Lager Beer - Mitchell and Webb

[TresaThuyiv387]

hihi jemand deutsch

[WardancerHB]

@TresaThuyiv387 Äh, ja. Und was nun?

[StefKaiBockmann]

I work part time in a store, and there are a few people that do this, although more subtly. Always think about this sketch when I see it.

[ShadowWolfofPack]

Ah, the days when you could buy tobacco products before you were 18.

[IoEstasCedonta]

10%? That's a hell of a beer.

[raggedbreath]

2.70 for all that!?



[mattg109]

This is completly unrealistic! When was the last time you saw a white man behind the counter of a cornershop!

[BornMika]

@mattg109 ROFL Well played sir.

[ClumsyAssassins]

Just make sure you have slightly less than two

[GMovieSeeker]

Oh, I see. That's an English alcoholic. How amusing. Giggle giggle.

[aaddaammize]

@GMovieSeeker What does him being English have to do with it?

[GMovieSeeker]

@aaddaammize

It has to do with the fact he's clever and well mannered while being a helpless alcoholic.

[funkophone]

Jesus, this makes me want a beer something fierce.

[GeoffSkates]

This was maybe the best sketch. So ridiculous.

[iamlucaschilds]

Crest

[hubba3692]

i wish the legal tobacco age was 16 here but sadly its 18

[simon809]

@hubba3692 its 18 here as now, the law changed

[hubba3692]

@simon809 well luckily i only have to wait one more month to buy it legaly

[Ionlyfearphobophobia]

A corner shop owned/run by an Englishman?... B b b b b BULLSHIT.

[drtoonie]

There really ought to be a word for something that is simultaneously hilarious and vaguely depressing.

[thepunkfish109]

@drtoonie Lager? 

[Brann147]

@drtoonie black comedy

[MrOdsplut]

@drtoonie bittersweet humour?

[punksickjordan]

@drtoonie its called derby humour

[AlanSmithySculptor]

@punksickjordan I'm from offencive and I find this Derby.

[AlanSmithySculptor]

@AlanSmithySculptor offensive, Darn it! I always muddle C and S

[bvnri]

@drtoonie My sex-life?

[TheoSays]

@drtoonie How about "British" ?

[SwiftsNamesake]

@drtoonie Tragicomic?

[SMlTHYY]

@drtoonie

Black Comedy, Satirical, or Burlesque perhaps. Like the last episode of Blackadder.

[DistantJ]

@drtoonie Deprariousing?

[qotsaandsoadfan1]

@drtoonie There is, its called "Presidential Elections"

[MrKarlifen]

@drtoonie hiressing?

[whosthisguythinkheis]

@drtoonie Jack Dee.

[z3r0t0l3r4ns]

@drtoonie

There are three words "Mitchell and Webb"

[TheAdmiralPancake]

@drtoonie

Your dick?

[anteracmacash]

@drtoonie the word your looking for is "Christian"

[bluenelephant]

@anteracmacash +1 ^^

[Aure217]

I don't quite understand this (I love M&W, so I mean this earnestly), or why it's funny. It is quite amusing granted - perhaps it's trying to imagine up an explanation for how those drunk people on the pavements got there?

Another sketch (series) I don't quite get is the Sir Digby Chicken Caesar ones, though they are quite charming anyway.

[DannyPhantomBeast]

@Aure217 He's an alcoholic pretending he's not one.

[faceless58]

@Aure217 he comes in the shop an performs this charade every day as hes an alcoholic

[thepunkfish109]

@Aure217 It's about closet alcoholism

[Aure217]

@thepunkfish109 I see now. Hence the sort of sarcastic tone of the shopkeeper. Makes sense. Cheers!

[VestaMaegangb738]

ey bin student und hab bald mehr kröten als meine eltern

[nobleblier]

So he's an alcoholic pretending to play dumb, I just realized that.

[EinkOLED]

£2.70? For the bread, the paper an apple and the drink?

[119glory]

@EinkOLED Surely you'll find it was just for the Bier?

[meisterpetz222]

51 people are alcoholics.



[Like50Asianz]

i fell asleep watching this.

[Dungarth]

@Like50Asianz ..Well you're 1) 16 years old. 2) American. Of COURSE you are going to fall-asleep during this..its better you stick to Comedy that has people bumping into doors.

[Like50Asianz]

@Dungarth 1) im 19 2) umad? 3) this isnt even comedy its fucking dog shit

[Dungarth]

@Like50Asianz ..I'm not mad, I'm just slightly bemused that an abusive little urchin like you mustered up enough erudition to be able to function on a data-box without completely wanking yourself off into oblivion.

