Mock the Week, Series 16, Episode 8. Ellie Taylor, James Acaster, Tom Allen, Ed Byrne, Rhys James

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  • čas přidán 5. 03. 2018
  • *Contains some strong language.
    Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis look back over the week's events with the help of guests James Acaster, Tom Allen, Ed Byrne, Rhys James and Ellie Taylor. Sep 2017.
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Komentáře • 242

  • @hotlunch4415
    @hotlunch4415 Před 5 lety +291

    Ed Byrne’s face when James Acaster jokes is such a sweet sight to behold. It’s a mixture of unreserved amusement, professional respect and almost filial affection. I love it when comedians I like react as I’d hope.

    • @jackjude
      @jackjude Před 4 lety +10

      Learnt a great new world, but there's only 10 years between them!

  • @harterton
    @harterton Před 6 lety +304

    I'm enjoying how much everyone else is enjoying James.

  • @bioLarzen
    @bioLarzen Před 2 lety +152

    Gotta love how Tom Allen is always this cheerful, radiant, calm and positive guy throughout these shows - except for his standup bit in the middle, which are invariably angry rants :)

    • @Lawcoom
      @Lawcoom Před 2 lety +6

      He annoys me a bit. He makes a joke and then smugly looks into the camera or at the audience like he's saying "I'm funny so laugh!"

    • @biggusdickkus2956
      @biggusdickkus2956 Před 2 lety +16

      @@Lawcoom
      That's his thing.

    • @biggusdickkus2956
      @biggusdickkus2956 Před 2 lety

      Catch him in Bleak Expectations a Dickens in piss take on 4XTRA.

    • @Lawcoom
      @Lawcoom Před 2 lety +1

      @@biggusdickkus2956 yeah i understand. What he says is funny dont get me wrong but that cheeky smirk takes me out of the story

    • @comradeozzbug
      @comradeozzbug Před rokem +2

      He might be a great guy and all, but I just don’t find his material funny

  • @rhianwilliams9454
    @rhianwilliams9454 Před 4 lety +209

    Can we appreciate how great Ed Byrne is. I love him he’s so funny.

    • @Nickelodeon81
      @Nickelodeon81 Před 3 lety +4

      Ok Kim Sears.

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Před 3 lety +20

      He is a sure thing, whereas other Ed's are often a Gamble.

    • @lowellthomson1958
      @lowellthomson1958 Před 3 lety +2

      He has a new podcast somewhere on the youtube, a hiking thing, similar to Kevin Nealon's but with heavier terrain and funnier people.

    • @frankensteinracing3520
      @frankensteinracing3520 Před 3 lety +1

      Huge fan. Find his work mostly brilliant

    • @zonermaguire
      @zonermaguire Před 2 lety +1

      @@Ludifant I see what you did there & I like it

  • @liaratsoni6185
    @liaratsoni6185 Před 6 lety +236

    Rhys needs more time
    When he's more confident he's really funny

  • @Edlar89
    @Edlar89 Před 2 lety +55

    Can we please have Ed Byrne, Ellie Taylor and Ed Gamble on the same team so we have Ed, Ed and Ellie

  • @jaymercer4692
    @jaymercer4692 Před 2 lety +38

    My life’s ambition is to figure out how the scoring system works on this show.

    • @carveylover
      @carveylover Před rokem +5

      On any of these panel shows. I know it is arbitrary but it would still need nice to know.

    • @aliince9372
      @aliince9372 Před rokem +11

      It's a show where the answers are all made up and the points don't matter.

    • @sfshinz
      @sfshinz Před rokem +10

      I think it’s like Series 4 Taskmaster: Hugh loses.

    • @gdj6298
      @gdj6298 Před rokem +1

      Figure out QI and work downwards....

  • @nomadicroadrat
    @nomadicroadrat Před 3 lety +23

    The neighbor is a teacher and says Tom Allen's bit is spot on.

  • @danwic
    @danwic Před 4 lety +41

    Two reasons:
    1. Raspberry
    2. Ripple

  • @tairneanaich
    @tairneanaich Před 6 lety +141

    I can’t believe Henry VIII is BACK

  • @LtexprsGaming
    @LtexprsGaming Před 4 lety +46

    Who else thinks Tom would make an awesome teacher?

