That Mitchell and Webb Look - Evil Genius

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Evil Genius

[@maxethanrodgers]

I love how for an evil organisation, the three men have the highly intimidating and villainous names of Alan, Keith and Leslie...

[@arx3516]

And the organization is named after a popsicle!

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

Clearly a good pension scheme, 35 days a year holiday, share options?

[@thelawenforcerhd9654]

Something like Boris, Rishi and Dominic would be more appropriate.

[@thewerewolff7248]

You’re aware than people don’t name their babies based on how evil they think they’ll become in the future right?

[@K.D.Meyers]

Yeah I know what you mean

[@VestigialHead]

As for the people claiming the builder was a hack and the wall could have rotated - I am sorry to say that it could not be done. The joke was a load bearing joke and can not be replaced.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Kek

[@jewulo]

🤣😂😅

[@lordprotector3367]

Surely if one wall was a load-bearing wall, the one opposite it must be too, unless it was stud wall?

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

The builder said they couldn't do the fireplace because they couldn't rotate the flue which you can and even then you could just use a gas fireplace.

[@davidroosa4561]

i could be done but i would take a lot of reengineering

[@SehnsuchtYT]

"please deal with this paperwork" *shoots the paper*

[@insaincaldo]

Oh I see, perhaps you were right about all this being a bit unclear.

[@largepurplemonkey]

"looks like those notes needed... Bullet points...?"

[@drworm5007]

"I just... finalised those documents you mentioned"

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

"Neither health nor safety are among my primary concerns." Oh the levity!

[@firen777]

college_student_irl

[@twentyzero4]

Wouldn't the better phrase have been "if anyone has any further doubts, they may feel free to...drop out...of this arrangement?"

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

I love this. I have no words to describe how great that comment was.

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

After reading your comment I immediately thought of Dr Evil's laugh.

[@ElfPrincessHarley]

bah tomato/tomato

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

Hey twentyzero4. I'd work for you too, what's your redundancy package like?

[@WiseAilbhean]

Now when you say “drop out”, do you mean....

[@SondreTehReaper]

he looks like lucius malfoy if he let himself go.

[@kevinmuendo9889]

i was horizontal stew!

[@kyleangelocastro9460]

He did let himself go in deathly hallows

[@HigHrvatski]

Just say "He fat"

[@janicechew3147]

HAHAHHAHA

[@mbk4395]

I think he looks like Angela Merkel

[@carinish123]

"Alas, I abhor informality." David Mitchell pulls this off so well. haha.

[@lowhp_comic]

That's just the camera still rolling while he's not acting 😂

[@Rimpelmans]

He may not have gotten his revolving wall, but at least he´s got a cool revolving chair.

[@Webshooters1]

Until it starts malfunctioning then he's gonna need an old priest and a young priest.

[@floskelfyrtarn6180]

That and light refreshments

[@salonen5]

Ball chair or globe chair, designed by Eero Aarnio (1963). "The idea of the chair was very obvious. We had moved to our first home and I had started my free-lance career in 1962. We had a home but no proper big chair, so I decided to make one, but some way a really new one. After some drawing I noticed that the shape of the chair had become so simple that it was merely a ball. I pinned the full scale drawing on the wall and sat in the chair to see how my head would move when sitting inside it. Being the taller one of us I sat in the chair and my wife drew the course of my head on the wall. This is how I determined the height of the chair. Since I aimed at a ball shape, the other lines were easy to draw, just remembering that the chair would have to fit through a doorway. After this I made the first prototype myself using an inside mould, which has been made using the same principle as a glider fuselage or wing. I covered the plywood body mould with wet paper and laminated the surface with fiberglass, rubbed down the outside, removed the mould from inside, had it upholstered and added the leg. In the end I installed the red telephone on the inside wall of the chair. The naming part of the chair was easy, the BALL CHAIR was born".

