“Arrested in sainsburys for stroking the bread” is such a great line
@basedchimera58595 жыл бұрын
someone show this to charisma on command
@Howdyx-ui7uk3 жыл бұрын
that guy is hella annoying
@HoundTakeshi3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@stephaniemoore19303 жыл бұрын
He teaches some good methods but it's always clips of someone else doing it. He is a wank
@booldawg3 жыл бұрын
oh god, where is youtube sending me now!
@pierrekk3 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniemoore1930 theres a video of him trying to speak to a girl and she tried to call the cops lol
@Hotmonkeylovin7 жыл бұрын
He is basically every network-marketing pusher I came across.
@theawecabinet7 жыл бұрын
They all have comedy sketch shows?
@surfinmuso376 жыл бұрын
Yep, they are wanna-be sociapaths in training. To them, people are just rungs on a ladder-something to step on on the way to becoming a piece of shit ceo.
@abegarfield37545 жыл бұрын
surfinmuso, similar to Graham Young, a serial poisoner. In prison, even the most hardened convict was terrified of him (including Reggie Kray) because he didn't see any of them as people, only test subjects.
@kiryuchan8604 жыл бұрын
It's not pyramid selling!
@carlosantuckwell4 жыл бұрын
There's a restaurateur in the big town near me who is (was? I stopped going); a lot like Webb's character. He listens a bit better, but he definitely tries too hard.
@dukeofwelly181511 жыл бұрын
"The way you keep using my name in a way that makes me feel oddly violated" xD
@Cephalopoda4 жыл бұрын
We all know someone like this.
@canadianroot3 жыл бұрын
@@Cephalopoda Pinkmongoose, I completely understand what you mean, Pinkmongoose.
@@JimBiddle. Jim, I couldn't agree with your assessment of the situation, Jim, any more than I already do, Jim Biddle.
@charlieross46743 жыл бұрын
You left off the best part... About the drink?
@pelicanman968 жыл бұрын
That guy definitely read How to Make Friends and Influence People
@agentsmidt32098 жыл бұрын
+you-are-the-pelican-man Yup, read it...total horseshit. No wonder there so many wankers around.
@Trazynn7 жыл бұрын
How to be a manipulative empty husk and creep the fuck out of people.
@pelicanman967 жыл бұрын
BaileysBeads Pretty much
@star0809fel7 жыл бұрын
you-are-the-pelican-man A big part of the book tells people to always be sincere and don't fake interest, did you miss that part?
@kenkenobi94487 жыл бұрын
star0809fel I missed that part........because I don't need to read a book about how to make fucking friends! good day sir.
@verdancyhime10 жыл бұрын
Can someone send this to the managers of every call center I have ever worked in??
@bigshaq7124 жыл бұрын
Gary
@LFC1892KOP3 жыл бұрын
So much truth in this!
@gm24073 жыл бұрын
Yes and to the people in head office who insist on staff repeating the customer's first name at least 3 times during a call when designing the call script and call monitoring forms.
@0xCAFEF00D7 жыл бұрын
It's annoying how webb's character isn't even that far from reality.
@whirled_peas7 жыл бұрын
MrSnowman he's not this vapid in real life. He's pretty damn sincere to be honest.
@0xCAFEF00D7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wasn't talking about Webb.
@whirled_peas7 жыл бұрын
Oh haha, sorry.
@ward14767 жыл бұрын
i love doing this when the person is somewhat thick or annoying. It is sort of a sport of "how obvious can you get before they notice".
@RubinRudeboyCarter4 жыл бұрын
Ward Vermassen no u don't
@investigate3_115 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. It's fucking brilliant how real this is. I've never seen any other sketch ever talk about this particular thing. That's what makes me love this sketch even more.
@Codex77774 жыл бұрын
Very good. :)
@funk3nst3in2 жыл бұрын
really? cus this kind of comment is exactly what this bit is lambasting!
@shawdavid2 жыл бұрын
“We should totally do lunch “
@cheydinal54012 жыл бұрын
@@funk3nst3in No it's not
@AsifIcarebear3 Жыл бұрын
I think there's a difficult and fine line between trying too much and being a weirdo-awkward-creep. I could stop trying to be friendly and kind and respond appropriately to people at work, or I could stop giving a single about their views on me, eventually earning me a reputation of a total weirdo and getting me fired. I prefer staying employed and generally very well-liked.
