Young Man | David Mitchell's Soapbox
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2011
- David Mitchell discusses the dichotomy of the phrase 'young man'.
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The Phrase 'young man' is a joke that is made to a boy who is obviously not a man, but can also be said to a man who is clearly not young. This certainly gives David something to think about at the grand age of 37.
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"I'm 37."
"What?"
"I'm 37, I'm not 'young'."
"Well I can't just call you' man."
"You could say 'David'."
"I didn't know you were called 'David'."
"Well you didn't bother to find out, did you?"
Christian Lang what?! Mitchell didn't say any of that in the video you just watched. It's a Monty Python bit IIRC.
he was joking, young man
"Right, then, what'll it be, Dave?"
"It's David for For fuck's sake"
Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help help, I'm being repressed!
That odd realization that it's now officially impossible to become a world-class athlete is evidently more universal than I'd thought.
Same here, but that is also a motivation to just give up on old dreams and focus on things ahead.
I still fantasise about one day being a Premier League footballer, even though that would be some kind of record at my age
I remember the first time someone younger than me scored for West Ham, that was a bit of a shitter. No longer a kid who can dream of playing there one day, just another man watching other men do something they are far more talented at.
yep, i had the depressing thought the other day, that at the age of 28, many football clubs would think twice about singing me for lack of resale value due to me soon being 30!
@@passthebutterrobot2600 Is your username a reference to Rick and Morty?
I like the phrase "brandishing progeny"
Shit, that is depressingly accurate.
"Don't call me a young man, because that's patronizing. Im not a young man, I'm a grown man."
"Oh, you don't really mean that I'm actually young man? Then don't call me a young man, because that's makes me feel old."
"I still think of myself as a young man."
-David Mitchell
"I don't want to do any of these things, I want to win Wimbledon...on the moon."
Me too, David.
That might be tough....given that Wimbledon is a geographic location....
@@Shilo-fc3xm
It didn't stop the football club moving to Buckinghamshire.
@@paulkennedy8701 It didn't stop the football club not being called Wimbledon anymore either. Or a new AFC Wimbledon springing up in... er, Wimbledon?
@@Shilo-fc3xm Well Lebannon, Memphis, York, London, Berlin, etc. etc... were all names already taken before the United States came to be, but it didn't give a shit and took those names again anyway, in fact several times over. I don't see why it would be objectionable therefore to have Wimbledon, Moon
Surely having Robert Webb would count as having children.
This really surprised me when I learnt it, but Webb is two years older than Mitchell
Started the violin at 32. I love it, but the more I love it, the more I realize how many musical doors slammed shut long ago never to open again. Also, part of the fun of being great at something as a child is having people be impressed and proud of you. Violinwise, that ship has certainly sailed. I'm not terrible, but there is no shortage of ten-year-olds who are twice as good. Sigh.
Hey I don't know if you'll see this but I really hope you've kept it up! There shouldn't really be any reason why your enjoyment and skill should be be discounted just because there are younger folk who started earlier.
Plus in 5 years time your skill woulf have grown incredibly, but the skill of the average 10 year old violinist wouldn't have changed.
Your art is valuable too
Music is about self-enjoyment
@@charliesmith1358 You forget that these people who start the violin when they are like five often carry on and become better and better as they age. If your goal is to become a concert violinist, you pretty much have to start when you are very young otherwise you will never catch up.
I've just started at the age of 44. Don't sweat it
I recently started ballet. I'm 28 and will never be a ballerina, but I certainly enjoy it.
I feel he stopped this soapbox much too early.
about 30 years too early
This actually gives me some relief, as I've been going through the same paranoia (for lack of a better word). I'm in my thirties and all I can think is how much I wasted my twenties, and I do remember doing the same in my twenties about my teens. It's good to know I'm not alone and that this is most likely a common behavior. Thanks for sharing!
I assume you're actually in your 40s now, how's the paranoia?
@@Andrew-yl7lm It's a never-ending cycle.
ThePreppyPunk. I don't know how much goes changed for you in the last decade or so but David Mitchell married the love of his life and they have a child - dreams really do come true! ❤😊✌
Whether you go to the moon, or hop up and down on one leg really doesn't matter. We're all really just filling in the time until someone tosses our ashes into the ocean.
Curiously, one of the things you can still kid yourself you could be 3 weeks before becoming 55, if you occasionally make a friend laugh, or a passer-by chuckle, is a freelance comedian.
I already feel this way and I'm in my late 20s. A life of perpetual single-hood with a job people never really think of as a real job and a mind that keeps forgetting 2000 wasn't just a year or two ago.
people are generally right in the assessment of reality values reguarding jobs.
You are very old
How do you feel now? 10 years later.
