The Insulting Librarian - Mitchell & Webb

How to abuse the power you have as a librarian.

[@sistervigilante27]

"What happened to the friendly Australian girl who used to work this circulation desk?" "She's gone, ma'am. They've all gone. And We're back."

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

the incredibly judgmental and pessimistic people who are still unaccountably librarians

[@TheJMPJR]

"Er, who?"

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

TheJMPJR watch mitchell and webb look vicar or shop or waiter you'll see

[@YKW2]

jack brearley "I saw you in here last week. I saw you idly leafing through the Classics section and not putting books back on the shelf. I saw you pretending to understand Tolstoy and feigning an interest in Shakespeare, before picking the book with the glossiest cover. We all saw you. And we all thought you were a snooze."

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

YKW2 why are you saying these things about me? because im trying to help you im trying to show you that you arent enlightened or intelligent with profound ideas you dont have any worthwhile contributions you are meek uninteresting foolish and a bore now lets try something simple i recommend the fifth elephant

[@EndlessVacuum]

The D.E.N.N.I.S method condensed to 3 minutes. Spectacular.

[@soylentgreen6082]

A fine observation.

[@Thom-jj7yr]

You haven't thought of the smell, you bitch!

[@yourealrightboah9414]

Its a system

[@Football__Junkie]

Step 1: Demonstrate your value…

[@dansomething7742]

Step 2: Engage physically

[@atklm1]

And we're back. The super-intellectual, intimidatingly snob people who still unaccountably work in a library.

[@FrankyBabes]

+atklm1 We've seen you in here, rifling through the DVD section, reading the comics in the newspapers. We were watching you from the staff lounge. And we all thought you were a turd.

[@atklm1]

FrankyBabes Excuse me, what happened to the friendly australian girl who used to work here?

[@FrankyBabes]

They're gone, sir. They're all gone.

[@atklm1]

Tiwaking Tiwaking It's 2015. Nowadays people ask naked picture online and agree upon time and a place and it's a one time meeting in a place with dimm lights. New one every other week. And they usually come twice as fat and ugly and ten times more annoying as in the pictures. Anything including date and flowers and asking IRL is a fairytale lovestory these days.

[@SinOfAugust]

+atklm1 Working in a library is bloody awesome!

[@changer_of_ways_suspense_smith]

This is basically how people find themselves in an abusive relationship only it's a bit more subtle

[@tedsmith6385]

Just want to punch Roberts character in the face really hard lmfao

[@JanaSzIsBasicGlitch]

I hate those kind of people... but they are also arogant as sht... because on one hand I don't wanna date them or anything but if it was in school or elswhere my people pleasing insticts kicked in because ... basicly from birth I know I alone against group of poeple can't do shit... welp up until one asshole now I don"t care ... oh there will b group of people bullying me because you want me? I mean grow up byllying girls to get date is mentality of 5 year old ... also why do you think I told you about that my family don't have luck with people... for you to feel sorry for me? nah mate that is just "lightly teliing you I will not date you how, ever you are digging deep in my past wound, so I basicly will giving gifts to you and shit (and be somehow incrisingly offputing) to leave me alone because I don't want to hurt you)

[@TheRoadhammer379]

oh ffs, it's a fucking comedy sketch, you obtuse dullard

[@michaeltye2359]

You know Robert was happy to be able to play the smart mean guy for once 😂

[@pietadon]

But he couldn't pull off smart and just became an elitist arse hole.

[@MundaneGray]

My local library allows me to request books online, and the hold shelf is self-service, so I can just walk over and get it. Then I use a self-checkout kiosk to check the book out. This enables me to completely avoid all contact with librarians. However, this strategy falls apart when I get home, because a librarian is waiting there for me. And I can't ask her to leave; she'll just point out that she has every right to be there, since we ARE married.

[@NickQtasi]

Haha, it happens to me too! Classic ☺️👍

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

that was drôle, well done! (8 years old but still funny)

[@Davvg]

That’s terrifying, thanks for sharing!

[@oliveryt7168]

@@idkimlikereallybored9533 Ha! A Frenchman!

