This sketch is all I could think about during Oppenheimer
@jackdutton3534
9 ай бұрын
''The Jap-zapper device was used to bomb Japan? NOOO I'm going insane!!!''
@zagyex
8 ай бұрын
@@jackdutton3534 More like: NOOOOOO I'll lose my key card.
@MalcolmCooks
5 ай бұрын
"This bomb was created to help mankind, not destroy it!"
@KROMAprd
4 ай бұрын
this comment killed me 😂😂😂 the comparison is hard to unsee
@halfaworldaway
8 жыл бұрын
I like how he says the sting fires 'helpful bullets' without clarifying why they're helpful at all.
@monostripezebras
2 жыл бұрын
Well, that one should be obvious.. they are veeery helpful in motivating low wage employees.
@bugfeatures
2 жыл бұрын
@@monostripezebras So this is the next generation Amazon Warehouse robot?
@navatann1707
2 жыл бұрын
Same as peacemakers gun I guess
@Gothic7876
2 жыл бұрын
@@monostripezebras nah they are helpful dealing with karens
@JrottenOlm
2 жыл бұрын
@@bugfeatures WAGIE WAGIE
@bridgecross
11 жыл бұрын
This sketch is the perfect illustration that comedy is 90% delivery: "Giant death ray? A...military application?" Just brilliant.
@McRocket
9 ай бұрын
Ummm... no. Not even close, no offense. So, the dead parrot sketch - which was voted in 2004 by Radio Times as the best alternative comedy sketch up to that point. Is hilarious... only 10% due to the writing? Okaaay. I guarantee you John Cleese (who co-wrote it) will disagree with you. And that goes for almost, every great sketch in comedy history. Sadly, the masses do not understand the process. So, since all they see is the actors. They assume that it is the actors that make the scene funny, not the scripts. The actors enhance a scene - that is all (with a few exceptions). Please watch the famous Jerry Seinfeld awards acceptance speech in 2007 when he spoke about actors. Actors are - often - highly overrated. ☮
@bridgecross
9 ай бұрын
@@McRocket freshman year of college, a couple of my friends did the parrot sketch for a variety show. It was their favorite bit they'd watched it a hundred times. Did the whole thing word-for-word just as written on the page. It bombed.
@McRocket
9 ай бұрын
@bridgecross No offense intended. But surely you have been on the internet long enough to realize that making unproven claims on social media means little. So, are you and the masses seriously claiming that brilliant comedic series like Father Ted, Monty Python, The IT Crowd, Reds Dwarf (before Rob Grant left), The Simpsons (pre season 11), Seinfeld, Frasier (original), SCTV, Curb Your Enthusiasm, WKRP in Cincinnati, Arrested Development, M*A*S*H*, The Big Bang Theory, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Barney Miller, Mitchell and Webb and the like? That the writing was actually a minor/insignificant reason for their greatness? Come on now. It starts and ends with the writing. Even most actors will tell you that. Actors can definitely enhance/improve a script. And they can definitely wreck a script. But in the vast majority of cases - a funny sketch/show is primarily due to the scripts. But since most people only see the actors and they know little of the creative process? They usually assume it is the actors who create the comedy - not the writers and the producers/directors/crew. ☮
@xTheUnderscorex
2 жыл бұрын
At last a 5 minute version of the "you can't fight in here, this is the war room" joke
@Dancingwithotters
14 жыл бұрын
"If you were to increase the intensity of its beam....?" "Intensity? YESSS?" Best delivery of al ine ever.
@ohyeahhoneysheband
13 жыл бұрын
NOOOOO! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP MANKIND!
@beefchief2320
4 жыл бұрын
NOT DESTROY IT!!
@Aemoth
14 жыл бұрын
"NNNNOOOOOO! ZE DOOM MELON...still needs some work." Oh god, I can't stop laughing.
@Mahalo_83
2 жыл бұрын
Are you still laughing?
