The show was good and interesting concept but I've loved just a best bits of the three of them living together.

@Thisandthat8908

Ай бұрын

yeah it seems like an incredible waste of material. Even if they where only filmed occasionally. Generally this was a lot of time and effort for all involved for a 30minute program.

Jon's rage quit was the funniest thing I've ever seen! 😂 🤣 😂

I love Jon walking off during Scrabble!!! xD

@dielaughing73

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky there was no round of Carrot in a Box!

"A show of pyrotechnics involving large quantities of intestinal gas." What a lovely alternative way of saying "fart".

Jon's impression of the lion keeper reminds me of his impressions of Russell Howard when they did the radio show together

Thats numberwang

I think what might have saved this show was more emphasis on the housing situation. If you're going to take them away for a week, incorporate more of that into the show. The funniest bits tend to be when they're talking about how they lived together.

This show hits differently in 2020

England has the best panel shows.

The idea that these three have lived together in a house for a week, isolated from the outside world, is far more interesting than this game. And how the hell did they get three British celebrities to take a week off their schedule at the same time for this? How much do they get paid to be cut off from their family, internet, etc for that long?

@ModernPict

8 жыл бұрын

it's only four days btw

@twenty-twenty

Ай бұрын

I like this comment. Especially since the idea of COVID isolation ‘bubble’ was taken straight from this show

not that this wasn't funny but I think 30 mins of showing them 3 living together for a week would be more funny and interesting.

@CelineRazavi

4 жыл бұрын

I know! They got two very different show ideas and ruined them both in execution by smooshing the most boring bits of them together.

@OfficialFingazMC

4 жыл бұрын

You don't genuinely think they live together do you..?

@userjim83

3 жыл бұрын

Fingaz MC I didn’t think they did but apparently they actually did according to frank skinner (who said so in an interview) They stayed in a house with 2 members of a production team etc

@sorenlorenson8327

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing

@thedolphin5428

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, imagine Jon and Germs going at each other.

This was a great panel show, and no idea why it got cancelled especially on the BBC. The only reason I can think of is it must have been fucking expensive. First, pay all these celebs enough money to take 4 days out of their schedule, feed them, house them and give some form of entertainment whilst they are in the house. Then pay SKY and ITV for fake news items (because the BBC wouldn't let them use their correspondents), it must have been a fortune. Also David and the rest of the panel really laid into the BBC last episode maybe it was a bitter exec.

@aughhelpmeimdead

8 жыл бұрын

I've read that both David Mitchell and the BBC were keen to do another series, but David Mitchell subsequently got too busy with the 10 o'clock show on Channel 4.

@DodderingOldMan

7 жыл бұрын

Honestly I'm amazed they managed to find enough celebrities willing to hide themselves away for a week to fill even one episode, let alone one series.

@Isrjisoneavalable

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe they pitch it to them as being like a retreat where they can escape and recharge for four days

@mat5473

6 жыл бұрын

Frankly if any of them have small children which I'm pretty sure they do, then I'm pretty sure they would welcome it.

@gailranson3966

6 жыл бұрын

look to ep 1. bbc would not share with this show;

Two things that I love about this: 1) it is genuinely filmed a week apart, so contestants have often seen the previous week's episode (as evidenced by Ed's comment) 2) how open they are with the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes into making the show One thing I wish they had done more of: Showing us what they got up to in the house

@Anon-xd3cf

2 жыл бұрын

This show would work so much better in today's world post Covid. This format...but with an online extras show which showcases some of the things they got up to in the house. That said, anything like the Big Brother format has been done to death already.

@WatanabeNoTsuna.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Anon-xd3cf Imagine doing it during the lockdown! People where already locked at home, just drop an EMP bomb and they wouldn't even have to pay them for a week of work.

I want to see a show of Ed playing video games while Germane knits and gives feminist commentary

@Dim4323

2 жыл бұрын

That would be Dara o brain go 8-bit

hurled a tangerine into a laminating machine...LOL

I totally sit the same way as Jon, with one foot on top of the other. yes a connection!!! we are meant to be!!!

Great line-up.

Germaine, Jon, and Ed in the SAME HOUSE! haahahahahaaaa! I'd rather watch THAT!!!

@JackDManheim

7 жыл бұрын

it's a shame they don't show more of that footage

I don't just like this, I absolutely love it. Brilliant concept. Hope it continues for many series!