[mahound9]

@Dungarth [APPLAUSE]

[Treblaine]

@Dungarth That's excellent.

[MegaLolburger]

@Like50Asianz hahah you got owned.

[Kavster92]

The funniest bit is that mitchell is blatantly enacting boris johnson

[o0converge0o]

this is funny???

[Boo28706]

@o0converge0o he's trying not to act like he's an alcoholic, buy acting shocked about it.

[Yawehplaneswalker616]

My Dad spent 2 weeks in Spain on holiday, if they actually enjoyed starting their day with beer and vodka he would have probably spent 2 MONTHS.

[Dungarth]

..lol Brits did used to run corner shops but it stopped in about 1980.

[Aino66]

I feel such great pity for Hugh - it is so sad........

[2601andrew]

0:01 is the next day...

[TonaGladiswo872]

nun könnte saltos schlagen so happy

[Gibson201291]

i must have watched this about 10 times this month. great acting, simply hilarious.

[HallieCristyzk838]

hm das was ich entdeckt habe geht sowas von ab

[MsPike101]

Does this David Mitchell character end up as Sir Digby Chicken Caesar's sidekick?

[CraigMetalHead]

@MsPike101 What? Ginger? No, because Ginger is Ginger.

[DaveKurtandFaye]

like many mitchell and webb sketches, this has a rather sad undertone to it

[scaryninja1693]

2.70 for bread, paper an apple and a beer isn't that bad a price actually, where might this shop be? ;)

[kakaze]

@scaryninja1693 pre financial crisis land

[scaryninja1693]

@kakaze Aww shucks that's too far away :(

[1878EFC2008]

The awkward moment when you recognise a bit of yourself in the 'most alcohol for the cheapest cost' choice.

:(

[Thejampacker]

this is actually the saddest sketch I've ever seen, the fact that it's so funny only makes it more depressing!

[scaryninja1693]

The shop worker can see right through it all. But then again, that isn't exactly brain surgery is it?

[marksoutof10]

@scaryninja1693 I don't know, is it? Try asking a rocket scientist.

[HTwenty1]

@scaryninja1693 Of course he can, he knows he's a frequenter.

[aremdow]

@HTwenty1 How embarrassing for you. Watch more of this show then try again.

[HTwenty1]

@aremdow Oh, I see. It's a joke. I've seen that skit, actually. But it's not a pun if it doesn't work both ways.

[aremdow]

@HTwenty1 Brilliant.

[arescraft]

@scaryninja1693

no, the meaning of this sketchy is that this drunk comes in every day to do the same thing. Obviously the shop keepers and the drunk have this fake conversation every day. Which is why the shop keeper tells him to lie on the floor.

[scaryninja1693]

@arescraft I think you're missing the point of my comment slightly. Lets rotate the board!

[Szaam]

Very British. Awesome.

[chasesahc]

HI-larious!



[chasesahc]

HI-larious!

[scalbard]

oh crap i'v started watching mitchell and webb...i'm not gonna sleep tonight

[crazypianolady]

@scalbard I've just moved house and I'm not gonna be able to unpack for the next few hours!

[Lightningbaron69]

I buy a couple of beers everyday normally to start me off, nothing wrong with that

[loltbxx]

@Lightningbaron69 keep telling yourself that

[The1stPoster]

Literally never seen an Englishman run a corner shop.

[TheKeithelliott]

@The1stPoster haha neither have now that I think of it. I've been in the UK for four months.

[mostliberal]

@The1stPoster Never seen a white guy work in 7-11.

[guitar19904]

@The1stPoster

i think ive only seen one LOL in my entire life LAWLZ

[BossyBadger]

@The1stPoster in Plymouth you would lol

[honestjohntellsit]

@The1stPoster I have.

[ozoneocean]

@The1stPoster They used to in Australia, they tended to be real bastards too.

[simo0999]

@The1stPoster What about "Open all Hours",

arguabley the greatest ever britcom

[Insubordinate90]

@The1stPoster Didn't know anyone made corner shops race

[imawakeish]

life just wouldnt be the same without the local pisshead

[stoxocube18]

i reckon mitchell and webb have had a streak of alcoholism cos alot of their sketches involve this kind of "alcoholics in denial" joke

[Wavanova]

"Yes Steve, it's the most alcohol per millilitre at the lowest cost in this corner shop."

