The "Two Of These People Are Lying" Christmas Special

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  • @mattandtom
    @mattandtom  3 роки тому +3395

    Filmed in a big empty hall, in that brief period where we were all able to meet up safely: the Christmas special is here! And if you want more from us in the future, there's a new place to look... -- Tom

    • @p_rry
      @p_rry 3 роки тому +7

      wooh

    • @jono6379
      @jono6379 3 роки тому +25

      Yay!!! I guess 2021 isnt all bad now

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 3 роки тому +47

      Tom and friends, still taking that darn pandemic serious. Unlike some ...

    • @pandaman144.
      @pandaman144. 3 роки тому +5

      The new channel has 2k already

    • @OmerFlame
      @OmerFlame 3 роки тому +3

      Why is the camera quality suffering so much in the video? It looks really weird...

  • @TiddlywinksVonSmythe
    @TiddlywinksVonSmythe 3 роки тому +3239

    I like how Gary is annoyed when Tom correctly guesses it was his, even though he's supposed to be trying to convince him. Gary has decided that the game is "make Tom look like a fool"

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +110

      I bet that's the real reason the series is ending. Tom can't let himself look like a fool.

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman 3 роки тому +412

      Yeah, imagine if he'd done something embarrassing like run for parliament as a pirate

    • @lilypad2026
      @lilypad2026 3 роки тому +172

      @@twojuiceman that would be embarrassing, also imagine if that when he ran he had to add his last name to the persona of said 'Mad Captain' because he legally was required to so he could run

    • @Kafaldsbylur
      @Kafaldsbylur 3 роки тому +89

      I know that's not the rules they're playing by, but I personally think the game is a lot more interesting if the goal of the person whose article got picked is also to fool Tom (though in the opposite direction).

    • @TiddlywinksVonSmythe
      @TiddlywinksVonSmythe 3 роки тому +22

      @@Kafaldsbylur that's how it works on Would I Lie To You, maybe they didn't want it to be too similar

  • @killerkonnat
    @killerkonnat 3 роки тому +2197

    "Reindeer do not generally draw sleighs."
    Tom yet again demonstrating his lacking knowledge about Finland.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +197

      And Sápmi in general. It used to be more common before the snowmobile, just like horse-drawn carriages were more common before the automobile, but both still exist.

    • @alanholck7995
      @alanholck7995 3 роки тому +269

      In fact, they prefer to carve them out of wood

    • @michaeldayman682
      @michaeldayman682 3 роки тому +81

      @@alanholck7995 take my upvote.
      That took an alarmingly long time for the penny to drop.

    • @ThomasWinget
      @ThomasWinget 3 роки тому +61

      That one confused me. I don't know much about reindeer, but...rein is right there in the word!

    • @knightshousegames
      @knightshousegames 3 роки тому +52

      Well of course not, how would they hold the pencil?

  • @skippy9214
    @skippy9214 3 роки тому +2215

    “It’s Christmassss!!!!”
    “It’s Novemberrrrr!!!!”
    Hope we see more of this in the near future!

    • @dragyduck
      @dragyduck 3 роки тому +27

      Tom announced one more for New Years and then they're dropping the format, sadly. But you have one to look forward to swiftly!

    • @acasccseea4434
      @acasccseea4434 3 роки тому +14

      @@dragyduck as long as I get more content with the quad, I'm good, I just want more of this quad

    • @thepoetoffall7820
      @thepoetoffall7820 3 роки тому

      @@dragyduck Did he explain why?

    • @dragyduck
      @dragyduck 3 роки тому +11

      @@thepoetoffall7820 can't find the video, but far as I can remember, they're done with the format and are already looking for something else

    • @scottsmith4204
      @scottsmith4204 3 роки тому +8

      @Jorn Hertsig we shall hunt them down and force them in to a room till they make us more content.

  • @paulbedford-holt6755
    @paulbedford-holt6755 3 роки тому +1174

    It would be golden if for one of these videos, Tom slipped his own option in (whether fictional or nonfictional) and the others all try to convince him that it’s their one.

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 3 роки тому +65

      And Tom picks tge one that's closest?

    • @crazydragy4233
      @crazydragy4233 2 роки тому +66

      Oh that'd be brilliant. Especially with the bamboozle in the most recent episode!

    • @joshuamartin3232
      @joshuamartin3232 2 роки тому +96

      @@Quintinohthree if the three guys can determine they all are lying they all get a point.

    • @tristenarctician6910
      @tristenarctician6910 2 роки тому +8

      They would be competitive Citation Needed

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 місяці тому +1

      @@tristenarctician6910 Nah, in Citation Needed Tom tells the others when they're on some bullshit. (Exhibit A: the Turra Coo episode.)

  • @NFSHeld
    @NFSHeld 2 роки тому +184

    Chris should've said "Badalisc is the name of a town in Romania, that's actually famous for nothing but being on the one side of Romania's longest railway tunnel" and Tom would've had a REALLY hard time.