[@Smo1k]

At a maths institute I shan't name, the teachers got a bit frivolous and sent a request to department management asking for a vector space. Management, in either a fit of unadulterated insight or... something else... replied: "How large a space? The closet for cleaning on the first floor has become redundant, will that do?"

[@dudoklasovity2093]

that’s not enough for a modern villain!

[@dalegribble01]

"perhaps I'll see you later for a little light refreshment" that bit always cracked me up.

[@theone-tg4ey]

"perhaps I'll see you later for a little light refreshment"

[@olivercuenca4109]

I always use the phrase "And that, dear friends, is the purpose of the Calippo Organisation" wherever possible.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

Enjoyable youtube comments are the purpose of the Calippo Organisation.

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@@DaveDexterMusic I thought it was pizza delivery... evil pizza delivery.

[@zetetick395]

I would definitely watch a movie about this 'organization' - there's a comedy goldmine of possibilities!

[@vikingcathq]

It's called Austin Powers... x')

[@YourPalHDee]

It's weird when people just want things stretched out untill they're beating a dead horse. Wasn't Hangover 2 and 3 clear enough evidence to people that a great piece of comedy can be turned to something utterly shit if it doesn't just have it's day in the sun? Judt look at the Marvel movies...

[@xedalpha1]

I get the feeling this is David's real appearance and the one we normally see just has dyed hair

[@tinaperez7393]

No wonder Victoria finds him so attractive! 😁♥️💕

[@lowhp_comic]

@@tinaperez7393 Victoria is living at Nana's cottage

[@tinaperez7393]

😂🤣😂 Victoria of course, would also be a villainess in her own right and her villain attire might likely be black patent leather dominatrix themed. The two of them, looking and acting all "villainy" together while working out / discussing mundane issues like childcare and household chores would be hilarious. 😂

[@Retep4565]

I wonder if Victoria likes "a light refreshment".

[@danyoutube7491]

@@tinaperez7393 Villainess; villains and villainesses are both villainous (adjective) - at least I think that's right, I don't use these words often enough to be very confident of the proper usage...

[@paolof.6899]

You know what ... that contractor immediately got to work when he stopped lying. "Why do you want this done?" 'I just do.' You can practically hear him just accept that as more valid that most people he deals with.

[@afterburner8083]

David Mitchell needs to be a Bond villain

[@shithappens6772]

He's quite a good actor, I love it when he's posh and evil

[@tinaperez7393]

Omg. But you know, ONLY if somehow it were funny too and that's probably not the Bond brand. For that we have to go to Mitchell and Web, Melissa Mccarthy in Spy (which forever changed how I see James Bond movies), Austin Powers and Get Smart.

[@ministryoflies1344]

What a fricking good idea....those dark eyes of his convey a sadistic, calculated mind!

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Or the adversary of Johnny English

[@strangeyoungman]

"And then I understood... I was the baddy. And I was very comfortable with that realization."

[@nobodyuknow2490]

Damned "health and safety" getting in the way of true evil genius! THIS is why we can't have frikin' sharks with frikin' laser beams on their heads! We're now FORCED to settle for ill tempered sea bass, and that just isn't good enough...

[@insaincaldo]

Or a safety cage for the shark swimming, along with a safety course a support diver and medical staff on standby.

[@Bowie_E]

"ill-tempered sea bass" 😂 😂 😂

[@planescaped]

Ill-tempered sea bass would be pretty freaking dangerous to one's junk... So probably a bigger threat to Austin Powers really.

[@music79075]

@@Bowie_E that made me laugh too

[@RichardX1]

On the plus side, one has fewer workers getting accidentally knocked into a vat or reactor.

[@paperclip27828]

50 people have been missing out on... light refreshment

[@festethephule7553]

...So they're all gay?

[@RKNGL]

No Feste they are missing out. Which means they don't want anal but we all do apparently.

[@festethephule7553]

Ohh. Makes sense.

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

Michael Collins sup with the heavy one?

