History Funny / ThatMitchellAndWebbLook

-->'''Uli''': Parallel.

* -** The Wordwangerator:

*** Both contestants guessing "one" with various inflections until Simon's "one" is declared Numberwang.

*** When the board rotates, it reveals David Mitchell and James Bachman re-enacting a Russian roulette scene from ''TheDeerHunter''. As the board finishes rotating, we hear the gun go off.

* The [[JamesBond Agent]] [[TuxedoAndMartini Suave]] sketch, which is essentially a ''CasinoRoyale'' spoof set in a casino where all the games are typical village fete things like 'guess the weight of a fruitcake', is entirely one of these.

''[Both sit around with absurdly smug looks on their faces.]

* Queen Victoria's objection to the American Ambassador's gift of 20,000 linden trees... and the reason behind her objection. And the Prime Minister's response to her objection:

* Queen Victoria's objection to the American Ambassador's gift of 20,000 linden trees... and the reason behind her objection.

* First game:
** "Let's rotate the board!" It rotates to reveal two more contestants (David Mitchell as "Jon" and James Bachman as "Miles")... then rotates back to Julie and Simon.
** Both contestants guessing "one" with various inflections until Simon's "one" is declared Numberwang.
* Second game:
** "The maths quiz that simply everyone."
** "Simon to go first. Too slow. Julie?"
** This exchange:

* Third game:
** "...and Simon, who is from space."
** Gyles Brandreth in Number Corner, a parody of ''{{Countdown}}'''s Dictionary Corner:

** Numberscoff. Particularly at the end when Simon belches and gets a Belchwang bonus.
** The board rotates to reveal a Nativity scene with David Mitchell as Joseph and James Bachman as Mary.
** Simon repeatedly guessing 6 (while the board displays a 7 that increases in size).
** And the last word from Gyles.

* Fourth game:
** "The numbers show that simply everyone... is ''talking about''?"
** Simon being asked if he sings in Anglesey. He gives a musical response that contains "Can't you see, I cannot sing."
** "...instead of starting with Round 1, we're gonna start with Round 1."
** Going for three whole days without hitting Numberwang. The SuddenDeath round is literal; whoever dies first (while being bombarded with "Number gas") wins. It's made even funnier when ''Julie'' dies first, complete with "ding" and funeral flowers that spell out "That's Numberwang!"
* Wordwang:
** "...Simon, who is from a factory and made from a special metal." (''Simon touches himself with a CLANG sound'')
** This exchange:

** And this one:

** The word boards. They guess all sorts of non-animal words in the Animal round while an animal shows on the screen. Then the same thing with Countries of the World: the board shows vegetables and the contestants guess fake countries such as "Fintanland" and "The Independent Republic of Yeb". Simon guesses "Ireland", which he is told is not a vegetable.
** Julie and Simon being penalized for bad guesses by having letters removed from their names. They go into the Wordwangerator as Uli and Im, with respective scores of "H" and "tarpaulin".
** When the board rotates, it reveals David Mitchell and James Bachman re-enacting a Russian roulette scene from ''TheDeerHunter''. As the board finishes rotating, we hear the gun go off.
* In the GratuitousGerman version, "Nümberwang", the contestants are introduced as being a Hamburger and Frankfurter.
** "Julie, wie gehts?" "Nein." "Simon?" "Ja." ("Julie, how are you?" "No." "Simon?" "Yes.")
** The board rotating to reveal Robert Webb and James Bachman in a re-enactment of the torture scene from ''MarathonMan''.
** The host wishing Julie good luck before Wangernumb - in English, tricking her into answering "Oh, thanks very much!" in a parody of Gordon Jackson giving himself away in ''TheGreatEscape'', and causing the host to immediately disqualify her.
** Among Simon's prizes for winning are a beer stein and a picture of [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff David Hasselhoff]].
* In the live show ''The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb'', Julie and Simon are played not by Olivia Colman and Paterson Joseph (their actors in the television series), but by Abigail Burdess and James Bachman; the host explains that they have "regenerated into two slightly less expensive actors".
** Julie gets Numberwang before the game even begins, during banter with the host about her two children, 5 and 7... and 6 and 3.
** This exchange:

** No-numberwang, in which Simon accidentally shouts "Brazil", which is declared a number, as in "Brazil Britons are among the dead."
** A retrospective of numbers which have left us during the preceding year... including 4, forcing the host to skip from Round 3 straight to Round 5.
** When the board rotates (with the aid of stagehands), it is the host who is rotated away, replacing Robert Webb with a similarly-attired David Mitchell.
** The (new) host making no secret of his favouritism toward Simon during the final Numberflan round.

