Didn't M&T make a video saying that it was going on hiatus... in late 2018? There's been a slight global pandemic since them, hence the lack of park bench vids.
When the quick question about the mascot of Citation Needed came up, I immediately thought "Gary" even before Chris said it. I mean, c'mon! He's everybody's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.
There is an archive for York university radio but Tech Diff seems to have been too old for them. I wish there was a way to listen to those because you guys are somehow the only podcast that wakes me up on my way to uni
@@cassandra2860 Most countries have some form of archives. They are a place to preserve documents (not just old letters and photos but things like government records) and archivists handle how they are preserved and who can use them, and for what. The US has many, many archives!
Ether Oar oh... "...best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels..." I... I'll just piece it together from the cue-word "wizards" and imagine the details^^ (No time to read novels :P)
"There are only so many interesting Wikipedia articles we can go on" Maybe so Tom, maybe so, but there's enough that that really isn't something you ever need to worry about.
Funny thing, given Tom's answer... someone I used to work with had a peculiar icebreaker in asking each new person he met (and was likely to be interacting with for any significant period) to arrange a list of popular biscuits (on little laminated bits of paper) in their order of preference... and had a spreadsheet with the aggregated answers in it reaching back quite some years. The board leader by a _considerable_ margin was the Chocolate Hobnob. Though it wasn't mine, I rather prefer a plain one, it works better when dunked...
One time while watching F1 they mentioned the race engineer for the Haas team named Gary Gannon, i wouldn't have thought it just based off that, but since they also said he had a fantastic radio voice i thought it highly likely to be Techdif Gary. Today i found out his last name is actually Brannan and that he works as an Archivist.
Antony Mitchell You should also consider that cube square law would make a duck sized horse die, AND that duck sized things aren’t a meaningful threat to a human. At least a horse sized duck has a chance of falling on you, if it’s biology is a problem.
When Matt said "in dimly lit room with other people" me and the significant other both said "chained to a wall in a sex dungeon"... this is probably a good thing. :)
YESSS! More tech diff! I'm getting to the end of the acceptable number of times you can rewatch/listen to a single show. I've exhausted both the podcast and the citation needed shows. would love some more reverse trivia, especially of live, in the Bristol/Cardiff area
I just love all of you guys so this was awesome!! And I'm thrilled to hear the next season of Citation Needed has been recorded! Yay!! So, you better crack on and get to editing Tom - we're impatiently waiting!! 😉
Just realised that Gary and Matt actually wore blue (shirt and jumper, respectively) in Series 5 of Citation Needed and not purple as I saw in the videos filmed in Chris's kitchen. Chris's T-shirt was also redder in Series 5 than this.
I remember when I saw the Flaming Lips, he was riding through the crowd wearing rainbow wings, I touched the wings, got sad cuz the picture I got of him was bad, and then got informed that it was okay, because "[I am] an angel now". Best concert moment for me
That would be incredibly easy, once you think about it more. ^^ I once played taboo, where you only where allowed one (!) word to clue your partner in and even that worked pretty well.
+TotalLegion And yet it felt weird the first time I watched it, just Tom with a bloke I saw for the first time, just chatting for fifteen minutes. And it was great.
This was the least informative and the most hilarious Q&A I've ever seen. BTW still listening to the old 1984 reverse trivia thing on the train to work sometimes
Is there any chance you guys could archive any of these podcast shows and your other old works on UA-cam? I don't think I've seen or heard any of your older work, and everything I've seen so far has been either informative, and/or gut-bustingly hilarious, and I want more. :D
Tom's got an actually brattish accent, i've never noticed before, until now i've just heard this general english mix of everything but not really clear from anywhere. But today, in this episode there was a hint of something more. I can't say where it's from, but it was fun to hear. Thank you to @Matt and Tom for making these park benches, and thanks to all of you TechDif and Citation Needed guys for keeping my spoken english english and not american.
if I binge watch a bunch of Citation Needed or binge listen a bunch of Tech Dif, the voice in my mind that reads text starts sounding British (and, come to think of it, male). I'm in the US, female, and grew up with a fairly bland Midwest accent, so this is kind of strange and entertaining for me. The effect fades pretty quickly.
