Psychiatric Counsellor | Red Dwarf | BBC Comedy Greats

[@joeschembrie9450]

"I love Mister Lister. Without him, I'd probably be normal." Highest praise a robot can give.

[@1953beetle]

🤪👍

[@fredneecher1746]

Highest praise anyone can give.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Vladimir Putin is at the extreme end of normalcy

[@silverseth7]

After learning of a character called Vatborn Luke, a menial clone drone with a smooth brain wired with just enough intelligence to 'do', yes. Big yikes at being normal.

[@ash7324]

The patronising manner is so perfect, he's like any corporate HR person

[@ash7324]

@@efnissien oh let me guess it was to sign some compulsary health and safety bullshit or similar rubbish 😂 god I'd hate to be one of those people

[@efnissien]

@@ash7324 No - it was for a job interview - I only stuck my head around the door to let them know one of the candidates had called to cancel. Oh and remember Ash, it's not 'Health and Safety' now, it's "Everyone Home Safe" (I've genuinely been told that.)

[@jediknight129]

@@efnissien EHS and DIE two of the dumbest parts of the corporate world.

[@sblack48]

Seems far more intelligent than your average HR person.

[@undeadpresident]

Know what's crazy is corporate news anchors are even more robotic...

[@TechnoDelta]

He pulled of the "minminminmini" flawlessly.

[@NeidalRuekk]

'Without him, I'd probably be normal!'

[@WolfieMcMuffin]

"Lovely! We are doing well, aren't we?" A typical psychologist's response when you tell them your name! XD

[@damouze]

Hehehe. I half expected Rowan Atkinson to pop up as well reciting the line "and you're all here for eternity! I hardly need tell you it is a heck of a long time..."

[@ScarletFlames1]

I actually asked my uncle (married my aunt, thus my uncle. No blood relation thankfully) who worked as a psychologist, they usually say stuff like that for normal responses when they had a bunch of decidedly unhinged individuals that day. Sort of like a mental sigh on the line of "oh thank god, this one's not going to stab me if I say yellow"

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I’ve never consulted a psychologist so I’ll just have to take your word for it.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

How do you know?

[@zombieshoot4318]

Never understood how the Red Dwarf crew doesn’t realize how far out in space they are. That alone should tell them Kryten is telling the truth.

[@Rocket1377]

Plus the fact that Red Dwarf itself has grown in size, which would only be possible with nanotechnology.

[@smorrow]

Except the cone-head Holly does realise exactly that.

[@MilanousMedia]

They actually do, they even say that in a scene dedicated to it. It plays into how they set them up (spoilers) to prove their own innocence.

[@TheLeftie600]

At their revival, no one will realise anything had changed. Only those responsible for piloting the Red Dwarf will find out where they are, the captain probably made a decision to keep it under wraps until they can work out how to break it too everyone.

[@james194zt]

Knowing holly they were just outside our solar system and had been going around in circles for 3 million years!!

[@AICabal]

Fun fact about this scene, it was done in one take, the first time, and they went with it.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

AICabal and a good take it was too

[@ad1170]

It couldn’t of been done in one take there are 3 camera angles being used.

[@PaulMansfield]

@@ad1170 maybe they had three cameras at the same time?

[@ad1170]

Paul Mansfield if that where the case you would see the other two cameras done for the table angle shots when the camera pans out to incorporates both of characters at 0:14. I could believe if this was ad libbed but I would be doubtful on how they could do this on one take while incorporating multiple cameras angles and avoid getting any of them in the shot. That as well as costs of hiring two extra cameras/lighting etc Maybe one of the shots was done in one take i.e the wide shot and the close ups added after wards.

[@jimbosayer1]

Or maybe they used, oh I don’t know, zoom lenses?

[@stevencoates3382]

"I was created after you died." "LOVELY 🤨🤨🤨"

[@lauraslade5308]

He was doing a good job at his job.

[@thrashingpanic]

"Restore to factory settings". So you don't need to pause the video ;)

[@alicelu5691]

thrashingpanic must be funny if he made all the robots 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@johnsondadj]

Too late.

