Just wanna check... You do know that Philomena Cunk is a satirical character asking absurd, satirical questions, don't you? If Prof.BC didn't know about her by the time this was made & wasn't ready for her, that is- mos' def'- on him.
@@sst710 thank fuck, there's nothing more traumatizing than dissapointing someone trying to help you learn and grow, that one gave me deep second hand embarrassment
Imagine if we got a long-running science series featuring these two exact "characters." Like a successor to Sagan and Druyan's Cosmos, but with Cunk as co-host chiming in and questioning everything that Prof Cox is trying to teach on 😭😂 Cosmos could have done with a few my mate Paul anecdotes 🤷♀
@@rahilario You've reminded me of the Cosmos time travel episode where a boy travels close to the speed of light riding his bicycle in the Italian countryside and confronts his now older younger brother (or something along those lines, it's been 40 years).
Nah even better is the unkind one: "This could explode at any minute, couldn't it?" "No.". He doesn't actually say 'I know you're here to ask me stupid questions so please just do it quickly so I can go home", but you can hear it loud and clear 😂
he's been in countless spoofs (including one where prof Steven Hawking runs over him in his wheelchair), of course he knows what's up i bet with the manic grin he's trying to hold back after the Large Hadron Colander that took a few retakes lol
well she is getting a bit repetitive.. she already did that with how many three wise men are there? and or how many ten commandments are there. But maybe they try to use it as a running gag
@@nil0bject I think that by this point everyone knows who she is and was asked explicitly to try to keep the straight face for the longest time possible. he definitely is on the joke
"Nothing worse than being sucked through a hole". Gold. You've got to admire Brian Cox's patience. Don't know whether he knows it's a joke or it's serious
@@mdmn-ARCAActually, they are not instructed to talk to her as if she is a child. They are just told that the questions will be bizarre. Diane Morgan explained the process in an interview.
@mdmn-ARCA you're thinking of Sasha Baron Cohen. When he did Borat and the like, that's what everyone was told. A lot of her early stuff had people cautious, but now they FOR SURE know what they're getting into.
All her stuff is set up and her questions writen by a writing team, but she’s a brilliant actor and Cox is brilliant for keeping a straight face. It would be fun to see the outakes of her interviewees losing it.
There's nothing he CAN do, or anyone else for that matter. All we can hope for is that we have developed enough to escape this "third rock from the sun" and be able to settle somewhere else. This is what mathematics and science will do for us, IF we have enough time and enough genius thought process to make it happen. Otherwise, we are fucked, no matter what occurs
He does almost infinitely better than most people she's interviewing. He's good at going along with stupid questions and still managing to turn them into something interesting.
I did like the guy in the "on America" programme who, without pausing or blinking, went straight into arguing that bears have arms, rather than try to explain what the right to bear arms meant
I love how it is stated "Philomena VERSUS Brian Cox". Of course, what is wonderful about her is that, with brilliant humour, she demonstrates the collision of science and knowledge with so many incurious people possessing a combination of self-confidence and blithe bewildering and perhaps invincible ignorance. .
Not sure which I like best: "Me mate Paul" or "aunt Carol" (Carole?) who detects "chakras". (I've known, and know, real "Pauls" and "Carols", but am not as patient as Brian Cox.)
Now picture this... These prominent & influential figures of our time get a call from the BBC asking for an interview.. Then get this.. I FREAKING LOVE THIS WOMAN...
I wonder if he was actually really impressed with the comment "I think there's two: ours, and the one in mirrors." It's actually a fairly profound thing to say if you follow it out and really think about it.
The Large Hadron Colander :') Quantum McPhysics.. Those _must_ have struck a nerve (two 'strokes' of genius - Really aiming for that involuntary eye twitch)
Brian Cox's decision to not pretend to be fooled by a fake interviewer but instead agree to be interviewed by a comedian and absolutely refuse to enjoy it gave us some of the best British TV in years 😂
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I feel like it takes a genius to ask the wrong questions with such precision.
"There is no such thing as a stupid question" Cunk: challenge accepted
So good
It absolutely does. Why else would Prof. Cox do this? Pure respect.
@@I-0-0-Ibecause they paid him a bunch of money 🤣
Yeah, very well written. I lol’d at the phrase “quantum bacon”.
There is no instrument on Earth that can measure the patience Brian Cox has for silly questions.
I love how in the 2024 interviews, he's more upfront with his answers. He'll just say "no" and "that's incorrect" now lol
@@whatthewindblewin’are you wasting my time’ ‘…yes’
The Patienciometer, or, from these clips, a Nohmeter?