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne 2 місяці тому +1

      yeah

  • @jrenema
    @jrenema 3 роки тому +496

    I figured out what Chris' tell is: when he starts with excessievely situating something in macro historical developments, he's lying. If he's speaking the truth he gets straight to the point. See also Henricus

    • @georgelloydgonzalez
      @georgelloydgonzalez 3 роки тому +95

      Chris is an expert in tall tales, which are good and entertaining, but from the get-go you realise that they're not worthy of a Wikipedia article.

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 роки тому +21

      @@georgelloydgonzalez I mean, where there is an will there is an article.

    • @unexpected2475
      @unexpected2475 2 роки тому +30

      @@JonatasAdoM How many people named Will are there in the world? Do they match the number of articles on wikipedia?

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 2 роки тому +19

      unless, of course, if he talks about a paper town in Wales

    • @justanotheranimeprofilepic
      @justanotheranimeprofilepic 2 роки тому +10

      @@unexpected2475 actually no, wikipedia articles trump the number of wills by a large margin

  • @jongalonja9233
    @jongalonja9233 3 роки тому +1094

    Just for the record, as a Slovenian: WE HAVE ALPS. Not all the alps, obviously, but we have a part of the Alps The Julian Alps to be specific. We have the second (?) largest ski jump in the world there. Triglav, tallest mountain in Slovenia, named after an old Slavic god... so yeah. Alpine Slovenia. It's a thing.

    • @SloveneAnon
      @SloveneAnon 3 роки тому +73

      Brits knowing any European geography challenge (IMPOSSIBLE) (DANTE MUST DIE)

    • @lucaswalcher8498
      @lucaswalcher8498 3 роки тому +107

      Do you actually think British people care about geography?
      Drawing borders without respect for geography and ethnicities is their national pastime.

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman 3 роки тому +8

      What about the Andrews Sisters?

    • @Zelmel
      @Zelmel 3 роки тому +70

      Also, "alpine" is a pretty common English term for "things involving mountains" at least in the US.

    • @Barberserk
      @Barberserk 3 роки тому +5

      Any long tunnels?

  • @gallicancourier5035
    @gallicancourier5035 3 роки тому +1015

    I'm genuinely disappointed that Feast of the Ass isn't a painting, it sounds like it would be a fascinating piece

    • @dragonboyjgh
      @dragonboyjgh 3 роки тому +48

      Sounds like a great commission

    • @ToMeK3001pro
      @ToMeK3001pro 3 роки тому +31

      you can still make it real

    • @ThePixel1983
      @ThePixel1983 2 роки тому +50

      I actually feel like I've heard about such a painting before and I'm sad it's not mentioned here.

    • @asailijhijr
      @asailijhijr 2 роки тому +24

      Oh, it certainly will be several paintings now. And a fanfic.

    • @ThePixel1983
      @ThePixel1983 2 роки тому +8

      Still 99% sur I saw this painting at school.

  • @balotelli5572
    @balotelli5572 3 роки тому +2811

    I’ve missed this show so much, this is the best Christmas Eve ever

    • @Barabyk
      @Barabyk 3 роки тому

      Me too.

    • @nomadMik
      @nomadMik 3 роки тому +4

      It's Christmas Morning here. I don't normally care for Christmas, but if Technical Difficulties becomes a Christmas tradition, I will. 🙂

    • @nomadMik
      @nomadMik 3 роки тому

      @@jackl9065 I wonder if he's really the Christmas monster. 🤭

    • @Numbabu
      @Numbabu 3 роки тому

      I am so excited

    • @YouGotTrumpt
      @YouGotTrumpt 3 роки тому

      Same here

  • @TehMehKehIen
    @TehMehKehIen 3 роки тому +304

    FYI: Gary was talking about the "caga tió", and it's traditional only in Catalonia

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 3 роки тому +16

      Doesn't Catalonia also have little statues of a guy shitting?

    • @mcanals
      @mcanals 3 роки тому +36

      @@GumSkyloard Yes, that's the caganer (the pooper). There's also the pixaner (the pisser). They are placed in nativity scenes.

    • @andreuc9155
      @andreuc9155 Рік тому

      @mcanals it's not. Those are two different things

  • @WaluTime
    @WaluTime 3 роки тому +1189

    So when is someone gonna paint Matt's idea in the first one? Like, fully seriously, no jokes, a genuine renaissance era painting of the Animal's perspective of Nativity.

    • @twotothehalf3725
      @twotothehalf3725 3 роки тому +138

      I'm working with, like, practically zero knowledge of art history, but wasn't there a time when the art movement was about decoupling art from the divine and just painting normal mundane everyday life? This might just be me completely fooling myself into believing Matt's explanation, but I think there was such a time, and if there was I'd be surprised if no one's done such a painting of the Nativity -- just the unglamorous image of childbirth in a stable.

    • @silentdrew7636
      @silentdrew7636 3 роки тому +74

      I swear it's a real painting.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +56

      Sure, but whoever paints it has to have a name that starts with G.

    • @TheLostSorcerer
      @TheLostSorcerer 3 роки тому +44

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 And must be Italian. I think Italian on one of the parents side would count to improve the pool of candidates.

