Unlikely things to say when running for US President | Mock the Week - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Dara O Briain and the team return for another series of the topical comedy featuring guests Ed Byrne, Nathan Caton, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe. In this clip, panelists suggest things that Presidential candidates would never say.
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[@Jemerick95]

That's the first time I've ever seen Hugh fuck up :')

[@India.H]

Scott Hastelow he has before, but generally it's cut out because it's an actual mistake

[@FooBarBash]

I mean, the shooting goes on for about 3 hours, condensed down into 30 minute segments, so it's likely that Hugh fucks up all the time, we just don't see it.

[@just-tess]

how many Fosters can you have and still be under below the limit... (unless that was only in the outtakes?)

[@AutisticPersona]

Poor Hugh Dennis not getting that last joke.

[@dodgyb2001]

You never see him fuck it up!

[@stuartmoran4444]

nwo interfers with sting hhh match

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Not getting it right twice made it even funnier... :)

[@samvidas9599]

He could have played off the first as intentional, the transparency being the fact that he messed up the speech.

[@doomerbloomer6160]

​@@samvidas9599 i thought that was the joke until he went up to the mic to tell it again

[@adamdickinson2894]

I love Hugh Dennis staying in character as he says he's gna start again 😂😂

[@mradonis252]

this should be renamed as likely things to say when running for US President, bacause there have been worse things said in the actual campianing.

[@michaelscott6022]

To be fair, this is more of a "Guess which president / presidential candidate probably said these things".

[@jamesflynn4951]

Michael Scott the gay f j one would definitely be George W Bush

[@aileenzhao7951]

The "chinesey looking people" one radiates a very strong Trump energy.

[@PerovNigma]

*Checks date of release*

[@morganlouden3850]

Still relevant

[@tilzo_9752]

Checks date of this comment

[@angrytedtalks]

😐

[@PurpledaisyShasta]

“If ivanka wasn’t my daughter I would probably be dating her”

[@melissaclark1051]

he has actually said something quite like that

[@hejalll]

@@melissaclark1051 that's the joke

[@tsoiboy4073]

If she wasn’t his daughter he’d probably be paying for her.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

It says Unlikely.

[@PurpledaisyShasta]

@@ireallyreallyhategoogle everyone thought that someone as stupid as trump would never be allowed o run for president so what he said was unlikely.

[@retnavybrat]

2:13 -- Yep, that's pretty much what I hear when any politician speaks.

[@EllieC130]

Lol the "black, white and chinesey look ones" joke is so on point.

[@karmicphase]

It's sad that the actual president has said much more ridiculous things than these comedians

[@lukemcleod8790]

......no

[@Mather088]

karmicphase no

[@nanodash3748]

No

[@billyosullivan4514]

I think trump is better than obama and well better than Clinton but my favorite trump quote is "autism i an epidemic"

[@eamon9989]

@@billyosullivan4514 yet all of them are garbage

[@Zman9042]

3:10 As an American, this is 1000% true

[@terrymcginnis1990]

after trump this topic has become more difficult because nothing is unlikely now is it 😅

[@billyosullivan4514]

He proved that the American dream is alive as anyone can become president

[@wcapewell3089]

Yep.

[@cubinglab6332]

@@billyosullivan4514 yes he did, if you get small loans of a million dollars. But more importantly, born into a rich family who bail you out of bancrupcy several times

[@billyosullivan4514]

@@cubinglab6332 He turned 1 million dollars to a billion and yes some of his companies went bankrupt (which is normal for a business) but he himself never went bankrupt please provide a citation for your claim.

[@matthewjackson7821]

@@billyosullivan4514 please provide a citation for the claim he turned 1 million into a billion... That just isn't true

[@pookywooky42]

"Some may object to the occult rituals that we have carried out, but it was all worth it to bring back from the dead the perfect guy to run my ad campaign." "Hi! I'm Billy Mays!"

