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  • @checkbox197
    @checkbox197 Před rokem +522

    0:00 Women
    2:07 Architecture
    4:06 Time
    6:08 A "Pocalypse"
    8:40 Climate Change
    9:04 Evolution
    10:07 Crime
    11:17 Money
    13:36 Shakespeare
    18:15 Turkey and chicken
    18:27 Winter Soltace
    19:00 Medicine

  • @MadKingofSpace
    @MadKingofSpace Před 2 lety +14911

    "Back in queen Victorian times women weren't allowed to vote, even though we had a female king." By the first line I already knew this was gold.

    • @valhatan3907
      @valhatan3907 Před 2 lety +447

      I love how that line contradicting each other 3 times

    • @stephennegron7560
      @stephennegron7560 Před 2 lety +152

      I thought I was having a stroke . I had to rewind twice and then I just went to the comments. 😩

    • @haveagreatday6952
      @haveagreatday6952 Před 2 lety +60

      No she definitely said “Fuckin’ queen Victorian times.”

    • @hikari1690
      @hikari1690 Před 2 lety +23

      @@valhatan3907 female king is one, whats the other 2?

    • @feedme2653
      @feedme2653 Před 2 lety +143

      @@hikari1690 Women not being allowed to vote during Victorian times. The monarchs aren't elected.

  • @Robbstark2024
    @Robbstark2024 Před 2 lety +7154

    Her deadpan delivery is amazing, she’s the female king of it

  • @MrBlitzpunk
    @MrBlitzpunk Před rokem +2390

    The way she opens an interview with "who are you" as if they didn't just set the whole meeting up always gets me

    • @75hilmar
      @75hilmar Před rokem +42

      Exactly brilliant it breaks the fourth wall like you think where is that wall all of a sudden?

    • @bluebowser3347
      @bluebowser3347 Před rokem +46

      It kills me too, i wish someone would do a compilation of all the times she's done it and the other persons face.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před rokem +10

      Isn’t it an extremely common interview question so the audience knows who they’re talking to?

    • @saskboyk3892
      @saskboyk3892 Před rokem +52

      @@DeathnoteBB Yes, but not in that tone, or phrased so bluntly.

    • @ahlrequin
      @ahlrequin Před rokem +8

      The tone too lmao

  • @itstherevolution
    @itstherevolution Před 8 měsíci +397

    "hello science man, who are you" is one of the best sentences ever said. It warms my heart.

    • @nancymoore1240
      @nancymoore1240 Před 8 měsíci +7

      Me too !!
      I also love her ,"What are you an expert of...or on?"❤❤❤

    • @itstherevolution
      @itstherevolution Před 8 měsíci

      @@nancymoore1240 ✌🏽

    • @kirengelhardt3707
      @kirengelhardt3707 Před 6 měsíci +8

      She asks with all the earnestness of an 8 year old trying to figure out why this is interesting, while still framing complex topics in very accessible ways.

    • @Case2_0
      @Case2_0 Před 3 měsíci

      “Could you imagine what it’s like to be sucked off through a hole” 8:24

  • @BarackObamaJedi
    @BarackObamaJedi Před 2 lety +9517

    "1 out of 20 people have been victims of crime, which means 19 out of 20 people are criminals" i laughed so hard i woke my dog up

    • @lushen952
      @lushen952 Před 2 lety +145

      Literally had to pause it to comment this as well... oh my god.

    • @markusbrendon
      @markusbrendon Před 2 lety +56

      Man, i paused just to see if someone comment on that, that was genius

    • @devstuff2576
      @devstuff2576 Před 2 lety +18

      ... murdered in the London fog .. that part killed me

    • @isaacaklasu4159
      @isaacaklasu4159 Před rokem +3

      Me too

    • @alexplorer
      @alexplorer Před rokem

      What you did was positively criminal.

  • @jakeyplayz989
    @jakeyplayz989 Před 2 lety +4311

    I love the “who are you” at the beginning every time 😂😂

    • @usaku9851
      @usaku9851 Před 2 lety +123

      It's like Skyrim where she asks the race of every expert.

    • @mfats123
      @mfats123 Před 2 lety +210

      Hello science man who are you

    • @kimjay8376
      @kimjay8376 Před 2 lety +87

      Who are you and why are you an expert on money lol

    • @kimtaeyeonismyeverything
      @kimtaeyeonismyeverything Před 2 lety +129

      8:47 even better when she asks WHAT are you😭😂

    • @VanKurla
      @VanKurla Před 2 lety +52

      I think the "what are you" was the best one

  • @Kyder
    @Kyder Před rokem +764

    When she slightly aggressively asks someone “who are you?” In such a deadpan, disinterested tone… it just kills me each time 😂😂😂

    • @michaelwesten4624
      @michaelwesten4624 Před 9 měsíci

      how are you still alive then to write this cringe?

    • @smadaf
      @smadaf Před 8 měsíci +2

      Uninterested ≠ disinterested.

    • @felixroux
      @felixroux Před 8 měsíci +20

      @@smadaf If you really want to be so pedantic, Oxford dictionary lists "having or feeling no interest in something; uninterested" as a definition of disinterested.

