I love how quickly Dawkins goes from offended that his ideas aren't being taken seriously to agreeing that pizzas have gotten smaller.
@daikucoffee53162 жыл бұрын
THEY HAVE GOTTEN SMALLER!!!
@duncanwallace7760 Жыл бұрын
measurable
@steveg1725 Жыл бұрын
@@daikucoffee5316 You got bigger from eating pizza, making the pizzas appear smaller.
@Whitesoftheireye Жыл бұрын
Mate, it’s David Mitchell.
@mary-janereallynotsarah684 Жыл бұрын
Shrinkflation!
@SirTenenbaum9 жыл бұрын
That accent seemed spot on.
@Dragonblaster18 жыл бұрын
+SirTenenbaum Absolutely nailed it IMHO.
@professionalcunt59668 жыл бұрын
Because he sounds quite similar anyway. He just had some slight tweaks
@robothunter10357 жыл бұрын
Sounds just like him!
@docdaneeka34247 жыл бұрын
I was going to say he even sounds like him.
@ILoveDawko7 жыл бұрын
What? That's just his voice. He doesn't sound like Dawkins. I've met Dawkins, he don't sound like that
@Michelle-dg7dx10 жыл бұрын
wow he does a good Dawkins.
@PowaShammy10 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that myself, even though the voice isn't quite there the mannerisms, speed of speech and use of vocabulary are spot on.
@skoda109 жыл бұрын
that's just how david normally acts
@arjitjere15594 жыл бұрын
Even dawkins would be pleased hahah
@asagoldsmith33284 жыл бұрын
Both from Oxfordshire
@asagoldsmith33283 жыл бұрын
@John Matrix Dawkins moved to Oxfordshire when he was eight. David Mitchell went to Abingdon boarding school in Oxfordshire as a boy. Idk what you consider to be "from" but I'd say that qualifies. They have the same accent.
@ninjabastard22 жыл бұрын
"Is there definitely the Sea?" They come up with the most brilliantly stupid lines.
@mcsquilliams7044 Жыл бұрын
"Do puppies have Christmas"
@michaelreddington1234 Жыл бұрын
Tom Cruises having a wee….against his consent
@Leto_011 ай бұрын
Lol and they're British so like, pick a direction and you can walk to there
@garrghhh10 ай бұрын
And yet, there is a small but loud contingent _right now_ that believes the Earth to be _flat._ People flew into conferences held in places like Denver and near Dallas, ALONG _GEODESICS,_ to attend these conferences. The Ancient Greeks (probably among others) did EXTREMELY SIMPLE testing that provided quite strong evidence as to the shape of the planet. When we look at other planets using what today are fairly basic lenses, they're clearly spheres. And yet, there walk among us 'neo-alchemists' still convinced that the best way to understand the universe is by taking whatever garbage your own brain tells you is or must be true - often based on some garbage generated in the brain of some other rando, of course - and clinging to that like grim death! It's quite impressive. It really harks back to the model that the Catholic Church used for years. Don't bother to "ask God" (i.e., do some tests and see what reality is actually like), assume you know better, effectively flip God off, and consider it a job well done that you've convinced other randos. Of course, this then lends more credence to your beliefs apparently, because after all, such a large group of people stuck in an 'idiot feedback loop' can't all be wrong, right? So, yes - "brilliantly stupid", and yet, all too real.
@JZsBFF9 ай бұрын
If there really was a sea then the question "is there definitely the sea" wouldn't even be a question!
@ZachHixsonTutorials7 жыл бұрын
That voice! I can't believe how perfect it is!
@codswallop3217 жыл бұрын
Zach Hixson It is, at the end of the day, only a slight modification of David Mitchell's usual accent. What with them both being posh academic chaps from Oxford.
@emilygilbeyful7 жыл бұрын
I'm not academic but i sound like that and I'm from Oxford. also Mitchell went to Cambridge he is just FROM Oxfordshire and we sound part Pam Aires and part posh home counties. the farmer comes out in me when I'm drunk and the Dawkins when I'm on the phone haha
@codswallop3217 жыл бұрын
Emily Gilbey He grew up in Oxford and was privately educated at an Oxford school. Many people who went to Cambridge University don't talk like this. (Myself, for example.)
@emilygilbeyful7 жыл бұрын
codswallop321 yes my uncle went to Oxford boys then Cambridge.
