🎄The Christmas Specials, Game 3 - No More Jockeys [25.12.20]

[@sfoster.23]

Tim’s “he’s my friend” was very wholesome for NMJ

[@peacefulpaul]

Really nice

[@MyNvK]

Can I just say, the muting of Key was probably the hardest I laughed at NMJ, and i laughed hard a lot. OVER!

[@Eight-Bit-Kit]

Merry Christmas to everyone above and below the line. Over.

[@BenStockdale]

Merry Christmas to everyone who, when you think about them, are above or below the line.

[@yohini5470]

Happy Xmas to you. Over.

[@jackholmes225]

Feeeebs, one boiled egg. Over.

[@askesl]

And that is without exception.

[@bbbotc]

Watto drunk and covered in shaving foam really is a Christmas treat

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

Oh what a Christmas treat, Watson's covered in shaving cream, Key has a prepared statement on job gloves, and Horne forgot that his best mate's books were ever published. Merry Christmas to all!

[@daylightsleeptight]

FTFY: Cold gloves

[@Ellyerre]

That little cross after the asterisk is called an obelisk. Which I only know because Astérix and Obélix were named as typographical puns. Merry Christmas to everyone below and above: the line, Birmingham and Paris.

[@RFC-3514]

There are actually several (slightly different) marks known as "obelisk" and "obelus", so that type of cross is often called a "dagger" to clarify the exact character. Also, "obelisk" means "pillar of stone" and "asterisk" means "little star", hence why Astérix is so short, and why Obélix is massive and always walks around with a menhir.

[@kevineugenius]

I love how Mark is so twitchy and seems so anxious and insecure yet is up for absolutely anything. Love it, aspire to it.

[@myrin265]

the moment at 9:58 has so many layers: key being immensely proud of his joke, the [STIFLING GIGGLING] subtitle over watto in a disastrous state, and horne's commendable effort to not acknowledge the joke with any facial reaction whatsoever

[@MrMackay64]

The Mert Aksac stat got a giggle from me.

[@Jobewiggle]

Me too, I did giggle too.

[@dmleach]

The Mert Ak-stat

[@MrMackay64]

@@dmleach 👏 lovely

[@MichaelCoombes776]

It's a name that, when I think about it, gets funnier every time I say it, especially if I widen the syllables. MERT........ AC-SACK. Mores the pity that the last c has a cedilla and so probably wouldn't be pronounced with a "k" sound.

[@froghornleghorn]

The Christmas meringue elf, portrayed here by Watto, is one of my favourite Christmas traditions

[@Apberg1]

Yes I'm looking forward to Christmas dinner, thanks for asking Tim. Always nice when someone over the line is showing care for us under said line. The other two should take notes and learn som Christmas manners.

[@jackfrost9259]

What age does Tim Key have to get to before we can class him as a national treasure?

[@ZaphodTHEBeeblebrox]

Keys "Thats my friend!" was v sweet 😌

[@roarmalf]

The best thing about the pandemic is all these beautiful gems of creation that, when you stop to think about it, would never have existed otherwise.

[@VideoNozoki]

Kudos to Mark Watson for all the effort he put into his snow & hats!! It is appreciated. Merry Christmas to you.

[@kevinl6093]

It's so clear Key's reaction is what Watto was looking for when he put that shaving foam on.

[@frankiesca]

Watching from Rovaniemi! Thx for the shout out. Also I’m watching in may 2023 so a bit late but thanks nonetheless

[@julielong6407]

Mr Horne, Mr Key and Mr Watson. I just want to say thank you for spending the time to bring us these wonderful games every week. It has been a dark, scary, frankly horrible year and NMJ is a much needed regular dose of laughter and lunacy. As a result of your larks there are many things that shouldn't make me laugh that now do. Oscar the Oscar, Matt Hancock, Moses, left handed people... the list goes on! Wishing everyone below the line and of course, you lovely fellows above the line, a very happy Christmas. Over. ❤

[@nachofandango2508]

Watto's dedication to the Christmas theme is, when you think about it, to be applauded. Thanks to all ATL for making us smile. Over.

[@JarlDM]

I'm just saying, I'd watch a live version of this even (maybe especially) if it was longer and more meandering

[@Peteroranje]

Live version, with the audience as the fourth competitor!

[@danielcooper8964]

@@Peteroranje live audience, primarily to get genuine reactions. I have literally left my seat on multiple occasions watching from home, can't imagine what It would be like in the flesh

[@ob2395]

Big if.

