Sherlock Holmes Sucks at Deduction

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[@NotShowingOff]

The fact that he has a photographic memory but no common sense is amazing.

[@genieinthepot2455]

Most likely has some type of mental disorder. Something weird

[@TheRealSamPreece]

@@genieinthepot2455 it's this weird mental disorder called acting

[@jlushefski]

He has common sense. He just doesn't have tact or follow social norms.

[@Draeber]

you nailed it

[@maaz322]

that's the reality of it, people with unusually augmented senses have less intellectual capacity. There are people who can accurately replicate a city's layout just with a short helicopter ride, yet they've achieved nothing remarkable with this skill.

[@goldenking2046]

"You don't have a strong upper body" not one sentence later: "You are a trained martial artist and just came back from a muay thai tournament"

[@adarshdomala6895]

Hilarious

[@AAA-Wolf]

But it was one sentence later

[@giggabiite4417]

and he had a limp

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

Muay thai is primarily kick based, so that could work if he was overly specialized. And maybe he just took one too many leg kicks and the cane is only temporary?

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

@Alexander Leblanc For weight class reasons he minmaxed really hard into his legs? Or you can just go with him being a bad Muay Thai fighter. No one said he won the tournament or even did well :P

[@rileyxsko]

I would watch a whole series of an incompetent but over confident Sherlock Holmes that screams "STFU MIKE" every episode.

[@samwellick1706]

Isn't that what BBC's Sherlock is tbh? Most of his deductions aren't actual deductions and depends on most of the information that happens off-screen

[@joeschembrie9450]

They did a movie about that with Will Farrell. It didn't go well.

[@wellthen.......9384]

​@@joeschembrie9450I still remember all the drinking I did to get through that movie For a night I got to deal with alcoholism

[@cngotham4111]

​@@joeschembrie9450tbh I didn't hate the movie at all I don't really get the hate it's not step brothers level of funny but it had moments.

[@CMA8104]

I love how this is a 9 year old video but we all are commenting now. I absolutely would watch a series also and the movie wasn't the worst but it was nowhere as good as this clip, IMO. Like the other guy said, I just want to hear Pete Holmes scream "Shut the FK up, MIKE!!!!!"

[@pvshka]

"Naturally, the flight attendant Trish offered you pretzels or peanuts..." I love how he specified her name 😂

[@commontater1785]

'Trish' is the whole point. His conclusions are far more specific than the evidences allows.

[@seanmatthewking]

​@commontater1785 No shit Sherlock

[@franciscoancer2618]

"You are black. You are a black man." LOL I lost it at this line.

[@Movie2Documentary]

In this society, at this moment, you could easily identify as black and people who don't acknowledge are stubborn and not normal.

[@gedeyogam9096]

Black woman?

[@Movie2Documentary]

@@gedeyogam9096 as a man, you first need to identify as a woman. After the hormones therapy kick in... then you can identify as a black woman. Reverse that and you got Michael Jackson. From a black male to a white skinny child abusing woman.

[@ShFred]

@@Movie2Documentary If you're lucky and they don't drag to court for hate crime when you try to guess it!

[@ezekiel4481]

Maybe that's how he feels inside

[@bookyreviewzola]

The name is Herlock Sholmes.

[@melongaming5950]

Lol

[@Lesbomarx]

BookyReviewZola Arsene Lupin's arch nemesis!

[@melongaming5950]

WTF

[@ethanhudgins7211]

BookyReviewZola Isn't it Sherlock Holmes?

[@Lesbomarx]

SHUT THE FUCK UP, ETHAN!

[@Mickdrew]

One moment he's acknowledging that Watson needs a cane when walking, the next he's saying Watson was an avid dancer and martial artist lmao

[@baonkang5990]

Maybe that's why he need the cane because the was injured in the tournament.

[@zenleek2129]

@@baonkang5990 Your acute ability to reason coupled with the need to make sure everyone is right leads me to believe you were a highly sensitive child forced to act as an intermediary for people around you. Also you just had Hawaiian pizza

[@craftoverflow]

@@zenleek2129 lmao

[@Reac2]

To be fair, in the show he doesn't need the cain anyways and it's just a psychological thing

[@paulflint6254]

@@zenleek2129 😂

[@alphamanx7504]

the way he said, "(sniff) Turkey" "(Sniff) Honey" "(Sniff) Smoked" 😂🤣

[@WontonTV]

Big props to the director, who managed to emulate the fast "thinking" shots so well with the rotating camera. Also, to the editor(s) who really nailed all the ridiculous sound-effects that accompany this.

[@muhammadhashir6136]

they copied that footage from the show if you must know, with the camera rotating to zoom in while he is talking hastily.

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

@@muhammadhashir6136 That's... That's precisely what Wonton was saying.

[@emillyyelen5169]

@@muhammadhashir6136 oh boy...

