Wedge a bike up 'em. ■ Reverse Trivia 1x01

[@techdif]

And away we go! The first of four new weekly episodes, and a return to a format from many years ago. Welcome back, everyone.

[@allfunandgames1976]

Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. So excited to have you back, especially with reverse trivia again! I still relisten to the old audio episodes sometimes. Perhaps you could upload those unlisted on this channel and create a playlist, so that they could be easier to access?

[@suorastas1]

Will next series be the glorious return of citation needed?

[@derosterhase1]

Four! Weekly! Episodes! Thanks, that's a real treat!

[@fep_ptcp883]

Four? FOUR?

[@harrypootis9519]

Very good

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

It truly is a new era of Tom Scott, no more red tshirt or grey hoodie. The old Tom is dead, long live Tom Scott!

[@theeyesofryan]

It's still so jarring to not see the red t-shirt. It's been long enough that it really shouldn't be but that t-shirt was so iconic damnit

[@krissp8712]

Yeah same. I came back to lateral highlights after a couple months and it was odd without the fashionably red shirt! But it's probably good for him to try other fashions too.

[@theeyesofryan]

@@krissp8712 especially after wearing that red T-shirt for, jeez, 10 years or whatever it actually was? Man has style though, we can’t deny it

[@boop5295]

THATS WHAT FELT WRONG!! I spent the whole video thinking to myself that something felt off but I couldn't place it

[@MollyBlueDawn]

At last it is safe for him to beam down with the away team.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

"That's a maths joke, people! And one person enjoyed it!" I don't think Gary is accurately representing the kind of people who view Tom Scott videos. This is the same crowd that ranked Earth's magnetic field as one of the top five best things.

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

"I just didn't expect it to beat Hugs."

[@Feraloidies]

hey i don't understand them but i do enjoy them.

[@beek.4860]

"Riding the delivery man home" is already a classic line. I'm so, so happy to see you all back in a format like this!

[@sarar4901]

Better idea after pizza than after giving birth!

[@MollyBlueDawn]

"Riding the delivery man home" could be the punchline to any number of jokes

[@joltz..2042]

Mine is still "LentoKenta, in English is Air Field."

[@ItsLeah43]

Two of These People Are Lying and Citation Needed are some of my absolute favorite pieces of comedy content on the platform, super excited to see more of this kinda stuff

[@ecchikitty1395]

I have so many wrong definitions in my head. 'What's a Duryard?' 'Don't know. It's NOT a mononym from a famed cricket player.'

[@CraftQueenJr]

Have you heard the older podcast with this format but 1984 trivial pursuit cards?

[@RyuakiraX]

​@@CraftQueenJrAnd that one time with 1995 Trivial Pursuit cards.

[@Jake9066]

I would recommend looking up the old technical difficulties podcast. ~30 episodes of this format

[@ItsLeah43]

@@CraftQueenJr yeah, ages ago when citation needed was new

[@Azeria]

rule one of coal-powered coal ships: never get by on your own supply

[@rasmis]

Also, oil tankers use bunker fuel / heavy oil to transport more refined oil. AFAIK.

[@emilie4058]

Although early trains were used just for moving coal, so they used their own supply because it's somewhat abundant in coal mines.

[@euanduthie2333]

This made me think: Wouldn't it be embarrassing for a petrol tanker to run out of fuel, and end up stuck because its engine actually needs diesel.

[@devnol]

This guy coals.

[@QualityDoggo]

@@euanduthie2333I bet this has happened. However they usually have well planned routes which include fuel calculations -- commercial trucks should not be "winging it", hazardous ones doubly so 😅

[@philipneedstowrite1799]

I love how Tom's went and commissioned professional questions, but based on this episode a total of ten are actually going to end up being asked in the whole series

[@ben1468]

This simply means material for more seasons

[@recurvestickerdragon]

okay but I would love to have a new deck every season, especially if they decide to print merch store versions of them as Gary suggested

[@stevenbrodie404]

OR some questions just led to 0 banter, so they get cut

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

With the quips we have, it's adequate.

