That Mitchell and Webb Look - Apprentice

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  • @cow_tools_
    @cow_tools_ 2 роки тому +1910

    I love how they can just get a new hair style and wear a trendy shirt to appear like completely different characters.

    • @makeawishlol
      @makeawishlol 2 роки тому +40

      ✨acting✨

    • @dddgtsd
      @dddgtsd 2 роки тому +36

      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.

    • @VSC96
      @VSC96 2 роки тому +2

      @@dddgtsdhahah that is so true wow!

    • @naysaykiller928
      @naysaykiller928 2 роки тому +1

      Don't forget the glasses

    • @samuelboundy7184
      @samuelboundy7184 2 роки тому +4

      That's sort of how acting works.

  • @JockTalk7
    @JockTalk7 Рік тому +725

    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
      @JockTalk7 Рік тому +120

      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
      @ColinHall Рік тому +89

      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
      @xenon8117 Рік тому +5

      @@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
      @juliaconnell Рік тому +13

      the crazy ones make for 'good' tv - the crazier the better. not just this, most reality shows

    • @madontherun
      @madontherun Рік тому +6

      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

  • @simonhmackie
    @simonhmackie 2 роки тому +530

    Amazing how this is all still true, more than a decade later.

    • @LDacic
      @LDacic 2 роки тому +5

      This has been true for centuries

    • @L.i.am95
      @L.i.am95 2 роки тому +2

      You look like you could be webbs brother

    • @uschurch
      @uschurch 2 роки тому

      It's only amazing to an idiot 🤷‍♂️

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk 2 роки тому

      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!

    • @GirolamoZanchi_is_cool
      @GirolamoZanchi_is_cool 8 місяців тому

      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)
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      (Different from the Church of England)
      Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations.

  • @notthatadam
    @notthatadam 7 років тому +1423

    "we can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery's for"

    • @JackPorter
      @JackPorter 4 роки тому +88

      @Vi Vl sorry to hear about the diagnosis. how are you dealing with your idiocy?

    • @Jariid
      @Jariid 2 роки тому +9

      @Vika Crym You've just won the lottery

    • @sergiojuanmembiela6223
      @sergiojuanmembiela6223 2 роки тому +3

      Lottery is for getting money from idiots

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 2 роки тому

      A thousand pounds. That's loads to an idiot

    • @Leto_0
      @Leto_0 2 роки тому +17

      @Vika Crym the humor is that it's unwise to play the lottery. They're saying everyone who plays the lottery is an idiot. Sorry if that's you but you're better off being insulted than scammed.

  • @benmaketh
    @benmaketh 2 роки тому +454

    "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!

    • @IshtarNike
      @IshtarNike 2 роки тому +18

      Guarantee some people watch this clip and laugh without realising it's about them

    • @rockets4kids
      @rockets4kids 11 місяців тому

      Funny how votes work the same way

  • @DanTheStripe
    @DanTheStripe 6 років тому +1209

    "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.

    • @paulrawcliffe7452
      @paulrawcliffe7452 2 роки тому +27

      That's numberwang.

    • @tonk3878
      @tonk3878 2 роки тому +10

      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.

    • @AnonEyeMouse
      @AnonEyeMouse 2 роки тому

      I didn't get through a single episode of the Apprentice.

    • @boba2783
      @boba2783 2 роки тому +2

      Still relevant in 2022

    • @qmkut9121
      @qmkut9121 11 місяців тому +1

      "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."

  • @him050
    @him050 8 місяців тому +11

    “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!”

  • @TheRealJDC
    @TheRealJDC 2 роки тому +161

    Nearly every sentence is quote-worthy. Perfect

    • @vzxvzvcxasd7109
      @vzxvzvcxasd7109 Рік тому +1

      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

  • @RickReasonnz
    @RickReasonnz 6 років тому +281

    Pretty much nailed every single reality show ever!

    • @mary-janereallynotsarah684
      @mary-janereallynotsarah684 Рік тому +1

      Except Outlast where the hardest working non idiot was basically shat on and abused the whole season while the crazies ran around unmonitored.

    • @JohnPreston888
      @JohnPreston888 10 місяців тому

      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 😀 )

  • @drifter402
    @drifter402 Рік тому +167

    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

    • @philpants44
      @philpants44 Рік тому +11

      Ironically they're sitting there watching it instead of something worth watching not realising they're being swindled

  • @wain9026
    @wain9026 11 місяців тому +13

    I love how this skit could easily be a David Mitchell rant you see on Would I lie to You

  • @mofomo6209
    @mofomo6209 2 роки тому +225

    “Everyone will think that they’re the only person watching to notice that the contestants are all idiots” ouch

    • @tsawy6
      @tsawy6 2 роки тому +6

      @@jacksprat9209 You can not watch it

    • @3Dant
      @3Dant 2 роки тому +1

      @@tsawy6 Yes you can

    • @stefevr
      @stefevr 2 роки тому +1

      @@3Dant No, you cannot

    • @dylanclarke9497
      @dylanclarke9497 2 роки тому

      @@stefevr It is, in fact, the opposite of what you both are claiming.

