😊

[@ScoutingForZen]

"Why can't all these orgies just get along?" is not a phrase I expected to hear today, but I am SO GLAD I did

[@benmackarel295]

It is something everyone needed to hear also 69th like

[@richardpaxford5792]

Can't they all just rub along nicely together?

[@orosenkrantz]

Hugh absolutely makes the show.

[@conoroleary3312]

I'm pretty sure it's the BBC

[@thisravenhasflown010]

@@conoroleary3312 keep your day job

[@Combatechist]

@@conoroleary3312 Angst Productions, ha, gotcha

[@Stolkmen]

That lighthouse one had me rolling. I love Hugh Dennis's comedy. :D

[@rebeccamoore8536]

Ed was just mad he didn't think of it first.

[@igamarurbytes]

‘Said the lighthouse keeper’

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@rebeccamoore8536 hear hear, i was like oh c'mon Ed that's right out of your book

[@Evghenios79]

how can you tell this show is just too good? When the 30 mins are up and you are still wishing for more

[@Walperion_Music]

Oh yes!

[@ghomerhust]

ive been searching for every single episode, and ended up finding a LOT of "too hot for tv" cuts, a lot of the content that wasnt actually broadcast, and it's absolutely glorious!

[@DrewSavo]

Ever since they started using the Zoom crowds for material it’s been outrageous. That Guess Who joke had me in stitches for ages!

[@aemelnick]

I hope they keep Zooming even after the pandemic is over.

[@FanFicnic]

Same!! It’s so fun!!

[@cristalviper]

i could genuinely kiss your for adding subtitles to these

[@aemelnick]

Sukh and Laura are both great. The women are killing it this season.

[@Ryno2094]

😂

[@gnomevoyeur]

Dropping lasagne in the bath is never going to be the same again

[@joshdowner6895]

I don't get the lasagna part

[@williamlewer3083]

@@joshdowner6895 The joke is that lasagna being dropped into the bath would sound a lot like the dull splash of faeces hitting the toilet water

[@alyssa-hk2pg]

Rhys, Ed, AND Glenn? This is gonna be good :)

[@ronin1915]

Sweeet

[@Walperion_Music]

Well, was it? :)

[@alyssa-hk2pg]

@@Walperion_Music yes, yes it was :) thanks for asking bro

[@ronin1915]

@@Walperion_Music well, yeah

[@iz723]

Meh, wasnt that good. Laura was better

[@hightower3865]

this show got better under lock-down so odd!!

[@Walperion_Music]

I also thought I felt that!

[@Walperion_Music]

@Glen Aitken Great take! You’re right, it must be that.

[@hattenkofer]

You certainly don't have to worry about the future of British comedy.

[@ryanmohan3041]

British and Irish

[@bumbaaclaaat2866]

And German

[@joesinger4090]

Never heard of Laura, but she was excellent!

[@ericminch]

Though her standup--ostensibly about technology--had zero to do with technology and 100% to do with feminine cliques.

[@joesinger4090]

@@ericminch Lighten up dude

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

Lexxcellent, even.

[@jak7826]

@@ericminch it very much did. It was talking about whatsapp.

[@aestheticnugget6284]

She sounded just like Audrey Hepburn

[@msontopoftheworld]

"to defeat the gay, I must think like the gay!" 😆😆

[@baoboumusic]

Who thought back to Reggie Hunter's "To defeat Fritzl, I must become: Fritzl!"

[@baoboumusic]

@JTH "Hey Reggie, where you going with that wood?" Or wait, this one: "First he died - now he dead."

[@purpleisdebeste]

Can we talk about Laura's technology panel, it was so good! The part about female WhatsApp groups is completely accurate but also performed really well? I love the Winnie-the-Pooh voices and that NOOOOO?!??!? Is perfect!

[@sonvuthe9925]

it was hecking fantastic! her delivery and tone and general expressions sold her technology bit that much better!

[@andrewjohnson6716]

I really admire that Laura came up with all-new material for the current situation. There wasn’t a single recycle sentence in her entire stand-up.

[@OolongTGuy]

What a fantastic program!! Another pandemic find from the other side of the Atlantic.

[@aemelnick]

I feel like it's my patriotic duty to watch American comedy, but the Brits, Irish, and Australians are so much better at it than we are.