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger Před 3 lety +10

      As a teacher, can confirm that is an accurate representation of an average day

    • @elizabethflynn8455
      @elizabethflynn8455 Před rokem +3

      @@RatelHBadger yes. Sigh!

    • @generalknowledge1119
      @generalknowledge1119 Před 2 měsíci

      No he wont. You'd be too busy laughing to learn anything. The guy is hilarious

  • @williamlewer3083
    @williamlewer3083 Před 2 lety +17

    Tom Allen's hypochrondia joke is under-appreciated.

  • @raunakchaudhuri60
    @raunakchaudhuri60 Před 5 lety +174

    James Acaster and Rhys James might save this show, Hugh Dennis has been an one man army uptil now, these 2 young guys may just help him out

    • @davidedwards3361
      @davidedwards3361 Před 5 lety +9

      ?James Acaster? Really? He's about as funny as a heart attack. Hugh Dennis is funny, Acaster THINKS he is funny.

    • @jamestaylor5417
      @jamestaylor5417 Před 4 lety +62

      David Edwards 5 months and not a single like. Think that just proves how valid your opinion is.
      EDIT: Oh look, he figured out how to like his own comment.

    • @thebabycow
      @thebabycow Před 4 lety +34

      Personally I really like Ed Gamble

    • @jackbryde5606
      @jackbryde5606 Před 4 lety +18

      @@thebabycow Yeah him and Angela Barnes rock on this show

    • @ajm5198
      @ajm5198 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jackbryde5606 Angela Barnes has never been funny on this show

  • @kevineugenius
    @kevineugenius Před 3 lety +21

    This is such a stellar lineup.

  • @johnb7820
    @johnb7820 Před rokem +3

    in all the years of watching this show this has to be the funniest one. Rhys' joke with the toaster got me!

  • @MrAchilles121
    @MrAchilles121 Před 2 lety +9

    James acaster is someone who i would sit with in class and laugh at all his jokes and both get kicked out of class

  • @keithroy9217
    @keithroy9217 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Congratulations to Tom for a perfect portrayal of a teacher’s day - according to several acquaintances!

  • @FanFicnic
    @FanFicnic Před 5 lety +16

    Toms eyebrow riggle KILLS me.

  • @bolezy9070
    @bolezy9070 Před 2 lety +5

    Tom's bit on school was great.

  • @nolankuffner3573
    @nolankuffner3573 Před 3 lety +7

    That might be the smartest opening they've done in years.
    Damn smart, damn funny.

  • @DaddyBeanDaddyBean
    @DaddyBeanDaddyBean Před 2 lety +11

    "We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting in the case of purely internal affairs..." -James Acaster, probably

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess Před 2 měsíci

    I love Tom's Question Time line almost as much as he does!

  • @acoustic49
    @acoustic49 Před 3 lety +19

    Ellie Taylors legs are incredible wow!

  • @markt1387
    @markt1387 Před rokem +4

    "It only took two years because his lawyer was a sloth...!!" 🤣😂

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess Před 2 měsíci

    haha 2:55 Ellie says Wow Hugh's so clever, and he grins and nods!

  • @franktuckwell196
    @franktuckwell196 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Mock the Week has been hilarious consistantly, it should never have been cancelled, but you can never remember all the funnies anyway.

  • @adspongy301
    @adspongy301 Před 5 lety +60

    "The answer is 0 what is the question" how many tour dates does Tom have in Russia

  • @nantrax143
    @nantrax143 Před 4 lety +11

    His lawyer was a sloth.... LOL

  • @TomQuick14
    @TomQuick14 Před 3 lety +7

    Ovid the saviour of boredom through working from home with all these classic episodes

    • @igrim4777
      @igrim4777 Před 9 měsíci +1

      For a moment I thought you meant the poet.

  • @leylaozen1655
    @leylaozen1655 Před 4 lety +20

    ed byrne and james acaster are literally my dads

  • @user-fl8yv7rz6f
    @user-fl8yv7rz6f Před rokem +2

    If the English parliament is the "mother of parliaments" what does that make all the far earlier Scandinavian parliaments? The grandmothers or greatgrandmothers of parliament perhaps?

