Screw Back In Anger

From That Mitchell and Webb Look

[@jack2631]

Can anyone else hear a really high pitched ringing quietly in the background?

[@ethanstapley7018]

Yes I can, but overall it can be ignored enough to watch

[@upmayo100]

You've ruined the sketch for me 😂

[@strategossable1366]

No it was always there and it will always be there. There can never be silence.

[@Walsh2571]

not until you mentioned it >:-(

[@DrPacman]

You bastard

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

It's in me blood, plain and simple... ...but it can be treated with tablets, so back to the snooker. 😂😂😂

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

Gold. Absolute gold! 😂

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

That is one of the many things I love about Mitchell and Webb- the little subtleties, the details that you only see if you're really paying attention. Any other comedy sketch show would have opened with a full-screen shot of the "Embolism World Snooker" logo to play it for laughs (after all, it must have cost some money and effort to design and print it), but here they leave it quietly in the background, for eagle-eyed viewers to chuckle at. The attention and observation of details that goes into even their silliest sketches is second to none...

[@koosk41]

If Eddie Charlton played Cliff Thorburn, this wouldn't be too far from an accurate representation. The only historical inaccuracy with this sketch is you can clearly see the table through the smoke.

[@TedsonJones]

This is done so well. Believable, yet totally absurd at the same time.

[@ascendancy425]

Ooh and that's a bad miss.

[@pokeround]

Ah, the Embolism World Championships. Happy days.

[@Zongooo]

This is basically a documentary. Ahhh... the Seventies.

[@Run187]

I remember playing snooker well me and a friend were as drunk as them two. Took an hour to pot a ball, the people waiting told us to fuck off in the end 😂 after 14 snake bites ( drink) it's a wonder we could hold the cues. Illegal in some uk pubs as they can't sell mixed drinks now..

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

Yes! Mark the Shark is in business!!

[@harrysutton3765]

Love that they spelled Ted’s name wrong on the scoreboard

[@FutureAbe]

I am a fan of participation in any activities while pissed

[@TheQuicheMandrill]

"the man keeps in shape....like many a gay"

[@Snipedfromamileaway]

The man keeps in shape like many a gay

[@swinehood]

Love the advertising in the background!

[@MarxistKnight]

I wonder how many pints and cigarettes they got through making this.

[@Snookbone]

Anyone else notice that when the scoreboard first comes up after the foul around 2:30 the "l" of Ted Wilkes is missing?

[@Queenofdeathandevil9]

"Many a gay!" XD This is still funny.

[@EldritchThing]

One of my favourite sketches

[@judyhopps9380]

Ooooh that's a bad miss

[@fritspas]

Embolism Snooker :)

[@Jpbremner]

remarkably a very acurate description of snooker 30 years ago

[@crieverytim]

Y'all remember that graggy Russian writer who threw Elaine's electronic organizer out the window of the car? It's about to happen to my phone

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

😂😂😂

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

You mean the book, War and Peace - What is it good for. 😏😂

[@butcherboy2008]

So, as an American, I've determined that snooker is your NASCAR. "Embolism" was a reference to tobacco sponsorship. NASCAR had the Winston Cup.

[@onehairybuddha]

Sponsored by Embolism, nice touch.

[@obtuse186]

Tinnitus simulator.

[@cybitz159]

Unless he was playing for the red, in which case he fouled by hitting the yellow first.

[@zv2200]

Apart from foul and a miss on the red... lol

[@snaneychik]

4:03 Embolism

[@EarlZMoade]

Tinitus simulator

[@MrCovegy]

*quotation

[@irenep08]

Haha Embolism :P

[@timmytoast22]

@sr038 I had that too I thought my ears were ringing

[@jamster251]

Where's your apostrophe?

[@ChristopherLuck]

Says Ted Wikes, not Wilkes, hehe

[@theviper1999uk]

ChristopherLuck i noticed that too, really pissed me off

[@CrowClouds]

what??

[@phoney98]

was snooker really like this in the uk? WOW! they should bring it back

[@FifteenQs]

Thing is, Webb's shot at 3:15 doesn't actually break any rules.

[@myview5840]

Hale and Pace sketch about darts destroyed it in the uk. This is just a shameless copy of that.

[@teaknees]

The close up of David's mouth at 1:19 literally made me wet

[@steve-handsomelady]

Same

[@TheChucky4664]

Looks like someone didn't do their research. They say the final is in 1975 at the Crucible despite the fact the world snooker championship wasn't played at the Crucible until 1977.

[@beatriceblake5201]

They probably used 1975 so as not to disrespect any actual players.

[@paulallen7366]

12 players also famously died in a coach crash

[@johngalantini6910]

Does anyone know who wrote the sketches in this show? Because they were fucking shite. And the very obvious canned laughter is so misplaced.