“I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards” is one of the best lines from anything ever written.

@MadHatter42

3 жыл бұрын

It really is a genius line.

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

accurate

@madnessbydesign1415

Жыл бұрын

As a writer, I use that line as often as possible... :)

@grakrationale1339

10 ай бұрын

It's up there

@johansmallberries9874

9 ай бұрын

He won’t use subtext, but he will use allegory. That’s visionary.

"She was like a candle in the wind. Unreliable."

@KarstensCreationsKC

6 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite lines from this series...I nearly fell out of my chair laughing the first time I heard that one.

@designbureau3530

4 жыл бұрын

@@KarstensCreationsKC so true

@mn-ru4li

4 жыл бұрын

This cracked me up when I first watched the show nearly 2 decades ago... I'm so old now. 😶😋

@misterwishart

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't breathe the first time I heard that I was laughing so hard

@collindavey6139

2 жыл бұрын

I teared up at that.

I guessed it was the water around 14 mins in. If you look closely you'll see the water has a greenish tint to it. It's barely noticeable, but if you focus hard, you'll see it.

@siukong

5 жыл бұрын

This is what I hate about TV sometimes. They put such obscure hints in that someone can only catch if they're constantly pausing and analyzing every single frame.

@Stephstrikesback

5 жыл бұрын

OMG! I didn't even notice that!

@johnbarrientosiii6586

4 жыл бұрын

Good eye

@johann242

4 жыл бұрын

I've only seen water on tv.

@cooliostarstache5474

4 жыл бұрын

I would never have noticed that

The part where Dean admitted to and then brushed off an assault on a small child had me crying with laughter. This show is brilliant.

@LeakTheCat

6 жыл бұрын

TheAndrewj96 cry cry cry Bloody hilarious

@paladro

5 жыл бұрын

"more a back of the hand, than a punch" ))

@AnthonyMonaghan

4 жыл бұрын

It'll shit you up..it's that good. One of my favourite TV shows ever sir.

@psychomammoth9640

Жыл бұрын

I don’t see it as a problem, says a lot about the early works of children actors and even some that are going on now. Hilarious

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

That child had dead eyes. Eyes like a fish.

"we were young, we were physically fit and we were challenging logic" best line this episode

@thatcrystalpie

4 жыл бұрын

no, it was the anti-perspirant

@psychomammoth9640

Жыл бұрын

How every rock group starts.

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

We were behaving like flippin’ Romans!

I love how almost every episode shoehorns in a pointless scene where Dagless talks to a kid who he has saved just to clearly make his character look more and more altruistic.

@guidadiehl9176

Жыл бұрын

"Never take drugs."

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

im not jesus christ. ive come to accept that now

@jasonmurdoc9533

7 ай бұрын

He’s a good kid but Keep him off the smack or this will keep happening. Maybe find a husband get some stability in your life

@hughcaldwell1034

2 күн бұрын

Same. I also love how they use stock child type music but the wrong kind, if that makes sense.

"It's hard to watch this episode knowing that she's missing, presumed dead, with a heavy presumption on dead, I don't think they'll find anything." It's like he doesn't even care if he sounds suspicious

@Dowlphin

2 жыл бұрын

He said "with a presumption heavily on dead". Because, you know, he is good wit words. And at first I thought he was making a pun and said she is presumed debt, probably heavily in debt.

@Byrnzi360

2 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, that was Thornton Reed… Not putting on an act, putting on the truth.

@bobbyaxelrod5959

Жыл бұрын

I beg your puddin

I love how they make a point out of his ammo count being 5 and then specifically blow it. Amazing.

@naramoro

5 жыл бұрын

One, two, three, four, - five? Oh right, I shot Duncan.

@Simon-xi7lb

3 жыл бұрын

not only that, but they blew it by _one bullet._ my sides went into orbit when he shot the water bottles, lol

@Tester-sh1mn

3 жыл бұрын

Actually at 17:27 you can hear him (possibly) chamber one round. I find it funnier that he decided to do that now though and not in the office with Thornton.

@Simon-xi7lb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tester-sh1mn oooh I think you're right. nice catch

@DrJuice1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tester-sh1mn I watched it a few times, and I'm pretty sure the gun got knocked out of his hand and he was picking it up. There's a mechanical sound like as if he's reloading, but I think it's just melodramatic mechanical gun sound. Like when a character picks up a sword in a fantasy show, it makes a _shing_ sound lol

did anyone else laugh at the fact that dean hadn't drank water for the whole month rick was in the "coma"?