  • @NLB-wd2zp
    @NLB-wd2zp Před rokem +364

    The way she spent that interview with the architect trying to get him to watch a home improvement show was perfect 😂

    • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
      @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 Před 8 měsíci +13

      His Tell said he was lying about never seeing "Homes Under the Hammer". Hell, I'm American and really haven't seen it, but even I know what it's about. Apparently I've watched too many panel shows.
      RIP Sean

    • @laxeystu8096
      @laxeystu8096 Před 8 měsíci +3

      He didn't answer the first question correctly - a building is 'anything we've built', ...err .. 'that people can live in'
      It deserved a better answer - Nelsons column? The pyramids?

    • @davidtrotman5990
      @davidtrotman5990 Před 8 měsíci +2

      A difficult to believe that he had never seen a show about home repairs that been on approximately 15 years. I think that she did her best to save the bit

    • @midnight4685
      @midnight4685 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@laxeystu8096 I mean, most people aren't prepared to answer 'what is a building'. Besides, you'd have to define 'anything we've built' a bit further, because we've 'built' shoes. I'd assume it has to be on a larger scale, maybe that it could fit at least one whole person inside.

    • @laxeystu8096
      @laxeystu8096 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @midnight4685 He answered confidently, and then had to back-track a minute later
      He could have said 'that's hard to pin down and there are several answers'

  • @lordsiomai
    @lordsiomai Před 2 lety +5715

    "When a feminist looks in a mirror, do they see an equal woman or a better woman?"
    Why the hell is this so deep?

    • @caeserdorkusmallorkus5969
      @caeserdorkusmallorkus5969 Před 2 lety +960

      What's a feminist? You mean a femininist, right?

    • @sarroumarbeu6810
      @sarroumarbeu6810 Před 2 lety +232

      It's a femininist you've got all wrong u_u

    • @jshu-_-
      @jshu-_- Před 2 lety +125

      *femininist

    • @lordsiomai
      @lordsiomai Před 2 lety +7

      @@caeserdorkusmallorkus5969 LOL

    • @justaguy328
      @justaguy328 Před 2 lety +99

      That is an absolutely brilliant line. Funny, but incredibly thought provoking

  • @MikeOtterfox
    @MikeOtterfox Před rokem +4028

    ‘She claimed In 1881 the end of the world will come. A claim that has recently been debunked by experts through a careful process of looking around and seeing that we’re still here.’ Absolute gold! 😂😂

  • @DD-sr9xm
    @DD-sr9xm Před rokem +617

    The eccentric professors are the best. So affable, so patient, so helpful. God bless them all.

    • @theBaron0530
      @theBaron0530 Před 9 měsíci +34

      Sciencemen.

    • @cockatoo010
      @cockatoo010 Před 7 měsíci +29

      My favorite is the military historian Ashley Jackson. Whatever she says, he finds a way to speak about it. Like the time Philomena asked him about the Soviet Onion

  • @whatcanidooo
    @whatcanidooo Před rokem +484

    I haven’t seen any full episodes but my favorite moment with her is still when she starts crying after learning that there are still nuclear weapons. Cause like honestly…same

    • @alexchan6303
      @alexchan6303 Před rokem +74

      "but theyre-theyre blanks arent they?"

    • @mrnobody6447
      @mrnobody6447 Před rokem +4

      Very effective weapons then.

    • @paultwiss199
      @paultwiss199 Před rokem +53

      She got very upset when she found out Laika the Russian dog who got sent to space actually died in space. 'you're telling me there's a dead dog in space???' 😁😁

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před rokem +39

      Yeah I was like “Finally someone reacts normally to the existence of nuclear weapons!” and yet it’s satire

    • @mrnobody6447
      @mrnobody6447 Před rokem +9

      @@DeathnoteBB how better to describe the hubris of human ingenuity and creativity?

  • @robertlworley
    @robertlworley Před 2 lety +1262

    "Hello, who are you?" Now that's the way to start an interview!

  • @gscurd75
    @gscurd75 Před 2 lety +4908

    The patience and politeness of the people she is interviewing is astounding...which makes it all the more funny.

    • @Paix4ever
      @Paix4ever Před 2 lety +40

      There's more or less the equivalent in France but we French People are less patient 😂

    • @snyggmikael
      @snyggmikael Před 2 lety +115

      It's a humor show though so they most likely know what is going to happen

    • @davedogge2280
      @davedogge2280 Před 2 lety +23

      she's the biggest TV troll since Andy Kaufman

    • @sirderp4925
      @sirderp4925 Před 2 lety +9

      @Destroy all Soy could be a Sasha cohan situation🤣🤣🤣

    • @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS
      @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS Před 2 lety +23

      @@snyggmikael They do not, that was the entire point.

  • @NunyaNuni
    @NunyaNuni Před rokem +211

    "Played here for some reason by the letter 'H'."
    That line got me so good it made me properly burst into laughter. That was gold.

