That Mitchell and Webb Look - Diana Assassination

[@HarduntheRanger]

"What we're organising, my friends, is watertight hit." This line alone makes the sketch.

[@casey6556]

I feel like the best part of this sketch is that the moment they say “We just get a chauffeur drunk…” the audience immediately realizes what’s going on and is immediately on board

[@timpyrules]

its almost like it was intentionally edited that way

[@kakapofan6542]

@@timpyrules I think he understands that

[@timpyrules]

@@kakapofan6542 The he framed his comment gives the impression he thinks its a life audience

[@Bob3D2000]

"On board" isn't quite the phrase I'd use...

[@FiveSigma72]

@@timpyrules Ironic.

[@chasebarber6154]

"We just get a chauffeur drunk..." "Slightly drunk." INEBRIATTI CONFIRMED.

[@brokensync]

Very good

[@ciaranrocks9787]

This made for excellent reading.

[@aircastles1013]

😂😂

[@ClownScreams]

Wouldn’t almost two drinks make him the world’s greatest driver?

[@chasebarber6154]

@@ClownScreams Or the world's greatest assassin.

[@tropicalgardenvlogs]

‘The IRA can do whatever it likes this weekend’ cracks me up

[@raylast3873]

And that my friends is the reason why Gerry Adams got away with signing the Good Friday Agreement with „XOXOX“. Clinton and Blair must have been like „wtf, where was MI6?“

[@tonightsbiggestgamer7078]

@@raylast3873 WAHAAAYYYYY!

[@babbisp1]

Can you explain that joke to me?

[@harmonicajay91]

"Plus, people always die in car crashes, don't they?" "Yes, ALWAYS. And people who drive over the limit always crash. What we're organizing here, my friends, is a watertight hit." I love that line. It's like a complete take down of the conspiracy.

[@paulw5039]

Problem is, conspiracy theorists don't care about facts, logic and evidence, they care about the conspiracy. Any contrary facts, logic and evidence will either be distorted to fit the conspiracy or ignored.

[@2009samiy]

or not

[@j.j.c.s2802]

Ah yes ... that's what they say in the sketch! Good spot! 👍

[@bearimo2867]

​@@2009samiy 😂😂😂 oh dear

[@Eric-zv9ut]

The actual conspiracy is the car was remote controlled going at a high speed that would ensure death

[@JonnyCooper]

"That all just happened by accident" - genius

[@LewisCampbellTech]

I like how prince philip is paying MI6 contract rates

[@ZenZill]

'slightly drunk' correction is amazing...

[@dubz2009]

This is one of their best ever sketches

[@MitchellTF]

*Looks into it* What I find hilarious is that, apparently, the entire conspiracy began with one guy, who had to admit in court that his conspiracy was full of BS.

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

Everyone will have forgotten all about her in a week.

[@whydoineedaname11]

Who?

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

@@whydoineedaname11 Dunno, I've forgotten :/

[@Boo.....]

@@whydoineedaname11 I think they're talking about Taylor Swift. Or that other one... 🤔... Madonna or something. 🤷🏻‍♂️ But not too sure either way.

[@Cludnugget]

I thought it was Freddie..?

[@cillianennis9921]

Was it Tupac wait no that's an american man. There is some famous woman but I just can't place my finger on her name.

[@Crossbones6732]

Showed this to my folks who just watched the latest season of the Crown, they couldn’t stop laughing!

[@alanmichael5619]

the ending is what really nails this sketch.

[@vrzM8]

Fantastic, how've I never seen this one

[@JessicaMiller-pc4dj]

Same, where has this been hiding 😲.

[@LAnonHubbard]

Wait... Diana's dead? Why wasn't that in the news at all?

[@valentino1000]

Because it was banned.

[@JordanBeagle]

It happened decades ago

[@Myndir]

@@JordanBeagle It was only 5 years ago... Maybe 15.