    • @irenes4939
      @irenes4939 3 роки тому +34

      @@twotothehalf3725 yes, the interest in the everyday was a reformation thing, so if this were a real painting it'd be a dutch/flemish baroque painting probably. i don't think this was applied to religious themes, though, but i could be wrong. i'm not a specialist, just an art enthusiast :p

  • @jeremiahlaurent9058
    @jeremiahlaurent9058 3 роки тому +344

    Honestly, I'd love to see the 'fake' Feast of the Ass painting, which genuinely sounds like if well-drawn and presented like it could be a pretty meaningful work of art.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому +27

      I could totally see some painter do something like that. And not in a modern satirical way but as genuine renaissance oil painting.

  • @MishaNem
    @MishaNem 3 роки тому +960

    The TechDif crew is back, and with them comes the chaos! Also, props to Tom for not only subtitling a 4-person conversation, but also for colour-coding the subtitles

    • @at_Wild
      @at_Wild 3 роки тому +29

      Hang on. No way. I didn't know youtube did that.

    • @unpersonableme1805
      @unpersonableme1805 3 роки тому +6

      That new?

    • @nowionlywantatriumph
      @nowionlywantatriumph 3 роки тому +64

      And occasionally having them be positionally located!
      And even at one moment, they change **sizes!**

    • @SPCoste
      @SPCoste 3 роки тому +4

      @@nowionlywantatriumph Random question, but I never understood How to make bold text on YT comments

    • @at_Wild
      @at_Wild 3 роки тому +8

      @@SPCoste asterisks either side of your excerpt like *this* (*this*)

  • @varung-x8e
    @varung-x8e 3 роки тому +79

    16:53 the three beats of silence with the reaction cuts here are comedy gold

  • @rielmarqz
    @rielmarqz 3 роки тому +408

    Shouting “HAULING ASS” at a screen and cheering with them when one of them finally calls it out is not what I was expecting to do at 12am on Christmas

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +21

      That, I think, is the real meaning of Christmas.

    • @ahuddleofpenguins4842
      @ahuddleofpenguins4842 3 роки тому +23

      Say the line bart
      “Hauling ass”
      MYSTERY BISCUITS

    • @Markyroson
      @Markyroson 3 роки тому

      😂

    • @hughcaldwell1034
      @hughcaldwell1034 3 роки тому +1

      I'm very annoyed that I didn't think of the joke until somebody said it. Especially since there's a "hauling ass" donkey joke in Qwerpline (that I recently listened to again).

  • @Spankypenguin1
    @Spankypenguin1 3 роки тому +161

    If I don't see “It was Obviously Gary” on a T shirt the next time you guys get together , preferably being worn by Gary, I shall immediately write a strongly worded letter to a random person.

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 2 роки тому +15

      Write it to me, I'm so lonely :(

    • @Religion0
      @Religion0 2 роки тому +6

      I volunteer as tribute.

  • @thedarklord2497
    @thedarklord2497 3 роки тому +535

    I feel robbed that we didn’t get the classic
    “He reads books you know it’s Chris Joel”
    “Everybody’s favorite Garry Brannan, Garry Brannan”
    “And the bounciest man on the internet Matt Gray!”

    • @ThomasWinget
      @ThomasWinget 3 роки тому +142

      I think you'll find that the *true* classic is that Gary is "built for leisure, not for speed"

    • @TrondBørgeKrokli
      @TrondBørgeKrokli 3 роки тому +65

      Fair point, although I feel that those descriptions were specific to the "Citation Needed" series.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +25

      And Matt should've just said "Hello!"

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +8

      @@ThomasWinget I do love that one

    • @Jajo3998
      @Jajo3998 3 роки тому +30

      True legends knew Garry when he was "built for leisure not for speed"... The reverse trivia podcast is still so great to re-listen to.

  • @StupidStuff135
    @StupidStuff135 3 роки тому +428

    Tech diff returns! When Tom said "badalisc" I really wanted to hear "giant snake with a speech impediment" 😂

    • @aiocafea
      @aiocafea 3 роки тому +49

      ah yes brother of the badalisp

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon 3 роки тому +29

      @@aiocafea I think you'll find it's thpelled badalithp

  • @chloegaribaldi
    @chloegaribaldi 3 роки тому +904

    Gary is correct, in Italian "confetto" is singular, "confetti" is plural, although they are not the paper things you throw at parties, (those are called "coriandoli") they are almond-based sweets, usually handed out at weddings and other celebrations.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +21

      So, close enough to a Cornetto.

    • @chloegaribaldi
      @chloegaribaldi 3 роки тому +10

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 only in name

    • @tomasxfranco
      @tomasxfranco 3 роки тому +5

      Don't M&Ms count as confetti?

    • @Barberserk
      @Barberserk 3 роки тому +2

      We call them koufeta in Corfu, hehe.

    • @chloegaribaldi
      @chloegaribaldi 3 роки тому +9

      @@tomasxfranco confetti are usually almond shaped and sized as they contain an actual almond, although different variants exist

  • @mads_in_zero
    @mads_in_zero 3 роки тому +121

    Have to say, it's very peak Tom Scott to have nailed the "educational British TV" style so well that this podcast format is essentially a BBC comedy panel show. Get the 8 out of 10 Cats crew on this.