[@scientic]

@@muhammadhashir6136 Yes... that's what 'emulate' means.

[@carsoneastman5709]

@@muhammadhashir6136 I think I feel more embarrassed by the fact that at least 7 people saw this comment and thought “yeah, I’m smart”

[@kenpachi-wyatt-vegetajr8114]

"Shut the F--- up, MIKE!" - Herlock Sholmes, 2014

[@yellowjacket588]

Kenpachi-Wyatt -VegetaJr I don’t like Mike either

[@shantamshome6420]

MY MOMENT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED...almost

[@maxkho00]

Mike is the new Meg

[@JSM270]

Mike is the worst.

[@steelman774]

Mike looks suspiciously like Corey Feldman... 🤔

[@elliotmarks06]

The effort put into making this really look like the BBC show truly is amazing

[@lilo7741]

His reaction at the end with that spit of contempt is just pure gold😂

[@ykarus9343]

"You are a black man!" "Nop." "Black woman?"

[@othmaneelmansouri6314]

Not a stupid thing to say to a white man in 2020.

[@user-fn6ty5tc1k]

Yeah, If I say I'm not black man it actually means that I'm black woman, genius.

[@silverblade357]

@Another Generic Gaming Channel "Shit!"

[@MrCoolprax]

Really!!

[@dehistoriapisciumfish7639]

@@othmaneelmansouri6314 Yes it is

[@Kor1134]

*"SHUT THE ***** *UP, MIKE."* I laughed so hard I almost shat myself.

[@percymcplop]

I chuckled at the first one, the second one just slayed me

[@sackcrusher3894]

I thought I was the Smosh intro 😂

[@gustavgnoettgen]

You almost deducted

[@phoenixbabbitt2597]

literally the best part

[@abubakarjahangir2581]

When he took the "mmmmmm" for a bit long on saying Mike i though he was gonna go all Samuel L. Jackson.

[@WrathOfTheHydra]

There has never been a single time rewatching this sketch that I've held it together through 2:20. Every single time I burst out laughing. It's something about the complete change in the audio mix trying to tame his egregious yelling... it's just so good.

[@rishikamath6718]

Great observation on the mix 👍🏽

[@adi96adi]

1:34 that first look Sherlock gives Mike when he chimes in gets me good 🤣🤣

[@infinityentity]

This is just how the BBC show really is. Sherlock's deductions involve a lot of guesswork but he somehow always nails it.

[@HUMAN-fq5ff]

Not always. There are instances when it does but not always. There are also instances when he guesses wrong.

[@infinityentity]

@@HUMAN-fq5ff Sure, but guessing wrong sometimes doesn't negate that the rest of his correct deductions are also mostly guesswork. Detective shows are at their best when the audience can immerse themselves in the mystery and the role of the detective. The original Sherlock Holmes is brilliant at drip feeding you clues so you can follow Holmes' logic alongside Watson, while the BBC show just talks about how smart Sherlock is then shows him solving crimes by basically guessing or using information that was never given to the audience.

[@HUMAN-fq5ff]

Edith Ottilia His accurate guess-work is done on account of the probability of it being right. He makes a guess on what he thinks is highly probable.

[@infinityentity]

@@HUMAN-fq5ff Probability is all well and good but you have to truly exhaust all other options. Things like Sherlock deducing someone's an alcoholic simply because their phone has scratches around the charging port becomes laughable when you realize how many people's phones look like that. Mine certainly does and I'm not an alcoholic. It wouldn't matter so much if they gave us the clues and showed Sherlock's methods and thought process more so we could be on the same page with him rather than just telling us he's a brilliant detective in the most condescending way possible. He solves crimes in ways we dont get to see then calls everyone including the audience stupid for not keeping up with him.

[@jackbaxter2223]

That's how it was in the original stories as well.

[@ineffablemars]

lmfao "shut the fuck up mike!" had me in stitches

[@braidenjose8720]

LMAO! You had to of been laughing pretty damn hard then.

[@guitarman0365]

the entire sketch was sort of funny but that one line cracked me up too.

[@Tomateeek]

when he said that i know that he is "batman" from college humor ,,, right??

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas 4:42.

[@gailcbull]

I love this! I'm studying fiction writing, and one of the rules of character development is "don't create a character who is smarter than you unless you are prepared to create an a parody of a smart person." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a very smart man but even the Conan Doyle stories have logic holes that you could drive a truck through. The writing team on the BBC Sherlock Holmes series must have been less intelligent than Conan Doyle, because these stories have logic holes that you could fly several planes through while they are performing aerial acrobatics.

[@jac6548]

RIP to all the stupid authors who aren't allowed to write stories with anyone except clones of themselves because everyone else is smarter than them

[@shahbazshaikh2884]

@gailcbull I am a big fan of the original Conan Doyle stories. Could you give me examples of logic holes in them?