@tomkenning54827 жыл бұрын
Emily Gilbey Wow he must be like the uber Tory
@hunpo14 жыл бұрын
Mitchell just wanted to show us how good his Dawkins impression is.
@EternalQuestion4 жыл бұрын
All these comments about 'does a good Dawkins impression' feel very strange to me...
@yakupakgul75484 жыл бұрын
@@EternalQuestion what? cuz you're his relative or something?
@bluesque96872 жыл бұрын
Mitchell is in the business of showing all the good tricks and impressions he has got!!
@bardsamok9221 Жыл бұрын
@@bluesque9687 You don't understand comedy.
@bluesque9687 Жыл бұрын
@@bardsamok9221 Why? I really loved it! It is very well done!
@mhkpt6 жыл бұрын
that is an absolutely perfect Dawkins impression, from the voice to the vocabulary and expressions! hilarious and well done.
@cluckendip Жыл бұрын
being english helps a lot
@TheThreatenedSwan Жыл бұрын
If it were 25% slower and 25% more meandering
@oz_jones Жыл бұрын
Thats just how Mitchell sounds though
@jamieflame01 Жыл бұрын
Ever been up north England, that wouldn't help at all.
@ilcorvo955911 ай бұрын
@@cluckendipprobably about 1% of English people speak like this^
@trevor_19636 жыл бұрын
The "David Mitchell Does a Good Dawkins Impression Delusion". This is just standard David Mitchell making sure he gets his enunciation right. It's pretty much how he usually talks.
@davidross55254 жыл бұрын
It's noticeably different.
@davidross55254 жыл бұрын
@AcidDome sure thing bro, can you teach me to read minds please.
@aidenCBR944 жыл бұрын
@AcidDome bum with a high opinion of himself who thinks he can speak for many, go check yourself you narcissistic fuck
@1Dustin4 жыл бұрын
@@aidenCBR94 yeah man. Obviously the tone and sound of the voice isn't right as he's not a vocal impressionist. But the language, cadence and annunciation is bang on.
@davidross55254 жыл бұрын
@AcidDome pahaha English born and bred. You're a nutter mate.
@MistSonata9 жыл бұрын
My goodness, David Mitchell does a pitch perfect impression of Richard Dawkins. I almost want to get them both in a room together.
@justin_56312 жыл бұрын
you actually think Dawkins exists? He's a character played by David Mitchell. This Dawkins delusion has got to stop.
@jamesbyrne9312 Жыл бұрын
It's because he is the same as him
@kiopyu78 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesbyrne9312 no lie, said to my siblings a few years ago that Richard Dawkins must be David Mitchell's/Mark Corrigan's father
@jamesbyrne9312 Жыл бұрын
@@kiopyu78 hahahahaha
@lindasegerious9248 Жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought
@mrsmith90314 жыл бұрын
Richard Dawkins new children's book, "The Santa Claus myth"
@chesterdonnelly12123 жыл бұрын
🤣
@cameronspalding979211 ай бұрын
Underrated comment
@arnoldfreeman28853 ай бұрын
@@cameronspalding9792super underrated. That could’ve been the bit
@MegaCoxRox11 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've seen a parody of Richard Dawkins made by someone who's actually seen Richard Dawkins.
@Plethorality Жыл бұрын
That comment was glorious.
@hopr Жыл бұрын
Does Richard Dawkins exists? Have you actually SEEN Richard Dawkins?
@zapkvr0101 Жыл бұрын
I know he exists. Because people doubt he exists. And to doubt is to think and to think is to be. I think, therefore I AM Richard Dawkins
@enderspike Жыл бұрын
I am AMAZED at the Dawkins impression. I'm like "how would you even do a Dawkins impression, he's just British and normal." Then Mitchell showed me the way.
@ChristophBurschka8 жыл бұрын
The voice was really spot on!
@tedd75458 жыл бұрын
yep!!
@DieFlabbergast3 жыл бұрын
That's not an impression: it's his normal voice.
@Hankblue3 жыл бұрын
@DieFlabbergast No it isn’t, it’s a deliberately posh and tart augmentation of his accent
@reclaimingfire79038 жыл бұрын
im embarresed to say id watch richard dawkins visiting haunted spots ahahah
@thiagodeandrade70813 жыл бұрын
So would I.
@liamcragin3 ай бұрын
Just saying “this is superstitious nonsense” over and over
@rebeccachiba56742 ай бұрын
GOATMAN! im standing on your bridge! its my bridge now! - Richard Dawkins
@garyhewitt4893 жыл бұрын
Rolling the batteries around in the remote control definitely works. FACT.
