That Mitchell & Webb Look - Evil Plan [HQ]

HILARIOUS bit! A must-see!
(From That Mitchell & Webb Look Season 2 Episode 2)
**Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim the rights to this video.**

[@Darkstar263]

David plays that role so well.

[@IdgaradLyracant]

Just for fun: Yes you could do a revolving wall there. What we'd have to do is get a laminated beam to take the load and we could use a pivot shaft fixed to a reciver on the laminated beam. However the real question is can the floor joists take the load because to carry the bookcases, eyeballing at about 18 feet of bookshelf we have to have either welded or bolted steel to frame out the rotating portion of the wall. So we're talking about maybe a total of 1200 lbs of load on the central pivot point. Either that or we have to carry the shaft all the way to the basement. That adds additional top load to the shaft meaning we have to go bigger than a 6 inch steel shaft. Now I am no evil super genius but I wager I can get it done by converting the setup from a single wall rotating to 3, 6 foot rotating bookshelves which will allow the floor joists and subfloor to take the load, we won't have to run the shafts down to the shark tank sub-basement, and with 4 inch steel shafts with bearings (those will need maintenance every 3 years) I can get the job done for you for about $60,500 with permits. However if we are keeping this on the DL, I can likely get it done for only 30k if you don't mind killing the subcontractors afterwards, and before I have to pay them, because lets be honest, they'd talk.

[@JM-mh1pp]

This is a true professional at work, finds solutions not problems, do not asks questions and does not mind the death of his workers. People like you build the pyramids good sir!

[@ethanstine426]

What if he did decide on the trap doors think you could pull that off?

[@billyeveryteen7328]

And remember, you'll need some corrosion resistant metal stucco lath. If you can't find metal stucco lath... use carbon fiber stucco lath! Now parge the lath.

[@tboon9399]

But how long you figure it will take to get done

[@Strainj1]

I will admit, I had similar thoughts - and I agree with your spec detail. I'm sure he'll be in touch.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

This is why I gave up trying to be an evil genius. Too many safety regulations.

[@VestinVestin]

Have you tried being a non-evil genius?

[@BarterTom]

Same.

[@mgtowstanleyzoltanov9808]

I thinm the chimney can be rotated though

[@lokiheimdallsen]

@@VestinVestin I'm afraid best I can do is evil non-genius

[@colinsweeney2628]

Mitchells performance is so delightfully over the top.

[@Szaam]

It's almost disturbing how well David plays this part.

[@morgzcoopz2955]

David is one bad day away from becoming a bond villain

[@kabukiman2153]

@@morgzcoopz2955 responding to a 9 year old comment. I respect that.

[@crazypig1007]

@@kabukiman2153 As do I

[@LostCylon]

@@crazypig1007 There is no time limit on KZbin, until China invades... (Suddenly sirens start up) Oh great, now you made me jinx us all :P

[@SarahBrooks-wm2cn]

He's actually a very good character actor

[@stephaniecarr6984]

I'm telling ya, I can't WAIT to use the phrase " Permit me to outline, if I may, the AMUSEMENTS I wish you to realize for me..." -with the same accent and pacing-the next time I have ANY kind of work done on the house! lol!

[@matttzzz2]

Cringe

[@Sgt_Glory]

Re doing the kitchen...I was tempted...🤣

[@amtep]

The builder is more likely to think "50 shades" than "evil genius" :)

[@sansovino4124]

Or when getting intimate with your partner ...

[@TheCatBilbo]

Secretive, evil organisations also need builders. Makes perfect sense.

[@lewis4703]

Neither health nor safety are among my primary concerns!

[@thesmf1210]

nor is the channel uploaders care for HQ

[@stephaniecarr6984]

lol! it's his oh-so-evil giggle that gets me!

[@hedgehog1965uk]

He sounds just like my boss, who wants everything done quickly rather than safely.

[@quicken200009]

@@hedgehog1965uk Do you work for Amazon?

[@thevoxdeus]

What's truly evil is that the project took 10 months and came in at four times the quoted price.

[@toxendon]

He looks like an Elvish Oblivion character

[@themischeifguide]

Yo, on point.

[@heimlichthecaterpillar93]

Sounds like it to.

[@kiasaunders5897]

roundy round...

[@chrisstehlik7927]

+fauxpasiii 15!

[@kiasaunders5897]

Chris Stehlik That's Numberwang!

[@najeyrifai1134]

What he could do is switch the bookcase and fire place, then make the book case wall rotate!

[@najeyrifai1134]

***** Junecepa I'm not a builder.

[@HeeroYuy911]

+Dumitru Bogdan Can be done if the building is designed right, not sure you could incorporate it into a building already built but it can be done.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

What, move the chimney??

[@BigChiken44]

How would you move the chimney?

[@SpazzyMcGee1337]

Those safety measures were effective. Thanks, OSHA!

[@SwimminWitDaFishies]

This skit is GOLD!! 🏆

[@rich_rich90]

The trapdoor alarm is the same alarm Clarkson put in his elderly person's Fiat Multipla!

