The darkest sketch comedy TV show of all time

[@reubengv_]

HOPE YOU ENJOYED! This was a huge project for me and I can't reiterate how grateful I am for the success on the last video. Please read the source list before you ask any questions, and subscribe for a video on the first Wednesday of every month :) (odd, I know)

[@skialsbasement6040]

epic

[@GuitarSolosInc.]

Great work!!!! Already excited for your next one!!! I'm going to have to watch jam now. It seems like a surreal adventure to say the least!!!

[@amy53241]

it's a damn shame the algorithm didn't push this video nearly as much as the first one, but I still loved it :D

[@Reginald425]

Really appreciate the accurate subtitles, not many people manually write them.

[@GaxMiu]

keep making the videos for yourself and we'll know how to appreciate it... thanks again

[@enigma19833]

The sketch where Mark Heap installs a giant woodchipper on his ex's front garden, jumps into it and sprays him bloody remains over her bedroom window is legit the most fucked up laughing fit I've ever had.

[@davidrobert2007]

Martina! I'm coming back, Martina!

[@8g36gi]

I did not want to see this comment today this is fucking disgusting...

[@bitchpus]

Thomas Dolby playing in background. Gold.

[@markmayonnaise1163]

I'm in a weird sleep deprived mood so the punchline about the guy jumping off the balcony on the first floor 40 times instead of the fortieth once absolutely slaughtered me

[@INeedToSeeYourBalls1945]

Watching video essays while sleep deprived is an incredible feeling.

[@B2washere]

its hard to keep your eyes opened.@@INeedToSeeYourBalls1945

[@Lincolnlogsoff]

That is funny

[@Lincolnlogsoff]

​@@INeedToSeeYourBalls1945you don't get suicidal or have seizures if you lose too much sleep?

[@zarathustra1430]

It really happened

[@gesture]

I love that TV Lizard sketch so much. The technician slowly antagonising the couple with his advice to the shit eating grin he has on his face saying that he is "Mr. Lizard" and that his boss is "Mr. Lizardé" while the husband loses his fucking mind is hysterical. pure gold.

[@jacoblockwood4034]

For some reason it reminds me John I Want a Divorce kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnW7o4NvfaqHaKM

[@rhekdens]

You dotn undsteand how loud i was fucking laughing just the way that he says it AND I FIND TEH ENDING FUNNY

[@rhekdens]

WHY IS THIS 4TH SKetch SO FUNNY TOO THE WAY SHE SAYS THAT SHIT TO A PERSON BREAKING DOWN CRYING ITS HILARIOUS

[@grunions9648]

Mark Heap is great in everything he's done, especially his work with Chris Morris.

[@OIP_1]

it's my favourite sketch of all time

[@polrua]

I once described this series as "comedy so black you have to sign a waiver saying you're not Anish Kapoor or acting as his representative before you're allowed to laugh at it".

[@candyzombiee]

i wasn’t expecting an art pigment fanbase deepcut here in the comments. very niche but very explanatory

[@DrunkPlaylists]

hilarious

[@_The_Archive_]

The show feels like the most accurate depiction of dreaming

[@CallMe_LEGO]

Like your stuck and confused

[@officialneverfar]

yeah its a fever dream.

[@pathetic_girl]

i swear ive seen some of these clips in my dreams before im sure of it

[@marcusorme261]

Was just thinking the same 😬

[@Juggler4071]

The Blue Jam radio show is available on KZbin, and is a great to listen to as you drift off to sleep. A lot of the music has been removed for copyright reasons, which means it's hard to get the full, weird experience that original listeners had at 2am when it first broadcast. But it's close.

[@micahgerami3444]

I'm a dirty American obsessed with British comedy shows and drinking a bunch of nyquil while sick and binging Big Train, Fifteen Storeys High, Monkey Dust and Jam over the course of a week is one of the greatest memories I have. Chris Morris is the best.

[@bigjonradio]

Great shows. Hunt down Snuffbox too. Matt Berry & Rich Fulcher's sketch show.

[@micahgerami3444]

LOVE Snuff Box. I could listen to both Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher read a dictionary. @@bigjonradio

[@evanhughes7609]

Monkey Dust! There's another blast of high-octane nightmare fuel.

[@NevilleBamshu23]

Monkey dust was awesome...in fact every series you mention is awesome...

