I love how they can just get a new hair style and wear a trendy shirt to appear like completely different characters.
@makeawishlol2 жыл бұрын
✨acting✨
@dddgtsd2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that, whenever someone plays a TV producer they put a patterned shirt on and that generic 00s hairstyle and somehow it's spot on haha.
@VSC962 жыл бұрын
@@dddgtsdhahah that is so true wow!
@naysaykiller9282 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the glasses
@samuelboundy71842 жыл бұрын
That's sort of how acting works.
@JockTalk7 Жыл бұрын
I auditioned for the apprentice, through to the third round. This sketch is literally true, there were actual geniuses with me and none of them made it in. The crazy ones did.
@JockTalk7 Жыл бұрын
One of the crazy ones asked me "So what's your secret tactic going to be?" And I said - "well i'm going to make sure our team does the best in every round" - and she just said "Aww, bless". She then told me how she'd made a pie out of dogfood for her boyfriend and put his toothbrush in the toilet when she was nearly ready to dump him.
@ColinHall Жыл бұрын
I used to work for a company who was going to be featured in a task many years ago. Apparently the 'wrong' team 'won' that part of the task and the whole segment was removed. People need to realise just how construed the programme is. Even the way they cut together dodgy looks or awkward silences - every part of the whole thing is fabricated for drama. Something you'd expect more from ITV than the BBC to be honest.
@xenon8117 Жыл бұрын
@@ColinHall Last night with the asparagus he was unfairly blamed. The guy on the phone led them on about it being fresh and yet he gets the blame for the trip which Lord Sugar would have you think was up in the very north of scotland when it was only a quarter hour or so.
@juliaconnell Жыл бұрын
the crazy ones make for 'good' tv - the crazier the better. not just this, most reality shows
@nopants3560 Жыл бұрын
I want to be on the Chase as I find all the questions beneath me. Someone told me to act thick and get most of the test questions wrong to have any chance of getting on
@simonhmackie2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how this is all still true, more than a decade later.
@LDacic2 жыл бұрын
This has been true for centuries
@L.i.am952 жыл бұрын
You look like you could be webbs brother
@uschurch2 жыл бұрын
It's only amazing to an idiot 🤷♂️
@AA-hg5fk2 жыл бұрын
That's because there's still plenty of idiots around and the BBC like to keep shows going for more than a decade after they cease to be interesting!
@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool4 ай бұрын
And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. - Acts 3:19 If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations.
@ninjabastard22 жыл бұрын
"They show up the same, my friend. They show up just the same." That couldn't have been more pointed if they looked directly into the camera. I love it!
@IshtarNike2 жыл бұрын
Guarantee some people watch this clip and laugh without realising it's about them
@rockets4kids8 ай бұрын
Funny how votes work the same way
@notthatadam7 жыл бұрын
"we can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery's for"
@vikavika20594 жыл бұрын
I didn`t get the humour in this phrase((
@JackPorter3 жыл бұрын
@@vikavika2059 sorry to hear about the diagnosis. how are you dealing with your idiocy?
@vikavika20593 жыл бұрын
@@JackPorter fuck off! I am not a native speaker. I'm from the Crimea.
@vikavika20593 жыл бұрын
@@hvbris1 I really appreciate your help. Thank you so much.
@Jariid2 жыл бұрын
@@vikavika2059 You've just won the lottery
@DanTheStripe6 жыл бұрын
"I've got a hunch that for some reason, people will think that this never stops being worth commentating upon." That gets more and more relevant with every new series of the Apprentice.
@paulrawcliffe74522 жыл бұрын
That's numberwang.
@tonk38782 жыл бұрын
Many people obliviously commenting on the same thing is a staple of humanity. We’ve done it, we’re doing it, and we’ll do it until our little lives peter out of existence.
@AnonEyeMouse2 жыл бұрын
I didn't get through a single episode of the Apprentice.
@boba27832 жыл бұрын
Still relevant in 2022
@qmkut91217 ай бұрын
"And thanks to the huge number of Love Island rejects desperate for 15-minutes of fame, we now have a totally new batch of idiots ready made for us to use."
