I love these sketches because they complete invert the standard joke structure. The comedy is all in the set up, while the punchline is absolutely given and predictable from the beginning.
I think it rather mocks the bad-quality, bad taste oldtimer comedy which is more familiar to British viewers maybe? So the ultra-predictable, vulgar punchline is satire itself, it's made as awkward and benny-hill-like as possible.
@@kekehilo1169 I didn't describe anything deep, all comedy references something, that's why it's funny ) e.g. Simon the Cat references your life with a cat. Scream references older slasher movies. Monty Python mocks their contemporary British TV. SNL mocks their contemporary American TV. What's excessively deep about that lol
@@kekehilo1169 Hang around, Keke. They'll be telling us how 'Get Me Hennimore' is a postmodern deconstructrive criticism of the patriarchal bougeois norms in a post~industrial capitalist society
You have to admire Hennimore's amazing talent to hide his malice behind a mask of incompetence. I mean, when repeatedly presented with two apparently indistinguishable alternatives, he manages to consistently pick the one that is bad for his boss. Not 50% of the time, but 100% of the time. Obviously he knows which is which, and is picking the bad one on purpose!
I think he does do his job correctly sometimes but it’s like Doctor who, we don’t see the bit where everything goes smoothly and has a good time because that would be boring we just see the bits where there’s a big cock up
It's the subtleties of these sketches I love, the "fuck you Nicklaus" on the wall, Hennimore the dog appearing in the sex tape, the business they work for being different every time. Genius.
CJ from "fall and rise of Reggie Perrin" is very much like the boss character in henimore sketches. I didn't get where I am today without recognising a character that looks a bit like CJ when i see one.
"And of course, the last thing we need is any kind of *fracas*!" In my multiple decades of existence (and never mind how many, thank you very much), I had never heard that word spoken aloud until this series.
This sketch/parody probably makes me laugh more than it should. Even though you know the catchprase is coming in the end you still end up laughing everytime, Mitchell and Webb for the win!
'I broke my glasses on the way here thereby allowing me, despite the lack of any sort of physicality in this situation, to complete the scene in my signature style' 'Yes sir'
Even on the third one, removing the film from the tin and holding some of the frames up to the light would reveal either footage of the Holy Father - bringing to an end the long-standing break between the Anglican Church and Rome - or raw sexual intercourse.
I love Mitchell and Webb but seriously, WE DON'T EAT DOGS ANYMORE. So plz don't look at us when your pooch suddenly runs off. It wasn't us. (Get the pot my dear.)
3 years late with this reply… But that’s part of the joke. Of course Koreans don’t all eat dog; it’s making fun of lazy 1970s comedies that just relied on stereotypes.
@@nicks210684 3 months late with this reply... Of course, that was the whole point of that joke, and if you put a ratio on Koreans who eat dogs it's probably gonna be like 10 to 1 or something these days. But I gotta admit, even as a native Korean I sometimes miss the 70s comedy shows with these stereotypes. It's really funny to see how silly was the Western world's perception on us.
Got to feel bad for Hennimore. Had he followed that VERY simple instruction, he and all other Anglicans would be back in communion with the Holy See, much as he had hoped.
While I do feel bad for him, after a while I can see where Hennimore kind of brings these situations upon himself by not taking more preventative steps. Checking to see which golf bag is real and which one isn't, and then sticking the false one away in a closet, seems easy enough. As for the film cannisters, he could ask the boss to add "rated" to the label on the one that's supposed to have an X rather than a cross on it just in case they get turned around (which even the boss does so himself). At least that way, it's not on him if the cannisters were mixed up to begin with.
I kind of wish this was real to be honest, I miss old style sitcoms even if they did it ironically itd be fun, now everyone is too elitist for studio audiences and wants to be like The Office, so called "narrative comedy" shudder. Webbs scared expressions make this hilarious.
There’s clear solutions to all three sketches. First one, just check if the golf bag has hinges on it or not Second one, just remember which room is on the left and which is one the right. Third one, leave them on the table as he left them so one has a cross and one has an x.
I love these sketches because they complete invert the standard joke structure. The comedy is all in the set up, while the punchline is absolutely given and predictable from the beginning.
I think it rather mocks the bad-quality, bad taste oldtimer comedy which is more familiar to British viewers maybe? So the ultra-predictable, vulgar punchline is satire itself, it's made as awkward and benny-hill-like as possible.
Fucking hell you two it’s not that deep it’s funny that’s it.
