to be honest, i always wonderd why boris johnson sounded so familiar. and then I got to thinking about it tonight, and I remembered this fine piece of art.
If it had a slate-coloured rubberised panel on the dash for keeping a cellphone in place, it'd be "Matt Gray's matte grey Mattmobile's grey mobile mat".
2:19 Oh my god, I didn't think that watching someone reading a physical map while on a phone in order to give that person instructions on where to go would strike me as hard as it did....but it did...
The editing work on this is astounding, even by today's standards. It's also quite amazing seeing how quickly technology's changed considering this is just in 2009. Edit: There, I edited it after 6 years of being retroactively corrected every single damn year so all of you can shut the hell up.
THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF OLD SCHOOL UA-cam CONTENT. PEOPLE ONLY DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DUMB SHEEP THAT ONLY NOTICE WHAT THE UA-cam-AI RECOMMENDS THEM.
Today the command center would have their positions live, be recording the internet streams directly to disk and they would be permanently linked by BT headphones. The GPS tracks would be visualised of course.
I’m noticing a pattern. Drinking at the pub, having dumb ideas, going out and executing said dumb ideas, and then going back to the pub. I can’t think of a better way to enjoy The freedoms we sometimes take for granted Memories like this with friends and loved ones, are the best thing in life
@@aresorum For Webvideos from "average" people, yes. It was something new. There was barley any Content on UA-cam with such quality. Most of the stuff where uncutted homevideos or trash cutted things.
God this is nostalgic for some reason. 2009. The sunny, British summer days outside, before I was locked into the internet. Perhaps I just miss being a kid, but then again who doesn't.
Can I just say, I like the Lego chimney at the bottom of the shot at 7:25.Also, the fact that the reporter inside parliament seems like he indicates Tom's entry into the shot.
its on one of their park bench videos, they said it was funny as a student, but people have done similar things to them, so they wouldnt again. They also said they wouldnt get that lucky, as they didnt plan to do it on the budget day.
These guys should have hosted the current Top Gear series instead. I think Top Gear will still retain most of its humoristic value if Matt and Tom hosted it.
@@MondySpartan I'd watch that honestly, if only the two of them were car people (which as far as I know, they're not really). In a perfect world, maybe something could be done with the same production team as Top Gear, doing similar challenges but with less of a focus on cars, but that would be a stretch. If nothing else though, it would be quite nice to see the Technical Difficulties doing more videos of this nature- as they show in their panel show videos, they've definitely got the chemistry for it :P
Amazing! Two things: You couldn't have looked more like students if you'd tried... and between the congestion charge (introduced in 2003) and London's astronomical car parking costs, that must have cost Matt a *fortune*!
+Puppy Von Vathorst I think it's because Matt's shirt appears purple on one camera (I think it was the one following Tom) and blue on another (the one following Matt)
As 2020 comes to a close, an endless sea of incredible content stretches out before me. Yet, despite the irrelevance and pointlessness, I inexplicably settled on watching this (and am at least mildly entertained). Actually, it's worth it just for the rare scene at 08:00, showing the narrow overlap in the transition of technological history. 2 people watching the same thing at the same time; one viewing the broadcast on a handheld television, the other watching it livestreamed over the internet on a mobile phone!
Awesome segment guys and the production was on the ball too. Won't be too long before we'll be seeing you playing with the big boys I reckon. Oh, and did i mention it was hilarious... =D
1:50 Can I just point out that some of the roads are actually built over ones that were built by the Romans? That makes them around 1000 years older than the middle ages, and about 8 times older than the United States of America. (numbers based on the Romans existing around the year 0. The Romans didn't actually leave Britain until about 500 years later.)
6:30 when I can’t contain my laughter watching this on my bed. Seriously love these guys! I’m glad I found their channels! Truly a blast from the past but still their happy selves!
sion8 the golden ticket goes to G8 events, as those are constantly set in different places, with massive buffers against protesters. i've known some kids to launch fireworks at George W. Bush's camp during the 2004 G8
Matt genuinely had a car with his own name written on the bonnet in giant letters? That's the most Matt thing ever.
Don’t forget, Matt also had a cardboard cutout of himself!
Arnaud Ménard Whats this from?
