It's not spelled 'Knut' in the country that this was made in, so it can't really be a misspelling. If 'Cnut' was actually incorrect, every contemporary spelling of his name by the same standard would surely be as wrong as the next, since the man himself was from the very non-English-speaking 10th century Scandinavia.
I've love to know why Nordic people are so god-awful at spelling the word "British" or "Brit". The only people who can't spell "Brit" or "British" correctly (and yes, it is these particular words) are Nordic people, the worst of which being the Swedish.
What I find funny about this, is that "British" is actually SPELT with one T in the Swedish language, so why they always feel the need to add an extra T is beyond me.
David is a large fan of a little thing called sarcasm, and/or irony, not to mention wordplay and anagrams, hence the deliberate misspelling of King Knut/Canute. I like to call people I dislike intensely King Knut/Canute.
I'm going to make a new version of King Midas where the courtiers hire a bunch of gold-draped guys to seize the king, chain him up in the basement, and repeatedly bring to him large sacks of rocks to be transmutated against his flesh to become stinking rich, and in the process they bolster the flagging national money supply and become heroes.
King Cnut, the FCUK of the late 10th, and early 11th century... is it just me, or are both of these names/titles engineered to actually represent "King Cunt, the fuck of the late 10th, and early 11th century"?
Knut was danish..Scotish, Irish..English... you are all the same to me !! You all come from Norman people, who invaded the Brit. island !! And that means, that actualy all of your " three roots"; English, Sctottish and Irish are actualy Norwegian, or Danish !!!!!
Isn't it immensely more probable that they were all just a TINY bit on the tipsy side? Of course, by "a TINY bit on the tipsy side", I mean incredibly, INCREDIBLY drunk.
I agree with you on most things David, but your pronunciation of Midas is not one. I say it like "My-dus" not "My-dass." I realise I may be wrong in this, but My-dass sounds like overpronouncing it. Also Shirley Bassey said "my-duss" in the Goldfinger theme song and if that's wrong I don't want to be right.
@fiddlest1cks I'm not entirely sure what your issue with my spelling is here, since neither My-dus, My-dass or My-das are correct spelling, I was spelling it phonetically. I added the extra s to show the emphasis on the "a" was like the "a" in "cat" rather than "cart." The only correct spelling is Midas. And if you were trying to be funny, then you just failed completely, so I'm sorry that you wasted your time.
@liamjd1 Well maybe they are, but if you follow the comment tree back all the way you'll see that they were also insulting without any manner of provocation so I have no time for someone like that either, dyslexic or not.
Well, the original story was that nobody thought he could do it (including himself), but he did it to prove that despite his title the one who really controlled England was the guy who set the tides in motion - i.e. God. The story goes on to say that he removed his crown and hung it on a crucifix, never to wear it again.
@TheScottishYogi To go all soppy for a minute it must have been utter hell for the poor man.Like George III and Juana La Loca being royal didn't stop a lot of them from suffering miserably.
I thought he pulled that stunt to prove that he was less mighty than god in an effort to convert remaining Pagans to Christianity and unite his kingdoms under one God...
If that's silly, Xerxes was even stupider. He tried building a bridge across Hellespont out of ships, a storm broke them up, and he got pissed off and ordered the lashing of Hellespont.
Oh, there was also this guy called Moses who claimed to be able to split the Red Sea in 2. But apparently he got lucky.
I LOVE PORNO AND IM A SLUTTY GIRL OF 21 YEARS OLD POOR BLACK SKINNY NIGGER WITH AN ATTITUDE. COME OVER HERE AND SUCK MY DICK IF YOU OVER 21 BITCH. JIZZHUT.COM SATAN RULES THE WORLD JESUS SAVES OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH GGGGOOOOOOODD FUCK ME GOOD OOOHHHHH
But what of old Pope Benidict??? Confidant and friend of Caanute. Ooops,, You guessed it,, Pope Benedict is back around again too. BUT,, this time, it is Benedict that makes pilgrimages to England.
WAIT!
What time is it? Yep,, 1000 years. Right on schedule.