[@krashd]

Green Wing is one of my favourites of that era, it was a surreal show set in a hospital that had story arcs like a drama but was just absurd jokes from beginning to end. To this day it is my favourite UK comedy even surpassing Big Train and Spaced, thankfully the entire cast are from those two shows and the shows you mentioned.

[@polarsen]

I’m glad you made a video about this obscure british show before pyrocynical did.

[@jpeg1991]

I clicked this thinking "if it's not Jam, he's wrong".

[@markboyle9941]

I clicked on it thinking "If it's not Jam, I'll van him to the fens."

[@DrOli]

​@@markboyle9941I clicked on this thinking "if it's not jam I'm going to go and swallow a gun and find this guy"

[@Juggler4071]

Plumber Baby / Smart Pipes remains one of my favourite sketches of all time. It is so well-written. On top of the main premise, there is a back story about the woman's relationship with her husband being strained by the death of their child that is revealed in some of the throwaway lines ("You fixed the taps and you did a lovely job - they've never dripped since. And what's more important, a baby or a tap? He's only 3 weeks and they're supposed to last much longer. My husband says he'll leave if I keep talking about the taps, but I know I'm right." and the faded out closing lines of "Oh, you've got such smart pipes! I think Daddy will like your pipes. I don't think he'll go when he sees your pipes."). And you just know that there is further tragedy round the corner when the husband comes home to find that his insane, grief-stricken wife has routed the boiler through the corpse of their dead baby.

[@bigjonradio]

That sketch is devastating, but so fundamental. Incredible how a 'comedy' sketch can evoke such a wide range of emotions. A commentary on how bereaved mothers will do everything they can, even to the edge of madness. I was floored when I heard it again recently.

[@ChrisIsEditing]

I don't know why, but that TV lizard sketch has me crying from laughter. There's just something about the dude slowly descending into a mental breakdown while the TV repair guy teases him and runs out laughing

[@tugabooga]

Thank fuck I'm not the only one lol

[@davidhatred7275]

you'll like the one where they shrink kevin eldons car, that was the 1fps one shown lol

[@russellbambergertwo]

I've never experienced anything like this before, despite being very into surreal and absurd comedy. I started laughing hysterically when he broke down, without knowing what in particular I found funny about it. Amazing

[@redhandtheblack]

@@davidhatred7275 Who's going to drive that, FUCKING NODDY?!!?!

[@doggoli]

Hearing #20 from Aphex Twin slowly fade in while Davis tells that woman about the man (presumably her husband or son) that drowned in his canoe was an utterly terrifying yet powerful moment. I gotta watch this show...

[@dog-ez2nu]

But it's ok because she got to see Cats.

[@nathanmcgill7249]

This whole show basically feels like if Aphex Twin made TV shows instead of music

[@mikekelly321]

@@nathanmcgill7249 as I understand it, Chris Morris and Richard D James are mates and have worked together on projects

[@josemaria8177]

If it's made by Chris Morris, then it's going to scar you and leave you laughing maniacally in equal portions. God I love it

[@conflictdiamonds]

One of the best shows ever made. I once made the mistake of trying to share it with a group of folk after a dinner party. The stunned silence haunts me. :)

[@bigjonradio]

Ha! You've gotta be hugely selective who you share it with. Just put the plumber sketch on loop with your work colleagues....

[@domc2909]

oops

[@culloden1745]

I always suggest it when I meet new people as I find it is a good measure of the people. If they love it then we can be friends.

[@Chris-uh7cw]

Monkey Dust was also notable for its use of music and is dark af , regular characters include The Paedofinder General and a divorced father who tries really hard to connect with his son but it goes wrong every week ( I won't elaborate as it's a spoiler)

[@puntme]

Monkey Dust is a masterpiece. I've never seen something so unrelentingly depressing and misanthropic lol

[@robdielemans9189]

TIMMMMMIEEE!!!!! Don't forget first time cottager.

[@redhandtheblack]

I'm Ivan Dobsky, the meatsafe murderer!

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

@@robdielemans9189 Primero cottagero

[@KenLieck]

A few other dark animated shows that come to mind in a similar vein are Modern Toss, Popetown, and Arrgh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! Mr Hell is on KZbin. Not sure about the others...

