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** Russell Howard's fucking hilarious and extremely accurate summary of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2_2vl2I8k Britain's newspapers.]]
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-->'''Russell Howard''': With illustrations, describe the prophet Muhammad.
-->'''Andy Parsons''': A lot of people have complained that these exams are too easy. Is the answer A. Yes or B. David Beckham?
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-->'''Milton Jones''': Quantify ''n'' in terms of ''q'' when ''q'' is a positive integer that dissects a parabolic curve-- ''how's your lucky pencil case now, eh, eh, eh?!''

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-->'''Andy Parsons''': Your mum's a slag, discuss.

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-->'''Andy Parsons''': Your mum's a slag, discuss.slag. Discuss.



-->'''Andy Parsons''': English. Is standards decling?

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-->'''Andy Parsons''': English. Is standards decling?declining?
-->'''Holly Walsh''': What is amnesia? Is it: A. Memory loss, A. Memory loss or 4. the Battle of Hastings?
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* Hugh Dennis' voice-overs in "Newsreel". Just about all of them. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kLl9atj0Y The Machine]]" is probably the crowning example, due to his DiabolicalMastermind imitation of Lord Mandelson's voice.

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* Hugh Dennis' voice-overs in "Newsreel". Just about all of them. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3kLl9atj0Y The Machine]]" "The Machine" is probably the crowning example, due to his DiabolicalMastermind imitation of Lord Mandelson's voice.
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* Hugh Dennis' voice-overs in "Newsreel". Just about all of them. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT8I2KYWGY4 The Machine]]" is probably the crowning example, due to Mandelson's DiabolicalMastermind voice.

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* Hugh Dennis' voice-overs in "Newsreel". Just about all of them. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT8I2KYWGY4 com/watch?v=D3kLl9atj0Y The Machine]]" is probably the crowning example, due to Mandelson's his DiabolicalMastermind imitation of Lord Mandelson's voice.
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* Hugh Dennis' voice-overs in "Newsreel". Just about all of them. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT8I2KYWGY4 The Machine]]" is probably the crowning example, due to Mandelson's DiabolicalMastermind voice.
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** Also his response to BTAD, with a photo featuring fleeing men in haz-mat suits:
-->'''Frankie''': Is it "Bathtime Arse Disaster"?
-->'''Dara''': [[SarcasmMode Yes, the answer was in fact, "Bathtime Arse Disaster".]]
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* Whenever the topic in "Scenes We'd Like To See" involves rejected exam questions, you know there's got to be at least one good question. Examples:
-->'''Hugh Dennis''': Amy is 16. At least she said she was. How much trouble are you in?
-->'''Ed Byrne''': Biology. Without singing, what is the knee bone connected to?
-->'''Frankie Boyle''': Tick the box A, B, or C to recieve the grade A, B, or C.
-->'''Russell Howard''': Wayne lives 3 miles away from Kaylie and Martin lives 6 miles away from Wayne. Who got her pregnant?
-->'''Ed Byrne''': Chemistry. What's that smell?
-->'''Frankie Boyle''': There are six lines of equal length. How long will Kerry Katona be in the bathroom?
-->'''Andy Parsons''': Your mum's a slag, discuss.
-->'''Hugh Dennis''': Two cars are speeding. One is being driven by a black man. Which car will be stopped?
-->'''Andy Parsons''': English. Is standards decling?

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* Dara pondering what the computer who randomly selected the 2012 Olympic tickets would sound like:
-->'''Dara''': The poor computer who picked these things randomly! There's some computer who's going "Computer didn't want to make people sad! Computer picked tickets randomly! Computer like all sports! Computer sorry he made people unhappy! No, computer not like diving! Diving bad for computer! Diving make computer not work! [[FridgeLogic Why computer talk like Hulk?]]"
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--->Patrick Kielty: The truth.

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--->Patrick Kielty: [[TakeThat The truth.]]
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* Seann Walsh's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-lNFITeFA SPOT-ON impression of Michael McIntyre.]]
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* "Bucket and mop to aisle three please, bucket and mop to aisle three. Someone's come on the broccoli."
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HYxJp02W1w&feature=related The entire panel mocking Dara's big head.]] Poor GenreBlind Dara.