@teecteec7631
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mahalo_83 yes
@Ritwika-Saha
Жыл бұрын
I wonder one thing. Did he actually not want his machines to be destroyed by that ghastly hammer? Was it all a pretension when he was badgering them unceasingly?
@ethanpetersen810
5 ай бұрын
Oh, I always thought it was “dew melon.” Lol
@kate_cooper
2 жыл бұрын
Okay, the special effects for the Armoured Scorpion of Death are well beyond anything I’ve ever seen in a sketch show before. That’s like Terminator 2 quality there.
@olynodren
5 ай бұрын
I still absolutely love the sudden sass of "i'm onto you Major Agnew, yeah i got your number" that comes in. Great way to escalate and continue the bits, this show had so many well written and made sketches.
@winterthemuteson
2 жыл бұрын
My great uncle actually invented the barcode scanner, so he must have worked with Professor Death.
@marks.3303
Жыл бұрын
I like how Robert Webb's accent oscillates between German Scientist and James Mason.
@J.L.Media.
10 жыл бұрын
-"One question which obviously leaps to mind professor...professor...erm" -"Death" "Professor Death, is why on Earth you elected to name this contraption of yours 'The Giant Death'...oh I see.
@JackVermicelli
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, those are the lines we just heard in the thing we just watched.
@dyllantillman
2 жыл бұрын
@@JackVermicelli 闭嘴
@weswheel4834
2 жыл бұрын
@@JackVermicelli Yeah, but they were very good. So good that it was easy to forget to do the accent for that line :D
@mikhailiagacesa3406
2 жыл бұрын
That moment when the General realizes what he's spent all his appropriation on.
@roguishpaladin
Жыл бұрын
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 I mean, the line item was probably "Scientific Research for Death Projects".
@LouisOnAir
Жыл бұрын
Oppenheimer 2 seconds after inventing the nuke
@fragglet
2 жыл бұрын
"No!!!! I created the laser-wielding armoured scorpion of Death to help mankind, not destroy!"
@kiwishamoo6494
Жыл бұрын
"No!!!! I created the laser-wielding armoured scorpion of Death to help mankind, not destroy!"
@whade62000
14 жыл бұрын
"It shoots helpful bullets!" xD
@TheNefastor
2 жыл бұрын
Weeeeelllllll bullets _are_ general helpful, to someone.
@DarcOfTheShadows
11 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, David Mitchell's American accent is atrocious. I love it.
@flyforce16
4 жыл бұрын
I think it's pretty good
@timlicht2670
4 жыл бұрын
@@flyforce16 He's specifically doing a "mid-atlantic" American accent - the kind that was standard for TV and radio announcers back in the 1940's and earlier. It's an artificial accent - not the way anyone naturally spoke if I recall correctly - and a very affected sound; it also does have some British sounds in it, as it was an attempt by some Americans to sound closer to the "more cultured" British. David Mitchell's actually pretty good at it - but it's not a "standard" American accent, either.
@MaverickHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
It's so bad that it borders on Irish lol
@Vesnicie
2 жыл бұрын
@@timlicht2670 No, it's just balls.
@DECODEDVFX
2 жыл бұрын
@@Vesnicie No, he's right. It's a mid-Atlantic accent. This character is obviously based on Franklin D. Roosevelt - that's how he spoke.
@liamw-89
6 жыл бұрын
"It fires helpful bullets!"
@thepetman
11 жыл бұрын
I was interested in the implications of the doom melon to help mankind....for good, of course.
@artstsym
2 жыл бұрын
Every science major in an ethics class.
@oldsteempunk6728
2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the production work that went into this simple sketch
@zapkvr0101
Жыл бұрын
The Deaeth ray sketch is very good. There was a guy round our way used to sell life insurance his name was Deaeth. His wife was a marriage celebrant
@satireisnotdead5804
Жыл бұрын
Gonna tell my kids this was Oppenheimer. XD
@F00dTube
10 жыл бұрын
I love the beginning. "You should not be here. This is private property."