Don’t worry, David. I won’t be a concert violinist either, and I tried for the last 23 years.
Wow, this is really spot on. It's like he's describing my life. I'm 41.
Now the Mitchel & Webb sketch about immortal children makes so much more sense.
David Mitchell for PM!
It's heartening to know that others are going through the same thing! I looked at my friends and thought I was the only one!
I've stopped keeping track of when I'm no longer eligible for the title of 'World's Youngest' something, and started keeping track of when I become eligible for the title of 'World's Oldest' something. Keeps me sane. Relatively.
Great motivational video. I'll be showing this to every teenager I know.
This was FANTASTIC!
This video is more terrifying now that I am 26 than it was when I was 16.
Wonderful video!
Spot on...perfect.
This is the best thing I ever saw.
Sadly enough, I have the same conversation in my head about becoming a comedian.
The salamander part is genius. Oh David, you very clever man
Oh David, you'd make such a great PM...
Crikey. I feel the same way most days. My body says I'm 31 and counting, but I have always felt 19. I don't know if this is normal or not, but I still act like a child far too often.
oh david. i love you
I think being called 'young man' in your thirties is far less confronting than a young lady offering you her seat on the bus in your mid forties.
Hahahaha that's a downer for sure.
This video was released on Thursday 22 September 2011, I’m watching on Saturday 24 September 2022
You're my hero
Love the axolotl reference.
great video young man
i feel; young man is a way for older people to show respect towards younger people by highlighting how good it is too be young and reminding the youth that they should relish in the fact of being young. its a subconscious reminder and compliment.
Brandishing Progeny is a good name for a band.
"When it's a hilarious joke because you're not really a man"
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"Today we join the Toast King playing tennis against David Mitchell... on The Moon."
Bonus points for the Q.I. axolotl reference Mitchell!
Somewhere in the multiverse, there's an intergalactic, professional tennis-playing David Mitchell
@SayidShazeen
Hush, it's a perfectly wonderful beard and it doesn't hinder the message.
The titles should have series and episode numbers in them!
David Mitchell and I share two disappointments: I was sad for months at age 8 when I realised I had no interest in becoming an astromaut and therefore my chances of going to the moon were zero. And I, too, had the Wimbledon realization in my teens. LOL. One day it’s all just gone, isn’t it?
The Mr. Revill mentioned at 2:28 exists and still teaches at Abingdon School (though I don't recall him having anything to do with tennis).
Has David ever written any book? Because I would buy it, no matter the subject or genre.
he has now
@Virini and one hell of a montage
You will David, you will.
I actually don't mind being called young man. When I am called old man I will light up a cigar and order a bottle of whiskey at the bar
David bringing up axolotls made me wonder why the hell are they critically endangered but also sold for $20 or less?
I think they have very little habitat in the wild, also axolotls are not in a pre adult space if submerged underwater, axolotls in the wild never leave the water and in captivity breeding with other salamanders had led to a rare condition where axolotls will become terrestrial
But you're a brilliant comedian, and that's something. Each of those people you're so impressed with is a specialist. There's always a trade, even if you choose a balanced life, it's not likely to make you an astronaut or an Olympiad.
1:34 looks like david's old speckled is hanging out.
I can't help but think that this rant was in part inspired by Robert Webb getting married and having a kid, and David's feeling a little left behind in life. Don't worry David, there are plenty of women out there who think you're wonderful, even with the beard.
I'm going to make sure I complete my dreams by the time i'm 37. Now just to come up with one...
I will bear your progeny, David Mitchell.
Well played. I live in a four-way mexican standoff in this house.
David Mitchell for Prime Minister!
Whether he likes it or not!
you're only as young as you feel Sir Mitchell
I'm 27and I'm already set up with a house a family and yes the Volvo! Didn't realise I am not an young man anymore!!!
Christ, I'm 16 and have already fallen into that soul crushing trap
Not trying to compete here, but I get exactly what you and Mitchell are saying... and I'm only 19!
You could totally win Wimblodon. All you need is 1 year to train, a great tennis coach, and an expert poisoner.
As someone who works in a care home, i found your porridge joke very funny, tho i dont patronise my residents by calling them 'young', i know many carers that do
I remember the day I had the same thought. It was the chess grandmaster one.
Volvandese honestly chess grandmaster is only rated 2500ish, best in the world are >2750. You could still do it (there are plenty of examples who did). Even better "international master" is only 2300ish but sounds fancier :)
haha Same here brother... Only that I've just gone 20
Ah yes, the crushing feeling of failure after never having even started to try... I know this all too well. Welcome, Mr. Mitchell... to the Spectrum!
Behold its ADD, but notice how it's more introverted and daydreamy than usual.