[@arya6085]

@@JordanBeagle it's a joke

[@Seandeclanpatrick]

I didn't even know she was sick

[@SuperSilkyJohnson]

The problem with pretty much every conspiracy theory in a nutshell.

[@zephiloyd]

except for all the ones that have come true

[@SuperSilkyJohnson]

zephiloyd Please go on.

[@zephiloyd]

AshyLarry here are 33 www.riseearth.com/2012/09/33-conspiracy-theories-that-turned-out.html

[@SuperSilkyJohnson]

zephiloyd And this legitimize's all the wacky ones like the Diana conspiracy how?

[@zephiloyd]

AshyLarry So despite the fact that Diana said that Charles was planning to kill me in a car crash, you think its wacky, why?

[@nicholasford7213]

The best thing about this is that I don't believe I heard any needlessly ambiguous terms!

[@Gilliganfrog]

Yep, no statements like "A certain wayward princess (nudge) has become tiresomesome; but it would be MOST UNFORTUNATE (wink) if she were to soon experience some sort of catastrophic 'accident' during her travels..." (level stare, while smiling slightly, while slowly stroking cat sitting in lap)

[@Gilliganfrog]

@Lucas Sinfield : exactly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2fGkp6baMeqpLs

[@Kris.G]

Would any of you care for some "light refreshments"?

[@PaulWilliams66]

Let’s be clear. Do you mean anal sex?

[@leeosborne3793]

​@@Kris.GDo you mean anal sex?

[@MrHistorian123]

I don't think Mitchell and Webb will be getting a knighthood any time soon.

[@tomellis4750]

Yes they will. The sword will accidentally slip.

[@MAC0071234]

Well, Frankly, they are kinda defending the Royal Family and MI6 here, aren't they? It might have actually increased their chances of getting knighthood.

[@jackknowles5295]

This clip is unabashedly shitting on people who think Diana was assassinated. I'm not sure the Royal family have anything to be upset about here...

[@MrHistorian123]

@Real Aiglon I don't think you understand irony, do you?

[@bscepter]

I they they'll get one *because* of this sketch. The whole point of it is how insane the conspiracy theories are.

[@gavinjones861]

This is why sarcasm was invented!

[@alastair9894]

.................by the English.

[@xr6lad]

This is 9/11 conspiracy theorists to a tee. Let’s just ignore the 1,500 people that would need to be involved and swear them to perpetual silence. None of whom would have taken any recordings or photos of documents.

[@Cobbido]

dancing !sraelis

[@rykehuss3435]

You dont need to swear people to perpetual silence, because nobody would believe them even if they talked. Thats the beauty of it

[@yggdrasil2]

​@@rykehuss3435And yet none of the people who were involved have talked lol

[@yggdrasil2]

And "steel beams" is appearantly a gotcha, as if steel has to completely melt in order to become soft and less sturdy.

[@Golem29]

This is the greatest sketch ever made

[@fscott1756]

This has clearly been bumped to the top of the KZbin algorithm. Ten year old video and the comments are either four or more years ago or in the last couple of weeks!

[@melkorlapich802]

It’s kinda perpetually in my feed, always watching British comedy

[@swunt10]

they are making 6 or 8 good points here. hard to argue with that.

[@adam_p99]

They even predicted the last minute decision to move locations

[@McRocket]

1:56...I found that hilarious.

[@goblinmolestation]

yes of course, you've made me feel very nieve

[@paulbottomley42]

I think "naïve." fell into disuse in English pretty much entirely because it's hard to find that double dotted i on the keyboard. I know I just copied and pasted it from the post above. :P

[@Kris.G]

@DnB and Psy Production don't we äll...

[@georgemorley1029]

@@Kris.G Spëäk för yöursëlf.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Whäť ďö ýöü mëäņ mæňą?

[@puirYorick]

A point well made.

[@theMightywooosh]

if they only knew what crazy conspiracy theories would follow after this...

