Is it weird that I kind of agree with Mitchell's character here?
@DanGolag9 жыл бұрын
Not as weird as the fact that I agree with another youtube commenter.
@GMovieSeeker7 жыл бұрын
I find this sketch excellent because it illustrates the complexity of public policy and social science calculation in general. How much public money are you willing to dedicate to save lives? And is the money actually saving lives? How can we effectively measure this? And I'm not even going into the nanny-state debate that this produces.
@MrSatan10033 жыл бұрын
This is unironically correct, in terms of how a government has to rationally allocate resources to create the greatest benefit.
@DanielLCarrier2 жыл бұрын
@@GMovieSeeker I feel like the problem with this is the implication that it if you put enough effort into it, it will actually stop it. Realistically, a certain fraction of people are going to ignore any number of warnings and drown no matter what.
@d.trubre52162 жыл бұрын
Hey i here cause of you from the community post
@DoctorDoom1310 жыл бұрын
Oh god, it's true. This whole thing is true.
@TheAlbinoskunk7 жыл бұрын
"a disgrace for a fairly flat region"
@niclasjohansson59924 жыл бұрын
Such a Douglas-Adams-esque sketch
@AvgJoeCrowe3 жыл бұрын
He's... he's got a point.
@wocket423 жыл бұрын
It's part of some Corona policies as well, so it aged well.
@fanda61222 ай бұрын
yes the hundreds millions a year spent on danger signs for swimming pools is truly a budget oversight
@Awfulwriter7 жыл бұрын
Anyone else thinking that he actually does make a lot of sense?
@morganstiefvater16937 жыл бұрын
Nathan Thompson that's the point. it's a very logical argument, despite being what could be considered immoral or heartless. and that's why it's funny
@ThreadBomb6 жыл бұрын
Except the last bit.
@ryanjones_rheios6 жыл бұрын
Very, but I tend toward pragmatism vs sympathy. (Plenty of empathy just don't let it get in the way if I can help it)
@barryhomeowner92933 жыл бұрын
Although it is pretty logically unsound in itself. Surely if you're against drowning awareness going too far you're against cliff edge awareness going too far, and if nobody dies then you have no way of knowing quite how much you're overspending by
@Awfulwriter3 жыл бұрын
@@barryhomeowner9293 Yes, but as the interviewer says, 40 people dying in a mainly flat region shows a drastic underspend in awareness of cliffs. However, a very river, lake, and reservois heavy place such as they are talking about, some people should drown.
@haitharu7 жыл бұрын
i love these guys
@anselmschueler6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree!
@RadioactiveSand8 жыл бұрын
Not saying that he is entirely spot on, for sure, but he has some valid point on what he's saying..
@uGOTxbox360D3 жыл бұрын
This takes on a whole new meaning in 2020 😬
@crieverytim3 жыл бұрын
Oh? How so? Guessing you're referring to covid
@BachelorChowFlavour2 жыл бұрын
no it doesn't
@Manx123 Жыл бұрын
@@BachelorChowFlavour Yes it clearly does, though it's meaning differs depending on whether you think a particular government did too much or too little in response to the pandemic, respectively either because you think "local frogman" is did nothing wrong, or he's a valid satire.
@Valdagast2 жыл бұрын
I'm with David on this one.
@richardmattocks Жыл бұрын
The trouble is, the logic is irrefutable. You can’t prove a negative. If no money had been spent and there were still no drownings would mean all the money spent was wasted.
@lancsl4d9 жыл бұрын
local frogman...jammy bastard more like...triple dot winkey face ;-)
@ThreadBomb6 жыл бұрын
He's right, you know....
@arturdent51686 жыл бұрын
"The resourceful ones will pull through cemeteries ah, social darwinism at work
@ianng463310 жыл бұрын
Re: Ford Pinto.
@MassiveChetBakerFan Жыл бұрын
This isn’t comedy, it’s pure common sense (albeit expressed in an unsympathetic way for comic effect - so I suppose it is comedy then).
@DUFMAN1237 жыл бұрын
Public policy wonks in a nutshell
@Manx123 Жыл бұрын
I wish, lol
@benjaminqmorris11 ай бұрын
ahead of their time on trans rights, too
@leeshapon5 ай бұрын
david maybe, rob… ehhh
@IoEstasCedonta8 жыл бұрын
...I'm sorry... what's the joke?
@ycafe1238 жыл бұрын
him providing a counter-intuitive yet well-reasoned/rationale argument.
@crieverytim3 жыл бұрын
It's been 5 years. How are you doing? Do you get it now?
@IAMBIGLION2 жыл бұрын
It's been another 6 months. How about now?
@Pining_for_the_fjords2 жыл бұрын
@@IAMBIGLION And another six months
@cymond Жыл бұрын
Petite think you're heartless of you accept that, yes, some people WILL die in unfortunate ways, but in reality, a certain number of deaths are inevitable, and stopping them often Congress at an excessive high cost to society. For example, here in the USA, we could save tens of thousands of lives a year by banning automobiles, but the result would be devastating to our society and economy. The final end result would probably mean MORE people would die in the long run, but they wouldn't be dying in *cars* anymore, and some people seriously think that's an improvement.
@JustinEngelbart6 жыл бұрын
this would be so much better without that awful laugh track. Why does there need to be a laugh track for a radio show?
@robinverhagen-guest21736 жыл бұрын
It was recorded in front of a live audience at BBC Radio Theatre. I find it jarring too, sometimes, but I think the conventional wisdom is that you get better performances from comedians when they're getting good feedback.
@robinverhagen-guest21736 жыл бұрын
The really weird thing is that genuine audience laughter sounds so forced when you aren't there, in the moment. I know they have warmup guys getting them in the mood - maybe there's an element of mass hysteria going on?
@klatskyn5 жыл бұрын
@@robinverhagen-guest2173 Yeah, don't you experience this when you go to a live show? That you laugh more easily and enthusiastically because you're surrounded by other people laughing? I definitely feel that. Even in movie theaters, I find I enjoy the movie more if I'm watching with a "good" audience that laughs and gasps etc at the right places. Mass hysteria ... maybe a little dramatic, but there is definitely some kind of psychological group enhancement of the experience.
@Manx123 Жыл бұрын
David should have played something like a "generic Tory," advocating for a heartless policy to save money, (because Tories are stereotypically heartless and obsessed with money), but then David's character comes across as sensible and persuasive, so it politically cancels out.
@JT295012 ай бұрын
Isn't that literally the case? Remember during the pandemic where Lord Sumption got in trouble for saying that young peoples lives were "worth more" than the old, thats a good example of this sort of thing happening in real life. You can't actually advocate for sensible allocation of resources without someone calling you a heartless bastard, in reality.
@Manx1232 ай бұрын
@@JT29501 I can't see what you were replying to. But it's an interesting point. I guess a "generic Tory" wouldn't actually say that.