@@AFrogInTheStars It's from their old High Five video! Matt Gray vs Cardboard Matt Gray
TIL in British English, the hood is called bonnet.
Could only have been better if the car weren't blue but rather… matte grey.
Hearing “mayor Boris Johnson” is quite strange
Hearing “prime minister Boris Johnson” is worse tbf
to be honest, i always wonderd why boris johnson sounded so familiar. and then I got to thinking about it tonight, and I remembered this fine piece of art.
hearing boris johnson is even worse by now
Great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jelly
BOTIS JOHNSON NOW TO SAW OFF THE REST OF SCOTLAND AND FINALLY BE FREE????
I'm very disappointed that the colour of the Mattmobile isn't matt gray.
"Matt Gray's matte grey Mattmobile"
oh.
my.
god.
If it had a slate-coloured rubberised panel on the dash for keeping a cellphone in place, it'd be "Matt Gray's matte grey Mattmobile's grey mobile mat".
@@gwenynorisu6883
*Clap*
*Clap*
*Clap*
Wow
'On a BBC Interview with Iain Duncan Smith, I did the YMCA.'
Only in UK mates.
we are bri ish and proud. I’m gonna go colonise my tea
@@JoKujo comedy that exemplifies the typical Roblox player I see
this has to be my favorite episode of red versus blue
just realized matt often has a blue jacket or shirt vs tom's red shirt.
But, why are they there?
A reference nobody would get nowadays
@@MaximNightFury rvb literally is still going on mate
You ever wonder why we’re here?
Even in a 10 year old video it's still hard to tell if he's 20 or 40.
37 now, about 25 back then
Who knew a video could be so 90s when it was filmed in 2009?
+Aaron Munro 09 vs 90 only the order is different
+Aaron Munro exactly.
Old iPhones too!
Yeh good old 90s iPhones
Yep
This is the true birth of Tom Scott Plus
*plus
This feels so much like a British show
british version of kenny versus spenny
Genius
Top Gear with Tom and Matt
It's a deliberate Top Gear send-up, yeah. @@MondySpartan
It's the voice over. VO is just really British for some reason
2:19 Oh my god, I didn't think that watching someone reading a physical map while on a phone in order to give that person instructions on where to go would strike me as hard as it did....but it did...
TOO TRUE
Got me too. It's so easy to forget that just over 10 years ago, the majority of people couldn't just search for directions on their phone.
this needs to be redone with modern technology
Yessss
+nitrodavid tom scott and matt gray on the park bench has a video post mortem of this, and an explanation of why they'll never redo this
+hornylink You mind quoting it? Don't feel like looking for the video
+nitrodavid What isn't modern with this video now?
***** Flips phones and rented large over-the-shoulder box cameras.
The most British end to a show ever. A sigh, a handshake and "let's go to the pub."
😆ikr🤭
when it was easier to use actual maps than Google maps....
joblessalex Google maps was unreliable and had far fewer features than it does now back in 2009.
that's the point sergeant
Still is some times
no it wasn't
@@sillygoose635 if you know where you are you probably would, sadly I'm in the same boat as you
Using a double decker bus to get into a BBC shot pointed at parliament
Welcome to london
The editing work on this is astounding, even by today's standards. It's also quite amazing seeing how quickly technology's changed considering this is just in 2009.
Edit: There, I edited it after 6 years of being retroactively corrected every single damn year so all of you can shut the hell up.
10*
@@captaindiego228 you just replied to a comment that's made 2 years ago...
@@thepacificwart8777 i know that was the joke
@@thepacificwart8777 r/whoosh
@@captaindiego228 how high are you to even think that was a joke? You only said 10
HOW IS POSSIBLE THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THESE BEFORE? WE NEED MORE OF THIS OLD SCHOOL UA-cam CONTENT
THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF OLD SCHOOL UA-cam CONTENT. PEOPLE ONLY DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DUMB SHEEP THAT ONLY NOTICE WHAT THE UA-cam-AI RECOMMENDS THEM.
@@Usage_of_Sawdust_In_South_Caro thank you sir
YES WE DO
Usage_of_Sawdust_In_South_Carolina_Channel it’s called an algorithm
@@Usage_of_Sawdust_In_South_Caro funny enough this auto played after watching a recent Tom Scott video.
