That Mitchell and Webb Look - Get Me Hennimore! 1

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Get Me Hennimore! 1

[@sethwick8348]

I love these sketches because they complete invert the standard joke structure. The comedy is all in the set up, while the punchline is absolutely given and predictable from the beginning.

[@ayebraine]

I think it rather mocks the bad-quality, bad taste oldtimer comedy which is more familiar to British viewers maybe? So the ultra-predictable, vulgar punchline is satire itself, it's made as awkward and benny-hill-like as possible.

[@kekehilo1169]

Fucking hell you two it’s not that deep it’s funny that’s it.

[@ayebraine]

@@kekehilo1169 I didn't describe anything deep, all comedy references something, that's why it's funny ) e.g. Simon the Cat references your life with a cat. Scream references older slasher movies. Monty Python mocks their contemporary British TV. SNL mocks their contemporary American TV. What's excessively deep about that lol

[@doctorneotech7011]

The punchline is the setup

[@davidthomas3826]

@@kekehilo1169 Hang around, Keke. They'll be telling us how 'Get Me Hennimore' is a postmodern deconstructrive criticism of the patriarchal bougeois norms in a post~industrial capitalist society

[@sacundim]

You have to admire Hennimore's amazing talent to hide his malice behind a mask of incompetence. I mean, when repeatedly presented with two apparently indistinguishable alternatives, he manages to consistently pick the one that is bad for his boss. Not 50% of the time, but 100% of the time. Obviously he knows which is which, and is picking the bad one on purpose!

[@hippojuice23]

I like you!

[@hannibalburgers477]

Remain indoors

[@vondas1480]

It’s not even indistinguishable, like with the gulf clubs, surly he could just check which is which before letting Juck in.

[@kylegreene1356]

​@@hannibalburgers477 do not think about the event.

[@jacobmontaguemiscellaneous9335]

I think he does do his job correctly sometimes but it’s like Doctor who, we don’t see the bit where everything goes smoothly and has a good time because that would be boring we just see the bits where there’s a big cock up

[@robert25606]

they don't make comedy like this Hennimore 🤣

[@boomboy4102]

fuck you thats brilliant

[@BortolanAlexandre]

I would actually watch a "Hennimore" series...

[@JackM-wi7lg]

You could look up Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em or Terry and June and get much the same stuff.

[@bazcuda]

True, but anything starring Jimmy Edwards would do instead 😂

[@robertward7382]

CJ from "fall and rise of Reggie Perrin" is very much like the boss character in henimore sketches. I didn't get where I am today without recognising a character that looks a bit like CJ when i see one.

[@Septimus_ii]

Look up any British low budget comedy from the 60s. Men from the Ministry is a good example, but not quite as funny as Mitchell & Webb's parody

[@aidanking9070]

Too bad they never did full episode

[@SuperCholdi]

'I broke my glasses on the way here thereby allowing me, despite the lack of any sort of physicality in this situation, to complete the scene in my signature style' 'Yes sir'

[@edwardspencer-small7021]

It's the subtleties of these sketches I love, the "fuck you Nicklaus" on the wall, Hennimore the dog appearing in the sex tape, the business they work for being different every time. Genius.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

these aren't really subtleties, just details, but they are great

[@arnold08]

I've just realised that David's wearing the same cracked glasses after every Hennimore screwup, even though there's no violence at all :P

[@st34k]

Totally forgot that the boss is David Mitchell by the end of this sketch. What a great character

[@Dorsae]

This sketch/parody probably makes me laugh more than it should. Even though you know the catchprase is coming in the end you still end up laughing everytime, Mitchell and Webb for the win!

[@Cursed_Mark]

On an unrelated note...

[@jacksonreynolds7433]

Few things are harder than parodying comedy. And yet here come Mitchell and Webb, nailing it.

[@inkwisitive]

"Room I" always cracks me up

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I'm going to try to incorporate saying 'on an unrelated note' in my daily conversation now.

[@murielsartre]

"And of course, the last thing we need is any kind of *fracas*!" In my multiple decades of existence (and never mind how many, thank you very much), I had never heard that word spoken aloud until this series.

[@-pjabrony7768]

+murielsartre It's more usually pronounced "Frack-us."

[@forgottencompanion6512]

+- pjabrony The people I know and I have always said fracah, I've never heard anyone say fracus. :3

[@ugh.idontwanna]

During the Clarkson palaver I heard it pronounced in about half a dozen ways.