[@rexiuadeus]

"God Save the Queen"

[@Trackrace29582]

Jude Xerxes Herbolario brilliant

[@dodgyb2001]

LOL

[@thehellyousay]

"the fascist regime, We mean it man We love our queen No future No future No future for you

[@cov9290]

Said Johnny rotten

[@liamevans9815]

It's not often Hugh messes up but that was done in hilarious fashion.

[@FalconV7000]

Andy Parson's face after that first joke was priceless.

[@gboss5119]

FalconV7000 yh what a shit joke he was embarrassed for her

[@marcocearnaigh51]

She is always useless at this

[@LeoCurtis]

Hahaha! xD Fuckin' Hugh Dennis! Man, I love his comedy :D

[@tats_sacs]

Here are some good ones. “We have super duper missiles” “We could inject the bleach” “I won this election, by a lot!”

[@tats_sacs]

@Mental Dispute? and only a pretentious douche who is insecure about his intellect would try to sound smart in the internet. You’re one of those who google everything and thinks they know better. At the end of the day, people still think you’re dumb and stuck in a dead end job.

[@Rebateman]

what about "Hello Bri-wait I signed up for the wrong country..."

[@scsutton1]

'Hello, I'm Donald Trump.'

[@alexanderg1935]

I was looking for this

[@melm5379]

Sean Sutton well

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

It seems that's exactly the right thing to say.

[@luciancrosby6331]

ahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[@SteveCowlishaw]

the round would be over if anybody said "I'm Donald Trump" lol

[@NateSean]

"We're going to take back this country in the name of Mother Russia."

[@lucaspowell2980]

Trump did that.

[@NateSean]

Lucas Powell No, he's pretty much gift wrapping it for them.

[@Frank-ns2ll]

Nathanielle Crawford w

[@ginge641]

@@Frank-ns2ll Great response there. "W" What a profound statement.

[@andrewhoneywell5244]

Or China

[@Rylee_G]

1:17 lol that's totally happened though

[@xEricTheGothx]

The fact that Hugh fucked up just makes it so much more funnier xD LOL that's something a typical president would do LOL

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

Hugh's material is so strong, even he can't control it. #godsent

[@malcolmdale]

No 1 thing for a presidential candidate not to say "Ma'am that sure is an ugly baby".

[@MrDOCTORDERPY]

why am I running for president? my cable and Internet is out

[@olie0561]

MrDOCTORDERPY lol

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

_'I'm black and gay. I'm fine with abortion, I'm atheist, I want proper gun laws, an NHS, drastically cut military spending and ... Dammit I may as well just concede now'._

[@AbysmalGaming]

lol literally the worst traits a president could have. well besides gay and black, nobody cares about your race or sexuality anymore. irrelevant factor.

[@creatureofvenice]

@@AbysmalGaming well then why are people fighting because of black oppression ? And why are people having pride marches if they are just as important and normal as straight people, if so I think straight people should have a march to celebrate their straightness

[@AbysmalGaming]

OrangeVevo bwuuh I agree. If gay people get a month, why don’t straight people? That doesn’t sound like equality to me. If black people get a month, why don’t hispanics? Or asians? Or caucasians? Doesn’t seem very equal.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@creatureofvenice You're really using that argument in 2020?

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@AbysmalGaming Have any of those groups been denied equality in law and been persecuted for centuries? You should really stop and think before making comments you know are going to call stupid because there's probably a good reason for them to do so.

[@mikejohndonovan9444]

“Friends, Romans, countrymen,......person, woman, man, camera, TV.”

[@punmaster2271]

I don't know why no one just said 'the truth'

[@miaclarke6489]

PunMaster haha

[@itsyourboichungus3739]

I wanna like so bad....but there’s 69 likes rn....

[@arya6085]

Because it would be an easy joke. They're comedians, not middle aged women on Facebook

[@saxx9088]

Someone else did it already

[@parsat8294]

This was legit the best one ever

[@Professicchio]

Amazingly, none of these things are as ridiculous as what the current president said during his own campaign...

[@RinJackson]

Not just his campaign, either...

