Suicide With An Escape Clause

[MrScottRipps]

this real?

[njdss4]

Great combination of sadness and dark humor. Damn good idea, too.

[dzzmoo1]

Modern Britain . I feel sometimes i might see this in the newspaper for real

[goodrobotusses]

7 people have landed on their chin

[nigee1970]

I guess it's the way to commit suicide if you're afraid of heights

[xxtiaan]

Ive never seen this series before its brilliant, you feel oddly sad and alienated but find yourself quietly having a bit of a chortle...

[100fthearse]

lol

[skinnyboyfat]

Can't find the DVD in Canada..

[minxiemoo69]

OMG. I love this show.

[spoitguitar]

Don't You Just Love Dark British Comedy

[BlueBerryWizard]

@ItsSTU

You'd like to think that I see. I'm not going to argue my intelligence, it's really irrelevant, except as far as it prevents me from killing myself. Sooner or later I should be able to do it right. I wonder if anyone will be updated on it or people will still think I'm alive even after the fact.

@TokingSD420

I don't have any reason to believe it'll get any better. Oh well...

[chickensw]

@BlueBerryWizard has anyone ever diagnosed you as having a borderline personality disorder?

coz i think you got one..

[BlueBerryWizard]

@chickensw

Nope, nobody has.

[Pupenhausen]

@PostNeutral I'd love to see your breakdown of a Seasame Street sketch, now that WOULD be comedy! "As I stare at the cookie monster, I wonder if his mother nurtured him as a child. His wretched habit for the cookie and the anger in his voice when trying to obtain one, may have stemmed from an abusive childhood. We should all feel sombre for his plight." HaHa!!!

[BlueBerryWizard]

@TokingSD420 @GradeFPoultry

(2 of 2) The weirdest thing was that, even though I was sobbing, having declared I hate the universe just beforehand, as the noose tightened around my neck I felt excited. I was finally doing it. If only nobody inadvertently intervened... I know they would have liked to see me dead, but they would have been obligated to prevent me from doing anything if they found me, so I had to escape the noose.

[hotelmario510]

Prolonged jumping suicide!

[BlueBerryWizard]

I got linked to this video and don't understand these interpretations in the comments. How does this relate to comedy? How is this "genius"?

It's just a guy determined to commit suicide and a bunch of onlookers probably wishing they could do the same, or else, not comprehending what is happening before them. He's quite fortunate he actually managed to kill himself. Few people succeed.

[GradeFPoultry]

@BlueBerryWizard Hilarious.

[TokingSD420]

@BlueBerryWizard its not real. its just a comedy sketch

[BlueBerryWizard]

@TokingSD420 @GradeFPoultry

(1 of 2) Oh. Well, I was contemplating using this very method yesterday, but opted for hanging when I found a black piece of rope. However, as the noose tightened around my neck, and I pulled myself onto my toes, I was interrupted- so we'll all just have to hope I succeed the next time I get the balls to try again. Perhaps this time via electrocution, or maybe, I shall construct a handgun for suicide by cop (doesn't need ammo that way).

[TokingSD420]

@BlueBerryWizard its okay man life goes on.

[Kelarre653]

@BlueBerryWizard

I believe it is mostly in the punchline, where the person describing the incident says "He wanted to jump 40 times off a first-floor balcony instead of straight off the top, in case he wanted to change his mind at any point"

The joke is that in jumping fourty times instead of straight off the top, he basically made it even more painful. But the real comedy is in the fact that someone commiting suicide actually thought of an idea like that.

[Pupenhausen]

@PostNeutral, you'd make a good politician with your ability to talk utter bollocks. It amazes me how people who think they're intellectual totally miss the point of comedy and have to find a hidden agenda in every joke, and their 'analysis' always involves the word 'society' for some strange reason.

[ChaudChip]

@Pupenhausen - I think you will find that PostNeutral is not saying anything out of the ordinary when you compare the comment to those of others. Chris Morris has wonderfully merged poignancy with subtle, dark humour, something very rarely seen in comedy, but frequently seen on tv. For you to refer to it as utter bollocks is rediculous. If you have no stirring from this piece, then so be it, however many Chris Morris fans do. I certainly would call this a piece of art moreso than anything else.