[@eastmeetswestpresents6923]

@@philipneedstowrite1799 I actually have a quiz book I can send to them that may provide even more usefully funny questions for this format. I just need to message tom and ask him how to send it

[@BlobVanDam]

Not only have I been looking forward to more of the group, but it's also great to see some Tom Scott content after so long

[@aamocryp]

I hope you have discovered Tom's podcast, Lateral, it is a good time as well!

[@listey]

Can highly recommend Lateral. I always look forward to the new episodes on Fridays

[@Taaaamas]

I'm here for the Garry content

[@deefdragon]

lateral is not on yt, which is still a decision I question.

[@JouvaMoufette]

@@deefdragon You can read a FAQ about this on Tom's site

[@laureng2110]

OH ALSO thanks for subtitling this properly!!! I know Tom has said before he cares about captioning, but it's so rare on the comedy side of KZbin, and the audience are only getting older and deafer you know

[@TheEmptyHoliness]

I heard “awe powered ships;” boats powered by their own impressiveness

[@realcanadian67]

Titanic would've beaten the iceberg had that've been the case.

[@macronencer]

That's pretty much the Heart of Gold.

[@unexpected2475]

Narcisships!

[@samuelmellars7855]

Boats powered by overwhelming and sudden military displays of strength was where I went. Shock-and-Awe powered ships! I don't think they'd be very sustainable though

[@RTDelete]

That logic gate joke was pretty *exclusive,* I don’t imagine many people would get it

[@SirioResteghini]

I asked my Australian mate if he got it, he said nor

[@garethaethwy]

Not me, that's for certain...

[@Becky_Cooling]

I got it!

[@nos595]

Or everyone would, dont imagine there's much between though.

[@apefu]

*groans in boolean logic*

[@diarya5573]

"Riding the delivery guy home" cracked me up, I'm so glad you're back!

[@qwertyTRiG]

Properly got Gary with that gulp of water, too.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Chris just lies dormant as jokes happen around him, only to erupt in the saga of Henricus every generation.

[@OwlRTA]

I remember watching a beer commercial where that happened, and I thought that was just a joke!

[@ro_thing]

20:17 nono, gary, submarine isn't in disguise, it's in diwater

[@ellaisplotting]

That was AWFUL, congratulations!

[@b3ndavies]

Beat me to it!

[@ReviewedbyRob]

Quick, someone hit Mystery Biscuits

[@mirjanbouma]

🍪 🎶 Mystery Biscuiiiiits! 🎶 🍪

[@grmpf]

That's a very Matt joke.

[@Natalie-101]

The banter between these 4 is just perfection. In the era of "comedy podcasts" that feel like everyone is trying so hard to get a good line in it's so refreshing to just hear a friend group crack each other up with the first thing that comes to their head no matter how goofy or esoteric. And I get to learn relatively useless facts? I'm not surprised that I missed this so much!

[@drewstratton1256]

Drawfee is also really good for that, though the humour is niche in a... different way. Still recommend if you like art and funny people being silly very seriously.

[@CEverett9979]

Oh heck, actual question cards! Also, shout outs to the closed captioning crew! They do great work and I always turn them on for Tech Diff episodes. In the middle of the episode or would name them directly as I'm sure they are correctly credited at the end. EDIT: Caption+. There we are!

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

More channels should hire that team, I say. Their subtitles are elite.

[@jefflanam]

Did you catch where they are talking about Letchworth and Gary says "Is Lecheworth the name of the Spanish Stock Exchange?", Leche being the Spanish word for milk? at 10:16

[@Kactus_Kris]

Thing one, no mystery biscuits? Thing two, Camston Island has loads of new material to animate.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

yes! woo!