  • @loritracy1385
    @loritracy1385 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @amaccama3267
    @amaccama3267 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Has Dara ever actually finished a sentence to its natural end. 😅😅😅

  • @popazz1
    @popazz1 Před 5 lety +23

    Tom Allen's school monologue was perhaps the 1st time I've laughed out loud over anything he's said. James Acaster and Ed Byrne remain 2 of the funniest members of the show.

    • @chenugent
      @chenugent Před 5 lety +6

      Rhys is also one of the funniest

    • @popazz1
      @popazz1 Před 5 lety +5

      @@chenugent .. Oh yeah, sure, and Ed Gamble.

    • @chenugent
      @chenugent Před 5 lety +1

      JohnPaul Dixon yeah definitely, these guys are the reason I keep watching the show haha

    • @michaelcolbourn6719
      @michaelcolbourn6719 Před 4 lety +1

      Really? It just sounds like random rambling to me.

    • @popazz1
      @popazz1 Před 4 lety

      @@michaelcolbourn6719 ...Funny in that ' Oh no, granny's off on one again ' kinda way.

  • @Spitfyre1011
    @Spitfyre1011 Před rokem +1

    Tom Allen in top form for the standup round.

  • @nzlemming
    @nzlemming Před 11 měsíci +2

    How on earth did this show get cancelled?

  • @fredmila
    @fredmila Před 2 lety +6

    I like to watch this episode......because of Ellie......towards the end

  • @sharonmullins1957
    @sharonmullins1957 Před 3 lety +6

    The "territorial army". OMG! Yes!

  • @thequokkahaslanded321
    @thequokkahaslanded321 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The fact they just found a schoolteacher in Oklahoma who came to school drunk, Tom's stand up was excellent 😂😂

    • @thebagelsproductions
      @thebagelsproductions Před 8 dny +1

      I had a teacher who smoked in the supply cupboard, and one who came in drunk now and again 😂

    • @thequokkahaslanded321
      @thequokkahaslanded321 Před 8 dny +1

      @@thebagelsproductions lmao I'm picturing the doors opening with smoke coming out🤣🤣

    • @thebagelsproductions
      @thebagelsproductions Před 8 dny +1

      @cannaweallgetalong7168 he used to disappear about 8 times during a double period! Mr. Monteith, geography. He got assigned that room because it had the walk-in book cupboard. He was fooling nobody 🤣

    • @thequokkahaslanded321
      @thequokkahaslanded321 Před 8 dny +1

      @@thebagelsproductions Lucky him!! 🤣 There's a role model to look up to lol

  • @JoinTheTemple
    @JoinTheTemple Před 6 lety +57

    Ellie Taylor... I think I'm in love...

    • @avengers2478
      @avengers2478 Před 6 lety +9

      Look at those legs. I guess Tom Allen won't be drooling over them though.

    • @Endisupertramp
      @Endisupertramp Před 5 lety +4

      He might be playing the long game.

    • @Eisenwulf666
      @Eisenwulf666 Před 3 lety +2

      Yup, we all are mate. It's the normal reaction.

    • @JoinTheTemple
      @JoinTheTemple Před 3 lety +1

      Gorgeous, damn sexy, and funny. Could she be the perfect woman? Hot dang!

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess Před 2 měsíci

    these Ke'ring men and their jaws and cheekbones, goddam

  • @Rorymchair
    @Rorymchair Před 2 lety +3

    Great aunt Ethel haunts me

  • @62swampboy62
    @62swampboy62 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Tom outdid himself on this show.

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess Před 2 měsíci +1

    3:37 Ed's poor cameraperson, they did an amazing job keeping up as he bounces back and forth...

  • @carveylover
    @carveylover Před rokem +7

    James Acaster with a bit of stuble really does something to me. Everything that man does does something to me.
    Is it weird that I am watching these years after. I'm just here for the jokes.

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před rokem

      Lucky you. He makes me scramble for the FF button. Nice energy, needs to learn to write funny jokes.

  • @expressoevangelism80
    @expressoevangelism80 Před 3 lety +17

    Do you think Ellie knows that her legs are amazing?

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren Před 11 měsíci

      Yes she knows. Why do you think she wears the skirts she always wears

  • @uwulord7458
    @uwulord7458 Před měsícem

    Caddy gay dude without that 'gay lisp', thank you! you are the spirit of mock the week!