"I think he'd probably never come again if I did." Was that pun intentional? I can't tell. And I think Ed wasn't sure either.

@junbh2

8 жыл бұрын

Definitely intentional!

@MilitantBlackGuy1

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was intentional, but it was the funniest fucking thing

The Taiwanese news bit is hilarious!! I would have loved to stayed in the house with them!!

You've got a new fan. I love this show. Fantastic!

Still amazed they got these three together for a while week. Hope they still have the footage from the house

This is the second episode where they have repeatedly said the celebs were locked away for a week and yet one of the contestants (Jon Richardson this episode, Frank Skinner in the last) has said that they were locked away for four days. Great editing, BBC!

@asterix811

4 жыл бұрын

Probably a business week. I’m guessing they went into the house on Monday and the show was filmed on Friday.

Please have a “Beat the Monkey” question every week.

I love Germaine Greer

I forgot how funny this was! XD

I'm surprised the algorithm hid this from me for so long; I've watched al kinds of David Mitchell shows. Short run?

Two of my favourite comedians AND Germaine Greer? HEAVEN!

While they were all playing scrabble in the country house, there was a giant tv right behind them!

@lrfcowper

9 жыл бұрын

That was a monitor for the video game console. They mention Ed playing a lot of video games. Wouldn't be surprised if there was also a DVD player and some movies.

I got a winner of an idea for such a show. Take 3 celebrities, dump them in the middle of nowhere, with no means of communication and . . . . . forget about them!

The worst thing is is that i could understand what they were saying in the Taiwanese report, and it was like pretty much dead at that point. For some reason east asian news outlets seem to have an obsession with crappy cgi

Aren’t lions just magnificent 😍

"WHO E" 🤣

J vR my kitten did that a couple years ago hahaha. Litter box was extra gross after that.

a politician being a bully rings true even in 2023

I would have loved to see more from the house in this case but suspect that if they had shown much people, me included would have complained it was celebrity big brother. Also think I have a big advamtage that I know these people from the shows I watch but no longer live in England so don't see the news stories and can play along

this show would work 1000 times better today. One day May is the PM then boom Boris Jhonson becomes PM. One day the queen is respected by the conservatives, the next day, boom she is lied to by them. Jhonson lying to the Queen seems to be a fake at first sight lol.

@fredhasopinions

3 жыл бұрын

One day, Harry is a royal, the next day he is not. One day, Prince Philip is alive...

@janeeyre1990

Жыл бұрын

@@fredhasopinions , one day Liz Truss is PM ... and that's it. Only for a day.

@fredhasopinions

Жыл бұрын

@@janeeyre1990 oh my god imagine the queen died during those four days

In story A, that is not a dragon. It's a lion.

Does anyone know who the cute 'fake-newsround' presenter is?

David really doesn't like fish does he, tropical or not

Since when are lions the biggest carnivores, you have tigers, grizzly bears & polar bears.

@oisinm332

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Webbse08

9 жыл бұрын

Bears and tigers might be omnivores though.. I'm not sure, just spitballing.

@oisinm332

9 жыл бұрын

Some bears yes tigers no.

@Webbse08

9 жыл бұрын

Hmm, what about that tiger from Siegfried and Roy? He mauled a fruit. Zing!

@conorsmith7159

9 жыл бұрын

Largest current carnivore is the Sperm Whale, largest land is polar bear.

Squit and asquit are not legal according to the Official Scrabble dictionary. And though a common practice, swapping a letter for the blank it represents is, like collecting money from a kitty of collected fines, etc if you land on Free Parking in Monopoly, NOT an official rule.

well.. it's canceled:))

4:30 no they are not

Newsround has Lizo

Figgy turned upside in a bit I'll have a

it's a bloody lion NOT a dragon

@lrfcowper

9 жыл бұрын

Chinese dragons often have very lion-like features -- mane, whiskers, etc. Go look at any 2-person Chinese dragon costume and you'll see it's a dragon.

@halekin2099

9 жыл бұрын

Lynette Cowper I grew up watching those performances and they're known as LION dance (way too commonly mistaken to be a dragon dance, as you have in this case). The only dragon part of those festivities or performances would be the dragon following the pearl. The Chinese dragon is an amalgamation of animals and features you described aren't lion-like either; I wouldn't call it a mane, more a frill and the whiskers are more beardy IMO (for the whole wise look) and whiskers aren't a lion exclusive feature.