"Matt's balls gave me an idea"
Kuroun "But it didn't work"
suck
Was looking for this comment
“I wanted to get behind phillip schofield”
Oof I just commented the same thing and now I'll have to delete it.
Never have I heard someone say “I did the YMCA” with such confidence
This is amazing!
Hello!
Aye Cody!
hello
it's always good when u find you tubers you love watching you tubers you love
Fancy seeing you here.
I really dont appreciate how fast technology evolves until i see videos like this
Today the command center would have their positions live, be recording the internet streams directly to disk and they would be permanently linked by BT headphones. The GPS tracks would be visualised of course.
it does feel very top gear-y!
Ecxept they wish each other good luck instead of slow death on the side of the road.
***** yes I know! I was acknowledging it! :D
It's been 3yrs
@@tophitsofficial6225 *4*
2 things is your profile pic a boxer and I respect who you sub to
I’m noticing a pattern. Drinking at the pub, having dumb ideas, going out and executing said dumb ideas, and then going back to the pub. I can’t think of a better way to enjoy The freedoms we sometimes take for granted
Memories like this with friends and loved ones, are the best thing in life
this is not even the craziest thing tom ever did
Love the credits: "With apologies to the crews at BBC and Sky News".
Tom Scott now: *does educational videos
Tom Scott in 2009: *dances in front of news cameras*
Tom Scott now: *quit making educational videos
Pretty great video quality for 2009!
Jonathan Linden shot on miniDV on professional cameras
Not really
Jonathan Martin the encoding doesn’t help but it’d be 720x576p and stretched to 1024x576p. So SD.
Jonathan Martin the fact it looks that decent after youtube 360ped it is a plus
Not only that, the editing is also great. I actually thought this was some tv series. Not a youtube video
Imagine watching news on that day and yhinking: "Why do I keep seeing the same weird guy in a red shirt everywere?"
This obviously took an epic amount of work... this deserves a much higher view count.
Wish granted 10 years later
@@thomaswalls4188 needs way more views mate
@@kekow176 I agree
Lucky you! You got your wish!
MORE!!
Never been so happy to get a 13 year old video recommended to me at 4 am. Brilliant
This was very Top-Gear-ish. I'm very impressed by how technically well it was made. Only wish this vid had more coverage.
Got your wish!
11 years later and this is still the most nostalgic and awesome thing I’ve ever seen!
Great editing especially considering this is from 2009
Ni De thought the same thing!
What? You think editing was invented this millennium, or something?
@@aresorum For Webvideos from "average" people, yes. It was something new. There was barley any Content on UA-cam with such quality. Most of the stuff where uncutted homevideos or trash cutted things.
It’s from 2009, not 1959 😂
@@him050 for a 2009 *youtube* video made by average people its amazing
God this is nostalgic for some reason. 2009. The sunny, British summer days outside, before I was locked into the internet. Perhaps I just miss being a kid, but then again who doesn't.
I feel bad for Tom/Matt's cameramen, they're not allowed to have a chance to be on the news themselves.
I feel bad for bus drivers, they never get to be the passenger :(
I feel bad for the content creators, they never get to be the viewers.
of their own channel obviously
I feel bad for criminal judges, they never get to be prosecuted themselves.
I feel bad for you; you don’t get to be me.
(Did I do this correctly?)
@@aresorum i feel bad for you, you didn't do this wrong like me
I've never seen
1. Such dedication
2. People doing this
3. A long haired Tom
Tom with long hair is weird
+Rachel Lee Kind of terrifying
He looks fine. Check yourself.
+Rachel Lee Its not weird, its awesome!
+Rachel Lee Looks like thunderfoot
+Rachel Lee
* *Awesome *
"There's a lamp post near a circle-y bit" Matt really hasn't changed at all XD
Rather Top Gear-esque. Very entertaining :D
RIP
My thoughts exactly. It's like their race across London a few years ago.
+LimitedWard It was inspired by it, according to their Park Bench video.
LimitedWard Yup
I can’t believe this was 11 years ago, still the same quality of great content.