[@charliemale3674]

Goit

[@trexpaddock]

NOW you tell me . . .

[@RichArtMencl]

I´ve paused at least 5 times untill i stopped it at the right time.. and than i read this… :D

[@ColonelStraker]

Genius. BRILLIANT actors, all around.

[@happyhedgehog6450]

One of the funniest scenes ever. I have never managed to get through it without laughing out loud to the dismay of the people around me.

[@robleary3353]

I love Krytens 'innocence' and not understanding why he keeps asking if the chair is still screwed to the floor!. 🤣

[@gus-187]

@@robleary3353 Why does he ask though? I'm not sure I get it

[@snapdragon9300]

Classic british comedy. Own every series.

[@J3diMindTrix]

​@JZ's Best Friend I had to double check the date on your comment; while it might have been more understandable at the time of the original post, I think it's pretty clear that these days we aren't going to see any actual comedy any time soon. Aside from the fact that there isn't any new comedy on tv/ being made in general any that does come out seems to be mindless, watered-down, nonsensical, bland, creatively bankrupt, completely and utterly 'safe', PC, line-toeing garbage with the deliberate overarching aim of being as 'inoffensive' as physically possible, like it was written by a bot not cognisant of what human humour is. Considering the careers that have been ruined by retroactive looks at past work where their material did not pose a political problem (and why is politics telling entertainment what to do anyway) one can see where this paralysing fear of writing anything that could be seen as even remotely edgy comes from. Thus we have to now rely on these past series for our comedy these days if we want it to actually resemble what comedy is supposed to be (for one thing challenging to societal norms and uncaring of what the state thinks of it). Even the world's biggest and most successful comedians (say, Dave Chappelle) who routinely sell out stadiums and tours, have been censored by the networks that initially propelled them to even greater fame (i.e. he was dropped by Netflix) which just highlights the levels of inanity and governmental intrusion on civil liberty and even the arts we have succumbed to. One can only hope this era of soviet-style censorship ends soon before society does become an even more unbearable sad and depressing place

[@primalconvoy]

@@J3diMindTrix Your comment has nothing to do with Red Dwarf, which is as PC today as it was back then. You might find some more empathy at a right wing KZbin comment section though.

[@autophyte]

@@J3diMindTrix "Amen" to that

[@crashusmaximus]

"I've gotten the hang of anger with rudimentary mindless violence." Haven't we all though? Haven't we all?

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

Crashus Maximus not androids

[@davidripley2916]

Er, what❔😮

[@brianjonesg8aso403]

Kryten would never say "GOTTEN"!

[@Robertahausen]

LMAO Yes

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

I gave it up for Lent.

[@magmatri-studios]

The droid’s actor is fantastic! He makes all these wonderful expressions with all that makeup on

[@kingpin6989]

"You have a very fine haircut." Oh man I die laughing every time.

[@thejamesasher]

im not sure how much of a lie that was. i wish i had hair that nice.

[@KernelFault]

You did die, but now, you are alive.

[@retnavybrat]

"From the outside, the Red Dwarf boys don't always seem completely sane." They don't always seem completely sane from the inside either. 😁

[@SamuelBlack84]

Trapped in derp space for 3 million years with no women and nothing h to do, I'd go insane too

[@sarahparsons5092]

I've been in a psychosis. The way they interact is brilliant

[@LordTalax]

You were in a mental disorder? That makes no sense

[@SamuelBlack84]

Lovely! 😅

[@Wimpoman]

The guy's on a spaceship and thinks the chair in his office is screwed into the ground. Sounds like he's the one who's gone mad.

[@mickresistor4373]

"You have a very fine haircut." I laugh every single time. lol

[@chrisf1600]

Crikey, they flogged that chair joke half to death

[@komodosp]

Aye, felt the comedy lost a little tightness when Rob Grant left... :(

[@aroyals339]

man that was spooky, i had the exact same conversation with my psychiatrist

[@JohnSmith-bx1mp]

When do you get out ?

