Mitchell And Webb: GREAT vicar/priest sketch

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
  • From Their Unfortunately rare TV show "The mitchell and webb situation"
    David looks cool in that vicar costume, i need to get one of those!
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  • @darkprose
    @darkprose 9 років тому +455

    The final detail of his walk turning into a run is brilliant.

    • @clarabellen
      @clarabellen 9 років тому +8

      darkprose :o) I was here looking to see if anyone else noted this :o)

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 9 років тому +15

      clarabellen Yes. I love these guys. There is something so surprisingly, desperately, tragically human about this sketch, and the run at the end is... We've all encountered something that demands we run from it, not walk. And, even worse, we have all been in a place we can't run from, though we know we should.

    • @darkprose
      @darkprose 9 років тому +14

      clarabellen Mitchell and Webb sometimes really get to me, their poignancy and pain catch me unawares from time to time. I find myself thinking about this sketch and some others long after I've seen them, and I don't laugh. I suppose this hits me in another personal sense because I was in a seminary some time ago, and though I want to say I was an emotionally healthy person at the time, the truth is I just wasn't. I'm only glad I recognized it earlier rather than later.

    • @pCeLobster
      @pCeLobster 8 років тому +10

      +Joseph Charles I can't get the fog to clear.

    • @orion7767
      @orion7767 8 років тому +8

      +pCeLobster No dude NO!! That one has too much feels

  • @666deadman1988
    @666deadman1988 9 років тому +986

    "He's gone, sir. They've all gone, and we're back."
    "Who?"
    "The incredibly creepy and sexually-repressed people who are still, unaccountably, priests."

    • @catholicmilitantUSA
      @catholicmilitantUSA 9 років тому +17

      +666deadman1988 you obviously don't know any priests, I know lots and they're the happiest people I know. Truth is they're probably much freer than you sexually, because they can control their will-power while others are slaves, they crawl in submission when porn or masturbation beckons. Even if they wanted to, they wouldn't be able to stop, and they're addicts. The priest is free because passions are beneath his reason.

    • @catholicmilitantUSA
      @catholicmilitantUSA 9 років тому +17

      sarcastic bowl of cornflakes Rubbish, teachers, parents, and relatives also abuse children. The problem is rotten adults who work with children, and not the vocation.
      When was the last time you said to a parent 'oh hi, when have you last abused your child?' Because statistically, parents and relatives abuse their children much more than priests.

    • @catholicmilitantUSA
      @catholicmilitantUSA 9 років тому +9

      sarcastic bowl of cornflakes ugh, I knew I shouldn't have got into an argument with an internet atheist. Suffice it to say that some of the brightest minds in science (from Lemaitre to Mendel to Paschal to Copernicus) were devout Catholics, and some of the brightest genius in the arts, from painting, sculpture and architecture to philosophy, law, and every single science you can imagine, were Catholic. It takes 7-12 years study at university to become a priest, please don't think too highly of yourself. Anyway, you're probably the brightest guy in the world and nothing I say can change that, so goodbye.
      Just out of interest though; try and abstain from masturbation for seven days. Go on, try it; let's see who the slave is. Anyway, ciao.

    • @CrankyLeopard
      @CrankyLeopard 8 років тому +1

      +Evi1M4chine Unaccountably so...

    • @jaredwillebeek-lemair5298
      @jaredwillebeek-lemair5298 8 років тому +13

      +Celegorm Feanorson it's a running gag from the show

  • @tikletik
    @tikletik 8 років тому +217

    LOL. So THIS is how he ended up as Evil Vicar!

    • @Aeroldoth3
      @Aeroldoth3 8 років тому +19

      Yes, her parents said she was too young.

    • @ryanmcmahon796
      @ryanmcmahon796 3 роки тому

      Yeah definitely

  • @PDoughboy22
    @PDoughboy22 10 років тому +204

    Looks like that chapel is also a freezer

    • @sam-psonsmith9951
      @sam-psonsmith9951 6 років тому +7

      that is normal. they all are freezing for some reason.

