Pick An Arbitrary Length Of Time - Mock The Week

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  • Опубликовано: 14 май 2019
  • 56 years is the answer, but what is the question?
    #MockTheWeek #HughDennis #IfThisIsTheAnswerWhatIsTheQuestion
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  • @raffitz
    @raffitz 4 года назад +451

    Turns out it isn't the gap between Tokyo Olympics.

    • @darkimpulse2829
      @darkimpulse2829 3 года назад +35

      Is it the gap between the 2020 Olympics and when it will be actually held?

    • @gavinminion8515
      @gavinminion8515 3 года назад +2

      Was just thinking that myself.

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 3 года назад +1

      57 years, as it turns out.

  • @sergarlantyrell7847
    @sergarlantyrell7847 4 года назад +111

    That Brian Cox impression was good, but the Eddie Izzard one was spot on!

    • @SM-ov5rf
      @SM-ov5rf 3 года назад +1

      Phill Jupitus also does an excellent Eddie Izzard impression

    • @nikolait5
      @nikolait5 3 года назад +1

      @@SM-ov5rf Toast, Darth Vader?

  • @mow184
    @mow184 5 лет назад +453

    Is it, “How long will it be until comedy uploaders learn not to stick punchlines in video titles?”

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 4 года назад +5

      The punchline is "56 years"

    • @philipwilliams5808
      @philipwilliams5808 4 года назад +10

      @@alansmithee419 No it isn't the punchline is the part of the joke that makes you laugh. I don't find "56 years" funny...

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 4 года назад +5

      @@philipwilliams5808 punchline - the final phrase or sentence of a joke or story, providing the humour or some other crucial element... Is the evidence I was going to use to disprove you.
      But actually on second thought, "pick an arbitrary length of time" did technically come second didn't it? Even though canonically to the joke it came first. I guess I was wrong then.

    • @philipwilliams5808
      @philipwilliams5808 4 года назад +4

      @@alansmithee419 Yes and I was being a pedantic prat..

  • @lomax343
    @lomax343 3 года назад +15

    How long will it be before it's safe for Hugh to say Showaddywaddy again?

  • @michaelscott6022
    @michaelscott6022 5 лет назад +224

    Is it, "What's the average length of time Dara has to wait for them to stop mucking about and give him the correct answer?"

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 3 года назад +2

      The points don't matter :P

    • @AlanHope2013
      @AlanHope2013 3 года назад +2

      ​ It's not a quiz show. Check out the first word of the title.

  • @rmtab6511
    @rmtab6511 5 лет назад +155

    Holy hell that Eddie Izzard impression was good. Nobody there seemed to notice.

    • @tollyt7465
      @tollyt7465 5 лет назад +16

      Phil Jupitus does a far better Eddie Izzard impression than McGowan..

    • @danwic
      @danwic 5 лет назад +19

      His Dr. Brian Cox was good as well

    • @brucemckay6615
      @brucemckay6615 5 лет назад +6

      McGowan is a pretty good mimic...

    • @franklinnartz1381
      @franklinnartz1381 5 лет назад +35

      That guy only does impressions, gets old really fast.

    • @saoirsedeltufo7436
      @saoirsedeltufo7436 5 лет назад +18

      His impressions are very impressive but there’s not enough humour behind them

  • @LednacekZ
    @LednacekZ 3 года назад +36

    Andy: Is it the gap between Tokyo Olympics?
    Dara: It is absolutely.....
    Covid: Hold my beer

  • @heatraizer666
    @heatraizer666 4 года назад +37

    Can't believe no one said "How long until the DFS sale ends?"

    • @Bombom1300
      @Bombom1300 3 года назад +1

      You think the DFS sale will eventually end?

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 Год назад

      @@Bombom1300 Yeah, when it closes 54 years from now.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 5 лет назад +177

    Is it, "How long until Brexit finally be settled"?

    • @James92453
      @James92453 5 лет назад +34

      I love your optimism.

    • @MercenaryPen
      @MercenaryPen 5 лет назад +7

      I think its closer to "how long before Theresa May's corpse settles on a definition of Brexit other than Brexit means Brexit"

    • @a.demifemiflapo5795
      @a.demifemiflapo5795 3 года назад +1

      Time flies. Those 56 years felt like 12 months

  • @shoredude2
    @shoredude2 4 года назад +7

    I guess we need to change that to 57 years now.

  • @commandert5
    @commandert5 4 года назад +6

    Ahhh, back when we thought the next Tokyo Olympics would be in 2020

  • @stereoroid
    @stereoroid 4 года назад +36

    (ahem) make that *57* years , thank you COVID-19

    • @pjay3028
      @pjay3028 3 года назад +1

      Oooh, that's a nasty cough you've got there, been for a test?

    • @stereoroid
      @stereoroid 3 года назад +5

      @@pjay3028 58 years, I got 58 years, any advance on 58 years?

    • @pjay3028
      @pjay3028 3 года назад +1

      @@stereoroid I heard they're hoping to replace the elite athletes track and field events with a world beating track and trace, but they've got to wait for Boris to pull his finger out and get it finished.