@@Oligodendrocyte139 Got to have “quantum“ somewhere in there
Just wanna check... You do know that Philomena Cunk is a satirical character asking absurd, satirical questions, don't you? If Prof.BC didn't know about her by the time this was made & wasn't ready for her, that is- mos' def'- on him.
One place to discuss about chakras and ghosts is definitely in the Large Hadron Colander
Better than in the large hadron colon
😂😂😂
If you know you know
too many holes for ideas to fall through.
@@sosukelele Don't give up your day job. That was painful.
Cunk: Am I wasting your time?
Prof Cox: Yeah
a bit sad actually...
@@alecule He's in on the joke.
@@sst710 Exactly, he wouldn't come back for a 2nd if he didn't like it.
@@sst710 thank fuck, there's nothing more traumatizing than dissapointing someone trying to help you learn and grow, that one gave me deep second hand embarrassment
@@midgetwars1he’s been on her other shows Mandy too
One of the greatest comedy duos of all time. And space.
Imagine if we got a long-running science series featuring these two exact "characters."
Like a successor to Sagan and Druyan's Cosmos, but with Cunk as co-host chiming in and questioning everything that Prof Cox is trying to teach on 😭😂
Cosmos could have done with a few my mate Paul anecdotes 🤷♀
@@rahilario You've reminded me of the Cosmos time travel episode where a boy travels close to the speed of light riding his bicycle in the Italian countryside and confronts his now older younger brother (or something along those lines, it's been 40 years).
His proficiency at saying "No" had me in stitches 😂
Are we there yet?
No.
What about now?
No.
The "no" after the "Mirrors are windows into other universes aren't they?" is said with such kindness and an eager weariness that makes it hilarious.
Nah even better is the unkind one:
"This could explode at any minute, couldn't it?"
"No.".
He doesn't actually say 'I know you're here to ask me stupid questions so please just do it quickly so I can go home", but you can hear it loud and clear 😂
5:09 The most intelligent comeback. "What does Paul do?". Then just nod after Philomena explains about Paul
Can you imagine what it would feel like to have Brian Cox give you a comeback?
@alexplorer I would have asked, if I'm wasting his time.
There are so many Pauls out there 😂
Philomena finally conceded and admitted that she does worry about her mate Paul
I really liked the comeback, having heard about Paul in many other cases without any comebacks. The nod felt anticlimactic though. :\
kudos to Brian Cox for agreeing to see her again after he realised what her first interview was about
he obviously finds it funny and is joining in on the skit
he's been in countless spoofs (including one where prof Steven Hawking runs over him in his wheelchair), of course he knows what's up
i bet with the manic grin he's trying to hold back after the Large Hadron Colander that took a few retakes lol
it's called COMEDY.
@@jd_99 Telly magic? Cox, ever present in comedic circles. Do you think the other experts were/are "in on it"?
Diane Morgan has done interviews and revealed the experts know it's all a bit of a laff beforehand, they don't have a realization
"What does Paul do?" is the ultimate shade.
I watched this last night. Prof. Cox held his own better than anyone Philomena has ever interviewed.
Maybe second only to Ronald Hutton 😂
What about Prof. Ashley Jackson?
They had great chemistry.
@@VSValeant YESSSS
...No...😂
although I like him he was to dense and cocky and upset, he knows she's a character, he should lean more on her game, imho
“Quantum McPhysics” made me laugh
It comes with a side of McAtoms and washed down with an ice cold McPhoton
And quabtim McAnics.
It elicited a truly audible LOL.
The outtakes would be worth seeing.
Ah you didn't include the best one: "May I call you Brian, or do you prefer Cox?"
No waaaay! :'DDDD
It's the new one right
Was looking for same
She didn't say that
@FrankMulder-xc4hm It's in the trailer.
"I'm I wasting your time?" "Yeah." 🤣🤣
That was the absolute best way to end this video.
"Quantum Bacon" .... I nearly shit myself!
You shouldn't eat too much of it, it might be spicy!!!
quantum shitting. actually you did ..
She has a point though, it would be more exciting
She got me with quantum mcphysics
Using the bacon example for the speed of smell being faster than the speed of light is one of my most favorite jokes ever. 🥰
'How many infinite multiverses are there?' is cheeky
Do you know?
well she is getting a bit repetitive.. she already did that with how many three wise men are there? and or how many ten commandments are there.
But maybe they try to use it as a running gag
Brian must have had an absolute blast filming this. Love them both.
Her exasperated "oh" when Cox says that an electron cannot tell when an earthquake is going to go off had me dying. 2:43
I just died hearing that part 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes! Kudos to the director and editor for cutting away a split second after she says it. It makes it funnier that we almost miss her saying it.