[@CosmicBos]

I love Jam, watched it relentlessly when the DVD came out, listened to the CD too many times to mention. Chris Morris is such a genius, and the cast have never bettered their off kilter performances here. Julia Davis especially kills every scene, my personal fave is the 'hiring stupid people to do jobs for you' sketch, so masterfully performed that it perfectly encapsulates the experience. And as you said, the soundtrack is freaking awesome

[@titovalasques]

Mark Heap is a gem. His impression of a bar patron interpreting everyone’s banter as an jab at him not being married in Big Train is absolutely hysterical.

[@garethmitchell7723]

Coke cans, not Tango, coke!

[@ajmaloleary3553]

Yes I wanted to comment, " I'm not afraid of you" But it might be, "I'm not scared of you" And now I think he may have added, "... you know", at the end. I'd have just watched it, but if I do, I might not find your comment again, so I can share our pleasure at the brilliance of this sketch.

[@DavidHeffron78]

The 4ft card monologue is my favourite. "What am I? Fucking Noddy!"

[@ProspectHummer]

fucking 4 foot vauxhall carton oh fucking yes!

[@chrisbeaumont4630]

I make so much jam in my pants when I'm watching this show. It happens gleefully, from all holes. I try to save as much of it as I can

[@beauzest5525]

I remember an animation sketch show called Monkey Dust around the same time as Jam which had a similar creepy dark feel. The only cast member I can recall is Mordena Banks who was part a 90’s comedy sketch show called Absolutely. Both shows are worth seeking out.

[@13thcentury]

Monkey Dust was f***d up 😅 Espionage when Clive is walking home to Goldfrap 😅

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Monkey Dust was amazing. Such a shame the BBC never released the second and third series on DVD...

[@robdielemans9189]

@@howtoappearincompletely9739Even if they did, they wouldn't have the original accompanying music, better to download them from somewhere. Still to this day extremely relevant.

[@sichambers9011]

Mista hopppiiiiiieeee!

[@jsmith498]

Clive, where have you REALLY been? (Sigh) I've spent the last 6 years trying to fill a bathtub with spunk.

[@vinvenal4243]

I love this era of British comedy, and jam and big train were both highlights imo

[@lonelyboi7547]

Your channel is immensely underrated and I’m really looking forward to more content like this! The way you described such a niche and morbid show in a way that got me invested proves you’re a great content creator. Real funny too!

[@reubengv_]

awww thank you so much!!!!

[@tugabooga]

​@@reubengv_ fr only found you now but the amount of views in the Russian Roulette vid sure is a very good indicator of how good u are. Looking forward to whatever u are planning to do

[@DokkaChapman]

Mark Heap had an amazing career around this time. He went from Spaced, to Jam to Green Wing, creating an overall amazing ability to act like a bloke who's just about ready to lose his mind. Kevin Eldon was similar, but his shtick was about being able to play roles with various strange accents. In Black Books we was "The Cleaner", in IT Crowd a computer helpline with a voice that could barely be legible, and is still going to this day, most recently seen in Doctor Who as the alien 'ribbons'.

[@bigpauliep6992]

"I AM Rod Hull!" Eldon also managed the impossible, and pulled the Dad's Army : Lost Episodes together with his Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones impersonation.

[@DokkaChapman]

@@bigpauliep6992 Yeah if anyone was gonna pull it off it was gonna be him.

[@bigpauliep6992]

@@DokkaChapman I've always thought of Eldon, Heap and Davis as the glue that binds. Julia Davis was one of the few good things about Gavin and Stacey. Her portrayal of bored housewife on the cusp of a sexual awakening stole the show. That's probably why Corden used her sparingly.

[@nigelkennedy2557]

This is one of my absolute favourite tv shows of all time it’s indescribable

[@synthgal1090]

As someone who is depressed and suicidal the jumping off the first floor balcony bit was fucking hilarious.

