That Mitchell & Webb Look - Evil Plan [HQ]

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2009
  • HILARIOUS bit! A must-see!
    (From That Mitchell & Webb Look Season 2 Episode 2)
    **Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim the rights to this video.**
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Komentáře • 154

  • @IdgaradLyracant
    @IdgaradLyracant Před 11 měsíci +75

    Just for fun: Yes you could do a revolving wall there. What we'd have to do is get a laminated beam to take the load and we could use a pivot shaft fixed to a reciver on the laminated beam. However the real question is can the floor joists take the load because to carry the bookcases, eyeballing at about 18 feet of bookshelf we have to have either welded or bolted steel to frame out the rotating portion of the wall. So we're talking about maybe a total of 1200 lbs of load on the central pivot point. Either that or we have to carry the shaft all the way to the basement. That adds additional top load to the shaft meaning we have to go bigger than a 6 inch steel shaft. Now I am no evil super genius but I wager I can get it done by converting the setup from a single wall rotating to 3, 6 foot rotating bookshelves which will allow the floor joists and subfloor to take the load, we won't have to run the shafts down to the shark tank sub-basement, and with 4 inch steel shafts with bearings (those will need maintenance every 3 years) I can get the job done for you for about $60,500 with permits. However if we are keeping this on the DL, I can likely get it done for only 30k if you don't mind killing the subcontractors afterwards, and before I have to pay them, because lets be honest, they'd talk.

    • @JM-mh1pp
      @JM-mh1pp Před 10 měsíci +12

      This is a true professional at work, finds solutions not problems, do not asks questions and does not mind the death of his workers. People like you build the pyramids good sir!

    • @ethanstine426
      @ethanstine426 Před 2 měsíci +1

      What if he did decide on the trap doors think you could pull that off?

    • @billyeveryteen7328
      @billyeveryteen7328 Před 14 dny

      And remember, you'll need some corrosion resistant metal stucco lath. If you can't find metal stucco lath... use carbon fiber stucco lath! Now parge the lath.

  • @Darkstar263
    @Darkstar263 Před 7 lety +339

    David plays that role so well.

  • @taint_misbehavin
    @taint_misbehavin Před 2 lety +174

    Nobody can out-evil a contractor.

  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Před 13 lety +449

    This is why I gave up trying to be an evil genius. Too many safety regulations.

  • @Szaam
    @Szaam Před 11 lety +461

    It's almost disturbing how well David plays this part.

    • @morgzcoopz2955
      @morgzcoopz2955 Před 2 lety +25

      David is one bad day away from becoming a bond villain

    • @kabukiman2153
      @kabukiman2153 Před rokem +4

      @@morgzcoopz2955 responding to a 9 year old comment. I respect that.

    • @crazypig1007
      @crazypig1007 Před rokem +1

      @@kabukiman2153 As do I

    • @LostCylon
      @LostCylon Před rokem +2

      @@crazypig1007 There is no time limit on CZcams, until China invades... (Suddenly sirens start up)
      Oh great, now you made me jinx us all :P

    • @SarahBrooks-wm2cn
      @SarahBrooks-wm2cn Před rokem

      He's actually a very good character actor

  • @colinsweeney2628
    @colinsweeney2628 Před 7 lety +165

    Mitchells performance is so delightfully over the top.

  • @toxendon
    @toxendon Před 6 lety +243

    He looks like an Elvish Oblivion character

  • @stephaniecarr6984
    @stephaniecarr6984 Před 3 lety +171

    I'm telling ya, I can't WAIT to use the phrase " Permit me to outline, if I may, the AMUSEMENTS I wish you to realize for me..." -with the same accent and pacing-the next time I have ANY kind of work done on the house! lol!

    • @matttzzz2
      @matttzzz2 Před 3 lety +4

      Cringe

    • @Sgt_Glory
      @Sgt_Glory Před 3 lety +6

      Re doing the kitchen...I was tempted...🤣

    • @richardbraakman7469
      @richardbraakman7469 Před 3 lety +19

      The builder is more likely to think "50 shades" than "evil genius" :)

    • @sansovino4124
      @sansovino4124 Před 3 lety +7

      Or when getting intimate with your partner ...