@RickReasonnz6 жыл бұрын
Pretty much nailed every single reality show ever!
@mary-janereallynotsarah68410 ай бұрын
Except Outlast where the hardest working non idiot was basically shat on and abused the whole season while the crazies ran around unmonitored.
@JohnPreston8886 ай бұрын
I'm not too sure about that. I have only ever seen where they were filming "The real C**ts Of Suburbia", but not any episodes. It might have been a departure from the norm. (Thank you, Rockstar Games 😀 )
@TheRealJDC2 жыл бұрын
Nearly every sentence is quote-worthy. Perfect
@vzxvzvcxasd7109 Жыл бұрын
I don't think most people understand, they're satirising the real show, they find a bunch of idiots, and they show it to idiots, but then somehow, they'll think they're the only ones knowing that the show is full of idiots, because they're dressed in a suit
@drifter402 Жыл бұрын
They basically managed to sum up ALL reality TV. If you ever talk to somebody that watches it they say "I just think it's funny how dumb they are," like they're above it all. As if that isn't the entire point
@philpants449 ай бұрын
Ironically they're sitting there watching it instead of something worth watching not realising they're being swindled
@Needham9012 жыл бұрын
"I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a fifth-teenth of my workforce each week" Brilliant.
@gwouru2 жыл бұрын
learn to spell numbers.
@Ben-nr2rm2 жыл бұрын
@@gwouru learn to spell wolf and right.
@danielthompson64482 жыл бұрын
@@gwouru Their comment was 9 years ago xD
@nagualdesign2 жыл бұрын
_*Fifth-ten-eenth_
@gwouru2 жыл бұрын
@@Ben-nr2rm You're just as bad as the guy who can't spell numbers. That's akin to me telling you to learn to spell your name. (since my comment was deleted)
@mofomo62092 жыл бұрын
“Everyone will think that they’re the only person watching to notice that the contestants are all idiots” ouch
@tsawy62 жыл бұрын
@@jacksprat9209 You can not watch it
@3Dant2 жыл бұрын
@@tsawy6 Yes you can
@stefevr2 жыл бұрын
@@3Dant No, you cannot
@dylanclarke94972 жыл бұрын
@@stefevr It is, in fact, the opposite of what you both are claiming.
@stefevr2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanclarke9497 yes, it is not
@wain90267 ай бұрын
I love how this skit could easily be a David Mitchell rant you see on Would I lie to You
@Collachienho8 жыл бұрын
another season... this couldn't be more true even now
@andyc51557 жыл бұрын
And also now...
@ztrinx17 жыл бұрын
Always and forever
@AlanValdes6 жыл бұрын
forever and always
@theunidropout6 жыл бұрын
Still now
@stevenhulbert69736 жыл бұрын
Still now two months later. will keep you posted bye!
@him0504 ай бұрын
“Also, once the contestants are split into sub-teams we’ll ensure they make no communication with each other, whatsoever. No matter how important the new information is!”
@Quareat13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. This is exactly how the apprentice was conceived, exactly.
@GameArchiver5 жыл бұрын
"You can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery is for" LMAO
@JustAlex848Ай бұрын
This is probably the most 'on-point' sketch Mitchell and Webb ever did. Something pretty much everyone can identify with. Genius!
@sandman84729 жыл бұрын
The lowest biggest amount for idiots is £100K - similar to what the winner of Big Brother gets LOL
@BanjoLuke1 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea Mitchell and Webb produced the first series of The Apprentice. Some of this archive footage is extraordinary. Chapeau to whoever is finding it all.
@Jco1769 жыл бұрын
And just like that, Total Wipeout was born.
@astronomenov992 ай бұрын
This is pure social commentary. Scarily accurate.
@magicaIpineapple7 жыл бұрын
id humiliate myself on tv for 100k to be honest
@rymdalkis7 жыл бұрын
I have bad news my friend
@magicaIpineapple7 жыл бұрын
if it's that i'm an idiot that isn't news to me
@djoakeydoakey10767 жыл бұрын
magicaIpineapple Are idiots self aware?