@contessa.adella3 жыл бұрын
Yes it does, at least long enough to get an extra couple of tv channel changes....warming them up slightly works too.
@PhilJonesIII3 жыл бұрын
@@contessa.adella He means the batteries, not the TV. I wont say how I know.
@timsplanet23 жыл бұрын
I take the batteries out, and swap them round. 100% works
@davidhoogendyke27743 жыл бұрын
Why is that???.
@benk67373 жыл бұрын
The Rolling the Batteries Around in the Remote Control Delusion
@wj24292 жыл бұрын
Everyone is saying he's doing a great Dawkins when he is literally just speaking in his own voice.
@silverblank11392 жыл бұрын
I read this and started noticing XD
@Hankblue11 ай бұрын
No he isn’t
@norwegianzound9 ай бұрын
He's from the same cultural milieu. No surprise he sounds similar.
@noahport33149 ай бұрын
No there’s definitely some put on dawkins in there
@cm92418 ай бұрын
Yeah that's his normal voice, just with a different cadence
@NullZer010 жыл бұрын
The Free Lunch Delusion. I lost my shit with that one. Great impression of Dawkins!
@PrivateSi3 жыл бұрын
It's the Christain La La Lander Delusion vs The Liberal La La Lander Delusion, with The Islamist and The Hindu Delusion taking over vast swathes of the UK as the two mental-case bunch of Western La La Landers show each other up for being fake, pretentious nutjobs on both sides... Bunch of Nazti twats, the lot of 'em.. Libs cause the most problems though... 'Liberal Immigration' mass-imported millions of religious authoritarians that bred like rats.
@hOREP2453 жыл бұрын
@@PrivateSi what
@lizardlegend422 жыл бұрын
@@PrivateSi what? (2)
@Fraser3005 Жыл бұрын
The real gem in this sketch is how well David Mitchell nails the Dawkins impression, spot on from tone to content
@gydalf94907 жыл бұрын
The way he impersonated Richard saying 'ReliGion' was the most accurate bit
@Harmonical13 жыл бұрын
This is such clever, intelligent comedy - absolutely brilliant. I just wish that somebody still produced great comedy like this these days!
@SiliconBong Жыл бұрын
I'm looking for a bit they did, it's about a chololate maker and he wants a room at an inn/hotel.. ..wish I could remember what it's called.
@TheWolverine19848 жыл бұрын
Wow, if it was only a sound clip I would have been sure they got the real Dawkins to do it.
@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын
It wasn't. There was video, too. Didn't it come through for you? Shame, that contributed a lot to the humor.
@MrLego3160 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmcinnis208 please learn to read, james.
@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын
@@MrLego3160 Ah, the confident (and snide!) miscorrection.
@MrLego3160 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmcinnis208 i see you still haven't learnt to read.
@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын
@@MrLego3160 And I see your policy is to insist rather than reexamine.
@lrasern11 жыл бұрын
"You're flogging a dead God" haha, brilliant
@padraigmahone45123 жыл бұрын
The line that made me cackle was "Christ!" "No, you've already done him - comes under God."
@Brakvash6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Why do people think David Mitchell is imitating Dawkins voice? This is how Mitchell always talks.
@globalincident694 Жыл бұрын
i think thats the joke
@larryparis925 Жыл бұрын
@@globalincident694 ??
@Firespectrum12210 жыл бұрын
"The Ghost Delusion"
@Scias8 жыл бұрын
+Patrick Bateman The Christian Bale Delusion
@TEKTONIX19 жыл бұрын
A convincing impression of RD.
@streglof9 жыл бұрын
He does a damn well Richard Dawkins impression if I may say so
@BoGardiner10 жыл бұрын
A fantastic impression of Dawkins!
@nicholasesparza29788 жыл бұрын
I would really like a show where hardcore skeptics go around to haunted houses and cursesd objects and see if stuff happens.
@PhilJonesIII7 жыл бұрын
I routinely spend nights in graveyards photographing stars. While the camera is doing its stuff I'm usually on my back looking at the sky with binoculars. Graveyards tend to be isolated where I live, never illuminated and quiet which makes them useful to me. Cant say any of the residents have complained. No strange images from the camera etc.