[@Cybjon]

Oswald Vids Spelt fracas, pronounced fracah.

[@FoxyUK]

pjabrony, only by morons

[@ouiseylou]

The music for this is genius

[@theyellowlightsaber3193]

ripped straight from a 1950s sitcom for sure

[@patchbunny]

Webb plays the Hennimore character beautifully.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Spectacles testicles ser!

[@STho205]

Super satire of the 70s/80s British Farce comedy programmes. Faulty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Yes Minister.

[@GoblinXXX]

"I'll just put them on this LAZY SUSAN for the time being...."

[@madnessbydesign1415]

I don't know why I love these skits so much - but I do, and I have no regrets... :)

[@InvisiblerApple]

lol Mrs Therapist.

[@Ephisus]

I think this is more deserving of meme than steamed hams

[@Deailon]

I love how there were two popes called John XXIII (long story) and neither looked anything like the picture :D

[@tonycavanagh1929]

This reminds me so much of 1970s comedy.

[@jaigooroo4041]

I love Mitchell and Webb but seriously, WE DON'T EAT DOGS ANYMORE. So plz don't look at us when your pooch suddenly runs off. It wasn't us. (Get the pot my dear.)

[@kissarococo2459]

Besides you only want the puppies to get the tenderest juicy meat. Nothing as horrid as old dog meat!

[@nicks210684]

3 years late with this reply… But that’s part of the joke. Of course Koreans don’t all eat dog; it’s making fun of lazy 1970s comedies that just relied on stereotypes.

[@t.s9021]

@@nicks210684 exactly - hence "I see no reason to check" 2:23

[@jaigooroo4041]

@@nicks210684 3 months late with this reply... Of course, that was the whole point of that joke, and if you put a ratio on Koreans who eat dogs it's probably gonna be like 10 to 1 or something these days. But I gotta admit, even as a native Korean I sometimes miss the 70s comedy shows with these stereotypes. It's really funny to see how silly was the Western world's perception on us.

[@RaveynAnsin]

Except for the third one, Hennimore could have easily solved his problems by using his eyes, the daft bugger.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Even on the third one, removing the film from the tin and holding some of the frames up to the light would reveal either footage of the Holy Father - bringing to an end the long-standing break between the Anglican Church and Rome - or raw sexual intercourse.

[@LordoftheSith]

I love that first sketch where Hennimore is desperately trying to retrieve the situation with black coffee

[@jakirakumahata5701]

My favorite part of these are the unrelated bits like how for no reason Boss’s wife named the dog Hennimore

[@TheHansoost]

Spectacles, testicles, sir. These little sketches are hilarious. Lots of great little touches.

[@matthewfuller5209]

Hennimore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@flyforce16]

*glasses break*

[@TheBarrymore94]

these are ithout a doubt my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches :)

[@chiroptera626]

This is how confused I felt working as a call agent for a {not to be named} cosmetics company.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I love the way he says "My Wife"

[@shinjinobrave]

Whenever he says "Hennimore" I'm reminded of ATWA by System of a Down.

[@jacobfunnell65]

I was thinking that with a scream like that, he should join a metal band 😆

[@andreaskorsgaard1999]

Get down Hennimore! :-)

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Got to feel bad for Hennimore. Had he followed that VERY simple instruction, he and all other Anglicans would be back in communion with the Holy See, much as he had hoped.

[@ultraseb]

Great compilation!! :D

[@t.c.4321]

Nothing has made me laugh as hard as this in a long time.

[@Dorsae]

"Fuck you Nicklaus" text on the painting x) Didn't see that before.

[@gregdavidl647]

Love the Hennimore sketches

[@thepigeon2585]

This is one of the few sketches in the show where I forget it's just David Mitchell in a wig.

[@lexi41269]

David Mitchell looks brilliant with that tash. Definitely my fave Mitchell character - well, except Ginger!!

[@DaveDexterMusic]

canon: Hennimore is the boss' unacknowledged bastard son. why else would he retain his job

[@cameronspalding9792]

It's more the boss's fault than Hennimore's

[@DeviantDroog]

Webb looks and sounds like Rupert Grint in these sketches.

[@DrLennieSmall]

Victory cloches, of course

[@madnessbydesign1415]

The brilliance of it all...

[@hainsay]

Haha spectacles testicles. Just a random little reference to a joke.

