That Mitchell and Webb Look - Das Ist Numberwang!

[cazmaestro]

Omg, I actually understand all of this.

[LuRawen]

Bleib Numberwang! ^o^

[CaptainLumpyDog]

Man, I wish I had a 'NEIN' bag...

A guy can dream, no?

[Nemcoification]

The German is actually pretty good. Lol at the ein Berliner reference by the way :D

[abandonedvideos]

gotta love the 'marathon man' reference with the dental torture. they even tried to dress the actors up like olivier's and hoffman's characters.

[DerHimmelgeher]

The German is actually pretty good. They mix in an ass load of English too, but what's there isn't bad.

[MrMarkhall1]

Brilliant

[j0ofez]

I like how the anthem of austria-hungary is played at the end.

[evilrobottolhurst]

@j0ofez The anthem is also "das Deutschlandlied" which is the current anthem of Germany. Before 1945 it had the words "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" (Germany first) which clearly included much of Austria and Poland in Germany and is internationally known as the anthem of Nazi Germany. I hadn't realised it had also been "God Save The Emperor" for the Austrians (Franz Josef was King of Hungary)...

[evilrobottolhurst]

Great fun. The presenter actually appears to speak German which puts him in a tiny club with John Cleese and Max Mosley...

[gurkenhamster]

@evilrobottolhurst he doesn't. Wrong grammar, accent. He probably just readthe script

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@gurkenhamster it's just the accent actually. yes, he read the script but then again he wrote it...

[evilrobottolhurst]

@gurkenhamster I see you are German and I think you are not giving credit for a fantastic performance. He has of course to do a comedy accent to make it sound like a mindless British quiz show. You couldn't achieve that by just reading off a cue card!

[gurkenhamster]

@evilrobottolhurst Oh no, I do give credit. I fucking love Mitchell and Webb and almost all of their sketches (although I must admit that I like "Numberwang" the least) and I know the accent should sound funny. I just wanted to reply that I don't think they speak German

[evilrobottolhurst]

@gurkenhamster If you look at this classic Python episode in German, they all had to learn the words by sound IIRC except for John Cleese - and he doesn't have the world's best accent! v=xmWN9fwmOKM

[DodgyDaveGTX]

I love the fact there's umlauts on everything, including the numbers.

So unnecessarily German... ööüüü

[admingeneral]

"Rotiere das Brett!"

[NonnyMus1]

Simon's got a cute butt!

[hotrods4ben]

A beer stein and a photo of David Hasselhoff

[blainyrules]

I almost punched the moniter at the end, fed up of the German national anthem -_-

[666jimmysmusicgirl]

Wanger num was awsome!!

[Alathaea]

The worst part is that the German is (mostly) fairly accurate, but their accents are awful...

It's my German A-level class all over again...

[CatFez]

Why the hell has this descended into who was born where?

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@CatFez that's youtube for you!

[CatFez]

@bobthelittlemonkey I suppose you're right. Some people on YouTube have sense after all.

[NeuroParadise]

the quality is so poor you spoil it

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@NeuroParadise yeah sorry about that...wasn't best quality to start with but youtube made it worse :(

[NeuroParadise]

@bobthelittlemonkey can you put a watchable version on or will bbc take it down ? pleeeeeeease

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@NeuroParadise you've hit the nail on the head...and tbf there are better quality versions on youtube anyway haha

[NeuroParadise]

@bobthelittlemonkey can u send me a link pls?



[MrHeslopian]

@bobthelittlemonkey If you want pitch perfect high definition quality buy the DVD. This is good quality for a video by an independant user.

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@MrHeslopian yeah, i had it on my computer for whatever reason, think a friend sent it to me. i have the DVDs but im not interested in ripping them...people can buy them too haha

[MrHeslopian]

@bobthelittlemonkey Oops sorry I meant to send it to the original commenter haha.

[Gubbywubby]

Poor Julie, the only time she wins she dies...

[timburtonfanch]

ive heard of a ü, ö, and ä but ive never seen a four with an umlaut........

[jrgreeny101]

Das Volksvagon....wang!'

[Sonicblade128]

DREI UND ZWANZIG

[AccordionManiac]

wow @ the dentist bit. Monty Python quality stuff!