@nadolife95666 жыл бұрын
I really hate it when people obviously intentionally keep repeating my name (life insurance and hard sell types), the last time it happened I pointed it out to them and told them they were doing it to demonstrate control of the situation making you feel like you are back in school dealing with a teacher, and that it was very off putting.
@dragonsdynamite6403 Жыл бұрын
Helps remember someones name
@him0502 жыл бұрын
This IS painfully true! Too many “charisma” videos say to touch the other person to form a connection. DO NOT DO THAT.
@carlosantuckwell4 жыл бұрын
The irony is that Mitchell's character has the real people skills because he assertively tells it like it is and so actually helps the Webb-guy. Even though it's a bit confrontational, it's still said without rancour, with a cherry-on-top-agree-to-go-their-separate-ways ending.
@usernameluis3053 жыл бұрын
Its taken me a long time to realize that assertively telling what you think will actually help others more than to just let them be
@psychedelictacos91183 жыл бұрын
There are many harsh truths that need to be said and beating around the bush doesn't help anyone!
@user-ko5ul7yi1x2 жыл бұрын
The sad part, sometimes, is some people genuinely want to be better at interactions but they cross the line into fakeness. And when they get harshly called out for it, the ending here is similar except that they're discouraged from trying to improve.
@prezzo_912 жыл бұрын
its a sketch its not real life
@webkid4567 Жыл бұрын
@@usernameluis305 Nah, you should just let people be
@JosephAinscough12 жыл бұрын
The "Alan Carr and Top Cat" line is a stroke of genius
@mjdayetube6 жыл бұрын
Its not called a cocktail for nothing.
@oz_jones3 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT
@mSb10163 жыл бұрын
Damn boi
@tommartin20602 жыл бұрын
This is every Brit meeting an American
@tomshirlysherlock9 жыл бұрын
"I'd like to glue my brain to your face"
@Asaclubs9611 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling they didn't bother writing a script for David's part, this just seems like one of his rants ;)
@hedgehog1965uk3 жыл бұрын
Yes, he has the most articulate rants.
@holliswilliams84262 жыл бұрын
This was probably just off the cuff, Mitchell is really smart.
@tiarnan8711 жыл бұрын
got knicked the other day for stroking bread in sainsbury's didn't understand at the time but things are all cleared up now thanks
@Niobesnuppa7 жыл бұрын
I hate it when people constantly touch your shoulder or pat you on the back when you barely even know them, it's weird and awkward.
@foghornfoggyface6 жыл бұрын
Constantly or even just once? If it's just once, that's an issue moreso with you than with them.
@Niobesnuppa6 жыл бұрын
Constantly. If it's just once, I don't care.
@JustAnotherPerson4U6 жыл бұрын
It's worse when they hug you and you barely know them. I barely even hug my friends and family. I usually just give a half hug when I'm not feeling so huggy just so I dom't hurt their feelings. I'm only really comfortable with hugs that I initiate. I've had 2 practically strangers in my life hug me and I froze completely. One was just unexpected (I think it was part of a dare or something). the other was a manager at a place I was volunteering at. I was having issues with her and to start over she gave me a hug and I wanted to say no but I couldn't choke it out and basically remained frozen and I was given the most uncomfortable and scary hug of my life... she wasn't scary. I just felt scared in the hug.
@JustAnotherPerson4U5 жыл бұрын
@Ghost Rider oz Excuse me for not understanding why people want to be hugged by strangers. Do excuse me for not fitting into your narrative of social and normal. Do excuse me having personal boundaries and not liking when they are crossed. Yeah, I'm fine with being weird. That's a compliment. so thanks.
@JustAnotherPerson4U5 жыл бұрын
@Ghost Rider oz Oh piss off and stand on your own. you're just an ignorant twat. I was being sarcastic, you idiot. And I say that I'm uncomfortable with personal space being invaded and your immediate conclusion is childhood molestation? what's wrong with you? Most 'normal' people as you put it would leave it as 'she's weird' and not feel the overwhelming urge to point it out like a dick.
@huwthomas99544 жыл бұрын
No one can deliver those lines like David Mitchell
@clickaccept7 жыл бұрын
Stroking the bread
@stevenhulbert69735 жыл бұрын
clickaccept is there supposed to be something wrong with that?
