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  • Compilation of sketches from the 1993 series Newman And Baddiel In Pieces.
    "History Today" was the only sketch from The Mary Whitehouse Experience reprised for the duo's own series. The sketch followed much the same format as before, of two elderly, scholarly professors introducing an historical discussion show on TV, which quickly turned into a barrage of playground-style insults and name-calling. Baddiel played the first of the two professors, who was never named but would introduce the topic of debate for each 'episode', while Newman played Professor F. J. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of History at All Souls' College, Oxford, who would always be the first to start the insults. The first professor would often try to return the discussion to the original topic of debate, but would never achieve much luck as Professor Lewis would continue nonetheless to fire endless playground insults at him, to which the first professor would semi-reluctantly but all too easily resume doing himself. The humour lay largely in the manner in which the professors maintained their well-spoken, formal tones despite the childishness of their insults. Many of the sketches even began with Baddiel's character apologising to the viewer for the previous episode's diversion from the chosen topic. The series of sketches was the inspiration for numerous office/playground copycats to recite its catchphrase of "You see that (insert pathetic, broken, or obsolete object)? That's you that is."
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  • @NorthWalesKid
    @NorthWalesKid 3 роки тому +67

    “You see Theresa May when she danced on stage to ABBA?
    Embarrassing herself, her family and everyone connected to her or has ever been affiliated with her?”
    “I have observed the spectacle”
    “That’s you doing your best dance moves to pull the birds that is.
    That’s you in ministry of sound on a Sunday morning at 2am throwing some shapes.
    Look at me girls, Professor F J Lewis, come and take a ride on my disco stick”.

  • @johnhughes2681
    @johnhughes2681 6 років тому +147

    Still hilarious all these years later. I saw Rob Newman at the Edinburgh Fringe last year and so wanted to attempt a "History Today" greeting but resisted. That's self-restraint, that is........

    • @astonevans4992
      @astonevans4992 2 роки тому +1

      You see the age of your comment? That is how long it has been since your last sexual interaction which of course wasn't free, that is.

    • @leecrawley9862
      @leecrawley9862 2 роки тому +2

      I don't care... because I'm going to Edinburgh Fringe

    • @dfrossness
      @dfrossness Рік тому +1

      @@leecrawley9862 You see a dirty, dingy back alley in a decrepit old town? Where nobody has been down in years, except to knife someone. The only things there are some old cardboard boxes that have been melted into puddles of dirty rain, terrible graffiti, and one old, grey dog turd that has been there since the 1980s? It smells of old, broken bricks, and wee.
      That's the Edinburgh Fringe.

    • @ravenaussie3760
      @ravenaussie3760 Рік тому

      @@leecrawley9862 Penis and testicles.

    • @ravenaussie3760
      @ravenaussie3760 Рік тому

      @@leecrawley9862 Penis and testicles.

  • @andrewrichardsuk
    @andrewrichardsuk Рік тому +11

    "You know men that put fruit up each others bottoms...", "yes...", "oh you do!" ... Priceless!!!

    • @Gaz-Man87
      @Gaz-Man87 29 днів тому

      "Too late with the hand! Too late with the hand!"

  • @misterjimminyman
    @misterjimminyman 4 роки тому +60

    Still just as funny almost 30 years later

  • @alexguiver815
    @alexguiver815 5 років тому +33

    "You know like, when you go to nursery school there's always a broken old-type roller skate in the toy box?" "Are one of the wheel bearings seized where it's been left outside in the rain at some point?" "Yes, and the leather straps are hard and crusty with age, and the buckles have begun to rust." "I have witnessed such a device." "That's your million pound supercar, that is. That's your gold-plated Bugatti Veyron. That's what you use when you're lining up on the grid at the British Grand Prix. Oh Hi girls, fancy a trip down to Monte Carlo?"

  • @nickmazonowicz511
    @nickmazonowicz511 5 років тому +38

    I love the opening of this audience. The viewers and the audience know exactly what the punchline will be and Baddiel and Newman know we know and are stretching it out as long as they possibly can.