    • @mielthebee
      @mielthebee Před 8 měsíci +5

      I thought the same thing when I actually saw this play in class 😭

  • @Gas_Station_Tampons
    @Gas_Station_Tampons Před rokem +2084

    "If it wasn't for the Suffragettes, I wouldn't be standing here right now. I'd be in a kitchen, where I belong."
    As a "Femininism" woman, I love this joke!

    • @HAMZA_OLYMPUS
      @HAMZA_OLYMPUS Před rokem +65

      WTF is that username 😂😂😂

    • @gangisspawn1
      @gangisspawn1 Před rokem +17

      She kills me with what she comes up with 🤣🤣

    • @Rammsteinfanboy2
      @Rammsteinfanboy2 Před rokem +9

      Came across this as soon as she said it 💀

    • @CP200S
      @CP200S Před rokem +5

      I will identify myself as a femininist male from now on.

    • @miguelpadeiro762
      @miguelpadeiro762 Před rokem +15

      How is it like to be a femimininist?

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu Před 2 lety +916

    4:54 His shaking head says "no", his mouth says "yes", but his brain is screaming "please make it end".

    • @skyfalldeadpool1633
      @skyfalldeadpool1633 Před rokem +38

      I just can not ! I just don't know how they remained with a straight face. I would be in shambles is she was interviewing me.

    • @theokay1
      @theokay1 Před rokem +49

      His entire time he just looked like he was in physical pain listening to her and I love it ha

    • @leperiv4378
      @leperiv4378 Před rokem +23

      Her face looking back at the camera while he's babbling about clocks lmao

    • @CristiNeagu
      @CristiNeagu Před rokem +11

      @@leperiv4378 I would really like to know just how much of it is scripted and how much of it is Diane Morgan improvising an interview with completely unsuspecting academicals who are expecting a serious interview.

    • @AncientHebrewNeverDied
      @AncientHebrewNeverDied Před rokem +1

      😆😆

  • @kristyw89
    @kristyw89 Před rokem +460

    "It costs a tiny amount of money to make a one penny piece."
    "So they're ripping us off?"

    • @sandworm9528
      @sandworm9528 Před rokem +16

      These are the kind of questions I actually want to ask! Give me my pennies worth!!!!!

    • @VaughanMcCue
      @VaughanMcCue Před rokem +1

      @@snarkybuttcrack
      It is similar to buying something at the tool shop because it might come in handy, even if I never use it.

    • @BenyaminMentchale
      @BenyaminMentchale Před rokem +1

      great

  • @danrayson
    @danrayson Před 9 měsíci +59

    "I'm sorry you're not the mirror expert"
    Unbelievably deep, I think this woman's a genius.

  • @jerrydonnan8665
    @jerrydonnan8665 Před rokem +178

    Credit too, to Brian Cox for not losing it when faced with the question "can you imagine what it would be like to be sucked off through a hole?" He must also have a PhD in Deadpannery.....

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Před 8 měsíci +16

      Getting asked that by Philomena 🤤

    • @PH4RX
      @PH4RX Před 8 měsíci +2

      Or just editing.

    • @atomendoza1229
      @atomendoza1229 Před 7 měsíci +7

      I was looking for this comment😅

    • @blackthorne-rose
      @blackthorne-rose Před 6 měsíci +2

      Oh No... he actually just didn't get it... thought she was talking about getting spaghetified by a black hole. She totally owned him on that one. REALLY funny. watch it again... It's not deadpan - its his intellectual gravitas..

    • @PH4RX
      @PH4RX Před 6 měsíci +11

      @@blackthorne-rose the participants pretty much know what they are getting into and understand the innuendo.
      There is a panel where they were talking about the whole setup and behind the scenes. They said they are filming for an hour sometimes and then have enough material for a three minute clip.
      Let me see if I can find it.

  • @deletedaccount175
    @deletedaccount175 Před 2 lety +1372

    I've just discovered this woman and holy shit, top 5 comedians ever.

    • @MarianaHidden
      @MarianaHidden Před 2 lety +8

      same

    • @spacecat4689
      @spacecat4689 Před 2 lety +15

      I was confused so much. I wasn't sure if she is serious lol

    • @deletedaccount175
      @deletedaccount175 Před 2 lety +74

      @@spacecat4689 she is a parody genius and one who has gone seriously under the radar. Her real name is Diane Morgan, check her out if you like

    • @spacecat4689
      @spacecat4689 Před 2 lety +4

      @@deletedaccount175 will do!

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 Před 2 lety +3

      She’s hilarious but top 5 ever? Come on…

  • @ominouspenguin
    @ominouspenguin Před 2 lety +1464

    4:50 The guy's reaction to "like fish and stuff" 😂😂 You can see him thinking "It'll be easier if I just say yes"... 😂😂

    • @m.maidana1406
      @m.maidana1406 Před 2 lety +60

      Its gold 😂

    • @NotFckingBen
      @NotFckingBen Před 2 lety +75

      @@m.maidana1406 The “…Yes.” got to me bro 💀💀💀

    • @allibababoo
      @allibababoo Před rokem +1

      And it was

    • @raz0rcarich99
      @raz0rcarich99 Před rokem +6

      I have never laughed so hard at a joke.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP Před rokem +1

      Cunk's Debunk 2229pm 30.10.22 i, myself, am nearing that stage in the brow beaten stakes... when folk say lobsters i merely think pete and dud aka derek and clive. or woody allen throwing them about his kitchen during some anti-nazi protest.

