Torn - Secret Policeman's Ball 2006

[Blivit42]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant; thanks for posting that. I revisit this regularly. He must have worked on that for months.

[iiiWestayy]

that guy is a fucking genius!!

[JaneeDB1]

It's the best

[shiichan97]

Ha! This is really funny!!! You really need to stop judging over one part! -_- I don't see how he keeps a straight face....I'd be giggling!!

[dhruvp123az]

he must be great at charades

[a35362]

His name is David Armand.

[M4OON]

how fantastic is this !

[Yabbadabbawhat100]

The original performance cracked me up the first time I saw it. But having Natalie Imbruglia play along is priceless! Hilarious bit, and she's a great sport for doing it. :-)

[siraustin1]

So he got the guitar moves wrong.... AND????? it's a comedy performance... and well done to Natalie for her part in it. One of my favourite vids.......

[dutchtrucker007]

Very nice

[FaeMadaleine]

The "cold and shamed" gets me every time. The expression on his face is hilarious.

[jonnysolar]

Eddie Singh!! See how he dances! :P

[SkiesOfYellow]

That was awesome and hilarious.

[kabukimax1]

that got to be one of the funny things i have seen on here for a long time...

[bothered1984]

def one of my favourite videos on youtube!

[Digimaul]

They both manage to do their thing without laughing, points for that.

[MrHarveyboy123]

awesome video :D

[sarimsak]

Every time I watch this video, my whole day runs perfect. True story.

[lillnirp]

i love this, truly lovet it

such a feel-good video!

[Jez32uk]

just realised there's a really rude bit on the line 'He came around'

[UpYoursNightmare]

does nathaly have a cold or something? It sounds like that..

[TheMangoDeluxe]

Guitar fail.

[elainewilkinson375]

Still as funny as the first time I saw it, excellent vid

[NickyLess]

This infected my mind in 2006 and since then, I've had to do the actions when this song comes on lol

[CortexNewsService]

@NickyLess Oh good. I'm not the only one. :)

[NickyLess]

@CortexNewsService Lol it can get rather embarrassing when you're doing it in the supermarket lol XD

[hasinteification]

awesome... love it :)

[RokiaNY]

Everything he does just cracks me up - and she was such a good sport! Yay DA and NI!

[Smilesallnightlong]

Wow! I actually thought his name was Johann Lippowitz until I remembered him from How Not to Live Your Life =L

[TheShadowBros2k7]

@Smilesallnightlong david armand is his real name and he plays eddi in how not to live your life :)

[matthewdvale]

Watched this loads, still funny

[evoman1974]

Dam funny every time i see it and makes me laugh in the morning

[stuckin909]

This is wonderful... Puts a smile on my face.. I absolutely LOVE it.. 

[CROMERCRABO1]

please can i have loads of thumbs up for nothing

[sirAthrus]

See the real comedy is here in the comments section being performed by know it all asses who can't help but say some stupid shit like:

"Oh he was doing the guitar bit wrong"

Really boys and girls.......really?

Out of all that entire performance your gonna call him out on that one part?

[matthewdvale]

@sirAthrus Agree, this is one of the funniest things I've seen. as to people commenting on the guitar bit, get a life, it was funny, it was for charity.....

[Groovestonenz]

@sirAthrus Best comment I've read in ages. I take my hat off to you Sir.

[sirAthrus]

@Groovestonenz And I shall do the same for you sir *Tips hat to you*

*Rides off into the sunset*

[DavetheVoice2008]

The one thing that gets me is that the singer performed WITH him! It had to be hard at first for her when a serious song is getting laughs, but she worked herself in! AWESOME performance!

[ayotteted]

She is just LOVELY ...WOW Beautiful woman

[airnbobo]

When they were signing together it reminded me of the end of A Goofy Movie when Goofy and Powerline are dancing.

[funsizeisback]

He never fails to make me smile - as for Natalie being fat - people wonder why girls are anorexic???? she's a skeleton on legs bless her - eat a pie love! lol

[miketripper1119]

on what f*cking planet, in the known universe, populated by sentient life, would a creature consider Natalie to be overweight?