Well, let’s not forget old Midas either, son of Gordias (The Gordian Knot) Now the Seer that proclaimed the next man to enter the city driving an Ox-cart, would be King. SHE, the Seer, also having a pet eagle that was to land on Gordian’s cart. (Imagine that) And she, to rule as co-regnant with this former-farmer, Gordian,,, (No DUH!) Midas to start the myth that everything that he touched turned to gold. Umm, keep people from digging around in your mountains or invading you. TR Knudtson
Oops: Corrections. “Sovereignty” and “Throne”. Sorry, I am profoundly blind in real life and use a Web Reader to communicate in text on the Internet. Forgive me.
Please remember, Caanute was the first King of England to put his severity to a public VOTE and was roundly set to the thrown by popular acclamation. He instated laws covering reciprocity, and restitution when wrong was proven. FOR,,, Nobles and Commoners alike. Not a bad sort really? Let’s try and be a bit more kind here. Much respect to you!!!!!!!!
Oh David Please. Of course you have cocked it all up, all over again. First, the Nobles and the Church had the people believing that by the Popes Blessing, Kings were literally “Gods on Earth”. The whole point was to show EVERYONE, that no “Earthly King” blessed or not, could command the tides. Wise yes, and by agreement with Benedict, tributes demanded of pilgrims to the Holy land would be standardized and reduced toll. All the best. Knute, TR Knudtson
@kadosiable Kindly; my fingers could not type any softer. My love for England; never more strong. My respect for David; secure. David offers great respect for Caanute in his renditions of events, and I shared my families’ writings on the subject. My mistakes and typos admitted and corrected. If we asked 3 others comenting, we would probably gather as many versions. All the best, Knute, TR Knudtson
@kadosiable Thanks. BUT, do remember Midas TOO was a King who set things straight, the “stator” or “standard”, (A Roman warriors monthly pay) came to be because of his minting of “Electrum” coinage. Electrum, (A durable alloy of Gold, Silver and Copper) Naturally and artificially derived alloy but NOT TRUE GOLD. See: Bagdad Battery. The Myth of Midas was just an excuse to explain away, were all his bright and shinny gold coins were coming from. Hahaha, Propaganda of the day.... Knute
@kadosiable Really; a neat trick when you think about it. The Myth of the “Midas Touch” would insure his long standing on the throne. Would you depose a King that made gold with the touch of a finger??? OR,, invade a land thought poor in natural resources, the TRUTH, to remain hidden by this Myth? A wise King, or one that understood HUMAN NATURE?,, Or BOTH? Hehehehehe!,,, Knute
@slightlyinsaneFTW As am I. He means the sea. Word play is quintessentially British, much more so than in NA. Read Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett for a start.
King Xerxes once sentenced the sea at Hellespoint to 300 lashes for destroying a building project, allegedly. More sanely he had the builder's of the bridge's heads cut off. I think we only have Herodotus' account of this and the Greeks weren't particularly fond of the Persians. Oh.. and Alfred the Great once burnt some cakes.
@otur1 Oh sorry, Were you at his birth? Are you in fact over 1000 years old and know that you are 100% correct. From evidence found it can be pronounced and spelt both ways. Oh and it's Canute...... Not canoe.....
@otur1 Cnūt in older English, in todays English it can be pronounced Cnut/Knut/Canute/Knud but mainly goes by 'Cnut' considering the spelling similarity to the old name.
*gasp* - the language pedant made a grammar mistake!
"King Cnut the Great... tried to stop the tide coming in, and it didn't."
Surely you mean 'and he didn't' or 'and it did', or 'and it didn't work.' As it stands your sentence means that Cnut successfully stopped the tide (i.e. that it didn't come in)!
I seem to recall Cnut was proving a point that, whilst he had dominion over his kingdom, he was still nothing in the face of God. So, really, trying to win points with the Christian populace. It was a PR stunt. I could be totally wrong though - this is just what I remember hearing.
As a fellow pedant I'm sure Mr Mitchell won't mind me pointing out that it was not Edward but Edmund Bloody Ironside who would have had something about which to think should Cnut's wet-avoidance experiment have proved fruitful.
Remember when you were a little kid and you learned something neat or clever and you'd laugh but not a laugh. It was a pleasure that just came out of you that sounded and felt like a little laugh.