  • @lewis4703
    @lewis4703 Před 10 lety +336

    Neither health nor safety are among my primary concerns!

    • @thesmf1210
      @thesmf1210 Před 6 lety +3

      nor is the channel uploaders care for HQ

    • @stephaniecarr6984
      @stephaniecarr6984 Před 3 lety +4

      lol! it's his oh-so-evil giggle that gets me!

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk Před 3 lety +1

      He sounds just like my boss, who wants everything done quickly rather than safely.

    • @quicken200009
      @quicken200009 Před 3 lety +2

      @@hedgehog1965uk Do you work for Amazon?

  • @TheCatBilbo
    @TheCatBilbo Před 3 lety +78

    Secretive, evil organisations also need builders. Makes perfect sense.

  • @thevoxdeus
    @thevoxdeus Před rokem +21

    What's truly evil is that the project took 10 months and came in at four times the quoted price.

  • @jsl151850b
    @jsl151850b Před 3 lety +32

    You should have built a lair from the start rather than try to adapt an existing building.

  • @nunyanunya4147
    @nunyanunya4147 Před 3 lety +79

    draco really let himself go...

  • @kiasaunders5897
    @kiasaunders5897 Před 9 lety +83

    roundy round...

  • @rich_rich90
    @rich_rich90 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The trapdoor alarm is the same alarm Clarkson put in his elderly person's Fiat Multipla!

  • @najeyrifai1134
    @najeyrifai1134 Před 9 lety +103

    What he could do is switch the bookcase and fire place, then make the book case wall rotate!

    • @najeyrifai1134
      @najeyrifai1134 Před 8 lety +4

      ***** Junecepa I'm not a builder.

    • @HeeroYuy911
      @HeeroYuy911 Před 8 lety +13

      +Dumitru Bogdan Can be done if the building is designed right, not sure you could incorporate it into a building already built but it can be done.

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk Před 3 lety +20

      What, move the chimney??

    • @BigChiken44
      @BigChiken44 Před 2 lety +3

      How would you move the chimney?

  • @SpazzyMcGee1337
    @SpazzyMcGee1337 Před 3 lety +9

    Those safety measures were effective. Thanks, OSHA!

  • @ancapftw9113
    @ancapftw9113 Před 4 lety +36

    Sure, I'll build you an evil lair. We just have to make sure it complies with OSHA and local building codes.

  • @intigfx
    @intigfx Před 6 lety +85

    Has anyone thought of the issue of keeping piranhas in a concealed tank under a trap door? I don't think it complies with animal welfare regulations; someone call the RSPCA on this evil mastermind.

    • @MrEntinen
      @MrEntinen Před 6 lety +4

      intigfx
      I dunno, does keeping them in a constant state of hunger count as neglection

    • @AlanXEverfrost
      @AlanXEverfrost Před 3 lety +6

      @@MrEntinen You'd need to do that at least, otherwise the piranhas are a waste of money. Assuming, of course, you intend for them to clean up any "waste" that has become too much of an obstruction in your plans...because otherwise they are actually rather timid creatures that shy away from humans, even in their tank.

    • @richardbraakman7469
      @richardbraakman7469 Před 3 lety +6

      I'm sure they will be fed regularly via trap door

    • @thegrimmretails3777
      @thegrimmretails3777 Před 2 lety +4

      I'm sure those aquarium builders could pull it off. But piranhas are actually quite docile if properly fed.

  • @ru8enV
    @ru8enV Před 2 lety +30

    Worked in safety for a year. I always found it sgocking how even with all those sirens, lights, postings, and barriers, people still figure out ways to get into workplace accidents. Human curiosity ignores rules.

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před rokem +6

      Yes, they all meeting with 'accidents'...

    • @iunnox666
      @iunnox666 Před rokem +5

      All that crap becomes something you ignore and in some cases figure out how to circumvent. People become desensitized to things they deal with every day.

    • @Account.for.Comment
      @Account.for.Comment Před rokem +3

      Safety features can also just be useless and badly designed. People who designed them may never have to work with them. I' ve got my fair shares of watching areas that should have safety features, having nothing, and places that don' t need much protection, recieved too much.