    • @stefevr
      @stefevr 2 роки тому

      @@dylanclarke9497 yes, it is not

  • @Needham90
    @Needham90 12 років тому +1549

    "I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a fifth-teenth of my workforce each week" Brilliant.

    • @gwouru
      @gwouru 2 роки тому +92

      learn to spell numbers.

    • @Ben-nr2rm
      @Ben-nr2rm 2 роки тому +107

      @@gwouru learn to spell wolf and right.

    • @danielthompson6448
      @danielthompson6448 2 роки тому +59

      @@gwouru Their comment was 9 years ago xD

    • @nagualdesign
      @nagualdesign 2 роки тому +20

      _*Fifth-ten-eenth_

    • @gwouru
      @gwouru 2 роки тому +7

      @@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)

  • @GameArchiver
    @GameArchiver 6 років тому +338

    "You can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery is for"
    LMAO

  • @sandman8472
    @sandman8472 10 років тому +273

    The lowest biggest amount for idiots is £100K - similar to what the winner of Big Brother gets LOL

    • @Ramboost007
      @Ramboost007 3 місяці тому

      I think they're specifically targeting Big Brother

  • @Collachienho
    @Collachienho 9 років тому +469

    another season... this couldn't be more true even now

    • @andyc5155
      @andyc5155 8 років тому +42

      And also now...

    • @ztrinx1
      @ztrinx1 7 років тому +17

      Always and forever

    • @AlanValdes
      @AlanValdes 7 років тому +5

      forever and always

    • @theunidropout
      @theunidropout 7 років тому +8

      Still now

    • @stevenhulbert6973
      @stevenhulbert6973 6 років тому +1

      Still now two months later. will keep you posted bye!

  • @Jco176
    @Jco176 10 років тому +51

    And just like that, Total Wipeout was born.

  • @rhydianbanner3590
    @rhydianbanner3590 Рік тому +5

    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

  • @BanjoLuke1
    @BanjoLuke1 2 роки тому +19

    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.

  • @NibberKSmooth
    @NibberKSmooth 7 років тому +13

    Likely this is the meeting that takes place for EVERY 'reality' show.

  • @Quareat
    @Quareat 14 років тому +48

    Brilliant. This is exactly how the apprentice was conceived, exactly.

  • @sylviaelse5086
    @sylviaelse5086 4 роки тому +15

    Little did they know what they'd end up doing to the American electoral system. They have a lot to answer for.

  • @CozzaP1969
    @CozzaP1969 Рік тому +8

    I watch this sketch every time the Apprentice is on and it never loses its relevance

  • @magicaIpineapple
    @magicaIpineapple 7 років тому +382

    id humiliate myself on tv for 100k to be honest

    • @rymdalkis
      @rymdalkis 7 років тому +73

      I have bad news my friend

    • @magicaIpineapple
      @magicaIpineapple 7 років тому +135

      if it's that i'm an idiot that isn't news to me

    • @djoakeydoakey1076
      @djoakeydoakey1076 7 років тому +28

      magicaIpineapple Are idiots self aware?

    • @youfoolwarrenisdead6400
      @youfoolwarrenisdead6400 7 років тому +32

      Really, it's 1/16 chance to £100k, not guaranteed 100k.

    • @benedikta.9121
      @benedikta.9121 7 років тому +15

      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

  • @Tsunkuotaku
    @Tsunkuotaku Рік тому +1

    and THAT sums up 90% of network television in the 2000s. Bob bless us for the internet and youtube.

  • @davidlea-smith4747
    @davidlea-smith4747 7 років тому +338

    The real shame is that there is not a show about talented businessmen competing for a prestigious job.

    • @stevechristie2569
      @stevechristie2569 6 років тому +77

      David Lea-Smith hard to portray that on TV - a talented businessman will be crunching hours of actuarial statistics and reading through contract jargon

    • @Synochra
      @Synochra 6 років тому +38

      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

    • @wolfmanhcc
      @wolfmanhcc 2 роки тому +2

      If they were really talented businessmen, they could pool their wealth of knowledge together.

