The Big Lobster and Drive-through Booze: Citation Needed 1x01

techdif.co.uk - In the series premiere, Gary, Chris and Matt are faced with two challenges: first, a Big Lobster, and second, trying not to offend Australians too much.

[@kriskehrer6410]

Here I am, re-re-re-re-re-re-watching the entire Citation Needed (in the correct Damn order). It's my comfort show.

[@zhulisclips]

damn right it is. mine too

[@GobbledygookG]

Matt: "I want to be in a people tank." Gary: "Join the army" Underrated joke..

[@aryaaswale7316]

Oh . We're all idiots. Thanks!

[@philvanderlaan5942]

@@aryaaswale7316 no we’re not! We are all COMPLETE idiots !

[@philvanderlaan5942]

Big things in Australia: Enormous….Tracks of land ( sorry just went Monty Python, for a moment , I’m better now. )

[@michaelp4013]

I've seen this episode like 5 times, how'd I never catch that?

[@RFC-3514]

@@philvanderlaan5942 - Tracts.

[@DavidWillanski]

The strangest thing about the Big Lobster is it has a gift shop where you can buy a miniature big lobster.

[@qnavryy8369]

So a regular sized lobster?

[@vincentmuyo]

Can it, like, ride on your shoulder?

[@lunasophia9002]

vincentmuyo Can it go for the eyes?

[@casperes0912]

Can someone explain to me how a miniature big lobster works? Miniature.... Big big?

[@thelastcube.]

@@casperes0912 miniature big lobster = normal sized lobster

[@FoxFireFool]

14:25-14:36 rare moment where Matt, Tom, Gary, and Chris share the screen with the seldomly pictured fifth Technical Difficulty

[@FoxFireFool]

@Sassy The Sasquatch good to know my comment did well 2 years down the line

[@YoshiAsk]

I legit thought my GPU was acting up, because I just overclocked it today and I've only ever listened to this episode (not watched it)

[@libsifywriter2471]

@@YoshiAsk I dropped my phone earlier and I thought it was okay but then started to panic when the video played up!

[@kevinm5940]

Also at 6:23

[@coquimapping8680]

Where is it?

[@zyaicob]

"The huggy thing that smells of piss and has an STD" coming to mind before "koala" is peak Matt.

[@WhimsicalBlades]

Okay, but how is Chris' "Auststralian Councilman Explaining Himself to the Public" impression so good??

[@acookie7548]

right? as an australian it was a bit jarring

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I would bet that Australian councilmen are cut from the same cloth as British ones and the only difference is flavor. This is speaking as a Yank, mind you.

[@alistairwall5470]

I will always be grateful to Anya for putting these in the correct damn order

[@me_n_the_boys_lookin_for_beans]

anya is literally a life saver

[@VIUSmusic]

Seconded. Thanks Anya!

[@UnoriginalEnby]

Praise anya

[@Darkkrebs]

Who the hell is Anya?

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

Anya is Anya

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Yes, thanks to the latest episode of Two Of These People Are Lying, I have come back to this episode for the nth time.

[@harrympharrison]

I think this is miles, miles funnier.

[@lachlanlandreth9069]

@@harrympharrison It is a good format though

[@casperes0912]

And with that Tech Diff wins the Nth Degree

[@vidareggum6118]

Been here for time n+1 yet?😊

[@rolandgharfine534]

And with that, you have won the nth degree! *ding*

[@EmmaLiza]

Speaking as an Australian, I'd say the most offensive thing in this video are the Austrian stereotypes. Because they're actually Swiss stereotypes.

[@j.yossarian6852]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@geeksunited3873]

+EmmaLiza Speaking as a guy who can take a hit, the most offensive part of the video is the fact that no fish were edited in to slide past.

[@erikhoffman3370]

Speaking as a Circassian, I'd say the most offensive thing about this video is... nothing, really.

[@dragoncurveenthusiast]

Speaking as an Austrian, I found this hilarious!