In the absence of this podcast and by removing myself from watching too much televison, I had finally managed to get over my loyalty to Mitchell's whining. Now I'm hooked again. :)
Anyone else think there is something really reaaally poorly thought out about calling a skincare product (for humans) 'bulldog' and advertising it with pictures of a chubby ugly dog? When I think of bulldogs I dont reallly think skincare products..I think smelly ugly creatures. The fact that the tube itself looks like its meant for dogs does not help much..I get the gimmick that its trying to make skin care products seem manly but maaan they could not come up with anything better than that?!
@MetalguitarlessonsUK I agree that it could be more obvious that it's for men and not dogs (I initially thought the same thing about the haircare products). But I don't see the problem with using bulldogs. Are you suggesting they should have used a prettier dog?
@Pirochiro More that they should probably not have chosen an animal so renound for its lack of hygiene and powerful smell that is not above eating its own shit and sick.Not the best mascot for grooming products really. The fact that they chose one of the ugliest looking dogs does not much help matters.Essentially my point is dogs are not a good icon for which to promote hygiene products and its somewhat astounding that someone decided it would be.. like using pigs as a mascot for diet food.
@Pirochiro I thought I was fairly clear..both but only as a mascot and center figure piece of advertising for hygene products, not out of a disliking for dogs. It does not look like they are shooting for irony here,
I love the crappy CGI... This is what School-video lectures should be, I'd be inclined to watch it if they had David Mitchell in them but alas they all star orange Tom Jones wannabes, who have no passion for it.
Maybe the autocue was a little too close or something but David's eyes jittering around to read the text was pretty distracting for me. Good there's a new series, though!
Very nice series! I'm popular on YouTube in the UK (20,000 subscribers) I'd love to promote your channel in return for one line filmed for me by David? Let me know! I'd probably be able to get you 2,000 - 3,000 new subscribers and a lot of ad revenue! Tris
King cunt the great, the fuck of the late 10th century :P
nothuman100 2 days ago
Tide goes in, tide goes out, Cnut can't explain that!
KajsSwedishMeatBalls 5 days ago
It's not spelled 'Knut' in the country that this was made in, so it can't really be a misspelling. If 'Cnut' was actually incorrect, every contemporary spelling of his name by the same standard would surely be as wrong as the next, since the man himself was from the very non-English-speaking 10th century Scandinavia.
MrAlpacca 1 week ago
I laughed when I realized britts spell king Knut as king Cnut
defaultuser88 1 week ago
@defaultuser88
I laughed when you misspelt "Brit".
I've love to know why Nordic people are so god-awful at spelling the word "British" or "Brit". The only people who can't spell "Brit" or "British" correctly (and yes, it is these particular words) are Nordic people, the worst of which being the Swedish.
What I find funny about this, is that "British" is actually SPELT with one T in the Swedish language, so why they always feel the need to add an extra T is beyond me.
IAmCaptainMarvel 2 days ago
@IAmCaptainMarvel british is spelled with two T's in swedish (Brittisk), but yes I misspelled oh noes at least the world didn't end
defaultuser88 2 days ago
Ah, so that's where Aladdin and the King of Thieves got its name for the main mythological relic they were looking for. "The Hand of Midas".
IAmCaptainMarvel 1 week ago
funny man make me laugh
dippey120 1 week ago
I like the story of King Afkuss and Queen Lumcapper.
ELuhn 1 week ago
David is a large fan of a little thing called sarcasm, and/or irony, not to mention wordplay and anagrams, hence the deliberate misspelling of King Knut/Canute. I like to call people I dislike intensely King Knut/Canute.
syntacticalnightmare 3 weeks ago
It's spelled Knut
InsideCellardoor 3 weeks ago
I'm going to make a new version of King Midas where the courtiers hire a bunch of gold-draped guys to seize the king, chain him up in the basement, and repeatedly bring to him large sacks of rocks to be transmutated against his flesh to become stinking rich, and in the process they bolster the flagging national money supply and become heroes.
handsomebrick 1 month ago
I don't get it.
aragornthebrave 1 month ago
David Mitchell is my Idol.
iiMiller 1 month ago
so close 2 king cunt
sirbestnameever 2 months ago
King Cnut, the FCUK of the late 10th, and early 11th century... is it just me, or are both of these names/titles engineered to actually represent "King Cunt, the fuck of the late 10th, and early 11th century"?
boenrobot 2 months ago
@boenrobot I never would have guessed that...