@lrfcowper

9 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I learned something. I also looked up news articles on this attack, though, and all of them refer to the costume as a dragon, including those of Patrick Chung, the owner of the restaurant that put on the Chinese new year event every year, and Lord Tebbit, who kicked the kid in the costume, so The Bubble was just using the actual news quotes.

So they were not allowed to be connected to the outside world in anyway. Yet eds playing xbox online ?. Ive had the squits. It means having the shits

How did he play x-box, when they clearly take the TV away in the introduction!? It's all a scam I tell you.

@janeeyre1990

Жыл бұрын

The intro is a dramatization. You can see a TV in the living room in the background when they are playing Scrabble.

remember; No Russian

I went to the taping of the pilot, and half the audience had walked out after an hour. Not sure why it got commissioned at all.

@WDStevens

6 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the pilot of 'Beat the Monkey'?

Yes the winner is germane. Otherwise there is no point in it being a competition. It's just 4 people talking. See what I did there ;)

There's a tv in the room they play scrabble in...

@whatthefuckismyname9173

8 жыл бұрын

For Ed's XBOX, and presumably for DVDs.

@bibtebo

5 жыл бұрын

Aww you're cute

I love David Mitchell, he's such a souless, unfriendly worm.

Did I not happen to see a TV in that house. So misleading the show intro.

@terrypotato

3 жыл бұрын

What you saw was a monitor for the computer games. Without internet, that's all it could be used for

"Keeping tropical fish is supposed to be very relaxing." How? There's so much climate control, lights, and monitoring how could it be relaxing?

@rebefarfort1244

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with what you say but in fact it is recommended for depression 🤷 during lockdown I spent hours watching the national aquarium and I found it relaxing

@janeeyre1990

Жыл бұрын

Maybe "relaxing" is a bad choice of words. Maybe it's more like "a complex task that requires a combination of physical effort, mental effort, and consistent dedication but will nevertheless yield mental health benefits"

@janeeyre1990

Жыл бұрын

Like having a dog as a pet. It is not relaxing when they pee on the carpet or steal your socks. But research has consistently shown that pet dogs can lower your blood pressure.

The set up of this show is all wrong. They should have voted first, then been questioned about the veracity of each story before the answer is revealed.

Christ, that's about what I expected would happen if you locked a gamer and a feminist in a house for a week.

I just can't imagine being trapped in a house with the Greer woman for a week. Huge respect to the two guys for their selfless dedication to the quest for comedy.

Just had to ruin it by inviting that boring, unfunny old fossil onto the show huh?

@RFC3514

9 жыл бұрын

That's no way to talk about Jon.

@GenericUsername-qp1ww

9 жыл бұрын

RFC3514 I was talking about that old hag.

@RFC3514

9 жыл бұрын

Matt Allen That's no way to talk about Ed.

Germaine Greer is annoying. Doesn't make any comedy show better.

@whatthefuckismyname9173

8 жыл бұрын

She's transphobic too.

@theAngryscotman

8 жыл бұрын

Oh she's one of "those" feminists huh?

@jonghouse1309

7 жыл бұрын

As in 2nd wave?

@Biczeschlappe

7 жыл бұрын

Terf is the common nomenclature if I remember rightly.

@lynngiesbrecht910

6 жыл бұрын

I can't stand her. I LOVE the other two and she ruined it!!

Sometimes the pronunciation by Brits annoys me. Like for "albino", aagh.

@sjn6704

7 жыл бұрын

Emily Lager sorry for pronouncing our language incorrectly for you but the way David pronounced it is perfectly acceptable for British English (which historically surpasses American English by a long long way) dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/albino

@nelsonricardo3729

7 жыл бұрын

I just kept clicking back and forth between the two pronunciations, having a transatlantic word fight.

@theinternetkilledmusic2054

7 жыл бұрын

Brits pronounce things right because it is their language.

@lanitagrice7644

6 жыл бұрын

S JN - while I enjoy hearing British (and Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Singaporan, etc.) pronunciations of words that differ from American pronunciation, I'm not sure it's necessary to claim ownership in this way. The language belongs to all the speakers and the variety of ways we speak it is delightful, so both Emily Lager and S JN might want to take a pill.

@lanitagrice7644

6 жыл бұрын

TIKM - Belongs to all who speak it, mate.

Feminism is doodoo