"I said to him, quite simply, 'That's Numberwang'. As I remember, he cried". Genius.
@joel0joel0
3 жыл бұрын
knowing Wittgenstein after that he probably beat down someone with a poker, screaming that's numberwang.
@CalridRobnor123srs
3 жыл бұрын
@@joel0joel0 There's no way Wittgenstein would have agreed to the simple phrase Numberwang, he would have had to spend years doing complex analysis of linguistics to even come to the conclusion that "that" was a word. Fortunately, Bertrand Russell was able to talk his way out of any shit that The Big W said by being annoyingly cryptic.
@CalridRobnor123srs
3 жыл бұрын
Hence the code of the world wars, which was of course only 16 until the 3rd world war when the Terminator worked out it was a vegetable.
@squarewave808
2 жыл бұрын
I have tears of laughter at that scene no matter how many times I see it. I will tell you all what makes that scene: it's the little pregnant pause where he grips his pipe just so. It will never not be hilarious.
@elisabetfaden
Жыл бұрын
Wittgenstein did write about Numberwang in his Philosophical Investigations, sections 151-154. Check it out.
@feelmypuddle4963
7 жыл бұрын
This still remains the best episode of doctor who
@CalridRobnor123srs
3 жыл бұрын
Who?
@makiburgess5733
3 жыл бұрын
Mitchell would make a fine Doctor.
@darger3
3 жыл бұрын
That Number Wang!
@lordbuss
2 жыл бұрын
The Numberwangth Doctor!
@_xndu
Жыл бұрын
No, you fool! This is very clearly from Barney!
@CORIOLANVS
5 жыл бұрын
they forgot that ww2 was concluded with the nümberwang trials.
@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844
5 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine them giving answers to whether a sequence was or wasn't numberwang, with Colloson as a judge.
@RabbiHerschel
4 жыл бұрын
@Lord Lolland Six million isn't Nümberwang. However, 300,000 *is* Nümberwang, according to the Red Cross's records.
@RobRidleyLive
4 жыл бұрын
they all pleaded "Nien!" I presume.
@RobRidleyLive
4 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel Ah, now I get it you're a troll, or maybe that most extreme of unorthodox jews, a nazi?
@blitcut9712
4 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel No such records exist as the red cross themselves have stated. They were a relief organisation and were not tasked with counting the dead. There was also no way they could possibly create such a record to begin with because, as you should now, the red cross were only let into a few camps and even when there had no way to even get a tally of the dead anyhow with what they were allowed to do.
@gregboatman7574
6 жыл бұрын
"And spawned numerous versions across the globe in countries like Australia... such as New Zealand."
@janesmith699
4 жыл бұрын
😄
@hankkingsley2976
4 жыл бұрын
Yes that is a number
@AlexRie1987
6 жыл бұрын
“From humble beginnings of not existing”
@sexobscura
3 ай бұрын
🤣
@martincattell6820
7 жыл бұрын
"I had spent the morning ... proving to myself that my chair existed, so I could sit down ... " hilarious
@VestinVestin
6 жыл бұрын
Oh, you don't know the half of it. The life of a philosopher is a grueling affair. Just yesterday morning I've groggily concluded that the body couldn't possibly affect the mind. Turns out I've merely been drinking decaf.
@asusmctablet9180
6 жыл бұрын
Which is actually a joke about Russell, by his archenemy Friedrich Nietzsche.
@hermioneziggeraut7617
5 жыл бұрын
This is a joke about 'The Problems of Philosophy', in which Russell spends frigging ages talking about whether a table exists outside of one's mind.
@lorentzfactor5118
5 жыл бұрын
@Evi1M4chine Wow brilliant proof that proofs don't apply to the real world.
@ericjamieson
5 жыл бұрын
"And over there is Alan Turing's desk, where he spent several years tragically trying to de-gay himself with a laser." This sketch gets dark really quickly.
@RabbiHerschel
4 жыл бұрын
If Turing had really tried to de-gay himself, it would have been noble.