ell595 2 weeks ago
Had to double look the title
treeable1 2 months ago
This should have begun with a fact, such as:
60% of you misread the title upon first glance
MAshby1001 2 months ago
King Cnut is just an allegory for the over ambitious human nature, when they don't understand the dangers
MegaMrDamo 3 months ago
"The FCUK of the late 10th and early 11th century" lmao
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Knut was danish..Scotish, Irish..English... you are all the same to me !! You all come from Norman people, who invaded the Brit. island !! And that means, that actualy all of your " three roots"; English, Sctottish and Irish are actualy Norwegian, or Danish !!!!!
aFemale1 4 months ago
Isn't it immensely more probable that they were all just a TINY bit on the tipsy side? Of course, by "a TINY bit on the tipsy side", I mean incredibly, INCREDIBLY drunk.
10nantFangirl 4 months ago 3
@10nantFangirl That's what you get when your kingdom is in the unfortunate position of having to seek a merger...
rachskald 1 month ago
I agree with you on most things David, but your pronunciation of Midas is not one. I say it like "My-dus" not "My-dass." I realise I may be wrong in this, but My-dass sounds like overpronouncing it. Also Shirley Bassey said "my-duss" in the Goldfinger theme song and if that's wrong I don't want to be right.
NickStedmon 4 months ago
@NickStedmon its spelt my - das you dumbus
fiddlest1cks 4 months ago
@fiddlest1cks I'm not entirely sure what your issue with my spelling is here, since neither My-dus, My-dass or My-das are correct spelling, I was spelling it phonetically. I added the extra s to show the emphasis on the "a" was like the "a" in "cat" rather than "cart." The only correct spelling is Midas. And if you were trying to be funny, then you just failed completely, so I'm sorry that you wasted your time.
NickStedmon 4 months ago
@NickStedmon clearly your to dumb to understand the point and like a wise man said arguing on the internet is pointless.
fiddlest1cks 4 months ago
@fiddlest1cks I agree with that; I have no time to argue with someone who doesn't know the correct application of "you're" and "too."
NickStedmon 4 months ago
@NickStedmon What if they're dyslexic or something? Pull your head out of your arse.
liamjd1 2 months ago
@liamjd1 Well maybe they are, but if you follow the comment tree back all the way you'll see that they were also insulting without any manner of provocation so I have no time for someone like that either, dyslexic or not.
NickStedmon 2 months ago
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Silt9 4 months ago
@Silt9 Edward Ironsides, although it should be Edmund. Guy who resisted the Danish Invasion
khasab 4 months ago
this background music is used on Horrible Histories!!
Hufflepuffish 4 months ago
sat on a stool
W0LBA 4 months ago
that wasent a soap box! he just tried 2 get into the mind set of a deranged possibly non existant king he didnt even yell at anything!!
singingsisters888 5 months ago
lol @ the FCUK line.
rhettboy 5 months ago
I wonder if there were any dyslexics in King Cnut's day? Probably pretty embarassing.
rhettboy 5 months ago
Well, the original story was that nobody thought he could do it (including himself), but he did it to prove that despite his title the one who really controlled England was the guy who set the tides in motion - i.e. God. The story goes on to say that he removed his crown and hung it on a crucifix, never to wear it again.
GregoriusTheBrown 6 months ago
In order to stop the sea you need an engineer. A Dutch engineer.
And King Cnut wasn't. ;)
AmersfoortTristan 6 months ago
@AmersfoortTristan He was Danish, close enough?
KnockoffNigeI 5 months ago
Y'know, I've never heard of King Cnut till today.
MrCleaverhook 6 months ago
I'm watching these videos over and over again, I feel a bit pathetic
ShearsOfAtropos 7 months ago
My-dass? Okay...I KNEW whom he was referring to, but...
BrooklynJackBlue 7 months ago
@BrooklynJackBlue How do you pronounce Midas?
bp56789 7 months ago
@bp56789 As an american I have always heard Midas pronounced MY-duss or something like it. It's Really just a switch of syllabic emphasis.
LaviniaVeiled 5 months ago
@TheScottishYogi To go all soppy for a minute it must have been utter hell for the poor man.Like George III and Juana La Loca being royal didn't stop a lot of them from suffering miserably.
Soppiness over
Perizada 7 months ago
The last sentence is the best
bp56789 7 months ago
When i saw king cnut i thought it said king cunt... woops XD
RandomZee101 8 months ago 4
The backdrop in this episode reminds me of Minecraft.