    • @Dloin
      @Dloin Před 11 měsíci +4

      As someone working I logistics I can assure you that once bosses want something done faster, safety just becomes a nuisance. Which should not be the case, but it is.

    • @SimonMester
      @SimonMester Před 7 měsíci +1

      I was about to comment the same. Every workplace incident I have ever seen, wasn't because the worker wouldn't want to do it safely, but because management didn't provide the means to use them safely, or straight up gives deadlines/quotas that can't be met while doing it more slowly/safely.@@Dloin

  • @gcdventer
    @gcdventer Před 3 lety +20

    The wall turns on it’s axis, one man works while the other relaxes.

    • @kristianTV1974
      @kristianTV1974 Před 3 lety +1

      The big wheel keeps on turning..

    • @JoeM-tx5pm
      @JoeM-tx5pm Před rokem

      This is one of my favourite ever CZcams comments, tremendous peep show reference

  • @ben9DB
    @ben9DB Před 3 lety +8

    2:22 genuinely terrifying 🤣

  • @asonofagunder
    @asonofagunder Před 2 lety +4

    This is such a great idea for a sketch

  • @isbestlizard
    @isbestlizard Před 3 lety +10

    He's right though, the fire does need to remain burning as the wall rotates otherwise what even is the point?

  • @SwimminWitDaFishies
    @SwimminWitDaFishies Před rokem +1

    This skit is GOLD!! 🏆

  • @POPTARTPSYCHO18
    @POPTARTPSYCHO18 Před 11 lety +30

    He should have gone to Angie's List in the section under "Contractors for Evil Villains" for some discrete and reliable work without that pesky safety crap.

  • @cissegoalpao1
    @cissegoalpao1 Před rokem +12

    I'd love to see a movie where David plays this role.

  • @wanderlustwarrior
    @wanderlustwarrior Před rokem +4

    Thing is, you don't need to rotate the chimney. Make a cylindrical chimney, and rotate the wall around the chimney.

    • @kirishima638
      @kirishima638 Před 10 měsíci

      Good luck getting planning permission, mate. It’s a listed building.

  • @buca117
    @buca117 Před 7 lety +28

    Bull on the fireplace problem. Just have a a break in the chimney with a gasketed bearing.

    • @jasperzanovich2504
      @jasperzanovich2504 Před 6 lety +20

      Or have the fireplace be the axis, that would eliminate the need to move the chimney.

    • @ajivins1
      @ajivins1 Před 6 lety +14

      You may be exactly for whom I have been looking, Mr buca117...

    • @leonardobrien
      @leonardobrien Před 3 lety +4

      Keep the fireplace wall as is, and simply rotate the building

  • @bornin049
    @bornin049 Před 6 lety +6

    I love this realisim

  • @SkandiaAUS
    @SkandiaAUS Před 2 lety +22

    Better Call Saul covers how they buillt the super meth lab. Was actually realled detailed and believable. David Mitchell should have called Saul.

  • @randomcommenter8783
    @randomcommenter8783 Před 3 lety +6

    Don't suppose anyone else noticed that the three-tone choral note at the beginning was the same one used in Timesplitters: Future Person in the zombie level?

    • @zombieyeager1654
      @zombieyeager1654 Před 3 lety

      I’m so glad someone else picked up on this, it sounded so familiar, but I couldn’t tell if I was going crazy or not since I haven’t played it for like ten years or less

    • @joachimwalle3760
      @joachimwalle3760 Před 3 lety

      Also from the Aliens theme! :D

  • @guymartin6514
    @guymartin6514 Před 10 měsíci

    So good! ! :)

  • @Shamshiadadd
    @Shamshiadadd Před rokem +5

    Just another day at World Economic Forum...

  • @nemod3338
    @nemod3338 Před 6 lety +1

    HSE we just love them

  • @Eriandel
    @Eriandel Před 3 lety +14

    "can't rotate a chimney" if it's on its axis, why can you not rotate a circular chimney

    • @sithlordzach8418
      @sithlordzach8418 Před 3 lety +8

      Or have a donut-like rotating wall that leaves the chimney stationary, but circles you behind it.