[@robbabcock_]

Brilliant!

[@PurushaDesa]

I love that the dog from the previous sketch is in the sex film!

[@collegeman1988]

I was shocked to hear this music cue in an episode of Father Knows Best.

[@86cnrs]

This should be a sitcom!

[@TheAlfonz69]

Best sketch concept... ever

[@Myjobro]

I’ll be in Hennimore shoes going back to work after furlough with all these new rules put in place.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

4:40 I was waiting & wondering what the setup was going to be. "explicit home movie" ROFL!

[@connorveach5986]

they ate Mummy!

[@offgridislandfamily]

and, 'it hasn't escaped my notice'...

[@Devsybaby]

You’d think there was a 50:50 chance of hennimore getting at least one right

[@tttm99]

Ahhh... The boss that sets you up for success. 😂

[@pop5678eye]

I wish my ex-boss was this clear in his instructions...

[@Tillyard86]

There’s clear solutions to all three sketches. First one, just check if the golf bag has hinges on it or not Second one, just remember which room is on the left and which is one the right. Third one, leave them on the table as he left them so one has a cross and one has an x.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Ahh, my temping days.

[@ShasOSwoll]

Hennimore couldnt just open the drinks set to see which is which :I

[@Phillyjoe2]

HENNIMOOOOOOORE!!!!!

[@3AMJH]

Oh Hennimore, you lovable little scamp.

[@reasonformirrors]

Hennimore!

[@theQuestion626]

"On an unrelated note..." signals trouble for poor Hennimore.

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

Brilliantly emulating the great Laurie & Fry, methinks...

[@Kramerica962]

Yes sir.

[@irfankhan2378]

Both of them almost cracked at the +/×

[@coolbanana165]

Definitely read that as Hermione.

[@theQuestion626]

it's hilarious because they addressed this in a later clip but only once.

[@tomcheeks]

What is it with Mitchell and Webb eating barbecued dog?

[@CavemanSynthesizer]

"Victory cloches" lmao.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

HENNIMOOOOOOORE!

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

To be fair, his boss didn't do himself any favors.

[@salamirterra]

HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOORE

[@MrSkinnyWhale]

5:29 I though they cooked Hennimore the dog!

[@opmdevil]

Hennimore, why do you have to make a mess out of everything? I don't really think you're up to the task.

[@hotelmario510]

*H E N N I M O R E*

[@stephenmuth7081]

I didn't see that coming.

[@PigSty1985]

i like hennimore's voice...

[@theyellowlightsaber3193]

I kind of wish this was real to be honest, I miss old style sitcoms even if they did it ironically itd be fun, now everyone is too elitist for studio audiences and wants to be like The Office, so called "narrative comedy" shudder. Webbs scared expressions make this hilarious.

[@Fulsrush]

They install corridors in buildings.

[@SwiftsNamesake]

@NoWitnessesNoRegrets :D In Swedish, the literal translation of "half three" refers to "half past two" rather than "half past three".

[@MrBuch169169]

It IS apparently dog, and I see no reason to check!

[@CntrBrdr]

Hennimore@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AvgRichie]

HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!! bloody love those skiches man 1:56, 3:49 & 5:46 for HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!

[@toybot99]

Dramatic irony at its finest!

[@frazzy860]

WHAT THE!!!!!!

[@Lord_Unicorn]

God damn it XDXDXDXDXDXD

[@MarcusSLazarus]

What would a company called Trans-Cosmic Corridors do; decorate corridors?

[@lukeottaway5660]

Why on earth does the boss keep hiring Hennimore? haha

[@asmolbean9300]

It really does look like the 60s lol

[@pineutrino]

I love how if you uncoil that golf club it'd be three metres long.

[@pjabrony8280]

Edward VII had a notoriously long stroke off the tee.

[@ObjectorSnark]

@@pjabrony8280 and edward viii had a notoriously diverse stroke off per the directions of mrs. simpson

[@pr00de]

people named hennimore? if their friends saw this, they could give them a lot of shit for it.

[@Twistatron]

Yes yes, we get it your name is Annyong!

[@NoWitnessesNoRegrets]

@SwiftsNamesake No. it means 1.5 oclock

[@HedeccaTamer]

WHAT THE

[@ebiljebus]

@MarcusSLazarus They make wormholes. Obviously.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

I'm Scots and the cliche drunken Scot was still funny.