[random007nadir]

@miketripper1119 Planet sarcasm.

[random007nadir]

Wow, Natalie is really overweight! :p Oh, he mimes the air guitar in the wrong direction (higher pitch is towards oneself).

[kaleluk31]

@random007nadir depends which hand you play with left or right. really over weight? thats like 5 years ago and shes a stick figure, what do you term skinny? a  streetlight? or is that on the tubby side?

[random007nadir]

@kaleluk31 Was being sarcastic, hence :p :)

[cheriseinsocal]

I'm watching this in the "1911" version and it's amazing! :-D

[charwas1996]

I mean armond

[charwas1996]

Yeah I thought it was David almond too

[MsToetjes]

Respect for Natalie.

[ZapotecaWolf87]

that chick is HOT

[dutchgarbageguy]

the best of all Natalie with love @dutchgarbageguy

[D7maj]

LUUUUUUULZ HE'S SLIDING THE AIRGUITAR ON THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS!

[PS3Fanatic23]

BEST PART AT 2:47 LOLOLOLOLOL

[jewwishuwerecool]

totally worth my time

[lzygo]

1:26 - sewing!!! needle and thread - listen again and you will get it.

[Francesx11]

he is awesome i saw him in the oxford new theatre! :D

[Weeble68]

I don't get what he's doing at 1:26 (Seems to pull hankerchief outa his pocket and starts turning a key in it?) Also "There's just so many things" is hilarious :D

[craziepopz]

he's on fast and loose :D oh god i love this guy ! <3

[MudGigalo]

Most excellent never stop being entertained by this one

[oliversoto]

What a hot and lovely woman has Natalie come to be.

This video is great!

[40950999]

She's actually a fantastic live singer! That whole performance was just brilliant!

[Operationdaybreak]

he is also in how not to live your life

[weirds0up]

This guy is now on BBC2's new show Fast and Loose. He does a different song every week

[adamsyootewb]

He did the guitar the wrong way round. Or do air guitars work like that?

[maryastudent]

@adamsyootewb maybe he's left handed?

i'm left handed and i play the guitar the opposite way around.

[adamsyootewb]

@maryastudent as in you move up the neck to play low notes?

[maryastudent]

@adamsyootewb as in you completely flip the guitar over. so as a right handed person you have the neck of the guitar on your right, and the strings -eadgbe, a left handed person has the neck to the left with the strings ebgdae :)

[maryastudent]

@maryastudent hmm maybe he is :P

[kieronbarr]

I've seen this so many times, and to this day, it still remains one of the best clips I have ever seen! :)

[gabrielbini1]

40 people definetely has no sense of humour.

[bluegrasslass]

That's the guy from "How Not to Live Your Life" :D

[seanandthat]

@bluegrasslass I totally realised this on the bus today! I sat there and went "...HOLY CRAP."

[andrewbeeBristol]

@bluegrasslass

yes... yes it is!!

[PRINCE23062003]

@bluegrasslass and from Fast And Loose

[PRINCE23062003]

@bluegrasslass and Fast and Loose

[cthatshit]

just so awesome

[klp29ch]

gr8!!



[ElTall1000]

Mui bueno! Muito bom! Every good!

[juffan]

I wasn't expecting her to join

[freestylefurby]

The guy doing the actions is eddy from how not to live your life haha

[helen937]

The secret policeman's ball is held to raise money for Amnesty International. Underneath the video it says 'if you have enjoyed this, please think about giving to Amnesty International.' They do amazing work. If everyone who's watched this gave just £1 they'd have almost a million. Great video btw.

[grillpan123]

pause at 3:19

[thekingbeyondthegate]

This guy is a charades gold medalist, great vid.

[maero8]

wow



[h00dwinked]

Respect....

[coltsuperocean10]

That is so brilliant!! So original and funny! Awesome!!

[SimmingLemming]

So funny.

