This sketch is all I could think about during Oppenheimer
@jackdutton35347 ай бұрын
''The Jap-zapper device was used to bomb Japan? NOOO I'm going insane!!!''
@zagyex6 ай бұрын
@@jackdutton3534 More like: NOOOOOO I'll lose my key card.
@MalcolmCooks3 ай бұрын
"This bomb was created to help mankind, not destroy it!"
@KROMAprd2 ай бұрын
this comment killed me 😂😂😂 the comparison is hard to unsee
@halfaworldaway8 жыл бұрын
I like how he says the sting fires 'helpful bullets' without clarifying why they're helpful at all.
@monostripezebras2 жыл бұрын
Well, that one should be obvious.. they are veeery helpful in motivating low wage employees.
@bugfeatures2 жыл бұрын
@@monostripezebras So this is the next generation Amazon Warehouse robot?
@navatann17072 жыл бұрын
Same as peacemakers gun I guess
@Gothic78762 жыл бұрын
@@monostripezebras nah they are helpful dealing with karens
@JrottenOlm2 жыл бұрын
@@bugfeatures WAGIE WAGIE
@bridgecross11 жыл бұрын
This sketch is the perfect illustration that comedy is 90% delivery: "Giant death ray? A...military application?" Just brilliant.
@McRocket7 ай бұрын
Ummm... no. Not even close, no offense. So, the dead parrot sketch - which was voted in 2004 by Radio Times as the best alternative comedy sketch up to that point. Is hilarious... only 10% due to the writing? Okaaay. I guarantee you John Cleese (who co-wrote it) will disagree with you. And that goes for almost, every great sketch in comedy history. Sadly, the masses do not understand the process. So, since all they see is the actors. They assume that it is the actors that make the scene funny, not the scripts. The actors enhance a scene - that is all (with a few exceptions). Please watch the famous Jerry Seinfeld awards acceptance speech in 2007 when he spoke about actors. Actors are - often - highly overrated. ☮
@bridgecross7 ай бұрын
@@McRocket freshman year of college, a couple of my friends did the parrot sketch for a variety show. It was their favorite bit they'd watched it a hundred times. Did the whole thing word-for-word just as written on the page. It bombed.
@McRocket7 ай бұрын
@bridgecross No offense intended. But surely you have been on the internet long enough to realize that making unproven claims on social media means little. So, are you and the masses seriously claiming that brilliant comedic series like Father Ted, Monty Python, The IT Crowd, Reds Dwarf (before Rob Grant left), The Simpsons (pre season 11), Seinfeld, Frasier (original), SCTV, Curb Your Enthusiasm, WKRP in Cincinnati, Arrested Development, M*A*S*H*, The Big Bang Theory, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Barney Miller, Mitchell and Webb and the like? That the writing was actually a minor/insignificant reason for their greatness? Come on now. It starts and ends with the writing. Even most actors will tell you that. Actors can definitely enhance/improve a script. And they can definitely wreck a script. But in the vast majority of cases - a funny sketch/show is primarily due to the scripts. But since most people only see the actors and they know little of the creative process? They usually assume it is the actors who create the comedy - not the writers and the producers/directors/crew. ☮
@xTheUnderscorex2 жыл бұрын
At last a 5 minute version of the "you can't fight in here, this is the war room" joke
@kate_cooper2 жыл бұрын
Okay, the special effects for the Armoured Scorpion of Death are well beyond anything I’ve ever seen in a sketch show before. That’s like Terminator 2 quality there.
@Aemoth13 жыл бұрын
"NNNNOOOOOO! ZE DOOM MELON...still needs some work." Oh god, I can't stop laughing.
@Mahalo_832 жыл бұрын
Are you still laughing?
@teecteec76312 жыл бұрын
@@Mahalo_83 yes
@Ritwika-Saha Жыл бұрын
I wonder one thing. Did he actually not want his machines to be destroyed by that ghastly hammer? Was it all a pretension when he was badgering them unceasingly?
@ethanpetersen8103 ай бұрын
Oh, I always thought it was “dew melon.” Lol
@ohyeahhoneysheband13 жыл бұрын
NOOOOO! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP MANKIND!
@beefchief23204 жыл бұрын
NOT DESTROY IT!!
@Dancingwithotters14 жыл бұрын
"If you were to increase the intensity of its beam....?" "Intensity? YESSS?" Best delivery of al ine ever.
