As soon as she says "Did they keep you late at the space centre?" the whole thing unfolds with glorious predictability.

@tamircohen1512

6 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie I predicted the punchline even before the space centre line and that just confirmed it :)

@JJensen143

5 жыл бұрын

@voidz Well it doesn't take brain surgeon to see that coming. :)

@whatwouldiknow1759

5 жыл бұрын

So?

@davidblurton7158

5 жыл бұрын

just brilliant,,,

@Githegi

5 жыл бұрын

@@JJensen143 or even a rocket scientist

What I love about this sketch is that you can hear the punchline coming from so far off, and yet you are still dying to hear it.

@alfredsharp239

7 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige! I love your videos :)

@A_Box

7 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige!

@donnydont

6 жыл бұрын

Why are you just repeating other top comments

@mdjmurray

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe he just wrote that without reading the other comments.

@0-Kirby-0

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Lindy

I love this sketch. They make the punchline, the EXACT punchline, obvious long before saying it, and yet, the tension of waiting for it to appear is hillarious.

@andyelliott8027

Жыл бұрын

Hilarious. One L.

@Gabu_

Жыл бұрын

@@andyelliott8027 No, it's very hilly.

@IshtarNike

Жыл бұрын

D&D could learn from this sketch. You don't always have to subvert expectations!

@trevorlambert4226

Жыл бұрын

It really helps that they made the brain surgeon character insufferable, so there's an emotional satisfaction to seeing him one-upped.

@user.Icarus

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorlambert4226 Yes, that's the reason the joke works. Had the brain surgeon been modest in his bragging, the punchline would have fallen a bit flat.

Its the delivery that makes it happen.

@dannyboy12357

10 жыл бұрын

Yup

@jounihat

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it's just acting. Not exactly rocket science.

@demianhaki7598

8 жыл бұрын

+Brandon Xing That sip of champagne before he says it xD

@highfunctioningsociopath4761

7 жыл бұрын

No, that's obstetrics.

@celinak5062

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon Xing ya perfect timing

someone lost it at "did they keep you late at the space centre"

@aakksshhaayy

8 жыл бұрын

+thelouisfanclub i think they were laughing at the two other people hurrying away

@EnclosedPoolArea

8 жыл бұрын

+aakksshhaayy I think they picked up on the punch line there

@MicrowaveBackground

8 жыл бұрын

+aakksshhaayy no they weren't

@gavinhudson5251

4 жыл бұрын

@@aakksshhaayy It's easy to work out, I'm mean it isn't exactly brain surgery is it!

@dfrossness

4 жыл бұрын

@aakksshhaayy spotted the american who finds british humour a bit too complex. I mean... it's not exactly brain surgery.

This is so good. You can see the punchline coming from a mile away but it's still so satisfying!

@SolarWebsite

9 жыл бұрын

Birta R That's probably why it's so good! I love it :-)

@LordSandwichII

8 жыл бұрын

+Birta R It's weird how sometimes the funniest jokes are ones where you can predict what the punchline is going to be right from the beginning!

@GypsyLeah

8 жыл бұрын

+Birta R Seeing it coming is part of the joke you pillock.

@HalfDayHero

7 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly haha

@jazzygeofferz

7 жыл бұрын

It's that little groan that goes up from the audience as soon as she asks how he got on at the space centre. The whole sketch is so well executed.

And then a rocket surgeon walks into the room......

@personzorz

9 жыл бұрын

You mean Scott Manley?

@Erekose2023

9 жыл бұрын

personzorz What a great comeback!!! for SCIENCE!.

@666j1

9 жыл бұрын

personzorz HELLO ITS SCOTT MANLEY

@38Fanda

8 жыл бұрын

MissBrri Scott Manley xD

@FigmentSALabel

8 жыл бұрын

+MissBrri While I'm still laughing!

"I'm an accountant." "Oh, that's GOOD.."

@Trollificusv2

3 жыл бұрын

"Charity? Oh God, I couldn't do what you do. Well, I _could_ , it's not hard. I mean, it's not brain surgery, is it?" Freaking Webb is so damn good at "smarmy" it's amazing.

@ahumanmerelybeing

3 жыл бұрын

The way he fills "good" with so much condescension is a thing of beauty.

@Autotrope

3 жыл бұрын

That's such a Robert Webb line isn't it

@holliswilliams8426

2 жыл бұрын

I knew some smarmy medical types and some of them were like that.

