I love how they can just get a new hair style and wear a trendy shirt to appear like completely different characters.

@makeawishlol

2 жыл бұрын

✨acting✨

@dddgtsd

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that, whenever someone plays a TV producer they put a patterned shirt on and that generic 00s hairstyle and somehow it's spot on haha.

@VSC96

2 жыл бұрын

@@dddgtsdhahah that is so true wow!

@naysaykiller928

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the glasses

@samuelboundy7184

2 жыл бұрын

That's sort of how acting works.

I auditioned for the apprentice, through to the third round. This sketch is literally true, there were actual geniuses with me and none of them made it in. The crazy ones did.

@JockTalk7

Жыл бұрын

One of the crazy ones asked me "So what's your secret tactic going to be?" And I said - "well i'm going to make sure our team does the best in every round" - and she just said "Aww, bless". She then told me how she'd made a pie out of dogfood for her boyfriend and put his toothbrush in the toilet when she was nearly ready to dump him.

@ColinHall

Жыл бұрын

I used to work for a company who was going to be featured in a task many years ago. Apparently the 'wrong' team 'won' that part of the task and the whole segment was removed. People need to realise just how construed the programme is. Even the way they cut together dodgy looks or awkward silences - every part of the whole thing is fabricated for drama. Something you'd expect more from ITV than the BBC to be honest.

@xenon8117

Жыл бұрын

@@ColinHall Last night with the asparagus he was unfairly blamed. The guy on the phone led them on about it being fresh and yet he gets the blame for the trip which Lord Sugar would have you think was up in the very north of scotland when it was only a quarter hour or so.

@juliaconnell

Жыл бұрын

the crazy ones make for 'good' tv - the crazier the better. not just this, most reality shows

@nopants3560

Жыл бұрын

I want to be on the Chase as I find all the questions beneath me. Someone told me to act thick and get most of the test questions wrong to have any chance of getting on

"I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a fifth-teenth of my workforce each week" Brilliant.

@gwouru

2 жыл бұрын

learn to spell numbers.

@Ben-nr2rm

2 жыл бұрын

@@gwouru learn to spell wolf and right.

@danielthompson6448

2 жыл бұрын

@@gwouru Their comment was 9 years ago xD

@nagualdesign

2 жыл бұрын

_*Fifth-ten-eenth_

@gwouru

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ben-nr2rm You're just as bad as the guy who can't spell numbers. That's akin to me telling you to learn to spell your name. (since my comment was deleted)

"I've got a hunch that for some reason, people will think that this never stops being worth commentating upon." That gets more and more relevant with every new series of the Apprentice.

@paulrawcliffe7452

2 жыл бұрын

That's numberwang.

@tonk3878

2 жыл бұрын

Many people obliviously commenting on the same thing is a staple of humanity. We’ve done it, we’re doing it, and we’ll do it until our little lives peter out of existence.

@AnonEyeMouse

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't get through a single episode of the Apprentice.

@boba2783

2 жыл бұрын

Still relevant in 2022

@qmkut9121

8 ай бұрын

"And thanks to the huge number of Love Island rejects desperate for 15-minutes of fame, we now have a totally new batch of idiots ready made for us to use."

"They show up the same, my friend. They show up just the same." That couldn't have been more pointed if they looked directly into the camera. I love it!

@IshtarNike

2 жыл бұрын

Guarantee some people watch this clip and laugh without realising it's about them

@rockets4kids

8 ай бұрын

Funny how votes work the same way

Amazing how this is all still true, more than a decade later.

@LDacic

2 жыл бұрын

This has been true for centuries

@L.i.am95

2 жыл бұрын

You look like you could be webbs brother

@uschurch

2 жыл бұрын

It's only amazing to an idiot 🤷‍♂️

@AA-hg5fk

2 жыл бұрын

That's because there's still plenty of idiots around and the BBC like to keep shows going for more than a decade after they cease to be interesting!

@PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool

4 ай бұрын

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. - Acts 3:19 If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations.

"we can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery's for"

@vikavika2059

4 жыл бұрын

I didn`t get the humour in this phrase((

@JackPorter

3 жыл бұрын

@@vikavika2059 sorry to hear about the diagnosis. how are you dealing with your idiocy?

@vikavika2059

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackPorter fuck off! I am not a native speaker. I'm from the Crimea.

@vikavika2059

3 жыл бұрын

@@hvbris1 I really appreciate your help. Thank you so much.

@Jariid

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikavika2059 You've just won the lottery

They basically managed to sum up ALL reality TV. If you ever talk to somebody that watches it they say "I just think it's funny how dumb they are," like they're above it all. As if that isn't the entire point

@philpants44

10 ай бұрын

Ironically they're sitting there watching it instead of something worth watching not realising they're being swindled

Pretty much nailed every single reality show ever!