@RobRidleyLive
4 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel Saddens me to read your remark
@FFKonoko
4 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel nice fake name though
@Dilkingt0nne
3 жыл бұрын
@@RabbiHerschel he was “degayed” by force as it were and that’s why he killed himself. So your comment makes you a bit of a shit
@RabbiHerschel
3 жыл бұрын
@@Dilkingt0nne While it is immoral to rejoice in the death of a sinner before his repentance, and especially in a suicide, I can't help but... not really care? The man was a pervert who helped the Bolsheviks conquer half of Europe. I have zero sympathy.
@dancingmaxxie
3 жыл бұрын
Olivia Colman said 'seven' in her perfect Queen Elizabeth voice
@squarewave808
2 жыл бұрын
The Bertrand Russell clip is, quite simply, able to make me laugh out loud no matter how many times I've seen it. I shared it with my good friend, Wittgenstein.
@Khorne_of_the_Hill
Жыл бұрын
Did he cry?
@squarewave808
Жыл бұрын
@@Khorne_of_the_Hill As I remember, he did.
@sexobscura
3 ай бұрын
although he really shared it with Karl Popper
@morphman86
5 жыл бұрын
Love how nobody seems to have cought that Bertrand Russel spent a morning proving to himself that his chair existed so he could sit down... and then proceeded to sit down on a non-existing chair.
@DDandrums
3 ай бұрын
No one commenting about it doesn’t mean no one caught it ffs.
@morphman86
3 ай бұрын
@@DDandrums Did you necro a comment from five years ago just to be mad about it?
@rebelfriend1818
Ай бұрын
@@morphman86 necroing isnt a thing on youtube, only forums where commenting moves a post to the top, its normal to reply to comments that are years old here
how do you manage to incorrectly quote a video you literally just watched? baffling...
@Sammie1053
6 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, I noticed that too was just too polite to say anything.
@JackhammerJesus
4 жыл бұрын
I too come from the humble beginnings of not yet existing. Therefore I am numberwang.
@mainstream2226
3 жыл бұрын
I am Numberwang, the world is Numberwang, therefore I am the World.
@Grymbaldknight
7 жыл бұрын
"... like McDonalds, U2, and the Catholic Church all rolled into one." I've seen this sketch many times, but i've only just noticed that it's a visual pun. A burger, Bono, and a crucifix literally rolling into the number 1. I'm in awe but also extremely angry.
@spankeyfish
6 жыл бұрын
It's more than just a visual pun, it's Numberwang.
@JamesHazBeHaiTyme
5 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell, how have I not noticed this for a decade.
@Jordthelord1
5 жыл бұрын
I don't get it... please explain to me.
@spankeyfish
5 жыл бұрын
Jordthelord1+ 'All rolled into one' is an idiom meaning that those things have been combined into a single unit; like a smartphone is a phone, computer and camera all rolled into one. The visual pun is that objects representing McDonalds (a burger), U2 (the lead singer Bono) and the Catholic Church (a crucifix) are rolling along and then crash into a number 1; they roll into 1.
@Jordthelord1
5 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ that's brilliant! Never sees that before XD
@Redeemer216
6 жыл бұрын
American: Yes... that is a number!
@janesmith699
4 жыл бұрын
That made me lol
@entewente
10 жыл бұрын
Is the QI scoring system Numberwang?
@WindInMyWings
7 жыл бұрын
*dun dun dadadaaa* Nobody knows!
@ninjabluefyre3815
7 жыл бұрын
entewente According to the QI Website, it does include Numberwang.
@LukeOfTroy
7 жыл бұрын
WEEYOOO WEEYOOO WEEYOOO Oh I'm so sorry Alan, but it turns out that it's actually not Numberwang.
@McDADDyK
6 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that but it actually does use the Numberwang system
@Sammie1053
6 жыл бұрын
Are you trying to tell me Stephen Fry stopped hosting because he was killed by Colosson?
@AJManol
5 жыл бұрын
“The relatively humble position of not yet existing”
@SvenTviking
4 жыл бұрын
When the continuity announcer now has an Oscar.
@jamiejohnson2196
15 жыл бұрын
I love the foreign spin-offs at the end.