[@cameronspalding9792]

Governments outlawing gays are missing out on ‘light refreshments’

[@MrUndersolo]

If anyone offers me a "refreshment", I am running away...

[@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected]

Refreshments are quite stimulating, wouldn't you say? Although the effects of consuming such luxuries may linger for days and leave your capacity to walk properly slightly reduced.

[@miriamspringett3797]

what if it's a *light* refreshment ? :P

[@Dexter101x]

Don't worry, it will all be behind you *snort*

[@nothingtoseehere6142]

@Roy G Biv Back that ass up amirite?

[@rock3tcatU233]

It's not that bad really.

[@heyjoesoap]

The way Mitchell described the wall rotating over the fire made me remember the sketch as if it'd actually happened.

[@joeeeee256]

Maybe Series 2 of Doctor Who, The Girl In The Fireplace?

[@marlinbundo2409]

Same!!

[@TheoneandonlyGTA]

I felt bad for the villain during the trapdoor bit :(

[@harmonicajay91]

TheoneandonlyGTA All that money for nothing.

[@niallreid7664]

That entire bit with the trapdoor had me in tears.

[@SugarfreeYT]

"Call me Ryan" "Alas, I abhor informality" hahahaha

[@quizzlie]

Those poor ravenous piranhas are going to fill up on chair. :(

[@NicolaKaye]

Why does no one (else) think about the piranhas!

[@Mothman1992]

For what it's worth. You could build a revolving section on a load baring wall. But you'd need to joist the ceiling and it couldn't be more than 4-5 feet across.

[@peterkotara]

Light refreshment anyone?

[@landochabod7]

Travel sweet, Puchek?

[@FixedFace]

my body is ready!

[@archiefraser8927]

Peter Kotara I'm game

[@steezburger609]

Don't mind if I do, Mr. Cooch

[@decam5329]

I'm good, thanks.

[@MoncurElectric]

So good, these guys together. Mitchell is a comedic gift.

[@theredscourge]

He COULD make the chimney rotate, but as he said, it's down to health and safety. I guess the regulations are just not keeping up with the developing needs of construction industry, particularly its customers in the evil business of evil business.

[@janesmith699]

Health and Safety is itself an evil business lol.

[@janus3555]

Shame you can't tell health and safety to 'fuck off' and do it anyway.

[@annairinastoll2960]

Neither health, nor safety are among my primary concerns!

[@darrenchester3770]

Hey man you do know its a sketch show not reality tv !!

[@riyadharun9389]

Brilliant, truly brilliant. 👏 This entire show was perfectly done from start to finish, they went out in such wonderful way.

[@Ivan_I99999]

The health and safety warnings aren't necessarily a requirement on private property. The main reason for this stuff is to prevent lawsuits and that won't be an issue.

[@MijmerMopper]

This isn't necessarily private property though. It seems to be a working environment with visitors that are not necessarily trained or having signed waivers. You don't want protagonists dragging you to court.

[@Gyroglle]

Alas I abhor informality...

[@smoothcriminal5650]

Sheer incarnate devil this video must be for you then.

[@maxducoudray]

The moment David Mitchell wasn’t acting whatsoever.

[@chemmington]

he said it at the same time i read your comment

[@BarterTom]

He should have have said “Let us hope no ill befalls Professor Ritson”. That would have been even more confusing.

[@mcdunne]

David's 'Health & Safety' quote at 4:04 cracks me up every time :)

[@rosie811honey]

I can't believe they are filming this man being so evil and none of the camera men are reporting him to the police?,he's so evil.

[@censorduck]

Look what you did to the fourth wall, it's ruined.

[@rosie811honey]

***** LOL.

[@censorduck]

***** well she is quite...no wait don't kill her, I was just saying she was a nuisance.

[@Alistair]

Censor Duck it's not ruined, it just rotates now!