[@zyaicob]

Economy's not great, austerity- biscuits are a luxury item

[@felixhamel1853]

Also no red t-shirt

[@ezekielmartin4323]

YEHEHEAH! SICK!

[@smugly6793]

This truly is the mystery of the biscuits

[@richardmillhousenixon]

The funny thing about the U-505 in Chicago is that not only is it a submarine in Chicago, it's a submarine _in a building_ in Chicago.

[@TheYorkRose]

For now

[@thebobbicus]

And I believe the last u-boat of its type in existence

[@alanholck9845]

It was outside for a long time, about 20 years ago they moved it inside

[@paulmarano4078]

@@alanholck9845 Well yeah, we wouldn't want it to get wet, would we?

[@sillysongs19]

@@paulmarano4078 like mogwai, uboats get angry when they get wet ;)

[@audeeophile]

ACTUAL QUESTION CARDS! With Gary shouting "That's merchandise!" - I think I would honestly love and get some TechDifs trivia cards. Please (if possible with Dan Peake's permission to make it so) make it so.

[@Cruxador]

They could go and sign them and then auction them for some charity (or beer money)

[@WizardOfDocs]

I want a notepad with that on the cover

[@recurvestickerdragon]

​@@WizardOfDocs each one will be signed by Gary, which will then be crossed out by Tom

[@ecchikitty1395]

I'd be okay with blank cards to play my own at home version.

[@WouterWeggelaar]

I'd like Gary to draw on them. a goose, a train. random things like that

[@Kombivar]

My Heroes are BAAAAAAAACK!!!!! [Clarification] Back in the 2020 this (then) freshly discovered gang of "laughing circulatory disorder deliverers" kept me in high spirits while the world outside seems cease to exist. The sheer volume of knowledge they gave, made me won a few times the quiz night at a local pub. Some of the puns later in life resonated with my schoolmates at collage and workmates nowadays (I referenced those anytime I did). The boost in communication this all episodes gave is immense. I wouldn't be as funny and open to people if not for the Techdiff - Thank you guys for everything, you made a sad bloke from outside to find a great happiness here in UK.

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

*”NEEEEEEEARLY touching cloth”* is the exact sort of highbrow, ground-breaking punchline we’ve come to expect from Matt Gray 😂

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I still don’t get that one.

[@toymachine2328]

​@@lawrencecalablaster568I had to Google it

[@Armadeus]

​@@lawrencecalablaster568 look up the phrase "touch cloth"

[@lucaskulmann]

when brennan said "there's no deck planks anymore it's just coal" it made me think of the "lead lined lead" windows for the pope a few years ago and in my head i said "coal lined coal"

[@prettypic444]

I think the guys are vastly underestimating the nerdiness of their audience Also, we Americans have been having the “Chicago is a costal city” debate for YEARS

[@dchuhay]

Cleveland’s not the only city on the north coast

[@FeltNokia]

@@Meaddie They have a canal around the Falls... but so would I.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

Chicago has a naval base and a coast guard… it has a port. It’s a coastal city. I say this as someone who grew up north of Chicago. The Great Lakes are really inland, fresh water oceans. I don’t believe there are submarines in the Great Lakes though. At least military ones. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are small, manned submersibles tested there though. The navy’s sub school is in Connecticut.

[@twojuiceman]

To be fair, Fort Worth, Texas has a navy base, and that's definitely not on the coast by any definition. And they've definitely had subs in the great lakes. They dove one down to the _Edmund Fitzgerald._

[@FeltNokia]

@@Chaotic_Pixie Manitowoc, WI on Lake Michigan is very proud of having built WWII submarines. There certainly used to be!

[@katiegoode]

The reason why I love this and none of the other random game show stuff that get done by Tom etc is because it's the people! Not the format. The format is just there to hold together the crew of mates that know how to riff of each other, it's the personalities. Keep the crew together - that's all anyone wants!