[Bushflare]

@pbrs73

I think you'll find that not all stereotypes are actuate. *He types whilst his piss soaked ginger hair flops back and forth as he's beaten viciously by men with kilts, knee-socks and bagpipes screaming about pies*

And I'm English.

[zodiacchiller]

das ist numberwang!!!

[1afrowolf]

The best things about these stereotypes is that they're all true. Hilarious sketch!

[Waaagh23]

LOL they even had umlauts on the numbers

[Gjeorje]

Night of the long numbers

[felixvc]

Hey guys, hey

Hey

That good luck thing

it's a reference to the great escape

guys

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@felixvc *sigh*

[maxchristian]

Why can't we ever do a Germany joke without a war reference? It's very funny but also pretty pathetic really.

[karlff7]

@maxchristian Let me think... Numberwang maybe? I don't see any connection between a numerical game-show and war...

[maxchristian]

@karlff7 You're asking where the war reference is? The "good luck" bit is from The Great Escape.

[NotRummy44]

1:57 99

[ichbinjezter]

Das habe ich gewusst!!! Nimm sie weg !! :) <<--- funniest bit

Oh, and just when I thought David Mitchell couldn't get any more attractive, he goes and speaks German <3

[thefartydoctor]

Bleib Numberwang! :D

[Rafe230]

[iminent=hkgSzdsRf]

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@Rafe230 try typing something instead of trying to put in an emoticon :P (and yes im aware of the irony of he last 2 characters)

[WeaselKing1000]

The ending's good...'99' Thumbs up if you thought 'DAS IST NÜMBERWANG!'

[gazereths1982]

The hoff pic is great!

[ohdoshutit]

simon's hair's a riot.

[MetalSwitch95]

My favourite bit was when he said "Das ist Nümberwang."

[cheesesandwich555]

ITS EVEN BETTER IN GERMAN!!!!

[RandomVideo95]

Lol. They just pit umlauts on half the numbers ;-)

[dreikelvin]

NEIN

[gammyfootify]

i want a nein bag

[ayatollahrocknrolla]

rotiere das brett!!

[Gellis2009]

does david speak german? sounds like it comes naturally to him, he could be saying gibberish for all i know

[ytrewq3141]

@Gellis2009 it all makes sense and i don't think he makes any majour mistakes except he does use some english words but i think they are for continuity perposes. perhaps any germans on here can tell judge the quality of his german better than I can. My knowledge of german isn't perfect but it sounds pretty good to me. not sure whether he can speak german or not but he is a well educated man so I wouldn't be surprised if he spoke a foreign language or to.

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@Gellis2009 it's all pretty much perfect german...no german people who've commented on here seem to have picked up any major faults in it :P

[pancakesandducks]

@bobthelittlemonkey It's perfect german, but it's also pretty much gibberish, just in german.

[bobthelittlemonkey]

@pancakesandducks the german actually makes sense....as long as you know what goes on in "normal" numberwang that is - because most of that is gibberish...

[ComiskeyMatt]

@Gellis2009 The German is mostly good, and he probably has taken some German, because it doesn't sound coached, it just sounds like a [strong] English accent. Also, that's probably why he did it instead of Robert. I bet Robert never learned any.

[Chic1110]

@ComiskeyMatt Although, David may have done it so it appears that the 'German version' has a different host to the British one.

[Hulkk123]

Doppelkupplungsgetriebe

[Lorcanproductions]

NIM SIE WEG! lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Xeon636]

American: Yes, that is a numberrrr!

[Xigano1]

Allmost as iritating as the real thing :)

[martiniisgood]

The "good luck" thing is from The Great Escape, no?

[Lorcanproductions]

@martiniisgood lmao yes

[ManiaKattaK]

I like the way Simon was born in Anglesey, Space, Somerset, Southhampton, Frankfurt and a factory all at the same time

[binheiss]

@ lesleyblablabla

that's numberwang, jackass :-D

[Firedragon524]

LOL! Did anyone else catch the reference to "Great Escape"?

[danobaka]

@Firedragon524 yes, everybody, because that's the joke. *puts paper bag on your head*

[binheiss]

Wunderbar!!!

That's the way life goes here in germany.