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Sorry about that. I was the cameraman, but he was so vague I didn't realize he was talking about evil things until like two weeks later, and then I figured two weeks had passed anyway so eh

[@AA-hg5fk]

I tried talking my girlfriend into trying some 'light refreshment' - she wasn't interested.

[@mark9294]

Sorry to hear that

[@vinrow7671]

5:10 "Wake up Mr Freeman, Wake up and smell the ashes"

[@osortlanful]

Haha he is even forcing them to join or walk away; "time to choooose... its time to chose"

[@24magiccarrot]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@smoothcriminal5650]

LOL

[@ilesalmo7724]

I always thought that calippos were somehow sinister.

[@John_McDonnell]

Deliciously delightfully sinister.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

This is so true. Staff meetings are even more boring than they used to be since health and safety got involved.

[@RomanticideMusic]

Best line is the 'He has became a nuisance', Just the hand gesture and smile..gets me everytime. And yes..dodgily like Lucius Malfoy.

[@Nounismisation]

Alan, Keith and Lesley. I love it.

[@MarkSiefert]

Is there some requirement that Supervillains wear Nehru jackets?

[@moremerry57]

Mark Siefert more a tradition than a requirement.

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Jawaharlal Nehru was the OG villain.

[@emperorpicard7222]

Less a requirement, more of an excuse.

[@Mansfield2375]

I think they are called Jodhpuri Jackets i.e. Bandhgala's and not Nehru Jackets if I'm not wrong.

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Mansfield House In the west, they are called Nehru jackets. But yes, I believe they are technically Jodhpur jackets.

[@McRocket]

David Williams seems to enjoy his role a substantial amount.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Lots of people are commenting on the poor quality of the builder. As a shop foreman for a prominent Super villain I must explain. Past litigation brought about by The Evil Henchman Union Local 812 has resulted in stringent codes and inspection requirements. The builder is licensed and bonded through the Governing Body of Nefarious Means and Ways. He could lose his license and the Super Villain would be responsible for all liability claims. Basically his hands were tied on this project. Hope this helps all future villains planning renovations.

[@catsupchutney]

"Deliberately killed to death."

[@PlasmaMongoose]

Truly he is an evil genius, nobody can guess the weight of a fruit cake as well as he can.

[@flyoverangel]

I love the phrase "deliberately killed to death" I'm totally stealing it. My fellow Americans will never know it isn't mine...MWAHHAHAHA

[@SpagmanAus]

I wondered how Julian Assange spent his time in that embassy.

[@iammeok]

What?

[@HowesSpace]

Actually the whole discussion on why they use ambiguous terms for crime such as "making them a pair of cement shoes" or "sleeping with the fishes" is rather interesting. The gangsters of New York, amongst others, did it so that if their conversations were overheard they would have an excuse because what they said simply didn't mean murder or theft or whatever. Bulletproof in court!

[@GEM4sta]

+HowesSpace Is that interesting? Or fairly obvious. It still doesn't explain why they do it in movies where being overheard isn't an issue.

[@GEM4sta]

+HowesSpace Is that interesting? Or fairly obvious. It still doesn't explain why they do it in movies where being overheard isn't an issue.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Funnily enough, in the Bond movies they are often much more explicit (e.g. Blofeld in YOLT - "KILL BOND! NOW!"). The times they aren't, it's usually a sick joke.

[@misterprecocious2491]

Jonathan Campbell yeah but there's also Moonraker, "look after mr bond, see that some harm comes to him".

[@jonathancampbell5231]

I put that in the "sick joke" category. It's still more explicit than anything in this sketch, anyway, since Drax is still phrasing it as an order.

[@Wolfencreek]

"And that gentlemen is the true purpose of the Calippo Organization"

[@sacrecharlemagne2262]

Alan is actually an undercover cop with a wire which is why he is so insistent on hearing Leslie explicitly order Harrison's murder when he was honestly being quite clear with his intentions in the first place.