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 2 роки тому +17

      I mean, it’s basically _Would I Lie to You_ but with Wikipedia.

  • @GirishManjunathMusic
    @GirishManjunathMusic 3 роки тому +334

    I laughed so much, at that intermission. I really can't picture how everybody's favorite Gary Brannan has a quiet home life, if he's this chaotic on camera.

    • @NotKyleChicago
      @NotKyleChicago 3 роки тому +27

      Perhaps his wife can control his chaos more than his 3 friends.

    • @ThePsychicPineapple
      @ThePsychicPineapple 3 роки тому +12

      UndeadNotKyle I feel like his 3 friends encourage the chaos

    • @harvest3dartist617
      @harvest3dartist617 3 роки тому +10

      He's very reserved at home, perhaps. All his chaos is saved for on-camera.

  • @one-six952
    @one-six952 3 роки тому +118

    "The go-karts didn't!" got me way more than it should!

  • @Zevonfan524
    @Zevonfan524 3 роки тому +1054

    I now desperately want a “It was Obviously Gary” tshirt.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +5

      It has to happen now that they've said it.

    • @blindleader42
      @blindleader42 3 роки тому +3

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Doesn't someone have to say it three times in front of a mirror for the magic to work?

    • @Lizlodude
      @Lizlodude 3 роки тому +3

      10/10 would buy

    • @ericpraline
      @ericpraline 3 роки тому +2

      I second this

  • @mk7212
    @mk7212 Рік тому +4

    "isn't that what someone who wanted to make you think it would me would do?" has such a lovely rhythm to it 9:35

  • @SomeAdam
    @SomeAdam 3 роки тому +858

    Pro tip: If Matt is describing a picture, he's lying.

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 3 роки тому +4

      Why? How?

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne 3 роки тому

      +

    • @jankisi
      @jankisi 3 роки тому +118

      Pro tip: If Matt says he doesn't remember the exact name, he's buying time

    • @michaels4340
      @michaels4340 3 роки тому +51

      Feast of the Ass as a reverse nativity scene was so good

    • @unexpected2475
      @unexpected2475 2 роки тому +11

      Ah yes, just like his fictional Batlow where he described a picture.

  • @clouddweller
    @clouddweller 3 роки тому +100

    “I’ve never been funny before, I don’t know why I should start” au contraire, your bit from the Jack Churchill episode of Citation Needed had me in tears!

  • @margaretmadole
    @margaretmadole 3 роки тому +230

    I was so terrified that after so long waiting for more Tech Diff, the new episodes would be anti-climatic. And then the phrase "Feast of the Ass" came up. I was dying of laughter all the way through. Thank you all for that

  • @aileenyx5735
    @aileenyx5735 3 роки тому +41

    When they mentioned the Weird Spanish tradition I laughed so much bc I had just literally finished beating a log with a stick MYSELF

  • @BodyMusicification
    @BodyMusicification 3 роки тому +252

    I can imagine that oil painting Matt described so vividly. That'll probably be the one I erroneously commit to memory as fact. Maybe some Italian painter whose name starts with G will paint it into reality and there'll end up being two articles for Feast of the Ass on Wikipedia.

    • @rolfs2165
      @rolfs2165 3 роки тому +34

      I'm pretty sure that painting exists, but it's a relatively modern one.

    • @SloveneAnon
      @SloveneAnon 3 роки тому +17

      It honestly sounds like the kind of subversion Dali would engage in, like his Christ of Saint John of the Cross.

    • @HeavyMetalMouse
      @HeavyMetalMouse 3 роки тому +47

      Feast of the Ass (disambiguation)

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 3 роки тому +1

      Matt's painting is very believable.

    • @CraftQueenJr
      @CraftQueenJr 3 роки тому +5

      Was fully listening to that and just assumed it was real and gennescheli.

  • @timgehrsitz3267
    @timgehrsitz3267 3 роки тому +29

    Matt's "Hauling ass" pun is absolutely top tier

  • @LorenHelgeson
    @LorenHelgeson 2 роки тому +2

    17:10 - what Gary is referring to is called the Tió de Nadal. It's a Christmas tradition in Catalonia - northeastern Spain.

  • @williamheayn3760
    @williamheayn3760 3 роки тому +141

    Ironically, Matt was correct when he said "Alpine Slovenia" as the Julian Alps meet with 3 other geographic regions of Europe within Slovene borders.

  • @brokenbbq
    @brokenbbq 3 роки тому +17

    This has that friends who haven't been together for a long time finally getting to enjoy each other's company vibe. I love it.

  • @datenegassie
    @datenegassie 3 роки тому +216

    The subtitle colours match up with the tinsels in front of everyone, now that's attention to detail!
    (Well except Tom because BBC subtitle guidelines specify white rather than red, but still, close enough)

    • @StrokeMahEgo
      @StrokeMahEgo 3 роки тому +37

      I have very much enjoyed the multicolor subtitles as of late. Very nice.