  • @Jacam781
    @Jacam781 Před rokem +26

    The jump-cut to the folded arms with de-gloved hands is just superb.

  • @mcgregorpiper
    @mcgregorpiper Před rokem +27

    “I’ve been studying Shakespeare ever since I was asked to do this programme and it turns out he was more than just a bald man who could write with feathers”

  • @johncox2284
    @johncox2284 Před rokem +434

    ..."they designed buildings so horrible looking they had to go inside so they didn't have to look at it"... Best comment on Brutalist architecture I've ever heard

  • @nitramluap
    @nitramluap Před 2 lety +3436

    I love it how she asks super basic questions - like a child - 'What is a building' and the boffin is actually confused by it and actually CAN'T define a building off the top of his head. It's quite interesting.

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz Před 2 lety +625

      The most basic words are actually the hardest to define because you learn them by learning the language growing up, not by having the word explained

    • @magesalmanac6424
      @magesalmanac6424 Před 2 lety +55

      🤯 oh my god you’re absolutely right.

    • @abnerdoon4902
      @abnerdoon4902 Před 2 lety +73

      @@kim98677 I just realized that I can't explain time.

    • @beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488
      @beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488 Před 2 lety +25

      @@tomlxyz what is a furry?

    • @tesseract5569
      @tesseract5569 Před 2 lety +36

      @@beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488 You

  • @Eustace_kamwendo
    @Eustace_kamwendo Před 7 měsíci +22

    "So even people who understand time, don't understand what time really is" 😂, she killed me.

    • @yxx_chris_xxy
      @yxx_chris_xxy Před 4 měsíci

      That's one of the few things she ever said which a serious scientist in the relevant area might say, too, though.

  • @russellwalker3830
    @russellwalker3830 Před 8 měsíci +54

    Asking Brian Cox if he can imagine what it would be like to be sucked off through a hole and his blank yes, really got me. Especially her hand gesture too, and it just totally goes over his head

  • @GabAssbreaker
    @GabAssbreaker Před rokem +664

    "but theres no point in sitting around worring about apocalypse, what we should really be scared off, is armaggedon" that line killed me

  • @GarrettLoganGriffin
    @GarrettLoganGriffin Před rokem +730

    “Even the people who understand time don’t understand what time is.” Man that bleeds into so many other things.

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz Před rokem +4

      I'm not sure if you think of valid cases or stretch it into something cynical

    • @g00gleisgayerthanaids56
      @g00gleisgayerthanaids56 Před rokem +1

      That dude can't be serious, time is defined and it's clearly an arbitrary unit of measurement.

    • @GarrettLoganGriffin
      @GarrettLoganGriffin Před rokem

      @@g00gleisgayerthanaids56 Bro so many people who think they know shit about anything are “serious.” When in reality they know dick.

    • @DanielSultana
      @DanielSultana Před rokem +4

      @@g00gleisgayerthanaids56 he might have realized what he was getting into and followed suit

    • @BeaverChainsaw
      @BeaverChainsaw Před rokem +2

      For I was conscious that I knew practically nothing

  • @goodgat266
    @goodgat266 Před 8 měsíci +21

    The skit about money is actually the most tragic.
    Not even the expert can convince or explain why we put value in imaginary numbers.

  • @Buckwheat0
    @Buckwheat0 Před 10 měsíci +34

    Can you imagine her being in character while being the moderator for the presidential debates

    • @nancymoore1240
      @nancymoore1240 Před 8 měsíci +7

      I would love that❤❤

    • @username566-jb8sx
      @username566-jb8sx Před 8 měsíci +4

      We need that

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před 4 měsíci

      She would have to be born in the US for that!°

    • @Buckwheat0
      @Buckwheat0 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@maazkalim that's the beauty of a hypothetical situation, my friend

    • @doveandpatch
      @doveandpatch Před 17 dny

      ​@maazkalim you have to be born in the USA to run for president, not to ask the candidates questions. But I think it's a pretty safe bet that any moderators will have been born in the USA, too.

  • @joshsmusic1
    @joshsmusic1 Před 2 lety +768

    18:50
    "You can look at the sun when it rises or set"
    "You can't"
    "You can trust me"
    "You can't! That's why you got glasses"

    • @the-boring-car-guy
      @the-boring-car-guy Před 2 lety +41

      Just reading that made me laugh out loud

    • @OblivionFalls
      @OblivionFalls Před rokem +1

      I think this is my favorite moment because she's actually right here. NEVER look directly at the sun.

    • @yomer355
      @yomer355 Před rokem

      @@OblivionFalls when it rises or sets it isn't that bright, you can look at it

    • @j.f.christ8421
      @j.f.christ8421 Před rokem

      Well, she's not wrong. Refraction means the sun rises & sets you see are illusions. QI had a great bit on this.