[@FernandoSV]

David Mitchell should be the next Bond villian

[@tompurcell1499]

David Mitchell's "Sidney Greenstreet"-type scornful laugh at the prospect of health and safety observance was classic. Funny thing is: Callipo are an Italian organization renowned for supplying tinned and jarred fish products.......Oh dear!

[@thomasvleminckx]

Calippo is also delicious water ice, sold in Belgium and the Netherlands

[@stahl1624]

TimesSplitters Future Perfect Mansion of Madness Theme in the background at 2:01 and onwards

[@niceprofile-k6i]

Dude, amazing refereence. you are the best.

[@MrCompassionate01]

+Stahl's Game's And Strategy How you're right, do you think they just took the theme and altered it slightly or maybe it's just a massive coincidence?

[@stahl1624]

You may be surprised but the theme is actually from the movie "End of Days" and is the main title theme, I only found out a few weeks ago. Just search on youtube End of Day's Theme, the music is very similar to TimeSplitters but that is because Free Radical, the guys who made TimeSplitters Future Perfect liked the eerie sense of the theme from End of Days that they decided to put it into their game, albeit a slightly altered version.

[@And-ur6ol]

I just love the "down to buisness" worker when he says "fair enougth, I will have that done by thuesday" :D

[@mynameisalexyu]

wouldve been hilarious if the trap door like was an elevator going down so slowly

[@Smo1k]

...or had the required upwards-and-outwards opening motion... %)

[@Asidders]

Mitchell is EXCELLENT. He's like a Bond villain crossed with G-Man.

[@tytusgrabowski3145]

Yes, his speech mannerisms actually reminded me of Gman. The "...moral qualms..." sounds almost exactly like Gman's "...when quelling them... was out of the question"

[@collegeman1988]

Dr. Evil, meet Draco Malfoy.

[@user-gx9fz2cx4l]

Lucius Malfoy

[@usedforks]

This man is the product of Lucius Malfoy and Dr. Evil having some light refreshment.

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

[@tinaperez7393]

And Luciasalfoy and Legolas. 😁

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

I've just started playing Evil Genius again. OF COURSE I've gotta watch this vid

[@Crowfighting]

I got the impression the "evil base safety" scene was a dig at "Health and Safety gone mad". You're right that safety regulations in workplaces (offices, shops, etc., as well as factories) have increased, often to good effect, but certain newspapers gleefully run stories when some bozo takes it too far and does something ridiculous, to get the readers frothing with indignation over their breakfasts. Many of those "health and safety gone mad" stories are exaggerated or just made-up though.

[@fuzzywzhe]

Almost everything in the newspapers and television news shows is made up. I'm surprised more people aren't aware of this fact. To me it's strange that people still listen to these sources when they are caught in lies over, and over, and over again. They lie about really important things too in order to start wars.

[@lyinarbaeldeth2456]

Safety regulations are written in the blood of those who came before you.

[@Nosmo90]

"I wish for the entire wall to... rotate! Turn... upon it's axis! Roundy-round." xD

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

One of the most hilarious skits of all time.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

This needs a netflix series

[@busybillyb33]

7:04 David totally forgets the evil genius voice and becomes himself.

[@steventhomas2856]

Back in the day when Oscar - winning Olivia Colman sometimes only got a non - speaking role (although it might have been her voice as the automated announcement).

[@aarondavis8943]

Somebody else noticed! I've just been binging _The Crown_ so it was especially weird and awesome seeing her there 😂 That is definitely her voiceover, too. Good for her. An extra 100 quid.

[@spacecowboy5000]

I didn't know Elrond was an evil genius.

[@Lancer7117]

spacecowboy5000 more like lucius malfoy

[@JavertRA]

With a touch of Thranduil.

[@BarokaiRein]

Elrond has dark hair

[@scipioafricanus5871]

The Calippo Organisation - World-Dominating Plans.