I feel like I missed a story or something. Is there somewhere I can read up on whatever Tom and the guys where up to in college? Or parhaps listen to the old student radio show?
Wait, Matt drinks Flying Dog? I didn't know you could even get that in the UK! I live right near their brewery so I always think of them very much as a local small brand.
It's a shame the Park Bench has gone. I'd like to see an updated version of this 4 years later
Wait what?
Didn't M&T make a video saying that it was going on hiatus... in late 2018? There's been a slight global pandemic since them, hence the lack of park bench vids.
@@jackeea_ They did a video killing it off but oddly it's showing as a "Private Video" now
matt said in his pumpkin carving video that after the pandemic they will make more videos, idk about the park bench.
Im glad Im not the only one missing them :(
wait, is that the one and only gary brannan, gary brannan?
+Da Seapig No but it is everyone's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.
+Da Seapig +TrevorJr26 I think he is built for leisure, not for speed?
and alongside the bounciest man on the internet no less!
@@krell.1415 Don't forget about Chris Joel! He reads books, you know ;)
@@minecraftlover0192 Or does he read books you know?
When the quick question about the mascot of Citation Needed came up, I immediately thought "Gary" even before Chris said it. I mean, c'mon! He's everybody's favorite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.
Vincent Killion I prefer built for leisure not for speed, it's Gary brannon
Person by day, asleep at night, gary brannan
I need to be exposed to more Gary Brannans before I make a decision.
We finally got the team together on a Park Bench. Thanks to everyone who twote! -- Tom
Will tweet, am tweeting, have twote?
+Matt and Tom This has been one of my favourite park bench episodes yet! Can't wait for Citation Needed :D
+Matt and Tom Toast
+Matt and Tom Tweeted?
+Lucas Forsberg That'll be past simple. I'd say it should be tweet, twote, twitten.
Says, "head of the Douglas Adams society," like it is totally normal. I know I'm in the right place...
That society would be like hogwarts to me
And that was the moment the universe clicked
It is normal??
Imagine thinking that being a Douglas Adams fan makes you 'weird' and 'quirky.' He has sold approximately 14 million books.
Don't Panic. You're in the right place.
The "never happened" thing is going to make me die an unfinished man.
True
True
@@denissdenisson6823 True
I think it's to do with the Wirral
what are the best biscuits??
MYSTERY BISCUITS, OH YEAH
I'm surprised that wasn't the answers.
Gary's shirt's bottom button is undone. Reminds me of George the fingers.
King of South London, innit?
@@legendofFranktheTank I'm a bit late but its a joke from one of the experiments (they've got their own playlist
The mysteriousness around the whole Techdif crew, so much vital information to get context bleeped, being not British, it's mesmerizing.
There is an archive for York university radio but Tech Diff seems to have been too old for them. I wish there was a way to listen to those because you guys are somehow the only podcast that wakes me up on my way to uni
"Do we have anything for after the credits?"
"No."
*cut*
My sides...
My mum was an archivist! Sorry. Literally nobody talks about archivists. They deserve credit!
It might be a thing in countries with history, but as an American, we don't have archives. What do archivists do?
@@cassandra2860 your congress has a library doesn't it ? :)
i want to be an archivist !!
@@cassandra2860 Most countries have some form of archives. They are a place to preserve documents (not just old letters and photos but things like government records) and archivists handle how they are preserved and who can use them, and for what. The US has many, many archives!
@@blindio466 Yes, but it's all fiction.
Stick 'em in robes, give 'em pointy hats and ladies and gentle men I give to you - the students of the Unseen University
+ben middleton Why are you dressing them like the KKK? :O
+Benjamin Philipp Maybe read Terry Pratchett?