    • @An_excellent_YouTube_account
      @An_excellent_YouTube_account 2 роки тому +3

      @Slim Dim Your mother never hugged you as a child did she?

    • @andrewpepper3145
      @andrewpepper3145 2 роки тому +2

      @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

  • @astronomenov99
    @astronomenov99 6 місяців тому +4

    This is pure social commentary. Scarily accurate.

  • @madnessbydesign1415
    @madnessbydesign1415 6 років тому +6

    Beautifully encapsulating 'reality television'...

  • @premier6666
    @premier6666 7 років тому +490

    "How do these ironic non-idiots show up on the ratings"
    This is why tv programming is so terrible these days

    • @batt3ryac1d
      @batt3ryac1d 7 років тому +24

      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.

    • @RKBock
      @RKBock 6 років тому +31

      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-iq3xc5gc1f
      @user-iq3xc5gc1f 6 років тому +6

      batt3ryac1d
      Right but that doesn't at all explain why Netflix is as shit.

    • @Ownage4lif31
      @Ownage4lif31 6 років тому +1

      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-iq3xc5gc1f
      @user-iq3xc5gc1f 6 років тому +3

      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.

  • @Stroija
    @Stroija 12 років тому +80

    This sketch is pretty much every reality TV-show in a nutshell.

  • @mrsmith4662
    @mrsmith4662 3 місяці тому

    These guys are so funny & clever. We need more.

  • @listerofsmeg884
    @listerofsmeg884 2 роки тому +4

    so brilliantly meta. you laugh at the idea but realise the joke is really aimed at you

  • @CCNuck
    @CCNuck 14 років тому +16

    This skit makes a terrifying amount of sense.

  • @tonyttt31
    @tonyttt31 4 роки тому +6

    One of the best comedy sketches.

    • @abacab87
      @abacab87 Рік тому +1

      "If homeopathy beats science" is my favorite, this is now second.

  • @PolarPhantom
    @PolarPhantom 5 років тому +12

    Thanks for reminding me of this Jim Sterling.

  • @NateSean
    @NateSean 4 роки тому +71

    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."

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 3 роки тому +5

      I mean to be fair, the executive was in fact an idiot

    • @guidadiehl9176
      @guidadiehl9176 3 роки тому +2

      Democracy should just be abolished at this point. I was so revolted when the stupid plebs elected the wrong person, AGAIN.

    • @joshuagrahamcrackers
      @joshuagrahamcrackers 3 роки тому +8

      @@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.

    • @Bagofnowt
      @Bagofnowt 2 роки тому +2

      @@joshuagrahamcrackers I was wondering where the ship analogy was going, but that was a fucking good comment, well done

  • @kevinbooth-
    @kevinbooth- 7 років тому +98

    Watching this in 2017....
    fml

  • @rickrose5377
    @rickrose5377 2 роки тому +6

    One can hardly count the number of times this pitch has succeeded.

  • @BlazeCon97
    @BlazeCon97 Рік тому +2

    Evil corporate David is one of my favourite Davids

  • @zamnodorszk7898
    @zamnodorszk7898 8 місяців тому +2

    "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.

  • @nickcoupe2964
    @nickcoupe2964 Рік тому +10

    Having watched the first episode of the new series yesterday this still rings true.

  • @robinraine5065
    @robinraine5065 6 років тому +24

    Literally, every single reality show ever.

  • @theotendleeey
    @theotendleeey 12 років тому +34

    the contestants might all be idiots but these two men are certainly both geniuses

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs 2 роки тому +1

    The best sketch they ever did.

  • @Sidsidsids
    @Sidsidsids 7 років тому +4

    This video was funny and all but that ending was just perfect *slow clap*

  • @carlpierce2486
    @carlpierce2486 2 роки тому +1

    Remarkably insightful.

  • @Scruffi
    @Scruffi 14 років тому +52

    I live in Los Angeles and I can tell you this skit is shockingly close to the mark of how much of Hollywood operates.

    • @drcl7429
      @drcl7429 2 роки тому +2

      You can thank the British creators of most of these shows.

  • @Lorgar64
    @Lorgar64 5 років тому +24

    I love the Apprentice. So does my dad. He calls it the muppet show.

    • @AlexFlockhart
      @AlexFlockhart 3 роки тому +3

      I suppose you could say he watches it with a sense of irony then.

    • @Lorgar64
      @Lorgar64 3 роки тому +2

      @@AlexFlockhart No, we both know it's a bunch of idiots running around like headless chickens. We like it for that.

    • @AlexFlockhart
      @AlexFlockhart 3 роки тому

      @@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"

    • @Lorgar64
      @Lorgar64 3 роки тому +6

      @@AlexFlockhart We're not watching it ironically, though. We know it's about idiots. We like watching idiots. There's no irony.