    • @nancymoore1240
      @nancymoore1240 Před 8 měsíci

      When the sun rises or sets, the sunlight is filtered by much more of the earth's atmosphere, so is not harmful.
      Very oblique angle as opposed to higher in the sky

  • @defenda1
    @defenda1 Před 2 lety +1983

    "Doctors are working on this as we speak. And even when we're not speaking, cos some of them work nights."
    So much brilliant writing

    • @gurogreen
      @gurogreen Před 2 lety +15

      That one killed me 😂

  • @jameswalden7401
    @jameswalden7401 Před 9 měsíci +51

    She is amazing 🤣 she describes these situations and scenarios as if she was a 5 year trying to convince you that she knows what she is talking about. It’s hilarious

  • @jamesrichards2720
    @jamesrichards2720 Před 7 měsíci +15

    I love that she fully applies the principle "no question is stupid," which allows everyone to consider things we sometimes think about but choose to never talk about.

  • @RJAamir
    @RJAamir Před 2 lety +2384

    Kudos to the experts for not laughing through the interactions...these documentaries are really needed...

    • @vipr1142
      @vipr1142 Před 2 lety +14

      Kudos for that fast snip from True Detective with the ritualistic murdered girl

    • @guest0046
      @guest0046 Před 2 lety +26

      Shes like a female Ali G

    • @RJAamir
      @RJAamir Před 2 lety

      @@vipr1142 that was awesome

    • @RJAamir
      @RJAamir Před 2 lety +5

      @TheKiwiSage the economist was really baffled

    • @RJAamir
      @RJAamir Před 2 lety

      @@guest0046 she definitely is

  • @jonathanmolina1428
    @jonathanmolina1428 Před 2 lety +531

    When she looked back at the camera while he was explaining was so damn funny 5:49

  • @benjaminlombaerts4648
    @benjaminlombaerts4648 Před rokem +24

    "I'm loving angels instead" one of Shakespeare 's most brilliant quotes..

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark Před rokem +1

      and not from a cheesy song, oh no..

  • @Arig16
    @Arig16 Před 8 měsíci +9

    "If it wasn't for the suffragette's, I probably wouldn't be standing here now, I'd be in a kitchen where I belong." That line killed me.

  • @shingarellano609
    @shingarellano609 Před rokem +531

    I love how they just went along with her saying "Femininism" like it's a normal thing.

    • @vinnieg6161
      @vinnieg6161 Před 9 měsíci +9

      The one where a guy started talking about the "front legs" of early humans I nearly pissed myself

  • @tomlxyz
    @tomlxyz Před 2 lety +1130

    The mix of saying totally ignorant things one time and saying something eloquently another time mit makes it hilarious

    • @magetaaaaaa
      @magetaaaaaa Před rokem +105

      It's hilarious that sometimes she starts off with something that sounds reasonable and then completely dive bombs into a ridiculous conclusion.

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz Před rokem +13

      @@magetaaaaaa also funny when she does it when asking a question in an interview and they answer seriously

    • @nickgoldring1446
      @nickgoldring1446 Před rokem

      tom lxyz please note you can be caught out saying totally ignorant things, eloquently.

    • @urieldaboamorte
      @urieldaboamorte Před rokem

      all the while storing both times in her clock

    • @frankiewally1891
      @frankiewally1891 Před 11 měsíci

      @@magetaaaaaa well is certainly how most of stupid people think of teh world, though Philomena knows her stuff no butts about it!

  • @spackelskrapan
    @spackelskrapan Před rokem +19

    "you cant, thats probably why you got glasses" He kinda walked right into that one but somehow i still never saw it coming and almost choked to death.

  • @gzell5556
    @gzell5556 Před rokem +28

    4:58 i can not believe that someone has managed to actually answer one of philomena's questions properly without hesitating

  • @LuckySketches
    @LuckySketches Před 2 lety +1905

    "How many of those years would be spent studying Minecraft?"
    "Very few."
    But he didn't say none...

    • @clindsell6111
      @clindsell6111 Před 2 lety +33

      hahaha thats what i thought too

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings Před 2 lety +44

      "Very few years" in natural numbers means at least two.
      That's quite a few among five plus two, actually.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 lety +19

      Architects use it. It’s a really quick way to prototype and visualise areas with light sources and roughly approximate materials and surfaces.

    • @clindsell6111
      @clindsell6111 Před 2 lety +45

      @@iwanttocomplain so thats why all most modern buildings are just really big squares with no real design or art to them. because they were designed using blocks

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain Před 2 lety +1

      @C Lindsell I saw it on tv. Apparently, if tv is to he believed, yes. It’s a quick way to actually get a first person view if an area and space with lighting.

  • @Nn-3
    @Nn-3 Před 2 lety +323

    Some of her questions are thought provoking. "What is a building?", "What is time?".

    • @kansergaming3106
      @kansergaming3106 Před 2 lety +55

      Indeed. I was caught off guard when she retorts "So my shoes are a building?"