    • @1e1001
      @1e1001 3 роки тому +9

      @@StrokeMahEgo yup caption plus are excellent

    • @LeopardMask12
      @LeopardMask12 2 роки тому +4

      Oh, it didn't occur to me that that was for specific guidelines! Why is that the case? Are red subtitles, like, exclusively for some sort of emergency/important use or something?

    • @anttibjorklund1869
      @anttibjorklund1869 2 роки тому +6

      @@LeopardMask12 I would assume it's because red on a black background would be hard to read for the vision impaired.

    • @LeopardMask12
      @LeopardMask12 2 роки тому +1

      @@anttibjorklund1869 Ahhh, that does make sense. I even had a similar problem recently trying to read a promotional thing in my school's colors (maroon and black).

  • @cholten99
    @cholten99 3 роки тому +98

    I'm surprised Tom's superior Finland knowledge hasn't equated him with reindeer drawn sleighs. I've been in one - when on holiday up near the arctic circle in the very north of Finland. I went to pet one and instead it had a very good go at eating one of my glove (while I was wearing it) and even after multiple attempts the reindeer spit never came off - they should use it as superglue.

    • @0THC0
      @0THC0 2 роки тому +3

      i think he's just wildly overestimating his own finland knowledge

    • @dbseamz
      @dbseamz Рік тому

      I wonder if it was more of Tom forgetting that reindeer are classified as deer. Big, powerful creatures perfectly capable of pulling sleighs, where the does have antlers and don't shed them in the winter, might not seem very similar to the skittish, spindly-legged deer found further south where only the bucks have antlers. Especially since most artwork of Santa's sleigh shows it being pulled by a team of whitetail bucks.

  • @moonchild4806
    @moonchild4806 3 роки тому +279

    God I needed this, rewatching your old episodes kept me sane in quarantine

    • @cassDL
      @cassDL 3 роки тому +4

      Right!?

    • @rileyg6107
      @rileyg6107 3 роки тому +6

      Seriously!

    • @fredslipknot9
      @fredslipknot9 3 роки тому +5

      Same

    • @dragyduck
      @dragyduck 3 роки тому +5

      I was so confused, because I've been rewatching this for 3 weeks again now, and then a new one pops up, even though Tom announced it!

    • @cassDL
      @cassDL 3 роки тому +1

      @@dragyduck brains are weird, coincidences weirder. Enjoy your ride on Experience Earth™️

  • @crazydragy4233
    @crazydragy4233 2 роки тому +13

    Oh I missed this! The episodes always fly by with laughter. Just a group of friends taking the piss out of each other lightheartedly. Probably one of the most entertaining shows I've watched, so glad it's back!

  • @The5lacker
    @The5lacker 3 роки тому +153

    "Don't give away the magic!"
    Impossible, the magic was inside us all along. Or, two of us, at least.

  • @philychez
    @philychez 3 роки тому +8

    The closed captioning is amazingly done! The different colors for the speakers is an amazing touch.

  • @superj8502
    @superj8502 3 роки тому +64

    Fun fact: "confetti" in italian is a kind of sweets that are usually handed out at christenings, marriages, and other personal religious stuff (not funarals though). The bits of paper thrown around are called "coriandoli". The word "coriandolo" is both the singular for coriandoli and the name of a spice.

    • @Juli414
      @Juli414 3 роки тому +13

      Would "confetto" have the same root, if not be the root, for "confection", which is another term for sweets?

    • @superj8502
      @superj8502 3 роки тому

      @@Juli414 i honestly have no idea

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +10

      @@Juli414
      Correct. It’s also got the same etymology as “comfit”.

  • @beek.4860
    @beek.4860 3 роки тому +40

    Tom Scott doing a Kermit impression is exactly what I needed this holiday season. Merry Christmas, TechDif!

  • @wclifton968gameplaystutorials
    @wclifton968gameplaystutorials 3 роки тому +20

    The statement of "Longest railway tunnel in Romania built in the 1960s by the soviets" automatically caught me off guard since Romania was ruled by a man who was not pro or strongly anti-soviet and was better aligned with the Chinese CCP...

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if Tom would bring up Ceausescu.

    • @aiocafea
      @aiocafea 3 роки тому +9

      maybe it's because i'm romanian but all of the details given hit me as red (haha communist red) flags
      • name that doesn't follow romanian convention
      • tunnel that is named after one point of it
      • obviously 'built by the soviets'
      • costly vanity project in a country that *did* have vanity projects but was also looking to throw their limited budget at ones they perceive as efficient, like the metro or total railway kms
      • long tunnels through mountains for diesel trains are a dangerous thing because trains break down; we love to bash on dictatorships but you ideally don't want to create such problems for the future
      these are not the most immediate tells, there's also the lack of details and chris's attitude, but just by looking at the details i feel like his story could be easily ruled out

    • @Mocsk
      @Mocsk 3 роки тому +1

      @@aiocafea as someone from the actual former Soviet Union - exact same points, except the "named after one point of it" (I can see that happening), and also "death rate" in 1960's, especially for a "vanity project".