I like how you can tell different members of the audience figured it out at different times

@user-hi4sm3ig5j

7 жыл бұрын

I only realised soon as 'space centre' popped up.

@gamblemadman

4 жыл бұрын

@JeSSEbism And it's not like the punchline was rocket s... oh.

@icarus-wings

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly there are not many rocket scientists in the crowd.

@valkyrja--

2 жыл бұрын

@@icarus-wings clearly you aren't one lol

Such a classic. I still regularly share this with my coworkers at NASA.

@GirlSmotheredToDeath

2 жыл бұрын

I shared this with my neurosurgeon colleagues.

@officialFredDurstfanclub

2 жыл бұрын

My friends at the accounting department didn’t like it

@XhMOod12345

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@js0988

2 жыл бұрын

NASA? Not exactly quantum physics, now is it.

@reet7201

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is 😂

The pause and drink after David says 'Brain surgery?' is what makes the sketch. Superb timing.

@weyekhn.3260

Жыл бұрын

Eyes open, blankly starin' into space (pun not intended... ;D ).

I love the one quick audience member who bursts into laughter the moment the words "space center" leave her lips. 1:29

The punchline is obvious but I think the real beauty of this sketch is the timing. Mitchell taking that sip before the punchline just absolutely kills it.

the sip he takes from the glass makes this before the punchline

I love how the humour in this actually comes from the anticipation of the lines

What I like is that we only see Jack for a few seconds but instantly get the sense he isn’t a giant prick, but, is self aware enough to know when one needs putting in its place :)

I've seen this probably 50 times in 3 years and it still kills me.

@MountainNZ

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Franklin Shook Its like watching the villain die in a movie. So satisfying.

@jasper24601

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I read that as 3 times in 50 years.

@michaelbauers8800

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. I laugh every time. I think it's mainly because of the over the top arrogance of the brain surgeon, and how many times he says he's a brain surgeon.

@illogicmath

3 жыл бұрын

I watched it 51 times

Still some of the best deliveries ever. So many years and I always come back to this sketch.

@DukeLitoAurelius

Жыл бұрын

Me, too! I laugh just has hard as the first time I saw it. This whole bit was flawlessly executed.

@ritawing1064

10 ай бұрын

Me too!

Here it is. You've found it... the greatest sketch ever written.

That woman who laughs first at 1:30 is very quick. She must be a rocket surgeon.

@stevenmcalister826

2 жыл бұрын

Rocket surgery?…… Not exactly brain science, is it?

That dead stare David Mitchell gives as he says "Brain surgery?" is absolutely perfect.

This is the single most perfect comedy sketch I've ever seen. I can watch it over and over again.

@RobertMounceOnLine

Жыл бұрын

Four candles?

@billfroug

Жыл бұрын

@@RobertMounceOnLine Thanks, I didn't know that one. Very good, but quite difficult to understand for me as a non-native speaker 😅

This might be the best sketch ever made. The way it plays with the audience is masterful

@JJBinxyboo

8 жыл бұрын

+CupOfTeam Ah! I knew I could detect a little Mitchell and Webb in your sketches!

@carrotsporks

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's really perfectly made. It's not one where the punch line is hidden from you either, which definitely takes talent to pull off. You can see what happening as soon as the hostess asks Mitchell about the space center, and the way they dance around what we all know before finally delivering the final line is just perfect.

@codpug

8 жыл бұрын

i still think the nazi skit with the baddies is the best

@ihathtelekinesis

8 жыл бұрын

Especially the Baxter one. So reminiscent of the Old Sherlock Holmes sketch.

@eIucidate

7 жыл бұрын

The sip of that drink before he delivers the inevitable punchline is just pure epic.

The beautiful part about this sketch is that we see the punchline coming from a mile away and yet...it's still hilarious. These guys are wonderful. Recommend Peep Show as well.

@DeJayHank

10 жыл бұрын

It's amplified by the long pause before he actually says it :D

@pizzafacesuperleipoman8634

5 жыл бұрын

Peep Show is comedic gold.

Webb's acting is incredible in this sketch. He is just aching to talk about how awesomely difficult his job is.

What I love about this is that when she says "Did they keep you late at the space centre?" you can tell pretty much what is going to happen, - the audience starts laughing already - but it is still funny when it happens.

@Argumemnon

2 ай бұрын

In comedy, sometimes the timing is as important as the actual joke.