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

@@oliveryt7168 uhh im swiss and my mother language actually is italian 😂

[@nickc3053]

Funny how in one episode of Would i lie to you, David Mitchell has to lie about writing columns for a womans magasine so he picks Top sante as the one and everyone was shocked that he actually knew a woman magasine. Must have remembered it from this sketch

[@leslielysaght230]

If I remember the clip correctly it actually backfires on him because the other team doesn't believe that it's a real magazine.

[@krazed0451]

Are you French? Magazine is commonly spelt with a z, even in England.

[@kami3000]

@@krazed0451 Kinda funny... 'magasin' (without the e) in French means shop. And I think those paper magazines are called 'hebdo', short for hebdomadaire, which means 'weekly'.

[@blackbird5634]

I once asked a librarian: "May I please use one of the computers?" And he replied: "I've been waiting ten years for someone to ask that question correctly."

[@stevenlewis4961]

But did you ask correctly? He may still be waiting.

[@zapkvr0101]

@@stevenlewis4961 He might be

[@jimreily7538]

What did he mean ?

[@danfish300]

@@jimreily7538 I would assume that it would be the lack of please, but also the fact that most people say "can" instead of "may", of which "may" is technically correct (the best kind of correct).

[@WandererTheLost]

​@@jimreily7538 it is probably a plural thing. Most people ask if they can use the computers.

[@frankmachin5438]

I feel sorry for this lady....I know it’s just a sketch but I want to give her a hug and tell her it’ll be alright...

[@Equinoxe-gp9sq]

@Jaysun B A packet of biscuits?

[@hobohabsburg8447]

Mhm uhuh yeah, there there

[@vicinteriano]

Yeah, sounds like charity.

[@vr3824]

probably wont be alright in the real world tho

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Are you willing to devote the time necessary to make sure that it is indeed all right for her? Or do you just want to spend the minimum of time and energy necessary to spew vacuous remarks that make you feel better without a whole lot of regard for her?

[@Azrael__]

This is what the voices in my head are like.

[@obi501]

Those voices are right, I've had an idea. would you like to go on a little date with me?

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

This is what readers of The Game actually believe

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

No! But it is a VERY well done satire of what most uninlightened people THINK it is.

[@clement592]

@@ulrikschackmeyer848 shut up

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

@@clement592 about what? Please enlighten me. That is IF you want a sober, enlightening discussion.

[@clement592]

@@ulrikschackmeyer848there are many synonyms for enlightened

[@edwardheaney3641]

@@clement592 Guess your answer is no

[@cmoor8616]

Did I just see a prototype formation of every abusive relationship EVER?

[@EmperorBeef]

Oddly prescient Benedict Cumberbatch impression considering the date of this sketch.

[@danahaljulaibi3628]

i thought of him too!

[@donnie8032]

+KrakenJack You mean in Sherlock, with Molly?

[@derangedband]

if only the librarian was shooting holes into a wall when he shouts "BORED" xD

[@NotoriousLightning]

Bennie would never be this cruel.

[@PenneySounds]

The best part is Robert Webb used to be on Bruiser with Martin Freeman.

[@alexscott1257]

When I was at university I knew a librarian that was somewhat like this. She would sometimes scoff and laugh at me and actually told me that a book I was getting out would be too complicated for me whilst giving me a patronising smile. I told her that I was coming back after graduation to do a Masters and she laughed and said "You? A Masters? I hardly think that would be suitable for someone like you!" A couple of years later I got a job creating a digital archive and this library owned all of the original material that was to be digitised and this lady made it as hard for me to access the library as she possibly could. She wrote a long string of emails about my conduct because I had suggested that as an alumni of the university it seemed excessive to have me bring two forms of ID and fill out a form every single day. My friend who was supervising the project asked if I couldn't just be a bit more agreeable with the staff at the library. A few days later he had to come to the library with another member of the project team and when he finally got through the access gate he said "I'm sorry, I see what you mean about them now! She seems to really enjoy all of this!"

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"Alumni" is plural (or "alumnae" for multiple female-only graduates). You were an alumnus (or alumna, if female).