[@IceMetalPunk]

Truth! It includes everyone's favorite Gary Brannan, and there's a reason he's everyone's favorite!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yup. Came to the same conclusion some time ago. No matter 'the format' it's their personalities and chemistry that drive the videos. As for "everybody's favourite Gary Brannan" not only do I not want to explain that long running joke but, with all due respect, my favourite has always been Chris Joel.

[@sirBrouwer]

I do have to say some of the guest (combinations) on the Lateral to have that same riff going. the downside is they are never in the same space so that is a challenge. these 4 are always doing the tech diff shows together in the same room.

[@Loweene_Ancalimon]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue See, I am now coming to a realisation that I might have understood that joke wrong ? I've always understood it as "This specific Gary Brannan is everyone's favourite Gary Brannan"

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

​@@sirBrouwerWhich guest combinations are your favourite on Lateral? I usually really enjoy the Answer In Progress crew! (Veerry different dynamic from the Tech Diff, of course!)

[@aldude9511]

As someone who studied computer science, I appreciated the NAND pirates joke as well. It also brings me so much joy that this show format is back.

[@Becky_Cooling]

this is a note to my future self for when i inevitably binge-watch all of the reverse trivia videos in a few months time. 'Is it 2025 yet?'

[@juneguts]

whats the note say

[@Becky_Cooling]

@@juneguts Oh sugar, I forgot to put it in

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

'Is it 2025 yet?' It almost is.

[@maxresdefault_]

I've listened through all the Reverse Trivia podcasts repeatedly to fill the Technical Difficulties shaped hole in my life. So glad you guys are back!

[@ethanjohnstone6797]

Me too! I’m so hyped

[@chrissanchez2394]

Same here! This is so exciting

[@alexknj1]

Glad to know I'm not alone

[@Vinemaple]

Yeah, I had just decided to go back to them

[@sirBrouwer]

@HeleneHolst-n1i i do that with there citation playlist on KZbin.

[@memth02]

As someone who was much too young to listen to the original podcast when it came out, and who has now gone back and listened to it many times in the past year, this makes me so incredibly excited! And I love to see that the cheap joke at the end has remained a part of the format, that was always my favorite part :P

[@Becky_Cooling]

Same here

[@BoxesOfKnives]

5:30 Yes, I _did_ enjoy scoring this.

[@TheOutZZ]

Ayyy, you've done some edits of CN and RTP, nice to see you here.

[@glowstoneunknown]

Love that username

[@moonostultus]

it’s you!! the legend!!

[@Zalaniar]

Who won?

[@sigfigs4219]

You can't just say you were scoring it and not tell us who won

[@teucer915]

I love how much the banter really gets across "these are some guys, one of whom became a KZbin celebrity but still really just wants to play silly games with his friends."

[@noblepeaceprize8913]

Chris’ “Isn’t that a town in Wales?” joke at 4:58 made me laugh way harder than I think I should have!

[@jackdavies4078]

Hearing, through my own laughter, Gary Brannan call out the one person laughing at Matt’s maths joke…

[@davidricebowled]

You too, there are two of us?!

[@sirBrouwer]

and this was not even Replace Matt (Matt Parker)

[@oz_jones]

Matths joke? No? Ok :|

[@Vilexxica]

9:36 maybe *you've* passed the era for Matt Gray genital jokes, Tom, but that's an evergreen reservoir of humor as far as the rest of us are concerned 😂

[@Vykk_Draygo]

So Matt Gray genital jokes are like a tank full of wood? I hope that was an intentional double entendre.

[@TKBarnes]

Truth. XD

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

“The Evergreen” will somehow be another name for it.

[@TheOutZZ]

@@Vilexxica Synonyms include: "The 1500m" "Jolly Swagman" "The Albatross" "The Trombone" "Wavey-Bladed Malaysian Dagger" "The Jack-Rabbit" "Hamilton" "The Whip" "Stanley Matthews" "The Washington Post" "The Hummingbird" "General Tom Thumb" "Gallahad" and many more!