[@xobxob]

Would enjoy a unedited version with live commentary in any lulls from Ivo Graham and Miles Jupp.

[@jacksonjackson297]

An unprecedented clean sweep. Won’t see that achievement again anytime soon. Merry Christmas to the players and everyone BTL.

[@Anonymouse85]

I love the guys above the line so much, the entertainment you've provided us with in a very dark year has been tremendous and Haiminh Le, your editing and the addition of stellar subtitles make it perfect. Thanks guys, it's been great to have something enjoyable to look forward to every week. Please continue for a long time to come.

[@mikeharman4257]

"Yeah I've muted him"

[@cilycwmmoths2565]

This was much needed today. Solo Christmas much cheered up by this game. Thanks all above the line from this person below the line.

[@nickhowlett6534]

"no it's not a reprieve, that's not appropriate" says Mark sternly as he wipes shaving foam from his hands into his jumper

[@samcollins5723]

hands down, this is the best thing to come out of this year, also this needs to be done in live shows

[@shanecommins7968]

Considering this was filmed, edited, and released by 9am on Christmas morning, and considering the shape Watto appears to be in already, let's all hope it wasn't actually filmed on Christmas day.

[@AshleySmith-dw6wh]

Merry Christmas from below the line

[@rowanaboat4523]

Happy Christmas.

[@jdearr1]

~3:25 "one of those little crosses next to your asterisk" Best Christmas present so far this year! It's just what I wanted!!!

[@johnlewis2930]

Does Australian Santa wear gloves? If so job gloves not cold gloves and the reprieve stands

[@LifeLostSoul]

From Hawaii, Santa doesn't wear gloves when surfing, but put on gloves when visiting children. They are job gloves.

[@ob2395]

Big if.

[@ColinHall]

The play wasn't "Santa", it was "Father Christmas". Not the same person.

[@Christopher_Clark]

Nobody has found matching fingerprints on all gifts from Father Christmas. That's because he wears gloves. And that's _why_ they are job gloves. They are necessary to protect himself from breaking and entering litigation.

[@woodwose_scot]

Tim Key is a profound philosophical genius. Why indeed can we only go so far north, yet we can travel east or west forever?

[@keytostart7053]

Because there is no East or West Pole.

[@trevorlutz6807]

@@keytostart7053 yet

[@googleuser859]

Tim Key, when you think about it, is always firm but fair.

[@Shift8YawnsShift8]

To: ATL, Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Lots of love: BTL xxx

[@maladaptvs]

immensely proud of christmas key

[@MindGardener]

You think Santa goes bare-handed when he delivers presents in Australia and Brazil? Nah, the burlap of his gift sack would chafe his hands. Those are job gloves, mate.

[@eviemere]

Princess Diana has for sure worn several capes, Key!

[@TheLucindabelle]

I goggled this the second he said her name and she has indeed worn several capes!

[@SteRDLK]

Was one of them Geoff?

[@dustandcobwebs]

Some very enjoyable festive fun as ever. Thank you for brightening my day. It's always a treat with a new episode.

[@stillhereforsomereason]

The summary table is just * chef's kiss *

[@sfoster.23]

Merry Christmas!! Thanks for all the laughs guys. Made this year more bearable

[@TheSplitWindow]

Thank you for all of these. Happy Christmas!

[@bondfool]

Merry Christmas, boys! Thank you so much for keeping us all entertained this year. I hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday and a very happy New Year!

[@InvKam]

I for one have always been opposed to Waston cleaning his hands

[@ArtMorte]

Key, Horne... whatever is going on with Watson, you guys need to intervene.

[@Gawge10]

Had 10,000-1 odds on Key doing the clean sweep for Christmas. Merry Christmas.

[@philh5292]

This was a perfect way to end Christmas Day. 🤓 TBH I'd forgotten all about it being a Friday as I was only thinking of it as 'Christmas Day', so it was a real bonus to see it listed on KZbin tonight. Another great episode, as usual.

[@laurapolly4759]

Thank you boys. Merry Christmas to you and yours ❤️⭐️

[@pebblepicassos]

I love an aggressive Christmas opening.... Jing Bells! 🛎

[@babyisaacthomas1007]

My feeling is that Mark Watson was really drunk for this one.

[@danstone6871]

Wholeheartedly agree with The Key Prepared Statement. Wondering whether Watson should continue eating carrots after the elf transition.