@RKBock7 жыл бұрын
there is a reason such shows don't exist: showing you two hours of "nothing's happening" and "well, this was a complete waste of time" would be boring. like, very, very boring.
@BezoRazo7 жыл бұрын
I have seen Dawkins go around debunking astrology, Tarot readings, psychics, healing crystals, etc.
@rottworks7 жыл бұрын
RKBock That basically is the ghost hunting shows out there. It's an hour of people overreacting with dramatic editing but ending up with nothing much to show for it all. I used to find it entertaining because of that.
@RKBock7 жыл бұрын
rottworks yeah... you didn't get what i meant... (no offense) the shows don't show you "nothing". they show you this overreaction and "supernatural things". yes, it is pointless and bull, but it is entertaining for some people. what i mean is, a show where they would go into a "haunted house" and simply not react to anything scientifically explainable, or in other words: not react to anything.
@vascoquaresma900910 жыл бұрын
The voice and accent killed me! xD
@silphaer53537 жыл бұрын
Vasco Quaresma - That's just David Mitchell's normal accent. It's the mannerisms and way of speaking that he does so well.
@monkeymox7 жыл бұрын
There're a lot of people in this comments section saying this is a great RD impression... is it just me, or is David Mitchell just talking how David Mitchell always talks, and all of the people saying it's such a great impression just can't distinguish between different English people?
@sarperdogan64546 жыл бұрын
No no he definetly watched a few RD clips and he copied some of the mannerisms, you are right in he doesnt actually imitate the voice but he does speaks as RD would in his own normal voice, using his pitch highs and lows whilst speaking normally, also some good mannerism copying seem to give of the illusion that the voices are the same.
@pinkyn0se6 жыл бұрын
You're totally correct. He sounds like this in everything I've ever seen with him in.
@Ana_crusis6 жыл бұрын
yes, and of course they both already have pretty much the same accent
@dave83235 жыл бұрын
Yeh exactly, upper middle class English people all sound quite similar, he's just talking as he normally does. Wee bit bemused by the comments myself
@AithlynC5 жыл бұрын
@@dave8323 If you don't see the - admittedly rather subtle - changes Mitchell makes to his natural accent, that's not a reason to be disrespectful to others. The way he stresses the word "civilisation", for example, at 1:21(-ish) is clearly Dawkins and distinctly not Mitchell.
@vonteflon8 жыл бұрын
It really is an amazing impersonation. That disdainful sigh around 1:12 looked EXACTLY like Dawkins during an interview with Bill O'Reilly.
@brendanredler366610 жыл бұрын
That is a damn good Richard Dawkins impression.
@effyleven2 жыл бұрын
Oh dear! That was a bit of a shock. I thought I was the only one rolling the batteries around in the remote.
@thegoodlydragon74529 жыл бұрын
Wow, he does Richard Dawkins voice really really well. I've been trying to imitate it and it never seems to come out quite right.
@korosuke17884 жыл бұрын
They are so funny you sometimes forget how talented they are, and how talented they must have been to get the best actors to work with them.
@ChubbyChecker1824 жыл бұрын
David Mitchell, the man of two voices
@DigitalMonsters8 жыл бұрын
Good impression throughout but 0:33 - 0:36 is fucking pitch perfect.
@PaintKyZR8 жыл бұрын
"Those guys aren't pussies... not like the Muslims!" Aha, fantastic joke. And I when I heard it I thought I hope Muslims understand and find jokes like that funny too. Because that's a classic bit of provocative satire with only good intentions :)
@PaintKyZR8 жыл бұрын
***** ..What? Do you not understand? It's quite simple.
@PaintKyZR8 жыл бұрын
***** A little superfluous yeah, but you have to admit that humour like this is often taken the wrong way. Putting a little bit of emphasis in the comment section on the nonsense and irony of jokes like this might, just might help someone appreciate it in a different light.. Unnecessary yes, but unfortunately the risque comedy we love in this country can be misconstrued.
@Amadeus-ms9lt8 жыл бұрын
As a Muslim yes it is a funny sketch
@bainbonic7 жыл бұрын
You, Amadeus, are god damn awesome.
@the90sboss7 жыл бұрын
Bainbow because he didn't want to cut off someone's head for saying something about his fairytale? Wow, looks like I must be a saint!
@louisehaley51054 жыл бұрын
“The Haunted House Delusion” is a brilliant idea !
@mangs99403 жыл бұрын
I think they should do a short amazon series. He has to stay overnight in haunted places alone. Only with mic and hidden cameras.