Benjamin Philipp
because the KKK stole their look from Wizards, and as Ether says, read Terry Pratchet to understand
Ether Oar
oh... "...best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels..." I... I'll just piece it together from the cue-word "wizards" and imagine the details^^ (No time to read novels :P)
Ascdren
Can I just take a bullet instead? I seem to have misplaced my rope :/
This big guy broke in and said "You're an archivist Gary", That's how it happened.
Yes I'm rewatching this year later....again
Was the big guy called Gagrid?
"There are only so many interesting Wikipedia articles we can go on"
Maybe so Tom, maybe so, but there's enough that that really isn't something you ever need to worry about.
try replacing Wikipedia with urban dictonary
+anders ballegaard OMG that will be brilliant
YES
+anders ballegaard yesyesyesyesyesyesss!!!!
+anders ballegaard Oh god.... yeah do it!
try replacing small bench with big bench
Laughed harder about the after-the-credits part than I should have..
kroppyer i
I had a similar reaction when someone started yelling at someone else about the halting problem in the student society office for my program
Funny thing, given Tom's answer... someone I used to work with had a peculiar icebreaker in asking each new person he met (and was likely to be interacting with for any significant period) to arrange a list of popular biscuits (on little laminated bits of paper) in their order of preference... and had a spreadsheet with the aggregated answers in it reaching back quite some years.
The board leader by a _considerable_ margin was the Chocolate Hobnob.
Though it wasn't mine, I rather prefer a plain one, it works better when dunked...
One time while watching F1 they mentioned the race engineer for the Haas team named Gary Gannon, i wouldn't have thought it just based off that, but since they also said he had a fantastic radio voice i thought it highly likely to be Techdif Gary. Today i found out his last name is actually Brannan and that he works as an Archivist.
Radio show since 2004?! You guys have been friends as long as I've been alive!
Longer than I
@@charleyatkins9094 But less than I have. Still wouldn't have remembered when they started though.
You forget that they’re old.
aww, same! '04 liners unite :p
Same! It’s been 20 years…
horse sized ducks! due to the cubed-square law the legs would probably collapse, leaving it immobile
Antony Mitchell You should also consider that cube square law would make a duck sized horse die, AND that duck sized things aren’t a meaningful threat to a human. At least a horse sized duck has a chance of falling on you, if it’s biology is a problem.
Haph duck sized ducks are terrifyingZ
@@oxybrightdark8765 How so?
I once accidentally stepped on a ducks foot and I still have scars.
@@oxybrightdark8765 I have many ducks, they aren't very good at fighting.
All you have to do is push them out of the way with your boot
When Matt said "in dimly lit room with other people" me and the significant other both said "chained to a wall in a sex dungeon"... this is probably a good thing. :)
If only one of you said it, then it's a bad thing.
if you both said it with the same intention, it could be better...
The only good thing about that is you and they have the same thinking pattern
YESSS! More tech diff! I'm getting to the end of the acceptable number of times you can rewatch/listen to a single show. I've exhausted both the podcast and the citation needed shows. would love some more reverse trivia, especially of live, in the Bristol/Cardiff area
12:16 Gary's mouth is experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later.
im soo curious
yeah, I'd love to know what the profane alternative would be... maybe the Total F***ups
I'm sad I'm five years late for this. I've just found the group and have been dying laughing!
That Pink act is rediculous for something called 'Wireless' festival.
11:22
That's even worse than the slow-mo close up of Matt's face
You mean THAT image from THAT video?
yes, THAT image from THAT gif from THAT video
Tiny minority who have just tap water at the pub unite! :P
even vegetarians draw the line somewhere
The Mysterious Mr. Toast.
I found proof, drive.google.com/file/d/0B3MQUuJ5bAsUU0hELWxmTXFHSGs/view?usp=sharing
Never happened
Never happened.
Never happened
Never Happened
Everyone's favourite emoji, Gary Brannan.
I am fucking pumped for new season of citation needed
“Do we have anything for after the credits?”
“Nooo.”
FIN
*chef kiss*
in another 40 years you'll still be doing this, but it'll be last of the summer wine.