[@bazh6041]

Respecting the statement from Key... it's a strong argument, if a little late. Also love the thought process of "I don't know alot about Adolf Hitler......... I'm going to go Princess Diana" Strong play from Key again today... I feel like the above Birmingham below Paris strategy may have had the tiniest smidgen of pre-planning, and if it did it's an absolute doozy. Can't help but think he's gonna be a real theat once normal play resumes. Glad Watson bowed without pressing the reprieve today... they're starting to feel a little overused. Proposing a one reprieve per player per set rule going forward. All in all, great game, when you think about it. Merry Christmas, to one job glove and all.

[@3GreenMojo]

big fan of how the subtitler first wrote the shaving foam as the "shaming foam"

[@earldizon8532]

A perfect conclusion. And I loved the table with the footnotes at the end.

[@lanadragonfly]

A christmas day NMJ?? When you sit down and have a little think about it, I don't mind it.

[@LOCKEYJ]

When you think about it, it’s Christmas day

[@lanadragonfly]

When you think about it, I said Christmas Day.

[@LOCKEYJ]

@@lanadragonfly nice edit😂 I’ll never tell

[@xtrapolis954m]

Over!

[@eandl3511]

For those of us who live below the line, in frequently below -20C, we can certainly verify that cold gloves are NOT the same as work gloves especially if you want to prevent frostbite 🥶. Well done Keys 💪🇨🇦

[@zeldywind]

Alex muted Tim AS I was changing the volume of my headphones...he totally got me there!

[@leslieedwards6833]

I think Key might he celebrating Festivus. He started with an airing of grievances.

[@mariae9429]

And his win could be considered a Festivus miracle.

[@superdooperpaul]

What a start to the day. Merry Christmas BTLs

[@Nabend1402]

Cold gloves can be job gloves. I bet there's an employer, e.g. a postal service, in a cold country that issues cold gloves as part of their uniform, thereby making them job gloves.

[@Nabend1402]

Just googled it, USPS in the US does this. So does the postal service in Finland. Lapland is in Finland. Santa is essentially a glorified postman.That Asterix beside Key's name must remain! And make sure it's not an *. We demand an Asterix!

[@adamclark6756]

If you work in a freezer are your gloves of the cold or job variety? Very fiddly category.

[@post1305]

is Santas hat a job hat, or is it just to keep his head warm ? Done!

[@GordonHugenay]

When Santa delivers his presents in Australia, does he wear the gloves? There's no need for cold gloves in Australia.

[@post1305]

ElzearYoung - maybe he wears them to protect him from snake and/or spider bites

[@BodywiseMustard]

Those crosses are called obelisks, hence Asterix and Obelix

[@S4nt14g08]

Early 90s QPR finally getting the recognition they deserve

[@callmeedwardo1753]

For Christmas dinner, I'm going to have Christmas dinner. From below the line.

[@helenstone2146]

I would argue that Crowe was wearing a cloak not a cape.

[@GrayHateborn]

I concur - the cape covers from shoulders to waist, longer items are cloaks.

[@BodywiseMustard]

@@GrayHateborn the distinction between cloaks and capes is that cloaks wrap around the whole body. It is not about length

[@GrayHateborn]

@@BodywiseMustard Not according to any definition I can find.

[@ZoeFell]

Merry Christmas Below The Line! Merry Christmas Above The Line! 🎄🎄🎄

[@living4ward2it]

Thanks for being yourselves together and inviting us to join in cheery companionship!

[@gryrabild]

I really respect this play, Key. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@daupomatic]

They key Key call to go with stripes in the clinch was genius play, methinks.

[@DomHodgson]

Recieved a Job Gloves t-shirt for Christmas and I've never been happier... just need a pin badge next!

[@SeanS102]

Santa doesn't NEED to wear his gloves for his job, but they help with his job, in the same way Penelope Pitstop doesn't NEED to wear her gloves, but they help with her job. If Santa's gloves are just "cold gloves" then his trousers are just "cold trousers", but I think we'd all agree the man wouldn't be fit to do the job if he was delivering presents naked from the waist down. Merry Christmas xx

[@SgtLion]

But there's no aspect specifically about Santa's job that calls for gloves, it's just that by coincidence he lives in a cold place. Penelope Pitstop's JOB as a driver is clearly the driving reason behind her wearing gloves, Santa just lives up north. We would agree the man's not fit for the job without trousers, but he's fit for it without gloves, if anything he might be better at handling presents, just his hands would feel cold.