@youfoolwarrenisdead64007 жыл бұрын
Really, it's 1/16 chance to £100k, not guaranteed 100k.
@benedikta.91217 жыл бұрын
This is a strange situation. If one acknowledges that they themselves are idiotic then that shows they have a sense of self awareness, which is a sign of intelligence
@rhydianbanner35909 ай бұрын
this isn't satire. This is a word for word recreation of a conversation mitchell and webb accidently recorded at bbc hq. It's journalism
@Stroija12 жыл бұрын
This sketch is pretty much every reality TV-show in a nutshell.
@kevinbooth-7 жыл бұрын
Watching this in 2017.... fml
@aaronlatham51613 жыл бұрын
Try watching it in 2020 :)
@KhanivoreQniba6 жыл бұрын
Likely this is the meeting that takes place for EVERY 'reality' show.
@CozzaP1969 Жыл бұрын
I watch this sketch every time the Apprentice is on and it never loses its relevance
@BlazeCon97 Жыл бұрын
Evil corporate David is one of my favourite Davids
@sylviaelse50863 жыл бұрын
Little did they know what they'd end up doing to the American electoral system. They have a lot to answer for.
@davidlea-smith47477 жыл бұрын
The real shame is that there is not a show about talented businessmen competing for a prestigious job.
@stevechristie25696 жыл бұрын
David Lea-Smith hard to portray that on TV - a talented businessman will be crunching hours of actuarial statistics and reading through contract jargon
@Synochra6 жыл бұрын
I think shark tank may come close, but I've never actually watched it so I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about
@wolfmanhcc2 жыл бұрын
If they were really talented businessmen, they could pool their wealth of knowledge together.
@An_excellent_YouTube_account2 жыл бұрын
@Slim Dim Your mother never hugged you as a child did she?
@andrewpepper31452 жыл бұрын
@Slim Dim See now, a golden opportunity to just say nothing and not sound like a right prick and you missed it. That's a shame right there
@premier66667 жыл бұрын
"How do these ironic non-idiots show up on the ratings" This is why tv programming is so terrible these days
@batt3ryac1d6 жыл бұрын
The reason it's terrible is because everyone moved onto netflix because it was terrible after the writers strike and only old people and morons are left. Though to be fair the BBC still makes some good shit.
@RKBock6 жыл бұрын
the real reason it's terrible (and not only "these days"... shows like jearsey shore etc existed as long as tv exists) is because you all are still watching. don't blame them that you show up the same in the statistics. blame yourself for watching.
@user-iq3xc5gc1f6 жыл бұрын
batt3ryac1d Right but that doesn't at all explain why Netflix is as shit.
@Ownage4lif316 жыл бұрын
ᛋᛖᚪᛉᛖ ᚹᚫᚳᚾᚪᚾ Netflix makes good shows. I don't use Netflix but I watch their netflix shows. They make some good shows but they also make some bad shows. However, they monitor it. Also if your talking about Netflix as a streaming service, it's cause of copyright laws. They're only legally allowed to have a certain series up for as long as the network they bought the rights from gave them. TV these days is just a mess.
@user-iq3xc5gc1f6 жыл бұрын
RandomSilly I'd argue that they make an awful lot more bad shows than they do good ones. I can think of one good show off the top of my head, Bojack Horseman, and another that doesn't really count because it didn't start on Netflix and got worse once it was on it, Black Mirror.
@CCNuck14 жыл бұрын
This skit makes a terrifying amount of sense.
@Tsunkuotaku Жыл бұрын
and THAT sums up 90% of network television in the 2000s. Bob bless us for the internet and youtube.
@theotendleeey12 жыл бұрын
the contestants might all be idiots but these two men are certainly both geniuses
@anthorisme13 жыл бұрын
Robert Webb looks like Russell Howard with this haircut!
@robinraine50656 жыл бұрын
Literally, every single reality show ever.
@PolarPhantom4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reminding me of this Jim Sterling.
@whaddyamean994 жыл бұрын
Here from Jim too
@johnmartinez74402 жыл бұрын
Who?
@madnessbydesign14155 жыл бұрын
Beautifully encapsulating 'reality television'...