    • @Gaz-Man87
      @Gaz-Man87 29 днів тому

      Anticipation works wonders in comedy.

  • @michaelsadler6445
    @michaelsadler6445 2 роки тому +6

    Reminds me of a school trip to a local farm in 1983-One of the pupils pointed to a cow pat and called the teacher over and said “That’s you that is Sir” 😂😂

  • @LocalH3ro
    @LocalH3ro 2 роки тому +8

    Ever since I saw these sketches back in day I have incorporated the catchphrase “thats…that is” into as many zingers to multiple recipients as I possibly can and it never, ever gets old. Class 👍🏻

  • @darryllharden9141
    @darryllharden9141 5 років тому +19

    This is great that you collected all the 'History Today' sketches from Newman and Baddiel in pieces.See this compilation of sketches from a complete series...That's great entertainment that is.

  • @Ignorethisuk
    @Ignorethisuk 5 років тому +18

    Must have watched this 100 times over the last 6 years and it's still just as funny!

  • @FallNorth
    @FallNorth 19 днів тому

    32 Years ago, gawd I used to always try to be in to watch this series, I can picture it vividly now.
    I'm getting as old as these guys.

  • @Dan-Moz
    @Dan-Moz 3 роки тому +95

    Now we live in a time when two Presidential candidates are basically doing this sketch on live TV

    • @chaosnexxus9255
      @chaosnexxus9255 10 місяців тому +1

      You see that Joe Biden?

    • @thehusketeers4319
      @thehusketeers4319 5 місяців тому

      You see that lump of excrement pushed out by a homeless person in San Francisco?
      That's your dinner that is.

    • @Joe21671
      @Joe21671 25 днів тому

      Back in 2024 😂😂

  • @rabbitstew99
    @rabbitstew99 7 місяців тому +3

    Grew up watching this. Awesome memories.

  • @worzel1
    @worzel1 2 роки тому +11

    Absolutely brilliant! Showing my 13 year old son this and it's cracking him up 😂 😂

  • @mrkipling2201
    @mrkipling2201 2 роки тому +7

    I’d forgotten how brilliant this was!! The whole programme was so good and funny, nothing else compared.

  • @BenjaminAshmead
    @BenjaminAshmead 3 роки тому +6

    going to bed at quarter past five sounds amazing, tbh

  • @donaldasayers
    @donaldasayers 2 роки тому +5

    I am a member of the antiquarian horological society; the letters page of heir quarterly journal is exactly like this.

  • @jav35
    @jav35 5 років тому +9

    Outstanding! Been sat at work watching this with my earphones on and laughing away and getting looks of others in the office! Still brilliant to this day!

  • @Jake-vy2bh
    @Jake-vy2bh 4 роки тому +17

    I knew what the first punchline was going to be. Everybody does. But what a glorious set up that takes it's time, and therein lies the genius of Newman and Baddiel. Lovely that they appear to be on speaking terms again.

  • @minesbiggerthanyours9474
    @minesbiggerthanyours9474 5 років тому +18

    You know the person who never knows what to write in the comments section. That's me that is. Great Stuff, thanks for sharing...

  • @brianm2881
    @brianm2881 Рік тому +6

    Anyone else think Newman's character gets in the better burns?

    • @richardenglish2195
      @richardenglish2195 Рік тому +4

      Agreed. I also think Baddiel's delivery is a little too 'large' at times compared to Newman's softer, more natural delivery, but that's probably just me. (No pun intended.)

  • @joet7644
    @joet7644 Рік тому +1

    "And that's how you drive". Best insult ever.

  • @alanclement6896
    @alanclement6896 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely brilliant - Mary Whitehouse experience was sooooo good

  • @That_Random_Bloke
    @That_Random_Bloke 6 років тому +31

    14:35 Baddiel trying desperately not to lose it

    • @bengunn9254
      @bengunn9254 5 років тому +6

      Lol, Baddiel on a few occasions had to compose himself while doing History today.

    • @steve-bk1qd
      @steve-bk1qd 4 роки тому +1

      great stuff

    • @Parknest
      @Parknest 4 роки тому +1

      Same with Robert Newman.

