@@TwentyGX I'm impressed with how well the drums held up. I mean, they're designed to be struck, but that's a hell of a drop to be doing almost half a dozen times.
As an unpaid and untrained lawyer, representing the drums and cymbal, I present to the court evidence that my clients did not fall off a cliff, rather upon close examination, they were thrown off a cliff. We are suing those who threw my clients off.
Objection! The allegation that the prosecutor's clients are inanimate objects are irrelevant. The defendant clearly places the drums and cymbal on a slope near the edge of a cliff which then proceeded to fall off the cliff. I rest my case.
What you see is my client trying to keep the two drums and cymbal from jumping off the cliffing and trying to harm an individual on the ground. What you see is not them being thrown, but my client trying to grab them in the air.
Below a certain percentage of dislikes, like ~10%. You can ignore them. Some people can't read I guess, and didn't know what they were watching. Some people's opinion are basically invalid, and just dislike anything Tom Scott makes. Can't be trusted. Those people are worthless, providing no input.
gredangeo well theirs also those who just thought it was dumb you can’t just make somebody’s opinion invalid that’s the whole point of an opinion I enjoyed the video personally some others may not
You mean to tell me, that ALL this time… this iconic piece of RUclips was a Tom Scott video?! What an amazing not-twist that somehow feels like a twist
In Tom's voice: "My younger self, admittedly, was of the Dungeons and Dragons alignment form "chaotic nyeutral", that meaning I had no spite or reverance, buuuuut I was a little insane."
Tom Scott in 2009: Just goofing around with his young adult friends Tom Scott in 2020: "How to create a deadly weapon that'll destroy the earth and all beings of existence"
This comment has been here for 2 months with 200+ likes and I'm the only reply. Should I Be Proud...... YES NO WOW THIS IS THE MOST I GOT IN MY WHOLE EXISTENCE thx ;)
Tom: “You’ve heard the old joke that goes ‘two drums and a cymbal fall off of a cliff’.” I have literally never heard of the phrase or joke before in my life.
“10 years ago” carries so much weight
I know, right??
aye
Indeed
1 decade ago
Oh my god
They made this just to have fun, with no clue how popular they would become.
Well they had already made some stuff that went absolutely popular everywhere in the UK
This video only became popular a year ago too. Only about 2 years ago this was one of the least viewed tom Scott videos
@@raph2954 yes, but they made plenty of other stuff that went viral, not on YT
@@Anankin12 I know, that wasn't my point
@@raph2954 sorry, I thought you were replying to me, not OP
rare footage of Tom Scott wearing a tshirt that isn't red
I didn't even know this was Tom I thought it was some random video
I thought this guy sounded familiar
must be some realy complex vfx and colour correction in this one
these were the gray hoodie times
that was a beta version of tom. stable release is red.
Bring back the pony tail.
Agreed
AGREEEEEE
YES
No, you bring it 😂!
No u
Rare footage of Tom not wearing a red shirt.
He's kind of wearing his grey jumper tho.
.....and Nerdy glasses.
And a freaking ponytail
It is red
Rare footage of tom in a 'lungi'😂
As a drummer, I am now very worried that my job is going to be stolen by a british cliff face.
Automation has gotten out of hand.
Build a wall, so that they can't come and steal your jobs!
Deport the cliffs!
But cliffs are technically like walls o.o
If your job is to make _badoom-tssh_ all day... I really want to have your life. Wait, how much money do make with that?
That "YES!" Tells a story of how long they've been trying that
true
They've actually said it only took 4-5 tries, surprisingly!
@@TwentyGX I'm impressed with how well the drums held up. I mean, they're designed to be struck, but that's a hell of a drop to be doing almost half a dozen times.
Indeed
@@TwentyGX Source?
Had to come here after watching his final weekly video
Same
770
Got here by accident. That's the youngest I've ever seen him. Wish he was still doing the weeklies.
That was the most delayed response to a joke I have ever seen.
