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
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.
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.
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!
"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.
'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'
Keeping Up Appearances was around 1990, Yes Minister was a political satire, not a farce and Fawlty Towers was better than anything being parodied here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ok so I don't believe its based on any particular show but British 'farce' style comedy that originated from theatre plays. Please look up the meaning of farce as I cant explain it well & it might be a bit clearer
The boss reminds me of the guy that played Jerry's stuffy and pompous boss in The Good Life. I love the subtle brown hue this is recorded in to try and replicate the 70s period with the jingly music you'd have heard on something like Terry and June.
It is parodying (brilliantly) the highly-contrived nature of the set up to disaster found in many 70s and 80s sitcoms. The boss character is much like C.J. from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (and a few other very similar characters). There's a bit of an Are You Being Served? vibe too.
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
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
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
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!
Totally forgot that the boss is David Mitchell by the end of this sketch. What a great character
Few things are harder than parodying comedy. And yet here come Mitchell and Webb, nailing it.
On an unrelated note...
I'm going to try to incorporate saying 'on an unrelated note' in my daily conversation now.
"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
The music for this is genius
ripped straight from a 1950s sitcom for sure
"Room I" always cracks me up
Webb plays the Hennimore character beautifully.
Spectacles testicles ser!
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
"I'll just put them on this LAZY SUSAN for the time being...."
'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'
My favorite part of these are the unrelated bits like how for no reason Boss’s wife named the dog Hennimore
Super satire of the 70s/80s British Farce comedy programmes. Faulty Towers, Keeping Up Appearances, Yes Minister.
Keeping Up Appearances was around 1990, Yes Minister was a political satire, not a farce and Fawlty Towers was better than anything being parodied here.
I think this is more deserving of meme than steamed hams
I don't know why I love these skits so much - but I do, and I have no regrets... :)
lol Mrs Therapist.
I love that first sketch where Hennimore is desperately trying to retrieve the situation with black coffee
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 love how there were two popes called John XXIII (long story) and neither looked anything like the picture :D
I wish my ex-boss was this clear in his instructions...
This reminds me so much of 1970s comedy.
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!
*english people literally let their country burn to avoid offending anyone*
Yeah I guess they really can take a joke lmao, right in the ass
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*
This is how confused I felt working as a call agent for a {not to be named} cosmetics company.
canon: Hennimore is the boss' unacknowledged bastard son. why else would he retain his job
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 😆
Nothing has made me laugh as hard as this in a long time.
these are ithout a doubt my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches :)
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.
"Fuck you Nicklaus" text on the painting x) Didn't see that before.
Get down Hennimore! :-)
Webb looks and sounds like Rupert Grint in these sketches.
It's more the boss's fault than Hennimore's
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.
You’d think there was a 50:50 chance of hennimore getting at least one right
Haha spectacles testicles. Just a random little reference to a joke.
Love the Hennimore sketches
and, 'it hasn't escaped my notice'...
Ahh, my temping days.
I was shocked to hear this music cue in an episode of Father Knows Best.
I love that the dog from the previous sketch is in the sex film!
The brilliance of it all...
Great compilation!! :D
This should be a sitcom!
I’ll be in Hennimore shoes going back to work after furlough with all these new rules put in place.
What is it with Mitchell and Webb eating barbecued dog?
HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!
bloody love those skiches man
1:56, 3:49 & 5:46 for HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!!!!
4:40 I was waiting & wondering what the setup was going to be. "explicit home movie" ROFL!
Victory cloches, of course
Hennimore couldnt just open the drinks set to see which is which :I
they ate Mummy!
Brilliant!
Ahhh... The boss that sets you up for success. 😂
Oh Hennimore, you lovable little scamp.
Best sketch concept... ever
"On an unrelated note..." signals trouble for poor Hennimore.
Both of them almost cracked at the +/×
it's hilarious because they addressed this in a later clip but only once.
Brilliantly emulating the great Laurie & Fry, methinks...
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.
They install corridors in buildings.
What would a company called Trans-Cosmic Corridors do; decorate corridors?
Hennimore!
Hennimore, why do you have to make a mess out of everything? I don't really think you're up to the task.
To be fair, his boss didn't do himself any favors.
HENNIMOOOOOOORE!!!!!
Definitely read that as Hermione.
Hennimore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Victory cloches" lmao.
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.
people named hennimore? if their friends saw this, they could give them a lot of shit for it.
@NoWitnessesNoRegrets :D
In Swedish, the literal translation of "half three" refers to "half past two" rather than "half past three".
How does David know the name of the korean kid from Arrested Development ?
Why on earth does the boss keep hiring Hennimore? haha
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.
5:29 I though they cooked Hennimore the dog!
It IS apparently dog, and I see no reason to check!
So, as I am still learning the basics of British comedy, what is this more or less based on?
Ok so I don't believe its based on any particular show but British 'farce' style comedy that originated from theatre plays. Please look up the meaning of farce as I cant explain it well & it might be a bit clearer
The boss reminds me of the guy that played Jerry's stuffy and pompous boss in The Good Life. I love the subtle brown hue this is recorded in to try and replicate the 70s period with the jingly music you'd have heard on something like Terry and June.
It is parodying (brilliantly) the highly-contrived nature of the set up to disaster found in many 70s and 80s sitcoms.
The boss character is much like C.J. from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (and a few other very similar characters).
There's a bit of an Are You Being Served? vibe too.
*H E N N I M O R E*
Yes sir.
i like hennimore's voice...
@SwiftsNamesake No. it means 1.5 oclock
HENNIMOOOOOOORE!
HENNIMOOOOOOOOOOORE
I didn't see that coming.
It really does look like the 60s lol
I'm Scots and the cliche drunken Scot was still funny.
which show are they making fun of?
wasn't that dog sketch peep show series 5 episode 4?
5:12 he nearly breaks character
It looks as if David goofed with the way he held the second canister. I’m surprised they didn’t reshoot it.
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
Does "half three" mean "half past three"?
Yes. A slightly more working class way of saying it.