@Dowlphin

2 жыл бұрын

And IT admin can totally imagine that. (Drinking water is wasted space needed for coffee.)

@Jai137

2 жыл бұрын

It’s subtle, but Dean says he only takes sips of water, that’s why he was not affected.

“Monkeys were created by God to entertain us.” I won’t question evolution ever again, Julian.

@theoriginalvideo-schmideoc905

4 жыл бұрын

Walt Zamalis "That's all we know, Rick!!!!!!"

@psychomammoth9640

Жыл бұрын

Laughs like an ape.

@blurgle9185

9 ай бұрын

*My curiously enlarged gums are exposed as a primal grin apes across my lips as I read these comments*

“Doctor Sanchez, if you don’t come to surgery now, we’ll have to start without you”. Gold

Rick and Thornton insisting on coffee instead of water becomes even funnier when you realize you need water to make coffee

"She was like a candle in the wind... unreliable" best line in the whole episode

@madnessbydesign1415

Жыл бұрын

I can't listen to Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind' without cracking up now. It's such a great line... :)

It has always frustrated me that this show never got the credit it was due. It is relentlessly hilarious, and it only gets better with time. I wonder if the networks felt threatened because they were young, they were physically fit, and they were challenging logic.

@dabmane

8 ай бұрын

It had a pretty good run in Peru

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is the greatest televisual event since Quantum Leap...And I definitely do not say that lightly

@kevinericsnell4092

2 жыл бұрын

A line that always bugged me because Quantum Leap premiered in 1989 and was mostly a '90s show

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

it had a brief run in Peru

"There's that line, 'Thank God I only took a tiny sip.'"

16:15 you can see Dean operating the camera. The crew probably left after he punched that boy.

@suspirodelmoro1430

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve probably watched each of these episodes about 50 times and I literally did not catch that until you mentioned it. The show was *so good.*

@sanskarchitnis9984

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I watched the interviews and it's because Dean didn't pay anyone. The crew kept getting smaller and smaller till there were only 7 people (including cast) towards the end. "I was doing the camera. I was doing the lighting. I was doing the sound. I was doing the bloody catering." hahahaha

@Byrnzi360

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanskarchitnis9984 I thought it was because one of the crew members got his head crushed (brained) by a flying crate....

@nazoj6462

2 жыл бұрын

They also shot one cuz they used live rounds

"The doctors are working for *literally peanuts* "

@Dowlphin

2 жыл бұрын

If you pay a People peanuts for too long, eventually they're gonna go apeshit.

Uncle Cosmonaunt recommends the best treasures.

@zombie-eye7816

4 жыл бұрын

you too?

@Sissy_Longlegs

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@samuelassen1886

4 жыл бұрын

Bradman162 wooooaaaaahhhhh

@SwedginSanFrancisco

4 жыл бұрын

This is a friendly PSA to watch American Vandal if you haven't already and are thirsty for more sublime parody/satire.

@Bradman162

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out.

What's really impressive about this episode is, if you rewatch it, the clues about the water are there from the very beginning.

Of course that's Noel Fielding urinating on that guy...... :P

"apparently i'd been asleep for a month, which is ages" it's the subtle ones that are the best

Just noticed that when the kid is talking to Dagless he glances at the camera. It was all the detail put into the little intentional mistakes that made this show so brilliant.

"I still haven't had a glass of water"

@PotholesInMyLawn

5 жыл бұрын

Don't drink that... it's bright green!

@southglare_axe7397

3 жыл бұрын

Thank god I only took a tiny sip.

@firelight8565

3 жыл бұрын

Here you go. :)

"i punched a child actor in the shoot"

@henry9894

8 жыл бұрын

+Henry Reynolds 10/10

he just took tiny sips. you see, it's ok if you just take a tiny sip.

First of all they're riding BICYCLES that make MOTORCYCLE noises, then in the middle of the forest there's an obstacle course... This can't be any better I don't think.

@nismo267

6 жыл бұрын

But they also make bell sounds on them like bicycles, which goes to show even the 'creators' were confused as to what they thought they were... brilliant

@ty_hi2619

3 жыл бұрын

To top it all off there’s one random stack of water boxes at the obstacle course 😂

@mortemoccasus2412

2 жыл бұрын

Yes🤣🤣🤣

"Tempus immemorial, i.e. always". Every single line is crafted and chiseled to perfection.