[@ArtDekko]

Not the smartest thing Mitchell and Webb have ever done. Have the police not questioned them yet for their involvement? I want to know how much these guys are getting paid to use irony and sarcasm to try and cover up her assassination.

[@andrewtucker94]

Hahaha

[@justbecause7402]

Yes it's like how I always used to joke with my mam that I was meeting up with friends to buy drugs, I could have been for all she knows and using irony to hide it

[@jamesflynn4951]

Why would the police question them? They're in on it.

[@zendakk]

Making fun of idiots like you is exactly what they set out do.

[@MrMrHiggins]

Oh you're one of them

[@1porter]

The Daily Express, Mail and Star need to watch this.

[@georgemorley1029]

The Daily Express, Mail and Star count upon their readership to a) not watch this and b) be incapable of perceiving satire should they accidentally happen to end up watching this for some reason, as opposed to watching Ant and Dec’s Saturday night lobotomy or Strictly Celebrity Cum gargling.

[@gamegladi8or669]

@@georgemorley1029 I would really like you to know that “ant and dec’s Saturday night lobotomy” and “strictly celebrity cum gargling” is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Thank you lmao

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Now, everything makes sense.

[@DrCruel]

You must admit, this was some brilliant work. Never been so proud of the royals since the Tudors.

[@alastair9894]

Blimey, you aged well.

[@DrCruel]

@@alastair9894 I have my moments.

[@mikhabef5402]

Loved it

[@Radonatos]

I just noticed they never say the name.

[@smokyblue17]

Coming here after watching Spencer. Hits different

[@vangroover1903]

Imagine how it hit her when the car crashed.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

When he said _"slightly_ drunk" - is this a term from the news, or a hint to that other sketch with those slightly drunk illuminati?

[@andyfelixjo6843]

Inebriati. Yes.

[@Darwinion]

But they left the beat up white Fiat Punto round the back of Buck House. Clarkson told everyone about that, so it's got to be true.

[@alexandermathieson4774]

when you say it like that, anything would sound ridiculously 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeking2236]

“Women recently impregnated by the only man they’ve ever loved are notoriously slapdash about their personal safety”

[@marcushendriksen8415]

Webb's voice reminds me of young Hugh Laurie

[@HassanRadwan133]

...and every other public school/Oxbridge educated Englishman

[@MaxMalm]

I love scrolling down to the comments to re-read what was said in the video I just watched

[@GordonHugenay]

Who is the "delusional Egyptian businessman"?

[@Jack-he8jv]

Mohamed Al-Fayed, owner of harrods from 1985 to 2010, until he sold it to qatar government. though the one who was in relations to diana was hes first son and heir, dodi, who also died in the car crash.

[@bobwoods1302]

Conspiracy theorists never let common sense get in the way.

[@RonPaulOrDie]

the term conspiracy theorist was popularized by the CIA after they killed JFK and it is the people who don't think there are bad guys in powerful positions that lack common sense. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. You probably prefer dismissing things as conspiracy theories because you don't think anyone is good enough to know something important that you don't.

[@Seek1878]

@@RonPaulOrDie ok nut

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

If you switch the comments to 'Newest' you can really get an impression of how many genuinely delusional people there are that make up the bulk of the general public

[@ストマクランブル]

If only Q Anon made half as much sense

[@philcorrigan5641]

I suspect conspiracies like Q Anon are so ridiculously absurd in order to filter out anyone with even a smidgen of intelligence right at the start, so that whoever is left is pretty much guaranteed to be 110% loyal to the movement forever. It’s the same principle behind those dumb phishing scams - the scammers don’t want to be wasting their time with people who might figure out they’re being scammed, so they concentrate on attracting the dumbest people in the world

[@xr6lad]

If you want nonsense just watch a Biden speech. It will either involve stopping half way through staring in to space or telling everyone he just spoke to a French President that’s been dead for ten years.

[@crow-dont-know]

“That all just happened by accident!”

[@garryferrington811]

Although...lots of people will think this is a documentary.