Love this joke more than any other bit on Mitchell & Webb. They telegraph the joke so obviously but the anticipation makes it even better somehow.

@IceWolfLoki

3 жыл бұрын

It's because the Brain Surgeon has been so obnoxious through out the sketch that you need to see the tables turned.

@russcooke5671

2 жыл бұрын

@@IceWolfLoki of course but even when you can see he is going to be put in he’s place it’s still hilarious he’s even got a rocket scientist jumper on. Funny 😂😂😂😂

The thing about M&W is the material is not only hilarious, but they're such good actors; fantastic comedic timing and nuance. I'll watch a sketch repeatedly just for the performances alone. Brits are best, imo!

@VoltaDoMar

9 жыл бұрын

***** It's because they telegraphed the joke so far ahead here, you know it's coming.. so timing is everything. Then when he finally says it, it's so satisfying.

@davidsonmick

9 жыл бұрын

Gee Man Yes, it's absolute genius isn't it? I only have to start thinking about this sketch and I'm laughing. And I must have seen the video a thousand times. :)

@theforeverpuddle8754

8 жыл бұрын

+Gee Man That's why we took over the world.

@highfunctioningsociopath4761

8 жыл бұрын

+Arthur Peterson Well not any more, but hey, at least you've still got James Bond.

@MsJellyBellyLove

8 ай бұрын

I wish this show was still running!

The timing on David Mitchell's last line was aboslutely perfect.

The funny thing about this sketch is how long David makes us wait for the punchline we all are waiting for!

The best part is that you know what the punchline is going to be, yet it's still epic when they drop it.

That last sentence is delivered with perfection.

What I love about this Comment Section is that you can tell what the comments are going to be from a mile away but it's still funny

1:30 that guy gets it straight away lmao

Lolol brilliant show x good ol' british humour! Wait.. I commented this 8 years ago... still freaking hilarious!

@ScottStruzik

6 жыл бұрын

I come back to this and watch it at least a couple times a year.

@daishi5571

6 жыл бұрын

You did update your comment from the now terribly aged "haha" to the more modern "Lolol" Who can believe people spoke like that back in those days.

@oof8850

6 жыл бұрын

See you in another 8 years my boy

@JKelly282

5 жыл бұрын

How's the last 8 years been ?

@vladdracul5072

3 жыл бұрын

@@daishi5571 Actually, being able to compare those two terms vis-à-vis, I must say I prefer the older form as it is much more elegant.

You know the joke is coming but you STILL LAUGH!

@paddyscott2328

8 жыл бұрын

I don't It's much funnier if you suggest it and move on I think, would improve the skit a lot

@deprofundis6855

8 жыл бұрын

You didn't see the 'joke' coming? My God, how many cliches does it take to make something bloody obvious to you??? You don't happen to be a scriptwriter for Mock The Week, do you?

@shanekerr4415

8 жыл бұрын

Ummmm... Actually, I said, you KNOW the joke is coming but you LAUGH ANYWAY. As in you DO see it coming. Saw it coming a mile off in fact. Maybe comprehension is not your strong point. Are you a German politician?

@paddyscott2328

8 жыл бұрын

He was probably referring to me. When I said I don't, I meant I don't laugh, not that I don't see the joke coming.

@lordprotector3367

7 жыл бұрын

Well he has got a skull for an avatar. Are we the baddies?

I can watch this 5 times consecutively and it still brings a smile to my face. So well performed.

i love the way robert webb looks at his watch at the end, encapsulates his frustration perfectly, very simple but very effective they are truly great actors

Ahh i've watched this so many times but i'm literally crying with laughter the second she says "kept you late at the space centre?".

Such a perfect sketch.

haha, brilliant show x good ol' british humour eh ;D

@Brody-te7yl

6 жыл бұрын

Just saw this on Twitter thought I'd say hi lol my Twitter in case you want to know is @abrave808

Most satisfying punch line to a skit, EVER, despite that you knew it was coming. Mitchell and Webb are comic geniuses. They could make the chicken crossing the road joke hilarious.

@pronkb000

10 жыл бұрын

Such a predictable finish, but that actually works in its favor. I love the audience reaction as soon as the hostess mentions the "Space Center." They know exactly where it's going from there.