[@pebblepod30]

I've never seen this before it is Hugely hilarious! British comedy 😄😄

[@flyforce16]

So many stereotypical 'evil villain' moments haha

[@Nachotronix]

"warning, this wall may revolve" LOL i'm going to put that sign in my room xD

[@BlueBaron3339]

All sorts of sites on the internet dedicated to light refreshment.

[@Broadercasting]

This sketch is ..."rather interesting."

[@Wolfencreek]

I could go for some light refreshment right about now

[@munherpes]

Dat Oblivion look

[@gryphonbotha1880]

Better Call Saul actually managed to take this concept and play it devastatingly straight.

[@EJLSWE]

English humour is the best! Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and now this show. Just great. (:

[@zapkvr]

You forgot about all the brilliant British radio. I'm sorry I haven't a clue is wonderful.

[@AA-hg5fk]

@@zapkvr I personally hate such comedy panel shows (on TV or radio). I'm sorry I haven't a clue is billed as the antidote to comedy panel shows whilst itself being a one! They also use canned laughter instead of real audience reactions, another big no-no in my book.

[@armorcombatsystems6935]

I didnt know I needed to see this.

[@rithikhemanth205]

"Why?" BECAUSE IT IS WANGERNUMB TIME TO ROTATE THE BOARD

[@dollcefina]

*NUMBERWANG ! ! !

[@Sarah-ev1gj]

@@dollcefina numberwank!

[@bobbyfeet2240]

My favorite tiny detail is that the warning voice in the last part was Olivia Coleman, who was silently sitting next to Robert looking around in mild confusion...

[@monkeytron5061]

I forgot his name was Lesley, hahaha brilliant

[@AndersonNeo12]

"It seems that Det. Harrison is a disturbance in our accession"

[@pseuclonarne]

"AnarchistMetalhead 9 months ago why would the rotating fire be a problem? you"d just need a chimney made of two tubes, rotated profiles that fit into each other, so that the inner tube can be rotated inside the outer if reducing friction is the goal you could avoid points of contact between the tubes by having multiple ball bearrings holding the inner tube in place" +1/like/whatever the new system is just wanted to add the inner pipe should to be coming from the fireplace to avoid leaks

[@000xyz]

@Zanite to continue, (this is why i said to use P.M.) the wall can't be too long. the radius should reach the length of 2-3 feet away from the chimney. the openings, if possible, should use a careful system fire proof 2-way mirrors to hide the hidden room from both sides, while allowing the fire to still be visible. there's one step left but i gotta go now

[@josephstalin7353]

Are we the baddies?

[@amandabumgardner9826]

One of my favorites. Late night refreshment lmao

[@williamgreer4087]

Do you mean anal sex?

[@LongfellowLP]

He is having so much fun in this role

[@zanite8650]

This is what happens if health and safety got into Bond movies.

[@theone-tg4ey]

"perhaps I'll see you later for a little light refreshment"

[@Raida7]

always loved this evil genius

[@BERNTRR]

2:00 its the music from the haunted mansion in timesplitters future perfect

[@randombutler]

Amazing performances ofc, though I think we can all definitely see the glowing-green true scene-stealer here

[@stevecu6176]

"Neither health or safety are among my primary concerns" - This is clearly about Sajid David

[@nomenestomen3452]

He seems to have the same tailor like Angela Merkel. Coincidence?

[@boydegg]

Olivia Coleman, sitting next to Hugo, is the voice of the trapdoor warning recording.

[@thisisanfield7085]

Leslie… The infamous global criminal mastermind.

[@pnadk]

David Mitchell can be a Bond villain and a Bond babe at the same time.

[@markvoelker6620]

David Mitchell, starring as Klaus Schwab!

[@garethevans9789]

"Killed to death"

[@Toni4044]

Your youtube icon makes it seem as if there is a speck of dirt on my screen. Clever.

[@tablecorner9428]

Being explicit makes everything a lot easier.

[@pauljoedominic]

"The kill nod, sire"

[@Memovich47]

I would watch a full series of this...