Just makes it even better.
the drummer searching for the drumsticks lmao
They would have fallen faster if the joke had been better.
**throws 2 drums and a cymbal at ya'**
The gap between the toss and the impact was extended 2 seconds to make the cliff seem taller
I genuinely forgot it was Tom who made this video. It looks like it was recorded in the 70's with a camera from the 90's.
Hold up... Recorded in the 70's.... Camera from the 90's... Hmmmmm
Are you a time traveller?
Jarrod McKee Tom was looking a bit like John Lennon lmao
Legit 240p is the max resolution
Jarrod McKee me? No. Tom? Maybe.
pws3rd 1 its cus that was the max resolution during this era of youtube
gotta admit, i was NOT expecting it to actually do the noise.
I think they tried it multiple times
萩原諒太 yep they even screamed "yes!!" When it happened... Btw that's a 2 year old comment wow
Serrot304 FALSE, it's a word
Eick then what am i?
Erick Metthiast It's actually a value.
That “and a CLIFF” delivery was so perfect
Needs to be remade. Same friend, same cliff, same joke
yes
And same drum set
same video
do it do it do it
y e s
I didn't expect that they'd actually sound like that when they hit the ground.
I expected them to just hit the dude in the head. I hope someone makes an edit of that
Too natural.
You know how many retakes they must’ve done?
@@renaminginprogress6903 Actually 4. The instruments broke on the fourth take.
@@Devlinator61116 how do u kno?
The punchline landed very well
LMAO
Ha
0:40
Bum bum tsss
God damn it XD
As an unpaid and untrained lawyer, representing the drums and cymbal, I present to the court evidence that my clients did not fall off a cliff, rather upon close examination, they were thrown off a cliff. We are suing those who threw my clients off.
Objection!
Your honour I wish to present the evidence that the defendant is defending inanimate objects in the court!
Objection!
.
.
Hearsay!
Objection! The allegation that the prosecutor's clients are inanimate objects are irrelevant. The defendant clearly places the drums and cymbal on a slope near the edge of a cliff which then proceeded to fall off the cliff. I rest my case.
Nice to see that the algorithm is returning this masterpiece
What you see is my client trying to keep the two drums and cymbal from jumping off the cliffing and trying to harm an individual on the ground. What you see is not them being thrown, but my client trying to grab them in the air.
Imagine if that guy got hit in the head and it still made that sound.
That would be the best joke of all time
Ba dum tss
“What’s black and white and red all over? Me! AHHH-“
I'm not sure where this joke is HEADED but ok
Bah dum tshhhh
This needs a remake on its 10 year anniversary.
Its almost to the 10 year anniversary if you are still alive
2000th like
Just 1 year and 9 days left. Let's see if any of us remember and drop by with a comment 374 days later.
I certainly will. Drop a comment on one of my videos near may 14 next year and i should remember
yesssssesss
-Shitty- Godly superpower: everytime you make a bad joke, you can summon two drums and a cymbal out of the sky.
Use it in a fight and make the drums and cymbal fall on your opponent
Thats a godlike superpower
yes
open a store with two themes:
1 stand up commedy
2 musical instruments
Let's see how many shitty superpowers we can think of 😂
Just watched Tom's 10 year goodbye vid and had to come back here.
Why are there dislikes?
You wanted to see two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff and you saw two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff.
Below a certain percentage of dislikes, like ~10%. You can ignore them. Some people can't read I guess, and didn't know what they were watching. Some people's opinion are basically invalid, and just dislike anything Tom Scott makes. Can't be trusted. Those people are worthless, providing no input.
gredangeo well theirs also those who just thought it was dumb you can’t just make somebody’s opinion invalid that’s the whole point of an opinion I enjoyed the video personally some others may not
@@gredangeo or bots
Quality of video, or distaste of people in the vid?
@@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775 maybe it's because tom isn't wearing a red shirt
Tom Scott going from throwing drums from a cliff to throwing garlic bread into space is the character arc we didn't know we needed.