[@datgrrl_official]

Central America? South America? Latin America??? You are from the states and just as Canadians do not want to be associated with the states, Scottish and Welsh inhabitants do not want to be grouped in with the English by ignorant inhabitants of the states...and MTW has panel from all over the planet...not Brit, British or UK...and not American...did I explain that for you to understand??? Cor blimey, what the actual feck...the states don't emphasis education do they...

[@Finvaara]

I laughed so hard at this. What a great way to wake up for work in the evening

[@Walperion_Music]

Laura Lexx is clever! Don't think I've seen her much around yet, she was a clever discovery for me! Hope she'll be around more often to get to know her better!

[@internationalrtg5602]

With a terrific pair

[@followtheboat]

Never heard of her before but she's ace!

[@lucynewson-smith6652]

Look for the comedy roast she did against her husband it's hysterical x

[@badbadrobotrobot959]

@@internationalrtg5602 of stomach(s).

[@johndunne3547]

@@badbadrobotrobot959 boo bad out man

[@joiedeceivre]

I'm glad they only had 2 people for the stand up challenge cos really Lexx is Moore

[@MultiFish]

Bravo sir, bravo.

[@johnsofokleous]

@joiedeceivre Sir, I 'm going to have to ask you to leave

[@aerrow9821]

Nice.

[@top_banananaplays]

And at the end of that round the points go to this guy.

[@kieranhardy581]

Those hips, those thighs

[@Liusila]

So glad these are still coming!

[@anuaruribe8070]

That quicksand was perfect good

[@dethledr]

How is Rhys so adorable?

[@snowfloofcathug]

It’s the victorian child in him

[@celticwolff5429]

Thanks Ovid. A strong last show before Christmas Break.

[@tommullins7631]

Are you not going to watch the Christmas special then??

[@RIXRADvidz]

515pm Denver Time. Time for Ovid's Gift to the Internet. MTW. Big Stockings FULL of Thanks and sweets

[@RIXRADvidz]

it's weird in the same week the MP got busted in the orgy, a swingers orgy was broken up here in New Orleans, Louisiana, 41 people, all came down with covid, 20 couples and Carl.

[@TheSuzberry]

@@RIXRADvidz I thought it was Clarissa. Carl tested negative.

[@davidstowers1964]

When Ed Byrne said "Why can't all these rival orgies get along." It took me a second to get the joke. Nice one.

[@a3s1r1986]

That Sukh Ojla was pretty funny. Hope we can see more of her in the future.

[@glenmcl]

Please no

[@a3s1r1986]

@@glenmcl please yes. she did appear twice this year didn't she?

[@fredh1720]

@@a3s1r1986 yes. I like her the cellar joke is great

[@rashidclark]

That "Low-hanging fruit" double entendre might have gone by too quickly for the audience to catch...

[@iamdb1990]

also, it's just an expression, very rarely used as innuendo

[@jpenneymrcoin6851]

@@iamdb1990 ha, yeah but on this show, everything's innuendo. low-hanging fruit? careful you don't bang em off the wellies.

[@HerbertAckermans]

Why can't "Scenes we like to see" last for 5 hours per episode'?????

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

There are combination videos here on KZbin that last a couple of hours.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

@@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810 I'm probably mis-remembering but I've watched MTW since it started and I'm sure they used to do 3 topics. Scenes lasts around 7 minutes per show though which is quite a lot. But they could easily throw away an earlier round and do a longer Scenes.

[@GalapagosPete]

Dara O’Briain and Hugh Dennis with guests Ed Byrne, Rhys James, Laura Lexx, Glenn Moore _and Sukh Ojla._

[@Walperion_Music]

Mock the Week is a British topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson - the co-producers of Whose Line Is It Anyway? - produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two,[3] and premiered on 5 June 2005. The programme is presented by Dara Ó Briain and features regular appearances by comedian Hugh Dennis, as well as guest appearances by a variety of stand-up comedians, some of whom had regular appearances across several series.

[@GalapagosPete]

@@Walperion_Music I used to watch Whose Line on Comedy Central years and years and years ago. That’s what got me started on British comedy panel shows. And I have never looked back.