    • @abacab87
      @abacab87 Рік тому

      We didn't realize at the time just how fake it was, with Trump being thought of as a successful billionaire.

  • @_J.F_
    @_J.F_ Рік тому

    Love the BBC reference on the ring binders in the background.

  • @anthorisme
    @anthorisme 14 років тому +6

    Robert Webb looks like Russell Howard with this haircut!

  • @harryiii3361
    @harryiii3361 6 років тому +4

    The most truth in a sketch ever

  • @Gerbilsftw
    @Gerbilsftw 12 років тому +12

    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.

    • @thesuperginge1348
      @thesuperginge1348 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @david552
    @david552 14 років тому

    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.

  • @DingKong
    @DingKong 10 років тому +6

    Quality from M & W as usual

  • @neildempster2827
    @neildempster2827 4 роки тому +3

    The thumbnail pic makes RW look like Russell Howard.

  • @DinoAlberini
    @DinoAlberini 2 роки тому +8

    Breaking the fourth wall at the end was pure genius.

  • @guyosborn615
    @guyosborn615 8 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant, as always

  • @jblasutavario9549
    @jblasutavario9549 Рік тому

    This applies to all TV.
    Amazing.

  • @normansidey5258
    @normansidey5258 2 роки тому

    Many a truth told in jest, with their inside knowledge of BBC producers I suspect they have got this spot on.

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 Рік тому +1

    These two are so fkn hilarious

  • @justsomeofmyfavs
    @justsomeofmyfavs Місяць тому

    Great take on the "reality show" format. It's the bane of modern TV - as true today as it was 15-20 years ago when it first took off. These shows are basically cultural pollution, except for a handful of more or less genuinely productive/educational shows like "The Great British Bake-off" that you can actually learn something from. I for the life of me cannot understand how people don't see the emptiness and the actual abysmal boredom of shows like this (empty conversations, "conflicts" pulled out of an arse etc.).

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 4 місяці тому

    Amstrad eMailer on the desk: Great attention to detail

  • @petertaylor6384
    @petertaylor6384 2 роки тому

    It's like a prediction of the next decade of television

  • @lusteraliaszero
    @lusteraliaszero 11 років тому +68

    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.

    • @Synochra
      @Synochra 6 років тому +2

      umm I'll piggyback on this guy

    • @agdgdgwngo
      @agdgdgwngo 2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @Setzer
    @Setzer 13 років тому +8

    "We can't give a million pounds to an idiot; that's what the lottery is for" lol...so true...

  • @000MidnightSun
    @000MidnightSun 13 років тому

    these guys are brilliant

  • @paulwoodford1984
    @paulwoodford1984 Рік тому

    These two were and are too good. Taking the p#ss out of everyone

  • @fuzzywzhe
    @fuzzywzhe Рік тому

    Were they referencing some actual show incidentally? I don't know because I haven't own a television in years.

  • @jeesuskristus9787
    @jeesuskristus9787 10 років тому +14

    True story.

  • @sEaNoYeAh
    @sEaNoYeAh 2 роки тому +1

    The rare sketch where all the characters are intelligent.

  • @d0md0mt0mt0m
    @d0md0mt0mt0m 11 років тому

    It describes every reality TV show and the viewers of said shows.

  • @ssss-df5qz
    @ssss-df5qz 6 років тому +2

    Love island is one of those shows

  • @tonynelligan1930
    @tonynelligan1930 Рік тому

    why have i only in the past month discovered these guys????

  • @ecjj21
    @ecjj21 13 років тому

    @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..

  • @IsaiahINRI
    @IsaiahINRI 6 років тому +3

    That reminds me that they make crime show characters so slow that everyone picks up the plot and names the killer before the characters do that they think they are geniuses because of it and keep watching just to show off their "superiority" and feel good about themselves subconsciously and masquerading it as them actually enjoying the show

  • @GullyFoyleTerra
    @GullyFoyleTerra 4 роки тому +7

    This is a brutal and fantastic way to totally shit on the apprentice and those behind it.

  • @booley
    @booley 10 років тому +20

    so that's who Jersey Shore got started

  • @citrusjuicebox
    @citrusjuicebox 2 роки тому

    Is there a version of this without the laugh track?