@Level1Hera3 жыл бұрын
Already been done by 4 teens and a talking dog.
@mangs99403 жыл бұрын
@@Level1Hera funnier with a know it all professor.
@B61Mod122 жыл бұрын
He actually nailed Dawkin’s accent perfectly
@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын
"actually"
@BennoRob958 жыл бұрын
No laugh track and still as good
@letters_from_paradise7 жыл бұрын
Benjamino If a sketch doesn't have a laugh track, it is generally better than one that does.
@FirstLast-cf4mi6 жыл бұрын
"Well I think they have." Such a great show.
@katzen33146 жыл бұрын
Why did they drop it just for this one sketch?
@Simple1Jack5 жыл бұрын
Katzen33 - What if they didn’t and everyone in the audience just didn’t find it funny?
@EditedAF9875 жыл бұрын
Katzen33 I think it’s because it’s a deleted sketch
@wanderingrandomer10 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna be honest, I came here for the comments section...
@wanderingrandomer9 жыл бұрын
Depends. Do you have any cheddar?
@sce2aux4649 жыл бұрын
+WanderingRandomer There's not much call for that around here.
@tobiaswilhelmi48192 жыл бұрын
Now that I've seen this, I really can't stop thinking about whether there is someone like Richard Dawkins or not.
@cameronspalding9792 Жыл бұрын
There is one
@douglasmilton28054 жыл бұрын
To all those people saying, David Mitchell doesn't do a good Richard Dawkins impersonation, he's just talking in his normal voice, he IS doing a rather brilliant impersonation and that's not his normal voice. Never has the Dawkins been so brilliantly Dawkinsed. And I know because I have a friend whose mum's niece used to do his cleaning in Oxford. So.
@bmac909011 ай бұрын
"Richard a lot of your readers would have gone with a crystal skulls book if your publishers had had the clout to get it closer to the tills". Lol. So true.
@ChrisWachtler10 жыл бұрын
Wow his Dawkins is good.
@sebbythecrabby12 жыл бұрын
Definitely been rolling the batteries around in my hi-fi remote for years! Still going :)
@thephoenixsystem6765 Жыл бұрын
"But it's an empirical fact! The planets didn't come to us, we came to them! Just look at the stars!" - Richard Dawkins, 28 June 2008
@AColonDashSix3 жыл бұрын
Was going to comment on how good David’s Dawkins was but I see that you all have noticed. Good on you and good job David.
@nemo66863 жыл бұрын
Your "but" is redundant: you did "comment on how good David’s Dawkins was".
@AColonDashSix3 жыл бұрын
@@nemo6686 No, I actually didn't 🙁 I just pointed out that others have 🤨
@nemo66863 жыл бұрын
@@AColonDashSix Actually, you did; there's even a name for the rhetorical trick of mentioning something by claiming you're not mentioning it - it's called 'apophasis'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis
@AColonDashSix3 жыл бұрын
@@nemo6686 That doesn't actually apply since I never denied brining up the subject or denied my intention. It would be if I were to say "I wasn't going to comment at all but ... " However, if I deny doing something specific, you would have to point out that specific statement, a statement I didn't make.
@nemo66863 жыл бұрын
@@AColonDashSix You commented on how good David's Dawkins was. There's not much else I can do to make it clearer. Your "that doesn't actually apply since..." is utter nonsense. The real mystery is why you bother to argue something so plain and of so little consequence.
@ZombieDragQueen10 жыл бұрын
Oh bollocks! I have an old second hand receiver with a remote which came with some obscure brand batteries called "Robust - Extra heavy duty" and when it fails I usually just give a nudge or tap to the battery lock and lo and behold it works again! It also works if I roll the batteries. Now I can just imagine having instead Duracell batteries. Then the remote would work for millions of years. When the imminent Ragnarök Apocalypse will wipe the earth and the survivors will find those remotes with Duracell batteries they will still work. Or the sage of the tribe will impart his wisdom on the subject: "It has been told that the Ancient Ones rolled the batteries to give them more life. The rolling was as a sort of prayer and meditation towards the god of electricity which the Ancient Ones called Nikola Tesla."
@adlozi9 жыл бұрын
Stefan B. Mr. Rodin, gypsum is not for sniffing.
@ZombieDragQueen9 жыл бұрын
Izolda G Sure it is, but it's an acquired taste.
