Mitchell and Webb Situation

[lilmissnosey]

'I dun a murder' haha

[MingusDisciple]

I think I actually teared up a bit when he was lying bloody on the street.

[walkerneo]

Ha, I actually recognized the song. Feels good.

[pigeatinginfidel]

What the hell is this?

[coolbean08]

the art teacher ia top. Rob is so adorable when hes annoyed :)

[MarcusSLazarus]

I can't decide whether the teacher or the art student is more screwed up

[LlamasOnAcid]

ROFL at the art sketches.

i think that dont do a murder sketch should hav shown him brushes away body parts, but still it was good.

[GreenMickeyFinn]

M&W is better without canned laughter.

[HarrisJamesBen]

@GreenMickeyFinn It's not canned but yeah..

[waldoistwisted]

Is this the Webb situation?

[usernameunauthorised]

the semen thing looks like casper

[arrowbinder]

"they won't let me out cause i done'a murda"

just.. just.. brilliant!

[70s80sPopRockGuru]

One of the harsh realities of not honoring prior commitments...

[suspectVandal]

Murder, don't do it eh!

[Fatmanralphy]

Murder. Don't do it, eh?

[Fiestycadavers]

"We wouldn't be human if we didn't fill up with hate every now and then" XD

[Mysterioux]

"No, that's not how you do cows."

Haha. I love this, actually find it much funnier than their other sketch shows.

[soulofshiver]

Some types of comedy benefit from laugh tracks, others don't. There is definately sketches from That Mitchell and Webb look which would just come as abit weird without a laugh track.

[pseudonym161]

Actually - to contribute to the laugh track conversation - I think you'll find that most BBC comedies with laughter are filmed in front of live audiences, so the laughter is genuine, not added in later. I guess having an audience there makes it easier for comedians to make timing judgements... : )

[seppesai]

what's that song from the smashed video?

[WKaliberr]

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

[PlusPlus1]

He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother

[seppesai]

thanks a lot!!!!

wow, very heavy music :/ vintage depressive music rules

[ezzerdamoose]

@seppesai "He ain't heavy, he's my brother"  by the Hollies

[ThePsychicMantis]

Seeing as only caricatures of Muhammed are controversial in todays art climate, you can understand the angry artist´s rage can´t you?

Cause everyting else is just fine.....

[nightcrawler998]

ITS MADE OF SEMEN! XD

[PocusUK]

nailed the government patronising style of informative commercials that always have the slightly out of date phrases.

[BloodskullMannoroth]

I call it "They were betrayed".

[Eerik7]

i like it when there is no laugh track because it kind of helps you appreciate the subtle jokes more - the joy of finding them is worth a little!

[ZoeCharlotteLeonora]

no that's not how you do cows.

[starscouter]

That art teacher is glouriously patronising.

[unusualsuspect71]

Murder..............don't do it eh!

[grouchful]

those adverts are very similar to the government's. stupid

[EllIExxxxxX92]

erm...is this the EXACT set-up as 'angry art' ??

[squaretriangle]

Discounting what show?

[squaretriangle]

1. Does "The Simpsons" have a laugh-track?

2. Have you ever needed one in order to laugh at it?

3.  Is it too early to say "case closed"?

If you need permission from others to laugh at something, bad taste or not, you don't have a mind of your own.

[squaretriangle]

Also canned laughter always makes me wonder whether I would have laughed as much if the laughter wasn't there. Without the laughter it forces the show to stand on its own merit.

[squaretriangle]

Once you know it's a recording it ceases to be "laughing with others". They just press play on a tape. Kind of condescending, don't you think?

[Liekkek]

...or you might get smashed up

[uncreativeranter]

I love this especially the last one. Ive known teachers like that.

[jak0004]

"It's made of semen!"

"Well-"

"REAL SEMEN!"

Brilliant.

[captainspudnick]

no new british sitcoms rarely have canned laughter, the older ones do but it's the ammount. there is a massive difference between one foot in the grave and friends.

[bananya122cliff]

yeah thats right, they either do it in front of a studio audience or nothing at all. I dont get the point of canned laughter, if its funny people will laugh, you dont need fake laughter to tell you that !

[juanonlyone]

most definalte none givs a crap but I decided to watch young ones, n heard caned laughter, I was like "yuk" but kinda got used to it, I heard somewere, that fake laughter, if people hear it, tends to make people watchinhg more likely to laugh, o I saw an american show for one episode didnt have fake laughter, and ye suked

[braindamagehurts44]

AND DRUGS!

[hwalker89]

id love to have that in my bathroom..

LOL

[hools258]

that was a amazing.xxxxxxxxxxx

[Lebowsk1]

No, that's not how you do cows.

[WhiteNoiseStudios]

Murder, dont do it eh..........perfect spoof of those public service adverts lol

[juanonlyone]

I was lookn for that sketch on youtube, cant find it,dam

[justBhappyII]

wats the name of the song in the sketch with "honour your prior commitments..."

[schpydah]

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

[justBhappyII]

thx

[apachewarrior2]

i hate backing laughter

[suzylux]

*more crickets*

[gareth9989]

i dont thihnk that was as funny as that mitchell and webb look, needs backing laughter too lol

[turdpower]

Backing laughter, as you put it, is for morons who don't know when to laugh.

[gareth9989]

tht was a lil harsh, and completly un called for.

personaly i think it makes it funnyer, its oo quite other wise. so stop bitchin

[Lebowsk1]

No gareth, you're wrong, canned laughter is lowbrow and is for idiots. The fact that this show didnt use it is a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I love the new series, but was dissapointed that they used the laffs.

[noctalla]

A laugh track gives the illusion that bad comedy is better than it actually is, but adds nothing to good comedy. In fact a laugh track often detracts from really good comedy by obscuring subtler moments. Comedy aficionados usually resent laugh tracks because they remove the thought process and tell you when to laugh. In other words a laugh track treats the audience like they are morons. Unfortunately this is bad comedy and would benefit from a laugh track.

[jlaurson]

Why does he get thumbs down for a perfectly reasonable comment... even if you don't agree? and really... where was the laugh-track in The Office. Or "Curb your Enthusiasm". Laugh-tracks are cues for the dummies to know where it is OK to laugh. You don't believe for a second that Mitchell or Webb care for them, do you? It's the production team that doesn't trust its viewers who insisted on it.

[gnomit]

that's a stupid, snobby pretentious idea. Backing laughter is not for when you "don't know when to laugh"... it just makes a sketch funnier .. everyone likes to laugh along with other people.

[Humanophage]

Canned laughter is disgusting and collectivistic.

[coolspannerRNProd]

It's semen! Frozen around my own bollock!!

[THEHowellmanIsBack]

Funny as Hell.

[LeamingtonSteve]

MILES better than Catherine Tate and Little britain, and Ruddy hell its Harry and Paul. Actually have diferent sketches with different and clever punchlines

[PlusPlus1]

you are right though, this isnt that funny when i look back on it. still, nice and original concept and ideas.

[Blaketalica]

fast show owns. but so do the people off peepshow... which is far better than this i must add

[PlusPlus1]

these are the people off peepshow! you fool!

[Blaketalica]

yeah im not sure why i wrote fast show. in fact after reading my comment i cant really make any sense out of it anyway haha.

sorry boot that.

[P0D35TA]

@Blaketalica fail

[jowyles]

thats a rip off of the fast show! BLACK!

[retread01]

It's a rip because it has people painting? Think on son.

[diddydid]

yeah, pretty useless point

[inspectorcreech]

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