[@SeanS102]

@@SgtLion Cold hands can be very dangerous, really if anything he should be wearing proper leather gloves, not mittens, but it'd give him a sinister vibe

[@mab9277]

Santa is driving a team of reindeer. Gloves are important to protect ones hands from the reins used while driving a team.

[@SeanS102]

@@mab9277 Very true. The evidence just keeps stacking up.

[@philh5292]

I was going to make a similar point to the OP on the original thread about Santa / Job gloves. Gloves don't have to be an absolute necessity to the job in order to still be job gloves for a person. I've seen some goalkeepers play in goal without gloves - so they're not an absolute necessity - but they're still job gloves for the many that wear them. Similarly, people can drive without gloves - but they're still job gloves when professional drivers wear them. There may be parts of Santa's 'job' - when he's indoors - that he doesn't need gloves for. But when he's outside delivering the presents, and holding the reins of the Reindeer, then gloves are very much part of his uniform and his job.

[@Sam-wv4fz]

I'm used to Horne calling Watto "Mark", but hearing Key say it at 2:26, I nearly gasped. That's how serious that statement was!

[@eandl3511]

Soooooo elated Keys wins!!!! 👏👏👏 it was very well deserved and a great Xmas present 💝 for those of us “below the line” 😆

[@TheAppeyes]

I imagine Key feels like Wizzard and wishes it could be christmas everyday so he could keep winning games

[@noahwillett23]

Merry Christmas to, when you think about it, the guys below the line, above the line and elsewhere around the line.

[@jevanwoodrow]

If you sit down and really think about it, Happy Christmas everyone both above and below the line, Over!

[@Izzno]

Merry Christmas to, when you stop and have a good thinking about it, everyone on either side of the line.

[@MatONeill]

Merry Christmas everybody! This upload distracted me and now there will be no cauliflower cheese.

[@sfoster.23]

The prepared statement was the best

[@ministryofungentlemanlywarfare]

Diana and Adolf both keen cape wearers, but when you think about it it's Christmas and the guys are going to be a little more relaxed. Merry Christmas below-the-liners!

[@jedharper5858]

Game three! In work over xmas cant wait to finish now so i can watch this

[@Tommyisprettyok]

Is there a list of rules No More Jockeys, including the later additions?

[@bunches66]

Merry Christmas from the btl's

[@michaellee8816]

Christmas is a day that, when you think about it, is on December 25th.....

[@julianlineham]

Merry Christmas!

[@PFPOD1998]

When you think about it, they should've challenged Diana on the cape

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

That snowman on Hornes trees is terrifying

[@KNic0lson]

Merry Christmas lads

[@iaingardiner4079]

Key is the King of Kristmas.

[@enbyennui]

Tim's "cold gloves" argument is unfortunately destroyed by the existence of New Zealand, Australia, and all other southern hemisphere countries with widespread belief in/celebration of Christmas/Santa

[@jenniferkovar5455]

Cannot wait for an even newer category of *HOT* gloves next.

[@SilverEye91]

Another great one from Tim. What does North mean anyway? Does anyone know?

[@KunoSA1]

Merry Christmas to the ATLs. And the BTLs too.

[@witherkay]

I can't abide Watson washing his hands. Not on Christmas.

[@joepower6657]

If you can't reprieve at Christmas, when can you? Give the man a reprieve. A Christmas reprieve.

[@karensouthworth2946]

Lovely ❤️❤️

[@stupidusername46]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@Parksey01]

Tried to say a certain German dictator wore a cape- but apparently saying he who shall not be named is against comment guidelines - Merry Christmas :)

[@xtrapolis954m]

Voldemort?

[@SgtLion]

Good call! external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fayay.co.uk%2Fbackgrounds%2Fhistorical%2Fnazi_third_reich%2Fhitler-wearing-dark-cloak.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

[@hewaseatenbyowls8188]

mert acsack?

[@simonchunk9486]

I reckon princess diana did too

[@MalcolmPowder]

Merry Christmas to the ATLs and the BTLs. Including me who, when you think about it, is BTL.

[@benbradley_123]

Merry Christmas ATLs!

[@Jmixup]

I'd say Key makes a valid point, but I suppose you can explain both sides of that argument ha!

[@PlanckRelic]

Santa wears gloves as protection when handling reins all night, not just cold protection. Hence, job gloves.

[@GrayHateborn]

He also wears them when he is hard at work in warmer climes - they are part of the uniform of Santa, worn regardless of temperature. You are correct. Asterisk stands. Over.

[@Kimberton149]

Seasons greetings to all above and below the line, but specifically to Mert Acsac, wherever he may be.