Very very realistic :-)!

On every day when i wake up i play "numberwang".

Geiles video!

Besonders im hinblick auf die macken der nicht gerade mit klugheit gesegneten amis :-))).

Die sitzen im glashaus und werfen unentwegs mit steinen...find ich gut!!!

[lesleytheanteater]

@binheiss

Das sind Briten du Hohlbrot...

[Xanias00]

I love the umlats over the numbers :)

[Factuallyright]

love the inglorious basterds reference

[Xanias00]

@Factuallyright

Perhaps you might want to check the post date :S

[Factuallyright]

@Xanias00 ??? I was talking about the video, and not a comment, if that is what you meant.

[Xanias00]

@Factuallyright Yes, I know, but the episode (and this clip specifically) is from 2006 (or earlier), whereas Inglorious Basterds came out last year, so there could not have been any reference. Unless Mitchell and Webb possess clairvoyant talents of course. ;)

[Moritz19081980]

lol@ the Hoff picture he won^^

[Pesthauch666]

Of course that's not a fake show! I watch it every week and like it very much. But Stackenblocken is the best german Game Show so far:

watch?v=zqAdxN1IWQQ

And what's wrong with you people pretending to be german and lying that Mr. Hasselhoff isn't popular around here? He is as popular as in the 90's and even got an offer for an ministerial post for the NPD. Hell, his timeless songs are taught to our children in musical lessons!

[PurushaDesa]

The numbers have umlauts!

[LeeVilenski147]

Roterior das bress.

[ThriceDog]

German is very similiar to English, they have similiar grammar and similiar origins, even though it's not perfect german, it's still rather easy to understand ^^

[Boublia]

As we begin the final round, Julie has 17 and Simon has a little more with 16.974, so, let us play wangernumb! Rotate the board!

Julie, Simon, now is the time to play Wangernumb. Before we begin, may I tell you... good luck?

Oh thanks very much?

ACH, I KNEW IT! TAKE HER AWAY!

Julie, you are wangernumbed, but simon you are today's wangernumb!

So, that's all for numberwang today, tomorrow we'll be back but until then, stay numberwang!

[Boublia]

Good evening and welcome to Numberwang! With me today are Julie, who is from Hamburg and Simon, who is from Frankfurt! Julie, how goes it? No Simon? Yes And now, round 1. Let us play numberwang! Simon goes first 2 That's numberwang 8 That's numberwang 43 That's numberwang, round 2, numberhösen! Come here simon and julie! Ah very good! Julie, you have 12, 30 and 8, but Simon, you have 2,389,411. Ah, thank you thank you.

[lewis72]

@Boublia

I guess "numberhösen" really means "number trousers" but is obviously just playing with German sounds.

[NavinJohnson90]

It's Antony from look around you!!!

[pspfan68]

what gets me is i barely speak german yet i understand this

[TheZefMan]

@pspfan68

That's because it's not really German. The grammar is to shit and every other word is English.

[pspfan68]

oh yeah now i notice god im stupid thanks for pointing that out

[lewis72]

@TheZefMan

Seems pretty German to me. Right down to the correct use of the seperable verb "anfangen".

[TheMightyRimmer]

ROTERA DAS SPRITT

[lolman706]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

i have made a flash gmae like this

and i'll upload it to newgrounds

[daromoreno]

Terrific stuff.

[alb999video]

Picture of David Hasselhoff!

[trippyay]

hell i'm german and i think this is hilarious.

[FreakBoi2008]

i love how there are umlauts over some of the numbers

[david552]

Great Escape reference there....

[Guitcad1]

I do theatre and I'm constantly having to play parts with a German accent. It's interesting to hear German with an English accent.

[HelmutVillam]

Good Luck!

Oh thanks very much!

[Reynoldsw96]

sein komisches, wie ich das verstehen kann, weil ich Englisch und Deutsch so sprechen kann, wenn Sie wollen, dass ich diesen Scheiß dann übersetze, ich aber ehrlich zu sein, hat es keinen Sinn.

[icemachine79]

@Reynoldsw96 Es ist besser zu halten es ein geheimnis. Das hält es komischer.