Nevermind
865 and 2 comments now
Make it 3
Make it 4
Make it 5
Thank you, glorious RUclips algorithm, for bringing this to me
Yes
Yep
I dont care what anyone says, RUclips has the best algorithm for shoving these gems in my face at least once a month
Same
Hell yes
Thank you for the 10 years! You are truly inspiring!
Wow... I actually didn't expect this to work.
+KTBMedia It works because physics!
Physics as in if you hit something it vibrates and makes a noise?
Oh my, I am blushing
Because it doesnt, it was edited in
Xavier Santos "Looking Back At Two Drums And A Cymbal, Seven Years Later" is a video you should really watch.
Band director: “that sounded...expensive”
brooke Apparently it was a cheap second-hand kid's drum set off like, ebay
It was 99 pence iirc, it was bought as a used child drum kit off ebay.
Buh dum tsst
-money-
It was a second-hand £1 child's drum kit from Ebay
What the algorithm taketh away, it giveth back ten years later,
Oh, algorithm almighty, you move in mysterious ways.
People: why are you bringing me old vids
People: *still watches them*
RUclips: why are you booing me, im right!
@Mason Parr it's old fashioned way of saying takes
Pure poetry
You uncultured swine
Matt's cheeky grin and anxious anticipation after the punchline is what sells it for me
And Tom still looks 20 and 40 at the same time
Yes!!
BAHAHAHAAH!!
well hes 37 so you are not right and wrong
@@farzana_shampa I choose not to believe you :)
@@Mjws2907 fair choice
It wouldn’t be classic RUclips without unnecessary slow motion
What do you mean unnecessary? It’s perfectly necessary
But its not unnecessary its kool
slow motion three times too
"Let's see that at 30,000 frames a second!"
Along with bad quality 👌
This reflects how pure the internet was back then. Just people having fun
@@A2Z83 is it ever "free"?
Except for 4chan. They never changed
And not trying to make money and now small accounts are being deleted u_u
they really do just be vibing
Wish it was still like that
You mean to tell me, that ALL this time… this iconic piece of RUclips was a Tom Scott video?! What an amazing not-twist that somehow feels like a twist
Tom in 2009: Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff.
Tom in 2029: Two drums and a cymbal fall from the edge of space.
“Now what?”
"and it was a giant fail."
Ok but actually I want to see that
But they didn't fall off a cliff, they were thrown...
Tom: "I'm here in the international space station with two drums and a cymbal... and also a very precise cannon."
“you know that old joke that two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff”
i don’t, but go on
saaame
It was old 11 years ago, now it's extinct.
It's old
All of you are uncultured idiots
Ba dum tsss
Keep in mind this is the guy that sent garlic bread to the edge of space
Oh my god, really? That would explain a lot.
What a couple of years can do to you
I was wondering why I was already subscribed to this guy
And ate it
and flew a kite in a public place
im watching this, oddly, on the day he said he was going to stop uploading. love you Tom, always had fun!
Well, that's definitely something I might not have known.
DarkLights I doubt anyone thought it would work tbh. Also is your avatar from Vinesauce Joel by any chance?
Gouenji Shuuya What... I clicked this video right after I watched a compilation of joel laughing at random stuff.
I didn't know that anyone would call that drop a "cliff"
DarkLights Vinesauce anyone?
hi brother
2009 : Throwing drums and cymbals off of a cliff
2021 : Making an AI program of himself, as to preserve his spirit as Tom Scott forever
hes doing what
oh no it's the portal plot
Yep, he's come a long way in twelve years... but then again, haven't we all? :)
I'm confusion
@@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198 Hello confusion, I'm Nguyen
This was the most straightforward and to the point video ever. No ads, just an intro and the ACTION.
Welcome to youtube 11 years ago
I got an add
Good ol days.
I got an ad.