[@jsl151850b]

You should have built a lair from the start rather than try to adapt an existing building.

[@ru8enV]

Worked in safety for a year. I always found it sgocking how even with all those sirens, lights, postings, and barriers, people still figure out ways to get into workplace accidents. Human curiosity ignores rules.

[@AA-hg5fk]

Yes, they all meeting with 'accidents'...

[@iunnox666]

All that crap becomes something you ignore and in some cases figure out how to circumvent. People become desensitized to things they deal with every day.

[@Account.for.Comment]

Safety features can also just be useless and badly designed. People who designed them may never have to work with them. I' ve got my fair shares of watching areas that should have safety features, having nothing, and places that don' t need much protection, recieved too much.

[@Dloin]

As someone working I logistics I can assure you that once bosses want something done faster, safety just becomes a nuisance. Which should not be the case, but it is.

[@SimonMester]

I was about to comment the same. Every workplace incident I have ever seen, wasn't because the worker wouldn't want to do it safely, but because management didn't provide the means to use them safely, or straight up gives deadlines/quotas that can't be met while doing it more slowly/safely.@@Dloin

[@bornin049]

I love this realisim

[@ancapftw9113]

Sure, I'll build you an evil lair. We just have to make sure it complies with OSHA and local building codes.

[@monkeytennis8861]

This is Britain, mate.

[@nunyanunya4147]

draco really let himself go...

[@BarterTom]

You mean Lucius?

[@intigfx]

Has anyone thought of the issue of keeping piranhas in a concealed tank under a trap door? I don't think it complies with animal welfare regulations; someone call the RSPCA on this evil mastermind.

[@MrEntinen]

intigfx I dunno, does keeping them in a constant state of hunger count as neglection

[@AlanXEverfrost]

@@MrEntinen You'd need to do that at least, otherwise the piranhas are a waste of money. Assuming, of course, you intend for them to clean up any "waste" that has become too much of an obstruction in your plans...because otherwise they are actually rather timid creatures that shy away from humans, even in their tank.

[@amtep]

I'm sure they will be fed regularly via trap door

[@gcdventer]

The wall turns on it’s axis, one man works while the other relaxes.

[@kristianTV1974]

The big wheel keeps on turning..

[@JoeM-tx5pm]

This is one of my favourite ever KZbin comments, tremendous peep show reference

[@isbestlizard]

He's right though, the fire does need to remain burning as the wall rotates otherwise what even is the point?

[@ben9DB]

2:22 genuinely terrifying 🤣

[@POPTARTPSYCHO18]

He should have gone to Angie's List in the section under "Contractors for Evil Villains" for some discrete and reliable work without that pesky safety crap.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Thing is, you don't need to rotate the chimney. Make a cylindrical chimney, and rotate the wall around the chimney.

[@kirishima638]

Good luck getting planning permission, mate. It’s a listed building.

[@NMA_NoMoreAmmo]

HSE we just love them

[@temwananinkana3419]

I love ths series

[@cissegoalpao1]

I'd love to see a movie where David plays this role.

[@wilfriedklaebe]

Is Mel Brooks still making films?

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

Health and Safety regs. Don't you just love them ?

[@guymartin6514]

So good! ! :)

[@buca117]

Bull on the fireplace problem. Just have a a break in the chimney with a gasketed bearing.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

Or have the fireplace be the axis, that would eliminate the need to move the chimney.

[@ajivins1]

You may be exactly for whom I have been looking, Mr buca117...

[@leonardobrien]

Keep the fireplace wall as is, and simply rotate the building

[@mariondiabolito4054]

Assuming it's amusing to take it too seriously, there's absolutely no reason all of a wall must rotate to reveal a hidden chamber. you can have the book shelves be girts and have posts on either side of the rotating wall-let.

[@nl1regiment746]

“Alas I abhor informality” 🔥

[@randomcommenter8783]

Don't suppose anyone else noticed that the three-tone choral note at the beginning was the same one used in Timesplitters: Future Person in the zombie level?

[@zombieyeager1654]

I’m so glad someone else picked up on this, it sounded so familiar, but I couldn’t tell if I was going crazy or not since I haven’t played it for like ten years or less

[@joachimwalle3760]

Also from the Aliens theme! :D

[@rckoegel]

you can absolutely rotate a chimney!

[@Shamshiadadd]

Just another day at World Economic Forum...

[@miriamspringett3797]

Mr Cooch? :D I just heard his name even though I've watched this many times.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

Probably like Koch or Köch.

[@plasticfrog4533]

@@lufsolitaire5351 as a german speaking person, that's not how it's pronounced in german. Or what language do you mean?

[@lufsolitaire5351]

@@plasticfrog4533 No I’m saying that it’s that name but bastardized by Anglicization. Of course it’s sound different when pronounced in its native language.

[@AB-gw6uf]

It could be 'Couch'. Have heard that it's a British name, and Wikipedia says it's from Cornwall.