[@FlyingFox86]

Okay, two questions: 1) How on Earth could she possibly think that a book in a university library would be too hard for a student from that university? What was she basing that on? That precisely who the library is there for. 2) Did she ask you out on a little date?

[@GregOrCreg]

@@jamesmcinnis208 LOL. Are you the librarian alex is referring to?

[@jamesmcinnis208]

@@GregOrCreg Yawn.

[@ionia2376]

​@@FlyingFox86She may have just assumed it was a Mickey mouse degree

[@Shaqstheman000]

/lit/

[@Ghosthacker94]

Shaqstheman000 I've been lucky, I mostly lurk looking for book recommends and the few times I've asked a question, it hasn't been flooded with assholes. :D

[@niallreid7664]

God so fucking true.

[@TomasRepArg]

This.

[@anselmschueler]

It's actually /ˈlɪt/

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

So this sketch must be why David Mitchell was able to recall "Top Sante" as a women's magazine for "Would I Lie to You". In fact the only one he could recall and yet couldn't explain how or why.

[@cm.design]

Hah, just posted the same thought and scrolled down to find I was not alone!

[@GeekRemix]

Negging master

[@silencionomus]

It absolutely was an unexpected twist. I’m not sure anyone could pull that off in real life.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Geek Remix!!

[@DakanMisty]

Neg em till you peg em innit

[@Flackon]

@@silencionomus probably not

[@stewmott3763]

01:08 It's the attention to detail I appreciate. Refusing to split an infinitive is exactly the sort of thing someone like him would do (even though the rest of us are happy to carelessly split infinitives all the time because it makes the sentence flow better and doesn't actually affect the meaning anyway so who gives a shit?).

[@ja-qk4vd]

See what you did there.

[@rockoperajon]

What makes you such a genius all of a sudden, Jez? The only book you've ever read is Mr. Nice!

[@clemteetonball1250]

Three times.

[@nathanadler1452]

Ah negging, truly a sketch ahead of its time.

[@daveybernard1056]

Used to work in a university library. While I never saw this sort of thing, I absolutely WOULD NOT be surprised if this ever happened.

[@michaelccozens]

I really can't. Every librarian I've ever met is just glad when people read anything.

[@Sundog1985]

I worked in a copyright library in Edinburgh for 7 years. This kind of person, while a minority in the library, were also the people with lots of power and shouted the loudest. There is a disproportionate amount of absolute bawbags that worked in my library and they are encouraged by a culture of similar thinking people or those that are easily intimidated and just want to work without hassle. Librarians are often extremely sheltered and the library is their safe space.

[@juliawirch2454]

I did as well, but many patrons were much better educated than me! This is a "I resent that I work at a public library instead of an academic library" person...😄

[@michaelsetiawan2746]

This is the roughest smooth pickup I've ever seen.

[@dangerouslytalented]

how romantic... They have been together ever since. You could tell that he had been observing her for so very very long, and that everything that he was saying about her, was also kind of true for him. Because he knew all his foibles were hers, too, he knew theirs was a match made in heaven. I mean, he works in a library and has no life.

[@randomaccessfemale]

This is like the most overdrawn neg ever.

[@borismuller86]

Jane Doe TEXTBOOK.

[@olly311]

I was thinking that, is that meant to be the point?

[@quasarsphere]

Olly Yes, it's absolutely the point.

[@randomaccessfemale]

@Random Number I learned about that when I read the Game by Neil Strauss.

[@sunkintree]

@Random Number negging has been around since before your time kid

[@bustercrimes7379]

This is how psychopaths operate...more subtly of course

[@DeathnoteBB]

No plenty of creeps are this upfront about it (also psychopath isn’t a medically recognized term, it’s just an ableist word for creep)

[@michaelesposito2629]

@@DeathnoteBB LOL “ableist”. God. You SJW’s are such pathetic people. I can’t even imagine ever using that word seriously.