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 4 роки тому +3

      There seems to be some genuine catholic cold...in that protestant church.

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 8 місяців тому +2

      Didn't collect enough in tithings to pay for the electricity, or fuel oil, or coal.

    • @mariabolt3881
      @mariabolt3881 8 місяців тому +4

      Normal Chapel conditions Summer or Winter. Your expected to bring your own Fire of Faith!

  • @coxi666
    @coxi666 12 років тому +125

    David Mitchell is amazing. He pours his heart and soul into his sketches. I would like to see him in a film at some point. Filled with dry humour.

    • @lc5176
      @lc5176 Рік тому +3

      your wish came true

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 7 років тому +72

    It is SERIOUSLY cold in that chapel. Check the fogged breath.

    • @kirotheavenger60
      @kirotheavenger60 7 років тому

      Beat me to it :)

    • @kevinbooth-
      @kevinbooth- 7 років тому +1

      fuck you for giving me another "can't unsee"

    • @jezcoates
      @jezcoates 7 років тому +4

      ProjectFlashlight612 gotta love the English summer!

    • @LewisCampbellTech
      @LewisCampbellTech 7 років тому +4

      Here in NZ we call buildings that cold "Expensive desirable real estate".

    • @atklm1
      @atklm1 7 років тому +4

      David just can't act without weed. He takes a puff when the camera changes to Robert.

  • @cul8erinnovator
    @cul8erinnovator 8 років тому +129

    I mean, they're both great, but David Mitchell's acting in this (especially the end) is off the chain. Makes me think how good, in a weird way, he'd be in a theatre show in something by Shakespeare or Beckett.

    • @JohnDoe-yr3lm
      @JohnDoe-yr3lm 6 років тому +3

      Yeah right? Especially at the end because he raises his voice and people like you that dont know a thing about acting that means good acting. Screaming is even better.

    • @FiveSigma72
      @FiveSigma72 3 роки тому +2

      Weirdly he plays Shakespeare in Upstart Crow, and that is absolutely shite.

    • @zapkvr0101
      @zapkvr0101 Рік тому

      @@FiveSigma72 yes it is. The writing is particularly bad.

    • @DigitalDaffodil
      @DigitalDaffodil Рік тому

      It’s basically just a Mitchell rant - it’s the same old

    • @zapkvr0101
      @zapkvr0101 Рік тому

      @@DigitalDaffodil Or is it?

  • @MauroEnfermoDeLepra
    @MauroEnfermoDeLepra 9 років тому +110

    Mitchell's words sweat poetry as horrendous their meaning is

  • @Njalvis
    @Njalvis 12 років тому +165

    Absolutely fucking brilliant. No laugh track to point out obvious jokes; just a thoughtfully deep monologue in a darkly comic scenario. This is comedic brilliance. Simple, but effective. Granted it's not laugh out loud funny, but man, this is by far my favourite kind of comedy.

    • @eedobee
      @eedobee 5 років тому +2

      L wanker

    • @Azoria4
      @Azoria4 3 роки тому +4

      I laughter out load

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 10 місяців тому +1

      Yes - the laugh tracks nearly ruin most of the sketches. So much better without.

    • @Ron-Ayres
      @Ron-Ayres 5 місяців тому

      @@ShootMeMovieReviews BBC sketch shows don't use laughter tracks.
      They're shown to a live TV audience and the laughter is genuine, thankfully. It's not plastered on top - like I believe US studios tend to do.

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 5 місяців тому

      @@Ron-Ayres They are often added. There's no doubt about this. Not only can you hear the same identical laugh sounds re-used in different sketches, but also many of the sketches are clearly not shot with an audience, yet feature obvious laugh tracks. I've seen lots of Mitchell & Webb videos both with and without the laugh tracks.

  • @Mr-qt4xr
    @Mr-qt4xr 8 років тому +60

    This is heart breaking and hilarious at the same time.