Danbotology 9 months ago 74
@Danbotology good on ya, me too! How addicted are we? this is not good
SgailSabre 9 months ago
@Danbotology
It reminds me of knightmare.
UltraPic 2 days ago
I thought he pulled that stunt to prove that he was less mighty than god in an effort to convert remaining Pagans to Christianity and unite his kingdoms under one God...
Rahrhino 10 months ago
If that's silly, Xerxes was even stupider. He tried building a bridge across Hellespont out of ships, a storm broke them up, and he got pissed off and ordered the lashing of Hellespont.
Oh, there was also this guy called Moses who claimed to be able to split the Red Sea in 2. But apparently he got lucky.
rabbitspliff 10 months ago
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I LOVE PORNO AND IM A SLUTTY GIRL OF 21 YEARS OLD POOR BLACK SKINNY NIGGER WITH AN ATTITUDE. COME OVER HERE AND SUCK MY DICK IF YOU OVER 21 BITCH. JIZZHUT.COM SATAN RULES THE WORLD JESUS SAVES OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH GGGGOOOOOOODD FUCK ME GOOD OOOHHHHH
starcraftisausome 10 months ago
totally thought it read cunt
comtraya101 10 months ago
@comtraya101 Clearly the FCUK joke went right over your head then.
chiffmonkey 9 months ago
But what of old Pope Benidict??? Confidant and friend of Caanute. Ooops,, You guessed it,, Pope Benedict is back around again too. BUT,, this time, it is Benedict that makes pilgrimages to England.
WAIT!
What time is it? Yep,, 1000 years. Right on schedule.
TR Knudtson
OldKnute 11 months ago
Well, let’s not forget old Midas either, son of Gordias (The Gordian Knot) Now the Seer that proclaimed the next man to enter the city driving an Ox-cart, would be King. SHE, the Seer, also having a pet eagle that was to land on Gordian’s cart. (Imagine that) And she, to rule as co-regnant with this former-farmer, Gordian,,, (No DUH!) Midas to start the myth that everything that he touched turned to gold. Umm, keep people from digging around in your mountains or invading you. TR Knudtson
OldKnute 11 months ago
And as The Good Book said, this is the origin of the saying, "paddle your own Canute"
Pureteenlard 11 months ago
"King Cnut the Great, the Fcuk of the late 10th and early 11th century" ...david mitchell is a genius.
theyankopitch 1 year ago 11
I love how it looks as if he is in minecraft.
letsallJACKoff 1 year ago 4
@letsallJACKoff I WAS JUST THINKING THAT!!!!!!!!!!!
Microja 1 year ago
haha TRKnudson, I love you!
bobbiwib 1 year ago
what a Cnut
Coolguyrob2006 1 year ago 3
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HeartlessConservativ 1 year ago
Oops: Corrections. “Sovereignty” and “Throne”. Sorry, I am profoundly blind in real life and use a Web Reader to communicate in text on the Internet. Forgive me.
All the best
Knute
TR Knudtson
OldKnute 1 year ago
Please remember, Caanute was the first King of England to put his severity to a public VOTE and was roundly set to the thrown by popular acclamation. He instated laws covering reciprocity, and restitution when wrong was proven. FOR,,, Nobles and Commoners alike. Not a bad sort really? Let’s try and be a bit more kind here. Much respect to you!!!!!!!!
Knute
OldKnute 1 year ago
Oh David Please. Of course you have cocked it all up, all over again. First, the Nobles and the Church had the people believing that by the Popes Blessing, Kings were literally “Gods on Earth”. The whole point was to show EVERYONE, that no “Earthly King” blessed or not, could command the tides. Wise yes, and by agreement with Benedict, tributes demanded of pilgrims to the Holy land would be standardized and reduced toll. All the best. Knute, TR Knudtson
OldKnute 1 year ago
@OldKnute Why are you being such a downer? It's just a bit of fun..
kadosiable 1 year ago
@kadosiable Kindly; my fingers could not type any softer. My love for England; never more strong. My respect for David; secure. David offers great respect for Caanute in his renditions of events, and I shared my families’ writings on the subject. My mistakes and typos admitted and corrected. If we asked 3 others comenting, we would probably gather as many versions. All the best, Knute, TR Knudtson
OldKnute 1 year ago
@OldKnute Alright.