  • @leebee5361
    @leebee5361 3 роки тому +4

    I'd actually forgotten how ferkin funny these two could be!!

  • @thatboredaroace
    @thatboredaroace 5 місяців тому +1

    "you see that Boris Johnson? Talking about effectively nothing, making awful jokes about serious crises?"
    "I have witnessed such a man."
    "That's your best mate that is. That's who you bring with you on the pull."

  • @AlexSmith-mg6we
    @AlexSmith-mg6we 2 роки тому +2

    My mum got me into this and now I can't stop thinking about it

  • @MrBendibus
    @MrBendibus 4 роки тому +29

    This is how the Academic professors debate Brexit on twitter these days.

    • @stewartmcminn7773
      @stewartmcminn7773 3 роки тому +6

      They're your role models, you have posters of them on your wall.

  • @LusciousTwinkle
    @LusciousTwinkle 2 роки тому +2

    One of the all time great British sketches.

  • @richardlaversuch9460
    @richardlaversuch9460 5 років тому +9

    The humour of incongruity - Armstrong and Miller did it too.

  • @amiga512k
    @amiga512k 5 років тому +6

    You see those lack of likes on your comment? That’s the number of real life friends you have

  • @PoshLifeforME
    @PoshLifeforME 7 місяців тому +1

    F' me, a reference to a 'swatch.' Where have all the years gone.

  • @jamesbessant9290
    @jamesbessant9290 4 роки тому +5

    Ironically Newman and Baddiel look really young here.

  • @steve-bk1qd
    @steve-bk1qd 20 днів тому

    A green tea saucer from an institutional tea set 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Lucy0809
    @Lucy0809 3 роки тому +2

    Love it 😍 thanks for the laugh, 45 this year and still funny 😁

  • @stephensaxby2820
    @stephensaxby2820 3 роки тому +5

    "See an old car without no wheels and no doors in a car breakers yard?"
    "Has it been crushed in the car compactor?"
    "Yes"
    " I have seen such a thing"
    "That's your Rolls Royce that is"

  • @richmotroni
    @richmotroni 7 місяців тому +1

    As an American, I wished our Presidential debates would be like this.

    • @thehusketeers4319
      @thehusketeers4319 5 місяців тому

      See that lump of excrement pushed out by a drug crazed homeless person on a sidewalk in San Francisco?
      That's your dinner that is.
      Thats what you buy from the drive thru when you get your welfare check.

    • @biggusdickus5986
      @biggusdickus5986 2 місяці тому

      Have l got news for you, they are 😂

  • @richardlaversuch9460
    @richardlaversuch9460 5 років тому +6

    I used to know a lad, with minor learning difficulties, who literally used to talk like this..."that's you...".

    • @Mr2at
      @Mr2at 3 роки тому +3

      No, thats you, that is!

  • @nickshuttleworth8389
    @nickshuttleworth8389 3 роки тому +2

    Pure class!

  • @johncohen222
    @johncohen222 Рік тому +2

    See that Joey Essex? You've lost a general knowledge test to him.

    • @biggusdickus5986
      @biggusdickus5986 2 місяці тому

      Nobody could be that stupid, but your mum. 😂

  • @Winter1x
    @Winter1x 3 роки тому +7

    What reminded me of these clips. Oh yes the US election debates! 😆

    • @gdj6298
      @gdj6298 17 днів тому

      2024 and here we go again...and in the UK as well.
      See people who talk like this "QWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAKQWAK...."
      That's the bloody lot of them, that is.

  • @BigRantingSteve
    @BigRantingSteve 4 роки тому +7

    13 Americans just don't get it. Like losing a war against Vietnam.. America, that's you that is!

    • @allenomalley4014
      @allenomalley4014 4 роки тому +4

      See that Vietnam War that was your best war that was

  • @n0w3lly90
    @n0w3lly90 4 роки тому +1

    That's you that is, that's you at your best... Hilarious 😂

  • @markborrill2460
    @markborrill2460 Місяць тому

    Timeless!