[@kikilles_]

I luv little british man in my computer screen. I can't believe you have only been doing this for such a short amount of time. the amount of effort and entertainment I got just out of your two videos is more than I get out of some entire KZbin channels out there. and the fact that you can create such interesting and honestly refreshing experiences while still not excessively stretching your videos is admirable. I am completely mystified by you mister and I hope to see many more surprises from you. 💜 I am so glad KZbin randomly recommended me your videos

[@JONNYTUBSTER]

Thank you for doing a video on this !!! Literally a top 3 show ever made for me, no other show has blurred the line between deprived horror and potent, indistinguishable satire like Jam. The soundtrack is amazing too, plentiful of Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Mixmaster Morris and Eno! Shoutout the Richard D James album in the back you got when showing off the CD hahaha. Aphex the goat! Hope this channel gets more attention since the quality and editing is incredible ! Four lions is the best film ever made too hahaha

[@reubengv_]

I thought no one would notice that!!! Cheers for the comment 🙌

[@jacobwatkinson6071]

Always great to hear people talking about JAM, I think it's one of the greatest things ever televised. The DVD has alternative versions of each episode, my personal favourite being for episode 3. It's called 'Quadrilateral Lava Lamp Version' and though practically unwatchable, the memory of my friend and I watching it and absolutely howling with laughter for 20 minutes is something I treasure. I recently uploaded it on my channel as I couldn't find it anywhere online to those interested. Also a travesty that no comments mention David Cann, his lovely buttery voice is so perfectly suited to contrast the surreal horrors of this show.

[@michaelvessel4604]

Jam almost feels like proto Adult Swim but in a much drier, subdued British way. Totally can see how this series was ahead of it's time, like it almost predates post-ironic internet humor by like 20 or so years.

[@natimomusic]

I knew Chris Morris from IT Crowd personally and never thought any fucking second he would have played on that show. Glad to learn with you, Reuben.

[@bigpauliep6992]

Morris struck literal gold with that cast. Eldon, Heap and Davis are three of the finest comedic actors that Britain has ever produced. I'm hoping you get around to Nighty Night at some point, because Julia's work is continually overlooked and frankly that's criminal.

[@bmmaaate]

Do it. I was a latecomer to Nighty Night and loved it.

[@555sothis6]

Jill's performance at her hubby's fake funeral was epic 😂

[@kevinedw2002]

Hunderby is genius

[@anactualmotherbear]

The first sketch I saw was the Piss Doctor. What a lovely first impression.

[@fredess3737]

I appreciate the nod towards Nothing To Do With Me by Stereolab song in the background at the start. Researching lyrics and finding out they only used quotes from Jam was how I learned about Chris Morris.

[@bwurtt]

great video reuben! it’s nice to see more attention put on channel 4s more underrated programs

[@linkawesome]

hi bwurtt

[@zeeshmeister]

Ah man, brings back so many wonderful memories. I used to love listening to Blue Jam on late night radio 1 back in the day, not only was it so refreshingly dark and funny, but he music tracks that played in between the sketches were fantastic. And then a few years later, the TV show was just as good. Chris Morris, the genius!

[@UseAnAdblocker]

before Jam, there was "blue jam". It was on the radio in the wee hours so you had to either stay up or get up at about 2-3am and then some would record the rambling weirdness on a C90 cassette tape. If you were a bit tech savvy, setting a timer switch and praying to the porcelain Gods, you could possibly wake up and the cassette tape was probably chewed to bits by your Sanyo tape recorder. Thus recordings of Blue Jam are few and far between.

[@brantub]

at 7:39 it's worth noting that 'brief timelapse' is actually very early use of motion control technology which was a wildly ambitious thing to use for a small comedy sketch show - more groundbreaking visuals...

[@ali_new_world]

man you know so much about TV shows, I'd like this to be a theme on the channel, like the place for documentaries about TV

[@reubengv_]

That's the plan!

[@ali_new_world]

@@reubengv_ I can't wait for your next video man! you upload a video every month right?

[@reubengv_]

Yeah

[@kell9629]

What do you mean "not laughing"? Shit had my sides in orbit from the elevator sketch over the 40 times falling to the end

[@schmidt640]

Are you kidding me? Aphex Twin and Brian Eno as background to sketches? Absolutely brilliant! I must watch this show!

[@reubengv_]

I'm such a big fan of those two so this video was so nice to make lol

[@rosadecidua]

I'm a huge fan of both artists and I absolutely recommend Jam. The music is always great by itself but the dissonance between the relative calmness of something like "#20"/"Lichen" by Aphex Twin or "An Ending (Ascent)" by Eno and the absolutely unhinged nature of the sketches they soundtrack is worth the price of admission alone, but Chris Morris is one of the funniest people working and you'll be able to tell because so many Jam sketches are all-timers. Plus, the show is short, so it's easy to watch in one go if you can get past how disturbing the contents of some of its sketches are.