:(
Seeing this video in my subscription box was possibly the most excited I've been in months.
York University student radio, isnt that also where Jay Foreman got his start?
What job does Chris have? Axe murderer?
He spends his days tutting at people with social media
So, murdering axes or murdering with axes?
murdering axes with other axes
Murdering axes with a chainsaw
Murdering birds with an axe
AHA! The genesis of "We still don't have an outtro"
I just love all of you guys so this was awesome!! And I'm thrilled to hear the next season of Citation Needed has been recorded! Yay!! So, you better crack on and get to editing Tom - we're impatiently waiting!! 😉
I love the reverse trivia! Please do more of them.
Do you mean Citation Needed? The new season of that is coming in a few month
+Madone7 They had a reverse trivia podcast before they did citation needed. On their website, techdif.co.uk you can see both.
Elijah Van Vlack I know that, but this is the newer version of that
+Madone7 Yes, but I like the audio better than the video.
I love the audio episodes, I listen to them all the time.
Gary is a PSB fan. Yet again he’s immensely relatable despite being 16 years older than me and from the opposite side of the country
Tom doesn't age, he just doesn't. Take a look at breaking the news from 9 years ago, HE LOOKS THE SAME.
Don't reveal that he's a vampire! That's just bad form.
Except the ponytail, but yeah.
Just realised that Gary and Matt actually wore blue (shirt and jumper, respectively) in Series 5 of Citation Needed and not purple as I saw in the videos filmed in Chris's kitchen. Chris's T-shirt was also redder in Series 5 than this.
You should use Wikipedia: Unusual Articles as a list of potential articles.
A bit late, but I think that's what they used :)
Tom geeking out over pink is my favorite
@@ami_was_here omg lmao I get recognized everywhere now!! Hi!😊
Is there an archive of the Uni radio shows? I'm really curious about the regeneration now!
DoccieDraaiorgel I want to hear them all!!
I love hearing all your comments on York. As it is where i live, i find it hilarious to picture you all up to your shenanigans xD
I remember when I saw the Flaming Lips, he was riding through the crowd wearing rainbow wings, I touched the wings, got sad cuz the picture I got of him was bad, and then got informed that it was okay, because "[I am] an angel now". Best concert moment for me
My God...
the Technical Difficulties...listed to PENDULUM?!
I remember a video saying Tom really likes EDM.
Is that the Melbourne band Pendulum or the Perth band Pendulum?
@@ryougahibiki941 Assuming Australian drum-and-bass group Pendulum
is there any way to hear the original run of techdif, pre-podcast?
When Matt says the one time we went out to get lunch around 13:15
Was that before Gary mentioned the samosa butty?
IDEA: reverse taboo
use only the words that are "forbidden" in order for the others to figure out the original word
That would be incredibly easy, once you think about it more. ^^
I once played taboo, where you only where allowed one (!) word to clue your partner in and even that worked pretty well.
I had to google what you meant but I originally thought only using swear words and I think that's more up TechDiff's alley ngl
And finally you mention Muse!! Best British band in my humble opinion.
I don't know why but for some reason I can't s top watching these park bench videos...
+TotalLegion They're like crack. I spend 4 hours straight watching them when I first came across them
+TotalLegion And yet it felt weird the first time I watched it, just Tom with a bloke I saw for the first time, just chatting for fifteen minutes. And it was great.
It took me a solid minute before I realized that you were talking about what I would call "cookies".
Before I watch this I just want to say omg! They've let them outside!
They were freed. Now, everyone is in fear
This was the least informative and the most hilarious Q&A I've ever seen. BTW still listening to the old 1984 reverse trivia thing on the train to work sometimes
I just gotta say Chris, you have a beasty beard every viking would be proud of. Keep it going!
Where's the guy that's usually wearing the red tshirt?
He's STILL wearing a red t-shirt if you look closely.
+1 for Pendulum! Fuck it, it's drum and bass....