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess 2 месяца назад

    LOL only just watched both the '9%, what portion of history has Bruce Forsyth been alive' and the 'he's old, in'he" clips!

  • @benfarmer-webb1016
    @benfarmer-webb1016 5 лет назад +41

    Is it how long does it take an ant to walk across Dara's head

  • @DannymotoEvering
    @DannymotoEvering 3 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant impression!!

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 4 года назад +14

    Mmm, who’s watching this in isolation in 2020?
    Methinks it’s 57 years now... as long as the pandemic clears up before next year.

  • @SidneyBroadshead
    @SidneyBroadshead 3 года назад +1

    *Mock the Week* (Season 12, Episode 8; 12 September 2013)
    ruclips.net/video/bk4U3ZVn8Vc/видео.html
    Presenter: Dara O'Briain
    Team 1: Andy Parsons (team captain 1), Hal Cruttenden, Miles Jupp
    Team 2: Alistair McGowan, Hugh Dennis (team captain 2), Gary Delaney

  • @TheBloodsuger150
    @TheBloodsuger150 3 года назад +8

    Is it “what is the gap between the end of the Second World War and the beginning of the War on Terror?”?

  • @WardyLion
    @WardyLion 4 года назад +12

    Is it the amount of time we will soon be spending watching adverts on RUclips either side of a 2 minute video?

  • @VirtuellJo
    @VirtuellJo 4 года назад +2

    That gap is now 57 years...

  • @Sergeantmajormario
    @Sergeantmajormario 5 лет назад +24

    Is it, "how long until Nintendo finally fixes the Joycon drift issue?"

  • @alfman0073
    @alfman0073 4 года назад +2

    Its 57 years now

  • @x_8643
    @x_8643 4 года назад +32

    That guy on the right always bides his time to deliver the best jokes...... And then bbc spoiled it in the title

    • @NewsThiefHat
      @NewsThiefHat 4 года назад +13

      Miles jupp is his name.

    • @shoredude2
      @shoredude2 3 года назад +2

      And I don't think the BBC runs this channel.

  • @flyawaytodie
    @flyawaytodie 3 года назад

    "At the time of the Big Bang, how long had Bruce Forsyth already been alive"
    Ah, so *THAT'S* what caused the Big Bang!

  • @johnmorgan1629
    @johnmorgan1629 3 года назад +1

    "Is it the gap between the Tokyo Olympics?"
    It was at the time of filming, not so much anymore.

  • @TakerKaneanite619
    @TakerKaneanite619 3 года назад +2

    Turns out, the answer ended up being 57.

  • @7MatthewJames
    @7MatthewJames 3 года назад

    Is it the length of time it will take me to walk a lap at Ascot

  • @shmookins
    @shmookins 2 года назад +1

    How long ago does 2019 feel?

  • @LORDUnLuCkY13
    @LORDUnLuCkY13 4 года назад +11

    They always pick sport.

  • @chrisgarton4225
    @chrisgarton4225 5 лет назад +2

    Is it what age will tom brady be when he gets the patriots to Super Bowl 68 without retiring?

  • @samhobbs6517
    @samhobbs6517 8 месяцев назад

    Is it the average length of time for a Windows Update to finish?

  • @MasterMoyle
    @MasterMoyle 3 года назад

    The longest ongoing game in Robot Wars.

  • @oceannspiritt659
    @oceannspiritt659 2 года назад +1

    well theyre wrong. the gap between tokyo olympics this time round was 57 years

  • @gferrol118
    @gferrol118 4 года назад

    How long do sales on sofas last

  • @MrLarry
    @MrLarry 3 года назад

    How much longer than every other country will the US be in quarantine?

  • @Elmo9001
    @Elmo9001 4 года назад +2

    Is it "What does Wayne Rooney call 'too young'?"

  • @edslushie570
    @edslushie570 4 года назад +4

    Is it, how soon will “The Winds of Winter” ACTUALLY come out?

    • @stephanmarcus448
      @stephanmarcus448 4 года назад

      Seventeen new characters! Forty two new plotlines! Fity five random deaths! Spread over two thousand pages and one million words!
      It's trying to keep the Kindle version to less than a terrabyte that's taking so long...

  • @8964TS
    @8964TS 4 года назад +2

    Just got recommended this ... presumably because the answer is now wrong? 57 years.

  • @lewistrundell
    @lewistrundell 3 года назад

    Hmmm about that

  • @chasgalaxy6721
    @chasgalaxy6721 4 года назад +1

    Is it when is the DFS sale ACTUALLY gonna end?

  • @davidoreilly7328
    @davidoreilly7328 3 года назад

    How long is too long leave someone on read?

  • @samprizeman4509
    @samprizeman4509 2 года назад

    It’s the gap between laughs at alistair campbells “jokes”

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 4 года назад +6

    56 years. "Is it when somebody says they're 13 years old online, how old are they actually?" Find that out the hard way, did we Andy?