[@beek.4860]

"Evergreen reservoir" is a good one, actually.

[@MgpF]

I’m not crying, I’m not crying… FFS, yes, I’m crying. Welcome back, mates. You were deeply missed. ❤

[@xpehkto]

1:00 It's interesting how digital zoom creates an illusion of Tom moving inhumanly fast. Before I was only familiar with version of this illusion that Hiroshi Ashida and Akiyoshi Kitaoka called "zooming-speed illusion" in their paper, when perceived speed of the train changes with camera zoom, which in a physical sense an opposite thing to what happens here, but in a "meta illusion" sense, the same.

[@georgelloydgonzalez]

I also love how Tom's smile becomes even wider once he notices the great reaction from his friends. He's so happy his dramatic reveal paid off

[@NGXII]

5:15 We have a store called "Michael's Bikes" in our home town. We always called it "Micycle's Bicycles", or "Michael's Bichaels"

[@Armadeus]

"micycle" is taking me out 😭

[@ashleyjeffs4433]

the fact that this ended with the "Harry Styles' Hairy Styles" line and was released on the same day as the NYT Strands being "Hairy Styles" is just fantastic

[@ShirinRose]

+

[@lugriaa]

we are so back baby

[@iiSync]

They're back when we needed them most!

[@unthoughtwords]

Well this was an absolute delight - adventures were fun but the trivia/quiz stuff feels like coming home! Disappointed nobody made a "no, it's in the sea" joke when Gary said "it's in disguise" though 😂

[@diamond_assasion8291]

Yay! I’m almost disappointed cause we haven’t seen Matt and Tom cook a bacon sandwich on a method of transportation yet. But hey I’m always happy for more Techdiff to watch endlessly

[@tahrey]

Idk about Matt but Tom at least has cooked salmon in a dishwasher. Does that count? Might also have made a fry up using a steam iron, but i don't know if i dreamt that.

[@diamond_assasion8291]

@@tahrey Iirc they cooked bacon on a steam iron and a curling iron together in some old videos. I mean ive never seen someone use a dishwasher as a method of transportation before. Should just get them to go back to the airfield and ice rink with a hot plate.

[@tahrey]

@@diamond_assasion8291 thanks for the confirm about the iron, but the second half of that makes me fear I'm having a stroke...

[@GimpyChinaman]

Yesssss! My FAVORITE Gary Brannen!!

[@NemoSciunt]

He's also my favourite Gary Brennan!

[@ianhopping105]

Everybody's favourite Gary Brannen.

[@apjtv2540]

If you have a ground of random NAND pirates, could it be a rand nand band? Welcome back!😁

[@TheExalaber]

The Rand NAND Band may be dangerous, but they can't throw errors or float nearly as well their NaN pirate rivals!

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

These jokes have a pretty exclusive audience don't they.

[@theleva7]

*Slow claps* *lobs a tomato*

[@coyoteseattle]

A non-land rand nand band, at that.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@TheEvilCheesecake Yes, but that exclusive audience is at least 70.000000001% of the Tech Diffs' audience. ...that was a floating-point precision error joke, by the way.

[@Xabiru66]

0:12 Normal Water. It's there. Does plants, does people, 's great.

[@twojuiceman]

This episode sponsored by the water marketing board

[@tahrey]

But where can i buy some burnt water?

[@twojuiceman]

19:05 A submarine sneaking through a lock gate by following under another ship IS a plot point of the 1943 American film Destination Tokyo.

[@tobygeorgeharribo]

I've missed these guys, the only show where I have to remember to take my asthma inhaler before watching as I always laugh myself into an attack

[@morganalori]

Oh, goodness. Do remember, please. It's a series and you wouldn't want to miss any of em, now that they are back

[@CONCORDE444]

It's great to have you 4 back. Personally I'm loving this episode, Sure the adventures where great but i've always preferred and enjoyed reverse trivia or Citation needed since i just love the tangents and random knowledge that gets brought up from nowhere. It also then makes it so much more rewatchable for me.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

It honestly makes me wonder if they could launch various things jumbled together, or rather alternating between running formats Oh, and I'd love to see TechDif on Nebula and Dropout, but I dunno how feasible that is.