[iAmRichiesLovebird]

OMG i might ask if we can watch this in my german lessons :D

[hallows03]

Peeps - does it matter about who wears what where? I didn't watch "Das ist numberwang!" to be taught about clothes lol...

[bluecobalt27]

I think David was rather enjoying that German-speaking business. :P

[Killersepp]

Well, I'm German, and I think this is pretty funny - even though there are better Numberwang episodes ;-)

And yeah, it's chock-full of rather dumb stereotypes - The Hoff really isn't some kind of national icon here. Lederhosen are only worn in Bavaria, and Bavaria is practiacally Germany's Texas. So if alle German wear Lederhosen, all Americans run around like fucking cowboys all the time ;-)

[Killersepp]

By the way, the German here is relatively good, which is kinda astounding considering it's mostly gibberish on most other anglophone TV programs. As opposed to French, which they usually get right. To wit: The Simpsons.

I guess that's why Mitchell is the host in this sketch. Does he speak German for real? Anyone?

[OriginalDruadan]

He does indeed speak German.

[IbeeejayI]

I think thats the point

[MiesoPoppie]

Don't all Americans look like Cowboys?

[XhoowieX]

@Killersepp ahh but this is made by english comedians, i think i can speak for the whole country when i say that i dont mind americans being called cowboy fuckers :P

[ELMcADAM]

@Killersepp fair point, stereotypes are often seen as being facts about particular cultures though, being scottish, the kilt wearing ginger headed racist that i am, i understand your point completely

[NoPlaceForLoafers]

@Killersepp If by that, you mean that Americans all run around like it's 100 years ago and they all continuously shoot at each other, then that's pretty damn accurate! :D

[CapitalistOverlord]

@Killersepp We don't?

[ArchangelXAmy]

@Killersepp I saw people wear Lederhosen in Hessen, too.

[ytrewq3141]

@Killersepp Could you tell me how good you think his german is. I am english and can speak the language but don't consider myself fit to judge.

[tml4873]

@Killersepp I think we all (ok, most) know those stereotypes are bogus; for me, that's what makes them funny. It's just an extra level of absurdity.

[eyesatyou]

@Killersepp Touched a nerve there then aye, you sausage eating lederhosen wearing, Hoff loving swine! ;)

You don't even understand irony even when it's spelt out in german!! You start a war and you are outraged about being accused of wearing Lederhoden! I must lay off the glue! :)

[magoohurn]

@Killersepp

That's like saying Prussia is similar to Kyrgyzstan. I know, you didn't come up with some absurd similarities, but the comparison alone is demeaning to any Bavarian...

[Setzer]

@Killersepp It's true all Americans are cowboys. We like to fire our guns in the air and eat chili

[fizzypopism]

@Killersepp As a Canadian, the Bavarian = Texan was the best comparison ever to help foreigners understand Germany.

[alexpjp]

@fizzypopism but that's not actually quite right; because Bavaria holds the heart of German culture - Richard Strauss, much of Wagner's career, Nietzche... etc. and traditional elements of culture. North Germany is closer to other cultures: the Northwest actually is Holland, they just haven't given it back - they speak a language called Flat-German, which is closer to Frisian or Dutch (which in itself is closer to old-English); and in the north (Schleswig-Holtsein), this is in fact Denmark.

[mrleedra]

@alexpjp What about Beethoven (Bonn), Bach (Eisenach), Luther (Eisleben), Goethe (Frankfurt), Schiller (Württemberg), Kant (Koenigsberg), Hegel (Stuttgart), and many others? Nietzsche was a Prussian, not a Bavarian. The Northwest isn't Holland, nor is the North Denmark. And Platt is no further away from German than the execrable Bavarian dialect is. As an American and the son of a Westphalian, I think the comparison to Texas is spot on.

[alexpjp]

@mrleedra Beethoven was ethnically Dutch; fair enough about the other ones. I'm not saying that Germany is ONLY Bavaria, by no means - only that Bavaria isa central and important part of German culture.

Schleswig-Holstein should, and really does, belong to Denmark, it's only that German refuses to return it, even though many people there have DAnish names, speak Danish, Danish culture etc. Everything North of Hamburg, including Hamburgm was - and should, be Danish.

