Explorers - That Mitchell & Webb Look

[TheMilkMan69]

@mxgirl918 Western Australia?

Do you mean the western end of Australia?

That's like saying South America is unoriginal.

[mxgirl918]

So that's why we have uninteresting names such as New Amsterdam/New York, New Hampshire, Western Australia, New South Wales, Newfoundland and of course, Greenland.

[WeiRetatk824]

hm wer is deutsch

[blenderpanzi]

@WeiRetatk824 Ich komm aus Österreich. Also nicht deutsch. Sorry.

[blenderpanzi]

I think Greenland was named by exiled vikings that wanted to make it look (sound) attractive to more settlers, or something.

[dradeel]

@blenderpanzi That is supposedly the tale, but another interesting theory is that since the climate during the middle ages was as warm as today on Greenland, but over a long period of time, the ice on Greenland was actually farther inland, leaving the coastal areas with plains of grass.

A third possibility is a combination of both of them. Hehe. What is true, though, is that Vikings often had a sarcastic and ironic sense of humor about things they said or did :P

[elgostine]

@dradeel i heard that leif erikkson called it greenland on purpose to attract his rivals to it..

he said i have discovered this greenland, i will give it to you if you will do such and such.

[dradeel]

@elgostine Yes, the guy I replied to mentioned this. The tale is that Eirik Raude called it Greenland to attract settlers to the island, but it was written down 2-300 years after its discovery, and it could easily be the author's joke as well as Eirik's own, since it's widely recorded that vikings all over Scandinavia frequently exercised a deeply sarcastic and ironic sense of humor. Since it's not unlikely it was a literary joke, there exists other theories, like the one I mentioned.

[thedunneymonster]

really wanna like this show cos of the genius that is peep show but struggle to find the majority of it in any way amusing

[darthpsykoz]

@thedunneymonster yea well u do have to know basic history and some geography + a sense of humor

if you still dont find it funny, its just strange! :p

[thedunneymonster]

@darthpsykoz its just an opinion mate. no need to shit yourself

[darthpsykoz]

@thedunneymonster ofc, its just my opinion too :p

[seagirly818]

"Who is it who gets to name the....you know"

"You do"

"Do I? Do I really?"

"Yes"

"Welcome to Virginia" Best part :)

[Buffycomics]

Actually Greenland was named like that as part of a scam by Erik the Red to attract settlers to his new discover land.

[megabigblur]

Anybody wanna guess how many "Georgetowns" come up when you search the whole world on Google Maps?

[IoEstasCedonta]

I could have sworn Cook and Columbus were in the other order...

[MajBlood]

@IoEstasCedonta Columbus is supposed to be first but Cook is in the right spot.

[2011ledzeppelin]

I love this. Greenland is the best one :)

Go and watch Green Clarinet, by the way. It's my favourite sketch of theirs.

[11gm1]

Great sketch but they've kind of missed the point of New South Wales as a name. South refers to australia's position on the globe and the only likeness to Wales implied by the name is in the colony's political relationship with England.

[Alroight]

@11gm1 yeh...good observation but its a JOKEEEEEEEE

[MegaMat84]

@11gm1

Yes 'South' refers to the Australia's position, but why 'New'?? I checked on wiki and other sources and Captain Cook did name that land because of Wales on British islands....hmmm but bloody hell why ?? :)

[SunlightFromCucumber]

@MegaMat84 The coastline of NSW looks vaguely similar to South Wales ... kind of. If you twist it around a bit and squint. Apparently that's the first thing Cap'n Cook thought of.

[Chever18]

WEOSOME



[Gubbywubby]

Hang on, remind me. Who's the Captain? -- Personally I think this is the best thing they ever did.

[Baronofevil]

What, the vast Terra incognita with flora and fauna hitherto undreamt of by science puts you in mind of nothing so much as Rhyl?

[Aletheophile]

Why did they film this in front of the white cliffs of Dover?

[HCihaiJB]

@Aletheophile because it costs less money...?

[Aletheophile]

@HCihaiJB I didn't mean really film it in Australia, just any of the British beaches that don't have classic British landmarks in the background.

[gradgurl2007]

Do you know what it reminds me of? Wales! ha ha ha

[ts2101]

what is this?

the captains hat....

and what does that make me?

captain..

yes it does....and what does that make these?