@Perfidion4 жыл бұрын
@@stevenhulbert6973 No, it's perfectly fine. It's when you start stroking the meat that people tend to take issue with your behaviour.
@notdaveschannel98434 жыл бұрын
@@stevenhulbert6973 Post-virus it's become a bit unpopular.
@anthonytonev13574 жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is that Mitchell can pull off such comparisons on the fly even without a script.
@holliswilliams84262 жыл бұрын
I think he probably just made this up on the spot.
@Auzzie0152 жыл бұрын
It’s what I laugh at most when listening to him. Get progressively angrier and angrier until it explodes in an incredibly well articulated joke, observation, metaphor.
@gregiles908 Жыл бұрын
They think that nobody can see through their facade, but some can
@JonathanNichollstechandsuch85 жыл бұрын
This is actually a pretty motivational video, when you think of it.
@hedgehog1965uk3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see it become part of some corporate training.
@Articuno7611 жыл бұрын
Ahaha. This is precisely how I feel about some people who are held up as paragons of social interaction. I can see how fake it is from a mile away and I'm always amazed that other people can't.
@jp97073 жыл бұрын
I think some people see it as 'charisma'. Maybe they're all aspiring to behave the same way, but haven't got the language down yet, so they look up to this person's 'confidence'. Then if you say "doesn't that person seem a bit fake to you?", everybody glares at you and thinks you're just jealous because that other person is so much better at people skills than you. So your only option when other people praise this individual is to agree and say "yes, they're so friendly and charasmatic!", just so you don't come across as bitter. Sigh.
@christopherforster3948 Жыл бұрын
Love this comment and completely agree. Most people prefer to be lead rather than stand out. They prefer to be part of the crowd and latch on to anyone who even vaguely demonstrates control. Like you, it just seems so obvious to me that certain people are merely acting the part and I’m baffled how people seem to fall for the obvious charade.
@0x5DA7 ай бұрын
they do. they just don't care. why should they?
@user-gl7po8pj8v10 жыл бұрын
"No offense but in a party situation you seem as relaxed and friendly as a serial killer doing a police interview while still wearing his last victim's skin." COMEDY GOLD
@RKBock6 жыл бұрын
*during
@danyoutube74916 жыл бұрын
David Mitchell definitely says "doing", not "during"
@galexeqe5 жыл бұрын
0:46 and now the waiting game of "When can I fit this line into a conversation" begins
@Nemoticon3 жыл бұрын
These great lines never work in real life... don't try it or you'll end up looking like Webb, lol
@Rage4Liberty11 жыл бұрын
"rapey arm touching" LOL
@stevensutton4677 Жыл бұрын
God these comments are so true. We should all do lunch.
@shashankrrathi8 жыл бұрын
Totally sounds like our sales guys...to the point you go oh please. stop it dude...its obvious
@TheSchemer17 жыл бұрын
Still if what's their paid to do (this is one of them talking) then what can they do except for quit.
@StickerWyck4 жыл бұрын
Learn actual skills that don't involve manipulating strangers.
@kieranhurst85432 жыл бұрын
I've met so many people like this, as the sketch says, they are not bad people they just think that being friendly is all about talking and not at all about listening
@bartlettbigx3 жыл бұрын
"... everyone who isn't Alan Carr or Top Cat."
@roryslaine78962 жыл бұрын
"Okay, piss off and stand on your own then." "That's more like it." 😂😂
@intraum2 жыл бұрын
just one of the best comedy duos of all time tbh. one of the best facets of observational comedy is making you see the point of view of 2 extreme sides of the same coin, i love it.
@WWCephas6 ай бұрын
Right after Fish and Cushion maybe.
@Shelldamage11 ай бұрын
What a brilliant and well-written sketch!
@xili09663 жыл бұрын
a david mitchell rant disguised as a sketch
@lowhp_comic3 жыл бұрын
This is definitely how Mark and Jez first met
@Pagliacci_Rex2 жыл бұрын
I love the skits when they skewer social expectation.
@holliswilliams84262 жыл бұрын
If you work in an office, you will run into many, many people like the character Webb portrays. It's painful.
@hana11302 жыл бұрын
I’m SO glad I remembered this show ❤️
@chucksolutions45793 жыл бұрын
God I love this! “I feel strangely violated...” Oh my gosh I HATE it when people keep saying my name after our first introduction, now i know why!