    • @fgvcosmic6752
      @fgvcosmic6752 Před 2 lety +15

      What is time, is genuinely a good question

    • @JackdotC
      @JackdotC Před 2 lety +11

      There is actually a legal definition of a building. weird he didn't say it, but he is only an architect

    • @onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475
      @onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 Před 2 lety +7

      @@fgvcosmic6752 Yes, time is a genuine question. Ironically, when she overwound her watch (provided it was mechanical) she slowed down time for her watch and made it increase mass. Her watch is now moving through time slower. So how does she get that time back out of her watch?

    • @user-wl9gw7xe2q
      @user-wl9gw7xe2q Před 2 lety +6

      ‘What powers a mirror?’ got me

  • @Hexen_Wulf
    @Hexen_Wulf Před 8 měsíci +9

    The doctor who says "What did you call it, Monster...?" is either really, really funny, or way too serious. That man is so awesome.

  • @migcraft5072
    @migcraft5072 Před 8 měsíci +11

    love her expression throughout the entire show 😂😂😂 she looks sad, concerned, shocked, and disgusted all at the same time

  • @tbtb66
    @tbtb66 Před 2 lety +261

    Some people radiate pure chaos
    This is one of them

    • @kunynuk8375
      @kunynuk8375 Před 2 lety +1

      Do ya know which show this is from?

    • @profblack
      @profblack Před 2 lety

      @@kunynuk8375 Cunk on Britain.

    • @obamacare9755
      @obamacare9755 Před 2 lety

      @@kunynuk8375 Cunk on Britain

    • @jigneshganja
      @jigneshganja Před 2 lety

      @@kunynuk8375 i think its cunk on britain

    • @valhatan3907
      @valhatan3907 Před 2 lety

      @@kunynuk8375 Cunk in British if im not mistaken

  • @HDA_III
    @HDA_III Před 2 lety +305

    Her turning back to the camera was fucking comedy gold lol

  • @maelauren
    @maelauren Před rokem +9

    The whole mirror bit was incredible. "What powers a mirror" is blowing my mind

  • @Wetknees
    @Wetknees Před rokem +78

    “Played here for some reason by the letter H” I almost coughed up a lung

  • @thanomsacksoumpholphakdy7896

    12 yrs of school, 8 more yrs of tertiary education. All a waste of my time bc she was courageous enough and I wasn’t to ask the real questions that really mattered. Wow, my mind is blown.😊

  • @user-vz7nt3yk2d
    @user-vz7nt3yk2d Před 6 měsíci +2

    "I'd be in a kitchen, where I belong" 😂😂

  • @323martyrstreet8
    @323martyrstreet8 Před rokem +201

    I love how she reduces every scientist's sense of wonder and suspense to a farce

  • @MultiSubjector
    @MultiSubjector Před 2 lety +329

    “For centuries of millennia” “femininist” there are so many golden lines 😂

  • @ErroneousMonk1
    @ErroneousMonk1 Před rokem +8

    She is one of the best at what she does. And I just discovered her a week ago. Brilliant.

  • @paulm749
    @paulm749 Před rokem +6

    "Who are you?" A simple question delivered with such blunt vacancy. Slays me every time! 🤣

  • @marnieholdsworthgreen8449
    @marnieholdsworthgreen8449 Před 2 lety +236

    “Nostradamus predicted the world would end in a huge mess called a ‘pocalypse’ “ - TOO FUNNY 😭😂

    • @-FreeFreePalestine_
      @-FreeFreePalestine_ Před 11 měsíci +2

      I love the timing she said that I found this comment😂😂😂❤❤❤

  • @nctsgrass
    @nctsgrass Před 2 lety +125

    "Played here for some reason by the letter H" got me crying

  • @nivarna1
    @nivarna1 Před rokem +11

    She's brilliant and so refreshing to see. She makes some of the intellectuals question their answer

  • @pigpuke
    @pigpuke Před rokem +7

    I love how well she plays a dumb person. The writing and acting are brilliant.

  • @falloutnewvegasboy
    @falloutnewvegasboy Před 2 lety +1520

    This woman has unironically become my dream girl

  • @fafafagat
    @fafafagat Před 2 lety +139

    I love how rude she is when interviewing "WHO ARE YOU"

  • @johnasche3064
    @johnasche3064 Před rokem +13

    I can feel myself becoming physically uncomfortable right along with the experts. She is fantastic!

  • @boxmanatee
    @boxmanatee Před 8 měsíci +9

    I can actually watch Cunk on Earth without feeling as if I have taken some form of psychedelics... But I fell asleep to a Brass Eye playlist once and my dreams were insane and tiresome.

  • @v1sualyDisturbed
    @v1sualyDisturbed Před rokem +186

    The cut where she goes from having the gloves on to not and is looking annoyed at the camera is comedy gold

    • @kristyw89
      @kristyw89 Před rokem +24

      The absolute panic that man went through thinking she was going to start manhandling the book with the gloves on lol

  • @adinakruijssen3056
    @adinakruijssen3056 Před 2 lety +395

    5:30 I feel like her reaction there was genuine - like the dude said something that sounded wilder than her questions/theories in a sense - "it measures the oscillation of a CRYSTAL" and she was actually like "woah that's neat" for a sec

    • @deedeeannash
      @deedeeannash Před rokem +19

      She never asks a question that she doesn't already know the answer to. It's comedy. Satire. She's always mugging for the camera.