[@jeefpeef5983]

@@michaelesposito2629 David Mitchell hates you

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@jeefpeef5983 I read this in David Mitchell’s voice. Also this made me feel a lot better after seeing the first jerk’s reply. 🥰

[@mrgazpacho3316]

@@DeathnoteBB you are right it isn't a medical term, it is a psychiatric term for someone at the extreme end of anti social personality disorder. You know what else isn't a medical term? Virtue signalling nincompoop.

[@walterzamalis4846]

So this is why we have self-service issuing at libraries now.

[@SpotlessLeopard]

Yes and last week, one of the machines called me a shaven headed, knuckle dragging bastard. I'm marrying it on Thursday.

[@ThatMadCat]

Jesus Christ this was brutal, I know it's fake but I still felt bad for that woman.

[@samus2205]

Now she’s got a date!

[@jocramkrispy305]

She played it well

[@TheCyberDead]

So is this how dating works in england?

[@minch333]

...Sort of actually.

[@PaintKyZR]

The men of South England are the smoothest, most charismatic, passionate conversation artists in the world. Hate to break it to you, but the stereotype that we're cold, pale, boring weaklings was created by American men to turn your women off us, but it really, really didn't work. I'm hitting the states for a few months this summer, and i'm going to show them exactly what they're missing..

[@Grant500]

Apathy Yeah... Nothing turns American women on like a nice big British smile coupled with some really pale skin. Kidding aside, good luck I guess.

[@TC27127]

Hmmm...British people get free or heavily subsidized dental care so are likely to have decent teeth probaly better than the 85 million Americans without any dental care at all. Secondly alot of Americans live in similar climatic conditions to the UK so unless tanning saloons are rife the skin may well be of a similar hue.

[@Grant500]

Easy there brother, Americans have better teeth because the gene pool is more diverse. Also, if you look at any map of the earth you will find that the people living in the southernmost portion of Britain would be considered northerners in the US. As a Californian living in the midwest, I can assure you that there is a big difference between people from the south/west and midwesterners/northerners, at least in terms of skin tone.

[@ltotheop7512]

Wow I don’t remember this scene from BBC Sherlock!

[@lyadmilo]

The incredibly narcissistic and condescending people who are still, unaccountably, librarians.

[@owlowl1884]

I'm 68 and have only encountered one mean librarian and she wasn't intellectually condescending (didn't seem bright). Have you really found so many? Nine years later, your comment gets a question.

[@mariondiabolito4054]

@@owlowl1884 lyadmilo was not talking about actual librarians - they were referring to a series of connected sketches [vicars, mainly but also things like travel agents, etc.] where David Mitchell played the rude, insulting person, and Webb and a female cast member - sometimes this one??? - played the victims. But I think the connection's only peripheral. There's a lot going on here. The humour is FAR darker, and there's a heavy overtone of American pickup-artist book culture. What he starts doing out of sadism he ends up leveraging into what the American PUAs call "negging." It's the opposite of "simping" or "being a nice guy." You not only show indifference to make yourself look valuable, you erode their ego and self-worth to make it seem like you're the best they can do. Webb wasn't a bad-looking guy, but his character is clearly super bitter, atop his narcissism and sadism. Shane Ritchie is a signifier of sorts - the very sort of person the Librarian would hate with every fibre of his being while envying him.

[@owlowl1884]

@@mariondiabolito4054 This is why I shouldn't comment. I'm often like SNL's Emily L. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me.

[@Sundog1985]

@@owlowl1884 I worked in a copyright Library in Scotland for 7 years. This type of person is extremely common in such a setting. The best people were the visitors, much of the staff had absolutely zero grace or other notable skillset.

[@lordprotector3367]

@@owlowl1884 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2rGgWBnoKhmidE&ab_channel=RobertLarsen

[@sm-yu7dt]

I remember this being one of the first youtube videos I ever watched, so around 2008/2009. I'm back now at 23, and felt called out when she said she went to Warwick..

[@sm-yu7dt]

oh I did my geography coursework in leatherhead..what is going on

[@Stuart267]

Anyone else think Sherlock the moment he shouted "BORED"?

[@halesrubie8604]

Stewart Damien Oh goodness, yes

[@Dragonair08]

Stewart Damien I was thinking it the whole time he was talking, but him yelling "Bored!" really drove it home. I've only just found these videos, I've been missing out.

