Hello, Watson here. No more people who - when you think of them - are actually in No More Jockeys. I'm commenting from my production company's address but it definitely is me. I don't often look at the comments, so it's only recently come to my attention that certain NMJ fans have made accusations like this. I've looked back at some of the videos and there's no doubt I do dick about with that multi-coloured pen and I keep the phone close at hand for challenges, and when you put it all together it does actually look worse than I would have thought. Let me be clear about this. There is much to be ashamed of in my Set 1 performance. I was once so pissed that I forgot my own second category before the third round. I let some golden opportunities slip away. Sometimes I was unable to think of anybody who has ever lived except Moses. Also, I have on occasion scrawled down an idea of a name I could say next (which is a moral grey area). What I have not done, and will not do, is written down categories. The idea of doing anything that might be classed as cheating would be an insult to my colleagues Tim and Alex, to the wider community of fans, to the entire population of the United Kingdom, and to God if applicable. Tonight we record Game 7 of the second set. In Games 5 and 6 my conduct will not, I think, be questioned, for reasons that will become clear. Until then, I'm not sure if I'll be questioned again, but from now on I'm going to be at pains to remove any question marks. No more pen. Phone out of the equation. Less jerking about and glancing around, even though tics are unfortunately very much in my nature. I'm a guy that gets up, puts his trousers on, goes to work, does the best he can. And that's the Watson I want you all to see. (I don't know if there's a way this can be 'pinned' somewhere but I'd like the statement to be disseminated as far and wide as possible.)
I don't think I'd be overstepping my mark if I speak for the community, the population of the United Kingdom and for God by saying that we'll be watching very carefully. Over.
Thanks for commenting! Although it's a block of text right now, if you can break it into paragraphs I think more people will read it. I don't know if it will satisfy the people who've accused you of cheating, but I'll be sure to direct them to this comment in the future. Good luck on doing without your distractions. I know I couldn't do that, but I hope it works for you. Have a good game!
@@cazradvan9930 I personally won't be watching carefully at all. I will probably, as usual, listen to the video while playing a game on my phone and another one on my computer.
I always put the behavior down to natural fidgetiness. If I have a "complaint" about Watson-ness is that now I use the word "fiddly " a lot in my inner monologs.
So happy they put "people, who, when you think about them, arm so good at cooking, that their actual job is cooking" at 29:26 in the credits. I appreciate
You know, I have been asked how I am many times in my life. And being an honest man, I typically answer honestly, with how I am. But, truth be told, hand on heart, I have never answered question of how I am with "Nigella Lawson". That's an emotional state I think I have never had before.
I tend to mostly listen to these rather than watch due to multiple viewings, and I've reached a point where I've stopped being surprised when I look back at the screen and Watto is in a state of undress.
Just to let the powers that be know, I would, when I think think about it, literally throw money at some official NMJ merch at this point. Rapidly becoming my favourite thing on the Internet.
@@thomasthomasson2319 Yeah Key would have had a field day with it if he were challenged. Watto tends to lie down and die. It would come down to if he could pronounce it, which he wouldn't.
I wonder, after Key got out, could Watto have then played Wodehouse, seeing as they now all know his first name? Not often that a successfully challenged name immediately becomes playable, due to the challenge itself. And when you think about it, a reasonable interpretation of Horne’s category might be that “we,” collectively, don’t know their first name.
I feel like I’ve stumbled upon a hidden treasure when I first found this series. How happy to have been able to every episode as it’s uploaded. Love it.
3 Australian fans here in locked down Victoria. (Me + my 2 adult sons) This brilliant game has helped us while we await the production of new series of British comedies post-Covid, especially the new Taskmaster. Thanks so much Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne. xo
While thankfully, the point ended up being moot, Mark's dispute regarding Room 101 is an interesting one, as it arguably *became* a panel show. My personal view is that if Harry Enfield was on Room 101 when it was hosted by Frank Skinner, that's a panel show appearance. If he was on prior to that time, that's a chat show.
I don't know about next game, but I agree he's getting better! At this point he'd win against me for sure, but against Horne and Watson? Not so certain.
He's getting better at the game, but also closer to a breakdown. Every pianist in the land and every poker player worth their salt knows not to play angry. Key's tilted. His odds of winning and his odds of going out in the third round are just about equal.
They always take such comedian level swigs of their drinks. I think you can probably rate comedians based on average swig size. These guys are masters of their craft.
This is the highlight of my week and also my favourite thing to recommend to people. When you think of it, these are the 3 most watchable people on the internets...OVER.
I had Peregrin in my mind and when Watson said it, I thought that maybe we both just actually knew the answer. But no - we just went for the same absurd English aristocracy sounding name.
I didn't even know it was a name. They were taking long enough guessing that I looked it up first and thought that was just a part of his longer last name that didn't make it into his pen name, until I realised no (other) first name was mentioned.