[@thepretentiousgentleman]

Hooboy. If you guys had known how tame that was gonna be.

[@begeezuz3429]

And the actuality of trumps presidency is heaps funnier 🤣🤪😂😅

[@austinbehel2753]

"We're going to build a wall between us and Mexico, and Mexico is going to pay for it." - Donald Trump

[@MrCaboose]

Twolve No he didn't

[@TheExplodingBacon]

The Mexicans will build the wall themselves

[@zakreally4680]

Instead American Tax dollars are.

[@footballnerd277]

3 years later and still no wall. He had the voters pants down big time.

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Joke’s on you dickhead

[@Sheenifier]

How dare you say completely accurate and hilarious jokes about American and its politicians and do it again pls

[@DunkdaHunk]

Omg I shot gay fk pahaaaaa!! Oh Hugh.

[@mitchellweiner4990]

Sara’s American accent was fantastic!

[@angeredasha9959]

Isn't everything that was said during the elections something you wouldn't say in an election?

[@nomore2863]

You can't do this topic anymore xD everything has been said

[@flyawaytodie]

"I want to see what colour the White House is" Yea, that's probably something that Bush and Trump both actually said.

[@srbrant5391]

"I should have slashed Bernie's tires a long time ago-- Is this on?"

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

I'm American... and I love this.

[@chrisgarton4225]

And now I’m on my way to Disney World to model for my animatronic for the Hall of Presidents

[@melissaclark1051]

"These hands are big hands, they are not small girly hands and this is not a wig it is the real thing"

[@HRRN-gh3wj]

0:52 absolutely genius XD

[@ttrep4957]

"I'm just in it for money and power. But i'm honest."

[@Algahiem]

"People have criticised me in the past because I'm a Anglo-Christian republican who has been given bad press by African Americans for my "ignorance and bigotry" toward their shortcomings. But I vow to to prove those people wrong, or my name isn't Ben Carson." "Mah daughter is more than qually-fied to run this here country of ours! Ain't that right, Honey Boo-Boo?" "Well, I figured that if my brother could do it, how hard could it be?" "...And now message from Ted Cruz: "(Sobs) Why does nobody like me any more?"

[@JS-fi7fl]

2015 Mock The Week comedians: reels off unlikely things to say when running for US President Trump: Hold my beer...

[@daanwilmer]

*cheeseburger

[@RyanGiggsOBE]

Ed Gamble got me with this one. Pure gold

[@AFMakers]

‘I’m Hilary Clinton’ would be enough for a joke

[@broadwaybitch2471]

"I had a torrid affair and I write it down right here" *hands everyone a copy of the Reynolds pamphlet*

[@triforce00111]

American here. This is super accurate

[@FrederickFokker]

2:34 As a Yank, I laughed a little too much at this joke.

[@Rylee_G]

They killed this 😂

[@MRLCSisamazing]

Perfect timing

[@missybarbour6885]

I am an American and I approve this message.

[@typacsk]

0:30 Nice Rick Perry impression.

[@SnazzySazerac98]

1:58 now that was pretty damn clever

[@wynwilliams6977]

02:40 (everybody in 2020 glances at Trump supporters) well looks like he was 100% correct

[@EightThreeEight]

To be fair, 3 million more Americans wanted the other one. Whereas we somehow elected Bojo by a landslide.

[@RLaf328]

2:08 is actually Gary Johnson

[@noodengr3three825]

The Clinton dna one was my fav. Thanks

[@Tht1Gy]

3:10 Call-back to Cheney. NICE. Ps, From 'The States'.

[@MrCrockaG]

"Please clap"

[@satyajitpati635]

Hugh's Texan accent is spot on

[@kinsmed]

Hugh Dennis is a reliable talent. Until he's not. His name is the only one left out of the description.

[@1deagwonder440]

2:32 is true 100%

[@MythicalSkull13]

I met with the president of the Virgin Islands

[@bluebear1985]

At the end, it sounded like Hugh was trying to say both J. Edgar Hoover and JFK at the same time.