  • @btoombstertriesyt6532
    @btoombstertriesyt6532 Před 5 lety +40

    James acaster rules
    read more
    also Henry VIII is back guys

  • @lokischildren7862
    @lokischildren7862 Před 11 měsíci

    Ed Byrne a unrated Genius

  • @sedg83
    @sedg83 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm glad I'm not alone in getting heartburn from my hay fever tablets. Fml

  • @frankensteinracing3520
    @frankensteinracing3520 Před 3 lety +5

    Not the biggest James acaster fan but when he is funny he is funny.

  • @keithburgess4088
    @keithburgess4088 Před 5 lety +4

    if it's a GLORY HOLE it'll be to high !

  • @avengers2478
    @avengers2478 Před 5 lety +80

    Ellie Taylor is 5 feet 11 inches tall. I recon that 5 feet must be her legs. They are fantastic.

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess Před 2 měsíci

    2:22 ugh it drives me crazy when Hugh bites his lip like that

  • @MrJiggles
    @MrJiggles Před 4 lety +2

    7:52

  • @dickshneeze4566
    @dickshneeze4566 Před 4 lety +1

    9:30 Philip Schofield?

  • @wcapewell3089
    @wcapewell3089 Před 4 lety +5

    Why does tom look like lex luthor?

  • @coupdq9race16
    @coupdq9race16 Před 5 lety +3

    This is a top notch NU MtW roster

  • @ProcInc
    @ProcInc Před 2 lety +1

    Waasberry Whipple

  • @tahirhussain3791
    @tahirhussain3791 Před 3 lety +15

    Ellie's Legs R Us..😊

  • @evanquaid
    @evanquaid Před 5 lety +70

    Ellie's legs 😍😍

    • @thatdutchguy2882
      @thatdutchguy2882 Před 5 lety +4

      The rest was fun too.

    • @MisterBuffers
      @MisterBuffers Před 5 lety +17

      OMG LUK AT HER LEGS!!!
      Let’s ignore her comedy 🙄🙄

    • @calebharris7568
      @calebharris7568 Před 4 lety +4

      Matt Burfield her legs are better than her comedy to be fair.

    • @WZRDBeats
      @WZRDBeats Před 3 lety

      @@calebharris7568 Oh I don't know. I'd be happy with either legs or comedy somewhere near my ears. Both would be preferable but I'm not a pig.

    • @virtualspokespeople4066
      @virtualspokespeople4066 Před rokem

      @@MisterBuffers Wait! what? She spoke?

  • @jenh8056
    @jenh8056 Před rokem

    Dara became the Dad of the group lol

  • @wkrijthe
    @wkrijthe Před 3 lety +5

    Help me out here, how much is Henry^8 ?

    • @death2boredom338
      @death2boredom338 Před 3 lety +2

      You have to work backwards and solve for X in the equation of Beheadings = Henry^8 - (Wives/Disinterest).

    • @wkrijthe
      @wkrijthe Před 3 lety +2

      :D @@death2boredom338 Thanx!

  • @edward4840
    @edward4840 Před 6 lety +5

    3 originals remain

  • @baylinkdashyt
    @baylinkdashyt Před 2 lety +1

    So, Ellie... how's the thing with the kids working out for you now? :-)

  • @bottlenose.dolphin
    @bottlenose.dolphin Před 3 lety

    11:16 haha

  • @stannousflouride8372
    @stannousflouride8372 Před 6 lety

    Oct 1, 2017

  • @theenchiladakid1866
    @theenchiladakid1866 Před rokem

    Britex, i wonder how that will turn out

  • @drewgittings7576
    @drewgittings7576 Před 2 lety

    Tom Allen should run for pm

  • @mrlucasftw42
    @mrlucasftw42 Před rokem +1

    Tickety Ted.

  • @risingf00l22
    @risingf00l22 Před 4 lety +2

    Can you add a k to the front of your name

  • @aurfeliasm9791
    @aurfeliasm9791 Před 3 lety +1

    22:00

  • @Tht1Gy
    @Tht1Gy Před rokem

    The receptionist was for legal reasons, not medical.
    I would assume.

  • @davidstowers1964
    @davidstowers1964 Před 3 lety +1

    On a serious note, a gay scanner might have prevented the bombing of the gay pub in the 90s.

  • @goonerali3547
    @goonerali3547 Před 4 lety

    2020 😷

  • @grahamhume5953
    @grahamhume5953 Před rokem +3

    Ellie's legs, should have a camera focused on just them throughout this episode.