kadosiable 1 year ago
@kadosiable Thanks. BUT, do remember Midas TOO was a King who set things straight, the “stator” or “standard”, (A Roman warriors monthly pay) came to be because of his minting of “Electrum” coinage. Electrum, (A durable alloy of Gold, Silver and Copper) Naturally and artificially derived alloy but NOT TRUE GOLD. See: Bagdad Battery. The Myth of Midas was just an excuse to explain away, were all his bright and shinny gold coins were coming from. Hahaha, Propaganda of the day.... Knute
OldKnute 1 year ago
@kadosiable Really; a neat trick when you think about it. The Myth of the “Midas Touch” would insure his long standing on the throne. Would you depose a King that made gold with the touch of a finger??? OR,, invade a land thought poor in natural resources, the TRUTH, to remain hidden by this Myth? A wise King, or one that understood HUMAN NATURE?,, Or BOTH? Hehehehehe!,,, Knute
OldKnute 1 year ago
He'll always be king Cunt in my puerile mind.
cuntylishus 1 year ago
King Cnut - "The FCUK of the late 10th/early 11th century" - classic
jpol50 1 year ago
Well written. I love the quintessentially British way of describing things, e.g. "the entity in the vast wobbley blue corner."
greyareaRK1 1 year ago 97
@greyareaRK1 What does that actually mean? I'm Canadian...
slightlyinsaneFTW 7 months ago
@slightlyinsaneFTW As am I. He means the sea. Word play is quintessentially British, much more so than in NA. Read Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett for a start.
greyareaRK1 6 months ago
@greyareaRK1 :D Yeah, I haven't yet, but I'm going to
slightlyinsaneFTW 6 months ago
The vast entity in the wobbly blue corner, that did make me laugh.
DrumTrimmings88 1 year ago
King Xerxes once sentenced the sea at Hellespoint to 300 lashes for destroying a building project, allegedly. More sanely he had the builder's of the bridge's heads cut off. I think we only have Herodotus' account of this and the Greeks weren't particularly fond of the Persians. Oh.. and Alfred the Great once burnt some cakes.
jacksawild 1 year ago
Student ponce.
KINGofALLtheMERCIANS 1 year ago
It's spelled "Knut" and pronounced "Knut", NOT "canoe".
There should absolutely be NO "A", spelled or spoken.
otur1 1 year ago
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xanatos125 1 year ago
@otur1 Oh sorry, Were you at his birth? Are you in fact over 1000 years old and know that you are 100% correct. From evidence found it can be pronounced and spelt both ways. Oh and it's Canute...... Not canoe.....
xanatos125 1 year ago
@otur1 Cnūt in older English, in todays English it can be pronounced Cnut/Knut/Canute/Knud but mainly goes by 'Cnut' considering the spelling similarity to the old name.
BokoNOM 1 year ago
@otur1 based on which sources you're looking at, it can be spelled / pronounced either way.
dramatification 1 year ago
I love the story of King Cunt... SHIT!!!
windmoveswater 1 year ago 3
@windmoveswater As a dislexic i have done that many times.
flyingtoilet1 1 year ago
David, I love you!
yetanothergoodyfan 1 year ago
wasn't there a king cnut? in england
harlandwirth 1 year ago
@harlandwirth yes
stoprainingonme 1 year ago
@harlandwirth yes thats who he is talking about
flyingtoilet1 1 year ago
cool, exactly 40,000 views!
talkissos 1 year ago
@talkissos 4,447 views in one week then. Pretty good
Ail3a 1 year ago
did he say edward einstein ??
Allbymyself705 1 year ago
@Allbymyself705 He said Edward bloody Ironside. I think he meant Edmund Ironside, an Anglo-Saxon King who was Cnut's rival for control of England.
Lexivor 1 year ago
@Lexivor ok i was only asking ... :(
CGCupcakes66 1 year ago
@Lexivor You share the same name as my nobody.
mestarilapsi 1 year ago
cnut fcuk, tee hee
AndrewJimScott 1 year ago
*gasp* - the language pedant made a grammar mistake!
"King Cnut the Great... tried to stop the tide coming in, and it didn't."