  • @charlesdeleau3086
    @charlesdeleau3086 11 місяців тому +16

    New theory when rewatching this bit: this is actually the best priest ever, making you feel like you are normal and there is nothing wrong with you. Could it have gone any better for the guy played by Webb in this case? He is completely motivated and is not stuck anymore in feeling sad.

  • @TheLinz78
    @TheLinz78 14 років тому +28

    This might be one of my favourite Mitchell and Webb sketches ever. It is so beautifully acted and shot. With extra points for David's acting, which is just amazing.

  • @fluffycommander
    @fluffycommander 8 років тому +72

    That is brilliant, best acting in a sketch ever.

    • @taxidude
      @taxidude Рік тому +5

      Check out their Sherlock Holmes with dementia sketch. It's heartbreaking!

    • @ShootMeMovieReviews
      @ShootMeMovieReviews 10 місяців тому

      @@taxidude Also the last sketch in their final episode, I believe.

  • @Jotari
    @Jotari 8 років тому +40

    I''m actually really curious to know what Robet's real situation is. He seemed to be voicing some objections even when things were moderately tame.

  • @o0FallenAngel0o
    @o0FallenAngel0o 13 років тому +31

    I think it's amazing how many emotions this clip brought up in such a short time. At first it just seems like a normal sketch, then it tugs at your heart strings, then it tugs even more. It starts to get creepy, then that uncomforable-funny-creepy and at the end it's really sad. And I'm left feeling somewhat confused (emotionally speaking) and somewhat uneasy. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @InfernoNinja111
    @InfernoNinja111 7 років тому +4

    Love the quickened footsteps at the end. Nice touch

  • @RustlessPotato
    @RustlessPotato 12 років тому +15

    Gosh, I love Mitchell and Webb. They manage to make Comedy as well as Tragedy. Has anyone seen the Sherlock Holmes suffering from Alzheimer act ? Really brings a tear to my eye.

  • @Aeroldoth3
    @Aeroldoth3 8 років тому +30

    MItchell looks so young here!

    • @ModMokkaMatti
      @ModMokkaMatti 8 місяців тому +1

      The beard and the quintuple chins hidden beneath it aged him by 80 years.

  • @demonprinceofkhorne
    @demonprinceofkhorne 14 років тому +9

    I think David Mitchell could play an magnificent super villain when he reacts like that. He is an amzing actor.

  • @Shaqstheman000
    @Shaqstheman000 10 років тому +48

    Ah, high school.
    Hello, old friend.

  • @Mrcsptcr
    @Mrcsptcr 13 років тому +4

    Checking miles on a clock and drawing a radius on a map, never thought of that. Brilliant!

  • @RickGladwin
    @RickGladwin 11 років тому +12

    I don't know how intentional this was, but the fact that you can see David's breath is an excellent detail.

  • @thegayathrikable
    @thegayathrikable 12 років тому +52

    I'm reading David Mitchell's autobiography and the bit where he talks about Victoria. Jesus Christ this sketch has got so much more painful :(

  • @taxidude
    @taxidude Рік тому +3

    Some of these sketches are more therapy than comedy. Great work guys.

  • @madnessbydesign1415
    @madnessbydesign1415 5 років тому +4

    I so love it when David Mitchell comes unhinged... :)

  • @joabrhooke
    @joabrhooke 7 років тому +1

    Man, it is FREEZING in that chapel! I got cold just watching.

  • @DandyInHell
    @DandyInHell 12 років тому +4

    I think this is my favorite sketch of theirs. It's so well written, it's insane.

  • @kossiviesse9807
    @kossiviesse9807 7 років тому +4

    This is a brilliant sketch, great acting and absolutely hilarious!!

  • @joshuakilpatrick7824
    @joshuakilpatrick7824 6 років тому +3

    That shot of Mitchell being left alone at the end is actually so sad :(

  • @rachelar
    @rachelar Рік тому +3

    What happened to the nice Australian girl who was priest here before?