[@rivran]

@@recurvestickerdragonI would pay an unreasonable amount of money to see these folks on Dropout

[@sirBrouwer]

@@recurvestickerdragon I think that for the most of them it's just way to difficult to make it a long show. They have to all find a day that they are all free to shoot these. I can guess for them with families and what not it is a bit of a challenge.

[@danieldyson1660]

@@recurvestickerdragonWaaaaaaay back when they actually tried that. It ended up being too Top Gear like and they didn’t like it.

[@legowerewolf]

_I_ enjoyed the NAND Pirates bit.

[@ethanjohnstone6797]

Okay it’s 1am in Australia and I need to sleep so I’ll be watching this in the morning but I’m SO excited you have no idea - I routinely re listen to the reverse trivia podcast so this is amazing

[@chassaj1105]

And when you wake up you'll have a comment notification to remind you to come back

[@lhawes92]

This is the funniest thing the team has made since Cotation Needed and I'm delighted. The adventures are brilliant too, but this scratches a very different itch

[@Hrafnskald]

9:38 "and immediately relating it to Matt Grey's-" *MYSTERY BISCUITS!* Oh, yeah... ;)

[@annbacerra]

Thank you very much for having quality subtitles in the projects you have creative control over.

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

And when the world needed them most, somehow the oldest game in my favourite group returned.

[@ZeldaCW23]

21:00 Technical Difficulties ‘predicting’ the clue NYT Strands for the day this vid would be posted, is a fantastic coincidence. Even without that coincidence, brilliant bit 😆 (Edit: It’s past midnight in many time zone by the time I’m editing this, but amending my wording for clarity that the reference was NOT the spangram but the freely given clue)

[@samuelmellars7855]

Oh? For posterity, what was the clue?

[@artyb27]

​@@samuelmellars7855"Hairy Styles"

[@i.gaskoid]

I’m so happy someone else also noticed this!

[@songofshadow5043]

Aw, man, I was actually about to go do Strands after watching this video... I mean, I knew I shouldn't have opened the replies, so that's on me, but what are the odds? Editv Oh, that's the free clue you get, not the spangram. Spoiler averted.

[@ZeldaCW23]

@@songofshadow5043 terribly sorry for giving you a scare there! Should’ve been more precise with my phrasing.

[@_ZombieDoll_]

Watching this after having abdominal surgery was a mistake, but I have no regrets

[@wonderflonium164]

Tom said "I've got question cards" and I immediately went to the comments looking for the merch link. Then I hear, "That's Merchandise!" And can't agree more. Sell these cards! Sell these cards! Sell these cards!

[@EllieHenshaw]

Oh my god I’m gonna scream!!! Reverse Trivia!!!

[@GoodEvii]

10:13 That's gotta be Mystery Biscuits

[@Becky_Cooling]

Oh yeah!

[@zyaicob]

Seis leches? En esta economía?

[@wretchedmess]

Magnificent "The Sandbaggers" shirt. Absolutely fantastic and underrated program. Fascinating backstory, too.

[@CrashTootall]

So glad to see everybody's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan again!

[@FarGoblin]

We. Are. BACK. Was just listening to the old reverse trivia while working today. Extra hyped that new stuff is coming

[@brandonfaddis7443]

YES! YES! YES! YES! I WAS LITERALLY THINKING EARLIER TODAY HOW MUCH I'D LOVE TO SEE NEW REVERSE TRIVIA!!!

[@LilyRoseGames]

Oh my god, YES! So amazing to have you guys back, especially on this much-loved format! Can't wait to watch this episode and the 3 others coming soon, you spoil us!

