The movie was unappreciated when it came out but "the Man who has a Cough and it is just a Cough and he is fine" is a rollercoaster of emotions nowadays...

It's as if Chekov's Gun is being used to play Russian Roulette, but it's not even loaded.

So much gold in this that the delivery if "no it's just that this is London's Burning and you're quite inpressionable" goes quietly unnoticed. Love it.

"Sometimes Fires Go Out" and "The Gathering People" are both really good titles

I howled at Olivia Coleman's delivery of, "Aliens!"

"could you tell me- and apologies if this seems like a naive question - but...CAN people levitate?"

Somebody give that woman an Oscar.

"I thought you had TB." "TB? God no. I'd have mentioned that."

Is it just me or is *Sometimes Fires go out* a great title for an Arthouse film?

"And did you notice that the Edwardian woman's name was kylie?" "*Yes*" "Bit weird isn't it?"

That last bit is genius.

True story this; I was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia by a doctor and prescribed powerful anti-epileptic drugs to combat its symptoms, which I took for about a week. The medicine I was taking had known side effects of depression, increasing the tendency for suicidal thoughts and various other neurological side effects. Trigeminal neuralgia, for those of you who don’t know, is known as the suicide disease because it is supposed to be the most painful disease ever discovered. It is known to present itself with symptoms akin to a dental infection and develop from there into an escalating series of painful attacks that can literally blind the victim with pain. As there is no known long term way of arresting its development, people often kill themselves simply to put themselves out of their misery. It turned out after a week that it was a dental infection after all and I was alright. I want this man to make the biopic of my life!

The tension as the little girl walked towards the cooker, the realism the gritty realism, this is one of the most underrated scenes since the last underrated scene.

Imagine being the producer of a sketch show. "For this sketch, we just need a small studio with two people talking... "Oh, yeah, and cutaway gags to a controlled house fire, an Edwardian railway platform..."

When she said "This isn't London's Burning, it's Pride and Prejudice," I spat my tea all over the screen. But it was only a cough. It's fine.

Wow Quentin Tarantino really was ahead of his time, having his characters constantly needing a piss and a shit

_The Man Who Has a Cough, and it's Just a Cough, and He's Fine,_ has a clear story narrative, a beginning-middle-and end, suspension, resolution, and a twist ending. All in about 80 seconds.

I think "No one goes for a piss in Star Wars" is one of my favourite sentences in the English language.

'Oh look there was a fire ' The most English way of speaking about any problem

You can see the influence of Fry and Laurie all over this sketch. Lovely stuff

How is this not recognized as one of the greatest shows ever?

Scene from "The Gathering of People" is actually a brilliant piece of visual story telling. It's a very effective and efficient way of depicting allies actions during the period of weird war. The half sneezing representing impotent, commitless military action on french-german border, the stalling of the meeting while waiting for a missing man representing a fruitless diplomatic policy towards hitlers demends. The best part is the crude metaphor with the man leaving to, literally, take a piss. Finally, the scene ends with a brilliant stoped sneeze by lead council man and a grimace of pain, being a prevue of the suffering that their lack of decisive response will bring europe in coming years.

"i thought it was just a massive flashback" lol

They played a short clip from "The Man Who Has A Cough And It's Just A Cough And He's Fine"? I wonder what other memorable scenes we've missed from that film. Dramatic scenes with his employers at work? - My God man, you should get that cough checked out by a physician. - Thank you for your concern, sir, but it's just a cough. (stoically concerning himself with paperwork) And then another scene with his parents. His mom bringing him hot tea: - Oh dear, I've put some honey into this camomile tea. I hope it will ease your cough. - Thank you, mom. It's ... (eyes looking into the distance) ... it's just a cough. It will go away.

"Now forgive me if this is a crass question...." love that gag.

"If only I could shake this blasted cough." I'm sure many of us feel that way at the moment.

The last one is the opening for every episode of house.

I heard that the sequel of "The Man Who Has A Cough And It's Just A Cough And He's Fine" is in production! This time, it's a publicly funded movie and it no longer takes place in Victorian times but in UK 2020. The sequel to "Sometimes Fires Go Out" is said to have been picked up by an Australian production firm. The filming starts in 2021.

FYI "The Man Who Has A Cough And It's Just A Cough And He's Fine" is set in Horsted Keynes, on the Bluebell Railway: RURAL SUSSEX REPRESENT. WAAAAAYOH

Of course he compliments him on his earlier film, when he starred in it

When I was at school and we had to write stories I thought about doing this. A lot of the dialogue was going to be people saying "what" and the other person having to repeat what they had just said.

Very modest of the presenter to not even mention he starred in “the man who has a cough and it’s just a cough and he’s fine”

Love the reference to "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" with the "Horniest bra size on a girl" line. Classic xD

This could be their Fry and Lauriengest sketch. Especially the interview.

The interviewer noticed that the Edwardian lady was called Kylie but didn't notice that he played the Edwardian man.

I've actually had conversations about the fact that nobody goes to piss in Star Wars

Oliva Colman , what a legend. love her

The interview part is very indebted to fry and Laurie, doooooh

I would love films to have more unnecessary details in them, our world is full of unnecessary detail. People do cough, people do need to pee at times, things do fall off tables, the problem is that when you add something to a film that doesn't 100% fit in to the plot then it gets 100 separate threads on the IMDB. I recently watched Byzantium and a minor character is pregnant and it's irrelevant to the film, but the demand for answers by people who can't simply compute that someone might just happen to be pregnant for nothing to do with the story is crazy.