[@AmandaabnamA]

Wow one add break in the middle is great. In the US it's about 4. They also like to add a commercial whem the episode is done, but they'll leave a 15 seconds closer that you'll miss out on if you dont wait. But then right after that 15 sec you have a another ad break before the next show. No surprise the internet won

[@petertrickaz]

Ahh man, the sketch where the guy enlists the help of a little girl with a mutated voice to help get rid of a dead body. So fucked up and yet also wonderful

[@vermilliongecko]

Maria the Hit Girl!

[@GaxMiu]

man! im just getting my mind blown by ever episode... i started by watching episode 4 (dont know why)... the one with the "making people need help" made me trip, the music with the "drowning with his canoe" scene... i cant believe this show... im loving it so much... already watched episode 1 and 2... the music and the camera works are amazing thanks a lot for sharing it!

[@Scimarad]

This was a very weird and disturbing thing to stumble on late at night when you weren't really awake, both radio and TV version.

[@lonestar6709]

The little girl assassin, is the worst one. I don't know whether to laugh or grimace at that one; _"It was the f*cking boiler! F*ck off!"_

[@heathcliffflowen4134]

The title: Darkest Sketch show of all time. Me: It's Jam, isn't it?

[@happinesstan]

I was lucky enough to watch this when it first aired. Completely blew me away. One of the most original, but still compelling, TV experiments I've witnessed.

[@bigjonradio]

As others have said, try to track down the original Blue Jam radio shows. They are beautiful & fantastic.

[@whilberwhateley1209]

The Acupuncturist is very successful. She never had a patient come back, but she does have trouble getting them to leave…

[@Paisly_]

I just watched your last video after it was recommended to me and here you are uploading the next one in the exact same moment. Must be destiny haha. Keep up the good work.

[@StefanoAraneda]

Now this looks like the kind of show I can watch when I need to feel normal

[@creakyboards8517]

I'm American, and I loved this show so much I paid 50 bucks (about 40 pounds) to get a DVD imported from the UK. Entirely worth it, I'd say.

[@mfmatthew420]

The more love letters to JAM the better, my friends older brother showed it to me one night when I was 15 after he came home from a party - off his head on speed SCREAMING "You must look at the subtex!!t" but 12 years later I truly understand lol

[@raum_dellamorte]

I saw Suicide With An Escape Clause in the early days of KZbin and it remains one of the best things I've ever seen with my morbid little eyes. My other favourite suicide joke: I tried leaving my car running in a closed garage but ... my car is electric, so eventually the battery just died and I was jealous of the battery. (Australian comic, iirc, and I would kill to know her name. I remember really curly light brown or blonde hair)

[@tussk.]

The best bit about the box set is a link to an audio file where you can watch the shows to the accompaniment of distant artillery fire. The link doesn't work, of course, but I still spent about an hour getting stuck in loops on thier deliberately obtuse website trying to find it.

[@gabethebabe842]

I went to your channel to find more of your content, but you only have 2 videos! One of the best first couple of videos on a channel I've ever seen.

[@robertwright7937]

I watched this when it was first out. The darkest comedy I have ever seen, and I actively look for this stuff. Genius.

[@tatwho]

My favourite jam extra on the dvd was the play forever feature. Couldn’t stop it unless you switch off your player

[@Gameceptor]

Wait! Changing framerates? Posterization? Inverted colors? It's not creepy. It's "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties"! Good video, though. Can't wait for more :D

[@realbrobo]

I’ve become very accustomed to almost anything horror, but this.. this managtest to disturb me pretty deeply. Especially that last one

[@Deadinaditchofficial]

Methinks this is a precursor to many bits we have seen over the last few years on American “adult swim”, and has shades of Canadian Kids In The Hall

[@ChiffoiMC]

another reubengv banger. i don't usually watch this type of content but this kept my eyes glued to the screen the whole time

[@DiamandaHagan]

The Gush is one of my favourite sketches ever made.

[@junebunchanumbers]

"It ish like trying to tighten a screw, wish a maggot."