[@fireballninja01]

NEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SERIES!! MY FAVORITE 4 PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE BANTER OF ON THE WHOLE INTERNET. YAHOO!

[@fireballninja01]

wait holy shit it is actually reverse trivia, a series so old that it started when Apple Podcasts supported video

[@Thorstendeal]

I’ve loved both Toms solo videos and especially loved The Technical Difficulties work for many years now and seeing them back together again has made my crappy week much better for a little while

[@macronencer]

2:05 Slightly surprised nobody quoted Coleridge here... "Water, water everywhere, nand any drop to drink."

[@olafbeckenbauer9309]

Guyyyys hold it down they are back, follow the protocoll, everything is chill, they are just BACK

[@RoelAdriaans]

THEY ARE SO BACK, BABY🎉🎉

[@Nibby49]

Overwhelming was my excitement when I got the notification about a new Reverse Trivia episode.

[@tahrey]

The "1x01" confused me though, was wondering if it was the original run finally uploaded to YT as well, maybe with some AI animation...

[@TheOutZZ]

​@@tahreyI think Tom has far too high quality standards to resort to using AI :D.

[@tahrey]

@@TheOutZZ true, but if you're just doing some cursory animatic stuff with it and no budget to get a real animator on board (Cam might do it for free but it's a lot of work and not really fair) then it may be tempting as a placeholder if nothing else. That it was on the official channel rather than a fan one did make that seem less likely all the same

[@bigbird447]

So happy for this video. Technical Difficulties is S tier content, thank you for bringing it back. Please continue to revive this format every once in a while

[@JasperJanssen]

XOR pirates: if they ever encounter two identical ships, they vanish.

[@Danny-mv9qj]

I have missed this show! Thanks for this guys!

[@explorer914]

WHOOO New TechDiff content. 😁 Also it looks like Gary has gotten new glasses. 😄But Tom looks so out of place without a red shirt.....

[@havtor007]

I KNEW it was something wrong. The red shirt

[@gromph4]

Phoenix Down the down feathers of a phoenix, is my personal favourite oh these words mean something moment.

[@QualityDoggo]

1:38 "NAND Pirates" sounds like a sci-fi writer's name for a group who distributes something illegally via flash-drives 😂

[@i.gaskoid]

That super snappy zoom on Tom’s “…AND… I’VE GOT QUESTION CARDS” cracked me up far more than it should have. Can’t believe I broke only a minute into the video. Welcome back, gang

[@KaiCyreus]

i can't believe i was just watching a bunch of old TechDif episodes *last night* and now the boys are finally back in town!! can't wait to watch this later ☆

[@demonicbunny3po]

Woo! As soon as I saw a new episode, I added this to my playlist. So happy to have you four back together playing off each other.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

GIMME! YES! MY FAVORITE LADS ARE BACK! 1:00 In addition to a marvelous snap zoom, you are absolutely right Gary, it is. I (and assumedly others) would unironically buy that just cuz it's so fitting for y'all's energy. Please please please do a print run of those! 2:05 Honestly it's impressive how many individual NANDs they can fit on a single ship, but I hear they may soon be constrained by the end of the Law of Moore. 1:57 I'm the person that appreciated Matt's logic gate annihilation joke. 3:38 Though I have to admit it took me a second to get Matt was talking about the Galactic Empire 4:58 Chris made me do an actual spit take, and Gary following up immediately doubled me over entirely. 8:54 He should try for some Picassos, they're obviously very cubey and it's not supposed to look "right," so may as well use it. 9:17 "...and one for the mutants, Gary." 11:04 Matt: "...the mid 1800s" Tom: "1850." Me: "Point." *ding* 13:00 I relate so deeply with Chris, hearing the bit about the pizza delivery guy, and being like, "finally back on familiar ground." ...and he chokes both myself and Gary instantly after. 14:19 Thank you so much for being positive and wholesome about this, ever since Rob Munroe mentioned the "lucky 10,000" people who get to discover any given subject on any given day, I've tried as hard as I can to not put people down for not knowing something, to be a teacher and a sharer of both information and the wonder new ideas can bring. 14:35 I vaguely recall reading somewhere that that was apocryphal and the two names have different origins... can't recall where, though. 16:24 This bit works so brilliantly because as Tom is making a big deal out of it literally everyone is like "yeah, yeah it makes sense," trying to -gaslight- gang up on him with it and I love it. 19:13 Submariners hiding under a vessel going through locks does sound very good for a movie, but even more than that, now I know what I'd love to see y'all do for your next adventure á la hovercraft excursion. Oughta see if you can hire a little sightseeing thingy that can only go like eight feet under, and cruise down some canalways (don't actually go under anyone, though. stay safe lads). ( i cope with the effort of rewinding for timestamps by relishing how much i get to rewatch the good bits )