I love how even the little girl has this look of “Srsly?” on her face?

*"The Man Who Has A Cough And It's Just Tuberculosis"*

"No one goes for a piss in Star Wars" In Star Wars rebels Wedge uses a refresher.

😂 "Right, I wish I hadn't let you do me now"

"The man who has a cough and it is just cough and he's fine." That is me right now. I am someone who literally sneezes and coughs all the time as it is and before lockdown started if I coughed once the whole room looked at me if I'm ill. This short film is about me :P

Adam would have had to self isolate if this was in our time

How that couple reacted to the fire is exactly how my older brother would've reacted

His new film, 'I thought I had coronavirus, but it was just hayfever'

There is ALWAYS a reason for Olivia Coleman to be pregnant...

Pardon me if it seems like this is a crass question, but from your personal experience, what is the horniest bra size on a woman? "WHAT?" By which I mean, what if anything is the message of your films? I'm glad he clarified that..

Finally someone said it! Lost in Translation was pointless

PRO TIP: If you feel you are about to sneeze, but don't, and then your are left with the painfully annoying feeling you might still sneeze, just blow your nose anyway. It will clear that pre-sneeze feeling right up.

"Adam, you're- you're better!" "Well, yes it was just a cough." LOL

I think they read my mind about Lost in Translation.

Chekov's Nug: now in select theatres...

It's bad that more or less the only thing I remember from Mitchell and Webb is Numberwang. These sketches are very, very good indeed

Other people who always die in films are those who have "Always wanted to see the ocean/mountains/Montana."

11 years later now I get recommended

Quite. I think for film, those sort of "background" actions can really add to the illusion of realism but for a book, the extra chore of having to read the unnecessary details would just annoy the reader. I would have overdone it. My poor primary school teacher.

I think that David Mitchell would agree with me when I say that damp is not literally the worst thing.

I saw his student film, "Study Group Where They Go Off Topic To Talk About That Episode Of Emergency 999."

I've coughed at work for the past 3 years, but with covid "oh no!". I've become quite the piriaha.

Totally nailed it. Every detail. Those hairstyles!

And in Lost in Translation where nothing happens at all. LMAO

Since I was a young kid I always imagined that sneezing thing happening to important figures of history at significant points. Like a bunch of Zulus about to fight the english and shit. Something about it is just really funny

Hahaha. "Aliens" xD

I liked this video after 1:08 when I first saw David Mitchell. I had no sound on at the time and didn't know what was going on, but then David Mitchell pops on looking like THAT. Best. Video. Ever Bwaaaaaahahahahahaha

Sad part is that these fake film clips have more tension and buildup and narrative finesse than most movies I usually watch.

the Lost in Translation bit got me

4:55 10 Cloverfield Lane Spoilers

lol "I thought it was a massive flashback!"

It's an interesting idea, I could just see some people going over board with it though. The right amount of it can work but too much of it just ends up making it dull. Heath Ledger's Joker interpretation had quite a few mannerisms that mimicked life, like when he clears his throat. I guess that's the difference between a well rehearsed scene and a good actor who won't let a little tiny detail ruin a whole scene.

The cough scene is just hilarious

You gonna admit, these clips are more realisitic

3:21 - Someone had to say it.

This is so true, they never show characters needing the toilet or eating in almost every adventure movie.

"This isn't London's Burning. It's Pride & Prejudice."

“And in Lost In Translation nothing happens at all”

"I wish I hadn't let you do me now!"

All I've learnt from this is that someone needs to make a "The Death of Stalin"-style film about Neville Chamberlain.

Reminds me of a quote from *The Last Puritan* "Thunderation!" said my father, "There's a man in his shirtsleeves on that step!" We moved the same week.

David Mitchell looks like my Crime Fiction tutor in this sketch lol.

I really wish people would make short films THAT good.

Wonderful stuff.

He’s right, in Lost in Translation NOTHING happens at all!

That girl in the outtakes kept saying eggs instead of looking up aww

Holy crap these guys are hilarious

This sketch especially feels like the show is a continuation of A Bit Of Fry And Laurie.

This is so brilliant!

she was during the filming of That Mitchell and Webb Look series 2

this is almost perfect

this was amazing

i actually want more of this

3:14 That aged well

Say what you will about "Casualty", but that was the most realistic alien invasion ever filmed... Only thing you could say is missing would be a ginger girl being scalded, which as we all know is the most common trope in any serious alien movie. 3 and a half stars

I fell asleep during it too, but then I did watch it on a long haul flight from L.A. to London, it was the third movie I had watched on the plane and I had been awake for around 30 hours before hand so I don't think I can really make a valid complaint.

And in Lost in Translation, nothing happens at all. So true lol

2020: That cough is not JUST a cough and everything is NOT fine

5:18 the best Part of Secret Invasion.

The 'no one goes for a piss' observation about Star Wars cannot be applied to 2001 a Space Odyssey. 2001 even has a scene where Floyd is reading instructions on how to use a toilet in zero gravity. Such an intense moment in the movie. Lucas has cited 2001 as a major influence on Star Wars, but, was it really? Not even a single warning not to flush the toilet on the death star while it is destroying a planet.

oh dear me. I love this show.