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo Před 3 lety +22

    Good Lord, Ellie's got some stems!

    • @GregPollard
      @GregPollard Před 3 lety +5

      that girl has a serious set of pins

    • @Andrew170712
      @Andrew170712 Před 3 lety +2

      Damn right fellas

    • @Kerrigore2
      @Kerrigore2 Před 2 lety

      Look at the getaway sticks on that broad! Seriously nice gams!

  • @JeremyCouderc
    @JeremyCouderc Před rokem

    Actually, we got 0 for Alexis in January. That'll show him

  • @avengers2478
    @avengers2478 Před 6 lety +22

    My left ear is pierced and I am bi. I mean, just look at Ellie Taylor's legs.

    • @shoyomakesstuff
      @shoyomakesstuff Před 4 lety +2

      @Eric Burkheimer so they should get em both pierced

  • @applejuice5272
    @applejuice5272 Před rokem

    22:12 Henry VIII's back!

  • @GayleBright-lo5eb
    @GayleBright-lo5eb Před rokem

    Your sincerely sued thank you.for playing a part.

  • @gmortimer20031
    @gmortimer20031 Před 3 lety +4

    Nobody told Ellie that although this meeting was on Zoom, she would actually have to stand up :-). Been there...

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead Před rokem

      She looks great though. Those legs go all the way to the ground.

  • @choicesman2000
    @choicesman2000 Před 4 lety +9

    ellie taylors legs best bit

  • @jonathanmckeage8222
    @jonathanmckeage8222 Před 3 lety

    So another words business as usual

  • @nicetryguy210
    @nicetryguy210 Před 4 lety +1

    what does hard hat mean here?

    • @michaelcolbourn6719
      @michaelcolbourn6719 Před 4 lety +4

      A hard hat.

    • @Nickelodeon81
      @Nickelodeon81 Před 3 lety +1

      A hat that is hard.

    • @gregoryuk
      @gregoryuk Před 3 lety +1

      People in the construction industry. It's the name of the helmet worn for safety purposes. It is actually called a Hard hat.

  • @tobygibbes2111
    @tobygibbes2111 Před 3 lety +1

    that "drill" in the picture of the week, is an IMPACT DRIVER!!! NOT A DRILL!!!

  • @LednacekZ
    @LednacekZ Před 4 lety +2

    nice legs

  • @davidmaxwaterman
    @davidmaxwaterman Před 3 lety +5

    Legs, much?

  • @nickolaynickolov6641
    @nickolaynickolov6641 Před měsícem

    4:55 Ellie Taylor cheating all the way having made secret notes on her left palm!

    • @thebagelsproductions
      @thebagelsproductions Před 8 dny

      All the answers are rehearsed on this show, I'm afraid, there's very little genuinely off the cuff

  • @ronin-kf1uq
    @ronin-kf1uq Před 5 lety +6

    ELLIE TAYLOR'S LEGS....WOW !! ....TOM ALLEN.....PMSL RE. SCHOOL ROUTINE.

  • @kflex1812
    @kflex1812 Před rokem

    Not only Is Ellie Taylor beautiful and gorgeous, but what a cracking pair of legs she has.

  • @gregoryuk
    @gregoryuk Před 3 lety

    Ellie Taylor..
    Click bait.
    Optimus Prime line - very good.

  • @markevans7860
    @markevans7860 Před 4 lety +6

    Wish i was jack and Ellie's legs were the bean stalks............

  • @keefercfer
    @keefercfer Před 3 měsíci

    Those amazing legs! 😍

  • @scaletownmodels
    @scaletownmodels Před 2 lety +1

    She's not only funny... hellooooo legs.

  • @ianstanleyspence
    @ianstanleyspence Před 2 lety

    Oh, those legs !!!

  • @captainchaos3667
    @captainchaos3667 Před rokem

    Goddamn that's a short skirt.

  • @Psiberzerker
    @Psiberzerker Před 4 lety +1

    Dara O'Briain, gay or just Irish?

  • @Facetiously.Esoteric
    @Facetiously.Esoteric Před 2 lety +1

    Ellie Taylor is so hilarious and hot.

  • @JungleEddie
    @JungleEddie Před 6 lety +2

    Earrings: Left is right and right is wrong.