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  • I cannot believe that I've only just started watching this show!! At least it means I've got a lot of episodes to look forward to :D

  • I'm having flashbacks of Trinny and Susannah..

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  • "And I'm afraid we don't like being talked to by people with their hands in their pockets" Just cracks me up every time!!

  • Hilarious how Mitchell's left eye narrows menacingly when he says "..looking like a mechanic who's won the pools!"

  • A business suit, dinner suit, tailcoats and pajamas.

    lol.

    Well, I think most men would only know for sure how to wear pajamas; maybe a cheap ill fitting lounge suit/business suit.

  • TF2 story of my life.

  • Evil mitchell again :D

  • ...suit you sir.

  • David Mitchell is so fucking spot on in this

  • @The666thBowelOfHell Look, it's funny and a great sketch. To say he's "spot on" is to basically say that it's OK to judge people by the way they dress, and reinforce stereotypes of class that we did away with ages ago.

  • @adi87tya

    No he means his characterization of a snooty sales clerk is spot on...

  • @adi87tya Well it is spot on in capturing precisely that stereotype. Also, I think there is a nugget of truth to Mitchell's satire. There are a number of self important douchebags running around who could use a lesson in fear and humility. Though you may well disagree with me on this

  • A mantra on how we should all lead our lives in these current difficult economic times!

  • At least he's helpful in this one?

  • This speech/scene runs through my head every time I see someone dressed in the latest "fashions" who's sense of style could only be described as "current" if you were feeling generous.

  • now lets get you a hat

    

  • I always agree with mitchell in these

  • the actress in this lives opposite me :)

  • I would definitely shop there.

  • /fa/ in a nutshell

  • @Outerspacehaze

    Fat admirers?

  • That's good acting.

  • This is just like the one where he's a priest...

  • "I'm trying to make you know that the world isn't pleased to see you. You aren't needed or included, or loved; you're ugly, and superfluous, and ignorant, and you should frightened, and meek, and grateful." -I more than suspect David Mitchell actually holds something like this view.

  • this is brilliant! love british comedy

  • they seem to have toned this down for the US version. In one of the other similar sketches in the UK he calls him a dick, not a turd

  • I had already seen the one with the waiter and the one with the vicar, and I thought those were the only ones. Are there more sketches like this?

  • 'you should be frightened and meek and greatful.' A LOT of people in the world need to understand that a bit more.

  • "....The incredibly intimidating and aristocratic people who still unaccountably sell clothes....." god, i love this

  • Which episode is this?

  • what episode is this?

    

  • It'd really shop at that shop. I love aristocratic people, they're usually the friendliest with the best standards, if you behave normally and respectfully.

  • It's like the dual of the church skit.

  • We've all seen you and we all thought you where a turd.

  • I imagine that is how mitchell is in real life

  • Wing collar with a four-in-hand black neck tie and dinner jacket with mismatching waistcoat? Is it white-tie, black-tie or just op-shop?

  • @nikanj Shhh

  • Wow a lot of people missed the point of this sketch.

  • @TheSobek you may be right, but the point stands that the kind of people that robert webb is representing , are tossers

  • there are so many people who need to hear this, the amount of people who go around just thinking that they are social gods that don't have to think about how they act and the things they say

  • I really agree with what is said in this sketch!

  • first you have to crush 'em, before you can build 'em up again.

  • i hope people would carefully think about what david mitchell is saying at 1:36

  • There's always a Australian person who got replaced! haha

  • That mustauch is the harbinger of both pure evil and pure wit.

  • I have total respect for the shopkeeper. :D

  • Reminds me of an evil version of Jeeves from Jeeves and Wooster. In a way they are quite similar to Fry and Laurie!

  • I can imagine Webb bursting into song at the end of this sketch

    "GO COMPARE! GO COMPARE!"

  • i love this character

  • Funny, but too bad the salesman is wearing a tuxedo shirt with a wing collar with his long necktie during what is likely daytime hours....

  • @joezasada

    It is nothing less than sad how few people have noticed that.

  • It's awesome how many people actually agree with Davids character.

  • Quite frankly, this should be a public service in every country.

  • Apprently Messers Webb and Mitchell are considered vaguely Satanic and threatening to the religious status quo,as (at least in the States) the promoted video is...And I'm a mormon...or is that marmot?

  • @teufelstaub Actually they're all but completely unkown in the States...

  • that australian girl may be nice but she really can't hold down a job can she

  • I would really like a hat...