[Pupenhausen]

@ChaudChip I just take comedy for what it is......COMEDY! To over analyse a joke to find a deeper meaning doesn't make it funny any more. I prefer to laugh at a joke than to sit and ponder about it.

[ChaudChip]

@Pupenhausen YOU take comedy for what it is. Not others. And for you to call what people say 'utter bollocks' is just dismissive and ignorant. If you see a peice of work as either 'Comedy' or 'Drama' or one exact genre then fine, but it is so plainly obvious to myself and many other people that this is a piece of work that weaves so many different strands of genre, as so often Chris Morris does.

[Pupenhausen]

@ChaudChip Chris Morris is my favourite comedian of all time, I laugh at his jokes. End of. Bore me later.

[ChaudChip]

@Pupenhausen Well then in future I suggest you leave people to their opinions and we'll leave you to yours.

[wormsyn]

Absolute Genius

[MsTerrylinMayfield]

Does anyone know where I could find a transcript of this monologue?

[DekonR]

@MsTerrylinMayfield You, a pen, and 2:06 minutes of your time?

[MsTerrylinMayfield]

@DekonR I'm not a native english speaker, not confident I'd get it 100% right, but otherwise fair enough comment!

[smurfieboo]

youtube should ban americans from watching british comedy on here - it's clearly too disturbing for them. 

[ElephantTLK]

Just discovered that... Wow. What a genious! Cant describe this... Masterpiece. Must get Jam episodes...

[ChaudChip]

What is brilliant about this is that it weaves so many delicate strands of thought and emotion together. The man, although wanting to end his life, still gives himself a chance to live again through his method of suicide. However, even in this sad, bizarre situation, people help him back up the stairs to the floor, just the slightest addition of dark humour. Then finally, the concluding line "Clearly he didn't" portrays the man's ultimate sadness in life. This should be watched by all.

[kiara282]

Thoughtful but not at all funny

[johnnyvicious2]

@kiara282 I think that many sketches in Jam were not intended to be funny.

[HikiLuoma]

What's the music?

[titus1241]

Chris Morris = ingenious legend. all his work is so sophisticated and genuinely intelligent comedy. nowone can do satire or plain originally weird stuff like Morris

[SethMcFartlane]

@titus1241

Go watch some Dale Winton stuff then. Supermarket Sweep totally trounces everything Morris' has done in terms of satire.

[Slyenemy]

Superb series, just started rewatching it all this week. This, along with Blue Jam, are not only hilarious but one of the only comedy series I can think off where the music plays a pivotal part in the whole thing. It's almost like watching/listening to a surreal music video/album.

It's very difficult for comedy writers to try this sort of stuff, because if you get it wrong you'll be laughed out of the door. Thank God Chris Morris not only has the balls, but the intelligence to do it justice.

[scrutley]

@Slyenemy Absolutely right. Every word.

[DoomedLaggy]

A friend recently lent me this DVD, it's the darkest comedy I've ever seen. Pure WTF?! but in a surreal way not the over the top random way many recent comedies have been.

You don't really get alot of laughs with Jam, most of it is just weird, but it's seriously worth a watch.

[dj2tallcom]

excellent, i don't give a fuck what they say if you find chris morris's comedy too much you need to free your fucking soul

[herrloop]

Amen to that brother.

[Xetrof]

Did you even bother to read the description?

[gonufc]

"in their roles of being human"? Sorry, i forgot to read the manual. Comedy comes from tragedy, learn to laugh or learn to cry.

[HeyArnoldsspleen]

Fuck off.

[scatterkeir]

the thing is, hebrewschoolgrad, this doesn't do anything but take suicide and suicidal feelings very seriously indeed. This is how it feels, believe me. It's all in the punch-line, the real punch in the stomach that is the last line. "Clearly he didn't."

[randykawasaki]

Try not to be such a literalist. It helps.

Of course its not a suicide attempt its S A T I R E.

[KaliberKing]

lol We should be thankful for people like you, as you make great targets for Morris' genuis

[KoroOutbreak]

"hebrewschoolgrad" hahaha. You have to be trolling.