[@AndyRoidEU]

The psychiatrist was revived by nanobots after he died in a spaceship radiation leak?! Gosh.

[@volo870]

@@JohnSmith-bx1mp the chair must've been screwed improperly.

[@wonniewarrior]

As much as I am a fan of British Humour, I never quite figured out the reference to 'make sure that chair is screwed down'.

[@volo870]

@@wonniewarrior I'd say it is not British humor, more of psychiatric flavor - Mr. McLaren expresses all the joy, friendliness and support in the world, while being worried that his patient may suddenly jump and hit him on the head with the chair.

[@garethspotfur1]

gee, Kryten's story makes perfect sense to me...

[@aragusea]

This is just so funny.

[@marymcmahon659]

I have every episode of Red Dwarf on DVD. I need to watch them all again!

[@mrmarvellous5378]

Classic British Comedy.

[@juliegilleland7947]

Red Dwarf is THE BEST!!

[@Ironbuket]

Nice editing. The punchline, 'Restore to factory settings', can only be seen in a single video frame. The fruit flies really enjoyed watching this video.

[@marjamerryflower]

Thanks. I was wondering what the text was.

[@maramackenzie-mann]

I love that they just... have a stamp with 'RETURN TO FACTORY SETTINGS' on it. How many times have they had to use that?

[@starhawke380]

Kryten really was the best of them all.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

Idk. Do like cat.

[@CS-zn6pp]

It's the dynamic between the 4 main characters that makes it work.

[@MikeyMUnited]

McLaren was actually one of the newer characters who really fit. Some of them really didn't.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Killcrazy was a great fit!

[@MikeyMUnited]

@@jimmy2k4o Yeah, the bit where he knocked himself out on the hatch was funny as hell.

[@ericstoverink6579]

Not that Red Dwarf is known for being consistent with continuity, but I kind of wish they went with the name Brannigan from the episode Queeg.

[@tyrant-den884]

Chris Barrie is so go at impressions he pulled nailed this one before it was even cast.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

The shuttle was late, you see, …

[@Lord_Skeptic]

He was called McLaren in this one. The one that Chris Barrie impersonated was called Brannigan.

[@calessel3139]

Red Dwarf was such a great show.

[@adamsanter9385]

''Oh my god, it's killed us''

[@sircampbelltenson7297]

Adam Santer "Oh No it hasn't!"

[@aroyals339]

@@sircampbelltenson7297 "Ooooh! I've turned into a frog."

[@jaxtonlango3287]

@@aroyals339 "Yahh! (Crunch)"

[@favesongslist]

Robert Llewellyn is such a great actor. Love his 'Fully Charged' EV KZbin channel as well :)

[@briananthony4044]

and his "Scrapheap Challege"

[@favesongslist]

@@briananthony4044 Yes I forgot that, TY for reminding me.

[@FirstDan2000]

I'm not so sure he's acting. He's really like that.

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

@JZ's Best Friend No, you've just moved electrons about, ^oo^

[@keithdow8327]

@JZ's Best Friend Yes, but the effect is too small to measure.

[@magorovthegreat6801]

That psychiatric is amazing :-D lovely, isn't it?

[@randomyoutuber6633]

He's my teacher for an acting course at University

[@AddelleKnibbs]

Random KZbinr same lol

[@josephblaint777]

@@randomyoutuber6633 Yeah me too

[@haroldasraz]

The disign of the suit still holds up.

[@ladyanime100]

This scene is just brilliant

[@neilmustow368]

Loved the BBC era of Red Dwarf 8th series was brilliant with the return of crew

[@devilish0doodoo]

It was probably just me, but it seemed like the doctor didn’t believe Kryten was really a robot. Just a crazy man who pretended/thought he was one. But then there was that part where they have the software specifically for restoring an android to factory settings. So I never was clear if androids were around during the days of Red Dwarf.

[@privatemale27]

You don't just hold in a button for 10 seconds?