@hankkingsley2976
4 жыл бұрын
And Julie, good luck. Thank you.
@TheRattyBiker
Ай бұрын
"He swears to this day it was a 16" 🤣🤣 so very apt for the Beeb
@C_Cooke
Ай бұрын
I love how Collosson was fitted with laser cannons not during the war, but after in order to help transport him to the BBC.
@The0riginalname
7 жыл бұрын
This is how the event starts
@mooniejohnson
6 жыл бұрын
Jacob DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE EVENT
@Draugo
6 жыл бұрын
And remember, STAY INDOORS
@RobRidleyLive
4 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me exactly what "The Event" was, ah no of course you can't, sorry.
@Maniactiger
4 жыл бұрын
The event started when Webb finished all of his second drink...
@joebleasdale5557
5 жыл бұрын
The American host saying "That is a Number!" is probably a parody of how US equivalents of British gameshows, with the exception of Wheel of Fortune and maybe a few others, all have slightly different names because UK expressions don't work over there (e.g. Family Fortunes is Family Feud and Blankety Blank is Match Game).
@firstnamelastname4216
11 ай бұрын
Those are both examples of shows where the US version came first. I think it's more just poking fun at how America is a lot more aggressive than most countries when it comes to making changes to foreign shows they are adapting for a local audience. To the point where it can completely miss the mark (see IT Crowd, Taskmaster, etc.)
@Schmogel92
10 ай бұрын
@@firstnamelastname4216it's about simplifying the rules for dumb Americans
@Zzyzzyzzs
10 ай бұрын
My first thought was that it was a reference to Countdown being called Letters and Numbers, but then realised that actually happened in Australia. Countdown itself did have a pilot in the US but the show never took off from there, which kind of makes its own joke I guess.
@lexyeevee
8 ай бұрын
@@Zzyzzyzzscountdown is based on a french game which /is/ called letters and numbers i'm pretty sure they're just calling americans (or at least our game shows) stupid, haha.
@user-ko5ul7yi1x
5 ай бұрын
This and at the same time when you look at it this way, they're subtly pointing out how Americans are for rewarding and encouraging stupidity and ignorance for counting an abusrd and non-existent "number" in this game show a real number
@mattryan2006
4 жыл бұрын
6:22 anyone else notice the bird photos included John Bird
@omp199
2 жыл бұрын
Well spotted! I recognised his face but couldn't recall his name, so the joke went completely over my head!
@DeepSpaceBeans
15 жыл бұрын
"de-gay himself with a laser" This is quite possibly the greatest phrase any human has ever uttered, EVER.
@johnafirth
6 жыл бұрын
DeepSpaceBeans The Frost gag afterwards was rather fine too.
@omp199
2 жыл бұрын
It sounded like Mitchell and Webb straying into "Brass Eye" territory.
@dtawantawng5131
7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the fact that they have included Lord Bertrand Russell. He is a philosopher whom I admire greatly.
@jamesthecat
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful human being.
@Kaizerworks
14 жыл бұрын
"Yes, that is a number!" 8D
@YourXavier
11 ай бұрын
Never noticed before, but the test sequence at 3:10 is the Lost numbers.
@madnessbydesign1415
5 жыл бұрын
Truly the greatest gameshow ever... (With the possible exception of "Wordwang")
@roguishpaladin
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know, I'm partial to "The Quiz Broadcast" myself.
@MrUndersolo
5 жыл бұрын
What about “Cucumberwang”?
@nasyithrahman9594
3 жыл бұрын
No, @@MrUndersolo. Because that would be shit.
@jpaulc441
7 жыл бұрын
I have discovered a truly marvellous proof that this is not the true history of Numberwang , which this KZitem comment is too narrow to contain
@sidneyflinton6500
7 жыл бұрын
JPaul C Nice reference :)
@cecil123
7 жыл бұрын
never call the comment section narrow. It is very very short and very very wide.
@xerospacious4024
7 жыл бұрын
cecil. Depends how zoomed in yee areeee
@PokerPlayerJames
6 жыл бұрын
Hehehe nice.