Surely you mean 'and he didn't' or 'and it did', or 'and it didn't work.' As it stands your sentence means that Cnut successfully stopped the tide (i.e. that it didn't come in)!
ExplodingCabbage 1 year ago
@ExplodingCabbage wow i missed that!
dinodude1999 1 year ago
btw, i love you forever, in a cute teenage school/fan girl way.
inspirationdale 1 year ago
I seem to recall Cnut was proving a point that, whilst he had dominion over his kingdom, he was still nothing in the face of God. So, really, trying to win points with the Christian populace. It was a PR stunt. I could be totally wrong though - this is just what I remember hearing.
GreetingsField 1 year ago
My Last name is Knuutinen -> Knut -> Cnut and I am from Finland!
Tupernaattis 1 year ago
As a fellow pedant I'm sure Mr Mitchell won't mind me pointing out that it was not Edward but Edmund Bloody Ironside who would have had something about which to think should Cnut's wet-avoidance experiment have proved fruitful.
eddrebrab 1 year ago 2
these adverts are annoying, i'm a girl, i don't care about bulldog soap!! :)
HIGHzONzLIFE 1 year ago
@FRAGNUB4FUN Yeah, why not?
Dozerrox 1 year ago
Up there in my top 3 funny sarcastic bastards!
Dozerrox 1 year ago
these are so SO SO good.
rubbaduckagary 1 year ago
what a cunt, wooos i mean cnut
up2trix 1 year ago
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nunnytv 1 year ago
@nunnytv he has already done one on male grooming
ollie3400 1 year ago
A king who wants everything to turn to gold and ...whoops... can't have lunch.
Hilarious!
gradgurl2007 1 year ago
@gradgurl2007
Flaargleberry 1 year ago
Good man!
MsBkirk 1 year ago
Stupid Cnut
chrisofnottingham 1 year ago
It should be Edmund Ironside not Edward Ironside.
BPDunbar 1 year ago
I love david mitchells voice. Everything he says is consequently funny.
Rowan6969 1 year ago
Remember when you were a little kid and you learned something neat or clever and you'd laugh but not a laugh. It was a pleasure that just came out of you that sounded and felt like a little laugh.
Buggerguns 1 year ago
In the absence of this podcast and by removing myself from watching too much televison, I had finally managed to get over my loyalty to Mitchell's whining. Now I'm hooked again. :)
raccooneyes55 1 year ago
Throne suits David, almost too well..
shinra18 1 year ago 2
I'm quite glad the Bulldog add doesn't beat the shit out of my ear drums on this video.
MrThompson626 1 year ago 2
Cnut had a cool bachelor pad royal style. They called it Cnut bachelor pad.
kensingtonrock 1 year ago
Cnut was probably Cnuts.There was a King can't think which one who though he was made of glass.
Too much inbreeding in those families.
I like the ad Bulldogs are cute :)
Perizada 1 year ago 18
"i fart in your general direction, you silly king, you!!"
bareakon 1 year ago
@bareakon neee!
Perizada 1 year ago
@Perizada
"Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing!"
- The Knights Who 'Til Recently Said Ni, 1975
okay. no more monty python references, i promise
bareakon 1 year ago
@bareakon In the words ,more or less, of the Black Knight come back here and I'll bite your knees off,
Keep the Monty Python coming :)
Perizada 1 year ago
@Perizada go away or i shall taunt you a second time!!!
bareakon 1 year ago
@bareakon and I quote
"Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing!"
Perizada 1 year ago
@goulygliu p.s. Thank you Bulldog for toning down the add, its now a reasonable volume, much less annoying :-)
goulygliu 1 year ago
Trust david to take a simple story and look way, way, way to far into it xD
majingohan99 1 year ago
Anyone else think there is something really reaaally poorly thought out about calling a skincare product (for humans) 'bulldog' and advertising it with pictures of a chubby ugly dog? When I think of bulldogs I dont reallly think skincare products..I think smelly ugly creatures. The fact that the tube itself looks like its meant for dogs does not help much..I get the gimmick that its trying to make skin care products seem manly but maaan they could not come up with anything better than that?!
MetalguitarlessonsUK 1 year ago 2
@MetalguitarlessonsUK agreed
majingohan99 1 year ago
@MetalguitarlessonsUK I agree that it could be more obvious that it's for men and not dogs (I initially thought the same thing about the haircare products). But I don't see the problem with using bulldogs. Are you suggesting they should have used a prettier dog?