    • @signalnine2601
      @signalnine2601 9 місяців тому +1

      she's GONE. they're all GONE and we're back.

  • @Paul_The_Spaceman
    @Paul_The_Spaceman 7 років тому +6

    Meanwhile, inside his head he was thinking of Victoria, lol

  • @Gabinodasquino
    @Gabinodasquino 12 років тому +4

    "At least leave a quid for the upkeep!"

  • @iancu_de_hunedoara
    @iancu_de_hunedoara Рік тому +3

    The best thing of this sketxh is absence of laugh

  • @KentPomares
    @KentPomares 14 років тому +1

    The dialogue is vibrant and rich with compelling poetry. I was quite impressed with this!

  • @anthonymadden9470
    @anthonymadden9470 7 років тому +15

    interesting..
    more arty then the other sketches.

  • @Lunarri
    @Lunarri 7 років тому +3

    David should team up with Simon Pegg and make a movie.

  • @xili0966
    @xili0966 5 місяців тому +1

    there is more effort put into the writing of this sketch than most modern hollywood movies

  • @kakeyhol365
    @kakeyhol365 13 років тому +2

    Haha the bit at 2:19 with the sinister sound and the light on Mitchell's face

  • @Richard_is_cool
    @Richard_is_cool 6 років тому +1

    This has got to be one of their best sketches. ...

  • @Mirandorl
    @Mirandorl 7 років тому +17

    "Hello we'd like to use your church for a sketch in the new Mitchell and Webb BBC programme"
    "Can we see a copy of the script first?"
    ".......no"

  • @MattJames1958
    @MattJames1958 6 років тому +3

    "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdoooo...."
    And so on.

  • @autisticdad
    @autisticdad 9 років тому +12

    He looks like a boy and it looks bloody cold.

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz 11 років тому

    Thank You provident divine Universe for the gift of Mitchell and Webb, the pain of my laughter is well worth every heaving breath. Thank You oh Thank You Thank You Thank You..oh and thanks rob amd dave for putting up with so much crappe

  • @Mysterioux
    @Mysterioux 15 років тому +5

    And actually, in a strange way, this sort of sums up love and the mad turbulance of it all. Especially when the vicar is just sort of left alone at the end.

  • @BeanieL2p
    @BeanieL2p 11 років тому +1

    agree... except for red dwarf, when they did the 3 episode special it had no laugh track and i was so used to it from the original series' it just felt a little empty xD

  • @MrBeauquilter
    @MrBeauquilter 9 років тому +48

    This is the saddest Mitchell and Webb comedy sketch I've seen.

    • @josephbellamy2587
      @josephbellamy2587 9 років тому +16

      Beau Quilter check out the last sherlock one they did.

    • @ExBruinsFan
      @ExBruinsFan 7 років тому

      +Joseph Bellamy
      YES. I can't watch that one.

    • @JM-pm3ob
      @JM-pm3ob 7 років тому +8

      I've always found the flamingos one oddly dispiriting.

    • @landochabod7
      @landochabod7 7 років тому +11

      Beau Quilter
      There's the one with David buying a lager at the corner shop, which I find even more depressing for how common it must be.

    • @lauraireson6358
      @lauraireson6358 6 років тому +1

      Joseph Bellamy That one just kills me.

  • @RadioactiveCassowary
    @RadioactiveCassowary 12 років тому

    Many of the the best sketches in this are

  • @barbados3592
    @barbados3592 2 роки тому +2

    So THIS is where the evil vicar came from

  • @LEON13858
    @LEON13858 11 років тому +4

    damn david's acting is .

  • @ramirami601
    @ramirami601 Рік тому

    you can see how cold it is on the set from David's smokey exhales

  • @doubledamn2599
    @doubledamn2599 7 років тому +3

    Anything else think that Robert looks a bit like Stifler?

  • @hoodoo2001
    @hoodoo2001 Рік тому

    Geez, this set is cold. See the condensation from David's breath.