+Seraephus My favourite Creedence Clearwater Revival album.
Xi is based af
I LOVE YOU GUYS :) There is not much funnier than the bunch of you together. I cannot wait to see the next season :)
I've seen P!nk live too, and can agree it was one of the most incredible things in the world!
I never before truly understood the expanse of the techdif connected universe.
Now I really, really, really look forward to the new Citation Needed.
"...you regenerated?" cute.
Coming back to this, seeing as Chris now has twitter & instagram is wild
Thanks for answering my question. For the record, I side with tom. Chocolate hobnobs are up there
it was not a reference to biscuit cereal or cake by the way
Is there any chance you guys could archive any of these podcast shows and your other old works on UA-cam? I don't think I've seen or heard any of your older work, and everything I've seen so far has been either informative, and/or gut-bustingly hilarious, and I want more. :D
Can't wait for the next series of Citation Needed! Great bunch of guys
"do we have anything for after the credits?"
"no"
I never realised how large Matt is. It's like someone took a regular person and scaled them up
They were listening to Pendulum: confirmed that one of them has excellent taste in music.
What a coincidence, Lee Adama is my favourite cheese as well, Matt!
What I've heard is never put anything in an email that you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper
Gary, you're an archivist!
You get my Like, haven't even seen the video yet, but I LOVE everything you guys do. You guys Rock!
Because of the square cube law a horse sized duck wouldn't have the leg strength to support itself, thus horse sized duck.
Tom, your hair! c;
EDIT: OMG PENDULUM. Hold Your Colour, Mr. Scott.
I wanna see that, Gary regenerating into Chris
That Leeds union Public Service Broadcasting was incredible!
Ah, so this is the origin of the “never happened” joke.
Matt's shirt is punderful! where d'ya get it? :)
do a Dungeons and Dragons series or something?
Bit late bit Absolutely!
@@mme.veronica735 Bit later but Absolutely part two!
oh yeah. that be great
Best biscuits....... MYSTERY BISCUITS!!!!! Oh yeah!
what was matt’s favourite cheese? the auto captions didn’t catch it
so early youtube gave the "unkown video" thumbnail.. whoops
mystery video to go with the mystery biscuits
Abbeydale moonshine! Love it! Go to drink as a student in Sheffield!
When they sit on a bench together they look like the characters of an edgar wright film
Tom, you guys need to do more like the old show. It was so funny. xD
Thank you to whichever time traveler went back to mess with Radio York's connections, leading to the creation of this wonderful series :)
Wait, new Citation Needed?! Yes, finally!
Why was Chris so averse to revealing the origins of his nickname?
DevilboyScooby never happened.
what nickname?
Tom's got an actually brattish accent, i've never noticed before, until now i've just heard this general english mix of everything but not really clear from anywhere. But today, in this episode there was a hint of something more. I can't say where it's from, but it was fun to hear. Thank you to @Matt and Tom for making these park benches, and thanks to all of you TechDif and Citation Needed guys for keeping my spoken english english and not american.
if I binge watch a bunch of Citation Needed or binge listen a bunch of Tech Dif, the voice in my mind that reads text starts sounding British (and, come to think of it, male). I'm in the US, female, and grew up with a fairly bland Midwest accent, so this is kind of strange and entertaining for me. The effect fades pretty quickly.
13:09
*WHY WOULD YOU WANT THAT?!*
I feel like I missed a story or something. Is there somewhere I can read up on whatever Tom and the guys where up to in college? Or parhaps listen to the old student radio show?
Is there anywhere that I can find the original radio show online?
this may be it, not sure, www.techdif.co.uk/
It's on iTunes with the three studio shows too :P
I know this is 3 years old but, Chris' trousers, I love them and where are they from?
Iiiii did not expect to hear "Harrogate Blue" as a favourite cheese, nice one, Chris!
6:23 'Twas a time.
He is now!
Wait, Matt drinks Flying Dog? I didn't know you could even get that in the UK! I live right near their brewery so I always think of them very much as a local small brand.