It's so awesome Garth Marenghi did his own stunts.

@vailpcs4040

2 жыл бұрын

So true... you can tell its him in all the shots, just plain as day.

I went to a Neil Gaiman book signing and he was wearing a "Marenghi" Jacket.

@themoviedealers

3 жыл бұрын

Scientology issues those.

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

Dude uses subtext though!!

@oOFranCescA2080oO

3 жыл бұрын

Of course Marenghi was his master, you can tell by the writing style

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

@@oOFranCescA2080oO "Blood. Blood. Blood. Blood. Blood....blood." I think you may be right

@Nergal_Slayer

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously!? Love Gaiman! He could've totally written this! Hold me

Has no one noticed the glass clinking for plastic and styrofoam cups at 636

How did they do this without crying with laughter on each take? So so funny

@arempy5836

4 жыл бұрын

Plus they shot on real film. They basically had to do things in one take or else they'd burn through the budget quick.

Ape Liz is honestly adorable, in that “I will hug her and squeeze her and call her George” sort of way. “Through the Years” being used after the heavy implication that Dean killed Madeline is the icing on the cake here.

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

Until she started smearing her shit on people 😝

@turinhorse

5 ай бұрын

She really is. And when she lifts up her coat to do an ape poo 7:55 i cry every time lol

"I've always been good with words; she was like a zoo in a woman."

The running bit of Thornton Reed becoming a foot taller whenever he's next to Dag is incredible, and also confusingly out of nowhere. also this is the episode with the madeleine wool reveal, which is one of my favorite jokes in the whole show. its so insane.

@TheWaynos73

5 ай бұрын

That shot where it looks like Sanch looks like hes copping a beej from Thornton. Brilliant once youve spotted it.

"we need to lick this problem before it turns around and slaps us in the nuts"

I'm here because of cosmonaut. No regrets.

@jessicarussell4569

4 жыл бұрын

As well as I, brother.

@peterbrogaard763

4 жыл бұрын

And i friend

@The_Last_Pants_Youll_Ever_Wear

4 жыл бұрын

??? Is Garth Marenghi getting popular because of something new? I'm old, and out of the loop.

@Anituer13

4 жыл бұрын

@@The_Last_Pants_Youll_Ever_Wear the show's underrated meaning not many people have seen it to begin with. With Halloween coming up, a youtuber with a decent amount of followers brought it up, praising it for its comedic genius sooo a lot of us are checking it out as a result. That's all.

"We were young, we were physically fit, and we were challenging... logic."

"can you roll these ECG results past the boys in Radiology"... so many of these subtle lines throughout the show

@hughcaldwell1034

2 күн бұрын

I know I'm eight years late but damn how'd I miss that...

I don't mean to brag but i guessed it was the water 90 or 100 seconds before Dag

@ThePwnageHobo

8 жыл бұрын

+comedyfish Spoilers! I hadn't seen this one.

@ufotofu9

8 жыл бұрын

+comedyfish Wait so it WAS the water. How could you tell?

@Kryptnyt

8 жыл бұрын

If you look closely at the water you can see that it is bright green, water is normally clear

@NarcoticDimension

6 жыл бұрын

Kryptnyt - *facepalm*

@marcopeek5668

4 жыл бұрын

Dag knew the whole time duh

"they've taken ova, THEY'VE TAKEN OVA" this line has been stuck in my head for 8 years

@HenchGuyBlast

2 жыл бұрын

I KNOW

She was like a candle in the wind...unreliable

@yuncraney

Жыл бұрын

69 likes nice

“Oh yeah, I shot Duncan”

"THATS ALL WE KNOW RICK!"

Can't believe this show didn't make it big.

@christinageorgiou2044

9 жыл бұрын

Darpl

@martymcfly2857

6 жыл бұрын

ahead of its time

@thekaiser4333

6 жыл бұрын

It did make it big. They won both the Perrier Award and the BAFTA in 1994. On telly one can't go bigger than that.

@MCAQUIN0

5 жыл бұрын

lol was that a joke, i actually thought you were serious xD @thekaiser

@Kaerusss

5 жыл бұрын

We've seen it, so it's big enough.

Garth's reading at the beginning: "In the background there was a pigeon." I've watched these episodes three or four times and I'm so impressed with how careful they were to make every bit of the three actor/writer characters so "true to character". This show is such a gem.