[@whorfianism4981]

Geeks united Speaking as a fish, I agree. We need media representation!

[@MrMaggidaggi]

The best part of binging Citation Needed, is watching Chris´s beard grow in real time

[@pinkertonbyweezer]

it matches his wisdom over the years

[@BoterBug]

Here we are, YEARS later, and I'm just now noticing the photo in the collage on the wall. The one of Matt's face. And I sorta hope it's been replaced with THAT face. From THAT image. From THAT video.

[@tinkersdinkers]

I want reparations for having to go through that! 😤😤

[@MeghanaUppala-Flute]

i was in a class when i saw THAT face from THAT image from THAT video from THAT apology video and it took every bit of strength not to laugh

[@yajjhajhria3558]

@@MeghanaUppala-Flute Good lord, I feel for you

[@zrspangle]

I need context

[@ausernameiguess7058]

Someone please enlighten me

[@whynotanyting]

*Slaps roof of Australia "You can fit so many big things in this bad boy."

[@cassandra2860]

You can fit 2% more in the middle 48 states.

[@Gleon115]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@AgentTasmania]

I guess the roof of Australia would be the summit of Kosciuszko

[@Chilukar]

"The big huggy thing that smells of piss and has an STD" 😂😂😂 I'll never fathom how it is easier for the human brain to remember that than the word koala!

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Neurodivergence does that to me all the time heh. Constantly just blank on a word but have a whole ass description of the word still

[@unexpected2475]

Remember, this is the same person who calls carousels horse tornadoes.

[@MishaNem]

@@unexpected2475 which is also a Midwest version of sharknado

[@TatooineWindAndFire]

As an Australian, I found this pissing hilarious, and Chris's accent spot on.

[@zyaicob]

It was fantastic

[@svnhddbst8968]

rewatching this; you can't really alienate australians with crude jokes, that's a major component of their culture.

[@Valsorayu]

It's the majority of our culture

[@zappin6062]

It’s like trying to put out fire with petrol

[@Valsorayu]

@@zappin6062 technically possible but requires a lot of creativity and non-conventional use?

[@big924]

@@Valsorayu water explosion

[@oz_jones]

Criminals dont have culture :)

[@harish1105]

It's honestly gratifying to know that I'm not the only weird nerd who binge watches all of Citation Needed and Two of These People Are Lying in order every few months.

[@AnotherRazzle]

Yep! Currently on my binge again

[@cloverandanais]

Aye pal o/ 🌙

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

Hello again

[@jakobbruhspenning]

But do you listen to the audio only Citation needed episodes? these are an integral part of the lore

[@Hirosjimma]

​@@jakobbruhspenning wait what? Where?

[@mitigatekeeps1371]

With a heavy heart, I must report that Larry the Lobster is in very poor condition and will be torn down if the owners can't pay tens of thousand of dollars for repair. May he rest in peace.

[@datdabdoe1417]

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" -Darth Vader revenge of the sith

[@thelastcube.]

F

[@owweyy]

@@thelastcube. IT'S BEEN SAVED!!

[@avakining]

Olley oh good

[@oz_jones]

@@owweyy ripper!

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

so many things are hilarious in this episode but the most underrated one is the physical real life version of the looney tunes run past something then to a neck snapping 180 when Tom reads "at a drive through pie shop. *visible snap back to laptop screen* DRIVE THROUGH PIE SHOP?!?!?"

[@fafnir242]

Yep! You can see the exact moment the synapse connects. I love it.

[@MetaBloxer]

12:27

[@randem_6503]

I rewatch these every few months to a year and “LOBBO!” is still one of my favourite jokes in the series. Hopefully you lot can get together again soon

[@ScornMuffins]

I'm disappointed at the lack of a large fish in a bowler hat and bowtie waddling casually past with a stroller.

[@hanged4703]

@Games With Nic no

[@U014B]

I find it difficult to believe that any Australian would be remotely bothered by an 18-meter, 4-ton lobster.