[@who9387]

@garryferrington81 - You bet they will, I see so many comments on YT who think all film & TV is real.....SCARY

[@Inconvenientx]

I'd like to hear the story of M and W's chat with standards and practices about this sketch

[@YorkshireBusGuy]

How the hell did this make it past the lawyers?!?!

[@vangroover1903]

They never did it, it was an accident

[@ziggypop8106]

Why?

[@Jindorek]

too soon?

[@Quasimodo1957]

I couldn't 'Care a tinker's cuss' (Props to Monty Python) to anyone who found this offensive. Who doesn't like a jab at outlandish conspiracy theories? Comedy brilliance with this gem!

[@kurtilingus]

You're definitely correct even if you **weren't** intentionally implying conspiracy theorist looney-nutters are unilaterally devoid of any functional sense of humor/levity/mirth.... which practically every last single one unfailingly is, as we all know...

[@blatherskite3009]

Now I'm wondering which is worth less, a tinker's cuss or a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys.

[@FiveSigma72]

@@blatherskite3009 or a threepenny jizz.

[@michaelredford5389]

"That all just happened by accident" should be used more often. 😅

[@ComedyJakob]

Most importantly this is funny. Secondly, it's a great send up of conspiracy theorists.

[@florencelovme]

which side are you on?

[@redjarww3882]

Wasn't this show released by BBC? Curious

[@ProPuke]

So was kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGXMfIaCgb6XnrM :P

[@ziggypop8106]

😆 you're what they're mocking

[@davebrowne8042]

What was the last thing that went through Princess Di's mind - The Steering wheel

[@vangroover1903]

head........it's head, not mind. It's a bit like how they found out her favourite shampoo.

[@leecromer3289]

How did they get away with this?

[@jaydenchrono]

This is incredibly, subtly cutting satire.

[@oz_jones]

It's quite overt actually

[@mouwersor]

"We can totally assassinate someone and not care about consequences haha"

[@jimbobur]

Diana conspiracy theorists: "A.." Mitchell and Webb:

[@mattcorcoran7082]

Genius

[@barbados3592]

actually this makes sense

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

This video is clearly the proof that it wasn't a conspiracy.

[@Amanda-cd6dm]

Unfortunately one of the eddington's namely Francis prophesize me

[@thehonestaspy102]

Is that Jane from Toast of London? 😂

[@ellaeadig263]

So clever 😆

[@SuperSilkyJohnson]

What the hell is a Yogcast?

[@in4apennyin4amil]

Classic.

[@newtonwhatevs]

So true.

[@wisteela]

Absolute genius

[@Billy_The_Beaver]

A brilliant dismantling of the simplistic "logic" used by conspiracy theorists to shoehorn their ideology into every prominent event

[@1KevinsFamousChili1]

I need to show all these mock conspiracy clips to the special needs teacher at my school! honestly how do they hire a stupid conspiracy theorist to help special needs children! the kids are smarter than he is!

[@SKeeetcher]

You graduated from your special needs class yet?

[@EmilePesky-n1v]

So basically, Mitchell and Webb are in on Diana's murder, but they're covering up with this attempted joke

[@TheRambunctious]

It goes all the way to the top!

[@oz_jones]

​@@TheRambunctiousinebriati

[@mochynddu723]

Diana who?

[@RodChampers]

And we will make Diana predict it in her book.

[@nganga765]

Is this an episode of joe rogan talking about jeffrey epstein death

[@stfnknbb]

I love this. I'm so sick of conspiracy theorists lol

[@oxcart4172]

That's because the illuminati and the aliens are making u think that conspiracy theorists are a delusional bunch of idiots who can't fathom that things often just work out badly! (Oh, wait!) 😂😂🤣🤣

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@@oxcart4172 Screw that... It already happens by itself accidentally

[@paulw5039]

The Internet seems to have bred them, like a bunch of childish, mentally challenged rabbits.