@FaithlessDwarf

9 жыл бұрын

TaiChiKnees I wholeheartedly agree. I don't think there's a single show out there that does anything remotely close to what Darkplace achieved. In a way I think it was a very smart move from their part (whether due to budget or whatever else) to keep the series down to 6 episodes. If they had made a giant thing out of it the show might have gone down the drain.

@AvengerII

8 жыл бұрын

+Blind Archangel No, the show was cancelled because of low ratings. There was no plan to keep it "just 6 episodes." That's not usually the case with TV series unless they're planned as mini-series. The show's creators were asked to make a movie out of it because production higher-ups liked the concept but there hasn't been anything done since the show was off the air over 10 years ago! Most of us know Richard Ayoade best from The IT Crowd. Matt Berry was also on The IT Crowd. Everybody else (in the cast) I couldn't tell you because they just haven't been on British series that have made it over to the US or have been popular because of the Net, Netflix, or KZread. I would have thought I would have seen the actor who played Garth Marenghi himself in something else but he hasn't popped up elsewhere in my TV viewing...

@Van_Der_Lay_Industries

8 жыл бұрын

He plays an annoying IT nerd in The Office (UK Version).

I love how many times they use alliteration in this show. It's just awful, which makes it amazing.

@SomeDumbKid1

3 жыл бұрын

They really nail that faux-witty writing that makes Garth seem like a massive hack

@rosecityronin

2 жыл бұрын

Awfully amazing alliteration amuses aptly...

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

it’s almost as great as Samurai Cop - but what that makes that movie legendary is they were going for something completely serious but was so ineptly made

16:14 Hello cameraman! I have no idea why I haven't spotted that in other times I have watched this.

@AndiLevicky

9 жыл бұрын

Good spot!

@TaiChiKnees

9 жыл бұрын

LOL that's great! Ah... I remember you so well, TV shows of the 80s... You were such crap... but you were our crap and we loved you.

@PotholesInMyLawn

6 жыл бұрын

That's Dean Leaner.... seeing that had no money....

@MrHeycowboy

5 жыл бұрын

the reason why it was water AND MIRROR storage

@designbureau3530

4 жыл бұрын

thats the beauty of the show... did you notice the male doctor in high heels in episode one?

So, the part where Garth walks back in the room with a teddy bear, did anyone catch him saying "Sanch" the first time, and then the second time it sounds like he says "singe," which is the French word for monkey?

“Not my fault, monkey BASTARD hands!” I’m going to start saying that whenever I fuck something up.

For some reason that bike chase scene was intense as hell.

Wish we had outtakes for this brilliant show.

I like how Dagless said he only had 5 bullets, then fired 6. 2 at the security apes, 3 while he was struggling with Ape Sanchez, and 1 at the boxes that fell on Sanchez.

"That's peculiar." Sanchez, after staring at, considering, and then drinking obviously green, bad-tasting water.

9:05 the padre's smile is hands down the most terrifying thing of the entire series

@neithere

Жыл бұрын

How about Madeline's black blink in the first(?) episode?

@TheWaynos73

Жыл бұрын

THATS ALL WE KNOW, RICK!!!

good to see Julian Barratt looking particularly gorgeous this episode

This is literally the greatest show ever made. I remember watching this on Adult Swim.

@madnessbydesign1415

Жыл бұрын

That was my introduction to it as well, which was weird, since at that time, Adult Swim was all cartoons. Thank God they were willing to run this... :)

“She was like a candle in the wind….unreliable.” True genius comes in the strangest places.

The Sanch/Singe bilingual pun at 3:30 is very underrated.

There's so much hilarity in the intro alone! I haven't even gotten to the story. "I'd like to dedicate this to my wife Pam, who deals with the bulk of my admin" HA!

"they would not make this show today"

@omiorahman6283

2 жыл бұрын

It would get cancelled

"Someone or something has been tampering with our water supply. I'm going to to the water store room. I have have a hunch whoever or whatever he or she or it is will be in there" Such gloriously clunky dialogue.

@5:55 watch for the hand switch... I have been watching these over and over for years... and no matter what,,, you always find something new.

@jimmy_junk

4 жыл бұрын

Nice catch.