Don't forget the epic replay
15 years ago, wow! i love this lmaoo how have i just seen it now???
The fact that it had perfect timing on the “ba-dum-ts” gives me so much joy.
H
H
H
H
H
Let's hype this video up so that they remake it on May 14, 2019. We can do this!
TO THE TOP. TO THE TOP. TO THE TOP. TO THE TOP. TO THE TOP.
Yesssssssss
YESSS
Two drums and a symbol fall of a cliff.
IN 8K
AGREEEEEEEEED
Young Tom Scott was the definition of the term - 'chaotic neutral'
I have never seen a more true statement
I mean. After the pineapple fingerprint thing i agree
zzz
In Tom's voice: "My younger self, admittedly, was of the Dungeons and Dragons alignment form "chaotic nyeutral", that meaning I had no spite or reverance, buuuuut I was a little insane."
Alright, let's all go out, and do as many silly things as we can in the background of different news stories
I'm so glad to see this come up in my feed again. Classic.
What's the best birthday-gift?
A broken drum.
It's unbeatable
Ba dum tss
A moment later, two drums and a cymbal land on your head.
I groaned out-loud.
@@makunl8996 brrak druen chang
Wow just wow
Not sure what’s funnier, these peoples enthusiasm to the cause or the fact that this comedy gold was made 12 years ago
Neither
none
Nun
Well we DID have comedy back then 🤷🏼♂️
The fact that it *worked* is the funniest part.
The drums and the cymbal are clearly paid actors
Random Reviewer bro whats ur steam acc ?
They're technically "paid"
totally original comment I haven't seen five times a day
so are your parents
/door
big drum
Coming back to my favorite Tom Scott video ever.
My recommended in 2018. Hell yeah RUclips. Only 9 years late...
Conrad Andrew now go watch all of Tom Scott and citation needed
Me too! Hashtag me too! 🍄
Jep, thought that too
yup
Same
Hi tom please re-do this in higher quality because it is great
Bear Bishop the lower the quiality the funnier mate
Nah it would lose it's charm
240p is God's chosen resolution
I would like this comment, but don't want to spoil the 666 likes.
Trve Kvlt
I swear , RUclips is actually just an online time capsule
Elim Kwok duh?
Yes, if a video is uploaded in a previous year and doesn't get deleted, it will stay that way.
Ok boomer.
Waters wet also
@@asaschlobohm h a ha h aa ha ha that's the funny joke!
Took this man 15 years to retire after making this clip
This is the longest 1 minute video I've ever seen.
Shaik Rehana Parveen Hahaha seriously this video was filmed in microwave minutes!
@@Benzy670 is that phrase copyrighted? may i use it?
@Shaik Rehana Parveen Jokes on you! This video is 59 seconds not 1 minute!
You ruined your comment bud.
Like begger!
This is so British it's colonising my phone.
We're not allowed to be called English if we come from the country called England.
ShadeKill what so you’re englandish?
ShadeKill r/whoosh at myself
It's so British it's forming an alliance with me all while stabbing my back.
@@edwardsutton9150 The British-Portuguese Alliance.
Britain has tried multiple times to backstab Portugal, often unsuccessfully.
Tom Scott in 2009: Just goofing around with his young adult friends
Tom Scott in 2020: "How to create a deadly weapon that'll destroy the earth and all beings of existence"
He's the one who ate the bat?
*We sent garlic bread to space and ate it*
@@trli_ tom scoot ft colinfurze. Rip planet
Ok
Ok
I like how the fact that the cymbal was very slightly late actually made it more epic.
This proves the theory that every legendary clip is under 1 minute
and the closer to one minute while still being under, the more legendary
Anecdotal evidence - not proof.
Like my videos
@@faiselbutt2944 you must be fun at parties
@@justanotherbob69 His name IS F Butt.
Tom today: *stuff about science and things or something idk*
Tom, in 2009: “look, 2 drums and a cymbal fell off a cliff. Cool”
Humble beginnings.