@JasperJanssen6 жыл бұрын
Rolling ‘em scratches off corrosion and improves contact resistance between battery and terminal. It really does work, some of the time.
@marshmallowbudgie5 жыл бұрын
not likely that Dawkins believes in batteries either
@shmookins7 жыл бұрын
I hope Dawkins saw this. XD
@emanvre2 жыл бұрын
What an excellent Dawkins impression. That was beautiful.
@valentino10004 жыл бұрын
It's not Mitchell who is doing a good Dawkins voice impression. It's Dawkins with a good Mitchell mask.
@tommyjenga59763 жыл бұрын
"It's not a question of belief", Sounded just like him.
@doxyl42698 жыл бұрын
Blimey, David does a good Dawkins impression.
@lemurpotatoes7988 Жыл бұрын
"That's already the consensus, so we can't do that" spectacular
@cassiarowland14559 жыл бұрын
The pizza express thing just became my favourite joke in history!
@darkprose11 жыл бұрын
I would buy The Wimpy Delusion and The Free Lunch Delusion in a heartbeat.
@anonanon67642 жыл бұрын
I actually remember going to a Catholic group discussion thing (I was suckered in by free food xd ) and they had bought and were discussing the God Delusion . The dude next to me had all pencil notes and highlighted passages and the priest was attempting to explain something about infinite turtles proving that abortion was evil. Bit bonkers but nice people.
@TheThreatenedSwan Жыл бұрын
It's necessary to speak analogically, but atheists clearly don't take their own beliefs seriously. If it's all just random fluctuations of matter, just randomness, none of it matters and there's nothing to ground normative statements on. It also doesn't make sense that Dawkins treats religion as this random mind virus when it is clearly adaptive behavior. He could even get around his personal problems with it by treating it as a group level metaphor that centers the group, but he doesn't even consider this for some reason.
@anonanon6764 Жыл бұрын
@@TheThreatenedSwan And we should be courteous to each other and analyze rationally instead of entrenching into our tribes. I apologize for mocking the infinite turtles analogy. (I am aware this is a youtube comment section and we are not supposed to be civilized or admit error, but I am genuinely reflecting that I shouldn't have been laughing at them)
@TheThreatenedSwan Жыл бұрын
@@anonanon6764 I'm thinking that's just about infinite regression. The world on a turtle thing was popularized by Guns, Germs and Steel
@anonanon6764 Жыл бұрын
@@TheThreatenedSwan I guess the opinion behind my original mockery was that fundamental truths about the world require tremendous effort, standing on the shoulders of giants to observe, hypothesize, research the reality of the world around us. Not playing word games and making abstract logical theories while talking about ancient literature.
@BenjaminGoose10 ай бұрын
"It's necessary to speak analogically, but atheists clearly don't take their own beliefs seriously." What beliefs? Atheism has no inherent beliefs.@@TheThreatenedSwan
@dudesayingthings2 жыл бұрын
1:02 that was so spot on 😂😂 that is EXACTLY how Dawkins would react to that 😂😂
@AGuyWithAChannel4 жыл бұрын
It's impressive that this show commented on the heart of the New Atheism movement, and why it merged so smoothly with the Alt-Right: ""That's not why it sells, Richard; people like the denying, the censensus smashing". And lo and behold, the denial of global warming, the moon landing, and even a round Earth (something too ridiculous even for 2010) have all taken an ideological stand beside the supposed rational thinkers.
@leephillips44026 жыл бұрын
I'm a Christian and I found that funny
@midinerd11 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I can tell he's doing a good job with this impression :)
@KeljuIvan2 жыл бұрын
If you watched this with audio only, you'd think this was an interview with the actual Richard Dawkins.
@chainsawgood12310 жыл бұрын
Richard Dawkins, the Archbishop of Atheism.
@Aqquila892 жыл бұрын
Dawkins complained that his South Park version didn't sound anything like him. I wonder what he would think of this.
@JohannesWiberg3 жыл бұрын
If there is something I don't get about David Mitchell then it's his misconstrued dislike of atheism. I don't mind him not calling himself an atheist, but he's claimed numerous times that the position of Dawkins and other famous atheists is that "they know that there isn't a god", which according to Mithcell, is ludicrous. For a man who apparently loves correctness and even pedantry, one would think that he would have heard at least one of the millions of atheists pointing to the dictonary definition "atheists do not believe in god" and thus ending his straw man. I'm such a huge Mitchell fan, and also an atheist, so this really grinds my gears.