[Flinklehurst]

Of course she was willing to endorse the skit with her own involvement. It's good publicity for her music which is good for her income. People congratulating her for not being insulted by such a harmless routine are a bit off base.

[LakeGardaMusic]

@Flinklehurst Not neccessarily, she COULD just have a good sense of humour...

[Flinklehurst]

@LakeGardaMusic It doesn't signify either way. That's my point.

[68stanky4sack20]

EPIC!

[tete2brioche]

His real name is David Armand and he does this 'in character' as dance artist Johann Lippowitz and he is awesome...

[purplemonkeyelephant]

This is awesome

[dantheman931]

She's so cute, plus she's got a sense of humor!  :D I luv it!

[lukyboi999]

3:17 this is were Lady GaGa got her inspiration =P

[silverclaw4]

@lukyboi999 3:19

[3minuteboy]

Love the song, love the performance. This is my favourite sketch of this SPB.

[SingularSuperNinja]

I know someone who was involved in the ball and they told me that this was a performance this gy had developed and Natalie was booked to come and no one knew what her reaction to it was going to be as she had never seen it. But she loved it.

[Colalie]

So cool that she joins in! And she can really sing live too! Unlike some other 'artists'.

[mikefishnz]

This guy is so funny... a must see

[trueblue1989]

EDDIE!

[thedukelives24]

Well done, well done!

[19ValkiN25]

wow first time to see natalie dancing ha ha ha love it... love you natalie..xD

[Kammerthonen]

This is such an Atkinson gig.... He's even got his face at times..

[nigleman]

at the end, he slides his and down the fret bored and the pitch goes up and I'm like... WTF IS GOING ON. I'm the musical accuracy Nazi.

[TheZerothDegree]

@nigleman

Yeah. It's been mentioned about a million times. Thing is, in miming and air-guitaring, that's how it's usually done, purely because it looks better

[FunkyRaspberry]

@nigleman I noticed it too xD

[slash1994]

@nigleman Just enjoy it. I noticed too.

[josnappy]

@nigleman come on now.. use ure imagination buddy..... thats why this people made it it big time, its bescause of thier artistic side.. to them not all blue is blue.. get it???? its for entertainment dont stick to youre crap.. yull never make it big time belive me.... mr. guittar expert of some sort???

[kong890]

That was fun thnx

[ledzepandacdc]

shes got an amazing voice

[miknot]

@ledzepandacdc and body

[Beccsz]

so great

[toughroots]

love it

[kooooolmatt]

that was pretty funny. One thing they messed up was the guitar though. When u make the string shorter it gets higher. He did it the wrong way. lol

[TheSinOfSins]

Actually, it could work if he was changing strings. For example if he played the 2nd fret of the B string and then played the 5th fret on the A string, the first note would be higher :P

Great video though :)

[benjoseminiano]

waaaaaa hahaha

[m3f21]

The Perfect Sky is toRn !

[yRegal]

@m3f21 Correction, the perfect sky is tall.

The mime has made that the official lyrics of the song.

[Chris555ABC]

I love it, squirrels playing with their nuts.

Nat, the obvious winner in this game laughed all the way to the bank with over three million sales, while others just pretend.

Get a life.

[webcitto]

Perfecto!! Natalie is so beautiful..

[syidlive]

quite a talent he has but he has put it in use on wrong place

[tomalak16]

@syidlive how so?

[syidlive]

@tomalak16 i ll keep that to me .........

[tomalak16]

@syidlive Then why bring it up.

[forbiddenphoenix765]

@syidlive He's doing it for Amnesty International i would hardly call that the wrong place.

[josnappy]

@syidlive and i supposed u put yours in the right place?? does anyone noticed ure talent??? aside from ure mom and dad....

[aclukikor]

tjis is Mam talent ( have talent) ??

[Wojtas23m]

very great show :)

I like it :D

[0daydReem0]

Brilliant xD Haven't seen this in ages!