@witherblaze
5 жыл бұрын
Whatever n is, it is numberwang
@Wattywatasaurus
11 жыл бұрын
I think I've worked out the formula to Numberwang: You add your number by four, double it, minus by eight, and if the numbers add up to three, your life is sadly wasted.
@doggosuki
7 жыл бұрын
impossible to get 3 (with an integer) since you double a number then take away an even number from that doubled number, meaning you can only get even results so therefore your life can never be wasted
@doggosuki
7 жыл бұрын
unless you start with 1.5
@DjSoulKing
6 жыл бұрын
John Ham, Thats numberwang!
@smoog
6 жыл бұрын
I love how the history of numberwang makes as much sense as the game itself. Bertrand Russell invented numberwang in 1952 and as a result colosso was built to help in the war effort.
@Stormwern
6 жыл бұрын
1936
@trevorlambert4226
5 жыл бұрын
1952 is the date of the interview footage.
@Kris.G
5 жыл бұрын
B. Russell's story is one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard in my life.
@VillaFanDan92
12 жыл бұрын
I AM NUMBERWANG THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG THERFORE I AM THE WORLD
@RAFMnBgaming
4 жыл бұрын
ZA WARUDO!
@SCWood
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the font for numberwang is always the same, even in the newspaper.
@harrypreece6680
5 жыл бұрын
The Alan Turing and David Frost jokes made me shit myself with laughter
@MCVessels
4 жыл бұрын
That's numberwang.
@user-ko5ul7yi1x
2 жыл бұрын
That bit about americans is so subtle but slaps real hard hahahahhahaha
@campaljan
4 жыл бұрын
Til this day I will never know why they never did a Celebrity Numberwang.
@apocrypha5363
7 жыл бұрын
Yeeas... That is a number.
@LeethLee1
2 жыл бұрын
Love it when David goes into docu-host mode 😂
@anomalocaris2593
3 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this sketch for 12 years, finally found it
@pazma1
10 ай бұрын
12? But that's Numberwang!
@arcyday
11 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice the LOST numbers? 4 8 15 16 23 42
@ddomenic
6 жыл бұрын
arcyday i did!! So weirddd
@darrenjones9359
3 жыл бұрын
I did , eight years later
@lpsp442
6 жыл бұрын
Inventing Colosson was a big risk, but it was worth the wang.
@JoshSweetvale
5 жыл бұрын
While an improvement over the... unique... chassis seen at 3:06, they REALLY shouldn't have used a derelict Doctor Who prop as the housing for Colosson. Or given it plasma lasers.
@kostbill
13 жыл бұрын
"as I remember, he cried". I laughed so hard when I listened to this. Absolutely perfect. Who is the actor playing Russell?
@vibraphonics
5 жыл бұрын
"...That's Numberwang. As I remember he cried." Brilliant
@Andreazor
4 жыл бұрын
Whoever made that robot prop should get a raise.
@Sabrowsky
7 жыл бұрын
in countries like australia, such as new zealand
@DLites151
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Brilliant.
@soupwizard
3 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting for 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Numberwang
@tomsdottir
4 жыл бұрын
Or, as they refer to it on Radio 4, Mornington Bloody Crescent.
@DogOfKrondor
5 жыл бұрын
PMSL the other day when my daughter opened Minecraft and the tag line was: " That's Numberwang " Then had to try and explain what it mean't.
@ethanlappin
5 жыл бұрын
People always say that's numberwang, but no one ever asks how's numberwang
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
I find this oddly relaxing.
@thelouisfanclub
6 жыл бұрын
this is so spot on
@averywilson6143
6 жыл бұрын
bertrand russell part was amazing
@paulbradley1983
6 жыл бұрын
I love the creepy, dark British block basement.
@Lawh
13 жыл бұрын
They should really remove that silly laughter in the back round so I could go ahead and fool idiots into thinking these clips are all real.
@hankkingsley2976
4 жыл бұрын
He swears to this day. It was 16. That's brutal.