@funa28655 жыл бұрын
that's a weirdly positive sketch
@cautionTosser2 жыл бұрын
I got a creepy Tom Cruise vibe. I need an adult!
@NBDYSPCL2 жыл бұрын
I kept expecting him to try to sell me a seminar to "get on that hustle".
@SteveWilsonGU12 жыл бұрын
Note to self: don't stroke the bread at Sainsbury's.
@isaac407712 жыл бұрын
Favourit sketch of all time!
@michael.knight2 жыл бұрын
What it feels like every time I talk to a 'recruiter' while looking for a new job.
@adh0c4683 жыл бұрын
Love David’s sweater.
@djkieri12 жыл бұрын
love this!
@redneckninja3137 жыл бұрын
I love these guys.
@V8interceptor100012 жыл бұрын
"Great great, yeah that is SOOO true, that is bloody FAScinating, just great" - yeah somebody get me a cricket bat please
@WhiteSleevedStu3 жыл бұрын
Just watched Back and it reminded me of this sketch.
@aredub18477 жыл бұрын
i hate sales and marketing types.
@BumMcFluff4 жыл бұрын
I think that's universal.
@colin-campbell3 жыл бұрын
Sooner or later you guys will need to grow up and release this is how confident adults talk to one another and no amount of misanthropic sitcoms will change that.
@aredub18473 жыл бұрын
@@colin-campbell like total shitweasles? fuck you.
@colin-campbell3 жыл бұрын
@@aredub1847 I’m sorry to tell you how the world actually operates.
@markedgecliff74123 жыл бұрын
@@aredub1847 lol shut up you nerd
@JudgeEomer11 жыл бұрын
So tell me James, what do you do for your day job? I'm asking because, well, I don't like to brag, but I'M A BRAIN SURGEON.
@henryn7003 жыл бұрын
Well...
@henryn7003 жыл бұрын
It's not exactly rocket science, is it.
@Hiperruimteindustriee2 жыл бұрын
@@henryn700 Not exactly rocket surgery is it? And yes, that term does exist, it is used informally among at least the amateur rocket science community (of which I am currently a part) to refer to the in-flight modification or repair of spacecraft, since this requires being an astronaut with significant knowledge in rocket engineering, and or a large team on the radio.
@jacksmith45303 жыл бұрын
Top cat is very charismatic
@Oafing11 жыл бұрын
It's a real laughter track, bits like these are filmed infront of a live audience. Other parts the location stuff is shown to a live audience.
@DuronteeBeneby12 жыл бұрын
lol i wasnt looking for this but it was funny XD i needed that!
@IsaVarg10 жыл бұрын
So that's why no one came to my 6th birthday party.
@JOEMAMA590512 жыл бұрын
I love this kind of humor!
@KazakhToon4 жыл бұрын
Ever talk to someone who's alternating between nodding "yeah" and head on side sympathetic "aww" with zero reference to what you're saying? Might as well be talking to a potted plant.
@holliswilliams84262 жыл бұрын
The sympathetic ''awwwww'' thing which people do makes me want to claw my eyes out.
@peachmylk2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I do talk to my potted plants. It’s still better than this.
@jasonyoung77056 жыл бұрын
This reflects alot of shop keepers, specially the small family run places. They read through a customer service course, and this is the result.
@sarcasmo574 жыл бұрын
Top cat was pretty cool.
@Auzzie0152 жыл бұрын
Such a David Mitchell sketch. Funny how you can tell when the idea is from one of them.
@Roger21020110 жыл бұрын
the sad thing is that most people have had the misfortune of knowing at least one tosser with "people skills" who is really an insecure person who doesn't give a crap about what you are saying. And just wants to give the impression that they are listening becuase they have a pathetic need to be seen to be extroverted and with it and liked when they are pathetic. Id rather someone say "I cant stand sewage works"!!!
@BihagDave6 жыл бұрын
Roger Froger Let's not call people pathetic. They are just trying to fit in. Although I agree with you. In social situations there have been instances where I've met a few people who, like me, don't mind being silent for a while or just observe the game, or whatever we were doing but feel the social pressure to keep talking and to keep socializing (I can almost see it weigh on them, and on me quite often). It's just weird, dealing with people.
@Myrrhth6 жыл бұрын
I just try to get them to relax and be themselves. They only do it because they think they have to because nobody will ever accept them so when they realise they don't have to try so hard then hopefully they'll stop. They're victims of isolation just doing their best to be valuable to you so just show them how. Doesn't always work but it's worth a try.