  • @MrPatto74
    @MrPatto74 2 роки тому

    Absolutely hilarious love a bit of banter 🤣

  • @scorn787
    @scorn787 7 років тому +58

    You see this empty comments section? That's the best you could do, that is. That's as much as anyone cares.

    • @sgordon92
      @sgordon92 7 років тому +20

      You see your comments likes? Thats as many people as will attend your funeral. That includes the minister. Thats how missed you will be.

    • @tanukijessica
      @tanukijessica 6 років тому +8

      You see that Jabba the Hutt? Thats you at your best birthday party.

    • @StefanTravis
      @StefanTravis 6 років тому +10

      See that Professor F. J. Lewis, Emeritus Professor of History at All Souls' College, Oxford? That's your girlfriend.

    • @homiepug189
      @homiepug189 6 років тому +3

      See you... see that cross man / whatever at the end of the Fly 2? That’s your prettiest girlfriend ever that is

    • @nykhlfc6times632
      @nykhlfc6times632 5 років тому +3

      @@tanukijessica no thats your boyfriend. You love him. You see that green slime that oozes from the corner of his mouth....thats your baby gravy. You have an illness you do...you got it from your Dad.

  • @MrKeithowen
    @MrKeithowen 2 роки тому +1

    love it !!! Roasting on TV before roasting on TV was a thing 😀

  • @theSFCchannel
    @theSFCchannel 3 роки тому +7

    'See that Blue Oster bar over there?'
    ' yes I have observed it once a twice'
    'You know when you go in there and there you hear tatda dadaaaa and there are lots of men in leather in there?'
    ' Yes I have heard that tune once or twice'..........'
    'YOU HAVE???' they are your harem they' your first second and third birds they are!

  • @granto6738
    @granto6738 5 років тому

    Amazing

  • @karnevorseal2003
    @karnevorseal2003 2 роки тому

    You no this badly recorded video all grainy with bad sound well that’s your video that is!! Love this thanks sooooo much!

    • @markhoneywoodmobile
      @markhoneywoodmobile  2 роки тому +1

      You see where you wrote "you no" rather than "you know". That's your poor grammar that is. 😀👍

  • @theSFCchannel
    @theSFCchannel 3 роки тому +3

    'SEE that Sinclair pocket calculator over there?'
    'Yes I have observed it upon the charity shop counter'
    "That's your brand new overclocked and water cooled computer that is!
    'See those roller skates over there?'
    'That's YOUR computer when you wanted it to go faster that is'
    But that is your APPLE MAC THAT IS!
    ' :( :( :( :( :( :( :( '

  • @TheMillieBurton
    @TheMillieBurton 3 роки тому +14

    The Trump/Biden remake of this wasn't as funny.

  • @debbiebarlow
    @debbiebarlow Рік тому

    Wonderfully hilarious

  • @michaelriley6774
    @michaelriley6774 3 роки тому +1

    Lmao
    Brings back memories

  • @Rogue_Leader
    @Rogue_Leader 2 роки тому +2

    The first time I saw this I laughed until I almost threw up.

  • @chembleton
    @chembleton Рік тому +2

    0:48 , 11:31 , 14:19 , 23:18 the four best ones

  • @CS-mo7xp
    @CS-mo7xp 6 місяців тому

    never seen the one with the slides before. whaa

  • @elfboy29
    @elfboy29 3 місяці тому

    Pretty much how it is now.

  • @darkxaur
    @darkxaur 2 роки тому

    See this video on UA-cam? That's you, that is.

  • @jamesfield1674
    @jamesfield1674 26 днів тому

    I'm sure one of them broke character trying to find it 14:32

  • @Joe21671
    @Joe21671 25 днів тому +1

    Presidential debate 2024 😂😂

    • @FallNorth
      @FallNorth 19 днів тому

      See a really bad golf swing. Like really bad. Not like my swing, my swing is a good swing, so good. The worst swing. That's how your mum swings.

  • @EnosEverything
    @EnosEverything 4 роки тому

    Bloody hilarious

  • @jacktheladfrost
    @jacktheladfrost 3 роки тому +3

    I saw baddiel and Newman i on stage in Leicester 92. As they came on someone shouted, where's the two funny ones?