Call me crazy but there were moments in this one that were legitimately very good and would actually make for a highly watchable 80's sci-fi show. Reminded me quite a bit of Dr Who: Inferno, the one with the green slime that's changing everyone into primordial ape people.

wow i never even noticed the water was green until he pointed it out, he's a bloody genius

What if a rat could drive a bus?

13:10 Thornton's water cocktail (including soda water) is brilliant.

All episodes blocked in the UK, thank the Gods for VPNs and thank you @Billkillerz for uploading this classic series. I was going to say this on episode one but I got so caught up watching your playlist, I forgot. Cheers, mate.

this show has two great things, that aren't intentionaly bad, and that is the music, and even the action sometimes. I honestly love this show.

"Oh no. Oh Jesus. They've taken over." "I know!"

Good that Dagless only had coffee. Even if it was made with bottled water, it is hot, so you always sip it, and a sip is fine.

Love how they are like 5 bullets left and he ends up shooting 6 times with it (two to kill soldiers, arm gets grabbed shoots 3 more times, after that he shoots the boxes)

Good to see both members of the Boosh up to their old character tricks. Beady-eyed Julian looking askance, and slinky Noel shouting 'Kalli(m/v)ano!' (anyone remember this from the 'wild men/Topshop' segment? the replacement zookeepers?)

Boosh!! I wish they would have merged the two shows together for an episode, at one point they were going to.

12:20 those Nurse Apes are definitely nightmare fuel. Nevermind being chased by zombies, demented nurse apes that's truly horrifying. Besides the walking dead has made zombies as scary as an office worker on a Monday.

"She was like a candle in the wind - unreliable." Just amazing.

I love the obvious stunt double for super unnecessary things like running

I'll never get tired of DarkPlace ❤️

Did nobody notice the stunt double in the forest scene haha?

@mackcasner7035

9 жыл бұрын

He had the worst wig haha.

@AndiLevicky

9 жыл бұрын

Yup. But I didn't spot the cameraman in the water storage room.

@PotholesInMyLawn

6 жыл бұрын

That's Dean

@raymondterry1937

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

There is no best line in this episode. Every line is incredible.

I love when they're driving and ape Liz just grabs Garth's glasses.

Garth Marenghi has a pretty accurate idea of what a hospital water supply looks like 😂

Everything about this is so well studied Even the clumsy way that puppet falls at 3:36 - brilliant

19:57 that soft "take this" with the high pace soundtrack keeps bringing me back here on a weekly.

Rick Douglas. The only doctor who is always carrying a gun.

@bartoszszalaj

8 жыл бұрын

+DysnomiaFilms What about Doctor Sanchez.

@cooliostarstache5474

4 жыл бұрын

Dagless

@SorowFame

Жыл бұрын

Lucien Sanchez also carries a gun, two if the second episode is to be believed. Thornton Reed also has a magic shotgun he can pull out of nowhere.

22:25 until the end is a collection of some of my favourite lines from all of Darkplace.

@Wladislav

4 жыл бұрын

@Max William Lauf Brilliant.

the water is tainted but the coffee, which is 99% water, is fine...gotta love this series. the sheer genius of the entire cast and crew. and for newbies, the hidden subtext behind the madness - spoiler alert. and of course the cast is full of comedic gold! Noble and Silver, the Might Boosh. each actor brings their own unique talent in this fine collaboration.

@yellowblanka6058

6 ай бұрын

To be fair, perhaps the process of boiling the water for the coffee eliminates the virus/pathogen.

12:25 Seeing as Dagless has been unconscious for a month, does that mean Thorton Reed hasn't had a glass of water for a month? :P

Love how Matt Berry adds syllables to words. "Would anyone like a glass of wa-TE-ER?"

Okay, the plastic cups clinking when they drank the waters and coffee was a nice touch.

Can we please have a reunion for this show

This show is so fucking weird, it cracks me up. I remember watching this in uni when we were all either coming down or still wired. Either state, we still laughed. Richard Ayoade's deadpan humour and facial expressions are brilliant.

The stunt man on 19:28 😂😂

"she was like a candle in the wind.... Unreliable."

16:15 they included my favorite film/movie flub: the camera in the mirror

"They've taken over. They've taken over!" "I know."

"Dr Sanchez, if you don't come to surgery now, we'll have to start without you" He's the surgeon

The fact that theres a stunt double at 19:26 kills me

"Without giving too much away think Planet of the Apes."

"We knew at the time it was raw, but we didn't realize it could get rawer."