[@rock3tcatU233]

Agreed, conspiracies never happen. People in power are always good honest people who act in the interest of the common man.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@@rock3tcatU233 Therefore all conspiracy theories are true?

[@st0rmywaters]

Some real know it alls in these comments

[@jkholtgreve]

We’re watching Mitchell and Webb clips. Strong selection bias there.

[@st0rmywaters]

@@jkholtgreve what? Go read the conspiracy theory comments lol

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Possibly the best sketch from TMaWL.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Most assuredly not, not even close.

[@ANobodyatall]

Ohhh!

[@stevencoates3382]

Was she pregnant?! I know it's a skit but I don't remember THAT being mentioned! Was a while ago, though...

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

"Unprovably pregnant". At the time (and immediately after the death) there were rumours she was pregnant with Dodi Al Fayed's kid. Some people thought this was why she was (supposedly) killed, as it might look bad for a former princess (albeit by marriage) of the realm to have a kid who would be half-sibling to a future King of Britain. There wasn't any real proof of it, but that's the sort of scurrilous rumour that abounds during breakups between celebrities.

[@frankmachin5438]

Brilliant sketch….

[@shanethrelfall416]

True Story

[@erinsilverthorne-devoy4628]

!!!never a truer word......................!!!

[@greedi2675]

More background laughing than usual?

[@oz_jones]

It's a live audience

[@DairunCates]

Nice try. Both are correct spellings. Look it up.

[@billbaggins1688]

12 years on .. still edgy af

[@servicekid7453]

Absolutely SAVAGE!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Somebody send this to Harry. He'll present it as evidence.

[@fpvDRE]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HDGL]

Oh be quiet!

[@carribob1992]

"If she's dead, she'll be forgotton in a week." Try telling that to the Daily Express.

[@vangroover1903]

That’s the joke

[@rgearr1808]

Omg

[@georgemorley1029]

Conspiracy theories are for people who can’t tell the difference between the words “possibility” and “probability”.

[@MrMrHiggins]

Thank you for this comment lol some of the people in here - eg/ It's possible Diana was a lizard, and assassinated to avoid her seizing control of the secret gas mines on Uranus, but it sure as fuck isn't probable. Read: It's possible COVID is a conspiracy from every government worldwide to "control things" but the clear and obvious lack of control demonstrated makes it very improbable compared to the other alternatives, such as the fact it's just a tragic pandemic.

[@andy-the-gardener]

@@MrMrHiggins its possible its a necessary, but an incredibly ineffective pandemic.

[@mrgabagoo580]

Yes, Kennedy was shot by a lone gunman, the gulf of Tonkin incident was an unprovoked attack by the Vietnamese and Epstein killed himself. Some conspiracy theories are looney crap, others have plenty of evidence behind them.

[@paulwfranklin1323]

I had a dream about her death around the same time. My friend told me in the morning that she's dead, and I was like "Yeah... I know."

[@vangroover1903]

A bit before she died I wished she would just go away. I felt rather pleased when I heard the news, but I have been more careful about whom I wish that about since.

[@nektekket852]

Well, looking at some of these comments, there are still plenty of stupid people around.... Hence Trump, Boris, Brexit, etc. etc.........

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

Ha ha ha ??? 😀👌😱

[@perrymunch1352]

Yep. That's pretty much what happened.

[@thanksfernuthin]

I never understood the whole "She's so beautiful!" thing. Is it just relative? She's beautiful... for a royal.

[@FFKonoko]

Check out mister high standards over here, literal princess not good enough.

[@thanksfernuthin]

@@FFKonoko Does "princess" make her more attractive? Not for me.

[@NeosSimp]

@@thanksfernuthin respect for answering something 4 years later.

[@thanksfernuthin]

@@NeosSimp Easy this time. Sometimes it's from a comment thread with 50+ replies and I have no idea what I said amongst all of those.

[@ronwilliams4184]

Ugly a a hat full of bums, for me. And that was before the crash.