  • @Gogoglovitch
    @Gogoglovitch 5 місяців тому +1

    "So what do we do about the host? For the pilot, we managed to get the CEO of a major multinational conglomerate, but obviously someone like that is never going to be on board with offering even a junior job to a bunch of backbiting idiots, or employing idiotic management strategies on international television."
    "The prize money is an idiot's idea of a lot of money, right? We need someone like that -- an idiot's idea of a successful businessman. Someone pompous and arrogant who throws money he doesn't have around. Someone who's always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, so he'll be eager to take even a relatively small job on television, for a little money and an ego boost."
    "But he'd be able to see how much of an arsehole we'd be making him look in the public eye, wouldn't he? Unless-- Oh, I see."
    "You've got it, my friend. Unless he's an idiot, too."
    "It's foolproof. Unless... the idiots watching it buy into his act and he parlays it into a big media deal or a high political office or something."
    "He might. But consider this: we'll still have the money."
    "I'm sold."

  • @gilamasan
    @gilamasan 5 місяців тому +1

    0:18 I don't think Mitchell and Webb could have predicted this would be common practice in the 2020s

  • @artsbeatla
    @artsbeatla 11 років тому

    BRILLIANT!!!

  • @ronintje7647
    @ronintje7647 Рік тому +1

    I just love those people who keep telling they are great at something despited having failed at that thing during every single task.
    All those great salesmen who even after 8 episodes haven't sold anything and still keep repeating they are the best salesman in the UK🤣
    So many contestants don't know how to sell a glas of water in the desert😎

  • @richardjw82
    @richardjw82 3 роки тому

    Perfectly done

  • @TheDaern
    @TheDaern 3 місяці тому

    It didn't go unnoticed to me that the prize money for The Traitors was £120,000. Except that, by the time they'd done the challenges to earn the money, this had been reduced to £101,000. This sketch remains on point 14 years later.

  • @lukeshdoesntknow
    @lukeshdoesntknow 7 років тому +3

    "How do these ironic non-idiots show up in the ratings?"
    Reminds me of people who watch shows like Kardashians "ironically"

  • @clhs
    @clhs Рік тому +1

    Why does David look like Julian Clary here?

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 3 роки тому +9

    I basically stopped watching The Apprentice after watching this sketch. I had already come to the conclusion that it was the same stuff each year, but it hadn't occurred to me that it was deliberately just an attempt to humiliate thick people.

  • @BootneckAlphaKilo
    @BootneckAlphaKilo 2 роки тому

    ‘16 idiots, and some arseholes too...’ effortlessly nutshelling the entire formula. But it never gets old. And I shall tirelessly comment upon it.
    What about the line up this year 😂 the very apex of arseholery!

  • @verynormalman
    @verynormalman 5 місяців тому

    I used to work for Lord Sugar. He used to fire me every Tuesday, and hire me back every Friday. It really hurt productivity.

  • @gazm2k5
    @gazm2k5 14 років тому +3

    lol it's so true.
    These 2, easily my favourite comedians.

  • @yemo34
    @yemo34 7 років тому +4

    WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!

  • @goodtoGoNow1956
    @goodtoGoNow1956 2 роки тому +1

    Mitchell and Webb should consider some sort of collaboration with Keye and Peele

  • @TheEcofreak
    @TheEcofreak 13 років тому +1

    @SHITONASTICK1100 I've been to the preview showings of that mitchell and webb look, they record the audiences genuine reaction to the sketches and that's the laughter you hear. sorry if you didn't find it as funny as the audience on the night but then it was brand new at the time.

  • @leikfroakies
    @leikfroakies Рік тому

    Every new series, I see everyone commenting on social media 'I wouldn't invest in any of them. Its not like it was back in the day when they were all smart'

  • @WilliamReginaldLucas
    @WilliamReginaldLucas Рік тому

    This is basically every reality TV show pitch

  • @rj_ay8172
    @rj_ay8172 7 років тому +7

    I feel like I've just been insulted..

  • @pokerstar2926
    @pokerstar2926 2 роки тому

    I think its said 90% of communication is nonverbal. He we see the evidence of how much physical appearance plays a part in the "communication" that is occurring between the actors and the audience

  • @madontherun
    @madontherun Рік тому

    My sort of humour , they get it so right

  • @robsawalker
    @robsawalker 2 роки тому

    It’s all so true isn’t it?! £100k is the smallest amount of big money. It couldn’t buy you a house, but you could spunk the lot on a new Audi Q7 V8 diesel turbo S-Line with horse leather boxing mitt seats and a probus quintaphonic 40 speaker ICE system…

  • @Whitecroc
    @Whitecroc 2 роки тому +1

    I know this is really late to the party, but I should mention that some firms, such as McKinsey, do in fact fire the bottom two or three percent performers of their workforce each year, even if the people there are performing alright. It's an absurd practice and nobody benefits from it, but it's such an audacious move that people assume it must be working.