  • @forge23
    @forge23 3 роки тому +12

    I've really missed this, just the friendly banter between people who know each other so well and the perfect humour. Just *chef's kiss*

  • @dannagifford2140
    @dannagifford2140 3 роки тому +125

    Isolating with COVID on Christmas Eve, this could not have come at a better time...

    • @aakratimehra9765
      @aakratimehra9765 3 роки тому +7

      I wish you a speedy recovery and recommend rebinge~ing citation needed. Merry Christmas

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +4

      Hope you’ll feel better soon and don’t get to many or too bad lingering aftereffects.

    • @Muzer0
      @Muzer0 3 роки тому +5

      Same here, hope you recover soon! Mine is now down to common cold level.

    • @VIUSmusic
      @VIUSmusic 3 роки тому +3

      Get well soon!

  • @MR-mt7wn
    @MR-mt7wn 3 роки тому +27

    How we have missed the full Technical Difficulties and all of their odd British humor glory! Tis a wonderful Novemb...Christmas miracle!

  • @HoldTheseLimes
    @HoldTheseLimes 3 роки тому +126

    "Two of These People are Lying" is quickly becoming the best British entertainment export since Doctor Who went downhill

    • @pendularnuncius2618
      @pendularnuncius2618 3 роки тому +4

      They weren't even making the show in the 60's, so that's impressive

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 3 роки тому +11

      Have you seen Taskmaster?

    • @ddbsiblings7265
      @ddbsiblings7265 3 роки тому

      Lmao, i only liked Eccleston( best imo) and Capaldi, mayybe Tennant? Other than that, nope .

    • @victormunroe2418
      @victormunroe2418 3 роки тому +1

      Doctor Who's been going downhill ever since it stopped being a medical drama

  • @ellaisplotting
    @ellaisplotting 3 роки тому +17

    I cannot overstate how INCREDIBLY EXCITED my household got when we saw this. Whooping with laughter, my gosh! Cheers, lads!

  • @pandaman144.
    @pandaman144. 3 роки тому +80

    YES! I really hope this is returning, and staying for a good while
    Edit: the new channel has 2k already

    • @dragyduck
      @dragyduck 3 роки тому +2

      Tom announced one more for New Years and then they're dropping the format, sadly. But you have one to look forward to swiftly!

    • @TheGeladoo
      @TheGeladoo 3 роки тому +6

      The channel had a few subscribers already because Tom revealed it in his email newsletter two weeks ago

    • @benjaminmiddaugh2729
      @benjaminmiddaugh2729 3 роки тому +3

      It's over 20k now.

  • @embr4247
    @embr4247 3 роки тому +31

    19:10 Once again, Tom makes an incorrect statement involving the Sami people.
    They have used and sometimes still use reindeer to pull “sleighs”.
    (In modern times, snowmobiling has become more common)
    (To my knowledge as a Norwegian person)

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +4

      Yup. My favourite book as a child mentioned that the main character’s uncle was one of the few who still tamed driving reindeer regularly because he didn’t like the noise and maintenance of snowmobiles.

  • @morkmon
    @morkmon 3 роки тому +19

    the chemistry is always there even in an empty room, always a pleasure to watch, merry Christmas Matt and Tom

  • @TheLazurus
    @TheLazurus 3 роки тому +10

    Unrelated to the main content of the show, I noticed and appreciate the fact that if you turn on captions, the text is colored depending on speaker. Thanks for the accessibility boost lads!

    • @libsifywriter2471
      @libsifywriter2471 3 роки тому +1

      The colour also matches the tinsel on their mics (with the exception of Tom)

  • @albread5409
    @albread5409 3 роки тому +33

    Love the fact that the colour-coded captions (apart from tom who got white) are the same colour as the tinsel in front of them, lovely little touch

    • @Monkeynuts502
      @Monkeynuts502 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah red on black would be a little straining to read. Props to whoever did the subtitles.

  • @benjamineneman4276
    @benjamineneman4276 3 роки тому +128

    A note about the feast of the ass: Part of the whole "jiggery-pokery" with priest's impressions involved explicit anti-semitic liturgy and practices. Not sure if Gary knew that and wanted to skip over it for the purposes of creating fun content, or didn't know it, but either way, I kinda think it's an important thing to note.

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 2 роки тому +4

      Anti semitic or anti jewish? Because those shouldn't be the same thing. Isaac and Ishmael are brothers so Islam is as Semitic as Judaism. If it's anti jewish, both Christianity and Islam are anti semitic by their nature, in the same way that both Christianity and Judaism are fundamentally anti Islam

    • @SamAronow
      @SamAronow 2 роки тому

      @@zyaicob "Antisemitism" was coined as a euphemism by German eugenicists in the 19th century to make anti-Jewish prejudice sound more scientific. Know your history.

    • @Reverend_Salem
      @Reverend_Salem Рік тому +13

      @zyaicob Antisemetic refers to hostility towards, prejudice towards and discrimination against Jewish people, and comes from 1870's German (Antisemitismus) as a more scientific sounding term for Judenhauss (Jew-hate).
      The root word Semite does include Arabs, Assyrians, and Arameans. Jewish is both a description of an ethnic group(s) and a religion, while Islam/Muslim is only a religion and doesn't refer to an ethnic group.