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 3 года назад

    Or is it?

  • @philipbyrnes7501
    @philipbyrnes7501 4 года назад

    And counting

  • @Bloops
    @Bloops 4 года назад

    Is it "How long I can keep a poo in for"?

  • @PerovNigma
    @PerovNigma 5 лет назад +40

    Is it “How long will it take America to recover from Trump’s actions?”

    • @Karma-qt4ji
      @Karma-qt4ji 5 лет назад +22

      Is it "How long will the rest of the world laugh at America for electing him in the first place?"

    • @bookbeard9792
      @bookbeard9792 5 лет назад +17

      @@Karma-qt4ji Speaking as an American, I'm just thrilled to hear they might stop laughing within a time-frame I could conceivably live to see...

    • @davebuchan81
      @davebuchan81 5 лет назад +7

      @@bookbeard9792 We don't laugh at George Bush so much nowadays but I'm not sure that information is going to help you.
      I think the longer we laugh at Trump the happier we all will be. If we stop laughing about Trump and Brexit then it means either it's gone beyond a joke and someone has started a war or we have done something even stupider to laugh at...
      The news cycle moves so fast now, people will have almost forgotten Trump in 20 years no matter what he says. That is what he was counting on to get elected in the first place. He does not help the negative American stereotypes but if you stop electing tv and movie stars so much then you would not be the USA would you lol.
      Maybe next time you elect Oprah and she becomes a total tyrant. Maybe it goes really well and she brings the world together. Who knows, it's the land of opportunity, right?

    • @alikanaydemirci8774
      @alikanaydemirci8774 5 лет назад +3

      No i think its "How long will it take for liberals to quit whining like a bunch of newborns"

    • @erazure.
      @erazure. 5 лет назад +7

      K D oh look a triggered American, how unusual...

  • @dumbbuck
    @dumbbuck 4 года назад +1

    I think they mean 57 years now ...

  • @paulkernick7001
    @paulkernick7001 3 года назад

    1:50

  • @JSmellerM
    @JSmellerM 3 года назад

    What also would've worked how long would England not have won the world cup by the next world cup tournament.

  • @Trackrace29582
    @Trackrace29582 3 года назад

    Tottenham’s next trophy

  • @MasterMoyle
    @MasterMoyle 3 года назад +4

    What age will Dara finally begin to grow hair.

    • @The3Storms
      @The3Storms Год назад

      From now on I will think of his pate as a niche sort of century plant.

  • @geoffroi-le-Hook
    @geoffroi-le-Hook Год назад

    is it how long since England last won the World Cup ?

  • @idontremembermylogin
    @idontremembermylogin 4 года назад +2

    *57

  • @a.demifemiflapo5795
    @a.demifemiflapo5795 3 года назад

    Is it how long until Cyberpunk 2077 is bug free?

  • @philipbyrnes7501
    @philipbyrnes7501 4 года назад +1

    Nup, Wrong again, 57 years now

  • @DrewGJackson
    @DrewGJackson 3 года назад +3

    Is it how long it will take question setters on satirical new quizzers to realise that it's a good idea to have disclaimers on questions like this? "Well, there will be 56 years between successive Tokyo Olympics providing nothing prevents the next one from happening when it's planned."

  • @kylestubbs8867
    @kylestubbs8867 3 года назад

    How old with Frankie Boyle be when people stop demanding that _Mock the Week_ bring him back?

  • @codyhannahmary83
    @codyhannahmary83 4 года назад +1

    How long before Briscoes as another 'big sale!!! '

    • @davemaginness
      @davemaginness 3 года назад

      a truely kiwi thing lol. and no that would be 56 minutes

  • @matthewjulius5401
    @matthewjulius5401 3 года назад

    Hahahahahahaha! That answer is now wrong.

  • @samuelsnowden8831
    @samuelsnowden8831 3 года назад

    HA! WRONG

  • @robertofontiglia4148
    @robertofontiglia4148 3 года назад +2

    It's a shit glitter ball if it only has 8 mirrors. It's litterally just a glitter octahedron...

  • @sebastianbaynes9452
    @sebastianbaynes9452 4 года назад

    Achingly middle class episode of Mock the Week this one

  • @karsteinvolle
    @karsteinvolle 3 года назад

    The gap between Andy Parsons funny jokes.

  • @Sergeantmajormario
    @Sergeantmajormario 3 года назад

    I have nothing against the impressionist, but his problem is that's his only shtick.
    I mean don't get me wrong, his impressions are spot on, but the jokes he says just aren't that funny, and it seems that he does impressions to distract you from the joke. I remember the SWLTS of this episode was him doing a Dara O'Brien impression and flailing his arms

  • @Cryscorde
    @Cryscorde 3 года назад

    Here’s mine:
    “How old was Queen Elizabeth when it was 9644724677532367889642 years before the Big Bang?”

  • @MasterMoyle
    @MasterMoyle 3 года назад

    What is the longest recorded period where a single woman was left tied up and gagged in a hogtie.