  • This is what brits should be (coming from an american). Where can I find a clothier like this?

  • @Civix1320 In all of the smaller towns in England; especially in the South. It is an ancient British law that all small towns with at least one church and 8 pubs (not bars or family restaurants or bistros...pubs; mind you) have a small gentlemens' outfitters staffed with one proprietor (of aristocratic lineage fallen on hard times due to his grandfather's homosexuality) and no more than two assistants with rods inserted anally for fortitude and bearing. Tweed is to dominate the stock.

  • @alanpgoodwin i live in the south but in a larger town so i don't see much tweed around lol

  • @alanpgoodwin Clearly you're not living in the same England as I am....not that I wouldn't prefer yours!

  • @alanpgoodwin "due to his grandfathers homosexuality" HAHAHAHAHA

  • @alanpgoodwin lol. I bet there are some americans out there who actually believe that.

  • we all thought you were a turd

  • I don't understand why David Mitchell isn't more important in thsi country than a mere comedian when he could give the MPs a good caning and sort this country out.

  • You are ugly, and superfluous and ignorant! xD

  • if this is content from channel 4 why does it say bbc on the video?

  • hes got to be the best salesman EVAH

  • There is a truth to this (more than one as it brilliant). So many people make demands of clothes attendents and end up looking shit. I personally prefer to be polite, tell them what I want, then trust their expertiese. If they don't know anything about clothes then I go elsewhere.

  • I want to know where all the lovely australian girls have gone from these scetches. I hope they got sent home.

  • I like the bit where the incredibly posh shop assistant's left eye twitches as he remonstrates with the customer. Reminiscent of Herbert Lom in "Pink Panther" series of films.

  • @pattayalob

    Remonstrates the customer, not remonstrates with!

  • @SIngli6 Nope, "to remonstrate with" someone is correct; replaceable with "argue".

  • @SIngli6 Nope, "to remonstrate with" someone is correct; replaceable with "argue".

  • Now Americans... that at the end... that's called irony

  • i love "she's gone, they've all gone"

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  • "We've all seen you, and we all thought you were a turd"

  • I love it how sinister the sentence "Now let's get you a hat" sounds.

  • i love this sketch, it is so funny. tailors did used to be like that in the old days.

  • neat, i would love to have a hat

  • the waiter one is hilarious also, i love when he says we all watched you on the camera and thought you were a DICK

  • Anyone else notice how that Australian girl seems to be doing quite well in life.

    A waitress, apart time vicar and a moonlighting shop assistant. ^^ lol (hmmm parents must be so proud)

  • it should be precluded that i am in my right mind and fully capable to decide what i need however ling it takes. so......shove away your pre-conceived, ignorant and concept misguided norms or fears and insecurities.

  • ...............so why dont you sales assistants, STFU, and regard my intelligence. My actions should be self explanatory, i wouldnt wonder into a clothing store, when perhaps what i needed was some biscuits for lunch or a gas cooker for my newly bought rice sack. And even if i were smart enough to wonder in to your shop,.......................

  • ''can i help you sir?'' whats with that remark you get whenever you go into shops. Fucking assholes! it not only undermines a customer's self worth and esteem, but shits in the face of independence judgment and voluntarism ..................

    .........

  • I love how the volume on this video is like x10 louder than any other youtube video.

  • @Unit06JAW my apologies. it has been a long time since i recorded it. It was about a month before youtube went 16x9.. That was a fail

  • @rlnilson fine with me-- my laptop speakers are terribly soft

  • @Bittersweet123 If your computer supports it, what you need to do is turn on the "Loudness Equalization."

  • @rlnilson no it's good!!

  • @optimistic1996 Thanks. :D

  • hes nicer in this one than in the waiter or priest sketch

  • What season is this from? I thought I'd seen everything

  • 0:09 "Yeah, you're right. People have just got a lot more money...."

    lol not anymore

  • she's gone... there all gone!....

  • I have a hat... Love me, posh waiter man?

  • This sketch says so much about British society today, does anyone else kind of agree with the shopkeepers attitude?

  • @keeperofthecheese yeah i guess i do...the slackness of people is annoying but he maybe overstates his position slightly...afterall the customer is always right...even if they are all a bunch of wankers.

  • @keeperofthecheese

    My philosophy when shopping is this: buy something you'd be willing to wear twice a week for 3-5 years.