[@VaughanMcCue]

If you had one in your dunny, the missus would crack the shits.

[@entenwood9024]

I like how you say: "I've been Tom Scott" like you're going to change to someone else now.

[@LazyTestudines]

The tech diff was born as a radio show.

[@robbeandredstone7344]

Really? That’s interesting. Can I have an Closer explanation.

[@xavieratlantica1011]

Robbe and Redstone they met in student radio at uni. Watch the park bench videos.

[@iriscandy6377]

@Henlo who are you today

[@sohamsengupta6470]

@Interrobang Most common mistake ever in school speeches over here in India

[@mrpokemon1186]

"Houses are people tanks" That takes on a whole meaning these days.

[@johnnason7019]

I always laughed that submariners call the pressure hull the people tank.

[@rockrollinnolan8521]

Finally getting around to watching Citation needed so here goes! :D 10:10 "The duck is an inherently funny animal" ... **flashbacks of Mad Cap'n Tom**

[@Woodland_Adventures]

Tom: "Of a drive though pie shop." *brain starts to process the sentence* "Drive though pie shop?!?"

[@davimurph]

Chris's Australian accent is getting a lot of praise, but his kookaburra who went to drama school is brilliant too.

[@brucebaker810]

Discovered you at ep 4.01. Quite enjoying it. Zipped back here so I can follow the story arc, character development, nuance n shit.

[@darko970]

+Bruce Baker same

[@redcoat4348]

What development?

[@44absol]

+Jeffy Samuel yes

[@mcp12300]

Mate, you're looking too hard at this if you've found a story arc, at the same time, tell me about it, that sounds interesting. :P

[@brucebaker810]

MC_P_123 Jeffy Samuel​ No development. No arc. I was making a funny.

[@PElder78]

"It is not our fault you are convicts." ... actually, it kind of is. Who do you think was shipping them over?

[@ryanmurray5973]

British people before the Technical Difficulties came into being.

[@AntigonePoss]

I don't think Chris Joel, Matt Grey, Tom Scot, and Gary Brannon were alive back then... ... But if they WERE, and they WERE part of the criminal shippers brigade (or whatever it was called), it'd make a pretty great TV show.

[@envythejelly6034]

*Was it her majesty's law abiding citizens that were committing the crimes?*

[@Chilukar]

I blame the Americans for declaring independence and forcing us to find another penal colony.

[@GryphLane]

*smash cut to the TechDif team corralling the convicts on board*

[@D100O]

I watch so much American stuff, I'm not used to people in KZbin videos actually having heard of my country. Then again, you seem to have it confused with Switzerland.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

As a vaguely celtic-y Scot, great username! It's not often I'd see a comment from another country that knows our folklore. I was also perplexed by that bit. Strudel and Schnitzel and Knödel and Schnapps! Come on lads! Oh, also Mozart, unless any Germans are reading this... Then it's Mozart *in a dirndl* just to annoy them. ;)

[@D100O]

@@clockworkkirlia7475 Given my fondness of fairy types in general and the ralts line specifically, I have to say the same about yours. Sadly not all that many people knew much or anything at all about folklore when I visited Scotland*, though it got better the farther north I travelled. I had a very interesting conversation with a guy working in a museum in Kirkwall. * To be fair, that seems to be the case in most countries I have been to, and not all of them have a reason like "the church deliberately tried to get rid of it 200 years ago".

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@D100O Yay! Kirlia and that line are far and away my favourite pokemon, I do appreciate that. That's sadly not uncommon; there are sources if you know where to find them, but the tradition is kept better-alive up in the highlands, islands and in Ireland of course. Down on the lowlands we have too much iron... we didn't have to remember. ;) Some of us do enjoy it though! Whereabouts did you visit?

[@dziltener]

With Switzerland AND with Germany. Cuckoo clocks are a German thing.

[@D100O]

@@clockworkkirlia7475 Having visited Ireland as well now: Sadly didn't find many people versed in mythology there either.