[@TheBetterGame]

Hilarious what we called HQ back in 2009

[@bridgecross]

"have that done by Tuesday" LOL

[@mityaboy4639]

Mind you, If it were done properly... then after the contractor left, you would remove all the safety barrier / sound / lights and everything. So the contractor done it according to the books (including overpricing and being late anyway) - AND the evil mastermind would have his way too... as for the rotating fire... that most certainly can be done... but not with that attitude :)

[@AboveTheWaterline]

This is so funny!

[@TheRokkiephantomlove]

The rotating wall with a chimney in it Is totally possible if you have two pipes in the chimney, one on top of the other, inserted inside each other So the lower pipe rotates with the wall on its axsis, and the top pipe dosent move at all. Look this is very difficult to descripe without visual aids

[@Splitface2811]

Or make a section of the chimney a cylinder and have the rotation point be the center of the chimney. Would have to spin from the bottom and probably need some kind of seal.

[@daz.6112]

Love the ambiguity.

[@SkandiaAUS]

Better Call Saul covers how they buillt the super meth lab. Was actually realled detailed and believable. David Mitchell should have called Saul.

[@user-qv2mc3dw5o]

jesse we have to cook

[@Eriandel]

"can't rotate a chimney" if it's on its axis, why can you not rotate a circular chimney

[@sithlordzach8418]

Or have a donut-like rotating wall that leaves the chimney stationary, but circles you behind it.

[@latenightlogic]

0:46 sounds like canned laughter

[@ShatteredxSpiritx]

Reminds me of talking to cleverbot.

[@thornbottle]

and there is an Oscar winner in this scene

[@DannyWalton92]

@IrishJV Hahaaaaa, the best quote of the sketch!! :D

[@Inside_China_Business]

Ryan got promoted quickly.

[@JhericFury]

To be fair, i'm pretty sure if it's for your own house Health and Safety is not an issue. And i shall stick to this view because i want a rotating library wall, goddamn it.

[@edf1435]

Didnt Calippo used to be a sort of kids ice lolly?

[@Isobel31Swan]

The WEF.

[@chrishaddow5644]

Hahahahaha klaus schwab

[@AamuAurora]

Warning ⚠ this wall might revolve

[@McRascal]

Which LOTR is this?

[@TallSilentGuy]

David looks and sounds like Rowan Atkinson in this.

[@ghostpanic]

Kind of a fuck up when Davids Evil Genius character said he HATES formality so wont call the builder by his 1st name, but when he talks to the guy he wants to send down the shoot he says .... "No Hugo u wont!" Lol (EPIC sketch tho!) :D WINNING!

[@punkiller666]

Hugo is actually a last name, innit?

[@Tampacomputerdoctors1]

which fact checking this video's second part you can absolutely rotate the chimney or at least the inner chimney liner can probably

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

You're overthinking it.

[@DeathnoteBB]

How?

[@Tampacomputerdoctors1]

@@DeathnoteBB chimney liners are round, and rotate inside chimney already when they are installed.

[@mickmackem1479]

Fred dibnah would have done it bloody elf and safety

[@Forge17]

Legolas’ grandson was clearly an English major

[@kev9089798767]

Isn't Calippo an ice lolly?

[@JohnD640]

Many people believe so...

[@s-traiss7313]

Mauler from the real BBC sent me here

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Where is the splat the rat casino one....

[@JaquzziJones]

Hi

[@HunterShows]

Pretty much an Austin Powers scene.

[@Maesterful]

240p is HQ? 😂

[@Jose-xh5qb]

This was from simpler times.

[@thomasmacnab480]

David is the better of the two but only by a slim margin

[@sandwichofshadows]

This is early similar to what i had to go through redoing my home several months ago, ,,,erm....but not for rotating walls but having to justify to the highschool dropout being more than adequately paid for his time and effort just why exactly I felt I needed a light for my side entrance porch's steps and extended overhang to keep ice and shadowy steps from killing my aunt.

[@OLDCHEMIST1]

Spot on about how irritatingly stupid health and safety is! Often the obvious dangers are highlighted and the actual things that cause harm are not. Wonderfully funny!

[@misterprecocious2491]

piranhas? bit of. a cliché is it, any way piranhas are omnivore's.

[@ajivins1]

I'm sure Mr Omnivore should have some for sale...

[@MidnightSt]

great! suitable not only for disposing of live biological material, but also your common household trash!

[@Sezgesh]

Any video that has HQ in the title but the highest resolution is 240p automatically gets a thumbs down, regardless of whether I like the video or not.

[@ThreeinoneJDD]

HQ and HD are not the same thing you know >> HD is determined by the resolution but HQ just means High Quality, in any way, this one has high sound and visual quality as in it's been well produced and edited.

[@publius101]

+Sezgesh or maybe the hq=headquarters....

[@fabse64]

+Sezgesh Back when this video was uploaded, 360p was HD by KZbin standards.

[@kochkochkoch]

This is from 2009.

[@4stringsbetter]

An evil prank indeed.

[@markvoelker6620]

It's better without the irritating laugh track.