[@Elamado97]

This only applies to characters which revolve around being intelligent like Sherlock holmes​@@jac6548

[@onslaught147]

I have a series where I'm writing a super genius. But the joke is he comes off as an absolute idiot and characters are constantly excusing his behavior with a "just wait and see what he can do, we promise he's smart." The main character himself is a pretty terrible judge of intelligence due to an extremely isolated upbringing. So he kinda believes people when they say how dumb he is, and just assumes when he does some miracle of science, it was actually easy and anyone else could have done it. That way I can write his dialogue as stupid as I want, and just hand wave him solving complicated technology problems. I never have to be as smart as I claim he is. Plus I think it's funny when everyone thinks you're an idiot, and you do something complicated in front of them and they try to find other explanations besides you being smarter than you appear. It's basically been a running theme of my actual life.

[@Wooster23]

Nice point. That's why the character Jeeves in the Wodehouse universe works so well.

[@kigerukage6641]

That confident smug at 0:27 gets me everytime

[@seanmatthewking]

Wtf is a confident smug, Mike!?

[@kirikakirikakirika]

Now for my deduction: Everything he said was true. Watson was just trolling him at the behest of Mike, who has been stuck working with Sherlock for years in that lab. He knew Sherlock would deduce everything the moment Watson walked in, but he told him to deny everything, knowing it would shatter Sherlock's ego.

[@wardhaislam7943]

What about when he said he was a black man hmm?

[@nwinth]

@@wardhaislam7943 Clearly a black person who was born white but identified themselves as black male/female

[@mysteriousboy7913]

Interesting

[@wardhaislam7943]

jsg possible but unlikely

[@theplaystationfam4263]

@@wardhaislam7943 mixed race

[@amirhomayounnejah822]

Imagine making this an actual series.

[@GHC3]

That would be great and so entertaining. It would ve the antithesis of all those crimie and medical shows with the know all

[@AB-dm1wz]

@@naruhoedou4709 YES!!!

[@Aeroldoth3]

There was a movie where Watson was the genius and Holmes was a bumbling actor Watson hired, yet everyone thought Holmes was actually solving everything.

[@naruhoedou4709]

@@Aeroldoth3 that sounds pretty interesting, do you remember what it was called?

[@Aeroldoth3]

@@naruhoedou4709 Without A Clue (1988) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooi7qGCHj6mXhNE

[@TransSappho]

The scratches on the phone may have been one of the stupidest things on the actual show besides the boomerang and the secret sister

[@Sil3nC4]

Man, the writing, the deliveries, the editing...perfection *chefs kiss*

[@ArbitraryMind]

Sherlock: "You're heterosexual" Watson: "Bi-curious" I died

[@akumabazooka9169]

Good maybe in your next life you'll make an original comment instead of quoting the £uckin video everyone in the comments saw

[@topsecret5110]

Ahaa! 😂

[@kindredlebel9175]

@@akumabazooka9169 salty much?

[@ReverseJuxtapose]

The Real Dark R jeeez

[@dheerajrao2179]

@@akumabazooka9169 the words you used have already been used #not_original_either

[@EthalaRide]

I am so tempted to make the "SHUT THE FUCK UP. MIKE!" a ringtone/alert/alarm for my phone.

[@Mukesh20]

LOL

[@Angelous922]

+EthalaRide Do it, and link me it! :)

[@emmalucas5379]

+EthalaRide l;ink me too!

[@nerdon2]

+EthalaRide +Devious +Emma Lucas It is done speedy.sh/qGb4J/SHUT-TH-FUCK-UP-MIKE.mp3

[@xyronox]

+EthalaRide And then a friend of yours called mike calls you when he is right beside you to test his phone...

[@sombrerocat2971]

His comical exhale at 2:07 and facial expressions at 1:39 just kills me everytime lol

[@ismetkutluk]

Me: You look angry, is there a problem? GF: I'm fine. Me: Okay GF: Actually I'm a little upset with you Me: 4:04

[@weepingwillow_]

literally me when my girlfriend asks "Whats different about me?"

[@weepingwillow_]

@imma_dipshit _and_then "what's different about me?" *Deduces talking a huge deduction* "really?.. you're so wrong" basically sums up me and my girlfriend

[@weepingwillow_]

@imma_dipshit _and_then what i mean is bsaically how i always guess wrong when my girlfriend asks me "whats different about me"

[@weepingwillow_]

@imma_dipshit _and_then cant..ever...even....relate....

[@weepingwillow_]

@imma_dipshit _and_then cant relate...she hates jealousy....

[@crayli7529]

I have to admit that I always say your hair looks amazing.

[@tombayes8834]

It's alright guys, he's just clueing for looks...

[@AlexMrDoc]

+Tom Bayes Isn't it looking for clues?