"Fantastic! The Victoria Line's on strike! How can one tube line go on strike?" 1:15
They are all separate for stuff like that.
Milk and Duck gaming some guys like to travel in my bus, but I can’t be bothered with a fuss today, I’ve got to take my bike...
cus once again the tube on strike
Milk and Duck gaming the greedy bastards want extra pay for sitting on their arse all day
Even though they earn 30k
6:08 I forgot battery life was a problem back then… and this wasn’t even that long ago!
was? phones are way more power-hungry now, most of them barely last a day without a recharge
THIS IS PURE GOLD.
This is a british historical moment.
Can I just say, I like the Lego chimney at the bottom of the shot at 7:25.Also, the fact that the reporter inside parliament seems like he indicates Tom's entry into the shot.
10 years (+1 day) later, and I still find this really endearing. How far Matt and Tom have gone!
So many people here via the park bench :-D
What's the story on why Matt had / has his name on his car?
I imagine it's on the off chance that he drove by in the background of a shot.
I forgot that everyone dressed like this in 2009.
Ikr, it's crazy how our fashion sense has evolved
@@gabulhiboakibaa did it ?
@@jo_winston you don't realise, and then you see your old pictures
I was 13 when this was filmed which is like prime awkwardness, so I'm sure I dressed very similarly 😅
"Matt's balls gave me an idea" - Tom, 2009
LMAO
“Under Mayor Boris Johnson”
Oh how the world has changed
This is halarious. I know it's 2016 now, but can you make more of this? :P
Leslie Likes Games look at his "vlog" channel Matt and Tom he explains why he wont there
They actually filmed a response to your question.
David Macarthur
Where do I find that?
its on one of their park bench videos, they said it was funny as a student, but people have done similar things to them, so they wouldnt again. They also said they wouldnt get that lucky, as they didnt plan to do it on the budget day.
I'm just glad Tom cut that awful pony tail.
This video has aged like fine wine
lol, these guys remind me of Top Gear, just without cars
But... Matt had a car...
Just the trams
I commented the same thing
These guys should have hosted the current Top Gear series instead. I think Top Gear will still retain most of its humoristic value if Matt and Tom hosted it.
@@MondySpartan I'd watch that honestly, if only the two of them were car people (which as far as I know, they're not really). In a perfect world, maybe something could be done with the same production team as Top Gear, doing similar challenges but with less of a focus on cars, but that would be a stretch. If nothing else though, it would be quite nice to see the Technical Difficulties doing more videos of this nature- as they show in their panel show videos, they've definitely got the chemistry for it :P
*Matt's balls gave me an idea, but it didn't work*
Utterly wonderful. An absolute joy. You chaps are rather good.
Amazing! Two things: You couldn't have looked more like students if you'd tried... and between the congestion charge (introduced in 2003) and London's astronomical car parking costs, that must have cost Matt a *fortune*!
7:50 for magical shirt change
Wtf?
+Puppy Von Vathorst I think it's because Matt's shirt appears purple on one camera (I think it was the one following Tom) and blue on another (the one following Matt)
Vathorst Same shirt, just different lighting
It looks inside out wtf
That's his backpack
Nobody:
UA-cam: lets recommend this amazing video after 11 years!
😏
A sneak peak into British life in 2009, very fun to watch coming from someone on the other side of the world.
(Read in Jeremy Clarkson voice)
Tonight!
I run around London,
Matt takes the Mattmobile, and
a crack team of researchers help us.
This came out a decade ago. I was in elementary school when this came out. Tom has a ponytail. I'm having a crisis.
As 2020 comes to a close, an endless sea of incredible content stretches out before me. Yet, despite the irrelevance and pointlessness, I inexplicably settled on watching this (and am at least mildly entertained).
Actually, it's worth it just for the rare scene at 08:00, showing the narrow overlap in the transition of technological history. 2 people watching the same thing at the same time; one viewing the broadcast on a handheld television, the other watching it livestreamed over the internet on a mobile phone!
in an tiny time gap that allows both to work
Awesome segment guys and the production was on the ball too. Won't be too long before we'll be seeing you playing with the big boys I reckon. Oh, and did i mention it was hilarious... =D
A 10 year old comment. Very rare
@@jaykrishnak3268 ...and here I am enjoying the video for a second time thanks to you... 👍🖖
whys this in my recommendations 11 years later?
good question. no regrets though
1:50 Can I just point out that some of the roads are actually built over ones that were built by the Romans? That makes them around 1000 years older than the middle ages, and about 8 times older than the United States of America. (numbers based on the Romans existing around the year 0. The Romans didn't actually leave Britain until about 500 years later.)