  • @AboveTheWaterline
    @AboveTheWaterline Před 11 lety +3

    This is so funny!

  • @miriamspringett3797
    @miriamspringett3797 Před 6 lety +15

    Mr Cooch? :D I just heard his name even though I've watched this many times.

    • @lufsolitaire5351
      @lufsolitaire5351 Před 3 lety +1

      Probably like Koch or Köch.

    • @plasticfrog4533
      @plasticfrog4533 Před 3 lety

      @@lufsolitaire5351 as a german speaking person, that's not how it's pronounced in german. Or what language do you mean?

    • @lufsolitaire5351
      @lufsolitaire5351 Před 3 lety +1

      @@plasticfrog4533 No I’m saying that it’s that name but bastardized by Anglicization. Of course it’s sound different when pronounced in its native language.

    • @AB-gw6uf
      @AB-gw6uf Před 3 lety

      It could be 'Couch'. Have heard that it's a British name, and Wikipedia says it's from Cornwall.

  • @TheBetterGame
    @TheBetterGame Před 6 lety +3

    Hilarious what we called HQ back in 2009

  • @temwananinkana3419
    @temwananinkana3419 Před 5 měsíci

    I love ths series

  • @TheRokkiephantomlove
    @TheRokkiephantomlove Před 2 lety +3

    The rotating wall with a chimney in it
    Is totally possible if you have two pipes in the chimney, one on top of the other, inserted inside each other
    So the lower pipe rotates with the wall on its axsis, and the top pipe dosent move at all.
    Look this is very difficult to descripe without visual aids

    • @Splitface2811
      @Splitface2811 Před 2 lety +2

      Or make a section of the chimney a cylinder and have the rotation point be the center of the chimney. Would have to spin from the bottom and probably need some kind of seal.

  • @mariondiabolito4054
    @mariondiabolito4054 Před rokem +2

    Assuming it's amusing to take it too seriously, there's absolutely no reason all of a wall must rotate to reveal a hidden chamber. you can have the book shelves be girts and have posts on either side of the rotating wall-let.

  • @bridgecross
    @bridgecross Před 8 měsíci

    "have that done by Tuesday" LOL

  • @nl1regiment746
    @nl1regiment746 Před rokem +4

    “Alas I abhor informality” 🔥

  • @ghostpanic
    @ghostpanic Před 11 lety +12

    Kind of a fuck up when Davids Evil Genius character said he HATES formality so wont call the builder by his 1st name, but when he talks to the guy he wants to send down the shoot he says .... "No Hugo u wont!" Lol (EPIC sketch tho!) :D WINNING!

    • @punkiller666
      @punkiller666 Před 3 lety +1

      Hugo is actually a last name, innit?

  • @DannyWalton92
    @DannyWalton92 Před 14 lety

    @IrishJV Hahaaaaa, the best quote of the sketch!! :D

  • @mityaboy4639
    @mityaboy4639 Před 8 měsíci

    Mind you, If it were done properly... then after the contractor left, you would remove all the safety barrier / sound / lights and everything. So the contractor done it according to the books (including overpricing and being late anyway) - AND the evil mastermind would have his way too... as for the rotating fire... that most certainly can be done... but not with that attitude :)

  • @ShatteredxSpiritx
    @ShatteredxSpiritx Před 12 lety +5

    Reminds me of talking to cleverbot.

  • @rckoegel
    @rckoegel Před 10 měsíci

    you can absolutely rotate a chimney!

  • @daz.6112
    @daz.6112 Před 3 lety

    Love the ambiguity.

  • @edf1435
    @edf1435 Před 3 lety +2

    Didnt Calippo used to be a sort of kids ice lolly?

  • @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw
    @AndriyValdensius-wi8gw Před 2 měsíci

    Health and Safety regs. Don't you just love them ?

  • @Inside_China_Business
    @Inside_China_Business Před 2 lety

    Ryan got promoted quickly.

