A UK surgeon operating on a patient’s liver signed his initials on the liver using some kind of surgical burning tool. Apparently it wasn’t the first time he’d done it, and the other doctors/nurses/anaesthetists all covered for him, thinking it was a great laugh (or the junior staff were too scared to report him). It only came to light what he’d done when there was a problem with the liver and a different surgeon operated on the patient who could clearly see the first surgeon’s one inch high initials branded on the organ. I believe the offending surgeon served some prison time for assault. Edited to add: His name was Simon Bramhall:- 'A surgeon who branded his initials on two patients' livers has been struck off the medical register. Simon Bramhall admitted using an argon beam machine to autograph the organs in 2013 while working at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He continued to practise surgery in another hospital until June 2020, and was struck off the medical register in 2022, four years after he was convicted of battery for branding the livers of Patients A and B, and almost a decade after his initials were first discovered.'
Jeremy does brilliant supressed laughter and sobbing. Remember om Peep Show when he goes into the cult to "stir shit up" and begins sobbing when he talks about his father? Such brilliant acting.
Interestingly, there were petitions for bringing him back on, spearheaded by people he'd done surgery on. “I hope he signed mine” was a common sentiment. “Any surgeon who takes enough pride in their work to sign it ought to be celebrated, not punished” was another.
@@konayasai Another one was that it left at least one of his patients severely traumatised . We don't know how many he did this to. Despite his priotestations to the contrary it's likely to be more than a couple - a number of staff have since gone on record that they challenged him in the operating theatre for behaviour. His attitude to his actions left a lot to be desired, including writing a movelised version of events that belittled those patients who were less than happy.
No, no. They should get get Chris Morris to do the voice over for everything. Particularly Tory Conferences and most specifically all Liz Truss interviews.
I was wondering if the Armando Iannucci accent that David has for parts of this is a little nod to inspiration from The Day Today or Brass Eye. It's up there with Rogue Dentists and Bullying in the Church.
As an aside, it's funny how the most dated part of this clip is right at the end where the two characters are both holding stripy disposable plastic bags. Achingly pre-2010s
@@forgetmenotjimmy Google Simon Bramhall, Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth. He used an argon beam to autograph patients' organs. It was about 10 years ago, iirc. He was struck off the GMC register eventually, but it took years...
read this is "when the air hits your brain": This shit actually happens, there was one case where during brain surgery the surgeon carved "fuck you gary" or something to the effect of that onto the inside of the patient's skull before reattaching it. They only found out about it when the patient needed subsequent surgery and gary had to reopen it.
@@pjay3028 It's all part of the human comedy. You should learn to take a joke, and how to figure out the difference between an obviously staged comedy sketch and a news report. You're welcome.
Honestly, I don't see the harm. These surgeons do a difficult job, and if they want to let off a bit of steam it's OK by me. The snowflake generation needs to learn to take a joke.
You say that now, but just wait until you go in to get minor plastic surgery on your finger after it gets crushed in a door and you wake up as Chinese.
It is comedy, regardless of whether you appreciate it or not. It's ok for you not to find something amusing but you are not the arbiter of what is objectively funny.
@@peternelson7048 They is a line to which normal people with values and moral standing will say . That line has been crossed . For those of us who have a caring compassionate nature and who have endured cancer in one form or another. Yet are still human and appreciate comedy. I don't think anyone should criticize us for saying . This sketch has gone beyond the pale of common decency.
@@markmak7548 I'll reiterate - it's ok for you to personally not find the sketch funny. However, you are not the arbiter of objective humour. I, just like every other same person agree that cancer isn't funny. But that does not mean at all that it isn't a fit subject for humour. In fact the opposite is usually the case as I have observed many times when someone close to me has suffered from cancer.
David's acting was so good at the beginning of the sketch that I felt like I couldn't laugh at any of the jokes! 😂
I know, right? I felt quite bad for the guy!
His Scottish accent as the second guy was a touch English, but he does earnest dork so well it's hard not to hate him....with love, of course.
Guy stole the top comment from 6 years before
Does he do any serious roles
Great, Jez went and became a surgeon, and look at what happened.
Proper Jezzing, Jezzed it right up
With super hans as the anesthetist
Yeah, but it's not exactly rocket science.
Its just body parts lego innit
Jez was already a nurse, so it actually kind of matches up
A UK surgeon operating on a patient’s liver signed his initials on the liver using some kind of surgical burning tool. Apparently it wasn’t the first time he’d done it, and the other doctors/nurses/anaesthetists all covered for him, thinking it was a great laugh (or the junior staff were too scared to report him).
It only came to light what he’d done when there was a problem with the liver and a different surgeon operated on the patient who could clearly see the first surgeon’s one inch high initials branded on the organ. I believe the offending surgeon served some prison time for assault.
Edited to add: His name was Simon Bramhall:-
'A surgeon who branded his initials on two patients' livers has been struck off the medical register. Simon Bramhall admitted using an argon beam machine to autograph the organs in 2013 while working at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He continued to practise surgery in another hospital until June 2020, and was struck off the medical register in 2022, four years after he was convicted of battery for branding the livers of Patients A and B, and almost a decade after his initials were first discovered.'