@Havic1137
12 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he had the original designs for the DEATH Star.
@captain_kadaver
2 жыл бұрын
"The DEATH Star (TM) is a large scale lighting application designed for all your intergalactic illumination endeavours." "Well, surely, the military app..." "NOOOOO, the DEATH Star was supposed to HELP mankind, not DESTROY it"
@georgethefriend29
4 ай бұрын
@@captain_kadaver He'd need an extremely large mallet to destroy that invention.
@hippy282
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like this one sketch could be it's own show XD
@TheNefastor
2 жыл бұрын
"Oh I see !" that killed me 😀
@andracatheduckking257
2 жыл бұрын
I like that the president of the US rides in a car with the steering wheel on the right
@pavarottiaardvark3431
Жыл бұрын
I love that the kept in the crazy flubbed line of "laser plated armoured scorpion of death"
@josh2Sides2
2 жыл бұрын
The doom melon has to be the best anti climax. When I first saw this sketch, thought Robert was going to say the Doom melon is ... Well, it's My Lunch...
@dutchguy977
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@johanngarces5596
Жыл бұрын
It’s a Gallagher joke!
@Jaydee-wd7wr
2 жыл бұрын
I have become Death, savour of worlds.
@MarcusSLazarus
15 жыл бұрын
Interesting man, that Professor Death; I hope he shows up again
@hotelmario510
Жыл бұрын
This is literally the entire plot of _Oppenheimer._
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv
4 ай бұрын
Not quite literally!
@andreasplosky8516
2 жыл бұрын
Mitchell and Webb are unique. Such a good sketch...
@MrAntiKnowledge
2 жыл бұрын
The unlimited energy bomb is actually terrifying.
@barbados3592
2 жыл бұрын
terrifyingly WONDERFUL!
@Tokalafox
2 жыл бұрын
Not sure if its a good idea to bash it with a hammer
@24934637
Жыл бұрын
We're currently so short staffed on the day shift at work, that that Armoured Scorpion of Death Assistant (ASDA), would be really useful where I work.....Can't say where that is obviously!.....As*a!
@marshhen
14 жыл бұрын
the last line just kills me, the writing is so good.
@Dalek44
13 жыл бұрын
NO! The death video was uploaded to help mankind, not to destroy it! XD
@tomimpala
10 сағат бұрын
My favourite Mitchell and Webb sketch "NOOOOOOOOO"
@karlvuleta
4 ай бұрын
Mr President: "We can drop these nuclear bombs on select cities in Japa-" Oppenheimer: "NOOOOO! I'M SORRY MR PRESIDENT I MEANT THE NUCLEAR BOMBS TO HELP MANKIND NOT DESTROY IT!"
@stevenesbitt3528
2 жыл бұрын
This might be the cleverest thing ever committed to film
@cigolsimons1768
11 жыл бұрын
It may be a parody of the inventor of Dynamite, Mr Nobel. He thought Dynamite would be such a deadly weapon that it would stop mankind from ever wanting to go to war again and.....Well, I don't think I need to tell you what happened next.
@muradm7748
2 жыл бұрын
you confuse dynamite with maxim gun
@jgbreezer
2 жыл бұрын
But nukes, they work for that instead right? 😋👀🙃
@slome815
2 жыл бұрын
@@muradm7748 Oh no, Hiram Maxim had abolutely no peace loving intentions. The idea that a machine gun would give a couple of guys the firepower of an entire army, and thus decrease the size of armies and of casualties, comes from Mr. Gatling, not Maxim.
@dumac6557
2 жыл бұрын
Nobel wanted the dynamite to be used in mining and building sectors as nitrocglycerin in pure form is unstable so it would save life. He was also of course in for the money as the dynamite made him really rich. The dynamite was used to build bombs and other explosives like mines he was disappointed, bcs his name would be forever linked with that. It is one of the major reason he set up the peace price and the other prices so his name would be linked to help science in the nobel prize fund after his death as his will stated. Anyhow the sketch is really funny lmao.