[NeuroParadise]

@alexpjp no-one cares lol

[mslvc2011]

@Killersepp All texans run around like fucking cowboys all the time.

I'm from texas so i can attest to this truth.

all cowboys all the time.

not even none of the time.

[RandomFandomLtd]

How are you??

NO

YES

??? LOL

[TheAkatsuki357]

Aaaah the old "Good luck" trick gets em everytime

[mickyc85]

It's good they're not using the typical WW2 German stereotypes... Uh oh, spoke too soon...

[welshleprechaun]

Yeh David Hasselhof is a WW2 stereotype isn't he

[EinsteinIsAPimp]

Not really stereotypical, Germans freakin' love the Hoff! They're about the only people that do! And plenty of Germans in Bavaria still wear leiderhosen, and drink beer from steins!

[mickyc85]

LOL yes i agree with you... the "good luck / thank you" bit was a clever reference to the Great Escape, so i suppose not a stereotype either

[thoricfern]

hes right, i went to Bavaria in the summer for the Sandkerwa festival. Steins and Leiderhosens everywhere! Im sure we were the only English people there!

[Valeres1978]

Welcome to Bavaria, where the sheep seldom wear spectacles!

[dktrvox]

Leiderhosen?

Heh, 'unfortunate trousers'.

[newsteadstuiosfx]

accidentally rate 1 star... sorry

[grouchful]

german comedy is an oxymoron

[MCTheo3]

a bit like "drink responsibly"

[haveguitarwilltravel]

*ahem*tosser*ahem*

[Mixomoxim]

Agreed. a nasty piece of work.

[AHPMB]

A stein of beer and an autographed portrait of David Hasselhoff, what German wouldn't want that!

[welshleprechaun]

Most Brits would want that as well!

[JWRLJR]

Numberwang spielen!

[welshleprechaun]

good. we've moved past nazi references when germany's mentioned. about time too.

[MarxistKnight]

So why mention it!!!

[welshleprechaun]

before anyone else does.

[sirinferno]

WHO WON THE BLOODY WAR ANYWAY

[PrimaIScream]

Russia.

[1337hacks]

I thought it was just English based on how people stereotype German to sound like.

[johndeboo]

the quality of german is very good! but im yet to find a german who finds this amusing... as an english speaker of german though its a great laugh!!!

[orc277]

Probably that if German is their mother/native tongue, the person finds it offensive instead of hilarious.

[Nogger86Germany]

thats good german actually

[GiantGantu]

that sounds more dutch than german...

[TheFodderBoy]

It's not. It's German.

[GiantGantu]

thats funny, cause I live in germany and I don't understand that much.

[TheFodderBoy]

I never said it was good German, but it's German nonetheless. I understood a fair bit of it.

[zoolander78]

the great escape nod is brilliant

[elroy31337]

one is from hamburg, one is from frankfurt.

a hamburger and a frankfurter. oh the hilarity.

[bobthelittlemonkey]

i sense some sarcasm in that comment.. =p

[WindySmileCallsMe]

@bobthelittlemonkey well the way it's said "Sie ist ein Humburger," literally translates to "She is a humburger" (as in the food). If he said "Sie ist Hamburger" (missing out the ein) then it literally translates to "She is a Hamburger," (as in a person from Hamburg). So then in this case, they are actually replicating the same mistake JFK made in saying "Ich bin ein Berliner." Which is quite funny :)

[Bjarku]

yeah that joke made me cringe

[marquoth]

You laugh, but an American president made just that mistake...

[WindySmileCallsMe]

@elroy31337 well the way it's said "Sie ist ein Humburger," literally translates to "She is a humburger" (as in the food). If he said "Sie ist Hamburger" (missing out the ein) then it literally translates to "She is a Hamburger," (as in a person from Hamburg). So then in this case, they are actually replicating the same mistake JFK made in saying "Ich bin ein Berliner." Which is quite funny :)

[jamesgravil]

Ich bin ein Springfielder.

[Baraquiel62]

cool! greetings from México City!.. Ich leibe ist show!

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

My favourite thing is that ROBERT is on the bit that spins round, usually it's David lol it's not that funny I just think heck, I don't get the german, but that's cool. They must've just been like...yeah, we'll switch roles and do it in another language. Why not XD