[@Cassie-on3gq]

+Gravity pony shut up the f up gravity pony

[@libbycorner6037]

Yas

[@fletcherxcx]

clueing for looks. im dying.

[@AshishSharma-rv8mz]

Ohhrghhh Nice...*vomits on floor*

[@ryansiegel8230]

This is too well done for its own good. The camera jumps and magnification is perfect.

[@maxvogt3515]

This is so incredibly well done. Everything from the sets to the camera shot emulates the show so well! It’s almost as good as the actual take of how Sherlock would be. The amount of leaps he makes between the few common sense observations is flawing. “You also need to rent, and I’m being introduced to you so I assume you want to share a place.” makes sense “This phone has scratches on what is the tiniest hole to plug your phone in (assuming you even have it in the right way)… Your brother’s a drunk!”

[@scragar]

Counter point: It's a new gadget, that many scratches on a relatively new gadget indicates something is wrong. My phone is about 2 years old now and doesn't have any scratches at all, while my elderly mother's phone looks like someone took a grinder to the charging port. If it's a fairly new device, especially a gift most people want to look after it for at least a month or so, easily avoided damage like scratching up the charging port so quickly is an indication of a problem.

[@filipealencar1019]

"Herlock Sholmes" is a real character from literature, he was created by Maurice Leblanc as a parody of Sherlock. Herlock is the enemy of Arsene Lupin, the Thief; main character in Leblanc's stories.

[@rincewindthewizzard6580]

If I remember corectly in some countries his name was changed when Sherlock books went to copyrights free state.

[@Bufinidas]

Actually, LeBlanc originally used the name 'Sherlock Holmes' in his novel, and it was changed in later printings due to a copyright lawsuit. But, imho, the character is so far removed from Sherlock Holmes that a name-change was in order. And, as an aside, the Watson character in the book is named 'Wilson'.

[@syedmuhammadtaqipervaiz7846]

Arsena lupin? Persona

[@MGSVxBreakpoint]

Persona 5 taught me this

[@sakatababa]

this portrayal is more akin to helock sholmes from ace attorney. maurice made a carbon copy of doyles detective while ace attorney one misses a lot and makes basic abductive (not deductive) conclusions.

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

Holmes is only as smart as the writers who script his lines.

[@zhirongtham9704]

Evident in this case

[@myworldorder6753]

I suppose that's correct but by that logic literally any character in tv or video games or books is also "only as good as they're written" so it's pretty much a useless thing to point out since its pretty much the entire point of writing and blatantly obvious.

[@raza2248]

Yes, that's how fictional characters work.. :|

[@PavanDharanipragada]

+MiniatureMasterClass He would have been a great character if his lines are what makes him seem smart. Typically it is the convenience of the plot and the lines of other characters that make him seem smart..

[@ComradeChrome]

+MiniatureMasterClass ... Do you mean Pete or Sherlock?

[@TheChrysalis83]

Still one of the funniest videos on the internet. Holmes' expression at 2:06-07 is an underrated bit.

[@lifesnotfair]

That third segment of "deduction".... funniest absurdity I've seen in a long time. I absolutely love these videos!

[@TheSecondVersion]

"Everything you said, was wrong." - Luke Skywalker

[@ride-playerbb2818]

Kylo Ren. Can we trust him?

[@fedeborghesi4750]

+R/B The Toku Hufflepuff ohhh, brilliant!

[@S1RD2]

Incorrect, thats what Mark Hamil said to Rian Johnson after reading the script for The Last Jedi.

[@naughtyskywalker9292]

*Jake Skywalker

[@naughtyskywalker9292]

Actually you can leave that on. I dropped my wallet. OOH.

[@GinHindew110]

Yup, BBC's Sherlock does crazy (and sometimes ridiculous) logic jumps all the time but the one from the novels was more grounded. I will always remember how in A Study in Scarlet he deduces a guy was killed by a cab driver based on the wheel marks and footprints on the mud, it totally made sense

[@Batchall_Accepted]

You just need to compare the original study in Scarlett with the show tbh. In the books he does a bunch of deductive work WITH the police and watson, where he's like kind of almost brainstorming with them, looking at the distance between footprints and the writing, and then he comes to his conclusion and explains how he came to it, in the show for that exact same scene he looks around in silence,then gets an "oh shit" face, shouts something vague and runs out of the building. We don't get any explaination until the very end

[@ModernEphemera]

The BBC Sherlock literally doesn’t do deduction (removing all alternatives to arrive at the truth), he does induction (speculation on the information you have)

[@ride-playerbb2818]

Cab Driver?

[@GinHindew110]

@@ride-playerbb2818 in Study In Scarlet, the police found a body in a house, Sherlock realized the deceased arrived in a cabriole (rental carriage) because it has a shorter wheel distance than private carriages, and, as the wheel tracks were the deepest, it was obviously from before the police arrived Now, the cab arrived, the corpse is on the house and the cab left, so the driver was the murderer or an accomplice

[@MrDoenyon]

@@GinHindew110 Bit late here, and sorry, but what does "the wheel tracks were the deepest" have anything to do with when it was made ? Instead of simply, how much it weighted.

