Jam Episode 2 Part 3

[MrNextbigthing87]

i came on here to see what all the fuss is about i saw a little of the Plumber Baby sketch on a TV countdown of the 100 scariest moments in TV and Film.....and i'm absolutely disgusted! I love a bit of dark humour. I tell jokes that make people cringe. nothing PC about me at all...but this?....comedy that is just plain spooky is not comedy.

[D3mQN]

. . . I can't feel my c0ck! . . .

[upyourtits]

mark heap: brilliant actor

[thiscocks]

what is the tune on the 'Gun Idiot' sketch?

[Staplesz]

@thiscocks i was wondering the same thing carol

[BunnySpangle1]

Freehee is a moron nananana nar

[MUSICBOXMOBILEDISCO]

I'm pretty sure this first sketch is about people who cling on to life & will not let go of loved one who are in coma's. Cheers,

Peace*

[cuntylishus]

Thick, desperate posh people ftw :)

[spoitguitar]

This Is Most Probaly The Most Funniest Nightmare Youv'e Never Had.

It Gives A Nightmare Atmosphere.

[FlatlineP11]

Best Fucking Show EVER!



[Oscar301]

What's the matter?

I can't feel my cock

[ClearlyBlazed]

Only Morris can make you picture a dead baby with a plug hole for a mouth

[madcapoperator]

jam is like a derek jarman film without the gay

[FlyingHeadbutt100]

Jam was a great show but I prefer Blue Jam,the radio show.The use of music was utterly sublime.See Rothko into Ray Of Light by Madonna for one example...

[markstar777]

@FlyingHeadbutt100 good commentt, i agree. very rarely is radio surpassed.

[wrtlpfmpf]

The funeal is actually a service provided by some companies in Germany, it's called "Vorsorgebestattung".

[fluxus183]

Kevin Eldon and Amelia Bullmore two of the most underated performers in British comedy.

[SOUTHTEXASDEATHRIDE1]

@fluxus183 Dont forget Mark Heap. If only this and/or Big Train could return.

[KiKiweaky]

christ i forgot how deranged this show was haha, love it =D

[jcfbell3001]

this video specifies the exact point when western civilization jumped the shark...

[ted5529608]

" of course I want the change wot do u think this gun's for ? " LOL

[gawne1969]

Plumber Baby made me think of Eraserhead too. Wonder if he used it for inspiration?

[jcfbell3001]

funny...but it's no "Eels" ( mighty boosh)

[ImElvis666]

@jcfbell3001 They aren't exactly comparable are they. Jam is a sketch show.

[jcfbell3001]

@ImElvis666

all things are comparable if they show up on me telly, mate

[MehmTex]

@jcfbell3001 how are they remotely similar? On that logic I think its funny but I prefer a nice lemon & sugar pancake.

[jcfbell3001]

@MehmTex

you're making me hungry...might have to watch a cooking show lol

[blueshift86]

£1000/hr, lol. See his face? Humans are so corrupt these days. They'll do anything for money!

[rubbishycrap]

"He's only three weeks old, and they're supposed to last longer, my sister's had one for years" What a gem this episode is!

[definitionofpleb]

Beautiful, melancholy, humorous and genuis.

love it.

[graveey]

i think u need to watch this show stoned to fully appreciate the genius in it.

[uberSPYCRAB]

i can't feel my...what??

[AndrewJimScott]

@uberSPYCRAB COCK

[missitchy]

Chris Morris  A study in brilliance. Makes my heart ache it's SO damn good.

[SuperShadow64]

This is why plumbers shouldn't be doctors. (I'm looking at YOU, "Dr." Mario.)

[MsBickle76]

could somebody please explain to me what "jam" is? because it looks relly cool. is it like the british "twilight zone" or somethin?

[Doogypoog]

basically the writer of this show (chris morris) has been making pretty controversial and well known satirical shows in britain since the early 1990's. this show is taken from an old radio show he had and its sort of like some bizarre underground art piece that was barely recognised when it came out, weird late night telly stuff... i personally think its his magnum opus, amazing and dark

[Nilotick]

he's only 3 months old - I'm sure they're supposed to last longer than that.

....ace

[reverendcutterx]

It was astonishing how they managed to catch the skewed weirdness of Blue Jam on video, I never thought they'd pull it off.

Absolutely the way I imagined the scenes while listening to the radio prog.