[@parkerr3244]

Warning: 90% of the video is guys trying to stop laughing

[@Sneaky_Snivy]

That's just Citation needed

[@datdabdoe1417]

You mean the Technical difficulties

[@carpetsomething]

Ye that's really just tech diff

[@paulpickett4522]

I'm not sure they were trying very hard =)

[@desertrose5613]

Drinking game: Every time Gary says "Let's face it." If anyone else says it you have to down all the booze in an entire off-licence, but don't worry about that; they never do. Also, take a sip whenever any of them says "You're absolutely right." or hits themselves; two if it's Tom.

[@rd-6137]

thanks guys now my liver has exploded

[@goobersky]

Also: any time there are binary points.

[@EmmaLiza]

Whenever Tom tells them an answer is “exactly the opposite”, and someone takes it far too literally

[@shotgun3628]

It's taken my seventh rewatching of the series to get the "join the army" joke

[@lycandusk7263]

i can probably finish all of the jokes made in these entire series

[@DarthPudden]

As an Aussie, I approve this segment, and all the tinnies it's keeping cool.

[@MaraContrary]

***** I too am an Aussie, and my friend speaks exactly like Chris was. Should I be worried that he is a stereotype?

[@DarthPudden]

I'd put him in a museum. The Ocker Lingo is becoming rare.

[@MaraContrary]

I don't know of many museums who would take him in.

[@MattLaher]

as an Austrian, I am very much in favor of being associated with cuckoo clocks.. sure as hell beats everyone thinking we all live on mountaintops and communicate exclusively via jodeling

[@MicroBlogganism]

Wait, you don't do that?

[@57thorns]

@Gary Oak Without musical talent to boot. :-)

[@joejohnson8789]

I thought you just mass produce despots

[@jeffgoldblunt]

Also beats the other Austrian stereotype

[@ThePixel1983]

How correct is the fondue cliché, though? Switzerland, sure, but Austria?

[@MetaBloxer]

can you imagine the drive-through pie shop where you pull up to the second window and a banana creme pie flies out and hits you in the face?

[@andrewwebb7238]

As an Australian, I gotta say its nice to know our stereotypes hold up overseas. Your were pretty much on the money for most jokes, and really Aussies enjoy laughing at themselves as much as anyone else - no need to apologize. I'm a recent follower to the Technical difficulties after discovering Tom Scott for his "things you might not know" videos, and I have to say as much as I enjoy learning something from those videos, I quite like the random humour Citation Needed provides, and this episode is now my favourite. I actually had to go back and replay parts because I couldn't hear it over my laughter!

[@motalux]

Tom's drive-through pie shop double-take is so good

[@epicsnail14]

the wonderful thing about citation needed is i can rewatch it 10 times and its still funny

[@wrywh]

Clearly a butler's alert sound would be the "Ahem." of a cleared throat. (Why has it taken me so long to find this, I can't remember the last time I laughed so much in 5 minutes) From Pete Brown's Three Sheets To The Wind: "beer drinking is so intrinsically tied to Australian culture that the way they deal with situations where sobriety is required is by drinking low alcohol beer."

[@lewistrundell]

i've seen all of these videos so many times they're very relaxing to watch. in fact i have started to have them on as i go to sleep.

[@oxybrightdark8765]

*slaps roof of Austria* This bad boy can fit so many Swiss stereotypes in it.

[@Ranzha_]

10 years woo! Every couple years I come back to Citation Needed and do a big ol' rewatch. Never gets old.

[@yannickmartens2041]

4:30 "Austrian stereotypes" *Proceeds to list Swiss stereotypes

[@AgentTasmania]

yannick martens Alpine Germans

[@purpledevilr7463]

Just for everyone’s information, there is a group of people who are trying to make a giant immortal lobster god to worship. Because lobsters are already immortal and grow forever, they just get too big to shed their shells properly and die. - by helping it shed, they allow it to continue to grow.

[@elifarmer3815]

I hope we get a 10-year anniversary edition of Citation Needed.