[@blofeld2430]

If you ever fail a job interview without knowing why, it was almost certainly with someone like this guy.

[@manishchavan]

This is what Sherlock would be like in real life. That's how wild and strange the deductions in the show are.

[@MrJedabak]

After Holmes left, Mike should've said "All he said was true, wasn't it." And Watson sighed, and said "Every word."

[@ferdakaldirim1479]

wow yes that would be really amazing👌😄

[@kreyes8605]

It wouldn't be very funny then

[@apocalypseap]

+Kevin Reyes Yeah it would, it'd be hilarious anyway.

[@xX_swagger_Xx]

I think that would kinda ruin the joke

[@italiansoutherner]

It would itself be a joke then. They were playing him all along.

[@peteholmes]

What happens when Sherlock SUCKS at deduction. #PeteHolmes #sherlock

[@taverncat9570]

SHUT THE FUCK UP, MIKE!

[@chincrise]

Lost Koz needs to be a tshirt. or on a lunch box

[@iamerikdavis]

I'm glad you have a TV show. You're funny even if you have a stupid flabby goober face.

[@2lavitz]

mmmmoooooore please!!!!!!!! XD i love the pete holmes show

[@pagaldesi1644]

OMFG Petey you fukkin killed it ! This is awesome.

[@williamcrow9504]

the fact that he has done a spoof movie is just shocking, he plays this character with such confidence

[@things_i_say5951]

I tried to do this with a friend once when we were 15. Her reaction was much, much more disturbed. Friendship ended immediately.

[@someguy4405]

Is that because you got something right or just because noting lots of specific things about a person’s appearance is incredibly invasive?

[@mohaimenulislam8782]

Yo what did u say?

[@dreamscapemaestro3732]

Damn, u just left everyone hanging, forever wondering what u said.

[@things_i_say5951]

@Some Guy ​ @Mohaimenul Islam ​ @Dreamscape Maestro Lol. (First understand I was near mentally disabled at the time. I had been unintentionally starved my whole life, so I had schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, all caused by the effects of long-term starvation. People who get lost in the woods for weeks experience the same thing.) She was eating a cookie. She was blond. She was dainty, cheerful, possibly religious. I had, very confidently, said I know how to read people, (which was something anyone at that age could do, unbeknownst to me cuz I had no friends. Only I thought all my thoughts were tapped into fact.) So I said "Like, for example, you're the type of girl that cares more about simple fun stuff like eating cookies more than doing work or being serious." Said it with a genuine smile, actually thought I was "helping her" and that she should be amazed at my ability. She gave me a horrified look and with an empty voice said "Noooo..." Rightfully so. Looking back, those were not like her at all, just insane simple "valley girl" stereotypes plus my arrogance from damage. She never spoke to me again and gave me weird looks. I was a creepy motherfucker then.

[@xeltanni8999]

@@things_i_say5951 "I tried to do this with a friend once." Then leaving everyone in suspense for two years, only to reveal "I was a weirdo who called her simple for eating a cookie." Brave of you to admit to such a thing and also, excuse me for saying so, extremely funny. Thank you.

[@GenghisKhanPolitics]

"The name, by the way, is Herlock Scholmes." "Isn't it Sherlock Holmes?" "SHUT THE FUCK UP, MIKE!!!"

[@cheesebossfinch8071]

you watched the video to?

[@Potahsium]

Cheeseboss Finch *too

[@sebastiancartes9774]

Shut the fuck up! lolegend74!

[@Potahsium]

Sebastián Cartes sure

[@johnsmith-nl4gz]

you just killed sherlock for me

[@joshfriesen4438]

Judging by your picture of doctor who a show ive never watched but I know of; you are referring to the newish bbc sherlock. Also, just by the picture being a good quality photograph you like the new seasons of dr who, making you approximately 17? BAM! IM SHERLOCK! Mwahahahaa.

[@RobsMusicBox]

***** lmfao!! Well Played,sir

[@johnsmith-nl4gz]

***** i was 13 when i took that photo, it was taken on a phone camara, and i am a bigger fan of the old ones, but i look more like the new one,

[@amnaajaib5071]

***** You can be any age and like Classic Who. I was 7 when I watched the Eighth Doctor's movie, I'm thirteen now and have watched about four of the Classic Who Doctors. You can be any age and like Doctor Who, Classic and New.

[@joshfriesen4438]

Lol I was joking xD i was playing off of sherlocks' bad deduction.

[@zagika]

Every time I struggle with my phone charger I think of this skit, I just did it now so had to come back and rewatch.