[AlephNeil]

The baby plumber sketch is one of the high points of Jam - one of the places where beneath the 'dark humour' lies something profound.

The fragility of life and the tenacity of the human spirit which will cling onto it even at the cost of descending into madness.

I don't know - I worry that that sounds stupidly pretentious. But, as with many other Jam sketches, I have a feeling that it means more than just "ooh look how grotesque this is".

[pete26454]

Beautiful sentiment that cuts right to the underbelly, AlephNeil. It's almost as if Morris is silently screaming,"Do you get it!".Love the gun idiot and his realisation!

[LordMacBeth79]

@AlephNeil When you say the fragility of life and the tenacity of the human spirit which will cling onto even at the cost of descending into madness it reminds me of Mary Shelley's novel. Would you therefore consider this Chris Morris' 'Modern Day Prometheus'?

I never thought about it that way. But yes this could indeed be the best modern rendition of Frankenstein in a short ever...

[ukmopsteruk]

@AlephNeil - dude I totally agree. It's not just trying to shock for shock value. Instead it's a way to highlight issues that we as either individuals or as a society have trouble dealing with. :)

[EdgarJWSmith]

@AlephNeil sure but,

duh.

[Praioscal]

@AlephNeil HIIIIIPSSSTEEERRRRR

[AlephNeil]

@Praioscal Wha?

[Vehementi]

@AlephNeil Also, how easy it is to convince someone to try something by offering them absurd amounts of money.

[CelticReject]

@AlephNeil Plus also the lengths that ordinary people will go to, and the depths to which they will descend, when money is the motivating factor.

[nujabes7]

ummm Mr. lizard doesnt really know how to use his gun does he >.>

[widowwarmer]

'I'm American and i don't get it' wah wah wah

[wittlebo]

Lol "There must be something you can do for a Thousand pounds AN hour!!"

[BlackVirusxz]

lol its a joke about mario. how a italian plumber suddenly appears in a video game about being a doctor (Dr.Mario)

[justhere348]

"of course i want the change! what you think the guns for?!" lol

[weaponbetweenlegs010]

Dr. Mario must be proud

[skyguy343]

i dont get the plumber baby one

[fredslipknot9]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1weerdchik]

Holy shit Plumber Baby is dark. Funny, kind of, but daaaark.

[R0SECR0IX]

Darkest thing I've ever seen. It's been haunting me for years!

[AndrewJimScott]

Where's part two?

[AidanMclaren]

The last sketch of this video is the best thing out of Jam.

[christschinwon]

the plumber showed great care & attention to detail putting a plughole on the mouth for it to gurgle. You don't get that with the real thing!

[pelicanstuff]

It saddens me that I don't think C4 would put this on today. I may be wrong though - have they repeated any of it in the last few years?

[spittingimage4005]

Of course not

[mixomatosis]

Actually it was repeated once literally just before the DVD came out, although not in its original form - some of the sketches were featured in their remixed 'jaaaaam' form, and it was also these versions that appeared on the DVD.

[DanTheWarder]

Plumber baby makes me feel so uncomfortable in the core of my soul, that's no bad thing, just feelings you never thought you possessed tend to awaken when watching something like this.

[gullivera]

Me too, especially being a plumber myself!

[TheRandyChimp]

that mum is so obviously deranged.

[tomstickland]

That's the whole essence of it. It's about people losing their senses and thinking that their behaviour makes perfect sense. That's why it's funny and sad at the same time.

[MitRetsillac]

does anyone know the soundtrack playing at the start of plumber baby?

[mixomatosis]

Les Rhythmes Digitales - Kontakte

[AlephNeil]

Not exactly, but it uses the beginning of the second movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.

[stevebrizzle]

That last scene - now THAT is black comedy.

[jimbobsthebest]

Are you joking? Did you even watch the baby boiler scene?

[Spoonfoon]

"Of course I want change, what do you think the gun's for?"

What an amazing statement.

[shepja87]

plumber baby will haunt me forever

[ClassicKaraoke]

this has got to be one of the weirdest things iI have ever seen in my life, along with David Lynch's "Eraserhead"

It's been several years since I saw it on its original release, but it's stuck on me like a bad dream.

[DVDeMm]

Mark Heap is awesome

[enigma19833]

I eat babies.

[stevenc123]

I eat your poop which is digested babies.