@authenticallysuperficial9874 Жыл бұрын
That's such a perfect Dawkins impression with the script and the voice!
@fragglet3 жыл бұрын
The real delusion is believing Richard Dawkins is real. I can see now that he's just a character David Mitchell uses in some of his sketches.
@douglasmilton28053 жыл бұрын
I wish they'd commissioned that Pizza Express exposé. Dawkins would have nailed it.
@beady00814 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that's just David Mitchell's normal voice and not an impression.Also other than mildly posh English I'm not sure it really is a good impression. Maybe we all sound the same to Americans
@barrybarry97143 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic, it's a shame that there are really people out there who a arguing that the moon is not real
@chaos.corner4 жыл бұрын
There's a Wimpy in Basingstoke too.
@JHashcroft4 жыл бұрын
But is Basingstoke real? It doesn’t sound real
@doubtingthomas61464 жыл бұрын
Disturbingly... I have both of those jackets.
@douglasmilton28053 жыл бұрын
Me too. The Oxfam delusion.
@MartinDeHill8 жыл бұрын
YOU'RE FLOGGING A DEAD GOD
@aethelwyrnblack49187 жыл бұрын
I thought that reference might have been a bit Nietzsche for most people :P
@abdulmasaiev90247 жыл бұрын
+Aethelwyrn Black *Badumtish*
@marccawood Жыл бұрын
God Davide NAILED Dawkins! Even the voice is almost perfect!
@Nozomu5647 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they actually got Dawkins to do a sketch with them. By the way, what happened to his face? Did he have a plastic surgery?
@eddienerphy57887 жыл бұрын
Nazor no they're the same person mate. I mean have you ever seen them both together? I certainly have not! I think the reason they look different when acting out his different personas is a visual illusion.
@Stilgarsan4 жыл бұрын
@@eddienerphy5788 So Richard Dawkins is a baddy?
@LardGreystoke3 жыл бұрын
That air of clipped precision combined with faintly repressed exasperation.
@DieFlabbergast3 жыл бұрын
He's just doing an "impression" of himself. David Mitchell talks like that normally!
@RNS_Aurelius9 жыл бұрын
"That's not what sells, people like the denying..." That sums up his popularity perfectly. People just want to feel better than others and by belittling theists they do so.
@Gnomefro9 жыл бұрын
+Reece Swaby Yeah, it has absolutely nothing to do with the demonstrably damaging effects of delusional beliefs. Keep on hating gays, opposing reproductive rights, science education and generally fucking up the world because of your superstitious programming. Fucktard. "Belittling" - indeed. It's not exactly unreasonable to demand that people have actual reasons for what they believe when the actions resulting from those beliefs apparently are solely damaging to society. Nor is it unreasonable to call people out on the fact that they in fact can't answer such demands *yet still insist that their baseless delusions are somehow deserving of respect*. That stuff is the sign of a sick and polluted mind. You should be ashamed of yourself.
@RNS_Aurelius9 жыл бұрын
I'm actually an atheist and it isn't just theists who are homophobic dogmatic or hold any other damaging beliefs
@buddyltd8 жыл бұрын
+Reece Swaby And the glorious sound of "oooh, snap," could be heard across the world.
@DodderingOldMan8 жыл бұрын
+Reece Swaby That's probably true of some people, but not, I suspect, the majority.
@RNS_Aurelius8 жыл бұрын
Buffoon1980 definitely not the majority thankfully
@Basiliuscaesariensis11 жыл бұрын
That's a very reasonable way to look at things :) thank you! It's always nice to find some intelligent conversation on the internet
@Tesla_Death_Ray8 жыл бұрын
Its much better without the laugh track
@JayFe08 жыл бұрын
But how else are you supposed to know when to laugh?
@Tesla_Death_Ray8 жыл бұрын
JayFe0 im not American so its not an issue
@jasonlast7091 Жыл бұрын
What a perfect Dawkins impression, wow!
@otocan8 жыл бұрын
That Dawkins impression is surprisingly great!
@Reticence9zen9242 жыл бұрын
David Mitchell’s Dawkins impersonation is brilliant.
@letters_from_paradise7 жыл бұрын
All Mitchell's doing is putting on a posher accent, it's basically his exact voice but more royal. Calm yourself.
@marshmallowbudgie5 жыл бұрын
if you can keep yer shit together that's science for you!
