Web Video / A Couple of C*nts in the Countryside

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— Duncan (every episode)

A Couple of Cunts in the Countryside (stylized as A Couple of C*nts in the Countryside) is a Web Original vlog hosted by Duncan Forbes and Cameron Phillips, who, each episode, get drunk in a field and discuss a certain topic (usually with a number of tangents). Their channel can be found here.

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We're a couple of cunts, we're in the countryside, we're talking about tropes:

• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Seen surprisingly little on the show, but mentioned at length in the episode "Alcohol."
• The Alleged Car: In one episode, Cammy says that you could make Duncan's car break down by giving it a "quite hard dick slap."
• Back for the Finale: Computer Joe and Duncan's wife, Catherine.
• Bald of Evil: Cammy's baldness is a Running Gag, and he did once pop a child's balloon For the Evulz.
• Big Eater: Cammy seems to be this.
  "Melt cheese on anything, it makes it better."
• Butt-Monkey: Neil suffers from this somewhat.
  "Neil... let me put it this way: he has the body of an accountant."
• Call-Back: You can watch the videos in any order, but some references may be lost on you if you don't watch them chronologically.
  • The 50th episode, "A Look Back," features many call backs to previous episodes.
• Christmas Episode: Episode 4.
  • And the one off special Festive Fuckery.
• Clip Show: "A Look Back" has shades of this.
• Cluster F-Bomb: If the title didn't clue you in, the guys aren't shy about their language. Especially Cammy, who gets worse the more he drinks.
• Country Matters: Right there in the name of the channel.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: Mentioned by name in the reunion episode with regards to their first episode.
• Everything's Deader with Zombies: The topic of episode #43.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Discussed in the Love" episode.
  "We're in the countryside, there's two of us, and there's no more apt description for us than cunts."
• The Faceless: Cameraman Neil, until the 50th episode.
• Grand Finale: The fiftieth episode, "A Look Back". Turned out to be a Series Fauxnale with the release of "Festive Fuckery".
• Happily Married: Duncan, as of the reunion episode.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Cammy and Duncan seem to be this. Although...
• Hidden Depths: Cammy may act like a drunken fool and swear like a trucker, but when he's expounding on politics or religion, he reveals that he's actually very intelligent.
• Hilarious Outtakes: "Bloopers".
• Hypocritical Humour: In the bloopers episode, Duncan accuses Cammy of fucking up way more than him... shortly before a montage of all of Duncan's fuck-ups.
  Duncan: You'd never catch me mangling my words and fucking up like you.
• Jump Cut: Often, and frequently mentioned.
• Jump Scare: In the intro of the "Horror" episode.
• Known Only by Their Nickname: Razz.
• Meaningful Background Event: The long-haired figure in the afformentioned Jump Scare actually appeared in the three episodes previous to "Horror," in the distance at first, before getting gradually closer.
• N-Word Privileges: Discussed in "Racism."
• Once per Episode: The bottle clink, and Cammy's outro comments.
• Please Subscribe to Our Channel: Once per Episode.
• Product Placement: The guys have joked more than once that they should be paid to shill for Cracked.com.
• Running Gag:
  • Photos of Martin.
  • Duncan's crush on Jude Law.
  • Later on, Cammy's threat of "I'll cut you twice."
• Self-Deprecation: Quite often.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The guys wore snappy suits for their Oscars episode.
• Shout-Out:
  • The intro to "David Lynch" is spoken backwards with subtitles, just like The Man From Another Place in Twin Peaks.
  • The opening of "Arnold Schwarzenegger" is an homage to Predator.
  • The guys do impressions of Raúl Juliá in Street Fighter in their 50th special.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Cammy, whose cussing gets worse and more frequent the drunker he gets.
• The Stinger: In a few episodes.
• Take That!: "Twilight" is pretty much one big Take That! to Stephenie Meyer and Twi-hards.
• Toilet Humour: There's a burping montage in the bloopers episode.
• Top Ten List: In the 50th special, the guys count down their ten favourite episodes of the series.
• Very Special Episode: The hour-long 50th special, which also served as the show's Grand Finale.
• Zombie Apocalypse: The guys discuss survival tactics for this very eventuality in "Zombies".

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