[@darthmunck]

Minor correction: Randall Munroe

[@danielgreen6289]

Thank you for this. Your old episodes, all the way back to audio only, have been a delightful distraction through some very rough times. Bless you all.

[@annettaives5146]

I love watching these lads take the piss out of each other. It's like being in the pub with my mates, but from the comfort of my own bed 😊

[@davidstanco]

1:48 I am studying math rn. I enjoyed that joke

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Just gotta say, the Technical Difficulties has long been my favorite KZbin content. Tip top as always.

[@EdwardMason9000]

Oh hell yeah! FINCHLEY, BRING THE PORT!

[@TheOutZZ]

"Finchley, fetch me my Doncaster Whiskey!"

[@MazeFrame]

By the rule of the red t-shirt, Gary is the new Tom.

[@Gamerboi99]

God, I've missed you guys. I know you did other things, but they never quite clicked like reverse trivia/wikipedia for me. Glad to see a return to form. Please remember that this works better when it is just 4 guys riffing off each other in a room, and don't make the same mistake of going "panel show" with it again.

[@tpieschala]

It’s here. It’s finally here!

[@macronencer]

I can only think of one other thing I watch that has this many jokes per minute, causing me to have to watch it more than once to pick them all up, and that's "Airplane!".

[@colonelpopcorn7702]

And they’re back! I’m excited!!!!!

[@rewrose2838]

I was just rewatching the old tabletop time:machine episode - my favourite!

[@greggleswong]

I'm sad there's only going to be 4 episodes, but glad to see the team back.

[@ospididious]

YOU"RE BACK!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Welcome back! Please don't leave again... These are some of the most informative videos on KZbin and the platform is better for having you guys on it.

[@MxCrab]

I'm worried for you if you think this is information

[@TheOutZZ]

​@@MxCrabMost of the stuff that isn't witty banter is quite informative though, for the details it's always implied that you should look it up.

[@npeare]

Love The Sandbaggers TShirt

[@Zalaniar]

I found it hilarious that this is not even the first thing Tom has hosted to have a reference to touching God's finger in the first episode!

[@Joey-kd8lj]

WHOO! 1:56 I was laughing at that, as were quite a number of other people, so I think we're nerdier than Brennan might think.

[@superdrummergaming]

Some of these puns go obscenely hard. Not most, mind you, but some. That's why I love this program.

[@felixjohnson3874]

2 minutes in and I'm already pissing myself about NAND Pirates Edit : Me too Tom, me too

[@BernardvonSchulmann]

Love the Sandbaggers tshirt!

[@lightningwingdragon]

The sub Matt is talking about is U-505. Its in a museum, and is the only Uboat to be captured and preserved.

[@CaseAhDia]

Loving Tom's Silent Hill 2 Cosplay

[@bobolobocus333]

With Matt saying "I think it was Chicago, and I think it was a German one," I had neurons firing off in my head - it was the sub that America performed Grand Theft U-Boat with - U-505.