@J.L.Media.9 жыл бұрын
-"One question which obviously leaps to mind professor...professor...erm" -"Death" "Professor Death, is why on Earth you elected to name this contraption of yours 'The Giant Death'...oh I see.
@JackVermicelli2 жыл бұрын
Yep, those are the lines we just heard in the thing we just watched.
@dyllantillman2 жыл бұрын
@@JackVermicelli 闭嘴
@weswheel48342 жыл бұрын
@@JackVermicelli Yeah, but they were very good. So good that it was easy to forget to do the accent for that line :D
@mikhailiagacesa34062 жыл бұрын
That moment when the General realizes what he's spent all his appropriation on.
@roguishpaladin Жыл бұрын
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 I mean, the line item was probably "Scientific Research for Death Projects".
@olynodren3 ай бұрын
I still absolutely love the sudden sass of "i'm onto you Major Agnew, yeah i got your number" that comes in. Great way to escalate and continue the bits, this show had so many well written and made sketches.
@marks.3303 Жыл бұрын
I like how Robert Webb's accent oscillates between German Scientist and James Mason.
@fragglet2 жыл бұрын
"No!!!! I created the laser-wielding armoured scorpion of Death to help mankind, not destroy!"
@kiwishamoo6494 Жыл бұрын
"No!!!! I created the laser-wielding armoured scorpion of Death to help mankind, not destroy!"
@whade6200014 жыл бұрын
"It shoots helpful bullets!" xD
@TheNefastor2 жыл бұрын
Weeeeelllllll bullets _are_ general helpful, to someone.
@DarcOfTheShadows11 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, David Mitchell's American accent is atrocious. I love it.
@flyforce164 жыл бұрын
I think it's pretty good
@timlicht26704 жыл бұрын
@@flyforce16 He's specifically doing a "mid-atlantic" American accent - the kind that was standard for TV and radio announcers back in the 1940's and earlier. It's an artificial accent - not the way anyone naturally spoke if I recall correctly - and a very affected sound; it also does have some British sounds in it, as it was an attempt by some Americans to sound closer to the "more cultured" British. David Mitchell's actually pretty good at it - but it's not a "standard" American accent, either.
@MaverickHistorian2 жыл бұрын
It's so bad that it borders on Irish lol
@Vesnicie2 жыл бұрын
@@timlicht2670 No, it's just balls.
@DECODEDVFX2 жыл бұрын
@@Vesnicie No, he's right. It's a mid-Atlantic accent. This character is obviously based on Franklin D. Roosevelt - that's how he spoke.
@austinweaver56492 жыл бұрын
My great uncle actually invented the barcode scanner, so he must have worked with Professor Death.
@thepetman11 жыл бұрын
I was interested in the implications of the doom melon to help mankind....for good, of course.
@satireisnotdead580411 ай бұрын
Gonna tell my kids this was Oppenheimer. XD
@LouisOnAir Жыл бұрын
Oppenheimer 2 seconds after inventing the nuke
@liamward58376 жыл бұрын
"It fires helpful bullets!"
@artstsym2 жыл бұрын
Every science major in an ethics class.
@Havic113712 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he had the original designs for the DEATH Star.
@captain_kadaver2 жыл бұрын
"The DEATH Star (TM) is a large scale lighting application designed for all your intergalactic illumination endeavours." "Well, surely, the military app..." "NOOOOO, the DEATH Star was supposed to HELP mankind, not DESTROY it"
@georgethefriend292 ай бұрын
@@captain_kadaver He'd need an extremely large mallet to destroy that invention.
@oldsteempunk67282 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the production work that went into this simple sketch
@itszeyth98632 жыл бұрын
If you really think about it, this is basically how the govt and Nikolai Tesla interacted with each other.
@TheNefastor2 жыл бұрын
"Oh I see !" that killed me 😀
@josh2Sides22 жыл бұрын
The doom melon has to be the best anti climax. When I first saw this sketch, thought Robert was going to say the Doom melon is ... Well, it's My Lunch...
@dutchguy977 Жыл бұрын
Same
@johanngarces5596 Жыл бұрын
It’s a Gallagher joke!
@F00dTube10 жыл бұрын
I love the beginning. "You should not be here. This is private property."