    You shouldn't have to go shopping more than once or twice a year. If you have to spend $100 on a pair of pants that you'll absolutely love, then so be it. I generally just look for a brand name and then have an experienced salesperson help me out. When buying suits tailoring is a must - once you've worn tailored you don't go back.

  • @keeperofthecheese I think there is a conservative cynic inside all of us.

  • @keeperofthecheese YES, THANK YOU!

  • @keeperofthecheese its not the shop keepers but advertisement, they first try to make you feel bad about you not belonging to that group so they can sell their stuff

  • @keeperofthecheese I kind of do. :)

  • @keeperofthecheese especially when you go to a function of some sort and see so many people dressed as if they were on the beach in Ibiza. Standards have fallen so far now and they seem to be continuing to fall. Sad.

  • @keeperofthecheese I wouldn't say "agree with it", so much as really liking this guy despite his rather brash nature. Like, most people who might try to get so in-your-face would just end up looking like assholes that you'd want nothing to do with, but this guy really pulls it off in a way that draws you in to wanting to hear what he has to say.

  • this content is not by channel 4, its by BBC2

  • I wish this were real life

    "The world isn't pleased to see you. You're not needed, or included, or loved. You're ugly and superfluous and ignorant and you should be frightened and meek and grateful."

    So much truth Should be told to everyone, every day.

  • @firenze419 A bit Fight Club-esque eh?

  • @firenze419 Also has powerful echoes of Fight Club, don't you think? "You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."

  • @firenze419 But he's a man and men are already brilliant and only need to shave and get drunk.

  • @firenze419 Yeah, how dare they have a sense of self-worth. The bastards.

  • @firenze419 The inherent irony is of course that back when things WERE like that the world was a lot more unpleasant for all of us, even though it's fun to wish that on others, especially metro-sexual, itool-loving wankers... More people should wear hats though!

  • @firenze419 I took a totally different view on this... ridiculing shopkeepers who behave in this rude sort of way, and thus throw money away. Which I have encountered...

  • @JoelJoel321 That's because you mistakenly believe that you are worth something, which you aren't. Nobody loves you or has any desire to encounter you in any way. Coming into my shop is the worst mistake you've ever made; now accept your failings or get out.

  • @jacksawild : ) You got me there.

  • @firenze419

    Not really. I'd assume that there were fewer masochists in the world, but judging by the amount of thumbs you've gotten, I'd be incorrect. Still, being sycophantic towards a sadistic shopkeeper (typically a member of the servile social stratum) would probably get quite dull, allowing their competitors to flourish. Then there's the fact that for many people life is short and brutish. We're privileged to be able to waste time commenting on youtube. Enjoy the capacity to laugh now.

  • @firenze419 Don't forget he's a turd.

  • PLEASE do more of these!!

  • Yay! Mitchell and Webb called us friendly :D Even though we got driven out by pompous jerks =P

  • @rustytube42 I'm . . . pretty sure that's not a compliment in these sketches. 

  • i miss the Australian girls

  • @LeonEyedass You're the guy who says "Something caj.'"

  • Apparently this "contains content from Channel 4", but this is on the BBC and produced by them. One is most confused.

  • AND WE'RE BACK :D

  • love these guys, can't wait for the new peep show series.

    anyways forgive my ignorance but i don't really understand the final joke; 'now first thing's first, let's get you a hat!'

    is it a reference or something similar?

  • @peteclarke17 I don't think so. Hats are just conservative and you need to match them rather well with the rest of your outfit to look stylish.

    I have a hat :)

  • @Laqez Is it a Bowler? (^_^)

  • @G1NZOU No. It is a fedora :)

  • @Laqez Still good.

  • apparently australians are very friendly according to these sketches

  • She's gone sir, they're all gone, they've all been driven out and the burning remains of their tawdry rags cast after them

  • How can people "'NOT' like" this! It's brilliant!lol.

  • @mastermaddison - The only thing I don't like about it is that it's practically identical to the vicar and waiter sketches. I just think it's a bit lazy recycling the same joke, funny though that joke is.

  • @PuissantAlgernon Ah. I see. But then isn't that the point?!? I mean all comedy shows, in some way, repeat stuff (only with a slight change). Little Britain did it, Catherine tate did, Horne and Corden did it. I see what you mean though, but this is the funiest of all of this joke. Mind you, the vicar is good!lol.

  • @mastermaddison -The ultimate sketch show, Monty Python's Flying Circus managed without repeating the joke, Pete Cook and Dudley Moore did too! Even Fry And Laurie only had a couple of running gags. The constant repetition ruins most modern comedy shows, in my opinion. There's nothing wrong with re-using a setting, but when the punchline's the same it becomes a proverbial 'old chestnut' very rapidly.