[@jediknight129]

its not something most of the Dwarf crew would have seen because they were IMSANELY expensive but yes.

[@synaesthesia2010]

the part where his factory settings were 'restored' was while Kryten was under psychotropic testing. from an outside observer's point of view, the use of the software could have just been a construct created in the scenario that had the crew thinking they're escaping

[@magmus2]

@@synaesthesia2010 I think you're spot on there.

[@WinstonSmith685]

@@synaesthesia2010 On that note, how did the psychotropic sedative designed for humans actually affect Kryten?

[@kenolsen1845]

Greatest show ever !!!

[@martinmcdonnell8744]

Boys from the dwarf 👐

[@retroray58warby98]

This show was one of the best.

[@andrewdevine3920]

And this was its worst season. I couldn't even sit through all of it.

[@retroray58warby98]

Andrew Devine - Maybe I'm looking back through rose coloured glasses,lol.

[@pschroeter1]

Couldn't you have let the very end linger just a second longer so we could actually read it without backing up the video and freezing it?

[@thebeststooge]

What the hell did it say? Restore to factory settings or something like that? Pisses me off they chopped it right there.

[@pschroeter1]

@@thebeststooge That's eggzackly what it said.

[@thebeststooge]

@pschroeter1 Thank you as I was taking a guess.

[@Whoami691]

"Your chair is screwed down isn't it Kryten?" "Yes sir!" ... "Yes just double check that chair for me Kryten.." HA!

[@rubywest5166]

This does so perfectly encapsulate the patronising tone of the average psychiatrist/counsellor... I wish I didn't know that.

[@stevechristie2569]

What happened?

[@rubywest5166]

@@stevechristie2569 Without any hint of irony, calling me "Special"

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

Exactly mine is a psychopath Use fear patronising threats treat you like a criminal Should b a law on verbal abuse Made threats of sanctioning me for not being able to manage my bins due to IBS. Said it was just to scare me into acting on it. Horrid repulsive vile closed mind unrighteous psychopath monsters who should never even be in these positions.

[@vmm5163]

@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Should have insisted on carrying out your session in the waiting area because you'd feel more "comfortable." Watch them twitch as their brains enter overdrive

[@Muppetias]

I'm surprised they haven't interrogated Talky Toaster yet, being so far out in space, coordinates alone would be enough to inform the crew something awfully weird has happened, apart from some of the most incapable crew members turned out to be utterly capable on doing things unheard off. They only had to consult the Starbug logbook.

[@SamuelBlack84]

We both know exactly what he'd say

[@Ninjamohawk]

As Americans, my friends and I would quote red dwarf constantly and nobody else knew what we were referencing.

[@57sitruc]

Really wish I’d seen this before. Bloody brilliant.

[@Jehhgz]

I love the chair joke 😂

[@jefflarry4944]

what is the chair joke?

[@misterprecocious2491]

@@jefflarry4944 constantly asking if the chair is screwed down, there is a saying in the UK "they have a screw lose", meaning there insane, the psychiatrist thinks Kryten is mad.

[@Here_is_Waldo]

@@misterprecocious2491 Is that why he kept asking? I thought it was some paranoia from the psychiatrist that he thought Kryten was going to lift up the chair and throw it at him.

[@mickk8519]

@@Here_is_Waldo you are correct. As a builder that has worked in mental hospitals and drug rehabilitation centres, I've had to bolt many a chair to the floor, just for that reason.

[@SayAhh]

Ah, clever! I didn't make the connection and thought that it was because I didn't have context.

[@niltmp7126]

Oh red dwarf! You were the best!