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-->'''Frankie''': "Is it Allistair Darling's Robotic Inuit Butler?

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-->'''Frankie''': "Is it Allistair Darling's Robotic Inuit Butler?Butler?"


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* Series 8. Scenes We'd Like To See. Topic was "Things You'd Never Hear On A TV Election Debate".
--->Patrick Kielty: The truth.
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* "We have three priorities: education, education and free handjobs for the blind!"
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---?God: Because you're worth it.

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---?God: --->God: Because you're worth it.
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* This from "unlikely lines to read in the bible."
--->Samson: Oh Lord, why have you supplied me with all of the strength within my hair?
---?God: Because you're worth it.
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* The 'what year will all the world's major cities will rise up on hydraulic legs and wage war for resources?' discussion.
* "FIND A WOMAN! LEAVE THE PASTRIES ALONE!"
* Ed Byrne: "Am I invisible in this fucking jacket?" And the entire rest of that scene.
* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Frankie Boyle, incarnation of this trope]]'s answer to the acronym round ADRIB?
-->'''Frankie''': "Is it Allistair Darling's Robotic Inuit Butler?
** '''ICE FISHING'''.
* ''[Talking about Linda Blair from TheExorcist]'' "Her head's spinning round, she's vomiting everywhere, she's seemingly possessed by the devil, and yet Social Services have been around twenty times, and say that there's nothing wrong!"
* The entire Blunkett discussion from the second DVD.
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* "[[SpoofAesop ...And who are the truly civilized ones? The Umbupi tribe, or us, with our books, our medicine and our internet?]] Oh yes, it's us."

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* "[[SpoofAesop ...And who are the truly civilized ones? The Umbupi tribe, or us, with our books, our medicine and our internet?]] Oh yes, it's us.""
* The opening sequence, which proudly proclaims in a blink-and-miss-it way that "The programme makers accept no liability for anything whatsoever, at all, ever", amongst other gems.
* The whole discussion about Frankie Boyle's apocalyptic future visions, with the cities on legs.
* The Viagra discussion that lead up to Frankie Boyle telling Russell Howard to "Leave the pastries alone!"
* The first-episode exchange about the dangerousness of owls, culminating in John Oliver predicting (inaccurately) "I think we all know, hand on heart, that this is not making the edit."
* And many others [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzV6fpSnkh0 far]], ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfaVUtjcmI far]]'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2G_01T-CHI worse.]]"
* The {{DVD}}s have extra helpings of this. Of particular note are the "Porno Songs of Praise" discussion from the first DVD and the "Blunkett" section from the second.
* The Frankie joke in the category "Things You Wouldn't Hear In A War Film":
-->'''Frankie Boyle''': "You've each been selected for this mission because [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits you're unknown to the enemy and you each have a special skill.]] [[TheSmartGuy Professor Hawking]], [[TheLancer John Leslie]], [[TokenEvilTeammate Phil Neville]], [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the Wu-Tang Clan]], [[TokenMinority Usher]], [[TheBigGuy the Sugar Puffs Monster]] [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Daniel Day-Lewis]]! Welcome to [[MindScrew Operation Mind-Fuck]]!"
--->'''Frankie Boyle''': "There is a vegetarian option, you can fuck off!"
* Russell Howard's method of stealing a chicken from a supermarket, which involved putting it on his head and simply walking off in the confusion. The reactions from the other hosts were ''priceless''.
* Andy Parsons, in the category "Unlikely Things To Hear At An Awards Ceremony":
-->'''Andy Parsons''': "And the winner of the Suicide Bomber Of The Year Award... I'm afraid they couldn't be with us tonight..."
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--> ''Frankie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm not the king of the Daleks,]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne I'm their creator, Dara.]]

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--> ''Frankie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm not the king of the Daleks,]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne I'm their creator, Dara.]]]]
* "[[SpoofAesop ...And who are the truly civilized ones? The Umbupi tribe, or us, with our books, our medicine and our internet?]] Oh yes, it's us."
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* In the first Christmas special, one of the viewers ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotMeantForKids an eleven year old boy]]) sends in a picture of what the Mock The Week studio would look like if it was under attack by Daleks.