[@Walperion_Music]

​@@GalapagosPete Lol I was just merely making a harmless fun of how your previous comment looked like. I just copy-pasted a Wikipedia entry. Didn't expect you'd answer. :) Love and peace! :)

[@GalapagosPete]

@@Walperion_Music 👍

[@mushroom1212]

@@Walperion_Music Pete's comment was because Sukh was left out in the description x

[@SirDistic]

"How soon do you think William Shakespeare slid into Margaret Keenan's DMs?" is s sentence that has never been uttered before.

[@Walperion_Music]

Brilliant episode! Laughed all the way!

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

30:27 Damn, give this bro some hugs. He truly looks sad.

[@carld3218]

Thank you for all of these MTW clips.

[@davejones4387]

I just want to thank you for posting this program, I am from East Tennessee in the states and I just love this show. You guys are so lucky, the comedy on American television is so watered down it's not funny anymore, don't want to hurt someones feelings....

[@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev]

You have a VERY British, Welsh name. lol As a Welshman of 51 years, i know a LOT of Dave Jones's lol.

[@GodZefir]

As a man from west Tennessee, I agree completely.

[@raiowyn]

what about jeff ross's roasts??

[@injunsun]

I'm in Knoxville, myself, and agree. Other than cable specials, which I can't afford cable, our "everyday" t.v. comedy is bland. I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud at a sitcom. Meanwhile, this show almost always makes me lose it, sometimes so loud, I wake up my husband two rooms away.

[@johnmartinez7440]

You sound like your feelings are already hurt. Why?

[@Globularmotif]

Laura Lexx was absolutely brilliant!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@datgrrl_official]

cheers 4 the upload as always mate

[@loritracy1385]

😂🤣 The Bat Out of Hell shot! I'll be using that one from now on!

[@Devilishsuki]

Speaking as a medical professional, he’s not wrong

[@johnmartinez7440]

Who? About what?

[@snowfloofcathug]

@@johnmartinez744013:40

[@barkebaat]

2:22 - don't get it ? Google Kirsty McColl death.

[@fiftyfive16]

Thanks for uploading very nice of you x

[@kingofgoogle7715]

The Brexit jokes age like wine

[@kingofgoogle7715]

I hope it takes another 5 years

[@annother3350]

You're going to be disappointed in two weeks. We'll be free at last

[@johnmartinez7440]

@@annother3350 Free from what?

[@annother3350]

@@johnmartinez7440 The tyrannical organisation that is the EU

[@bluchu22]

Are Dara’s minions going to be involved in the distribution of the cold storages required for vaccinations? I wonder

[@Partstim]

Is that why they were bleached?

[@FBI-wh9pj]

Thanks love this show

[@TheSuzberry]

Does Hugh get points for identifying the politician in the photo?

[@TheOracle65]

yep, for the last 6 series at least. Its become a joke in itself.

[@PokerJoker811]

It's Widdecombe's fault, he was the first one to do it.

[@bronbatten3402]

Glenn does know that Dara's wife is a surgeon right...?

[@judojamie379]

Dara's married? fair enough

[@TyrannosavageRekt]

You do know that these are called "jokes", right?

[@stuart8taylor]

He probably did after the episode finished

[@criley7755]

"You keep my wife's profession out of your f***ing mouth!"

[@ericfontaine2145]

Thanks to all who participated on this show 😷

[@homerj.simpson7562]

BRING BACK THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

[@GoneCoastal86]

I'm here for Glenn's haircut! More than 50% of the panel is really giving my bi vibes

[@conoroleary3312]

Or bi now gay later?

[@angeladawn805]

Thanks for posting :)

[@ThorsHammer1]

Ed was just mad that he didn't make the lighthouse joke first.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Rhys is really a vampire... he needs some color lol Guess Who was epic. They did awesome adapting to Zoom! Love Hugh, Dara and Ed!

[@thomashiggins1466]

Are they sure it wasn't Francis Bacon not William Shakespeare? Lol

[@DavidOakesMusic]

*OK I JUST CHECKED AND THE NEXT EPISODE OF MTW IS MONDAY 21ST DEC* - it's a clip show - and then the next Episode Proper is DEC 30...

[@brianmclean16]

How do I get to be part of the zoom crowd

[@DavidOakesMusic]

@@brianmclean16 MAybe go to the MTW website / BBC / Ask on twitter

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

What is the name of the show at the end of the episode ? ( the teaser )

[@laurenaspreyart]

It’s called Motherland. It’s very good :)

[@who_Is_faten_helmi]

@@laurenaspreyart thank you darling,i will check it out for sure .💙

[@jimbobur]

Can someone explain the speedboat joke at 2:20 ?