I love how the audienced laughed as soon as the word "space" was mentioned because they all knew what was coming. 😂

I love how the audience can see the punchline coming a mile away and they still laugh themselves silly. That's talent for you

I have a degree in aerospace engineering before business management. Trust me, I used the "it's not rocket science" a thousandfold.

@mikehunt8946

7 жыл бұрын

Aerospace huh? It's not exactly electrical engineering

@Amadeus-ms9lt

7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Hunt Avionics mate

@MichaelM69

7 жыл бұрын

I envy you

@Amadeus-ms9lt

7 жыл бұрын

Goku Black don't

@Picnicl

5 жыл бұрын

Aerospace engineering sounds like plane sailing to me.

As a 'rocket scientist' in a family of doctors, I can really appreciate this sketch

@adityasanthosh702

Жыл бұрын

But are they Brain Surgeons

Old but GOLD! I always come back to this video when I encounter people who LOVE talking about how significant their job is.

Whenever Ben Carson speaks, I think of this sketch.

my favourite sketch

I saw the joke coming but it felt so satisfying to hear it said.

the sip of champagne is just classic timing. such a simple joke but it's all perfect

I've watched this sketch so many times. It still hasn't stopped being funny. Pure brilliance.

I completely missed these guys when they were originally broadcast. Some of their material is priceless!

This is one of the few sketches where you can see the punchlines coming from kilometres away, yet it still hits you like a train.

unstoppable force and an immovable object

In comedy, timing is everything, and the timing in this skit is sheer perfection.

One of my favorite details is the lone person who starts chuckling the moment Sarah Hadland's character says "Space Center" (1:30). Sure, the punchline is obvious within a couple seconds of this line, but here we have someone who managed to spot it even a fraction earlier than the rest of us. Kudos to you, Lone Chuckler!

Hilarious dialogue aside - these guys are incredible at the characters they play. So glad I found them

@mstandenberg1421

8 жыл бұрын

+Sean L Watched Peep Show?

The great thing about the sketch is how shocking and unpredictable the punchline is. I've watched this sketch many times, and it always surprises me!

@ronrozen2105

Жыл бұрын

Let me guess, you are not exactly brain scientist.

@ryanpaaz

Жыл бұрын

@@ronrozen2105 He’s a rocket surgeon.

@vinadamswood586

Жыл бұрын

Almost as funny as the sketch were these 3 viewer comments in a thread… I am sure the first is almost certainly a 'tongue-in-cheek' job which has achieved an amazing 40 thumbs-up at the time of me writing this… and it is rightly trumped by Ron Rozen's witty rejoinder. But hats off to RyanPazz for a zinger of a line. I am still laughing now… ten minutes after I first read it. (Dai Woosnam, Grimsby, UK.)

The way he says "complex" is exactly how brain surgeons say it.

@GirlSmotheredToDeath

2 жыл бұрын

As a neurosurgeon, I never tell people about my job in face to face settings.

I love how everyone saw the punchline from a mile and a half and that only made it so much better

I used to know some medical types and this is pretty accurate, some of them do actually talk like that.

@dnajournal4321

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a medical guy, and I usually let my fancy car do the talking. Slowly edge the conversation that way. "Aston Martin? Nice, how'd you get that?" "Oh you know, all those extra hours in the surgery room, need to get around places quick".

@dnajournal4321

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTazzietiger lol.

Just absolute perfection

What I love about this sketch is that this guy is a brain surgeon.

It's amazing that someone could think of something, see that almost every other comment on a video is saying the same thing, and then just comment it anyway as if it's the first time..

@oxymoron02

4 жыл бұрын

Ok whose internet did you steal?

@kryten88

4 жыл бұрын

@@oxymoron02 my nemesis'

@grisha54

4 жыл бұрын

who reads the comments anyway?

@owencoffey8809

4 жыл бұрын

@@grisha54 well you read this one didn't you

@iphgfqweio

4 жыл бұрын

Could see that comment comming from a mile off still was dying to read it

There is always a bigger fish.

You can tell from the laughter the audience sees the joke coming from miles away which makes it even better.

David's deliverance timing is absolutely perfect

one of the best m&w sketches

This has to be one of their best sketches, hahah. I've seen it so many times but all the punchlines still land so well, it's too good.

People like this absolutely exist, and sketches like this help is collectively release the annoyance we feel

This has to be a top 10 of all time meta-meta-sketchs. It's five dimensional comedy.

I love that they set up a two minute sketch for that one brilliant punchline

"did they keep you late at the space centre" Hmmmmm.... I wonder where they're going with this.