@RehanRC
4 жыл бұрын
This is the most important video in the world.
@thiagodeandrade7081
3 жыл бұрын
But does it have military applications?
@bobmilaplace3816
9 жыл бұрын
Scanning material still was useful for quartermasters in maintaining inventories.
@zagyex
8 ай бұрын
More accurate than Oppenheimer.
@hommhommhomm
2 жыл бұрын
The budget on this one!
@itszeyth9863
2 жыл бұрын
If you really think about it, this is basically how the govt and Nikolai Tesla interacted with each other.
@JamesEverett91
4 жыл бұрын
Look like a scene straight out of C&C Red Alert 2!
@justaguy328
6 ай бұрын
This was literally the first idea that was dreamed up when we split the atom. "We can make a bomb out of it!"
@AlanXEverfrost
12 жыл бұрын
The president drives around in an imported British automobile.
@Kalenz1234
2 жыл бұрын
The writers of this one must have played a lot of command & conquer.
@jmalmsten
2 жыл бұрын
Now I kind of wish I could find a mad inventor of slightly german descent and ask if his name may indeed be Professor Death
@michelguevara151
2 жыл бұрын
especially if his mother is welsh
@angowT
2 жыл бұрын
It's a James Mason impression.
@imperialhistorian4201
Жыл бұрын
Basically,opennheimer
@ihavekankles
13 жыл бұрын
@cetnikz Rob wasn't trying to do an American accent, it's supposed to be the accent of a stereotypical evil scientist accent, i.e eastern European.
@Superman-nb2qn
Жыл бұрын
Oppenheimer:
@TheMrCFH
13 жыл бұрын
that scorpion could be used at children's parties
@Amanda-cd6dm
7 ай бұрын
Maybe it's the Mills in me, but military applications pops into my mind first.
@taureleafsilver
14 жыл бұрын
Mitch's American accent is pretty good!
@CJusticeHappen21
2 жыл бұрын
Never loading my gun unless the bullets are helpful.
@Bfdidc
13 жыл бұрын
Two people want his inventions used for evil. Poor Professor Death.
@arnesarnautovic3679
12 жыл бұрын
It's so good I had to watch it twice!
@PenneySounds
Жыл бұрын
James had the best line in this
@aykhojandi
Жыл бұрын
Unlimited power bomb?
@gandalf8216
2 жыл бұрын
Helpful bullets are ballistic missiles which will provide, to the target, quite irresistible advice.
@Lylodile
12 жыл бұрын
I for one want to see the finished doom melon.
@ravenshrike
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the doom melon would have killed them all when smashed, so it's probably good that he was unable to finish it.
@pop5678eye
Ай бұрын
I see the confusion... his name is actually spelled 'Deth' though. I guess the president was only told that verbally. His first name is Krul and he comes from a family of engineers. His father was called Imenant.
@perfectionbox
2 жыл бұрын
They gotta get that scorpion together with ED209 from Robocop 🤣
@craigroaring
Жыл бұрын
If only more scientists exhibited that level of integrity.
@sirjelly72
12 жыл бұрын
Music in the beginning reminds me of Mass Effect
@qweqqweq2090
2 жыл бұрын
the helpful bullets are obviously to help people not abuse the self checkout lane to just get free stuff.
@wisteela
3 ай бұрын
I've only just noticed that their American car is right hand drive.
@isbestlizard
5 ай бұрын
Nooooooo! I created my swarm of autonomous killer death robots for good not evil!!!
@josiahfleming7549
2 жыл бұрын
The doom melon... still needs some work...
@electro_empire
13 жыл бұрын
i want my own Doom Melon!
@VolodymyrNagorny
14 жыл бұрын
"Still needs some work" made me LOL
@thekinginyellow1744
2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere, in an alternate universe, Webb and Mitchell make full feature parodies of the Marvel Universe. Now if I can just figure out how to get there.