    • @willch.2259
      @willch.2259 Рік тому

      ​@@zyaicobDon't be pedantic. Anti-Semitism refers exclusively to the hatred of Jews, and trying to negotiate your way out of that is clearly tactical.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 11 місяців тому

      @@willch.2259 The point being made is that it _shouldn't_ since Hebrew isn't the only Semitic language.

  • @TrondBørgeKrokli
    @TrondBørgeKrokli 3 роки тому +52

    Please tell me that the rest of the team (besides Gary) has read up on the Catalan Christmas tradition of the Caga Tió (crap log) or Tió de Nadal (Christmas Log) as well as the infamous Catalan specific nativity scene piece of El Caganer ("the pooper" or pooping figurine).

  • @kellen987
    @kellen987 3 роки тому +26

    I choose to believe that Chris got a not-Tom’s-audience-friendly wrist tattoo

  • @dominateeye
    @dominateeye 3 роки тому +18

    Ever since I stumbled across Tom's channel in March last year, I've played the various Tech Dif media on a pretty much constant loop. Y'all honestly inspired me to get back into Twitch streaming with some folks I know. I am so happy that there's finally new content I can enjoy along with everyone else. Have a great 2022, all of you.

    • @dominateeye
      @dominateeye 3 роки тому +2

      15:07 In fairness, plenty of Western engineering projects have death tolls like that too.

  • @ahreuwu
    @ahreuwu 3 роки тому +5

    I really missed this a lot. Watching old Techdif episodes has quite literally kept me sane during these last two years of not being able to see my friends regularly. Thank you, and I hope that being Techdif is still fun for y'all for quite a while!

  • @thatplane3865
    @thatplane3865 3 роки тому +66

    A new technical difficulties episode? It's a Christmas miracle!

  • @adamnaameeazim6365
    @adamnaameeazim6365 3 роки тому +2

    I just want to thank you guys. I've rewatched every Tech Dif episode like 16 times at this point and I've really been hyped for this, and it couldn't have come on a better day.
    I spent the last week with my girlfriend after spending over 2 years apart because of Covid. Tomorrow morning, she's off to the airport to fly back to Malaysia. I won't see her for another 6 months or so. I cried so much today, and yet the sight of this video in my sub box put a great big smile on my face. That smile turned into laughter the moment I heard the words "The Feast of the Ass".
    From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you Tom, thank you Chris, thank you Gary, and thank you Matt. You've brought so much joy into my life and have really made the last two years more bearable. Can't wait to see what you've got on store for the new channel.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +1

      There’s nothing better than a good laugh after you’ve cried.

  • @mast3734
    @mast3734 3 роки тому +13

    I discovered TecDif in the period between the last episode and now, and have watched probably every episode of Citation Needed and Two of these people about 5 times over. So happy to see you guys back!

  • @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays
    @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays 3 роки тому +19

    Hooray, I'm so happy to see the team playing one of the most epic games on the internet.
    I've started playing this and citation needed with my friends during lockdown and they love it.

  • @disgruntledwelsh3817
    @disgruntledwelsh3817 3 роки тому +28

    How delightful for TOTPAL to return right after I rewatch the lot of then. And for Christmas and all. This is gonna be good

  • @Kevin_Milczewski
    @Kevin_Milczewski 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the most wholesome parts of this is Tom ensures that the UA-cam description cites the license for the Badalisc photo Gary showed on his phone.

  • @joshgallie1543
    @joshgallie1543 3 роки тому +7

    3:41 I KNEW that would headed toward syphilis! I guess that kind of sense of humor is something I share with Gary (just like syphilis)
    21:47 a bit of an old gag but, that's getting GIF'ed

  • @mayac1105
    @mayac1105 3 роки тому +13

    the dead silence after gary talks at 16:58 is killing me

  • @j3011
    @j3011 3 роки тому +14

    Greetings from Norway! just gotta say, this is the best this that could've happened right before christmas dinner, thank you so much

  • @goininXIV
    @goininXIV 3 роки тому +2

    4:45; no idea if it exists, but I wanna see that painting. Honestly, that'd be my nativity from now on.

  • @Ostermond
    @Ostermond 3 роки тому +75

    This is the best christmas gift i could’ve asked for other than rent money.

  • @iluvtacos1231
    @iluvtacos1231 3 роки тому +2

    Matt repping that Laura Kampf shirt is a crossover i didnt know i needed

  • @Phoenix4424
    @Phoenix4424 3 роки тому +8

    So glad that you guys were able to get together and record again if only briefly. Looking forward to hopefully seeing a lot more from you on the new channel in the future.

  • @Pippis78
    @Pippis78 2 роки тому +2

    The reindeer DO very much draw sleighs!
    The Sami people of Lapland used reindeer for that - now it's snowmobiles mostly, but it's still done for sports. For tourists they have brought huskys etc. for sleigh dogs there too nowadays.