@zamnodorszk78984 ай бұрын
"I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a 15th of my workforce every week" Is a point that needs to get hammered home, especially people who think the Apprentice is an accurate reflection of the world of business. You don't just fire people when things get bad, it's a way to just trigger a death spiral for a business.
@rickrose53772 жыл бұрын
One can hardly count the number of times this pitch has succeeded.
@listerofsmeg884 Жыл бұрын
so brilliantly meta. you laugh at the idea but realise the joke is really aimed at you
@tonyttt314 жыл бұрын
One of the best comedy sketches.
@abacab87 Жыл бұрын
"If homeopathy beats science" is my favorite, this is now second.
@luckyspurs2 жыл бұрын
The best sketch they ever did.
@NateSean4 жыл бұрын
American Producers "Do you see this back firing?" "How so?" "Well, all those idiots might think the executive is one of them and have him elected as president."
@DeathnoteBB3 жыл бұрын
I mean to be fair, the executive was in fact an idiot
@guidadiehl91763 жыл бұрын
Democracy should just be abolished at this point. I was so revolted when the stupid plebs elected the wrong person, AGAIN.
@darksim19303 жыл бұрын
@@guidadiehl9176 Why bother letting people vote if they're going to vote WRONG? It's like if our society was a ship and people like US, who are RIGHT, were the ones trying to move water OUT of the ship while the OTHER people, who are WRONG, were trying to move more water IN. If only there was a system by which WE, the sensible ones, could tell everyone ELSE "Look, this is what's RIGHT. You're going to take it and be happy. Or else." Dictate what's right to them, if you will. A dictator ship.
@barryhomeowner92932 жыл бұрын
@@darksim1930 I was wondering where the ship analogy was going, but that was a fucking good comment, well done
@carlpierce24862 жыл бұрын
Remarkably insightful.
@000MidnightSun12 жыл бұрын
these guys are brilliant
@guyosborn6154 ай бұрын
Brilliant, as always
@harryiii33616 жыл бұрын
The most truth in a sketch ever
@Scruffi14 жыл бұрын
I live in Los Angeles and I can tell you this skit is shockingly close to the mark of how much of Hollywood operates.
@drcl74292 жыл бұрын
You can thank the British creators of most of these shows.
@ianmangham4570 Жыл бұрын
These two are so fkn hilarious
@Gerbilsftw11 жыл бұрын
Perfect. Everything about it is just right. It's the same with the X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celebrity and worst of all, Big Brother.
@thesuperginge13482 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that Big Brother started as a really interesting social experiment, and just ONE series later it divulged into what it became known for.
@richardjw822 жыл бұрын
Perfectly done
@DingKong9 жыл бұрын
Quality from M & W as usual
@nickcoupe2964 Жыл бұрын
Having watched the first episode of the new series yesterday this still rings true.
@petertaylor63842 жыл бұрын
It's like a prediction of the next decade of television
@gazm2k514 жыл бұрын
lol it's so true. These 2, easily my favourite comedians.
@_J.F_ Жыл бұрын
Love the BBC reference on the ring binders in the background.
@jblasutavario9549 Жыл бұрын
This applies to all TV. Amazing.
@DinoAlberini2 жыл бұрын
Breaking the fourth wall at the end was pure genius.
@d0md0mt0mt0m11 жыл бұрын
It describes every reality TV show and the viewers of said shows.
@david55214 жыл бұрын
Those 5 channels are the only ones with universal coverage, and the BBC channels digital / non-digital are amongst the most watched on any given night, and the radio stations are amongst the most listened too.
@artsbeatla11 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT!!!
@mrr0cksor6692 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant!
@neildempster28274 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail pic makes RW look like Russell Howard.
@Sidsidsids7 жыл бұрын
This video was funny and all but that ending was just perfect *slow clap*
@JeremiahTaylorOnline13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, spot on.
@lusteraliaszero10 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling the people who make the reality tv shows are getting the same sort of entertainment out of their audience. In writing this comment, I establish myself at the top of this foodchain, obviously.