[@JordiVanderwaal]

We need a 2020 version of this. It's gonna be crazy. xD

[@stuartkseels]

Oh dear... Poor Hugh... Lol.

[@gerhardkutt1748]

I’m not sure which is funnier. These unlikely speeches or,the actual ones.

[@ForensicAnalytics]

It was so interesting to hear what foreigners think of us, at least in a comedy setting. Remember, of course, that the U.K. (together with Canada) are our two "best" friends. Imagine the same comedy sketch in some other places.

[@WinterHalloweenRose]

This gets sadder the closer we get to January 20th

[@jakerobinson701]

“Unlikely things to say when running for president” My answer: The Truth ?

[@Mr_DJB]

1:32 - anyone notice the dribble? :p

[@Tralby19]

The last 2 from Hugh was good

[@WardyLion]

I’m a gay, muslim, gun-control advocating, vegan, pacifist, communist who drives a Prius - what’s not to like?

[@davidgeorge1943]

3:13 I mean, that's a reasonable response, right?

[@Tht1Gy]

Absolutely. Lol Gotta love those 'call back' jokes.

[@sharpetutor227]

Are their any Americans here that see this? What do you guys think?

[@almostfm]

+Daniel Tutor I'm American, and I thought it was funny. Sadly, for the first time since I was first able to vote in 1984, there isn't a candidate from _either_ party that I really want to vote for.

[@typacsk]

+Daniel Tutor Thought it was funny as hell--although if I had to describe the American electorate in one word, it'd be "insane" rather than "thick." (The guy at 3:10 kind of hit the nail on the head.)

[@retnavybrat]

+typacsk "Insane" is a perfect word to describe the American electorate. If I may tweak the quotation a bit: The definition of insanity is to elect the same two groups of people over and over again and expect a different result.

[@barbaramendelsohn3355]

I love this show, and I'm an American that can't believe that we have to choose between two obviously unworthy candidates for the Presidency!

[@retnavybrat]

Amy Brennan I'll wager that there probably either is or shortly will be at least one video floating around here on KZbin with Rory Bremner as Trump.

[@AT-cr4fc]

Unlikely things to say when running for US President: I'd build a wall to the border of America and Mexico

[@AT-cr4fc]

@Mental Dispute? I'm sorry if you got offended by my bad joke

[@mat8194]

"I'm capable."

[@ungodlysponge]

* sees video in 2018 * Oof this should be interesting

[@Hundredyacrewoods]

I would of just said "The Truth"

[@chrisgarton4225]

Yes I do like the music of Showaddywaddy.

[@stone1andonly]

The only thing that can stop Hugh Dennis... is Hugh Dennis.

[@loriwbahadur]

Poor Mr. Dennis. I think he was going to cry....

[@michaelrauch8629]

That first one

[@arnavroy3383]

I so wanted someone to speak something from Trump's speeches pre-election. That would be so ironically funny

[@josephinebennington7247]

2.52.. well,,,half of them.

[@adsorptiontheorem5415]

someone should have said I'm gonna build a wall.

[@Haaris.Qureshi]

At this point nothing is unlikely

[@jasoncorr8875]

Who is the comedian on Andy Parsons' and Sara Pasco's team?

[@GeminiRosche]

Oh boy...

[@CoolMrjames]

Finding this one 5 years later... Wondering how many of these were in fact said and done by Angry Orange...

[@TPRM1]

Such an innocent time.

[@CharlieBarbarossa]

None of these are even as unlikely as reality anymore.

[@ruffey1748]

That last joke was just not meant to be told!

[@Gussyboy06]

Of course youtube recommends this now

[@axeljohansson5583]

Well, this would all be said in a campaigne

[@PendellTheEnigmaUKZz]

saras so damn gorgeous

[@chrisgarton4225]

As president, I’m pleased to live in a country run by the people who love the musical hamilton.

[@doctor_fever]

And now it's eight years later. . .