[@just-tess]

Kirsty MacColl of the Pogues and Christmastime favorite "Fairytale of New York"

[@millerhxc]

2:19 That's such a random Kirsty MacColl reference..

[@jefferydelmonte5385]

It was so horrible.... and sooo funny

[@Walperion_Music]

Yes, so random and specific it rings true his dad must do that in reality

[@millerhxc]

@@Walperion_Music That's what I thought, or at least said it a couple of times. It could innocently be that his dad is a fan and remembers hearing about it at the time. It's definitely stuck with me and I was only 14.

[@trixiedoll4177]

I had to rewind multiple times, because I was sure I completely misheard! :D

[@millerhxc]

@@trixiedoll4177 Haha actually I did a couple of times too, just to make sure it was definitely the reference I thought it was. I think most people under maybe 25 might know of her being on Fairytale of New York but know how she died to make the connection and understand the "joke".

[@michaelharrison3602]

Scouring the care homes for people named Winston Churchill or Gracie Fields 😂

[@thebigeasy8609]

Thank you!

[@_zelatrix]

Joke's on you Rhys, I didn't have to spend Christmas with my family!

[@annteve]

Good to see young comedians. I don’t get any of their jokes, of course. Actually, I kid; I’m from Canada-I don’t get any of the jokes.

[@kezkai]

@Evolution is evident extinction is inevitable why would she be living in the freezer? Is she the vaccine?

[@coreycook6591]

@Evolution is evident extinction is inevitable Why in the world do you think it will be administered at sub zero temperatures?

[@miateacher123]

Thank you so much!

[@ovid5192]

Spot the fly! Here's a clue. Just like the Oxford vaccine, researchers at Mock the Week studio laboratory found, by pure coincidence and due to an error, that talking about orgy attracts fly on clothing. Pun injected. I rarely comment but this is a breakthrough.

[@FrauM.]

@Ovid thanks for the weekly dose of British Comedy 🙏 greetings from Germany

[@Outwhere]

Watch this week's Have I Got News For You for more comedy fly action.

[@wowyaywowyaywow]

What's the name of the south asian comedian?

[@phillyblunt138]

Sukh Ojla

[@michaelharrison3602]

I bumped into my neurosurgeon in the pub the night before he took my brain tumour out. He done a great job maybe he works better when he's had a drink

[@bend7726]

I miss this show already

[@RafaelSolaPACalsaverini]

I don't know what exactly changed in Glenn Moore's looks, but he's got way more handsome on this season.

[@dacentabaal]

He dropped some weight and wears contacts now

[@RafaelSolaPACalsaverini]

@@dacentabaal makes sense! Those glasses were hiding his face too much. Dude is actually good looking if he stops hiding his face.

[@TheFtocFactor]

I love how the winners don't get anything. (Same with Room 101 )

[@Anonymousguy12345]

We do love you Laura, in the weird possibility you're scouring KZbin for love or contempt.❤

[@iamdb1990]

Laura Lexx's version of comedy sounds like my kind of thing

[@jmt1335]

Hugh Dennis 🏏

[@rjb6327]

What happened to COVID 1 through 18?

[@TequilaToothpick]

Fantastic episode.

[@ethanlappin]

Dara playing guess who 😂

[@teknoma8318]

tantric brexit negotiations!!!

[@MaybejustNarbe]

I swear this episode is the reason the show got cancelled 😂😂 I miss these guys!

[@clickrick]

29:11 Someone's missing Milton Jones.

[@davidoreilly7328]

This week this week this week on location location location, I’m gonna try try try stop repeating myself repeating myself repeating myself

[@HarryNicNicholas]

who was the first person to get the second shot?

[@etiam5267]

I imagine maff went back the warmup

[@GoneCoastal86]

Thank God.

[@sekara9866]

You missed Sukh Ojla on your guest list

[@ltngblt4]

Laura Lexx!

[@badbadrobotrobot959]

Yes. A great pornstar.

[@2x4noah]

Well if Henry the 8th back then why not Shakespeare

[@binsoku6]

Now THAT'S a callback! The real question is if you get both shots, do you get Raspberry Ripple?