[@CurseTheCosmos]

I’m from the states, and I’ll never forget reading about it in 2008. I wanted to expand my horizons with what media and comedy could do. I found the entire series posted on KZbin. The sense of dread, existential horror, and hilarity left me petrified. It haunted my nights. Similar to what watching “Eraserhead” was like when I was sixteen a few years prior. Jumping many years later and it still a captivating series that brings back great memories. This video was a great summation of “Jam”. (BTW:The series is still available to watch on KZbin if you search well enough!)

[@Lwhale.3797]

This is like the subdued, subtle British version of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job (2007-10) which came later. This show doesn’t even feel like a 2000’s show, it feels too 2020’s. Ahead-of-its-time. Great recap!

[@Titere05]

Never saw anything in the 2020s remotely similar to this. What makes you say it's too 2020s? I'm more than happy to be proven wrong by suggestions of other weird 2020s things to watch...

[@porcelainghoul]

I feel like its closer in tone to one of Tim and Eric's other series, Bedtime Stories, which is a lot darker and IMO criminally underrated

[@grunions9648]

Huh?? That's an insane comparison.

[@BSell-b1q]

way better than tim and eric but i get it

[@inthegrass11]

the shrunken car sketch still regularly gets quoted in my friend group haha

[@youtub-fj8mu]

FUCKING NODDY??

[@davebeat]

Jam is brilliant I'm so glad it's getting some attention again I saw Limmy talking about it the other day too. Also I highly recommend the series "Nathan Barley".

[@andrewbowman4611]

There's also the remix series Jaaaaam, which takes the unnerving qualities to the next level. Not for everyone but then again the best things usually are.

[@TheFireStarter73]

love a bit of Aphex and Brian Eno perfect atmospheres for surreal stuff

[@Vga_1]

Omg I listened to Blue Jams the other week, it was unnerving and funny at the same time, and I didn't knew that there was a TV show! I hope Suicide Journalist and the Bad Sex sketches are in there

[@neilgodfrey6578]

Blue jam would also pop up randomly in the middle of some of the very first late night essential dance mix shows on radio 1 providing laughs or horrors to the many ecstasy addled minds listening in, i do remember one slow paced sketch where a doctor uniformedly prescribes heroin to his patient quietly explaining that they would need to up the dosage as the prescribed "medicine" took it's course.

[@theFirstMark]

I bought this DVD and deinterlaced every single clip into full 50fps. Having that one extra level of motion smoothness definitely adds the the wonky effect when it changes around. Also it's better resolution than any download I've encountered before.

[@CornusXBL]

Just watched both of your videos back to back and it was an instant subscribe. Keep these videos coming please!

[@reubengv_]

Wait like 7 days and you'll have one! Check the community tab for updates

[@DannBP1]

The Plumber sketch is something I can't get out of my head - like the worst gore movie, it has attached itself to my brain and I can't ever wipe it away. It's not comedy, it is pure horror. JAM also turned me onto some great bands like Bark Psychosis and 310. So, y'know, swings and roundabouts.

[@sfdntk]

So glad this show still has an audience all these years later, it was so damn good. Chris Morris is an unalloyed genius.

[@clubalub7414]

holy shit dude, i'm loving these videos, something proper special about old channel 4, warp media and all. i got this record made by chris in an oxfam a couple months ago, bushwacked 2, picked it up cause it looked a bit daft but when i found out chris and warp were linked to it it all clicked in my head haha, well worth a check out if you can find it about anywhere

[@junebunchanumbers]

I was a huge Day Today/Brass Eye fan at the time. Caught one of the middle episodes, the one with the Mark Heap Homunculus intro which itself I found genuinely upsetting, but I did watch the rest. Later my brother got the DVD (I'm not sure if I told him about it or he found it on his own) and I watched all six episodes in one sitting. I think I laughed maybe twice? I don't watch TV much anymore and I don't really miss it. What I do miss is channel hopping late at night and running into uncomfortable, weird stuff that I was too young to really understand.

[@bunter6]

The Gush, was a brilliant sketch!

[@-Chadnik]

Idk why youtubes recommendations for me are so on point. Love discovering lesser known youtubers who make content this top-tier. Keep it up man, looking forward to more.

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

I loved The Day Today but had no idea until I tuned in by accident late one (I want to say Wednesday) night to the sketch featuring a perverted doctor encouraging a patient to drop his pants and jump up and down. It was like tuning into some kind of samizdat alternate reality. Best line in the whole show is featured in the clip: “Fuc%in’ nincompoop!”