  • @Tampacomputerdoctors1
    @Tampacomputerdoctors1 Před 3 lety

    which fact checking this video's second part you can absolutely rotate the chimney or at least the inner chimney liner can
    probably

  • @JhericFury
    @JhericFury Před 11 lety +8

    To be fair, i'm pretty sure if it's for your own house Health and Safety is not an issue. And i shall stick to this view because i want a rotating library wall, goddamn it.

  • @kev9089798767
    @kev9089798767 Před 10 lety +25

    Isn't Calippo an ice lolly?

    • @JohnD640
      @JohnD640 Před 6 lety +14

      Many people believe so...

  • @thornbottle
    @thornbottle Před 3 lety +3

    and there is an Oscar winner in this scene

  • @McRascal
    @McRascal Před 2 lety +3

    Which LOTR is this?

  • @Isobel31Swan
    @Isobel31Swan Před 3 lety +3

    The WEF.

  • @hazelwalsh3269
    @hazelwalsh3269 Před 5 lety

    Where is the splat the rat casino one....

  • @Forge17
    @Forge17 Před 3 lety +1

    Legolas’ grandson was clearly an English major

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy Před 10 měsíci

    David looks and sounds like Rowan Atkinson in this.

  • @mickmackem1479
    @mickmackem1479 Před 2 lety +1

    Fred dibnah would have done it bloody elf and safety

  • @latenightlogic
    @latenightlogic Před 11 měsíci

    0:46 sounds like canned laughter

  • @AamuAurora
    @AamuAurora Před rokem

    Warning ⚠ this wall might revolve

  • @s-traiss7313
    @s-traiss7313 Před 2 lety

    Mauler from the real BBC sent me here

  • @Maesterful
    @Maesterful Před 3 lety +2

    240p is HQ? 😂

    • @Jose-xh5qb
      @Jose-xh5qb Před 2 lety +3

      This was from simpler times.

  • @JaquzziJones
    @JaquzziJones Před 6 měsíci

    Hi

  • @sandwichofshadows
    @sandwichofshadows Před 12 lety +9

    This is early similar to what i had to go through redoing my home several months ago,
    ,,,erm....but not for rotating walls but having to justify to the highschool dropout being more than adequately paid for his time and effort just why exactly I felt I needed a light for my side entrance porch's steps and extended overhang to keep ice and shadowy steps from killing my aunt.

  • @HunterShows
    @HunterShows Před 11 měsíci

    Pretty much an Austin Powers scene.

  • @thomasmacnab480
    @thomasmacnab480 Před 23 dny

    David is the better of the two but only by a slim margin

  • @misterprecocious2491
    @misterprecocious2491 Před 6 lety +2

    piranhas? bit of. a cliché is it, any way piranhas are omnivore's.

    • @ajivins1
      @ajivins1 Před 6 lety +3

      I'm sure Mr Omnivore should have some for sale...

    • @MidnightSt
      @MidnightSt Před 6 lety +3

      great! suitable not only for disposing of live biological material, but also your common household trash!

  • @OLDCHEMIST1
    @OLDCHEMIST1 Před rokem +1

    Spot on about how irritatingly stupid health and safety is! Often the obvious dangers are highlighted and the actual things that cause harm are not. Wonderfully funny!

  • @Sezgesh
    @Sezgesh Před 9 lety +42

    Any video that has HQ in the title but the highest resolution is 240p automatically gets a thumbs down, regardless of whether I like the video or not.

    • @ThreeinoneJDD
      @ThreeinoneJDD Před 9 lety +34

      HQ and HD are not the same thing you know >> HD is determined by the resolution but HQ just means High Quality, in any way, this one has high sound and visual quality as in it's been well produced and edited.

    • @Kipah
      @Kipah Před 9 lety +26

      What do you want, a medal?

    • @publius101
      @publius101 Před 8 lety +9

      +Sezgesh or maybe the hq=headquarters....

    • @fabse64
      @fabse64 Před 8 lety +16

      +Sezgesh Back when this video was uploaded, 360p was HD by CZcams standards.

    • @kochkochkoch
      @kochkochkoch Před 6 lety +6

      This is from 2009.

  • @markvoelker6620
    @markvoelker6620 Před 4 lety +2

    It's better without the irritating laugh track.