** ''TheDaVinciCode'' spoof ''The Numberwang Code'', with David Mitchell as Tom Hanks and Robert Webb as Ian [=McKellen=]. In one scene, closer inspection of ''The Last Supper'' reveals that Jesus and the disciples are having chicken in black bean sauce with a side of egg fried rice - which, according to a local Chinese takeaway menu, is a number 37 with a side order of 14, which makes Numberwang.

** The History of Numberwang documentary, culminating in the homicidal rampage of the Numberwang computer Colosson, who is determined to destroy everything that isn't Numberwang - including television.

** ''TheDaVinciCode'' spoof ''The Numberwang Code'', with David Mitchell as Tom Hanks and Robert Webb as Ian McKellen. Closer inspection of ''The Last Supper'' reveals that Jesus and the disciples are having chicken in black bean sauce with a side of egg fried rice - which, according to a local Chinese takeaway menu, is a number 37 with a side order of 14, which makes Numberwang.

** The host wishing Julie good luck before Wangernumb - in English, tricking her into answering "Oh, thanks very much!" in a parody of Gordon Jackson giving himself away in ''TheGreatEscape''.

** The host wishing Julie good luck before Wangernumb - in English, tricking her into answer "Oh, thanks very much" in a parody of Gordon Jackson giving himself away in ''TheGreatEscape''.

** "Let's rotate the board!" It rotates to reveal two more contestants... then rotates back to Julie and Simon.

** "Julie, wie gehts?" "Nein." "Simon?" "Ja." ("Julie, how are you?" "No." "Simon?" "Yes.")

** Julie and Simon being penalized for bad guesses by having letters removed from their names. They go into the Wordwangerator as Uli and Im.

** Simon repeatedly guessing 6 in Wangernumb before it's ruled Wangernumb.

** "Julie, wie gehts?" "Nein." "Simon?" "Ja." ("Julie, how are you?" "No." "Simon?" "Yes."

--->'''Simon''': Twentington.

** First game:
*** "Let's rotate the board!" It rotates to reveal two more contestants... then rotates back to Julie and Simon.
*** Both contestants guessing "one" with various inflections until Simon's "one" is declared Numberwang.
** Second game:
*** "The maths quiz that simply everyone."
*** "Simon to go first. Too slow. Julie?"
*** This exchange:
---->'''Host''': Let's move on to round two, imaginary numbers. Simon?
---->'''Simon''': Twentington.
---->'''Host''': That's Numberwang!
---->'''Julie''': Frilve hundred and neeb.
---->'''Host''': That's Numberwang!
---->'''Simon''': Shinty-six.
---->(''buzzer'')
---->'''Host''': Oh, bad luck, Simon. I'm afraid shinty-six is a real number, as in the popular phrase "I only have shinty-six days left to live."
---->(''behind him, a screen shows the number "shinty-six", which is really 56 with the 5 reversed'')
** Third game:
*** "...and Simon, who is from space."
*** Gyles Brandreth in Number Corner, a parody of ''{{Countdown}}'''s Dictionary Corner:
----> '''Host''': So, Gyles, any funny number stories?
----> '''Gyles''': Yes. Once I ate 18 cakes.
*** Numberscoff. Particularly at the end when Simon belches and gets a Belchwang bonus.
*** Simon repeatedly guessing 6 in Wangernumb before it's ruled Wangernumb.
*** And the last word from Gyles.
----> '''Gyles''': Numberwank.
----> '''Host''': It's Number''wang''.
----> '''Gyles''': [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]].
** Fourth game:
*** "The numbers show that simply everyone... is ''talking about''?"

** THAT'S NUMBERWANG!