A lot of "no" from the professor here, then such a final "yeah".
"How many infinite multiverses are out there."
.
The confidence in asking a question that has answer in it 🤣
It's the same when she was asking "how many three wise men were there?"
The answer is not infinite. There is a limit to everything, it is just immeasurable.
The level of genius to even come up with such unexpected questions...
Cillian Murphy was such a cool sport for giving so many enlightning interviews to Philomena
😂 That's not even right!
Is this really him??
@@abduljah9355 In a fat suit but yeah.
It's not even the real Cillian Murphy! He's played by famous actor Brian Cox! 😂
3:46
A whole lot of "No" from the professor just made my day 🤣 he's just so damn cool
I'm calling it the Large Hadron Colander from now on.
Quantum mcphysics 😂
Large hardon collider according to Dawkins 😂
Quantum theoreonics
“I’m trying to help you out here, trying to make it interesting “
yeah this. he didn't understand that she was trying to popularise science and make scientists look cool. he's not very fast
@@nil0bject I think that by this point everyone knows who she is and was asked explicitly to try to keep the straight face for the longest time possible. he definitely is on the joke
@@nickgotvyak5890 the first time he was interviewed he didn't know and was upset by it because he did it for the money
@@nil0bject source?
I love her big, blank eyes.
Her eyes reminds me of Amanda seyfried
Makes her look like an alien trying to figure out humans
"Nothing worse than being sucked through a hole". Gold. You've got to admire Brian Cox's patience. Don't know whether he knows it's a joke or it's serious
I feel sure he's in on the joke. He's so good at keeping a straight face. I'd love to know how many times they had to shoot each scene.
she's a (more than) fairly known actress/comedian in the UK, so yeah, they know the format, more or less.
All the interviewees are in on the joke. They're instructed to talk to her like a child.
@@mdmn-ARCAActually, they are not instructed to talk to her as if she is a child. They are just told that the questions will be bizarre. Diane Morgan explained the process in an interview.
@mdmn-ARCA you're thinking of Sasha Baron Cohen. When he did Borat and the like, that's what everyone was told. A lot of her early stuff had people cautious, but now they FOR SURE know what they're getting into.
Two great minds...collide.
No, it's spelled "colande".
I'm sure Dr. Cox felt quite drained by the end of the interview.
Being in close proximity to the Large Hadron Colander can have that effect.
Well its obvious BC knew about her. Its still amazing how well he played the part though.
All her victims are well aware she is acting an idiot. Fortunately they're not given her questions so their reactions are real.
@granthurlburt4062 Consisering BC was interviewed once in 2016 and again just recently with her would suggest he was more aware of her antics.
@Nick-mq9vz She was a guest on the infinite monkey cage. Of course he knows about her
All her stuff is set up and her questions writen by a writing team, but she’s a brilliant actor and Cox is brilliant for keeping a straight face. It would be fun to see the outakes of her interviewees losing it.
@@FarFlungHeel Her questions remind me alot of Ali G but with Ali G I believe the reactions were more authentic.
So the Earth will blow up and Brian Cox is just doing nothing about it? Right I see
There's nothing he CAN do, or anyone else for that matter.
All we can hope for is that we have developed enough to escape this "third rock from the sun" and be able to settle somewhere else.
This is what mathematics and science will do for us, IF we have enough time and enough genius thought process to make it happen.
Otherwise, we are fucked, no matter what occurs
@ yeh it was a joke
@@ChrisJensen-se9rj He could stop smiling, at least.
“My mate Paul….”
Oh no…
😂😂😂pump up the jam
5:26 LEGEND 😂😂
even he ran out of patience at some time 😅
Hats off to Brian for containing himself. He’s definitely got a great sense of humour which does come across in his work
you've obviously never seen with Joe Rogan.
One of the premier videos on RUclips. I love these two people.
That's a hilarious "yeah" at the end! Superb.
How many multiverses are there??? 😂😂😂Priceless Philomena
How many three wise men were there?
@@derlangsame7813Who knows?
Am i wasting your time? Yeah. 🤣🤣🤣
and vice versa, happy new year darlings
The only yeah throughout the interview
Great ending
He does almost infinitely better than most people she's interviewing. He's good at going along with stupid questions and still managing to turn them into something interesting.
I did like the guy in the "on America" programme who, without pausing or blinking, went straight into arguing that bears have arms, rather than try to explain what the right to bear arms meant
4:52 Did she just get him to admit visiting a glory hole?😂
nono, he just said he could IMAGINE going to a glory hole
"Yeah."
great ad lib by Philomena with the answer to "what does Paul do?" There is no way her explanation of his job description was scripted
Cunk's conversations aren't scripted. She improvises everything.