@hippy2822 жыл бұрын
I feel like this one sketch could be it's own show XD
@pavarottiaardvark3431 Жыл бұрын
I love that the kept in the crazy flubbed line of "laser plated armoured scorpion of death"
@zapkvr0101 Жыл бұрын
The Deaeth ray sketch is very good. There was a guy round our way used to sell life insurance his name was Deaeth. His wife was a marriage celebrant
@andracatheduckking2572 жыл бұрын
I like that the president of the US rides in a car with the steering wheel on the right
@MarcusSLazarus15 жыл бұрын
Interesting man, that Professor Death; I hope he shows up again
@hotelmario510 Жыл бұрын
This is literally the entire plot of _Oppenheimer._
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv2 ай бұрын
Not quite literally!
@andreasplosky85162 жыл бұрын
Mitchell and Webb are unique. Such a good sketch...
@Jaydee-wd7wr2 жыл бұрын
I have become Death, savour of worlds.
@petenicksdicks15 жыл бұрын
love this kinda humor!
@Dalek4413 жыл бұрын
NO! The death video was uploaded to help mankind, not to destroy it! XD
@karlvuleta2 ай бұрын
Mr President: "We can drop these nuclear bombs on select cities in Japa-" Oppenheimer: "NOOOOO! I'M SORRY MR PRESIDENT I MEANT THE NUCLEAR BOMBS TO HELP MANKIND NOT DESTROY IT!"
@24934637 Жыл бұрын
We're currently so short staffed on the day shift at work, that that Armoured Scorpion of Death Assistant (ASDA), would be really useful where I work.....Can't say where that is obviously!.....As*a!
@marshhen14 жыл бұрын
the last line just kills me, the writing is so good.
@MrAntiKnowledge2 жыл бұрын
The unlimited energy bomb is actually terrifying.
@barbados35922 жыл бұрын
terrifyingly WONDERFUL!
@Tokalafox2 жыл бұрын
Not sure if its a good idea to bash it with a hammer
@stevenesbitt35282 жыл бұрын
This might be the cleverest thing ever committed to film
@RehanRC3 жыл бұрын
This is the most important video in the world.
@thiagodeandrade70813 жыл бұрын
But does it have military applications?
@bobmilaplace38169 жыл бұрын
Scanning material still was useful for quartermasters in maintaining inventories.
@cigolsimons176811 жыл бұрын
It may be a parody of the inventor of Dynamite, Mr Nobel. He thought Dynamite would be such a deadly weapon that it would stop mankind from ever wanting to go to war again and.....Well, I don't think I need to tell you what happened next.
@muradm77482 жыл бұрын
you confuse dynamite with maxim gun
@jgbreezer2 жыл бұрын
But nukes, they work for that instead right? 😋👀🙃
@slome8152 жыл бұрын
@@muradm7748 Oh no, Hiram Maxim had abolutely no peace loving intentions. The idea that a machine gun would give a couple of guys the firepower of an entire army, and thus decrease the size of armies and of casualties, comes from Mr. Gatling, not Maxim.
@dumac65572 жыл бұрын
Nobel wanted the dynamite to be used in mining and building sectors as nitrocglycerin in pure form is unstable so it would save life. He was also of course in for the money as the dynamite made him really rich. The dynamite was used to build bombs and other explosives like mines he was disappointed, bcs his name would be forever linked with that. It is one of the major reason he set up the peace price and the other prices so his name would be linked to help science in the nobel prize fund after his death as his will stated. Anyhow the sketch is really funny lmao.
@JamesEverett913 жыл бұрын
Look like a scene straight out of C&C Red Alert 2!
@justaguy3284 ай бұрын
This was literally the first idea that was dreamed up when we split the atom. "We can make a bomb out of it!"
@Superman-nb2qn Жыл бұрын
Oppenheimer:
@ihavekankles13 жыл бұрын
@cetnikz Rob wasn't trying to do an American accent, it's supposed to be the accent of a stereotypical evil scientist accent, i.e eastern European.
@hommhommhomm2 жыл бұрын
The budget on this one!
@AlanXEverfrost11 жыл бұрын
The president drives around in an imported British automobile.
@zagyex6 ай бұрын
More accurate than Oppenheimer.
@Kalenz12342 жыл бұрын
The writers of this one must have played a lot of command & conquer.
@Amanda-cd6dm5 ай бұрын
Maybe it's the Mills in me, but military applications pops into my mind first.
@imperialhistorian420111 ай бұрын
Basically,opennheimer
@taureleafsilver14 жыл бұрын
Mitch's American accent is pretty good!
@arnesarnautovic367911 жыл бұрын
It's so good I had to watch it twice!
@TheMrCFH13 жыл бұрын
that scorpion could be used at children's parties
@Bfdidc13 жыл бұрын
Two people want his inventions used for evil. Poor Professor Death.