[@jerrebrasfield4231]

A true shame that movies like this won't be made anymore

[@markdowse3572]

Kryten is totally BRILLIANT! 🤣 Love RED DWARF... 😁👍 M 🦘🏏😎

[@scrubsrc4084]

The smooth brains at the bbc need to sit and watch the greats like this rather than making box tick shows that don't pass as comedy

[@benjaminstrudwick7368]

I used to sneak the TV on when I wasn't even 10 after my parents switched it off for school in the morning to watch red dwarf.. where does all the time go

[@doom5467]

One time Kryten was supposed to use scientific terms but he decided to say "teeny tiny little robots who make miniminiminimini noise". XDDDD

[@James84800]

Havent quite the hang of that, I look like a dog with a caramel toffee

[@RadicalCaveman]

Great sketch, but why did they cut off the very end? He stamps, "Restore to factory settings," but you can barely see it at 1/4 speed.

[@jamesonweimann4720]

This series from what I can remember had some of the best insults

[@screwthenet]

Nanobots, or even pico bots. This show was ahead of its time. ^~^

[@volo870]

_miniminiminiminiminimy!_

[@htershane]

I went for an interview with the Post Office about “anger management “ this is spot on😂

[@madmettlepants7454]

Shmeeeee.... Heeeee!

[@CraneProductions27]

This is one of the funniest scenes ever to be done with Robert Llewellyn. His acting is just perfect and I always get a laugh when I see him doing his funniest lines ever. The sounds he makes at 1:26 and 2:54 are blooming hilarious. I laugh so much whenever I hear those lines. But his laugh at 2:19 is one of the bits that make Kryten lovable 😁.

[@sirdeadlock]

They seem to have a similar energy about them.

[@TheDAT9]

This when I used to watch the BBC .Alas no more.

[@doctorwhat3683]

God, this is a prime example of how off Season 8 was. It’s still funny, just so long as you forget that it’s Red Dwarf. It suddenly turns into a zany ensemble piece set in a prison crossed with Sex Lives of the Potato Men.

[@simonsimon325]

Seasons 1-6: a carpenter with two arms. 7 up: just the one. We just have to adapt and learn to live with it.

[@lukderyck]

It's the episodes that are stretched out over multiple episodes that bring the season down, the rest is still pretty solid. I've trimmed those three first 'Back in the Red' episodes into one a lean 40 minutes. (This scene didn't make it.) Did the same for the two 'Pete' episodes; that time delay when they are in the captain's office is as funny as anything in the previous 7 series.

[@nigeldepledge3790]

Sex Lives of the Potato Men was a dramatic masterpiece!

[@benmaharaj6854]

The fallacy in this season is that the ship's crew would have needed to plot their course, and as soon as they examined the stars to determine their location it would've been immediately clear that the main cast was telling the truth, at least about where and when they were. Also they kept sending the canaries to locations that were clearly from tthe future in relation to their percieved time period. I wondered if the nanobots built some sort of mental block into the resurrected crew. There, I got that nerd out of my system.

[@CreativeWM_Personal]

Well they did believe the crew at the end of the episode after putting them into a dream state where they then tried to get ahold of the nanobots

[@schizoidboy]

It could be they're a bunch of bureaucratic idiots who have protocol shoved so far where the sun (or any other star for that matter) doesn't shine so they don't check the things you mentioned as a matter of course no matter how logical it all is. This all being said also could work. It's a mistake to take human beings for being logical people.

[@MrMortull]

The way I rationalise it is that the ship's situation is being kept a secret by officers, and since the Canaries are all convicts held in isolated conditions there's no risk of any information leaking to the rest of the crew. It's probably not a watertight explanation but it works for me.

[@schizoidboy]

@@MrMortull You might have something there, I forget what the Captains original job was but I think he was the guy who distributed ice cream bars to the crew and he's keeping that secret.

[@pxrays547]

@@MrMortull The way I rationalize it is that it is a god damn comedy show.

[@mctru3582]

The 80's were ok, and then I found this in the late 80s on PBS (1 of 4 channels we had back then) And this Made my Decade.....SMEGin brilliant !!!!!

[@dewimatthews]

Robert Llewelyn...what a star!

[@jamesfield1674]

That actor is brilliant hope he is in more stuff.

[@penguincommunity6218]

That’s so sad. He really believed he was a robot.

[@ericmoore6498]

I couldn't help thinking about Voyager's EMH.