These two should run a series for a little while.
My new year's resolution is to become more patient. Like Brian in those interviews 😅
When she starts the sentence with "My mate Paul says...", it is always followed by some profound wisdom.
I did not believe that the British contest for understatement of the year was still ongoing.
I absolutely adore the way he says: "NO"! Aahahaha
She BETTER have been nice to Cox. Listening to this man speak is so calming.
Right, better than Xanax.
Thank you Philo...
Nothing better than a smart laugh.
Happy New Year
this is humor singularity made manifest
"This could explode any minute, couldn't it?"
"No."
I love how it is stated "Philomena VERSUS Brian Cox". Of course, what is wonderful about her is that, with brilliant humour, she demonstrates the collision of science and knowledge with so many incurious people possessing a combination of self-confidence and blithe bewildering and perhaps invincible ignorance. .
You know it's going to be good one when it start off with "Me mate Paul said... " Haha😂
Not sure which I like best: "Me mate Paul" or "aunt Carol" (Carole?) who detects "chakras". (I've known, and know, real "Pauls" and "Carols", but am not as patient as Brian Cox.)
"Well, according to quantum physics, mirrors shouldn't work, they're a miracle!"
"That's...not correct."
😂😂😂
Brian Cox is my favourite spaceguy
It is my dream to someday visit the Large Hadron Colander.
I like how perfect the use of "vs" in each of her interviews
She's brilliant, she should have her own comedy show😊
One could watch this video an infinite number of times and never be wasting anyone's time.
There is no way he is keeping his composure like this, unless he already knows the questions.
Absolutely love the way Brian Cox answers “No” to stupid questions.
The lighting on Cox's face is exactly right for emphasising his weary, glazed expression whenever Cunk speaks.
The outtakes must be fantastic!! 🤣
What a great 'straight man ', he has timing
"He works in a tennis ball factory" 😊😅😊
I love Cunk. Not something you can normally say out of context.
Nothing flusters Cox like Cunk. A story as old as time.
"Can it?"
"No"
"Oh..."
I don't know why this particular exchange out of all of these cracks me up the most
Love how you see Cox just slowly breaking down more and more.
Great to see two geniuses interact 😊
Priceless. She's brilliant. I'll bet the outtakes are a riot! You know he couldn't keep a straight face through all of that shyte. Lol!
She really asks the questions that (don’t) need to be answered - brilliant!
Now picture this... These prominent & influential figures of our time get a call from the BBC asking for an interview.. Then get this.. I FREAKING LOVE THIS WOMAN...
I love how straight the prof plays this, almost exasperated
5:21 THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD
Her aunt Carol, and her mate Paul, were a big influence on her
Am I the only one who had to laugh when he just replied: " *No* "
I wonder if he was actually really impressed with the comment "I think there's two: ours, and the one in mirrors." It's actually a fairly profound thing to say if you follow it out and really think about it.
Food jokes abound!
Large Hadron Cullender
Quantum McPhysics
“What does Paul do?” 😂😂😂😂 brilliant and brutal
it’s insane he agreed to do this twice
Diane Morgan is easily one of the best comics around!
❤
So many good ones here! Quantum McPhysics, Quantum Theorionics, lol. She definitely succeeded in making it more interesting. :)
The Large Hadron Colander :')
Quantum McPhysics..
Those _must_ have struck a nerve
(two 'strokes' of genius - Really aiming for that involuntary eye twitch)
Nothing is faster than the Speed of Bacon.
He figured he try it again 8 years later I guess.
I get a sense that he has finally figured her out!!! Last time it didn't go so well for him 😂😂
Brian made this go better. 'Sucked off through a hole' priceless
the t-shirt "existence, does it matter?" goes hard, great pun
Should I call you Brian, or do you prefer Cox?
The “miracle” part made my bloody day 😂
I was waiting for this edit. Thank you ❤
That one "yeah" we can all agree on. 😂
I love how he nods every time he says no
Listening to her questions is a form of medieval torture
I have never felt so sorry for Brian, and so proud of Philomena.
It seems Brian's "glory" days are behind him as Philomena had unanswered questions queuing up and left unanswered .... 😆 🤣 😂
"Quantum bacon" - elevating dopey madness to a new level of genius!
Brian Cox's decision to not pretend to be fooled by a fake interviewer but instead agree to be interviewed by a comedian and absolutely refuse to enjoy it gave us some of the best British TV in years 😂
Brian Cox was about 40 when the video started and about 65 when it ended
Whoever came up with Quantum McPhysics should receive a comedy prize.
Was Brian Cox 25 or 45 years old when this was recorded? We will never know.