    M & W do do much better than Little Britain and Catherine Tate though, I grant you.

  • @PuissantAlgernon Aye, fair enough. I just feel a wee bit defensive bout both mitchell and webb AND i love this sketch! But i think you're right. I just love the attitude of David Mitchell in this sketch! :)

  • @mastermaddison - Absolutely, it's a brilliant sketch, per se. :D

  • I've seen you recite every fucking line in the comments, I've seen you make the entire fucking sketch unfunny by repeating the whole thing with 'haaaahahaha omg funniestt shit evarrr!1!!!1'. Now fuck off, you irritating little cunt.

  • The way David says shoes is great :D 

  • Good god, that's one of my favorite catch phrases ever! "They've gone sir. They've all gone."

  • "I've seen you in here before. I've seen you slouching around the place in your slip-on shoes and motorcycle jacket, looking like a mechanic who's just won the pools. I've seen you, with you tin earring and black marketeer swagger. We've all seen you and we all thought you were a TURD. Now do you wish to look smart, or do you want to leave this place as you entered it, looking like a slack-jawed spiv?"

    Funniest thing about this sketch is that it's true. Standards have slipped down the shitter.

  • this has no content from Channel 4.

    All BBC

  • And you should be frightened and meek and grateful!

  • And you should be frightened and meek and grateful!

  • @MaxPlanck011 Go talk to your mom.

  • priceless

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  • I hate videos that disable embedding.

  • This sketch has ruined/improved shopping for me. Everytime I look at a Burton or Primark suit and see the reflection in the light I shudder. Now I'm saving up for a real tailored piece of English elegance. Til then its sackcloth and string.

  • What a perfect character.

  • Once you've accepted your own inferiority, he's probably quite good at putting an outfit together.

  • Just had the same treatment in a shop that sells *sewing machines*

  • and were BACK !

  • ...now, let's get you a hat!

  • Serious question now: Do americans get this?

    I do want a response : )

  • @DanDelAwesome Some do, I being one

  • @johnnyreb132 Cool! I find a lot of humor worldwide doesn't translate but Mitchell and Webb are truly kings of man lol

  • @DanDelAwesome Absolutely but then I watch more UK programming than anything. I've loved these guys from the very first Peep Show I saw. But then I like the League of Gentleman; The Fast Show (aka Brilliant here in the States);I liked Men Behaving Badly,Father Ted-perhaps watching Python as a kid warped me out & I can only appreciate truly out there stuff.

  • @arklebunrabbit If you like that sort of stuff there's this fantastic stand up comic named Jack Dee. He kicks ass.

  • @DanDelAwesome I get it as well. The nuances are different, but we've got the same types of people here in the Colonies.

  • @DanDelAwesome Yeah, British humor is appreciated by Americans... we might not get every single expression all the time, but well executed humor such as Mitchell and Webb and the classics of Monty Python do translate well here in America.

    Contrary to stereotypes, us "colonials" are capable of intellectual stimulation. We did place a man on the moon after all, and invent the nuclear bomb, the light bulb, etc, etc. Most of us are not fat hillbillies out in the woods.

  • @osallent It wasn't a prejudice thing. I know that there are plenty US nuances that I don't get and incidentally while the US funded the atom bomb, Einstein was Austrian, like Hitler... bad example of an Austrian but it's the only one that came to mind. I don't know much about Austria. Since WWII it's seemed somewhat neutral in international affairs but I am quite sure they have been close to the front lines concerning environmental stability. In my defense. Most BRITS are not BNP upperclassmen.

  • @osallent Yeah, because inventing the nuclear bomb is something to shout about...

  • @vexred well, isn't it?

  • @osallent actually the lightbulb was invented at the same time by both you and us, only the british man was "frightened and meek and grateful" so he let your guy take the credit. and the a-bomb was designed and/or built by people with surnames like: Block, Bohm, Bohr, Fermi, Franck, Frisch, Fuchs, Peierls, Segre, Szilard, Teller and Wigner, which don't sound very american to me. the moon thing was pretty good but since then you've run out of steam, the ISS is good but we need FTL tech and fast.

  • The weirdest thing for me? He's wearing what was basically my school's uniform.

  • Now, first things first:

    Let's get you a hat.

  • hahahaha awesome <3

  • sophie and jamie..