David's acting is so good at the start of this. And roberts part cracks me up so much
I've seen it several times and I just can't believe it's an act. I don't see it. It's unsettling hahaha. His part makes me sick to my stomach.
Jeremy does brilliant supressed laughter and sobbing. Remember om Peep Show when he goes into the cult to "stir shit up" and begins sobbing when he talks about his father? Such brilliant acting.
There was a surgeon who was struck off for signing his initials on people's livers with a cauterising tool
Bloody hell!
Interestingly, there were petitions for bringing him back on, spearheaded by people he'd done surgery on. “I hope he signed mine” was a common sentiment. “Any surgeon who takes enough pride in their work to sign it ought to be celebrated, not punished” was another.
@@konayasai Another one was that it left at least one of his patients severely traumatised . We don't know how many he did this to. Despite his priotestations to the contrary it's likely to be more than a couple - a number of staff have since gone on record that they challenged him in the operating theatre for behaviour.
His attitude to his actions left a lot to be desired, including writing a movelised version of events that belittled those patients who were less than happy.
@@bestbehave Was that patient traumatised before becoming aware of it, or do you mean that the patient was scandalised?
Eventually the rubber will perish...
That was a weirdly believable performance by David.
It was funny. But I felt bad for laughing at him.
When they cut themselves foam comes out. Genius
jpjpd For 500 points; What is an embolism?
@@JoshSweetvale its when you give someone an embol which is like a badge
@JoshSweetvale is it people who don't like embols? Is it that one?
David Mitchell is a better actor than I realised
You never seen peep show?
That started out somewhat funny then got really, really dark.
Are we going to talk about how pitch-perfect his Scottish accent was?
"That's CLEARLY not acceptable."
Pretty good educated Scottish accent at the end from David.
A bit uneven; he fades in and out on it, but for an Englisher it's an Olympian feat
This is strangely thought-provoking. Ethics-wise.
the doctor acts like a serial killer
3:18 - I managed to hold it together until Mitchell says so solemnly "mens nipples...aligned vertically"! 😂
And then a surgeon got prosecuted for branding his initials on a patient's liver. It's certainly not the only case. Foreshadowing, as Dank would say.
Some medical students got in trouble for playing noughts as crosses on a cadaver with a scalpel in Scotland a few years back.
At least a cadaver is dead. Although yet I don't know what to think about that! 🤔
Took a while, but we got there in the end.
@@rewandemontay What? I've only initialled Spleens, not Livers. Medical degree and subsequent studies are a JOKE!
It’s always better when there’s no laugh track.
They should have got Chris Morris to do the voiceover for this one
No, no. They should get get Chris Morris to do the voice over for everything. Particularly Tory Conferences and most specifically all Liz Truss interviews.
I was wondering if the Armando Iannucci accent that David has for parts of this is a little nod to inspiration from The Day Today or Brass Eye. It's up there with Rogue Dentists and Bullying in the Church.
Give David an Academy Award 😊
As an aside, it's funny how the most dated part of this clip is right at the end where the two characters are both holding stripy disposable plastic bags. Achingly pre-2010s
The acting makes this so amazing.
Robert's best ever acting by far, he's brilliant in this. that look also suits him better than his normal look lol
My vote goes for the "Old Holmes" sketch.
We need more news reports from Mitchell&Webb! 😂😂😂
How did David manage not to laugh??
Through the magic of recording and editing, I would imagine.
Multiple takes who knows how these actors manage to never mess up so crazy
Mitchell and Webb at their most Morris-esque. 2'27" onwards, especially.
1:43 feels like part of a real interview
That rubber thing make the 'sqwee'. You can't mistake it!
Somewhat prescient, in view of the British surgeon struck off for branding his initials on patients' livers with an argon beam machine....
This is the best one. You're mentl Jeremy
Malpractical Jokers
Underrated comment!
Oh well played... 🏆
This was before a surgeon was struck off for branding patients livers with his initials!
I'm sorry WHAT?!
His name is Simon Bramhall. Google it
@@forgetmenotjimmy Google Simon Bramhall, Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth. He used an argon beam to autograph patients' organs. It was about 10 years ago, iirc.
He was struck off the GMC register eventually, but it took years...
My dog would love him!!
Watching this is 2023 thinking how lucky they were to get any operation (even with a squeaker!) with the NHS…..
David’s acting at the beginning was so good that I felt I couldn’t laugh at any of the jokes 🇵🇹
And that is clearly not acceptable LOL
Slow release sherbet capsule 😅
Yeah, and it 'tickled'
No wonder she didn't seem too bothered😲
@Yubera2K10 Because it's the same sound file, it is a stock sound effect used lots of times in TV
@Yubera2K10 Glad I'm not the only one who thought that immediately.
This is just tragic.
A figure of fun|fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat!