[@stevespyder]

This was a great series.

[@Spectans1]

"Restore to factory settings" :D

[@AndyRoidEU]

Spectans1 Factory operation system wasn't found, operation failed, please reboot.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@AndyRoidEU Keyboard not found. Press F1 to continue.

[@JamesPlaysGames95]

This was the worst season, but this is the best scene from it

[@pxrays547]

Kryten is my favorite character, loved this show.

[@malcolmgreenwood6242]

No need for the past tense. Red Dwarf is still going strong and never, ever disappoints

[@dylanberger6493]

His mannerisms are so much like Stephen Fry's from Fry and Laurie right?? It's interesting to see

[@superdau]

Is that Robert Llewellyn from Fully Charged?

[@simonpotter8874]

Yes.

[@chriswelcome8102]

No. This is Robert llewellyn from Red Dwarf. This show came out nearly 20 years beforehand

[@MacTechG4]

No, it’s Kryten in very convincing Human prosthetics;)

[@rogermellie8713]

@@MacTechG4 Excellent LOL

[@quint3570]

Robert Llewellyn from Bottom

[@daverjax]

I've seen two Psychiatrists that I remember; They MAY even get out of the Assylum one day. note to Self, NEVER tell a Psychiatrist the FATE of the Univers.....it tends to make them go a bit wonky. OH, and NEVER be Totaly Truthful with them, they JUST can't handle total Truth.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

Exactly. What do they think they are telling us what is normal anyway. Humans judging humans.

[@Lhawk2107]

More Red Dwarf pls !

[@The144Kth]

For those who are seeing this for the first time, the stamp read: Restore to Factory Settings.

[@PocketBrain]

"You've been most fortunate, sir!"

[@Loveismygift]

KRYTEN my favorite character. he is just as good of a liar as i am I look like a dog with a caramel toffee. lol!! My whole life I didn't notice when people insulted me

[@CZghost]

This is a cut down version, the councelor asks him to check the chair multiple times :D

[@sunnycoastQLD]

Kryton was awesome!

[@Inlinetodie]

I member when this aired on PBS, on after Fawlty Towers

[@hughoxford8735]

Laurence Llewelyn Bowen did such a great job as kryten

[@Markus_Andrew]

I'm replying to say I agree, but I also want to ask if that's your dog in the picture 🙂 I love border collies!

[@hughoxford8735]

@@Markus_Andrew A profession photo of a similar animal

[@NoXion100]

You mean Robert Llewellyn right? Because Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen is the flamboyant interior designer.

[@hughoxford8735]

@@NoXion100 No, that's Rrobert Llewellyn.

[@mickeymcnaughton2555]

You know? That Kryten character reminds me of a person I think I know. I think that I'll go and stand in the bathroom for a while, in front of the mirror, in an attempt to remember who that is.

[@captainfrandad1138]

Robert Llewelyn is utterly brilliant as Kryten.

[@synaesthesia2010]

with long, long screws that go deep, into the ground...

[@miffedmax3863]

Literally had a psychiatrist like this, lol

[@darthkahn45]

It's weird how they didn't call him Brannigan as he is literally doing Rimmers impression of the ships psychiatrist from Series 2. "the shuttle was late"

[@bondymagnomous3544]

Comedy gold :D

[@spyrofan9681]

Damn I wish Data and Kryten could meet

[@Tao_Tology]

Data? What a smeeeee-heeeeeeee

[@LordProteus]

Surprise should have been "Oh wait, it has killed us actually!" Rage should have been "It killed us!" *smash*

[@mathewgrover6455]

Smeeeg"smeeeeg. 😅😅😅

[@joemay2640]

You have a very fine haircut 😂😂😂

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

Red dwarf peaked series 6 with gunman and then regressed quickly 7 onwards

[@NoahSpurrier]

So many of my psych evaluation go like this.

[@maroondoor]

"It's a newie."

[@brentcowell5776]

i so miss this show n wish i could watch it in order to the end