  • @Fiestycadavers
    @Fiestycadavers 15 років тому

    The humor in The Mitchell and Webb Situation is darker and grittier than anything. This particular sketch deals with subject matter that may make the audience uncomfortable, i.e. unrequited love. It pokes fun at certain feelings that society writ large isn't really at ease dealing with. The humor is more in their presentation than content. The contents are quite painful as you said, but the fact that a priest is saying it is ironic and the bluntness of it makes it even more unexpected.

  • @sciencegoblin7775
    @sciencegoblin7775 9 років тому +8

    god there young in this webb has hair...!

    • @wailer27
      @wailer27 6 років тому +2

      its not hair its hey're

  • @brendachen154
    @brendachen154 7 років тому

    OMG David looks so gorgeous here!

  • @CarolineATRC
    @CarolineATRC 14 років тому +3

    Ah yes, cold churches where you can see your own breath, i remember it well.

  • @kipandcop1
    @kipandcop1 14 років тому

    They've edged along the bench as they were talking!

  • @VerboseMinimalist
    @VerboseMinimalist 11 років тому

    I love that they shot it where it's cold and you can see his breath. Amazing!

  • @MessiahComing
    @MessiahComing 12 років тому +1

    Plenty more fish in the sea, but you're alone... and in a desert....

  • @r__b6095
    @r__b6095 Рік тому

    Wow this kept giving and giving

  • @dysonshowtime
    @dysonshowtime 12 років тому

    including the whole 'tossing off to a picture that doesn't do (him) justice?' ha ha.

  • @comtraya101
    @comtraya101 15 років тому

    love the breath fogging up that makes the scene all the more scary

  • @finlaybond
    @finlaybond 6 місяців тому

    That's the same chapel as the one in Monty Python's the meaning of life where the choir sings 'O Lord please don't burn us'. Please don't rub linseed oil into the school cormorant.

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio 6 років тому +1

    Sounds like a classically trained actor - Shakespearean. No people do that better than English speaking U.K./Irish people. Music to the ears.

  • @DandyInHell
    @DandyInHell 12 років тому

    That last frame breaks my heart.

  • @fliprim
    @fliprim 7 років тому +3

    Oh! Its about religion. That one big love, un-returned and fetishised. Genius.

  • @agiar2000
    @agiar2000 12 років тому +2

    I'm so used to the laugh track, I actually missed it somewhat in this sketch. I had become accustomed to waiting for the studio audience to let me know it was okay to laugh.

  • @eedobee
    @eedobee 7 років тому +1

    Never gets old

  • @TheGeehanlolShow
    @TheGeehanlolShow 7 років тому

    I now truly understand how this feels

  • @unclenurgle8281
    @unclenurgle8281 3 роки тому

    such brilliant comedy

  • @Crazyivan777
    @Crazyivan777 12 років тому +1

    Yeah, I came out of it saying, "Eeehhhh... I need an adult!" Wonderful stuff!

  • @pipertripp
    @pipertripp 15 років тому

    it's a great sketch, in a twisted, dark way. Not the "touching cloth" kinda of vingette, but good all the same.

  • @LuciferLonseraph
    @LuciferLonseraph 11 років тому +2

    I feel really sad now... David sounded really upset. 'course, now he has a gorgeous wife and is a national treasure so...

  • @artinyyk
    @artinyyk 14 років тому

    Glad to hear one without a laughter track for once.

  • @PPX14
    @PPX14 14 років тому +1

    I thought at the beginning when he was saying how it's horrible to love someone but get nothing in return, that he was going to say that's how God feels

  • @SteinaIcelander
    @SteinaIcelander 13 років тому

    David Mitchell looks surprisingly hot in that vicar costume.

  • @IronBridge1781
    @IronBridge1781 12 років тому +1

    Who else thought it would be brilliant if at the end the real vicar came and said "EEEHH, and just who are you?" to David and then David just ran off.