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* In the first Christmas special, one of the viewers ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotMeantForKids ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids an eleven year old boy]]) sends in a picture of what the Mock The Week studio would look like if it was under attack by Daleks.
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** Special mention to that time he was working at a Christian Rock Concert...
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-->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Vladimir]] has [[RussiansWithRustingRockets 20,000 tanks]]; [[UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} you]] have three. Why would you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war start a war?]] Discuss.

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-->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Vladimir]] has [[RussiansWithRustingRockets 20,000 tanks]]; [[UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} you]] have three. Why would you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war start a war?]] Discuss.Discuss.
* In the first Christmas special, one of the viewers ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotMeantForKids an eleven year old boy]]) sends in a picture of what the Mock The Week studio would look like if it was under attack by Daleks.
--> '''Dara:''' One of the worrying things ''I've'' noticed is Frankie, who appears to be the '''king''' of the Daleks!
--> ''(Audience Laughs)''
--> ''Frankie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm not the king of the Daleks,]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne I'm their creator, Dara.]]
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* Any time Milton Jones gets a turn at Spinning the News.

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* Any time Milton Jones gets a turn at Spinning the News.News.
* David Mitchell's exam question:
-->[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin Vladimir]] has [[RussiansWithRustingRockets 20,000 tanks]]; [[UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} you]] have three. Why would you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_war start a war?]] Discuss.
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* "The siamese twins were joined at the most embarassing place imaginable, and known by friends as the skipping rope."
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* "[[DoctorWho WELCOME TO MY DALEK POETRY READING!]] [[NoIndoorVoice THIS POEM IS CALLED DAFFODILS!]] ]]KillItWithFire EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!]]'' Made even funnier by Dara's frantic buzzing between each line, as if Frankie's going to stop when he's on a roll.

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* "[[DoctorWho WELCOME TO MY DALEK POETRY READING!]] [[NoIndoorVoice THIS POEM IS CALLED DAFFODILS!]] ]]KillItWithFire [[KillItWithFire EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!]]'' Made even funnier by Dara's frantic buzzing between each line, as if Frankie's going to stop when he's on a roll.
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* "[[DoctorWho WELCOME TO MY DALEK POETRY READING!]] [[NoIndoorVoice THIS POEM IS CALLED DAFFODILS!]] EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!''

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* "[[DoctorWho WELCOME TO MY DALEK POETRY READING!]] [[NoIndoorVoice THIS POEM IS CALLED DAFFODILS!]] ]]KillItWithFire EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!''DAFFODILS!]]'' Made even funnier by Dara's frantic buzzing between each line, as if Frankie's going to stop when he's on a roll.
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* Series 9 episode 5, where Dara introduces a story about how research has shown that people with large heads may be less affected by Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, an article he showed the panel that had referred to him as an example of someone with a 'giant head', even including a picture of his head with the caption 'EXTRA LARGE'. The panel proceeds to spend five minutes mocking Dara's big head non-stop.

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* Series 9 episode 5, where Dara introduces a story about how research has shown that people with large heads may be less affected by Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, an article he showed the panel that had referred to him as an example of someone with a 'giant head', even including a picture of his head with the caption 'EXTRA LARGE'. The panel proceeds to spend five minutes mocking Dara's big head non-stop.non-stop.

* "[[DoctorWho WELCOME TO MY DALEK POETRY READING!]] [[NoIndoorVoice THIS POEM IS CALLED DAFFODILS!]] EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!''
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* From the second DVD, the panelists are asked not to make jokes about David Blunkett's blindness. So what do they do? ...Yeah.

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* From the second DVD, the panelists are asked not to make jokes about David Blunkett's blindness. So what do they do? ...Yeah.Yeah.

* Series 9 episode 5, where Dara introduces a story about how research has shown that people with large heads may be less affected by Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, an article he showed the panel that had referred to him as an example of someone with a 'giant head', even including a picture of his head with the caption 'EXTRA LARGE'. The panel proceeds to spend five minutes mocking Dara's big head non-stop.

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