Amazing.

[RH98]

The best M&W sketches are the sad ones. And Peep Show is pure tragicomedy

[666deadman1988]

I'm drinking alcoholic lager beer right now.

[finsam98]

@666deadman1988 as am i :')

[DJEvans94]

"it is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 16" LOL xD

[OKminilager]

I guess this same thing is going on all over the country. What makes it funny is that it's actually realistic. I have friends who works at a c-stores, and they always have some local alcholics to deal whit on a daily basis.

[coxi666]

the life of an alcoholic is probably very fun...

[Thagros]

@coxi666

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!! Sorry, for some reason that really tickled me. *can opening noise*

[N0bbyjocky1]

makes me want a beer

[chainmatrix]

Absolute comedy masterpiece, hilarious and heart-breaking at the same time.

[martmaher09]

Robert Webb looks the spit of darts player James Wade in this sketch!

[ebiljebus]

And then Hugh met the man from the Glucozade Port advert, and together they became Sir Digby and Ginger.

[gdhuertas07]

People tend to think that tragedy and comedy are two immutable dichotomies, but skits like this and the Sherlock Holmes skit tend to show that they are in fact perfectly intertwined.

[gillea2k7]

1:40 So this shop sells tobacco to 16 year olds? ;)

[edpalmersuisse]

@gillea2k7 when this sketch was released 16 was the legal age for tobacco

[ss3cleric]

I really shouldnt watch this when Im having a dry weekend

[adam4757]

I'd prefer it if the laughter track wasn't used

[Alathaea]

@adam4757 They actually don't use a laughter track. Like most modern BBC comedies they televise the TV shows to select audiences and record those tracks because it sounds more real (since it is).

[adam4757]

@Alathaea Ah OK I didn't know they did that. Still though, it feels that by adding laughter to the televised version makes it feel as if the BBC have to indicate to the audience where the humour is, and when for us to laugh. It just feels a bit old to me treating your audience as morons.

[drbell2744]

What's going off here? STOP EXPLAINING THE JOKES AND HUMOUR - AND GET SOME OF YOUR OWN!!!!

[SALTYWOOFHOUND]

@drbell2744 easy now Doc...sounding bit like a yank. No irony gags please..!!

[uzirnis]

I want to live the Continental way!

[TonyMistry]

More sad than funny! But still very funny. So that makes it very very sad.

[thebresker]

8 ace

[uzirnis]

I adore Mitchell's fearful look on 2:08

It shows a great actor if one can read from such an expression a whole sentence " I hope the shopkeeper doesn't think I came in for just the beers"

[matthewrotherham]

@uzirnis one of the best observations i have seen on YouTube in a while. top draw.

[uzirnis]

@matthewrotherham Cheers, mate!

[matthewrotherham]

@uzirnis not a problem. just makes a change from all the feckless twats calling each other names and threatening to kick the shit out of each other.

[webb3ro]

@matthewrotherham I'm gonna kick the shit out of everybody, then go home and watch my mates on Jezza Kyle whilst kicking the everlovin' shit out of myself just to prove the point.

[matthewrotherham]

@webb3ro smoke on a bensons n hedges, sip a skol and keep shouting at my 6 kids to 'shut the fuck up!'

ah rotherham. it prepairs you for the worst of everywhere, everything and everyone.

[webb3ro]

@matthewrotherham Nonsense sir! I won't have that. Not when Weston Supermare exists.

[2601andrew]

@HouseMouset22 No, it's Mitchell, and you spell it Webb not 'Web'.

[2601andrew]

@HouseMouset22 No, but that's not what you said...

[HouseMouset22]

@2601andrew i'm sorry my mistake i saw it when the camera panned back to Webb and thought he was referring to Webb

[MexcellHello]

That's Lagerwang!

[ss3cleric]

Ive got a tremendous thirst on all of a sudden

[SpevMoon]

I have to say, nobody plkays a high-brow alkie quite like Mr Mitchell.  One of the myriad reasons to adore him!!

[johnamackr]

"just in case one doesn't completely rid me of my perishing thirst."

[JallenMeodia]

It reminds me of an old prank. Go to a shop pick up a pack of nappies (diapers) and a load of high percentage Alcohol. When you get to the til pretend that you don't have enough money and choose to put the nappies back.

[mittROMNEY666]

alcoholics are fuckin funny

[uzirnis]

I'm trying to remember which was the most alcoholic per mililiter for the lowest price in Britain, whilst I was living there.