@mary-janereallynotsarah684

11 ай бұрын

Except Outlast where the hardest working non idiot was basically shat on and abused the whole season while the crazies ran around unmonitored.

@JohnPreston888

6 ай бұрын

I'm not too sure about that. I have only ever seen where they were filming "The real C**ts Of Suburbia", but not any episodes. It might have been a departure from the norm. (Thank you, Rockstar Games 😀 )

“Everyone will think that they’re the only person watching to notice that the contestants are all idiots” ouch

@tsawy6

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksprat9209 You can not watch it

@3Dant

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsawy6 Yes you can

@stefevr

2 жыл бұрын

@@3Dant No, you cannot

@dylanclarke9497

2 жыл бұрын

@@stefevr It is, in fact, the opposite of what you both are claiming.

@stefevr

2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanclarke9497 yes, it is not

Nearly every sentence is quote-worthy. Perfect

@vzxvzvcxasd7109

Жыл бұрын

I don't think most people understand, they're satirising the real show, they find a bunch of idiots, and they show it to idiots, but then somehow, they'll think they're the only ones knowing that the show is full of idiots, because they're dressed in a suit

another season... this couldn't be more true even now

@andyc5155

7 жыл бұрын

And also now...

@ztrinx1

7 жыл бұрын

Always and forever

@AlanValdes

6 жыл бұрын

forever and always

@theunidropout

6 жыл бұрын

Still now

@stevenhulbert6973

6 жыл бұрын

Still now two months later. will keep you posted bye!

"You can't give a million pounds to an idiot, that's what the lottery is for" LMAO

I love how this skit could easily be a David Mitchell rant you see on Would I lie to You

id humiliate myself on tv for 100k to be honest

@rymdalkis

7 жыл бұрын

I have bad news my friend

@magicaIpineapple

7 жыл бұрын

if it's that i'm an idiot that isn't news to me

@djoakeydoakey1076

7 жыл бұрын

magicaIpineapple Are idiots self aware?

@youfoolwarrenisdead6400

7 жыл бұрын

Really, it's 1/16 chance to £100k, not guaranteed 100k.

@benedikta.9121

7 жыл бұрын

This is a strange situation. If one acknowledges that they themselves are idiotic then that shows they have a sense of self awareness, which is a sign of intelligence

“Also, once the contestants are split into sub-teams we’ll ensure they make no communication with each other, whatsoever. No matter how important the new information is!”

Brilliant. This is exactly how the apprentice was conceived, exactly.

The real shame is that there is not a show about talented businessmen competing for a prestigious job.

@stevechristie2569

6 жыл бұрын

David Lea-Smith hard to portray that on TV - a talented businessman will be crunching hours of actuarial statistics and reading through contract jargon

@Synochra

6 жыл бұрын

I think shark tank may come close, but I've never actually watched it so I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about

@wolfmanhcc

2 жыл бұрын

If they were really talented businessmen, they could pool their wealth of knowledge together.

@An_excellent_YouTube_account

2 жыл бұрын

@Slim Dim Your mother never hugged you as a child did she?

@andrewpepper3145

2 жыл бұрын

@Slim Dim See now, a golden opportunity to just say nothing and not sound like a right prick and you missed it. That's a shame right there

And just like that, Total Wipeout was born.

This sketch is pretty much every reality TV-show in a nutshell.

This is probably the most 'on-point' sketch Mitchell and Webb ever did. Something pretty much everyone can identify with. Genius!

The lowest biggest amount for idiots is £100K - similar to what the winner of Big Brother gets LOL

I had no idea Mitchell and Webb produced the first series of The Apprentice. Some of this archive footage is extraordinary. Chapeau to whoever is finding it all.

This is pure social commentary. Scarily accurate.

Likely this is the meeting that takes place for EVERY 'reality' show.

This skit makes a terrifying amount of sense.

American Producers "Do you see this back firing?" "How so?" "Well, all those idiots might think the executive is one of them and have him elected as president."

@DeathnoteBB

3 жыл бұрын

I mean to be fair, the executive was in fact an idiot

@guidadiehl9176

3 жыл бұрын

Democracy should just be abolished at this point. I was so revolted when the stupid plebs elected the wrong person, AGAIN.

@darksim1930

3 жыл бұрын

@@guidadiehl9176 Why bother letting people vote if they're going to vote WRONG? It's like if our society was a ship and people like US, who are RIGHT, were the ones trying to move water OUT of the ship while the OTHER people, who are WRONG, were trying to move more water IN. If only there was a system by which WE, the sensible ones, could tell everyone ELSE "Look, this is what's RIGHT. You're going to take it and be happy. Or else." Dictate what's right to them, if you will. A dictator ship.

