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Comment by codeulike

14 hours ago

For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch

https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y

Sadly OPs explanatory comment has been flagged into oblivion (see far below) because the automod could not comprehend the importance of NUMBERWANG

And that's a bad miss...

  • "Are we the baddies?"

    "WATCH THE FOOTBALL! WATCH IT! IT'S GONNA MOVE!!"

    "This tree smells like cum."

    Mitchell and Webb had so many legendary lines.

  • My favorite line, especially as an American because I can say it out loud without the person getting upset since they have no frame of reference. And other Anglophiles I could probably handle.

    • The idea that the snooker commentators are probably drinking is very Britain, and especially Britain from a particular era.

      I think that series came out slightly after that era ended, I remember as a child (so years earlier) realising that snooker players at the time were often tipsy if not actually drunk, and also darts players, but by the time I was an adult the professionalism really changed that, turns out that if you're very good you probably are better at snooker when sober. I think the commentators, being often a previous generation of players, lagged that slightly.