@whattheholf91
13 жыл бұрын
@aeternamente13 Judging by his attire and the fact that he seems to be US President, I think he's supposed to be Harry S Truman.
@ATRTAP
2 жыл бұрын
Why is he hammering on a bomb?
@librarian971
2 жыл бұрын
"The Armoured Scorpion of Death" lived on ... its smaller but far more lethal descendent became the rat-hunting machine in the "Mason's Rats" episode in "Love Death and Robots", Season 3 kzitem.info/news/bejne/roF6tId7gol_oJw
@NefariousDreary
11 жыл бұрын
Lol the guys from peep show. awsome
@wiggy5209
6 ай бұрын
I am a man of science to help mankind not destroy it ..... War has helped mankind evolve and science of war leads to a better quality of life ..nothing focuses the human condition quite so much as war
@rickg22
13 жыл бұрын
What piece of music is playing at the beginning? Is there a collection of stock movie soundtracks?
@peterdavies2960
2 жыл бұрын
I was expecting David Mitchell aka Mr. Haggerstone to ask Professor Death if he has a license for inventing things or a permit to do such stuff 😂
@barbados3592
2 жыл бұрын
awwww
@fullfire55
2 жыл бұрын
khaenri'ahn engineers when making the ruin guards, probably
@Quizerno
13 жыл бұрын
@aeternamente13 To me he sounds like the stereotypical late 19th Century-early to mid 20th century American, but then again thats only what I've seen from old movies (Psycho, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, etc).
@KeithWWatson
12 жыл бұрын
Helpfull bullets lol
@tsarfox3462
2 жыл бұрын
Him and Dr. Mobius would get along.
@adolphsanchez1429
Жыл бұрын
Secondary English education. PERIOD.
@AndrewLale
2 жыл бұрын
I got a doom melon for Christmas
@JamieHowitt
13 жыл бұрын
Isn't the soundtrack at the start recycled soundtrack from Series One of Doctor Who? Don't care, it's epic anyway :D
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv
4 ай бұрын
Why I oughta… 👋
@L.i.am95
2 жыл бұрын
They're American accents are hilarious haha
@L.i.am95
2 жыл бұрын
I wrote they're and no one corrected me thanks guys
@MrLTiger
Жыл бұрын
is that supposed to be american accents really?
@L.i.am95
Жыл бұрын
@Darkoofthedark yeah David is "the president" and that's "agnew" which is the name of one of the people that dicked around with Nixon back in the day (i.e. headless Agnew carrying around body-less nixon in futurama)
@L.i.am95
7 ай бұрын
@MrLTiger yeah they are supposed to be nixon (i think?) and agnew, president and vice president of the US lol
@L.i.am95
7 ай бұрын
Actually I guess it would be Eisenhower or someone before nixon, since agnew is in the military here and not VP
@curbyourshi1056
Ай бұрын
I just loved Peep Show so much that I couldn't bring myself to watch this at the time. It's p*** yourself funny now though, would have been then if I'd watched it. 😓
@JohnWasinger
3 жыл бұрын
Why did the mussel of the giant death ray recoil when it fired? Also why are there shells ejected whenever a rifle fires on the GI-JOE cartoon?
@AM-xh9iq
2 жыл бұрын
1. Because its CGI. 2. Because it's a cartoon.
@cheydinal5401
3 ай бұрын
David Mitchell's American accent lol
@mikejohnson9118
2 жыл бұрын
So this is the British version of Key and Peele?
@fivethree0
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, like Key and Peele but funny instead 😛
@peterdavies2960
2 жыл бұрын
Is the US President meant to be Harry S. Truman? 😂
@tomimpala
10 сағат бұрын
"A giant death ray? Military application?"
@Vilendank
14 жыл бұрын
Gallagher @ 4:54
@amandabumgardner2751
2 жыл бұрын
Military Applications, sounds familiar...
@dp7933
2 жыл бұрын
"I can think of two yes or no answers just off the top of my head" Funniest thing ever said?
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