@whataheapofpish Жыл бұрын
I work in advertising and this is 100% how we think. No joke. I actually think some of Webb's ideas are quite good.
@draoi99 Жыл бұрын
If you like edgy comedy you might enjoy Bill Hicks.
@streetrat484 жыл бұрын
"I've seen a ghost, that was weird. I don't believe in ghosts but I've definitely seen one, do you believe in ghosts?" "No." "Well there we go then, "The Ghost Delusion."" Lmfao brilliant
@chaos.corner4 жыл бұрын
Someone should turn up at a Dawkins signing with a mock-up of this.
@thomasd4738 Жыл бұрын
this is a lot closer to the publishing industry than people might realize
@kayaphus43034 жыл бұрын
Trump called himself best thing since Jesus. New American god confirmed.
@folkblueswriter4 жыл бұрын
Trump says "Jesus, what a loser." He will regret his words and his fake show of faith very soon, Jesus is back messiahsword.weebly.com All things that can be known are made manifest in the Book that will never decay (being digital) “The Nature of Energy” (Barnes & Noble, 2020) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-nature-of-energy-patrick-boardman/1136605760?ean=2940163956876 Quantum Theory states: [m=E/c² where E=∞=God] (Note: Outside variables such as the Dirac Antimatter equation would consider this equivalency first in the order of operations. Matter is finite with infinite potential to balance out to zero in the particle-antiparticle annihilation process.) Energy equals infinity equals God, the matrix of all matter and the Creator of all units of consciousness.
@JonasHamill4 жыл бұрын
he's obviously never heard of the Beatles
@MrJayehawk Жыл бұрын
He really nailed that Dawkins voice!
@DaBIONICLEFan Жыл бұрын
It's David Mitchell's normal voice. It's not an impersonation.
@daniellamcgee425110 ай бұрын
@@DaBIONICLEFan It may sound the same as David Mitchell's natural speaking voice to you, but it very much isn't. This why the majority of people are commenting with praise for David's impersonation. I can hear some similarity, but David has changed his cadence, vocal rhythm, speed, accent, and most extraordinarily, vocal tone. It's probably easier for me to hear the nuances, having studied music and Mandarin tones.
@charlieboy63156 жыл бұрын
"Christ!" "You've already done him he comes under God" ROFL
@hs49742 ай бұрын
"You're flogging a dead god" is a fucking brilliant joke.
@slkgfj8 жыл бұрын
Is this a deleted scene?
@charlesdeanhawkins84938 жыл бұрын
+slkgfj I don't know because it's not from "Look" or "Situation", at least not any that aired.
@slushpuppie197 жыл бұрын
slkgfj Thought the exact same thing, never seen this before!
@samsauer93236 ай бұрын
'Is there definitely the sea' is delivered in such a Jeremy Usborne way
@craigoneill82777 жыл бұрын
The battery thing definitely works
@JoeeyTheeKangaroo7 жыл бұрын
Can confirm. I rubbed it on my jeans then put them back in again. A week later it started leaking. But it works!
@galaxygold59397 жыл бұрын
xJLM if your jeans are leaking, perhaps try an adult diaper
@JoeeyTheeKangaroo7 жыл бұрын
Well played. But I will eat your popplers.
@mattdevereaux4550 Жыл бұрын
He nails this impression!
@jonathanhowell4969 жыл бұрын
i mean i love robert webb but i think it's pretty clear david mitchell is the more talented of the duo right?
@blenderpanzi9 жыл бұрын
Interestingly David thinks the opposite. But I guess nice people always underestimate them self.
@matthewgallagher8239 жыл бұрын
blenderpanzi Obviously David wouldn't say 'oh i am the most talented of the duo' because he would come across as an asshole and immodest
@Harvester2369 жыл бұрын
Every double act has the more talented one. Robert Webb has made me laugh many times in both this and Peep Show though.
@slushpuppie197 жыл бұрын
I think they're both amazing comedians with different strengths :)
@unforlorn7 жыл бұрын
The Comedians Should Only Work With Partners Of Equal Talent delusion, I like where you're going with that!
@RKroese3 жыл бұрын
This Richard Dawkins is much more likeable.
@marshmallowbudgie6 жыл бұрын
is there DEFINITELY a "sea"?!
@olivercuenca41094 жыл бұрын
marshmallowbudgie I mean my theory is that there’s no such thing as “the sea”, just a bunch of separate small bits of water in roughly the same area.