Pirochiro 1 year ago
@Pirochiro More that they should probably not have chosen an animal so renound for its lack of hygiene and powerful smell that is not above eating its own shit and sick.Not the best mascot for grooming products really. The fact that they chose one of the ugliest looking dogs does not much help matters.Essentially my point is dogs are not a good icon for which to promote hygiene products and its somewhat astounding that someone decided it would be.. like using pigs as a mascot for diet food.
MetalguitarlessonsUK 1 year ago
@MetalguitarlessonsUK Do you have a problem with the fact that it's a bulldog or just that it's a dog? What's wrong with dogs?
And I think a pig as a diet food mascot would be pretty good. It would be a good use of irony.
Pirochiro 1 year ago
@Pirochiro I thought I was fairly clear..both but only as a mascot and center figure piece of advertising for hygene products, not out of a disliking for dogs. It does not look like they are shooting for irony here,
MetalguitarlessonsUK 1 year ago
@MetalguitarlessonsUK I'm guessing here but you are not fond of dogs are you?
Perizada 1 year ago
trousers are ever so slightly to tight, not that I'm complaining :-)
goulygliu 1 year ago
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goulygliu 1 year ago
I love the angry red shirt.
pysgodfach 1 year ago
"No attention to the basic foundations of economics, these semi-mythical kings."
Not entirely unlike our own royal family. :) Love these rantlicious!
imadethis6 1 year ago
brilliant
x0eMzYeMzx0 1 year ago
1) yay they're back and AND he's still wearing a red shirt, perfect!
2) did he say Edward Einstein? ...isn't that not usually the correct name? (if I'm confused it's certainly not he first time.)
3) glad to see that point of gold economics addressed! similarly applicable in wishes of "I'd want a million billion dollars!!!"
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shainegilbertisking 1 year ago
Isn't it King Knut?
jochen123321 1 year ago
I love the crappy CGI... This is what School-video lectures should be, I'd be inclined to watch it if they had David Mitchell in them but alas they all star orange Tom Jones wannabes, who have no passion for it.
Great Vid, Dave!
ScottRoseVideo 1 year ago
Yay more David Mitchell!
BalmafulaLanando 1 year ago
Welcome back! Was missing these vids. They're classic!
rorkimaru 1 year ago 2
I'm so glad this is back. I love David Mitchell.
gmfmusic85 1 year ago
'the fcuk of the late 10th and early 11th century'
hahahahaha, brilliant
joeainscough 1 year ago
I want to 5 star it, but.....
xeractus 1 year ago
wooo they're back!
sm0kingJay 1 year ago
@the0real0fozzy can't they have a joint reign?
hellolove100 1 year ago
YES! You've returned!
awesomewinperson123 1 year ago
<3 nice video!
dondons1987 1 year ago
yayyy, I missed you!
misssoftglitterkid 1 year ago
Good to see this back for a new series!
lukas1051 1 year ago
A welcome return, Mr. Mitchell.
chocomog35 1 year ago
far wvaey blue corner lol
TenaciousD872 1 year ago
Maybe the autocue was a little too close or something but David's eyes jittering around to read the text was pretty distracting for me. Good there's a new series, though!
HooDlymUK 1 year ago
my god he's a legend :)
hmfrx 1 year ago
Just when I thought I couldn't have more of a crush on David Mitchell...
beansidhebaby 1 year ago 49
lmao, wow david the grapics are so advanced... It's like this video is from the future, immense. :P
doublecrosserfm 1 year ago 3
Me thinks david has spend just a little bit to much time thinking about this.
SirKnobofCheese 1 year ago
great you are back doing these!
dgmcl3284 1 year ago 2
Very nice series! I'm popular on YouTube in the UK (20,000 subscribers) I'd love to promote your channel in return for one line filmed for me by David? Let me know! I'd probably be able to get you 2,000 - 3,000 new subscribers and a lot of ad revenue! Tris
tristopiaTV 1 year ago 2
@tristopiaTV yaaay tris! Feature david on subsaturday. I actually love him :D
doublecrosserfm 1 year ago
he's handsome.
and eloquent.
as always.
longbluefingers 1 year ago 15