@@kekehilo1169 I didn't describe anything deep, all comedy references something, that's why it's funny ) e.g. Simon the Cat references your life with a cat. Scream references older slasher movies. Monty Python mocks their contemporary British TV. SNL mocks their contemporary American TV. What's excessively deep about that lol
The punchline is the setup
@@kekehilo1169
Hang around, Keke. They'll be telling us how 'Get Me Hennimore' is a postmodern deconstructrive criticism of the patriarchal bougeois norms in a post~industrial capitalist society
You have to admire Hennimore's amazing talent to hide his malice behind a mask of incompetence. I mean, when repeatedly presented with two apparently indistinguishable alternatives, he manages to consistently pick the one that is bad for his boss. Not 50% of the time, but 100% of the time. Obviously he knows which is which, and is picking the bad one on purpose!
I like you!
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It’s not even indistinguishable, like with the gulf clubs, surly he could just check which is which before letting Juck in.
@@hannibalburgers477 do not think about the event.
I think he does do his job correctly sometimes but it’s like Doctor who, we don’t see the bit where everything goes smoothly and has a good time because that would be boring we just see the bits where there’s a big cock up
It's the subtleties of these sketches I love, the "fuck you Nicklaus" on the wall, Hennimore the dog appearing in the sex tape, the business they work for being different every time. Genius.
these aren't really subtleties, just details, but they are great
they don't make comedy like this Hennimore 🤣
fuck you thats brilliant
I would actually watch a "Hennimore" series...
You could look up Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em or Terry and June and get much the same stuff.
True, but anything starring Jimmy Edwards would do instead 😂
CJ from "fall and rise of Reggie Perrin" is very much like the boss character in henimore sketches. I didn't get where I am today without recognising a character that looks a bit like CJ when i see one.
Look up any British low budget comedy from the 60s. Men from the Ministry is a good example, but not quite as funny as Mitchell & Webb's parody
Too bad they never did full episode
On an unrelated note...
Few things are harder than parodying comedy. And yet here come Mitchell and Webb, nailing it.
"And of course, the last thing we need is any kind of *fracas*!"
In my multiple decades of existence (and never mind how many, thank you very much), I had never heard that word spoken aloud until this series.
+murielsartre It's more usually pronounced "Frack-us."
+- pjabrony The people I know and I have always said fracah, I've never heard anyone say fracus. :3
During the Clarkson palaver I heard it pronounced in about half a dozen ways.
Oswald Vids Spelt fracas, pronounced fracah.
pjabrony, only by morons
This sketch/parody probably makes me laugh more than it should. Even though you know the catchprase is coming in the end you still end up laughing everytime, Mitchell and Webb for the win!
Webb plays the Hennimore character beautifully.
Spectacles testicles ser!
Super satire of the 70s/80s British Farce comedy programmes. Faulty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Yes Minister.
"I'll just put them on this LAZY SUSAN for the time being...."
"Room I" always cracks me up
I'm going to try to incorporate saying 'on an unrelated note' in my daily conversation now.
The music for this is genius
ripped straight from a 1950s sitcom for sure
Totally forgot that the boss is David Mitchell by the end of this sketch. What a great character
'I broke my glasses on the way here thereby allowing me, despite the lack of any sort of physicality in this situation, to complete the scene in my signature style'
'Yes sir'
I've just realised that David's wearing the same cracked glasses after every Hennimore screwup, even though there's no violence at all :P
My favorite part of these are the unrelated bits like how for no reason Boss’s wife named the dog Hennimore
I love that first sketch where Hennimore is desperately trying to retrieve the situation with black coffee
I don't know why I love these skits so much - but I do, and I have no regrets... :)
Spectacles, testicles, sir. These little sketches are hilarious. Lots of great little touches.
Except for the third one, Hennimore could have easily solved his problems by using his eyes, the daft bugger.
Even on the third one, removing the film from the tin and holding some of the frames up to the light would reveal either footage of the Holy Father - bringing to an end the long-standing break between the Anglican Church and Rome - or raw sexual intercourse.
I think this is more deserving of meme than steamed hams
lol Mrs Therapist.
I love Mitchell and Webb but seriously, WE DON'T EAT DOGS ANYMORE. So plz don't look at us when your pooch suddenly runs off. It wasn't us. (Get the pot my dear.)
Besides you only want the puppies to get the tenderest juicy meat. Nothing as horrid as old dog meat!
3 years late with this reply…
But that’s part of the joke. Of course Koreans don’t all eat dog; it’s making fun of lazy 1970s comedies that just relied on stereotypes.
@@nicks210684 exactly - hence "I see no reason to check" 2:23
@@nicks210684 3 months late with this reply...
Of course, that was the whole point of that joke, and if you put a ratio on Koreans who eat dogs it's probably gonna be like 10 to 1 or something these days. But I gotta admit, even as a native Korean I sometimes miss the 70s comedy shows with these stereotypes. It's really funny to see how silly was the Western world's perception on us.