[@MEKKANNOID]

I didn't think the day would come that both standup sections were actually funny...

[@dacentabaal]

7:35 a Stars In Their Eyes missed joke potential there

[@wendysmith6553]

"A soft lob!" Ha!

[@Aqquila89]

29:10 I don't get Hugh's lighthouse joke.

[@vict0rtayl0r]

Lighthouse lights blink on and off

[@Aqquila89]

@@vict0rtayl0r Thank you.

[@OAKIE9531]

Sukh and Laura are really cute

[@James-vk6cu]

UNLIKELY THINGS TO HEAR ON A PROPERTY SHOW: This house comes with a massive basement... which is ideal if you've got a large number of dead bodies to hide.

[@bobsweatt6888]

Is it just me or does Rhys James look like a young Garamel from the Smurfs?

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Forgot this was coming ! :D

[@Travis_Kemp]

so Glen, did you tell off the barber for this haircut? hehe. the surgeon stuff was funny tho.

[@ivaneames4354]

And doesn't Glenn look weird without his glasses?

[@Travis_Kemp]

@@ivaneames4354 it’s a very different look he’s sporting. Indeed

[@erinobrien8408]

House damp, bowl of rice? Yeah, I live in Washington State ☔

[@dallasl3688]

I would give my right arm to have Rhys as my boyfriend.

[@The.Intruder]

Aaaaargh...Who'd have your right arm and what for? 😳

[@dallasl3688]

@@The.Intruder Hopefully Rhys and I'll leave the why up to your imagination.

[@The.Intruder]

@@dallasl3688 🤢 I think I have literally put my foot in it with that question.

[@martinadelaide3385]

Spandau Ballet, Dara? Have you forgotten D:ream? I'd feel safer if Brian Cox was giving the jabs.

[@elaineb7065]

Brian Cox jabbing me??? Nope I want to KEEP my weirdness cheers (X-men joke)

[@Tht1Gy]

Ovid, I see that Ms Ojla is not on your list. Just sayin'

[@DavidOakesMusic]

RE : glenns speedboat joke . I actually remember when Kirty McColl was killed in a speedboat accident.

[@millerhxc]

Same :( And she'd just released some of her best music ever. Was just listening to These Shoes earlier.

[@michaelheliotis5279]

The UK's situation in regards to EU trade negotiations is quite inexcusable. After the Brexit vote, New Zealand offered to lend the UK its experienced trade negotiators, who are particularly talented at negotiating from inferior or disadvantageous positions, to help the UK negotiate a trade deal with the EU. Such an agreement was also in NZ's own interests, as much of its exports to Europe were routed and distributed through the UK, so a UK-EU FTA would make it easier for NZ to continue its European trade by re-exporting through the UK using existing arrangements and infrastructure. Unfortunately, it became quickly apparent that the British Government was a disorganised mess over Brexit and an FTA with the EU was a remote prospect, alongside NZ's chances of piggy-backing off the agreement (which it would have rewarded with a favourable UK-NZ FTA). Jarred by the endless uncertainty over Brexit, NZ has since begun its own FTA negotiations with the EU and, although marred by the EU's rampant agricultural protectionism, it seems like those talks are faring much better than the British ones in large part because NZ is very clear about what it wants from the agreement and where it's willing to compromise in order to obtain that. The UK, however, seems to know nothing except that it definitely wants an FTA, but is uncertain as to what it actually wants and has little idea what it might actually offer the EU in return for those unspecified demands. At this rate, NZ will be finished by the UK, and will probably offer it's trade negotiators again out of pity this time, rather than for mutual enrichment.

[@Cruelty-Torture]

Unfortunately I doubt we would have any in political power willing to accept the help we so obviously desperately need.

[@ainemurray1191]

I feel like "British people are so polite" jokes don't really land anymore

[@kaidenshepard8446]

I think its because there is too many PC people about and woke ones too, and since it is aired on the BBC they will filter all the best bits out I think so nothing seems that funny anymore. Comedy has indeed gone downhill, and I have to say this weeks episode wasnt at all as good as last weeks, but that is just my opinion

[@nealjroberts4050]

It's because we secretly enjoy all the comments about "we're not allowed to make racist jokes anymore" your post will inevitably attract 😉

[@DomWeasel]

I think it's a dead stereotype now.