@omgawesomeomg

8 жыл бұрын

congratulations for guessing the punchline, that's not what this sketch is about at all.

This is the best punchline of all time.

Rocket Science? It's not exactly Numberwang Science is it... Now that stuff's _complicated_

@kabirkumar5815

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@coalblack666

4 жыл бұрын

And *THAT’s* Numberwang!

@judyhopps9380

4 жыл бұрын

Numberwang's fairly easy once you get used to it. The new edition's got me stumped though. Can't get over how we lost 4.

Not exactly rocket surgery is it?

@anudistsjury

9 жыл бұрын

Please stop.

@asdlkadfguihajladsf

9 жыл бұрын

no, dont listen to him, please do go on!

@theyruinedyoutubeagain

9 жыл бұрын

anudistsjury On the other hand, you've got to admit that 'brain science' sounds quite funny.

@nitehawk86

9 жыл бұрын

But, is rocket surgery doing surgery on a rocket.. or surgery WITH a rocket? Personally I think the second one sounds more challenging.

@HailHestia

9 жыл бұрын

Well. It's not exactly Brain Science is it?

1:30. That person laughing is clearly a Rocket scientist

I wish I could watch this again for the first time.

It was brilliant.

I laughed the pain away. It's back already.

Simply Great!!!!

Is it sad that I've memorized this entire sketch? Like...the entire sketch. I play it out accent, pauses, everything to my mom and anyone who will listen incessantly.

@akbarshahzad5780

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not sad. Did you end up in comedy?

This is hands down one of the funniest thing I have ever seen

probably the only joke i've seen coming for a long time yet still laughed when it was delivered. From the moment he said 'mainly with rockets', the timing of anything was brilliant till the line was finally said. Comic geniuses both of them.

The first time I watched this, I knew exactly where it was going; probably one of the oldest jokes I've heard since middle school, and yet I still laughed. Now, watching this over and over, I still laugh out loud at it again and again. Just a perfect little script and with perfect execution by the performers, leading to sheer joy and satisfaction in seeing someone get their comeuppance at the end. Pure brilliance.

I didn't expect to but I quietly chuckled at the punchline.

That's the beauty of it. For the last ten seconds or so, you KNOW exactly what's the punchline is going to be, and so you take extra satisfaction in actually finally hearing it.

Webb's performance absolutely carries this.

The comedy in this is like a game of chess and the surgeon here played himself into a dead end.

I live in Belgium and I saw that punchline coming from the other side of the Channel. Still, one of the funniest sketches I've seen.

Possibly the most perfect comedy sketch ever.

Shout out to David Mitchell: you have a devoted Yank fan in Southern California.

lol I work for a charity.. It is emotionally draining..

@SugarfreeYT

10 жыл бұрын

No. Brain surgery, believe me, is very complex.

@Unethical.Dodgson

9 жыл бұрын

Arthur Nichols Did you transfer into charity as a brain surgeon?

@SugarfreeYT

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah now I get sponsored to perform brain surgery in the third world. Took a bit of a pay cut but it's very rewarding.

@SugarfreeYT

9 жыл бұрын

True. But I did manage to reverse into the tiniest of parking spaces earlier.

I love Mitchell and Webb because they can take such a simple idea for a joke and make it so funny through their delivery.

I will never tire of this. So simple, so clean, so timeless.

every damn time

This sketch maybe unique in the annals of comedy. As others have pointed out, when David Mitchell enters at the end, you can see the punchline coming a mile away. And they deliberately do this. And yet the sketch is still utterly hilarious. It's just so simple and clever. I think we are all primed to want the loathsome (Webb) blowhard brain-surgeon character to get his ass handed to him. I dunno, but it just works. Such is the genius of Mitchell and Webb.

@Picnicl

5 жыл бұрын

Try the Cake / Broth sketch on Big Train from the mid to late 90s.

@cr10001

4 ай бұрын

Yes. I think it's unique. I can't think of any other sketch or joke where the whole joke hinges on the punchline that everyone knows is coming. In fact the punchline *only* works because 'rocket science' is a well-known meme for difficulty, and because everyone is expecting exactly that phrase.

The 2 "specialists" do a spot on perfect job with their characters IMHO ...AND that IS more complex than both rocket science and brain surgery. BRAVO gentlemen, BRAVO!

This never gets old and should have a billion views.