Bloody hell Jeremy
read this is "when the air hits your brain":
This shit actually happens, there was one case where during brain surgery the surgeon carved "fuck you gary" or something to the effect of that onto the inside of the patient's skull before reattaching it. They only found out about it when the patient needed subsequent surgery and gary had to reopen it.
Brain surgery? Well it’s not exactly rocket science is it
I bet Christopher Dunsch had quite a few laughs at his patients' expense.
The way he says "shag" 😂
In the beginning, that'd be hilarious for sex and David looks like he's mid-transformation into a vampire.
fucktrump 10/10 Profile picture, 0/10 name
@@jessepinkman5409 why does that matter -._-.
@@wheatsock sorry this was when I was young, stupid, and pro Trump. I’m cringing so hard at my comment that I might fold the universe into itself.
@@jessepinkman5409 oh lmao, I’ve been in that same situation. No worries
@jessepinkman5409 even Jessie Pinkman grows up 👏👏
IT PREDICTED PRANK CHANNELS
This is so funny......
Reminiscent of The day today or Jam.
Would have been funny if they had a dog following him at the end there
Gary Chappel, perfect
is it odd that i would find it genuinely hilarious if i woke up after surgery with a squeaker in my hip
It’d make for a good icebreaker
I can get the first 2 Aces but always seem to miss the 3rd. Guess I just need more practice.
Hilarious.
It’s not exactly brain surgery is it
Something says me that it must be air present for this... And it isnt
Might be nitrogen build up. Isn't that why you can crack your knuckles?
0:50
"In the grip of." ....... sounds like public sector strikers today.
omg PONIES!!!!
Well, that's not as bad as having a whoopie cushion implanted during surgery as a dare.
This is absolutely disgusting, they should be struck off. Why has nothing been done about this?
Apparently they decided it was all just a joke.
@@vangroover1903 a joke, you call something like this a joke? You're as bad as they are!!!
What's the world coming to?
@@pjay3028 It's all part of the human comedy. You should learn to take a joke, and how to figure out the difference between an obviously staged comedy sketch and a news report. You're welcome.
@@vangroover1903 haha, you sir are playing me at my own game😂I believe I've met my match, well played!
@@pjay3028 Thank you for replying. I was mildly worried. The joke is on all of us, really. ;@
Sue him.
Have Robert Webb and James O'Brien ever been seen in the same room together.?
They are two separate people. It's not an opinion. It's just counting.
why is there no laugh track like usual lol
is that the sound effect from the whirl viva pinata game
Varicella is NOT minor. It's dangerous its also extremely painful
Is this not Bruiser, rather than Mitchell and Webb?
nope. it’s The Mitchell and Webb Situation, basically a precursor to Look
Influenza, minor disease.....
How can David mitchell play 2 parts in the same sketch.. Are we not supposed to notice?
No, but you're not supposed to think anybody cares what you think.
Because it’s a skit. Who cares
@@noahport3314 you do obviously
Don’t watch the sketch in Look where he plays 2 characters in the same scene together, you might have a heart attack.
Honestly, I don't see the harm. These surgeons do a difficult job, and if they want to let off a bit of steam it's OK by me. The snowflake generation needs to learn to take a joke.
Lmao what the fuck
You say that now, but just wait until you go in to get minor plastic surgery on your finger after it gets crushed in a door and you wake up as Chinese.
@@theylivewesleep.5139 Oh boy, i bet he hadn't considered yet that this might be used to turn people Chinese. Now who's the snowflake
Yo guys tories NHS
Malpractical joke
A little bit too dark I think. I'm glad your careers have blossomed though 💋
Good surgeons are in short supply.
So typical NHS...
Gosh. This is so not funny now.
Is it wrong that I laughed at lung cancer?
That's socialized medicine for you!....................lol
This is exactly why the nhs needs to be privatised. DISGUSTING TREATMENT!
Relax, prat, it was just a joke.
These days, they just want you inoculated and these entertainers are also promoting it.
Better people know it's a good idea, too.
This is a sketch from 2001. Chill.
The cancer sketch is disgusting and shamfull diabolical not comedy at all.
It’s English humour. Get over yourself. The darkness is the joke
It is comedy, regardless of whether you appreciate it or not. It's ok for you not to find something amusing but you are not the arbiter of what is objectively funny.
@@peternelson7048 They is a line to which normal people with values and moral standing will say . That line has been crossed . For those of us who have a caring compassionate nature and who have endured cancer in one form or another. Yet are still human and appreciate comedy. I don't think anyone should criticize us for saying . This sketch has gone beyond the pale of common decency.
@@markmak7548 I'll reiterate - it's ok for you to personally not find the sketch funny. However, you are not the arbiter of objective humour. I, just like every other same person agree that cancer isn't funny. But that does not mean at all that it isn't a fit subject for humour. In fact the opposite is usually the case as I have observed many times when someone close to me has suffered from cancer.
@@peternelson7048 I have worked with cancer patients and their families. You carry laughing and I and my colleagues will do the compassion and caring.