@Synochra6 жыл бұрын
umm I'll piggyback on this guy
@agdgdgwngo2 жыл бұрын
It's not far off how a lot of it works. They have all these skits about big directors and producers, they're all kind of cynical about the process.
@raffitz12 жыл бұрын
This describes practically every single reality show...
@Setzer13 жыл бұрын
"We can't give a million pounds to an idiot; that's what the lottery is for" lol...so true...
@mahammadoutunkara64305 жыл бұрын
i love this
@darthdaver8686 жыл бұрын
The lottery line was brilliant
@jeesuskristus978710 жыл бұрын
True story.
@sking30147 жыл бұрын
this is sooooo goood
@stevenhulbert69736 жыл бұрын
They owned this one alright
@booley10 жыл бұрын
so that's who Jersey Shore got started
@mikeconway8676 жыл бұрын
booley How?
@MrShortfastloud6 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's exactly who Jersey shore got started.
@zaphenath67562 жыл бұрын
sounds an awful lot like they're describing politics
@Lorgar645 жыл бұрын
I love the Apprentice. So does my dad. He calls it the muppet show.
@AlexFlockhart3 жыл бұрын
I suppose you could say he watches it with a sense of irony then.
@Lorgar643 жыл бұрын
@@AlexFlockhart No, we both know it's a bunch of idiots running around like headless chickens. We like it for that.
@AlexFlockhart3 жыл бұрын
@@Lorgar64 I was referencing what they were saying in the clip, and yeah if you're watching it because you know they're all idiots, you are watching it ironically. In the ratings, the demographic of people like you and your father "show up just the same"
@Lorgar643 жыл бұрын
@@AlexFlockhart We're not watching it ironically, though. We know it's about idiots. We like watching idiots. There's no irony.
@abacab87 Жыл бұрын
We didn't realize at the time just how fake it was, with Trump being thought of as a successful billionaire.
@sEaNoYeAh2 жыл бұрын
The rare sketch where all the characters are intelligent.
@WilliamReginaldLucas8 ай бұрын
This is basically every reality TV show pitch
@LiverpoolReject2 жыл бұрын
The brainstorming session for the Apprentice!
@curry4life1013 жыл бұрын
these guys are like the British version of the Australian "Chasers war on everything" guys
@wisteelaАй бұрын
Amstrad eMailer on the desk: Great attention to detail
@nopants3560 Жыл бұрын
My sort of humour , they get it so right
@tonynelligan1930 Жыл бұрын
why have i only in the past month discovered these guys????
@wynwilliams91111 ай бұрын
And thus big brother was born
@Welpme696 жыл бұрын
This goes for all reality shows ever made
@chrisbryant63046 жыл бұрын
i have the same t-shirt!
@JamesEverett9114 жыл бұрын
lol I would totally watch that show.
@verynormalmanАй бұрын
I used to work for Lord Sugar. He used to fire me every Tuesday, and hire me back every Friday. It really hurt productivity.
@paulwoodford1984 Жыл бұрын
These two were and are too good. Taking the p#ss out of everyone
@yemo347 жыл бұрын
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!
@rj_ay81727 жыл бұрын
I feel like I've just been insulted..
@normansidey52582 жыл бұрын
Many a truth told in jest, with their inside knowledge of BBC producers I suspect they have got this spot on.
@GFantastic13 жыл бұрын
Amstrad Emailer on the desk: nice touch!
@ecjj2113 жыл бұрын
@Rincewind211 that only apllies if he has exactly 15 workers... If say he had 1000 workers, he could fire a 15th every week (66.66 in the first week, 62.22 in the second week and so on and so forth) until he reached 15 workers, then it would be a 15th of the workforce that week, then a 14th, then 13th etc..
@SC-vz9ie2 жыл бұрын
Genius!
@ssss-df5qz6 жыл бұрын
Love island is one of those shows
@KeroDean12 жыл бұрын
"...They show up JUST the same"
@GullyFoyleTerra4 жыл бұрын
This is a brutal and fantastic way to totally shit on the apprentice and those behind it.
@coppershark19733 жыл бұрын
I should watch that Apprentice thing, it sounds like my kind of show.