[ec123456789able]

a well mannered alkie ^_^

[crapbag87]

It's funny in it's truth. I worked in a shop for 3 years while doing my undergrad and used to get people like that in all the time!

One lady would get a basket, walk around the entire shop and put like a jar of jam in it or something, come to the till and when I was about to tell her how much she'd go 'oh yes and a bottle of croft please!' as if she had just remembered.

I think we both know this trip to the shop wasn't about the jam love.

[TimLake]

@HAZZABLABBER I was explaining it to someone who asked. Quite how I 'ruined' it is a mystery to me! Did you read my comment before you watched it or something?

[StanSitwell]

yes, that is the usual solution...

[Mahewston]

When I press "Replay", it's the next day.

[MrFirthguy]

@Mahewston what do you mean.

[SWASHMAG]

@MrFirthguy I think he means that because the guy is such an alcoholic and does this at the same shop reapetedly.

[MrFirthguy]

@MrFirthguy o thanks

[nikhilsulay]

dark humor at its best

[darkprose]

The whole point of this sketch, for me, and why I find it so funny, is that we all have had moments where we have tried to hide our, say, less than savory desires or wishes behind more innocuous ones, and then stumble onto our real target by "accident." At least, it seems like an almost universal human behavior. That, and being the other person, who knows exactly what is going on, but just barely plays along so as not to cause chaos or embarrassment or something...

[WISEBL00D]

You're missing the point. Its a supposed satire on alcoholism. I say supposed because is alcoholism funny? Is this pathos? I guess I'm glad that you don't understand it because if you did that might make you an alcoholic. The guy at the counter knows exactly what is going on because he serves this alcoholic every day. Again, is this funny? I understand this sketch because I am an alcoholic and i've been through this routine many times. It's certainly true, but is it funny?

[darkprose]

@WISEBL00D Yes, okay, it's obviously about alcoholism, but I think there is a deeper pulse or theme in it that everyone -- alcoholics or not -- can recognize about themselves and laugh. That's all.

[WISEBL00D]

@darkprose An addiction to chocolate hobnobs perhaps? Would that work as a sketch? Would we emphasize with the the shopkeeper? I recall buying bargain foods to disguise the bottle of Cognac sat in the middle of my shopping basket. Would that be a funny sketch? Me buying tarasmalata alongside the finest (cheapest) Napoleon brandy? I expect you'd shit your pants with glee at that one.

[darkprose]

@WISEBL00D All humor is ridicule. The question is, can you laugh at yourself?

[WISEBL00D]

@darkprose Why do I have to laugh at myself? Isn't 20 years of blinding horror enough to know what I'm talking about and perhaps you ought to steer the fuck clear? Did Tony Hancock twitter before he fucking died? Fuck off cunt.

[hazahaxa]

@WISEBL00D Bloody hell I think you need to lighten up a bit mate.

[IsNully]

@WISEBL00D It isnt a commentary on alcoholism, its a commentary on impression management, especially stigma management. The sketch would work if it was someone putting fruit back and buying chocolate and crisps, or putting back a copy of war and peace and buying a tabloid instead.

[Edbrad]

@WISEBL00D

-

"but is it funny?

"-

yes.

[elduderino100]

Wow that gives me a raging thirst!

[PhantomRaiden]

Why does the customer remind me of Boris Johnson?

[Vannereveilar]

portrays how everyone has look exotic and flashy to get respect from bloody shop assistants....what happened to costumer relations...

[ellesbelles77]

@Vannereveilar I think you missed the point

[greekpanther1]

can anyone explain this i dont get it...

[gomptwoky]

@greekpanther1 quite tricky to explain but basically he's an alcoholic.

[TimLake]

@greekpanther1 Basically he is an alcoholic but is kind of in denial and embarrassed so goes through this charade with the shopkeeper, who you can tell is very used to it.

It's funny how transparent the whole act is but also quite heartbreaking that someone essentially so nice and harmless is a homeless drunk.

[greekpanther1]

@TimLake lol, oh right

[gomptwoky]

@TimLake u did a better job than i did well said. 

[baldrick44]

@TimLake I think it's the cycle of denial that's so pathetic and yet so funny.

[JordanMargetts]

@TimLake please people, let us tone down the spoilers, thanks.

[TimLake]

@JordanMargetts I was replying to someone who asked about it. For some reason my comment has been thumbs up'd a lot and now appears right under the video. In any case, if you are reading the comments before watching the video, that's your own fault really.