2020: *me, an American, cheering tom on at midnight*
6:30 when I can’t contain my laughter watching this on my bed. Seriously love these guys! I’m glad I found their channels! Truly a blast from the past but still their happy selves!
Love this. This definitely deserves a 2023 version!
This video was way ahead of its time...
I can remember people doing things like this in the 1990s on TV shows.
This makes me so happy! Well done with the command center.
This is 10 years old!!! Highest quality is 360p
Boy how times have changed
I didn't notice because I can't have better resolution than that anyways.
UA-cam in 2009: Nah
UA-cam literally 10 years later: Hey let's recommend this shiz!
Wasn't disappointed haha
Incredible. What a little Gem. 10 years ago! Amazing work guys.
These guys are such nerds and it's amazing :D
Got this recommended now, looked at Tom, and thought I'd best check how long ago this was.
10 years, wow.
11:58 "With apologies to..." lol
Ken Croker when shows usually says "with special thanks to..."
“Under Mayor Boris Johnson”
Oh how times have changed
Also 666th comment
911th comment ive just nabbed
500th like on your comment
oh gosh
666th like xD
Mir Tanvir nice
damn 360p, I got so used to 1080p already. *cries in eye burning agony*
Tal Risin poor you.
Kane lives!
At least it's 16:9
Well I live in Germany, so noone got used to any better as 420p 😉😅
Or in other words: What's 1080p, can I eat that?
-Laughs in shitty mobile phone-
And now... people will flood back to this video thanks to the algorithm
The police were probably thinking "Wtf is that guy (Tom) doing, yelling out crazy things."
This is still one of my favourite videos on UA-cam
Ah, analogue television on a pocket TV
Marcio Silva and for free at that, none of this subscription stuff.
Tom's current hairstyle makes him look like a 20 year old 12 year old
It makes him look like cody from cody'slab
That looks fun! I wonder if anyone has tried this in NYC when the UN General Assembly happens? Or in DC when things happen there.
sion8 the golden ticket goes to G8 events, as those are constantly set in different places, with massive buffers against protesters.
i've known some kids to launch fireworks at George W. Bush's camp during the 2004 G8
Dong Harvey
Nice, I kind of wish to do that, but, I know I would never do it!
+sion8 I'd go for NYC because nothing happens in DC anymore
TheWolfHowling
It is closer to me anyways.
I was making a joke referring to the political gridlock that has had Congress in the deathgrip since 2010 so that nothing gets done
His new airtag video reminded me of this classic
That bus shot was brilliant 😂
How does this only have 1.2 mil views, I've seen this atleast 4 times over the years.
7:22, what are those on the rooftops? 2 by 4 Lego bricks? ;)
it's nice to see what you guys do.
You should do this again dude :)
YT recommends, only about 11 years late but still worth watching! Why didn't this become a national game?!
god I can't believe I've been subbed to you for this long
The most underrated Tom Scott video
"It involved getting my head behind Phillip Schofield" that one aged horribly
You should see 4:36
@@Tibsbb 🤣
i never knew i needed to see tom scott trolling news crews on live tv. my life is complete
Agreed 😂
Tom... this is incredible!
Please do this again with drones~ XD
This was 9 years ago. And they're still going. This is amazing!
This is truly amazing Tom. Great video!
This is one of the greatest things I've seen recently. Had me and my parents laughing.
There’s something nice about watching this in 2020 and remembering the past.
Was this made for television? Either way, what a fantastic idea and my favorite documentary piece of all time!
Nah it should have been though
7:13 this needs to be a meme.
When your crush's boyfriend gets shot by the school shooter.
@@ammagon4519 So... Cedric Diggory?
@@Blade.5786 wait HOW IS THIS SO ACCURATE
This randomly popped into my feed and am glad it did