[@jeffjeff9037]

The problem is, Sherlock doesn't consider all the possibilities surrounding each deduction he makes. At each step, he makes assumption after assumption, choosing one likely possibility, but not considering the alternatives and treats his guesses as though they were necessarily correct. With deductive reasoning, you're not guaranteed knowledge, only improved chances at making a correct guess. It's useful for figuring out new places to search, or ideas to think when conducting an investigation, as you may very well hit pay dirt, but sometimes you won't, and because of that, taking action based off that is ultimately a wager.

[@GenghisKhanPolitics]

"Boom!! Hoowoooooo!!! That's how you deduce, baby! I read your face! I read your stupid face!!! *spit* YEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!"

[@EpicLuigi24]

You watched the video too? :D

[@snappetbattre5469]

EpicLuigi24 meme much?

[@SacredDaturana]

The scuff marks on a charger bit always bothered me. It doesn't mean anything! Or at least, it could mean any number of unrelated things.

[@ineffablemars]

it could just be that john is klutzy with his phone. lol.

[@isaiahphillip4112]

John Watson fan Or is lazy, or stays up really late and plugs it in while tired.

[@GroovingPict]

in the original story it's a pocket watch, and scratchings around where you put the little key in to wind it. "youll never find those scratchings on a sober man's watch, never see a drunk one's without it". When updating it to fit in modern times they had to find *something*, something that people carry with them everywhere like they did with pocket watches back then. So mobile phone it was. Even though, as you say, it doesnt really make sense.

[@isaiahphillip4112]

GroovingPict And calling it a young man's device didn't make much sense either. My dad has an Iphone 5S

[@seanblack1320]

Well I can see some things to it but yes it can be linked with other things as well. When writing for a character like this who's supposed to be superhumanly smart when no one writing him is it can be difficult leading to moments where you get things like this. Honestly the charger is at least better than what most do especially for something that was just meant to show that he's incredibly smart and thinks fast. I actually had more of a problem with the young man's device line but then again even though my dad has an advanced phone he is still calling me all the time about working on it so there's that.

[@barobaro1]

This just shows how Sherlock wasn't really that smartly written as a show. It just did an incredible job at making you believe into their bs.

[@DocumentaryFanboy]

The fact that there actually exists a parody called Herlock Sholmes makes this even better

[@darius2117]

holy fuck that last part, i just died!!!! " that's how you deduce babyyyy...woooooooooooooooo"

[@jman217]

"I read your face, I read your stupid face!"

[@tiberius5245]

I loved the 'Shut the Fuck up Mike!!!' LMFAO!!!!

[@orchestromenterprises2379]

SUCK IT! YEEAAHH!!

[@WooMaster777]

2:20 Was not expecting that. Laughed so hard. XD

[@lindathetford3776]

ME TOO LOL

[@mrityunjaydixit6995]

Lol 😂

[@khaidax185]

This video made me watch Sherlock last month on Netflix. I binged it. Never expected that.

[@adambig6118]

One of the best clips ever. I come back to it from time to time.

[@johnwatson1385]

Sherlock Holmes sucks at Deduction. *****

[@bighungry98]

Hey so what are you two guys doing these days?

[@obamna666]

“But that’s a young man’s gadget”

[@julianz7450]

- You're a black man! - No... - Black woman! - Seriously... Welp... today some people would insist on considering that a reasonable guess... Ah...

[@floretionguru2977]

What makes this so good is that punchline is so well integrated into the skit that you hardly notice it.

[@fearlessflow18]

Ok, he read his "stupid face"....but why did he have to spit on him!? :D I dieddd laughing

[@SquareNoggin]

Sherlock's character has always been pretty absurd, but the original books were still somewhat grounded, but the thing this skit pokes fun at is what makes the modern Sherlock series and movies so ridiculous - the deduction Pete's character is doing here make about as much sense as what the Sherlock on the BBC show does. It would be really cool if thet made a Sherlock series that actually tried ro be realistic in that Sherlock is just an incredibly competent and insightful investigator. That's not the same as having this quirky super power of being able to deduce precise conclusions about people and crime scenes through a bunch of mundane stuff that in reality in no way proves let alone suggest half the things they have Sherlock come up with. I just feel like the people who write Sherkock these days are just lazy - easier to give him a fantastic super power than to actually write a realistic investigation.

[@Geesaroni]

I think they did that and it was called Monk (and it was excellent).

[@bw1llis]

Try the Jeremy Brett version

[@Needler13]

​@@Geesaroni that and psych

[@KarlMalowned32]

@@Geesaroni truth. Monk is the Sherlock we deserve.

[@kshitizmishra5154]

@@pavelshliaha1706 I loved elementary. It has too much substance, too little style. BBC Sherlock has too much style, too little substance. Unfortunately, the latter sells much more.