    • @jj9749
      @jj9749 Рік тому

      That's a good line. Answer: boring everyone to death on radio 4

  • @rikshaw9346
    @rikshaw9346 3 роки тому +1

    I am subscriber 304, the other 303 tell people they have joined MENSA.Thats what they do.

  • @finlaylavery8408
    @finlaylavery8408 4 роки тому +2

    Btw does anyone know the name of the music they use at the start and end of the sketches?

    • @masonringbinder684
      @masonringbinder684 3 роки тому +16

      Yes, that's your record collection that is; that's all the records you've got.

    • @kevfrombutterley
      @kevfrombutterley 3 роки тому +3

      @@masonringbinder684 😂

    • @Reticence9zen924
      @Reticence9zen924 Рік тому

      F J Hayden's String Quartet No 63 in D Major Op 64 that is.

  • @richardlaversuch9460
    @richardlaversuch9460 5 років тому

    "Monthly...".

  • @archive6094
    @archive6094 2 роки тому

    Brilliant comedy

  • @khrystree9233
    @khrystree9233 3 роки тому +2

    Just brilliant writing from two great actors, just dont get this standard of comedy now. K

  • @Isobel31Swan
    @Isobel31Swan 4 роки тому +4

    Rob Newman was so beautiful.

  • @mattblackwell4100
    @mattblackwell4100 2 роки тому +1

    They were great together until they had their bust up. Still don't know what that was about. And to have it happen when they were on tour?!?!? That must have been awkward. Hopefully one day they can reconcile.

    • @brianm2881
      @brianm2881 Рік тому +2

      I think much of it was just down to the sheer magnitude of their fame and the pressure it put on them, causing them to become testy with each other over inconsequential things, such as Newman wanting top billing on their shows. Apart from History Today, I think the rest of their touring show was individual performances of stand up and characters they did. I think Newman wanted to go on last and be the 'main event'.
      Anyway, they have reconciled in the sense that there's no longer any bad blood between them. They've grown up and moved on with their careers. They bumped into each other one time not too long ago and took a picture together, which I think Baddiel posted on his Twitter.

  • @richardlaversuch9460
    @richardlaversuch9460 5 років тому +1

    Of course, I do not want to engage in this particular activity excessively...

  • @markcollins3710
    @markcollins3710 5 років тому +1

    That's your that is

  • @jaspercatcopeland8649
    @jaspercatcopeland8649 4 роки тому

    Your Mum!!

  • @grahamkitchen6650
    @grahamkitchen6650 7 місяців тому

    It was a shame that Newman and baddiel
    Parted company
    Their comedy genius is unsurpassed .😢

  • @user-nl6ok9tl6x
    @user-nl6ok9tl6x 6 місяців тому

    😂😂😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @gdj6298
    @gdj6298 3 роки тому +2

    A curved aft and a curved stern ?

  • @markcollins9903
    @markcollins9903 6 років тому +1

    That's your rabands that is

  • @markcollins9903
    @markcollins9903 6 років тому +3

    Wha wha wha

    • @joanneyoung3240
      @joanneyoung3240 4 роки тому +3

      That's how your Dad talks

    • @scobra5941
      @scobra5941 3 роки тому

      @@joanneyoung3240 That's what your mum said

    • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
      @sirandrelefaedelinoge 2 роки тому

      That's how your mum talks ... she's got a piece of her mouth missing... It's... a ... tragedy...

    • @biggusdickus5986
      @biggusdickus5986 2 місяці тому

      ​@@joanneyoung3240l know, he copied your mum 😂

  • @bonehead1344
    @bonehead1344 5 років тому +3

    see a flea bitten dog with rabies and a scabies infestation............................................................thats this comment sections pet that is that its best friend

  • @iany8230
    @iany8230 4 роки тому +4

    See that Skegness with chill north wind and empty shops....that's the Brexiteer's new Nice that is. History Today still makes me laugh. Thanks Baddiel and Newman!