  • @fredmichel8974
    @fredmichel8974 Рік тому

    Brilliant reads so absurdly true

  • @junbh2
    @junbh2 11 років тому +1

    That's what people mean these days when they say 'laugh track'. Everyone knows it's a studio audience, that it's not literally a separately added recorded laugh. But people who say 'I hate laugh tracks' really don't care how it's made. They just don't like hearing the laughter while they're watching a show.

  • @vanhende
    @vanhende 6 років тому

    The people who say that comedy is a lesser art form... should watch this

  • @dariawells7438
    @dariawells7438 6 років тому

    Same church as the "Growth and Learning" part of "Monty Python's Meaning of Life".

  • @MysteryFaceX
    @MysteryFaceX 13 років тому

    Even vicars need to share.

  • @mrcreative13
    @mrcreative13 14 років тому

    At first I was like: yeah, it's kind of like that, isn't it?
    and then like: yeah, no, not really...

  • @Lizziegal1
    @Lizziegal1 11 років тому

    At the start, he's adorable ^.^

  • @charliemurphy9507
    @charliemurphy9507 11 років тому

    Most likely, given that M&W met at Cambridge, but in principle it could be any university chapel.

  • @RadebeGish
    @RadebeGish 12 років тому

    @o0FallenAngel0o They did something similar in "That Mitchell and Webb Look", when they produced a sketch about Sherlock Holmes when he's gone senile

  • @Fiestycadavers
    @Fiestycadavers 15 років тому

    This remind anyone else of James Joyce's "Araby"? What with the recurring religious themes as well as unrequited love.

  • @MarxistKnight
    @MarxistKnight 8 років тому +5

    This rings too true :( although hopefully not in such a creepy, stalkerish way.

  • @skewCZ
    @skewCZ 6 років тому

    Oh, poor Robert. Truly a troubled young man.

  • @SerielThriller
    @SerielThriller 12 років тому

    david is such a good actor

  • @MawCowbell
    @MawCowbell 13 років тому +1

    Comedic genious...these two have gone dark side and it suits them so well

  • @SaintSwithinsDay
    @SaintSwithinsDay 14 років тому

    @666deadman1988 Actually he said "chapel," and therefore he's a chaplain. The exchange indicates that the setting is the chapel of an Oxbridge college.

  • @degrelleholt6314
    @degrelleholt6314 7 років тому

    It must have been rather cold in that church/studio.

  • @123monkey123
    @123monkey123 13 років тому

    I thought I hated the overuse of laughter lines in comedy shows, however during this skit it felt very quiet without them, and i felt it hard to laugh....

  • @rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    @rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 11 років тому

    It was just hard to get the live studio audience into the church.

  • @J35h13
    @J35h13 4 місяці тому

    it really do be like that

  • @TheSealOfTheRose
    @TheSealOfTheRose 3 роки тому

    For anyone who didn’t go to public school 3rd year you’re about 14-15

  • @Gretchluver1
    @Gretchluver1 10 років тому +2

    I'm pretty sure that's the same chapel used in Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life.

    • @Carnifexism
      @Carnifexism 10 років тому

      ***** ..what?

    • @SirKoraxRaxkor
      @SirKoraxRaxkor 10 років тому

      ***** There... is... what?

    • @infidelsquirrel
      @infidelsquirrel 10 років тому +1

      ***** Well that's total nonsense. Most colleges of Cambridge University have chapels, so that's about 30 right off the bat. Ditto Oxford and one for each of the old public schools. Then all the normal ones. I'm not entirely sure your history is particularly straight. The only widespread destruction of religious buildings took place in the Tudor period, and that was monasteries.

    • @TheEarthdeity
      @TheEarthdeity 9 років тому +3

      ***** A Christmas joke.

    • @Henouk
      @Henouk 7 років тому

      It is. It's the Royal Masonic School For Boys Chapel (now closed)

  • @Morporkshortman
    @Morporkshortman Рік тому

    This looks to be the same church they used in Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life

  • @trulynot
    @trulynot 14 років тому

    Brilliant writing !