[@polreamonn]

I can't be the only person who struggles not to say "Shut the fuck up Mike" whenever they hear someone with that name speak.

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

The "scratches on the phone" is particularly on point. Literally everyone scratches their phone

[@Eysc]

this is fucking gold.

[@HeavyChevy35096]

agreed.

[@drawohdot7910]

canceled look it up

[@Evija3000]

What Sherlock actually does is induction (making general conclusions from specific things). That's why he sucks at deduction (making specific conclusions from general things). =]

[@antonorjenfelt2989]

Making specific conclusions from general things can also be a form of induction Lol.

[@Evija3000]

anton örjenfelt Could you explain? Did you mean it in this sense: There are three stupid children, hence all children are stupid; hence *this child is stupid*? - In that sense I guess so, but it still is essentially small to big and it still is what Sherlock is doing, or would you disagree?

[@antonorjenfelt2989]

Copied from: www.iep.utm.edu/ded-ind/ ... some dictionaries and texts improperly define "deduction" as reasoning from the general to specific and define "induction" as reasoning from the specific to the general. These definitions are outdated and inaccurate. For example, according to the more modern definitions given above, the following argument from the specific to general is deductive, not inductive, because the truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion: The members of the Williams family are Susan, Nathan and Alexander. Susan wears glasses. Nathan wears glasses. Alexander wears glasses. Therefore, all members of the Williams family wear glasses. Moreover, the following argument, even though it reasons from the general to specific, is inductive: It has snowed in Massachusetts every December in recorded history. Therefore, it will snow in Massachusetts this coming December."

[@Evija3000]

anton örjenfelt Interesting. Especially since my university professor of Traditional (and not just traditional) Logic, who's a Philosophy Ph.D., taught me this. Maybe he simplified it for easier understanding, since it wasn't a major topic. Either way, do you at least agree that Sherlock is using induction? If we look from the certainty perspective, his reasoning leaves quite a lot of space for mistakes and doubts, no matter how confident he seems =P

[@WaxxyOne]

Also, Stephen Fry would have to be wrong as well, which clearly never happens...

[@alecrichards8574]

He does NOT suck at deductions!!! He totally deduced Watson was fibbing at the end. (This was brilliant by the way, the writing and acting)

[@AOMartialArts]

LOLOLOL Mike getting that Donny treatment: you're out of your element MIKE!!!! "I read your stupid face!" -Herlock Sholmes.

[@kidcrusher666]

Please do more with sherlock :)

[@leopadresnow]

With Herlock you wanted to say :D

[@ProkaryoticBen]

'SHUT THE FUCK UP - MIKE!' Is at 2:18 and 4:25.

[@thomassaurus]

Yes, you really are a master of deduction.

[@ancel4452]

Thanks, I just so happen to suffer from narcolepsy and fell asleep for a second at those exact moments so I didn't hear it! That's for posting quotes from the video!

[@KahlevN]

The rage with which he draws out the name Mike is everything.

[@Abhinav-mpeg4]

May 29, 2024 I was here. Also I remember watching Pete on tbs after Conan when I was in high school time flies by fast.

[@danielpham2977]

I haven't seen the show yet. So before I watched this sketch, I paused it and watched the first 20 minutes of the show to where this scene happened. The joke paid off, it was amazing. Funny as hell haha.

[@Crlarl]

Daniel Pham The show only gets worse.

[@trustmeimthedoctor5749]

@@Crlarl No, it gets better.

[@daredevil6145]

It gets better, until The Reichenbach Falls And remains good until The Abominable Bride

[@cringeginge7663]

@@Crlarl it gets better tbh and then after season 2 it goes to shit

[@yoe91]

hilarious, Pete Holmes. This one is very very good !!! XD

[@edu-kt]

The name is Hete Polmes.

[@GrammeStudio]

wouldn't it be hilarious if the ending logo says "the Hete Polmes show"?

[@edu-kt]

@@GrammeStudio yeah, and below between parenthesis "shut up Mike!".

[@longebane]

Ending, he was channeling some Shooter McGavin. "BOOM BAAABY! CHOKE ON THAT, BAAAYBEEEEH!"

[@sarutan8san]

Pete REALLY doesn't get enough credit for this. UNBELIEVABLY funny

[@kingmurchad4912]

So THIS is the brother Mycroft was referring to!

[@black_jack_meghav]

No not at all.

[@avpk729]

this is so hilarious. Pete Holmes is a comedic genius. cant believe his rating were so low that he got cancelled

[@p1nazza]

+Pavan Kumar he had a bad time slot

[@maxb2021]

Bad time slot coupled with really poor interview skills, he should have just stuck to skits like Key and Peele did and he would have done just fine

[@roguishpaladin]

His appeal is also mainly towards a generation that is cord-cutting. Key and Peele had the same problem.

[@liquidphilosopher1816]

@@maxb2021 Key's latest movie sucked

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas 4:42.