[@PokerPlayerJames]

Yup. It sounded near identical.

[@borismuller86]

If Sherlock ran out of cases he’d definitely become a librarian.

[@tristunalekzander5608]

Shhh, it's a library.

[@michaelcolen1137]

Still a better love story than Twilight.

[@Person1865]

Which she has definitely read

[@bjornflokison7443]

she's so effortlessly pretty

[@user-yc5um2pl5v]

Yes, a good-looking lady!

[@nathanr5737]

Genuinely one if not of my favourite sketches

[@georgefrost1176]

It's Philip Larkin!

[@Niobesnuppa]

What a charming and not at all abusive way to ask someone on a date. xD

[@GodotOfficial]

How single men on Reddit think dating works

[@petitnicollas]

So you're telling me that's not how it works? Fuck, I spend thousands of dollars on sketchy dating courses.

[@Thunar7]

but it does work do you know how many ppl nowadays pay to be verbally abused?

[@kjeldorantv]

@@Thunar7 Yes, are you here for your argument sir? Oh abuse, that's down the hall.

[@mikitz]

@@Thunar7 Those retards obviously don't know they could get that for absolutely free online.

[@solouno2280]

@@Thunar7 it works on submissive men, not on human beings

[@fastertrackcreative]

Yep, I had that experience at an interview... for an internship or something I think. Very upsetting. Most of it had nothing to do with the actual role, which I didn't know the details of. Luckily ones since then have been better.

[@UKgamer87]

This is why people get their books online now

[@nunyabusiness7858]

wouldn't be surprised if Google books started to do this whenever you googled something stupid in order to neg you into getting Google plus

[@verysilly8883]

Feck the snobs here (they're just as bad!), I'm answering literally. There's nothing like a printed book, the atmosphere in a library or bookstore.... even if the clerks can see what you're checking out. It's well illustrated, at least, you should buy or borrow whatever YOU want & the hell with abusive control freaks.

[@LHyoutube]

This clip perfectly predicted the invention of 'negging' by pickup artists.

[@barbados3592]

they call it "negging" b/c they are nerds. The actual normal term is "teasing".

[@harvtehmarv]

Oh god the bit about Leatherhead is so fucking true.

[@mcveigh2k624]

was lmao just moved to Leatherhead

[@James-gc5if]

+mcveigh 2k Why?

[@mcveigh2k624]

because i want 6 miserable years :)

[@rangerquiet6192]

If ever anyone asks me what negging is I simply link them to this.

[@generalpublic3744]

Nice part for an actress, she was really good and deserves a credit.

[@dmh872]

Jo Neary, available for weddings bar and bat mitzvahs, and laundry. She was born in Cov hence the Warwick Uni reference.

[@harrympharrison]

2:55 where on earth does the clip-on tie come from? Great little detail

[@psychoticmortacarn]

Wow, that was some dark stuff lmao

[@kobathedread]

He's gonna make her do some nasty stuff.

[@Nickelodeon81]

@@kobathedread Yep. Two words: Anàl Sex.

[@PlasmaMongoose]

I'm guessing that this librarian's favourite book must be "The Game" since that is a textbook example of negging at work.

[@nehmanator333]

...This is just human behavior. people have been doing this since the dawn of man, lowering others self-esteem to then get something from them (including them)

[@federicobau8651]

haha yhea...just read that book!!

[@anonymousxaela761]

Or he's just an avid learner of the DENNIS system.

[@verysilly8883]

Even funnier, he's a clerk, not a librarian.

[@baalzebullordofhell6967]

Yeah, these people are shit.

[@Boborbot]

Ever since I started working in a book store this is my favorite Mitch & Webb sketch.

[@hossesarse]

I miss buying CDs in music stores. It was always a delight, buying a Weird Al Yankovic CD from a music PhD who disdainfully blows his bangs off his forehead at my selection: "I may be making minimum wage, but at least I don't listen to this drek." Sigh... god how I miss music stores.