@barryhomeowner9293

2 жыл бұрын

@@darksim1930 I was wondering where the ship analogy was going, but that was a fucking good comment, well done

I watch this sketch every time the Apprentice is on and it never loses its relevance

the contestants might all be idiots but these two men are certainly both geniuses

Literally, every single reality show ever.

"How do these ironic non-idiots show up on the ratings" This is why tv programming is so terrible these days

@batt3ryac1d

6 жыл бұрын

The reason it's terrible is because everyone moved onto netflix because it was terrible after the writers strike and only old people and morons are left. Though to be fair the BBC still makes some good shit.

@RKBock

6 жыл бұрын

the real reason it's terrible (and not only "these days"... shows like jearsey shore etc existed as long as tv exists) is because you all are still watching. don't blame them that you show up the same in the statistics. blame yourself for watching.

@user-iq3xc5gc1f

6 жыл бұрын

batt3ryac1d Right but that doesn't at all explain why Netflix is as shit.

@Ownage4lif31

6 жыл бұрын

ᛋᛖᚪᛉᛖ ᚹᚫᚳᚾᚪᚾ Netflix makes good shows. I don't use Netflix but I watch their netflix shows. They make some good shows but they also make some bad shows. However, they monitor it. Also if your talking about Netflix as a streaming service, it's cause of copyright laws. They're only legally allowed to have a certain series up for as long as the network they bought the rights from gave them. TV these days is just a mess.

@user-iq3xc5gc1f

6 жыл бұрын

RandomSilly I'd argue that they make an awful lot more bad shows than they do good ones. I can think of one good show off the top of my head, Bojack Horseman, and another that doesn't really count because it didn't start on Netflix and got worse once it was on it, Black Mirror.

Watching this in 2017.... fml

@aaronlatham5161

4 жыл бұрын

Try watching it in 2020 :)

Little did they know what they'd end up doing to the American electoral system. They have a lot to answer for.

so brilliantly meta. you laugh at the idea but realise the joke is really aimed at you

this isn't satire. This is a word for word recreation of a conversation mitchell and webb accidently recorded at bbc hq. It's journalism

and THAT sums up 90% of network television in the 2000s. Bob bless us for the internet and youtube.

I live in Los Angeles and I can tell you this skit is shockingly close to the mark of how much of Hollywood operates.

@drcl7429

2 жыл бұрын

You can thank the British creators of most of these shows.

"I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a 15th of my workforce every week" Is a point that needs to get hammered home, especially people who think the Apprentice is an accurate reflection of the world of business. You don't just fire people when things get bad, it's a way to just trigger a death spiral for a business.

One can hardly count the number of times this pitch has succeeded.

Robert Webb looks like Russell Howard with this haircut!

Evil corporate David is one of my favourite Davids

Beautifully encapsulating 'reality television'...

Thanks for reminding me of this Jim Sterling.

@whaddyamean99

4 жыл бұрын

Here from Jim too

@johnmartinez7440

2 жыл бұрын

Who?

One of the best comedy sketches.

@abacab87

Жыл бұрын

"If homeopathy beats science" is my favorite, this is now second.

The most truth in a sketch ever

I have a feeling the people who make the reality tv shows are getting the same sort of entertainment out of their audience. In writing this comment, I establish myself at the top of this foodchain, obviously.

@Synochra

6 жыл бұрын

umm I'll piggyback on this guy

@agdgdgwngo

2 жыл бұрын

It's not far off how a lot of it works. They have all these skits about big directors and producers, they're all kind of cynical about the process.

The best sketch they ever did.

Breaking the fourth wall at the end was pure genius.

Perfect. Everything about it is just right. It's the same with the X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, I'm a Celebrity and worst of all, Big Brother.

@thesuperginge1348

2 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that Big Brother started as a really interesting social experiment, and just ONE series later it divulged into what it became known for.

Quality from M & W as usual

I love the Apprentice. So does my dad. He calls it the muppet show.

@AlexFlockhart

3 жыл бұрын

I suppose you could say he watches it with a sense of irony then.

@Lorgar64

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexFlockhart No, we both know it's a bunch of idiots running around like headless chickens. We like it for that.

@AlexFlockhart

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lorgar64 I was referencing what they were saying in the clip, and yeah if you're watching it because you know they're all idiots, you are watching it ironically. In the ratings, the demographic of people like you and your father "show up just the same"

@Lorgar64

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexFlockhart We're not watching it ironically, though. We know it's about idiots. We like watching idiots. There's no irony.

@abacab87

Жыл бұрын

We didn't realize at the time just how fake it was, with Trump being thought of as a successful billionaire.