And removing his fingerprints with pineapple.
And flying a kite in a public place
Testing if the timers in toasters actually use minutes
😂😂😂😂
"What's black, white, and red all over?"
Me: A newspa-
"A badger in a blender."
Kateo _ 🤣 I’m literally wheezing
So perfectly British
When I was younger, I used to always say a bleeding zebra
*_bloody_* brilliant
because it's not red, it's _read_
I have no idea why this got recommended to me 15 years later, but I was not expecting Tom to have a ponytail.
Got this 10 years after because of recommendation. The rewind was so bad that RUclips is trying to go back in time.
Best theory ever.
This comment feels rather underrated
It's rewind time
A.N.D 666 likes you’re welcome
That would explain why a lot of older videos are being recommended to me now.
"You've heard the joke, two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff"
Me: "No, but go on.."
exactly same
True
Same💀
Same
Looks like the RUclips algorithm is getting nostalgic again
Garen Olivari I think we should send it to therapy
Confirmed: RUclips algorithm is a bot that became sentient and in now nostalgic
thanks for confirming that God
I get it 😭
Agreed.
This pops up on my timeline every two years or so and I’m still grateful for it 😂
This is the most pure and accurate summary of engineering students in one minute that I have ever seen
What’s black, white, & red all over???
Two nuns in a knife fight.
Two nuns, one sword, one gun
Two nun one blade
Oh god this has 666 likes too
The urge to like beyond that 666 is so strong
A nun falling down a flight of stairs
Id never guess that would actually work
00:11 the transition 😂
“What’s black and white and red all over? A badger in a blender.”
*momentary latency spike*
Bo- boom tsss
Yup. That uh- that was the video. Good job.
@@Josh0205 yep
Y A S
It's a...ba dum tsss
I'm the 2,000th like! :D
The joke might've _fallen short_ but thanks to the algorithm it became a...
_smash hit_
🥁
0:26
2 drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff
Yup
oh ivent touched that game for ages
The RUclips AI: "Wanna see this vintage Tom Scott video?"
Me:"Yes please."
Finely aged
Some one start a petition for this.
Me, every six months or so.
I've known this video for a long time but I never realized it was him.
10M views... The algo's been loving this video for a long time. Incredible.
15 years overdue for a comment, but I love this. THIS was what RUclips was supposed to be.
I feel like there is a lot of symbolism going on here.
Cymbalism*
😐
CappytRex7567 :3 refer to video for response to this joke
@@CappytR bet me to it
Took a lot of cliffort to say that
I like how they credit the "people holding the camera"
“People”
Well they did help with the production of the vid so it's only fair that they get their share of credit.
Peter Kehoe they should
Cameras'
@@spike6192 what
2009: throwing drums off cliff
2019: changing video name based on views
2020: everything goes into recommended
It's evolving.
it’s devolving
500th like
900th like
Recomended to me 15 years later. Thank you RUclips! No but actually, thank you.
John Lennon looks very alive...
Naw this was stolen from one of Thunderfoots old phones
I don't get it, John almost never played the drums? Paul did on the Ballad of John and Yoko, but that was about it.
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Sandra Noneofyourbusiness I believe so too
What about the homeless Brian May?
Is this the cliff that refused to be a cliff?
haha, good point... might be
Haha
????????
HAHA
this cliff refuses to be a cliff. it wants to be a comedian
RUclips be like: I think this has marinated long enough. Time to recommend to people 11 years later
Especially since I suspected a lot of people have already watched it.
Yep
And we are not even mad, are we?
I see I'm not alone
indeed
I can’t believe I’m only just now realizing 15 years later that this is Tom.
If they were dressed in victorian clothes, this could be a monty python transition bit.
E X A C T L Y
I didn’t even think of that, you’re so right!