[@NowhereBeats]

Calamari Chris Where are you from? As in what part of the world doesn't have music stores?

[@hossesarse]

Southern California, down by San Diego. We still have Lou's Records, but all the Tower Records, Warehouse Records, Ameoba Records, etc. are gone. I don't really miss them, was just having fun. :)

[@SuperSquishface]

+Calamari Chris I wouldn't work in a place that sold Weird Al.

[@Burguois]

+Calamari Chris I don't know anyone who genuinely likes music who doesn't think Weird Al is a genius. Regardless of what you feel about his music, he's an amazingly talented guy. It's quite hard to think of any other musician that has the skills he does. Even other musicians respect him. it's a mark of honour to have Weird Al do a parody of your song: It's a sign that you've 'made it'

[@SuperSquishface]

Christopher Janes I am genuinely a music fan/musician & I do not think he is a genius. i mean, I respect his accomplishments but genius? No.

[@Weissmenchland]

"Are you still here you soporific dullard?" Class stuff.

[@Zei33]

This guy is amazing. I love it.

[@whiners131]

Really shocking that there are many youtube channels by self proclaimed "pick up artists" who employ essentially the same tactic from this sketch.

[@michaelccozens]

PUAs basically just scattershot until they find a woman who's, unfortunately, been subjected to a sufficient degree of this common type of psychological damage in which she's been convinced by a misogynistic society that the only source of personal worth for a woman must come from without, a vulnerability the sexual predator then ruthlessly and dishonestly exploits for personal gain. And for some reason they think that's clever, rather than just immensely unethical and disgusting. It's like the way Cult45 thinks theft is sophisticated, rather than a short-sighted trading of short-term gain for greater long-term pain by clawing at the very social fabric that keeps twits like them, who would last about 30 seconds on their own, no matter what their overinflated egos tell them, alive.

[@JeremyScoggins12]

This is like the sober version of Black Books lol

[@gordonburford8561]

I think i'd be tempted to ask him "If you're so f***ing clever, how come you're working in a library...."

[@NiceGreenMonster420]

Clever people can't work in libraries now? Using intellect for the betterment of man-kind is not an obligation as comic-book philosophies would have you convinced. Some people are highly intelligent and well acquainted with the nature of their "fellow kin" and maybe it is for that reason that they are well in their rights, I'd go as far to say justified, not to give a flying f**k about people do. That being said; his attitude was all part of the sketch and did subtly address certain issues. But what you said carried implications about the "cleverness-aptitude" of Librarians; and that is generalizing a little too much. =)

[@gordonburford8561]

Actually. My point was more that someone that narcisstic is probably going to dislike being asked that question. I never said librarians are not clever people. I said he wouldn't like the implication that he wasn't, or anyone pointing out that he's doing a low-status job he almost certainly believes is beneath him. And not doing it particularly well.

[@NiceGreenMonster420]

Gordon Burford yeh, I reckon he'd be pretty annoyed. Good form! ;)

[@carbon1255]

The Library of Alexandria was home to some of the smartest people of all time. It is not really stupidity he is complaining about, it is intelligent people that read/view/watch/listen below their level, particularly women.

[@lusteraliaszero]

It's us, the incredibly posh people that are still unaccountably librarians

[@Murrangurk2]

Geelong Public Library, Geelong, Victroria, Australia, 1990's. Why I stopped going to public libraries.

[@galexeqe]

Anyone else expecting him to say "Right, *you* can pick me up around 7pm. And don't be late"

[@JohnGreasyGamer]

I love these kind of sketches - the sadistic and everinsulting shopkeeper endlessly harassing the pitiful customer. Ah, they're so blissful and the comedy is simply genius. ^^

[@ericcartmansh]

OMG that was beautifully done

[@Vesnicie]

He was definitely channeling David Walliams in this one!

[@templebrown7179]

I hate "negging" but it seems to work for some guys. I believe I would badly hurt anyone caught doing it to my nieces.

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

In the mean time see it you can make sure that they are bought up with enough selfseem and spine to just say NO to some thing like this

[@jimmorrison4291]

THAT'S where David got the women's magazine reference on WILTY. If you understand that sentence you watch too much youtube.