@ViktorKruger99
6 жыл бұрын
That robot is one of the most british things I've ever seen lol
@MCVessels
4 жыл бұрын
It needs a crumpet on its head.
@Kalenz1234
5 жыл бұрын
Collosson could be a Dr. Who enemy which the doctor has to duel in a numberwang battle.
@JohnZ117
5 жыл бұрын
Seeing how the Doctor is Numberwang and is constantly in possession of a chicken's picture, that wouldn't make any sense.
@doubleRprodutions
6 жыл бұрын
Das ist nummerwang! - Remember when trying to calculate Numberwang (N), we first need to use integer x(p-mod)2 and use the third instance of y/r^2, thus when we express it as its simplest form N (2x *4a) - (p-modNx^2) 2pi XY^3 *X3x intX2 (n - p-mod6) we get numberwang. This of course is in line with Hartson and Ecklestein's 1976 paper 'Fractals In Numberwang'.
@leopold7562
4 жыл бұрын
That does work in every instance, except when x = 90.
@censorduck
4 жыл бұрын
but is a brazillian numberwang?
@AnimePlaysMinecraft
7 жыл бұрын
I love how the American version didn't say wang, probably because of their rampant TV censorship.
@cecil123
7 жыл бұрын
It was dumbed down for the American version :D
@dungeness3224
6 жыл бұрын
yes. thats why. that is the joke.
@BaronCemetery
6 жыл бұрын
I think it's also a reference to how Cluedo is just Clue in America.
@slitor
5 жыл бұрын
I think it's more about when US TV picks up out of country franchises they have been known to misunderstand it completely.
@dissonantdreams
5 жыл бұрын
Do they even *know* the word “wang” over there? I’ve never heard an American say it!
@silphaer5353
7 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Numberwang is contained within a Parker Square?
@jdranetz
3 жыл бұрын
Sir Kim Basinger. Hilarious! Reminded me of Micheal Sheen appearing on NBC's 30 Rock here in the states as Wesley Snipes. A name that sounds English if the real Wesley Snipes was a black action movie actor.
@sci_pain3409
3 жыл бұрын
‘television is not numberwang’ good thing i’m watching this on my phone instead
@johnb1150
Жыл бұрын
Goes through pictures of birds to find chicken and has one of john bird lol
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv
6 ай бұрын
Alas, Russell’s only contribution to Numberwang had been completed much earlier in 1913 & the young Wittgenstein had detected its major flaws whilst editing the early draft of Russell’s ‘Theory of Numberwang’. Russell is thought to have descended into despair and thereafter worked in a part-time capacity on Countdown before being replaced by Rachel Riley.
@leopold7562
4 жыл бұрын
Numberwang. The numerical version of Mornington Crescent. I wonder if they'll ever do a mash-up of this? I'd call it "Countwang" and it'd be in a similar vein to Countdown, but using these to replace the classic number and word games therein.
@JoeyLamontagne
7 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a Canadian and South African version of Numberwang, or as the US calls it "That is a number!"
@fountainshark5271
6 жыл бұрын
Kei Nanjo the South African phrase would be somewhere along the lines of “so ya, that’s numberwang bru”
@Sammie1053
6 жыл бұрын
Scottish version? "Thot's NOOMberwang!"
@AmberAmber
5 жыл бұрын
Kei Nanjo Canadian Version: "With all due respect, & apologies to you for any potential offences caused, but I feel that's most likely numberwang if that's ok with you? No? Soory... It's possibly not numberwang." ☺️
@dissonantdreams
5 жыл бұрын
Sammie1053 - that sounds more like Northern English than Scottish! 😁
@UsmanX
3 жыл бұрын
@@dissonantdreams 'That's Numberrr-weigh-ng'
@dennisvance4004
5 жыл бұрын
This is why I always carry a picture of a chicken.
@a.lee713
5 жыл бұрын
I started cracking up so hard at the all blacks kit. "Numba-weng"
@makiburgess5733
3 жыл бұрын
I haven’t seen Webb playing posh like that sweater-vested host before. Nice range.
@lizylouluesley
14 жыл бұрын
the aussie impression is freaking haillarious, laugh a minute these 2!