    • @caeleb986
      @caeleb986 Před rokem +28

      She looked down right flabbergasted when he started explaining

    • @dbrooke3629
      @dbrooke3629 Před rokem +7

      I actually had no idea about this so I was in the same boat.

    • @federicoclaps5099
      @federicoclaps5099 Před rokem +1

      @TheAuthorIsNotDead he means that It's scripted. And it is.

    • @Cibanti
      @Cibanti Před rokem +3

      @@federicoclaps5099 The show has a script, but not the experts. So she actually has to improvise during the interviews for certain jokes and stuff.

  • @cherryblack420
    @cherryblack420 Před 4 měsíci +3

    "Like all of us they look for what they want to see and what they hope to see" under appreciated quote and shockingly wise for the show

  • @cockatoo010
    @cockatoo010 Před 7 měsíci +2

    That architect got home and immediately googled Homes under the hammer

  • @Rhys-jd1kt
    @Rhys-jd1kt Před 2 lety +194

    "My nephew makes buildings in minecraft" LMFAO🤣🤣
    Oh, I'm definitely binge watching this one🤣🤣🤣

  • @abhishekghosh4384
    @abhishekghosh4384 Před rokem +894

    Not only does she have a great sense of humour, but she is also highly intelligent. That's how she can notice all these previously unnoticed nuances and create jokes out of them.

    • @Kyrelel
      @Kyrelel Před rokem +61

      that, and the fact that a team of writers have created the script for her

    • @goosewoman
      @goosewoman Před rokem +148

      She still has to respond to anything the interviewee says. They can think of a few possible answers and steer in a certain direction, but there's limits to what you can predict. She has to have some wit to know what to say in those situations.

    • @bewareofmoose
      @bewareofmoose Před rokem +87

      @@goosewoman exactly, it takes someone immensely clever to act convincingly stupid on the fly

    • @morespinach9832
      @morespinach9832 Před rokem +6

      Or her writers

    • @bewareofmoose
      @bewareofmoose Před rokem +47

      @@morespinach9832 You can't pre-write responses for things you don't know the interviewee is going to say.

  • @sabretooth1347
    @sabretooth1347 Před rokem +4

    The child like innocence on her face when she asks questions is brilliant!

  • @lewis1544
    @lewis1544 Před rokem +5

    Everybody remembers Emily Davison who threw herself under the king's horse but nobody even thinks about her husband who had to get his own tea that night.

  • @writingmetal
    @writingmetal Před 2 lety +55

    "money isn't something you can hold in you hands or bite on like a pirate, because it's stored in the imagination of computers."

  • @jjjackson5183
    @jjjackson5183 Před 2 lety +287

    Congratulations to the interviewed for not breaking into outright laughter. This is brilliant.

    • @iacopoguidi7871
      @iacopoguidi7871 Před 2 lety +33

      I swear I don't know how the architecture professor could keep a straight face discussing Minecraft

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 Před 2 lety +5

      Interviewee*

    • @boonsaplenty3924
      @boonsaplenty3924 Před 2 lety +2

      @@iacopoguidi7871
      Because they're in on the bit? Kudos to them for great presentation

    • @kevinflemming5928
      @kevinflemming5928 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm almost certain they don't know she is playing a character. I can't remember where I heard or read it though. 🤔

    • @JeremyHaak
      @JeremyHaak Před 2 lety +9

      @@kevinflemming5928 Maybe some of them, but there are others that it strains credulity that they wouldn't. Brian Cox, for example, is friends with too many comedians to not have been at least aware of Diane Morgan.

  • @BlickWinker
    @BlickWinker Před rokem +4

    "Who are you?"
    What a way of an introduction! 🤣

  • @DH-ce9hm
    @DH-ce9hm Před rokem +9

    I love this woman so much her humor and personality is gold

  • @shootatsquare
    @shootatsquare Před 2 lety +441

    Cried laughing throughout. The letter H almost killed me

    • @RyanMoser
      @RyanMoser Před 2 lety +20

      I think I woke-up the house laughing at that

    • @nancymoore1240
      @nancymoore1240 Před 8 měsíci

      It was like a grotesque Sesame Street moment.
      ❤❤❤❤

  • @gbzorro
    @gbzorro Před 2 lety +791

    Bless you and the writers, Diane, for bringing us such wonderful comedy. More LOLs per minute than most shows.

    • @kpop3959
      @kpop3959 Před 2 lety +12

      Just a point - i notice nobody mentions ‘the writers’ when it’s a male comedian…

    • @devstuff2576
      @devstuff2576 Před 2 lety

      @K Pop you are either a dumb liar or a selectively blind person ... I bet the former

    • @gbzorro
      @gbzorro Před 2 lety +17

      ​@@kpop3959 It seems to me that "the writers" for all shows (starring either or both male and female performers) are pretty much overlooked and unnoted. I do this about 99.999 % of the time. It's a shame as their contributions are so valuable. In this particular instance for "Cunk's", for whatever reason, I watched through the closing credits (most times I don't, I just speed on to the next show or episode) and I spied the list of writers, and I thought, gee, I'm going to thank both Diane and those writers -- they both deserve it!