Remarkably insightful.

these guys are brilliant

These two are so fkn hilarious

Having watched the first episode of the new series yesterday this still rings true.

Brilliant, as always

lol it's so true. These 2, easily my favourite comedians.

The rare sketch where all the characters are intelligent.

This video was funny and all but that ending was just perfect *slow clap*

so that's who Jersey Shore got started

@mikeconway867

6 жыл бұрын

booley How?

@MrShortfastloud

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. That's exactly who Jersey shore got started.

It's like a prediction of the next decade of television

"We can't give a million pounds to an idiot; that's what the lottery is for" lol...so true...

Perfectly done

BRILLIANT!!!

This describes practically every single reality show...

Love the BBC reference on the ring binders in the background.

True story.

The scary thing is just how many people don't realize that this is what the apprentice is about. Seriousy, the amount of people who actually think the point of the apprentice is what the program makers claim, and that it's all honest and ligitimate, is fucking staggering. It really hits home just how many stupid people there are out there

@xTruncz

2 жыл бұрын

True

@simonhenry7867

2 жыл бұрын

No the apprentice is about taking people who on paper would make great employees but are crippled by beingsocial psycopaths that should be obvious to a manger on first interview that wasn't a social psycopath themselves...and there's the rub.

@MMM18092

2 жыл бұрын

I think the production company and Lord Sugar want different things. The production company wants entertainment (including the viewer laughing at the candidate) and Lord Sugar wants a competetive environment with capable candidates. They meet somewhere in the middle.

@AA-hg5fk

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic that you go on a rant about stupid people but can't spell legitimate.

This is brilliant!

This applies to all TV. Amazing.

I feel like I've just been insulted..

It describes every reality TV show and the viewers of said shows.

Wonderful, spot on.

Those 5 channels are the only ones with universal coverage, and the BBC channels digital / non-digital are amongst the most watched on any given night, and the radio stations are amongst the most listened too.

i love this

The lottery line was brilliant

The thumbnail pic makes RW look like Russell Howard.

sounds an awful lot like they're describing politics

this is sooooo goood

I love that they regard £100k as a “relatively junior job”

@rebelfriend1818

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a prize not a salary

@wozzywick

2 жыл бұрын

The winner got a job with a 100k a year salary.

@DiscoFang

2 жыл бұрын

Except they didn't regard, state or imply that the 100K was indicative of the job. The job itself would be relatively junior but coming with a "large amount of money". It's the reverse of the logic you made. That's what would make it so compelling to the contestants.

They owned this one alright

This goes for all reality shows ever made

I basically stopped watching The Apprentice after watching this sketch. I had already come to the conclusion that it was the same stuff each year, but it hadn't occurred to me that it was deliberately just an attempt to humiliate thick people.

I hope Katie Hopkins watches this

I used to work for Lord Sugar. He used to fire me every Tuesday, and hire me back every Friday. It really hurt productivity.

This is a brutal and fantastic way to totally shit on the apprentice and those behind it.

these guys are like the British version of the Australian "Chasers war on everything" guys

That reminds me that they make crime show characters so slow that everyone picks up the plot and names the killer before the characters do that they think they are geniuses because of it and keep watching just to show off their "superiority" and feel good about themselves subconsciously and masquerading it as them actually enjoying the show

@steveluckhurst2350

2 жыл бұрын

And breathe.

"I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a 15th of my workforce every week" lol

@STho205

2 жыл бұрын

Worked for Elon Musk. Worked for Jeff Bezos. Didn't work for President Trump though.

Amstrad eMailer on the desk: Great attention to detail

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!

I can pride myself on never having watched The Apprentice.

@DiscoFang

2 жыл бұрын

I think you just validated your entry into the 100K show.

i have the same t-shirt!

Having a car and paying road tax is entirely optional because although convenient, a car is not a necessity in the UK. You don't pay if you don't have one. That model fits just fine.

@thebobbrom7176

2 жыл бұрын

This comment is from 12 years ago but I've been staring at it for ages now. Why did you comment this? Did you think it was to a different video? Or does this bear some relavents to this video I am yet to understand. Please still have your account be active and your memory clear so you can make my mind whole again.

@silvasilvasilva

Жыл бұрын

​@@thebobbrom7176This is from a time when comments on KZread didn't appear on threads. It means it's probably just a random reply to someone else's comment. You see a lot of it under old videos.

These two were and are too good. Taking the p#ss out of everyone

"Quote from the clip I just watched"

"...They show up JUST the same"

0:18 I don't think Mitchell and Webb could have predicted this would be common practice in the 2020s

There's a huge gap between having no experience and being an expert.

This is basically every reality TV show pitch