[d34dm4nw41k1n]

Why do you care if he's holding a guitar wrong? Get a life, honestly.

[proom100]

Sooooooo funny LOL

[nathankau05]

wow, never realized how hot she is lol

[meetpoonamtrapti]

Really hilarious.. Simply brilliant, Natalie is really cool.

[sgtbush]

that is how you would sign a pitch up in music to a pitch down to a deaf person

[sgtbush]

stupid person-- he was not air-guitaring backwards-- that is how you wud do it to deaf ppl to show an change up in music to a change down in music on a sliding scale

[HyruleanHyroe]

1.) His audience is not deaf. He is not a deaf performer. Deafness has nothing to do with it. He is a MIME.

2.) Yes, he is air-guitaring backwards. Regardless of intent, that is the wrong way to play a guitar.

3.) Why must everyone take a simple observation so seriously? I'm not trying to slam the guy, I love the performance. Lay off, ok?

[Chlebiczech]

incrediblle combination Super from her !!!! hes really good too

[ZdenekLU]

Cool. And she looks great.

[HyruleanHyroe]

Don't get me wrong. I love Johan, I love the video and the performance. Just had to point out that he was air guitar-ing backwards.

[Valkiryn]

You must be blind the neck of the air guitar was in his left hand and the body was at his midsection

[HyruleanHyroe]

@Valkiryn Noooooo no no no, he's sliding his hand towards the body when he should be sliding it away. Slide down make pitch go up, slide up make pitch go down. He's doing it oppositely.

[Valkiryn]

@HyruleanHyroe AHHH ok now I see what you are saying

[TitaniumToothpaste]

are you retarded?

thats exactly how you hold and play a guitar

[HyruleanHyroe]

As I told Valkiryn before you, he's not holding it wrong, he's playing it wrong. Sliding your hand up the neck of the guitar away from the body drops the pitch, and sliding it down towards the body raises the pitch. He's playing as if the opposite were true.

Feel shame.

[bepopian]

got to admit this does make me smile!!!!

[xbox855]

tnx man

[maluelescot]

The guy's name is Johan Lipovitch, love him, he's so funny and talented. And the song is Torn, by Nathalie Imbruglia.

[xbox855]

whats the song

[pkzz86]

David Armand if i recall correctly

[TheGinglis]

What is this guys name??? come on dudes help me here!!!!!

[Expertuzo]

Johann Lippowitz

[buffykidd1971]

i nearly fell of the seat laughing!

[AyoMusicChannel]

HE IS SO FUNNY! x3

[grimobo]

that is so cool of her to join in the mockery

[wmil65]

@grimobo its not mockery you dickhead, hes miming to her song, its more flattery

[robandrene]

Good for Natalie to have a sense of humor....her stock went up with me.....

[nigleman]

@robandrene her stockings went down for me. ;D

[slash1994]

@robandrene My stockings went down for her.

[avonride]

@robandrene both of them were brilliant

[BarefootMarine]

@robandrene Must be cause she's Aussie xD

[bungeecork]

Director fails miserably to capture this guy. Could be renamed "How Not To Direct". Funny guy though.

[Se1ander]

Just the idear of coming up with this makes him a genius.

[BC23AIR]

i love it

[Shadowplay238]

This is awful; it's not funny, it's not entertaining, it's just a travesty. Who's the miming dickhead?

[KingGrone]

Thats you dad

[hydey777]

Is that the carer from 'How not to live your life' ??

[misterfbl]

Could watch this again and again, but he gets the guitar slide the wrong way round!

[bobbybcool]

NATALIE IS SOOO HOT!....Yeah!!

[dyenboy]

saw this long time ago and still does not get old..brilliant!!!!

[UncleKennybobs]

She's delicious.

[signbrat01]

I am deaf myself it obliviously he is miming and not in ASL or anything I am thinking this probably...

I just checked it up it seems to be mainly British Sign Language I did not understand that lanuage so I am more of American Sign Lanuage.

[Zamorano0180]

pardon?

[jib2182]

Interpretive mime