    • @spacecowboy511
      @spacecowboy511 Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t think there are writers for this show. Like Ali g it’s a lot of in the moment comedy as they have set up actual interviews with professionals

    • @tomlxyz
      @tomlxyz Před 2 lety +2

      @@spacecowboy511 this video basically only shows the interviews. If you watch a full section on a topic it's mainly her talking and the interview isn't the majority

  • @Arntor7
    @Arntor7 Před rokem +3

    "Doctors are working on this as we speak, and even when we're not speaking because some of them... work nights" I'm howling

  • @andycain4351
    @andycain4351 Před rokem +2

    'Your watch doesn't actually measure time'
    'Well... It does'

  • @robbiekamble2634
    @robbiekamble2634 Před 2 lety +452

    Frankly , she is giving tough times to interviewees , they don't know how to respond without losing their emotional control , kudos to both sides .

  • @JarthenGreenmeadow
    @JarthenGreenmeadow Před rokem +77

    The man politely explaining how reading and writing works is amazing.

  • @absoluteterror9098
    @absoluteterror9098 Před 4 měsíci +2

    "I'd be in the kitchen, where i belong" lmfao

  • @laurelrobbins8673
    @laurelrobbins8673 Před rokem +3

    I have to agree with Cunk on medicine - I’d much rather have medicine crisps than a needle! Love this video!

  • @aritrobanerjee582
    @aritrobanerjee582 Před 2 lety +70

    20:23 The last line alone deserves an Emmy or something for best writing.

    • @Must_not_say_that
      @Must_not_say_that Před rokem

      Because you are not supposed to laugh at your own jokes, ha!
      Ooops!.

  • @yuuki4146
    @yuuki4146 Před 2 lety +91

    "What is a building?"
    "So my shoes are a building?"
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @itstherevolution
    @itstherevolution Před 8 měsíci +2

    18:16 seeing that child realise she had to deal with that question, and the way she answered it, was delightful.

  • @arlindkrasniqi3315
    @arlindkrasniqi3315 Před rokem +4

    How Diane Morgan is able to keep a straight face is incredible.

  • @circomnia9984
    @circomnia9984 Před rokem +388

    "Can you imagine being sucked through a hole?"
    Brian Cox - "Yea"
    *facepalm* Glory be Brian, you just walked straight into that one, didn't you.

  • @jazb2004
    @jazb2004 Před rokem +74

    Dianne Morgan who plays her is comedy gold. How she can do it so deadpan without corpsing is a testament to the acting skills.

    • @jacquim4072
      @jacquim4072 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Agree! She said she personally hates English and history so that helped immensely lol. 😂❤

  • @timtaylor8406
    @timtaylor8406 Před 11 měsíci +3

    "How do you get the money out of a coin?" The economist was speechless. "What will happen to us when the sun burns us up? Can we put it out with a hosepipe?" The astronomer spoke the truth...he admitted we don't really know WHAT time is. Credit to all of them for keeping a straight face throughout.

  • @fantasticfour9778
    @fantasticfour9778 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Your sweet but hilarious "innocence" is simply captivating !!!
    I think I'm in love !!!💕💕💕😊

  • @filmgeekstudios4393
    @filmgeekstudios4393 Před rokem +27

    The way she looks at the camera while the guy is explaining the concept of time was such a perfect moment.

  • @carnictus23
    @carnictus23 Před rokem +101

    8:28 Brian’s gotta have a mind of steel to not burst out laughing at what she just said

    • @user-ln2go4xp6d
      @user-ln2go4xp6d Před rokem +15

      the way he avoids her gaze lmao. love brian cox.

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark Před rokem +18

      It's because he's much gloomier than you expect. Cos he's quite smiley.

    • @reginaldcampos5762
      @reginaldcampos5762 Před 8 měsíci

      "Do you have any idea what its like to be sucked off through a hole?"
      "Yeah."
      Sounds terrible without context.

  • @HSkraekelig
    @HSkraekelig Před 4 měsíci +2

    I thought "Cunk On Earth" was excellent, but I had no idea I'd been missing out on these for years!

  • @visalh2868
    @visalh2868 Před rokem +3

    lmao i'm dead when she turned around and looked straight at the camera while Mr Scienceman explains about the clock.

  • @neanda
    @neanda Před rokem +72

    8:08 I love the way they're trying to not laugh about "being sucked off into a hole", I'd love to know what Brian Cox was thinking at this moment

    • @gagaplex
      @gagaplex Před rokem

      Even better, she said "sucked off through a hole"

    • @timeme5460
      @timeme5460 Před 10 měsíci +1

      He imagined Cox being sucked through a hole

    • @alexandermenzies9954
      @alexandermenzies9954 Před 10 dny

      Cox is probably saying, "I bet there'll be someone who'll think they are the only person on Earth who recognises that there's a joke here and needs to tell everyone that".
      There's always one. Total bores.