@Lylodile12 жыл бұрын
I for one want to see the finished doom melon.
@ravenshrike2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the doom melon would have killed them all when smashed, so it's probably good that he was unable to finish it.
@gandalf82162 жыл бұрын
Helpful bullets are ballistic missiles which will provide, to the target, quite irresistible advice.
@CJusticeHappen212 жыл бұрын
Never loading my gun unless the bullets are helpful.
@barbados35922 жыл бұрын
awwww
@PenneySounds Жыл бұрын
James had the best line in this
@aykhojandi Жыл бұрын
Unlimited power bomb?
@perfectionbox2 жыл бұрын
They gotta get that scorpion together with ED209 from Robocop 🤣
@sirjelly7212 жыл бұрын
Music in the beginning reminds me of Mass Effect
@qweqqweq20902 жыл бұрын
the helpful bullets are obviously to help people not abuse the self checkout lane to just get free stuff.
@craigroaring10 ай бұрын
If only more scientists exhibited that level of integrity.
@isbestlizard3 ай бұрын
Nooooooo! I created my swarm of autonomous killer death robots for good not evil!!!
@whattheholf9113 жыл бұрын
@aeternamente13 Judging by his attire and the fact that he seems to be US President, I think he's supposed to be Harry S Truman.
@wiggy52094 ай бұрын
I am a man of science to help mankind not destroy it ..... War has helped mankind evolve and science of war leads to a better quality of life ..nothing focuses the human condition quite so much as war
@electro_empire13 жыл бұрын
i want my own Doom Melon!
@NefariousDreary11 жыл бұрын
Lol the guys from peep show. awsome
@librarian9712 жыл бұрын
"The Armoured Scorpion of Death" lived on ... its smaller but far more lethal descendent became the rat-hunting machine in the "Mason's Rats" episode in "Love Death and Robots", Season 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3ynf4Z7fryBo8k
@josiahfleming75492 жыл бұрын
The doom melon... still needs some work...
@jama2112 жыл бұрын
So good hahaha
@Quizerno13 жыл бұрын
@aeternamente13 To me he sounds like the stereotypical late 19th Century-early to mid 20th century American, but then again thats only what I've seen from old movies (Psycho, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, etc).
@wisteelaАй бұрын
I've only just noticed that their American car is right hand drive.
@peterdavies29602 жыл бұрын
I was expecting David Mitchell aka Mr. Haggerstone to ask Professor Death if he has a license for inventing things or a permit to do such stuff 😂
@thekinginyellow17442 жыл бұрын
Somewhere, in an alternate universe, Webb and Mitchell make full feature parodies of the Marvel Universe. Now if I can just figure out how to get there.
@fullfire552 жыл бұрын
khaenri'ahn engineers when making the ruin guards, probably
@KeithWWatson12 жыл бұрын
Helpfull bullets lol
@rickg2213 жыл бұрын
What piece of music is playing at the beginning? Is there a collection of stock movie soundtracks?
@JamieHowitt13 жыл бұрын
Isn't the soundtrack at the start recycled soundtrack from Series One of Doctor Who? Don't care, it's epic anyway :D
@AndrewLale2 жыл бұрын
I got a doom melon for Christmas
@VolodymyrNagorny13 жыл бұрын
"Still needs some work" made me LOL
@TheRokkiephantomlove2 жыл бұрын
The doom melon
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv2 ай бұрын
Why I oughta… 👋
@ATRTAP2 жыл бұрын
Why is he hammering on a bomb?
@squamish42442 жыл бұрын
Nooooo!!!
@adolphsanchez1429 Жыл бұрын
Secondary English education. PERIOD.
@Alexeagle012 жыл бұрын
Now that is a whole lot cooler!
@Vilendank14 жыл бұрын
Gallagher @ 4:54
@tsarfox34622 жыл бұрын
Him and Dr. Mobius would get along.
@SkpD199114 жыл бұрын
yo i want one of those scorpions
@peterdavies29602 жыл бұрын
Is the US President meant to be Harry S. Truman? 😂
@mouseluva15 жыл бұрын
lol yeah
@amandabumgardner27512 жыл бұрын
Military Applications, sounds familiar...
@rehetbutler13 жыл бұрын
all Graham Norton guests!
@JohnWasinger3 жыл бұрын
Why did the mussel of the giant death ray recoil when it fired? Also why are there shells ejected whenever a rifle fires on the GI-JOE cartoon?