Hennimore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*glasses break*
these are ithout a doubt my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches :)
I love how there were two popes called John XXIII (long story) and neither looked anything like the picture :D
This is how confused I felt working as a call agent for a {not to be named} cosmetics company.
This reminds me so much of 1970s comedy.
Whenever he says "Hennimore" I'm reminded of ATWA by System of a Down.
I was thinking that with a scream like that, he should join a metal band 😆
canon: Hennimore is the boss' unacknowledged bastard son. why else would he retain his job
Got to feel bad for Hennimore. Had he followed that VERY simple instruction, he and all other Anglicans would be back in communion with the Holy See, much as he had hoped.
Nothing has made me laugh as hard as this in a long time.
I love the way he says "My Wife"
This is one of the few sketches in the show where I forget it's just David Mitchell in a wig.
Love the Hennimore sketches
The brilliance of it all...
Get down Hennimore! :-)
It's more the boss's fault than Hennimore's
Great compilation!! :D
"Fuck you Nicklaus" text on the painting x) Didn't see that before.
Haha spectacles testicles. Just a random little reference to a joke.
Webb looks and sounds like Rupert Grint in these sketches.
I’ll be in Hennimore shoes going back to work after furlough with all these new rules put in place.
and, 'it hasn't escaped my notice'...
I love that the dog from the previous sketch is in the sex film!
This should be a sitcom!
You’d think there was a 50:50 chance of hennimore getting at least one right
Brilliant!
I wish my ex-boss was this clear in his instructions...
I was shocked to hear this music cue in an episode of Father Knows Best.
they ate Mummy!
4:40 I was waiting & wondering what the setup was going to be. "explicit home movie" ROFL!
Best sketch concept... ever
Ahh, my temping days.
Oh Hennimore, you lovable little scamp.
Hennimore couldnt just open the drinks set to see which is which :I
Ahhh... The boss that sets you up for success. 😂
Hennimore, why do you have to make a mess out of everything? I don't really think you're up to the task.
Victory cloches, of course
Brilliantly emulating the great Laurie & Fry, methinks...
Definitely read that as Hermione.
Both of them almost cracked at the +/×
What is it with Mitchell and Webb eating barbecued dog?
"Victory cloches" lmao.
Hennimore!
HENNIMOOOOOOORE!!!!!
it's hilarious because they addressed this in a later clip but only once.
To be fair, his boss didn't do himself any favors.
While I do feel bad for him, after a while I can see where Hennimore kind of brings these situations upon himself by not taking more preventative steps. Checking to see which golf bag is real and which one isn't, and then sticking the false one away in a closet, seems easy enough. As for the film cannisters, he could ask the boss to add "rated" to the label on the one that's supposed to have an X rather than a cross on it just in case they get turned around (which even the boss does so himself). At least that way, it's not on him if the cannisters were mixed up to begin with.
They install corridors in buildings.
HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!
bloody love those skiches man
1:56, 3:49 & 5:46 for HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!
Hennimore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"On an unrelated note..." signals trouble for poor Hennimore.
Yes sir.
I kind of wish this was real to be honest, I miss old style sitcoms even if they did it ironically itd be fun, now everyone is too elitist for studio audiences and wants to be like The Office, so called "narrative comedy" shudder. Webbs scared expressions make this hilarious.
HENNIMOOOOOOORE!
*H E N N I M O R E*
I didn't see that coming.
HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOORE
people named hennimore? if their friends saw this, they could give them a lot of shit for it.
Why on earth does the boss keep hiring Hennimore? haha
WHAT THE!!!!!!
Dramatic irony at its finest!
i like hennimore's voice...
I love how if you uncoil that golf club it'd be three metres long.
Edward VII had a notoriously long stroke off the tee.
@@pjabrony8280 and edward viii had a notoriously diverse stroke off per the directions of mrs. simpson
It IS apparently dog, and I see no reason to check!
It really does look like the 60s lol
Hennimore is clearly incompetent. I don’t know why the boss doesn’t just sack him
5:29 I though they cooked Hennimore the dog!
Hennimore@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm Scots and the cliche drunken Scot was still funny.
What would a company called Trans-Cosmic Corridors do; decorate corridors?
DAMMIT HENNIMORE CAN'T YOU FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS
Yes yes, we get it your name is Annyong!
@NoWitnessesNoRegrets :D
In Swedish, the literal translation of "half three" refers to "half past two" rather than "half past three".
God damn it XDXDXDXDXDXD
There’s clear solutions to all three sketches.
First one, just check if the golf bag has hinges on it or not
Second one, just remember which room is on the left and which is one the right.
Third one, leave them on the table as he left them so one has a cross and one has an x.