[@DityDan]

I was about to make a joke about the Great Ace Attorney and then the last bit happened

[@raidenvakarian9362]

Same here. It's kind of remarkable how prophetic that sketch turned out to be.

[@mjbartending]

Would've been even more epic if the outro logo red "the Hete Polmes show" just for this skit !

[@ASKaPHYSICIST]

"bi curious" .... I so cracked up at that point. Best parody I've seen in ages.

[@rickycarrillo7821]

I’ve seen this sketch so many times. I still come back regularly. Edit: every time someone likes this I come back and watch it

[@mrradio1220]

Now you must come back again

[@rickycarrillo7821]

Enrique Cárdenas curse youuu! *watches it again*

[@valdemar91]

And again

[@rickycarrillo7821]

Valdemar I’ve seen the error of my ways

[@cybrhckr]

enjoy 54th xd

[@cheesewizard3965]

There’s a character in the Ace Attorney series named Herlock Sholmes and he is exactly like this, just less angry.

[@rustemsadvakassov1787]

that joyful smile of appreciation on mike's face right after the first attempt

[@MaskedManMikeMD]

i keep losing it at "SHUT THE FUCK UP MIKE" couldnt even get through typing that without losing control. holy shit.

[@vladkostin7557]

Isn't he John though?

[@MaskedManMikeMD]

Vladislav Kostin John is Watson. In the tv series, he's analyzing Watson when they first met. Mike is this mutual friend that you never hear from or see ever again.

[@vladkostin7557]

MikeyTheWolfman oh the guy with the beard is the Watson??? I see.. Mike here looks and sounds a lot like Watson in the series.

[@ellog100]

Sherlock is like every "genius" anime character

[@jessica5497]

Every genius anime character is like "sherlock" *

[@m1ckyg21]

other way around, one was before the other

[@akumabazooka9169]

No such thing, Anime sucks, come at me, same with Skyrim and Halo, pubg, fortgay, and my middle name

[@aaronbulmahn3817]

The Real Dark R Well saying that anime sucks is like saying that novels suck or that paintings suck.

[@raduvlad4429]

@1234 the 10 years old have gathered.

[@marktaylorauthor1000]

This skit is brilliant. Brilliant on all levels and hilarious. Well done

[@geminirox8635]

i have probably watched this skit every year for the last 9 years and i just now realized their share the same last name

[@lessgogeezers]

This Sherlock's deductions makes more sense than the original BBC's show.

[@rob3941]

Inductions. IN! not DE, IN!

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

@@rob3941 India, not Germany?

[@carsoneastman5709]

@@rob3941 technically is abduction

[@rob3941]

@@carsoneastman5709 No. is Induction. Abduction is when you steal people...

[@carsoneastman5709]

@@rob3941 Look up Abductive reasoning before you comment silly things

[@creepyoursmile1654]

"Is it...helicopter?"

[@adamyoichi561]

Bullet

[@ankitaaarya]

No kelihopter

[@manfish7850]

Old Greg 2

[@TheJoker-qo4fg]

Injustice!

[@rajeevshrivastava8607]

Is it ...small boy Sunday trousers ??

[@tardigrade5]

I like how there are numerous pipette tip racks located around the lab, yet Holmes uses an empty pipette to--eh, blow the solution around? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works. At least he finally adds one later on :p

[@MichaelTurner-pq4re]

The exasperated desperation in, "Shut the f*ck up. Mike!" gets me every time.

[@MADguyfps]

Completely pointing out the biggest plothole in the Sherlock Holmes short stories. He assume too much, assumptions are made facts due to plot contrivances.

[@eldermorph2023]

yea, but peladophobia does this even more....

[@nathanhurm2987]

Shit the fuck up, Mike

[@MADguyfps]

Shut the fuck up, Hurm

[@Striketh]

These skits are pretty awesome. I love BBC's Sherlock series and this pretty much nailed it lol.

[@borisn1426]

The insertion that are shown in between scenes is it exactly like on the show?

[@borisn1426]

Tony Stark now im very interested :)

[@thechampuru]

That "shut the fukk up Mike" took me out! Haha, and it was completely outta character which made it even better! Calling him a black man or woman also had me teary eye! 🤣

[@adewalekolawole4021]

The joy in his face after that deduction sense almost every one has including kids! Knowing someone might just want to make you feel happy by saying yes or praising you!

[@Adam-zc3of]

"SHUT.THE.F**K...UP.MIKE!" will now become my ring tone.

[@philosophicaljay3449]

Whoever this Sherlock thinks is innocent is likely the guilty one, hence why they keep him around.

[@FaulddrLaerynn]

pete holmes, when you combine val kilmer and john ritter, the best of both worlds , we love you pete :)

[@larryduncan4071]

Now, THIS is the Sherlock that we all want.