[@TriploGoofus]

I watch too much David Mitchell on KZbin. Which is not enough KZbin.

[@jimmorrison4291]

@@TriploGoofus Which is why you, too, are an overbearing pedant?

[@TriploGoofus]

@@jimmorrison4291 if it's good enough for Mitchell it's good enough for me.

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

What's so funny is that it's totally unexpected. I started in a library putting books away when I knew the alphabet and numbers. My father was a schoolteacher and he and the librarian/English teacher carpooled, so I got a ride to school early (if I was ready to leave when the vehicle was ready to go). Ever since, I've had an affinity for libraries and knew the people that worked in them. I don't think I could've imagined anyone so brazenly rude.

[@mokisan]

Its a comedy show mate😐

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

@@mokisan There's this Japanese saying, "Tade kuu mushi mo sukizuki". 'mushi' means bugs, and 'sukizuki' means 'sense of taste' and the saying is translated, "Even some bugs find knotwood tasty," or 'There's no accounting for taste'. I don't find that sort of comedy tasteful, nor even 'funny' but maybe some folks do.

[@mokisan]

@@engletinaknickerbocker5380 ya that's alright, if you dont find it funny. Got no problems with that as everyone different taste

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

@@mokisan Thanks for your reply.

[@seanhammond6708]

Best sketch show of the past 2 decades

[@SuperAdamrussell]

I love this sketch !

[@noelmajers6369]

"I went to Warwick" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@david552]

I thought this was just going to be another version of the "Bad" sketches... but this is really scary! It walks that fine line between comedy and a drama about psychological abuse.... so so creepy and horrible at the end when he asks her out....

[@Maussiegamer]

wow this shows an insight of how people commented 11 years ago

[@becominghero9754]

@@Maussiegamer what, intelligently?

[@Sundog1985]

Sadly, not far from the truth as to how many in the profession actually behave too.

[@fulltimestudent1]

@@Sundog1985 This could not be farther from truth. I've never been asked out by any librarian I've encountered.

[@Sundog1985]

@@fulltimestudent1 the personality, the belittling. It's often there. I obviously didn't mean that they all beat a person down for a date.

[@nealg3546]

Brutal! Beautiful!

[@4Ninjastarz4]

Treat them mean to keep them keen :p

[@MarekUtd]

moral of the story: treat em mean keep em keen

[@WillFast140]

MarekUtd you totally missed the joke here. You're one of those soporific dullards too, eh?

[@UrsineBloke]

Mate, you're an absolutely deluded pissguzzling shitgoblin

[@equalsql7508]

This is alarmingly accurate going by many libraries I've visited recently. I put it down to them being so pissed off with their jobs being at threat all the time they no longer give a toss about the job or the customers.

[@amandaostaszewski8520]

They enter the field already like that.

[@pissfarts9532]

I like to out-snob librarians.

[@wailer27]

Origin story for all symbiotic abusive relationships. Humour almost always seems to come from a place where dark truths exist.

[@artyfhartie2269]

I have been so courteous and nice with women and I have got nowhere. Thank you for the how to talk to women video.

[@pauldog]

One of the most genius mitchel and webb moments if you ask me hahaha

[@SpectralKnight]

The fuck, mayor plot twist

[@theothertonydutch]

Mayor plot twist? What year was he elected?

[@bubblebeechris]

love it amazing acting

[@mikestrong325]

You with your grey face and our dead eyes!!! Just so cruel it's sweet

[@doswillrule]

What any self respecting librarian would do when someone tries to borrow Fifty Shades of Grey

[@liammhodonohue]

Every charity (thrift store🇺🇲) shop has at least 3 copies of each volume. Even the parody - 50 Sheds of Grey😂

[@bjb7587]

Up to and including The Date part.

[@slothfromthegoonies8201]

Best pick-up technique *ever*.

[@marcushull12]

top sante magazine, on WILFY David lied that he wrote the horoscopes for them and was surprised it was a real publication , he knew all along

[@McSuperfly101]

Would I Lie For You?