[@DæmonV86]

Those are a couple of my favourite British ambient albums. That totally works for the atmosphere, though.

[@jxy566]

I put this on when it was broadcast in my Uni Hall's TV room. I was on my own to begin with but about 4 or 5 people wandered in a few minutes after it started. I remember them leaving in disgust after the Plumber baby/Smart pipes sketch. Yeah, Jam wasn't to everyone's taste.

[@Contrast83]

The algorithm served me well today -- had never heard of this show (or your channel), and if the sketches you included in this showcase are any indication, it will be among my favorites. Thanks for putting me onto something old that I likely never would've heard about otherwise. Cheers!

[@GnrMilligan]

We all thought this series was dark, and often pushing boundaries. Then he made Brass Eye! Big fan of Morris' work.

[@Spectrescup]

Brass Eye was years before Jam

[@GnrMilligan]

Indeed. My bad. @@Spectrescup

[@_portsmyth]

You have convinced me to watch this - going to have a weird British alt-comedy day to myself tomorrow with this, Snuff Box, and Monkey Dust.

[@FacemeltsWasteland]

Welcome in jam. I LOVED this show. It’s one of my dvds that will always make the cut.

[@Scallycowell]

The jumper skit punchline was absolutely brilliant, like an awful joke you tell as an icebreaker

[@julianmorrisco]

How the hell did I miss this? I loved/love everything I’ve seen made by the people who made this, actors, writers etc. Chris Morris… etc etc. you know the gang. And I started working in marketing as my third career about 2001 so Nathan Barley was my life and I bored people to tears going on about it and quoting it. I even snuck some references into client work. But somehow, Jam passed me by. Big Train, Spaced, again.. all the TV shows listed were my bread and butter and a big part of why I changed my 6 month working stay in 1998 into full scale emigration where I became an official Pom and, despite feeling the place is degenerating into shit in the last 5-10 years, I’m so glad I had that 15-20 years of living here. And the quality, weirdness, intelligence and brilliance of TV comedy was not a small part of my love for British culture. But somehow, I’d not heard of Jam until this video. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I’m gonna see if I can get a copy of the episodes somewhere.

[@reubengv_]

If you check the source list in the description, I've put all the episodes there :) Thank you so much for your comment!

[@julianmorrisco]

Got it! Thx. I hadn’t read the description before I commented. Attention span too short after too much YT 😂

[@bigjonradio]

A spiritual successor to Blue Jam, is probably Limmy (Limmy's Show), which you might've missed if you were overseas. Takes the simplicities of every day life & bends it out of shape in a wonderful way.

[@nomysweetsummerchild3984]

Any comedy sketch show with any 1 or any number of these actors in is guaranteed to be a riot. See Green Wing, Spaced, Atention Scum, Big Train, league of gents etc

[@calowenby1654]

I've only ever watched the first episode of Jam, but I really liked it. This is a cool video!

[@carebea35re]

epic production quality on this video dawg well done

[@rickydickygrimes_7916]

Damn dude, you’ve only got a couple videos and your already one of my favourite KZbinrs. Look forward to many more videos to come, but don’t stress yourself out, make what makes you happy🙏

[@dvidio2509]

i found blue jam after coincidentally watching brass eye and four lions. it filled a lot of my night shifts with good laughs and good music.

[@timothybarnett1006]

4 foot car is probably my favourite sketch, The Actor Kevin Eldon's delivery of 'I mean what am I, f*****' Noddy?' gets me every time.

[@neilgodfrey6578]

Utterly brilliant, i always remember the one where the lady just wanted someone to attend "we will rock you", or some such other show.

[@KristofskiKabuki]

Me and my friends were obsessed with this show when we were teenagers, we'd often hiss "missssster lizzzzzard" at each other 😆

[@mayaerih]

me and my boys do this on the weekend every time

[@Greegle_dee]

my new favorite channel

[@kayro2234]

yesss someone finally talks about this! love your content too, so this is even better!

[@abigailreinfeld6394]

i just found this channel and my god i love it! your content is amazing. genuinely one of my favourite youtube channels now :) can’t wait for what you’ll put out next!

[@sebsmith5286]

i think i will eat you

[@BL1TZEN]

"The Gush". Genius show. Got my original DVD as well!