  • @gmsh3794
    @gmsh3794 3 роки тому +9

    Love the color-coded captions! Very nice touch.

  • @Addsomehappy
    @Addsomehappy 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you, everyone.
    Thank you for making this possible.

  • @stvbuys
    @stvbuys 3 роки тому +10

    Gary’s line about the tractor company is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!

  • @Xorua
    @Xorua 3 роки тому +33

    If I’m being honest, this has always been funnier than Citation Needed. But yeah, this is just what I needed this Christmas after binging about half of Citation Needed

  • @davekirwin
    @davekirwin 3 роки тому +20

    Oh good lord, I finally cracked at Hauling Ass and laughed out loud. I have so missed you guys together doing this, making me laugh whilst you're all having a laugh.

  • @JelenaMajic
    @JelenaMajic 10 місяців тому +1

    the absolute CHAOS of the new channel announcement makes me laugh every time!
    also the responses to "if you want to sponsor us..."
    matt- we're not interested
    tom, frantically trying to pull it back to serious - if you do want to-
    chris - we're not worth it!
    gary - behind the water pipes and all that

  • @hansdieter8801
    @hansdieter8801 3 роки тому +8

    "We are playing to of these People are lying, because to will be" the best present I could have asked for

  • @juliabrudiaz9121
    @juliabrudiaz9121 3 роки тому +13

    Yes, the log that shits presents, we do that in Catalonia! Always a pleasure to see foreigners unable to believe we do that hahha

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter 3 роки тому +5

    I've been going back over old Citation Needed episodes lately, and this was the perfect gift to hit my subscription page today!

  • @micahlemmel-hay6134
    @micahlemmel-hay6134 3 роки тому +5

    Caught COVID 3 days before xmas and this is exactly what I needed to get through the holidays in quarantine. So great to have new Matt and Tom content!

  • @GryphLane
    @GryphLane 3 роки тому +12

    I've missed you guys so much! Also I appreciate the coloured soobtitlays!

  • @DIMM4_
    @DIMM4_ 3 роки тому +1

    16:58 oh my god that is a record breaking silence right there. 4 whole seconds of complete silence from the technical difficulties crew has never been imagined

  • @geogkl
    @geogkl 3 роки тому +34

    a techdif video? sickest Christmas present ever

  • @Ssarevok
    @Ssarevok 3 роки тому +7

    That new techdif channel makes me super happy, because it means they're planning to make more stuff. :)

  • @Malcar
    @Malcar 3 роки тому +12

    It took me a minute to realize that this was in fact a new episode. I thought somehow there was one that I had forgotten about, even though I've watched all of them multiple times. Super exciting to see you guys back in action. Now all I need is some Matt and Tom on a park bench, and my dreams will be fully realized.

  • @greeny087
    @greeny087 3 роки тому +4

    I love that you matched the closed captions colour to the colour of the tinsel on each person’s microphone!

  • @camgroom9388
    @camgroom9388 3 роки тому +19

    nice to have a new show to watch after rewatching everything else about one hundred times🤣

  • @casenc
    @casenc Рік тому +2

    Calling the Tió (The log that lays presents) "Spanish" hurt my soul
    - A Catalan

  • @Zayren_
    @Zayren_ 2 роки тому +4

    It is really hard to put into words how much I need more of this series

  • @ruairiblake
    @ruairiblake 3 роки тому +1

    I missed this.
    But also, I love how the wheel, out of use, seemed like it was gonna stop on Sri Lanka but just edged over onto Italy!

  • @CK_5
    @CK_5 3 роки тому +8

    Happy to see you all back again

  • @thegeneralissimo470
    @thegeneralissimo470 3 роки тому +1

    Singular form of confetti is confetto. Accidentally right.

  • @JonTheGeek
    @JonTheGeek 3 роки тому +13

    As a gearhead, the Goodwood Feast of Speed made me laugh very much.
    Happy Christmas Matt, Tom, Gary and Chris!

  • @LivWatson-ss8go
    @LivWatson-ss8go Місяць тому +1

    At my cousins wedding I got lost when walking down the aisle… I turned left and should’ve gone right

  • @Someone89a
    @Someone89a 3 роки тому +22

    Dear Matt, can we get an impulse response of the room? Sounds rather lovely. Sincerely, an audio engineer

  • @GimpyChinaman
    @GimpyChinaman 3 роки тому +1

    Says the Badalisk as it lays gifts:
    "Damn you, Timmy! Damn you and your bicycle! Why couldn't you just ask for a new phone, or some cash?!?"

  • @Sbulb
    @Sbulb 3 роки тому +9

    Happy to see more of this series!

  • @LuciaRose
    @LuciaRose 3 роки тому +4

    I just binched the playlist "Everything the technical difficulties have ever done". I am so delighted to see that they are active again and will presumably continue to produce quality content "in HD" :))

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 роки тому +1

      Have you listened to the podcast as well? It’s timeless and hilarious.

    • @LuciaRose
      @LuciaRose 3 роки тому +1

      @@ragnkja of course I have, though not as often as I have seen their videos