[Pepotamo1985]

@hebrewschoolgrad

You really are a fucking idiot. Are you American?

[lozzylor]

i fogot how funny this is

you really have to be pretty sick humoured to like this programme

thankfully i am haha

[RealityOrNightmare]

I remember watching this series when it was on TV, it is a very dark form of comedy and some sketches are a bit controversial, but it is comedy genius and a classic comedy series in my opinion.

Glad to have found it on here so i can see the sketches again, it has been very hard to find and not many people remember it.

[joelang1699]

You seen the one with the dead baby and the plumber, now that was good! lmfao

[hazzamcdazza]

i think deadtacojr is a little bit simple/american

[mungabba]

They just don't get it.

[MamiyaOtaru]

I must not exist

[deadtacojr]

so, you see him doing this and instead of calling 911 or helping him out, you bring him back inside over and over again to let and watch him preform this act yet another 20 times? wow. the people there, espically those who helped him up and the camera man, are sick.

[joelang1699]

This is whats called satire mate, Its a British comedy!

[Powerofthecowboy]

LOL!

[ARCAD1A]

Anyone know where i could get this version of this tune?

Its Sade 'I Will Be Your Friend' but the original version is a kind of dance tune and you can barely make out this melody underneath it all.

[Brock2097]

Thanks for naming this, would also like to get this version but don't know where. Maybe you could take the vocals out of the original song and slow it down with Audacity? lol

[2xnkote]

sobbing in a rather retchid way

[khalithistle]

this is one of the few jam sketches where i think the music detracts from it rather than adds something. dont know whether it would have worked with another piece or whether it would have been better to drop the music entirely

still one of my favorite sketches of all time though

[ptniff]

Ahh no, must disagree there..! First thing I loved about this sketch was the music!

[GestapoTheCat]

@khalithistle No the music works so well because it drops off right before "clearly he didn't", giving the line extra punch. Not that it really needed it.

[youmeandsomeknives]

Now that's lateral thinking!

[LargeLeader]

ba dum tssh

[youmeandsomeknives]

Wow, you're totally Babylon Zoo!

[BusterDwarf]

He hit the ground very hard..

[zrgh]

deep

[mountebank1]

its not that

short fuse laghter

its not that.. kind of.. haha.. its that inside.. its funny

and you know its funny but its a funny you havent seen before... it is warming on the inside funny you can detatch yourself from its thta deep inside laughter

not that laugh out loud laughter

it is genius.

chris morris knows what makse things tick. (this goes for all.)

[KaliberKing]

Would people stop saying "This is Genius"

It's beyond that

[syafiig]

This is beyond Genius.

[indieabby88]

HA!

[yfmt]

YES

Chris is amazing.

[Apatheria]

This is quite possibly the blackest sketch in television history. Morris is just...too brilliant.

[greedymuppet]

This is great. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...I feel more like laughing, though. Or maybe I'll just sit in silent awe. It's almost beautiful, actually...

[boozeabuseamuse]

morris probably got the idea for this from the roman polanski film "the tenant" where the lead character jumps out of a window to commit suicide TWICE...it's a deeply disturbing idea to "have another go" at killing yourself...to keep doing it over & over takes it into very black slapstick territory.

[sferb]

This made my day!

[bennettbuzz]

absolutly brilliant theyve got to bring it back.

[dillbox]

the most daft way to kill yourself, but a great concept

[parrot9]

Has anyone got the only other jam clip I can remember featuring Morris himself? He plays a man who has chosen to live in the wild outside his home, fighting cats for food, and knows the winter will probably finish him off. He says he is sometimes tempted to go back in for a 'hot bath and a plate of eggs'but doesn't. Every bit as good as this one!

[prfctday]

I think someone has posted that now. Video name "jam - living outside"

[proffesornutbutter]

that is the funniest thing i have ever seen

"towards the end they had to help inside, because he really was quite badly broken up, i dont think he could have made it up the stairs by himself" GENIUS

[tubeaddict123]

WTF!?

[twctopcat]

The greatest.

[cap65]

"Locked into a very private act". Off-the-scale genius...

[anothe]

my all time favourite show