[@jerryodonovan8624]

I wonder how the little date worked put? What a nice understanding librarian.

[@markseb2003]

Yup, the "neg" in action. That guy's got game!

[@kashmir87]

yep, "he's got game," also known as "he is an abuser."

[@markseb2003]

Yup

[@TheGamblingApocalyps]

kashmir87 Game... abuse... Same difference.

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

Hell, if it what the Lady wants?

[@MarkChimes]

I know that this is the kind of thing I fear whenever I check out or return books at the library. "Whatever will the librarian think of me?"

[@rightwingreactionary]

Get an e-reader.

[@Shannmeister]

I don't normally quote from clips but "soporific dullard" is such a quality put down.

[@hin_hale]

Well that took an ominous turn.

[@Madcapredcap]

Librarians used to be like this.

[@PRmoustache88]

He reminds me of Melvin Udall, when he is asked, "How do you understand women so well?" Melvin: "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

[@omyyer]

***** which basically means everyone apart from me

[@DrZaius3141]

Spot the MRAron incel.^^

[@power9k470]

@Evi1M4chine Man,you are a prophet.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Evi1M4chine - bingo, nearly everybody is always trying to pass the buck, extremely resistant to owning their mistakes/weaknesses etc. - this isn't gender specific.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Cornflakes - so you're telling me there are no women's prisons, and no woman has ever been tried and convicted for murdering her husband/children etc.?

[@C.D.J.Burton]

Webb is so good at this

[@theDingbat]

This is so sinister. And I thought Mitchell was the one who usually played the sadists

[@ghjkltyu]

As a librarian, I can't help but laugh.

[@escapegoat3472]

Quietly I hope.

[@MrBenHaynes]

Is it funny because it's true?

[@alexvaughan5269]

"I can't help, but I can laugh"..?

[@Sundog1985]

@@MrBenHaynes as a former librarian, this kind of tool is someone I am sadly familiar with. The librarian in the sketch

[@hadlee73]

I ended up spending the entire sketch feeling sorry for her!

[@hekatoncheiros208]

I ended up feeling sorry for all the decent guys who would treat her with respect, but are just too ‘boring’ to be worthy of her company.

[@limerence8365]

@@hekatoncheiros208 Nah this relationship is doomed to fail. Toxic as fuck but also began on a horrendous manipulation and lowering of esteem. Meanwhile people don't have sympathy for nice guys because what they feel like they are "owed" for not being total dicks aint so nice.

[@lusteraliaszero]

Probably their best sketch bar none.

[@johnmilhuisen2607]

Reminds me of Harry Enfield’s I Saw You Coming sketches.

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

Negging taken to its logical extreme.

[@seanwebb605]

I'm Canadian. This is how we feel when we visit the U.S.

[@TheLowest]

Yeah, must be hard not having laws you can use against criticism like you do back home.

[@seanwebb605]

@@TheLowest I don't think you understand.

[@user-pb1cf4lr2s]

I was faintly horrified. Very illuminating.

[@williamfoy599]

I live not too far from Leatherhead (three railway stations) and there is nothing wrong with it. Nice leisure centre, nice shopping centre, have a pretty walk along the River Mole. Good theatre. Nearest cinema is Epsom Odeon, two railway stations away. Leatherhead also has a decent selection of pubs and restaurants.

[@sixdsix5028]

His voice reminds me of Benedict Cumberbatch's voice.

[@frh6668]

Michael D they have a very similar accent

[@dansaunders1655]

Michael D Jude Law was Watson in the newer Sherlock Holmes film series. This librarian sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch, aka. Sherlock in the TV series. Mitchell and Webb are the Illuminati.

[@Metal-Possum]

Benadryl Cucumberpatch?

[@rexmundi1570]

Infinitely funnier than any of the old bollocks seen on Little Britain. Walliams and Lucas - the most overrated comedy duo in the history of British television - except for Little and Large, and then only by the tiniest margin.

[@regpharvey]

She's so cute though. I'd love to grow old with a woman like her, both of us sitting in armchairs in the front room reading together as the snow falls softly outside the window. And she can read whatever. she. wants.