@teclo10576 жыл бұрын
sorry, what were you saying
@ArtDekko6 жыл бұрын
Thank you James/David, I had no idea I was annoying people this much. Wish someone told me earlier.
@returnoftheredeye6 жыл бұрын
This basically felt like a clip from DM's soapbox. That's not a bad thing.
@kurumais12 жыл бұрын
top cat reference !!!!! damn that is amazing
@user-jg5ie8rc1s11 ай бұрын
I would rather be my real authentic self than someone that pretends to be something I'm not, especially on social media...oh...wait...
@claudiamanta19432 ай бұрын
😂
@Levi_Skardsen3 жыл бұрын
Every conversation with a narcissist in a nutshell.
@Ghefly12 жыл бұрын
This is spot on.
@MikeoWar12 жыл бұрын
"Zing!" *wink" "like it!" It's just so perfect :D
@mistermysteryman1072 жыл бұрын
See I like to start out with Piss off and stand on your own. It helps me leave the party quicker.
@hermanessences6 жыл бұрын
Lol, so relatable! These people..
@titularhero Жыл бұрын
Pls show this to every person working in recruitment
@antibling12 жыл бұрын
lol, I get that impression at times.:)
@historywithhilbert146 Жыл бұрын
Zing, like it.
@pauldog12 жыл бұрын
I know too many people like him. Thankfully they all tend to stick together, so if you avoid one you avoid them all haha
@fitgirllegbusta24062 жыл бұрын
This is everyone at my work. I wish I could work without ever sharing my name with my coworkers.
@oldaccount73702 жыл бұрын
This hit close to home 😂 watched a few videos and read How To Win Friends And Influence People and turned in to This Guy
@dm47282 жыл бұрын
Every HR and recruitment consultant I have met.
@enoughofyourkoicarp11 жыл бұрын
What made that even better was that i read it in David Mitchell's voice, it fits so well. ;)
@perrywolberger74932 ай бұрын
OMG. Brilliant
@antibling10 жыл бұрын
hahaha strokey arm touch too!
@toastehh09 Жыл бұрын
That is so true... James
@rmg72983 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of far too many people I've worked with.
@piptuc8011 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the response bp. Cheers.
@adrianhudson11162 жыл бұрын
This sketch has got a touch of Chekhov to it
@VonSpud2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@intello89533 жыл бұрын
“Long freaky nail loner” I almost became one of those 😅
@RB-yv3zz3 жыл бұрын
Story?
@snakesandpsychology2 жыл бұрын
This is just everything Tom Cruise does.
@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Жыл бұрын
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT Every time I see people commenting on interviews with him about how charming or interested or personable he is, I just want to scream at them "HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HE'S USING TRANSPARENTLY FAKE TECHNIQUES HIS DAMN CULT TAUGHT HIM?!?"
@Z0Il3 жыл бұрын
every social media influencer out there
@cianliddy8639 Жыл бұрын
This is how I feel on Linkedin
@muffin7320Ай бұрын
This is what I want to say to pretty much any corporate exec, middle manager, and HR person.
@maluse227 Жыл бұрын
How wonderfully kind to Alan Carr.
@MrTonycoughlan6 жыл бұрын
‘RAPEY ARM TOUCHING!’ You’ve peaked my interest, go on?
@Analoguebubblebath893 жыл бұрын
How I imagine Tom Cruise is
@barbaraspeckner2521 Жыл бұрын
OK: Let's print Tshirts with this and wear it at parties and "stand on our own" - proudly and ... well ...
@qw000pz6 жыл бұрын
Seven year aniversary of this upload! And my birthday!
@I_am_nobody9993 ай бұрын
Top Cat _was_ good with people.
@ShoeLube12 жыл бұрын
I think the point of the sketch is to make the viewer laugh. I might be thinking about it too deeply though.
@MAC-nw3mo4 жыл бұрын
same lmfao
@squatchjosh11313 жыл бұрын
If something makes me laugh then that's great, if I laugh and think even better. Whether or not the comedians intended for me to think I'd say they did a good job in giving me a reason to. Unless of course I'm thinking "this is a shit sketch"
@hedgehog1965uk3 жыл бұрын
The reason it makes us laugh is cos we have all met twats like this a parties.