[@fafnir242]

The drive-thru pie shop bit is still one of my favorite moments in the series.

[@vasko002]

I barely knew what was happening from all of the jokes.

[@paxardens3505]

Until last year, I lived in Texas my whole life. When on road trips between Houston and San Antonio or Austin, I'd sometimes stop in Schulenburg for kolaches (it's A Thing in central Texas). Until a few years ago, there was a place near one of the bakeries I sometimes went to called "Double Shot Liquor And Guns". And yes, it was a drive-thru. Sometimes my beloved home state actually does deserve the stereotypes. *sigh*

[@AlKohaiMusic]

Round 10 of watching this over

[@PopeSalty1]

I used to live in Louisiana, and I must say I was always a bit baffled by the logic behind the idea of the drive-through daiquiri establishment, in a place where drinking while driving was just as illegal as anywhere else. Not too baffled to prevent my ever patronizing said establishments, but baffled nonetheless. A similar concept I found much easier to get behind, however, was that of the daiquiri kiosk in the local shopping mall. Interestingly enough, it was the one time in my life I found myself more than happy to grant a girlfriend's request to tag along as she went shopping... "Oh, never mind me, love; take all the time you need . . . I'll just be over here by the, um, food court..."

[@publiusii4246]

It's only illegal if you get caught

[@lakie2042]

A few years too late for this to get anywhere, but I'm not far from the Big Lobster. If we can organise a cardboard cutout of the TechDifs ill get some snaps of them at the Big Lobster.

[@darqebri2887]

It's okay, as an Aussie I still love you. Our convict status just means we have inherited the knowledge of how to murder people and other various crimes.

[@57thorns]

But not stealing ducks... :-) I guess that person just wanted a free trip out of Europe, and could not afford the America ticket.

[@whiskedragon]

Whenever I come back to binge watch this I am always in awe of the Lovecraftian nightmare that is the camera jig and arms set up. I know it works but its so jarring compared to where this show goes.

[@kallei8496]

It's so wierd for me to watch this 8 years laterat the end of 2022 and seeing Chris without his magnificent beard! I barely recognize him.

[@J.D.Stephens]

I like to say that this podcast is one of my favorites of all time. I’ve watched every single episode twice and I’m on my third rewatch. I hope more people get to watch this in the future and that Tom actually brings this series back.

[@Leo9ine]

Returning to fall asleep to this series for the hundredth time? Me too friend, me too.

[@PhattyMo]

LOBBO! I had to come back just to hear that part again. For some reason,It's been stuck in my head for days.

[@drakonua]

It's been 8 years since this came out and it is still as fun as it was!

[@Imurai]

Almost 8 years later and they haven't cxhanged a bit. Except, of course, Chris' magnificent beard!

[@noahnewell2131]

My favorite part of this series is that Chris' beard just gets longer as it goes.

[@yobespierre]

"houses are people tanks" has a whole new meaning in 2020/2021, i must say. :P

[@goodgoomba]

Watching this series at 2x speed is a whole other experience; would recommend if you've already watched/listened to the whole series like 4 times already.

[@eliskarezlerova7424]

I am still watching... I cannot be stopped... I will rewatch forever... That is my evil plan... Forever...

[@randomguy1086]

I am sad that this is over so i am rewatching all of these!

[@hanged4703]

Same

[@pao_lumu]

I've watched this probably 30 times. Christ, it never gets old.

[@losslessification]

Well this is what I came for, loved the audio version and this version is even better. So glad it hasn't been killed off and look forward to the future 1x02 and beyond!

[@ixDanime123]

What about the giant Australian mango that has been stolen multiple times?

[@LachiBoii]

There is a strawberry farm around 15-20 minutes away that has a, probably, 3-4 metre tall strawberry, that got stolen once, that was cause for laughs and annoyance in the local area.

[@nixtheclause9984]

_wot_

[@obliviousotterI]

@@nixtheclause9984 Most recently stolen by Nandos

[@PeterKelley]

So many big things left out of this episode. The big rocking horse, the big Merino, the big trout and so many more.