You'll struggle to find connection with people, but rest assured: when you do connect, it will be pure and true.
You will not settle, but choose the more difficult path - the one that's not been tread. Remember that no flowers grow on beaten paths
Awww, poor david mitchell... :( He is still a wee boy at heart. A wee boy who doesn't like eating his greens.
Winning Wimbledon on Jupiter would be better as the dip of the ball caused by the huge amount of gravity would be brilliant. The death incurred by the increased in gravity would be a small price to pay.
I know the feeling disgustingly well, you better throw some humour in there because its actually terrifying
It sucks when you realise that you'll never be really good at a thing because you haven't been doing it since you were a kid.
Great Idea, Ainsly.
Young man, there's no need to feel down.
Don't worry David, you're not alone.
I'm 28, haven't kicked a ball in anger in 5 years and still harbour hopes of playing football at the highet level for my boyhood club.
Until very recently, I thought he was actually a decade younger. It was mostly his undeniably boyish features, but I also know British men around that age who have the same sort of cynical, sarcastic, "I very well might have grown up in the nineteenth century" attitude.
@ashlmull I was about to say it was a coincidence, but then suddenly the phrase "David's Old Speckled" made more sense.
And @indifilmsmakenosense You'll be glad to know that the legal age of consent in Hawaii is 14. Have fun.
I'm 19 and feel like my life is doomed because I coasted through school in spite of an IQ well into gifted range.
This has left me unqualified and acutely aware of every minute detail of how I've cocked up.
Well, I'm curious. How did life work out for you? Is 27 better than 19?
He should do a rant on beardwatchers.
But Wimbledon isn't on the Moon! The tennis tournament is named after the place in which it was held. Surely, it would be called 'The Moon Tennis Championships', or something along those lines?
I'm in my 30's and can't decide if I'm still "young" or not :(
Sorry for responding to an old comment, but damn dude, you summed up precisely what Im feeling a week away from my 26th birthday. Apparently 185 other people agree with you :(
David; you ARE young. Don't let anybody tell you differently.
You feel old when you realize you are passed the age to start training for Wimbledon, but still you see the tennis pros as "older people".
There comes the time when they are not "older", they are just like you, and you feel old.
All of a sudden those tennis pros are all younger than you, and you think "NOW I'm old".
But....it really feels awful when you start thinking "all these tennis pros are just babies!".
:-(
This is the feeling i get when i watch Mason Greenwood, who's about 6 months younger than me, smashing in strikes for Manchester United
lol at last line hahahaha
LMAO, I did the same thing about winning wibledon, at the same age.
The longer the beard stays, the more I am reminded of Hans Gruber of Die Hard fame. :)
The sad thing is that we all feel the same, but we're not successful comedians with a good couple TV series under our belt to make up some sort of a portfolio of success. So where he says this with a general dismal reflection on life, to us it's a cripplingly depressing outlook for the future. I'm 20 and really have to start looking for some success cus I know it'd soon be 10 years later and I'll be scratching my arse, wondering what fucked up.
I realized, at age 48, that I would never play for my country....
Loving the beard old son. Sorry I did not make the effort to meet you the time we almost meet in Shenfield train station.
0.1% is actually one in 1000, but I guess that was all just an elaborate ploy to draw me into commenting.
poor old boy
I'm intrigued by moon-tennis. Would it be in a air-filled underground structure, or out on the surface in space suits? Natural moon-dust court surface? Why should golf be the only ridiculously-posh sport played on the surface of the moon? And can we do more? Moon polo? Can you build a spacesuit for a pony? Or maybe we genetically engineer ponies that can survive in space. Rainbow Dash?
1:30 David looks cute with a rabbit tail.
We should all collaborate, and organize a tennis tournament on the moon for people over the age of 37 with no experience of playing tennis whatsoever. David will have a chance.
@georgeda Most certainly.
Lucky you. I'm 49. That youthful fresh hopeful inner self stays the same and you've got to hope for good health and constantly block out negative memories to move forward. The years pile up and this perspective dominates your inner world but nobody gives a toss about that and you have to accept that what you have gathered inside yourself is worthless to the world.. I'm from last century ...... but still alive - can't even get a job never mind a daft one. Chin chin. ................ :)
@SirRobin126 I’m afraid the sorting hat sends the letters out and the hat's quite infallible
David Mitchell for Prime Minister!
Prime Minister! :-D
Go for it!
If it was on the moon, could you still in good faith call it Wimbledon? I've seen a tagine served in a casserole and I feel sure I've imbibed champagne that wasn't from Champagne but somehow I feel the All England Tennis Club would (or should) be more protective of their brand.
@fritspas I was thinking Ray LaMontagne.
David Mitchell as UK PM. Might not be bad.