[PumpkinEskobarr]

That's going to be my new phrase, "You see this hat?!" "Whose the captain?" I run this shit... I mean ship! ^__^

[dipton95]

"The WEST Indies!" Surely you mean the East Indies?" never gets old

[Aristox116]

@timdaughte Zealand is in Holland

[Mattysmyth0593]

@Aristox116 That is Zeeland, Zealand is in Denmark.

[timdaughte]

I want to see Mitchell suggest "New Zealand" and Webb flutter in doubt about the location of "Old Zealand."

[gnarkillkicksass]

@timdaughte Zeeland is a Dutch province. Heaps of places in Australia and NZ have Dutch names.

[niceguy1068]

"...Lush subtropical plains as far as the eye can see, it's 90 degrees in the shade even though it's November, there are herds of 7 foot tall two-legged creatures bouncing across the landscape at tremendous speeds, do you know where it reminds me of? Wales!"

Brilliant!

[pedski86]

@niceguy1068 my favourite bit too! WALES!

[NoHiddenNames]

"Greenland?!", "whatever!". So fuckin funny, I laughed about it today when I was swimming.

[Fatmanralphy]

love the way he says "bingo" at 2:08

[arcxjo]

I remember these as being the bits that originally got me hooked on M&W.

I only wish BBC America would air something other than 27 hours of "How Clean Is Your House?" every day.

[Airsoftrisupetteri]

"Greenland?" "What ever." lol

[irishgeezer1]

"nono, South Wales! The resemblance is uncanny!".

[novocastrian666]

That's funny you say That Mitchell and Webb Look is patchy. I've watched all 3 series a couple of times, and find it consistently funny, unlike many sketch shows which can be hit and miss. Suppose it's all personal taste, but I think they are brilliant.

[onny101976]

GREENLAND!!!!!! WHATEVER!!!!! lol

[mimkyodar]

The funny thing is we are NOTHING like North Wales.

[bicarbonat]

I always thought it was kind of awkward, having your business all geographically out there. I'll bet if it were the opposite, they wouldn't have called it "Whoria" lol

[jlaurson]

South Consumptia

[WaterfordTV]

Great I live in a state named after a virgin. LOL

[thatdrattedcat]

I've always thought it strange that they named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth

[FrostPegasus]

Well her nickname was the "Virgin Queen" because she never got married and never concieved an heir.

[thatdrattedcat]

Well yes... it is a bit forthright about the sexual status of their queen. Virginia: like a giant state-sized personal ad. "She's a virgin! We've named a land after this fact and therefore it is so. Just line up, all you kingly suitors." Especially galling if it's not, perhaps, one-hundred-percent particularly true. Why not call it Elizabethland? Tudoria?

[FrostPegasus]

There's no proof she never had sex, and most likely, she did.

However, because she had no HEIR, she was considered a virgin, as sex outside of marriage back then was considered to be unimaginable.

[jinofthethunder]

more proof that she didn't have sex than then there is she did. you said it yourself, sex before marriage was unimaginable back then so why would she do it.

[FrostPegasus]

Because she was ahead of her time. Some say she did Raleigh himself. Some say she did that other dude, the Duke of ... something.

[jinofthethunder]

well if she was a head of her time wouldnt she admit to it, i mean she was the queen so its not like she would be shamed. i mean henry the 8th created a religion and everyone in england just went along with it regardless of what there previous church said.

[irishgeezer1]

It didn't have so much to do with 'sex before marriage' as it did to do with her never having married or having any kids. Plus the nickname of her time, "The Virgin Queen" does lend a certain element of trust don't you think.

[jinofthethunder]

That was a conversation i had two months ago

[shaun056]

And yet everyone did it.

[ThePsychicMantis]

Look at THOOSE costumes. The Brits always have the best costume makers in televition, and that´s a fact. These are three scetches and they all have more inpressive costumes than any American series I know. Seriously, the "Blackadder" series alone does better than "Marie Antoinette" BURN!!!!!

[MTotenkopf]

greenland!!! whatever hahahahhaahaha hilarius.

[kellisatard]

haha awesome!

[FluggleBubble]

HILARIOUS!

[adambastard]

Welcome to virginia!

[CakeholeCat]

BRILLIANT

[vegemeatloaf]

"Greenland?" "Whatever!" Awesome.