Except that Monty Python is funny and this is not
@@MrTaylorTexas
you what
Yes
The triumphant "YESS!" when they actually got the "badum tshh" made my day.
i agree
ONE TAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!!!1
I think that ruined it personally
@@dimwitted-fool I think you're ruined personally
@@dimwitted-fool but then it wouldnt work the joke wouldnt be the joke so how would it be ruined
"What's black and white and red all over?"
Me: a newspap-
"A BADGER IN A BLENDER"
Me: oH NO
Welcome to Britain
read all over*
@@supermarc?
Sandy Katz you can read read like read
(reed read like red)
Mac 'N Cheese What have you done
Teenage ponytail Tom Scott is very much real and now we must live with it
11 years later youtube suggests this to me. “YES”
Hahahaha so true. Just happened to me :)
Hahaa same
I have been recommended this so many times, and it never gets old
SAME LMAO
Thank you, RUclips Algorithm
Older than 6 years: check
Shorter than 1 minute: check
Randomly recommended: check
Ohh I'm ready for this pure gold
The only thing it doesn't check is that it's not made by some obscure channel but one of the biggest and most recognizable names on youtube.
I gave you your one thousandth like :)
has more than a million views: Check
@@jvccr7533 but the has very "original" comment is checked
and low quality: check
It seems RUclips recommendations have brought us all together again
yaps
I guess so
Woho
Family reunion : D
Indeed 😂😂
This popped up on my feed and made me remember Tom has stopped posting weekly and I miss it dearly.
That, "Yes!" after they landed was a, "We've already done this 4000000 times, thank christ..."
This comment has been here for 2 months with 200+ likes and I'm the only reply.
Should I Be Proud......
YES
NO
WOW THIS IS
THE MOST I GOT
IN MY WHOLE
EXISTENCE
thx ;)
322 now. I guess the whole world will see this video today.
@@Mans.164 screw you for making me scroll for 3 minutes
Memes now: *obscure image with bass boosted music*
Memes 10 years ago:
True
nah, this has gen-z humor
I wish the old days of dank memes...
Now it's all just so unwitty and overused...
Sean Moore most of it is still funny tho
Shigechi is that you?
Tom Scott 2009: *throwing drums off cliffs*
Tom Scott 2020: *asks 64,128 people about "jingle bells, Batman smells"*
robin flew away
Nothing has changed i see
Tom Scott 2020: *serving drinks while riding a hovercraft to prove that it's technically legal*
I'd call that a consistent character arc
It took me a minute to realise that was TOM with a PONYTAIL
Her: I bet he's out there cheating on me
Him and his homie:
*homie
@B.D W bruh people clean up well after like ten years 🤣🤣🤣
B.D W that’s where you’re wrong kiddo
B.D W alright neckbeard. These guys can move on unlike you.
That worked way better than I thought it would.
+Izandai took 4 tries, this was the 3rd, on the 4th, the drums broke...
My words _exactly._
2.7k likes and 2 replies wtf
And didn't know what I was expecting honestly
Izandai +
This is probably the most 2009 video I’ve ever seen
Plus the unneeded slow motion
The fact that this still hits aft÷r 15 years
how the heck did bro accidentally hit the ÷ symbol 💀💀💀💀
The algorithm has spoken.
ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM
THE MIGHTY ALGORITHM
It spoke once again
*ALGORITHMMMMMMMMME*
_Oh, almighty algorithm. Bless us with more videos from 2009._
Tom: “You’ve heard the old joke that goes ‘two drums and a cymbal fall off of a cliff’.”
I have literally never heard of the phrase or joke before in my life.
Often after punchlimes people say "badumm tshh". So the joke goes "Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff. Badumm tshh". :)
10 million views after disagree!!.. 😉
yes you have
@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz102 My memory! I was wondering where you went! I haven’t been able to remember a single thing without you!
Me neither, but now it finally makes sense!!!
“We have drums, cymbals and a cliff”
(Cliff: Unpaid actor)
The cymbals gained exposure tho
I love that this has just came up on my news feed 12 years on