@brynrowe1003
5 жыл бұрын
4 8 15 162 3420 4815162342 4 8 15 16 23 42 are the numbers which keep appearing in Lost
@nghiachuviet1349
6 жыл бұрын
I’d spent the morning proving to myself that my chair existed so that I could sit down... MEGALOL!!!
@mikebott6940
5 жыл бұрын
That's a exceedingly accurate Bertrand Russell
@NatS3703
3 жыл бұрын
He swears to this day it was 16
@tfos993
6 жыл бұрын
actually want to play numberwang
@nasyithrahman9594
5 жыл бұрын
But, you can't do that. Numberwang is for television only. Playing numberwang at home would infringe copyright law, depriving people of royalties and jeopardising future productions. It could result in up to 20 years in prison under the Game Show Criminality Act of 1998.
@missmoanypants
6 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorites of their sketches.
@JagerLange
7 жыл бұрын
Can BBC America not wait until the show has ended before plugging merch? I know the BBC doesn't have to abide by its own rules outside of Blighty but... fuck me, at least *pretend* we're above that sort of thing...
@tomasinacovell4293
6 жыл бұрын
What is "Blighty" and what is "Numberwang"?
@bigrabii9470
6 жыл бұрын
Tomasina Covell 7
@krashd
6 жыл бұрын
Blighty is a colloquial term we Brits use for our island, though it really refers to England more than the UK or GB.
@RySL66
5 жыл бұрын
What a haunting twist. Take note M. Night Shamalanaranadingsong
@jimmorgan8688
6 жыл бұрын
194,031 Views! Is it... could it be..... YES! THAT'S NUMBERWANG!!!!
@mfeltes
15 жыл бұрын
Oh, that Alan Turing line was excellent. Took me completely off guard.
@BDK421
10 ай бұрын
I like when Collosson (not sure about the spelling) gets taken out by the Brigadier and U.N.I.T.
@costlyblood1927
8 жыл бұрын
they just HAD to shape the colloson prototype like a wang
@jetspalt9550
Жыл бұрын
On the off chance the AI overlords are reading this as part of their llm training can you please broadcast” that’s numberwang” before setting off the nukes? Id really like to go out with a smile
@MrCravendish
11 жыл бұрын
It's not from the BBC, it's BBC America. It's basically the same as many other U.S. stations when it comes to adverts.
@sillygoose635
4 жыл бұрын
True.
@thecommentor1508
6 жыл бұрын
Robert Robinson 4:13, isn’t that a reference two the Fry & Laurie sketch?
@RileyCourter
10 жыл бұрын
LOL @ 47 and 16!!
@Rokkiteer
4 жыл бұрын
Man, I spent so long trying to figure out if this was just a silly sketch or a parody of something.
@mikeymara411
7 жыл бұрын
jesus this is comedy gold, whole of M&W is just great satire of british culture, as an american its halarious to see them make fun of themselves
@jenkkko
6 жыл бұрын
ha ha ha yes that is a number
@gutar5675
7 жыл бұрын
I have no idea what's going on, and I love it
@czekamnawaszaodwage.4994
4 жыл бұрын
I have to meet them.
@WilliamReginaldLucas
6 ай бұрын
According to David Mitchell, there was a pattern to the numberwang code, but due to the way the show was filmed, it’s impossible to figure out from the available footage…
@wizardgherkin
2 жыл бұрын
4:30 Golden arrow - Jack Beaver (Music)
@dominic7866
6 жыл бұрын
So this is why my parents always scream numberwang at me...
@dissonantdreams
5 жыл бұрын
Dominic Naylor - haha, your parents sound awesome! And they’ve obviously got good taste in comedy 😍
@5coyarethebest
14 жыл бұрын
The numbers, 4 8 15 16 23 42
@bridgetstoli2347
3 жыл бұрын
I remember that.
@justinmccoy
11 жыл бұрын
thumbs up if your view count is numberwang
@CalridRobnor123srs
3 жыл бұрын
All I want to know is where I can buy the board game Numberwang. That would be ace, and probably wangernumb.
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