[@webchimp]

I shouldn't have started a re-watch so late, needing biscuits now.

[@cristian-ionutapostol8018]

I still want to see that composite shot of fish outside the window.

[@3thanguy7]

10 years of endless rewatches lets go everyone

[@Jedi-J2]

it's neat to listen to these on loop right now, since season 7 ends with an episode talking about chickens, then it's back here to the poultry and fish farm.

[@M1ST3RFOX]

Happy belated 10 year anniversary to Citation Needed

[@mobile_vic]

This is the single most ridiculous, childish thing I have seen all year. Please keep it coming!! I haven't laughed this hard in a very long time!

[@janhetjoch]

Time for my yearly rewatching of all episodes

[@rewrose2838]

I almost forgot to watch these today

[@JackBBaltzer]

This was more fun than expected! well done. And speaking of water tanks and fish etc... someone please water the plant behind Tom...

[@getpigtailed]

I wonder if they ever did water it

[@Star-Commander-Vong]

"Sense of entitlement" We're talking about Australia here, not the UK.

[@GrifKilla97]

6 years late here, but the best part about the "One Slab Per Person" rule at Bathurst is that people were actually breaking into the campgrounds in the weeks leading up to the event and Burying beer so they could circumvent the rule and get sloshed for a cheaper price than paying for beers at the bar.

[@CBG232x5]

Yes it is 2022. Yes I am rewatching all of tech diff with hopes of new content this year. No, they are still hilarious.

[@CBG232x5]

Yes it is the *end* of 2022 and I rewatching all of the tech diff because it is now one of my holiday traditions.

[@erilassila409]

I actually used the Monkwearmouth Bridge as an answer in a quiz where we had to name things in different categories starting with the letter M, with a clock counting down time. Thanks for teaching me new things via this show

[@ules5799]

Happy 10 Years to my favorite show on youtube!

[@Lachm83]

As an Australian this is the best representation of our culture on the internet

[@Andrew8468]

Who's here to rewatch this video after Matt's comment that this video is 10 years old

[@nickcagesgoodseed]

Where did he mention that

[@jarrahcook8124]

As an Australian, I have to say that the jokes range from surprisingly accurate to woefully inaccurate, but the majority are funny and accurate.

[@auzzierocks]

in case of cultural confusion, our meat pies here are the size of your pot pies, but instead of being served in a pot, its fully pastry. most commonly bought at petrol stations

[@josephthedafty]

Really glad Tech Dif are back, the addition of video is extremely welcome, keep them coming lads

[@drakonslayer8279]

Aussie accent was brilliant Cheers from NZ

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I discovered this show after I started my new summer job, on the episode about The Swarm. I now spend many of my breaks rewatching these videos :)

[@alansmithee419]

I'm sad. They make so many references throughout this series that go straight over my head Edit: actually I'm using headphones, so I guess they go through my head?

[@part2interactive547]

I’m American… this British humor is over my head. I love it.

[@Snailgineer]

The Big D***heads joke is the most Aussie thing in this video. Side note: I’m an Adelaide local and genuinely had no idea we had a big Lobster…

[@aaron_r6611]

Crazy to think this continued for another 8 seasons, I love this show I occasionally come back and watch every episode.

[@joebleasdale5557]

Who else is joining me for the top-to-bottom Citation Needed marathon beginning with LOBO??!!! 🦞

[@TheCullenscott]

Always a treat finding a channel with lots of old stuff when your stuck inside 24/7

[@bismyth_7859]

17:25 fun fact! The call of the kookaburra is actually what they used for the spongebob dolphin sound effect!

[@charliehamilton3672]

That was amazing. I've never laughed so much in the space of 20 minutes.

[@trans_foxgirl]

As an Aussie, I had lots of fun watching this

[@meekle8891]

Loved it. Loved every second. I spat out my coffee at drive through pie shop.