I am so pleased these guys resurrected this game - I always thought the format was so good. The original videos from 12(?) years ago are worth watching if you can find them.
Game 13 Recap Key - Nigella Lawson (No More Professional Cooks) Watto - Anneka Rice (No More Premier League (2019-20) Players as Surnames) Horne - Cuthbert/The Edge (No More Forenames Unknown by Players) Key - Barack Obama (No More Left Handers) Watto - Jessica Rabbit (No More Fictional Characters) Horne - Nancy Dell'olio (No More Over The Top Surnames) Key - David Peace (No more Forenames and Surnames of Equal Length) Watto - Amelia Earhart (No more names containing body parts) Horne - Alberto Tomba (No more travelling faster than running speed) Key - PG Wodehouse (No More Dead People) Horne challenges, Key eliminated, category void (Not knowing PG Wodehouses first name) Watto - Clement Atlee (No More Dead People) Horne - Steffi Graf (No More Women) Watto - Rufus Wainwright (No more people in their 40s) Horne - Tom Hanks (No more Single Syllable Forenames + Surnames) Watto - Paul Watson (No more Dual Citizenship) Horne - Ian Hislop (No more with 3+ appearances on panel shows) Watto - Peter Purves (No more Biblical Forenames) Horne - Ed Sheeran (No more Provable Tattoos) Watto - Lewis Capaldi (No more First Initial within surname) Horne - Baz Luhrmann (No more Non Europeans) Watto - Harry Enfield (No more First Initial Later in Alphabet than Second Initial) Horne Challenge, Watto Eliminated, category void (Harry Enfield on 3+ Panel Shows) Horne Wins
It was a good fast, start straight out of the gate. You could see Tim had been practicing and there's no shame in being match ready. It was just unfortunate that he cannot keep the categories straight in his head and makes some bad choices and is generally bad at this game that, when you think about it, he invented.
@@Lastielion I agree, this game and the last it seemed he'd been practising or getting ready. I was frustrated when he got eliminated, because I want him to come back and win again, but he's so far behind at this point.
Room 101 used to be a different format. I know it doesn't matter because there were loads more, but Watto had a point questioning that. I'm thinking Harry Enfield was a guest in the old format, where it was just Merton or that unfunny mockney-guy who used to present it, where they just had a chat with one guest about things to put into Room 101. Only when Frank Skinner revived the show did it become a panel-show format.
@@ashgenius I used to watch the merton shows quite a bit. Had some great guests. Fry, Hislop, Linda Smith, Alexei Sayle to name the ones I can think of straight away.
He has a name full of surnames! I'm always entertained by people having two first names (Les Dennis, Peter Mark), but PG Wodehouse looks like three surnames!
I once saw a book whose author was clearly displayed as "Les Roberts". Background: It was large enough that I thought it was the title. I didn't know that Les is short for Leslie, back then. And I'm French. So to me, it was a book titled "(The) Boobs" I think about it whenever I see the name Les.
Watson, waving a pen around, frequently looking to his left... is he keeping a list of categories? Is he breaking the rules? Is he embezzling money? I'm just asking questions!
Hello, Watson here. No more people who - when you think of them - are actually in No More Jockeys. I'm commenting from my production company's address but it definitely is me. I don't often look at the comments, so it's only recently come to my attention that certain NMJ fans have made accusations like this. I've looked back at some of the videos and there's no doubt I do dick about with that multi-coloured pen and I keep the phone close at hand for challenges, and when you put it all together it does actually look worse than I would have thought. Let me be clear about this. There is much to be ashamed of in my Set 1 performance. I was once so pissed that I forgot my own second category before the third round. I let some golden opportunities slip away. Sometimes I was unable to think of anybody who has ever lived except Moses. Also, I have on occasion scrawled down an idea of a name I could say next (which is a moral grey area). What I have not done, and will not do, is written down categories. The idea of doing anything that might be classed as cheating would be an insult to my colleagues Tim and Alex, to the wider community of fans, to the entire population of the United Kingdom, and to God if applicable. Tonight we record Game 7 of the second set. In Games 5 and 6 my conduct will not, I think, be questioned, for reasons that will become clear. Until then, I'm not sure if I'll be questioned again, but from now on I'm going to be at pains to remove any question marks. No more pen. Phone out of the equation. Less jerking about and glancing around, even though tics are unfortunately very much in my nature. I'm a guy that gets up, puts his trousers on, goes to work, does the best he can. And that's the Watson I want you all to see. (I don't know if there's a way this can be 'pinned' somewhere but I'd like the statement to be disseminated as far and wide as possible.)
@@markwatson4990 lots of respect to Watto for this. I always knew he wasn't cheating but I think I speak for all NMJ fans when I say that I appreciate your transparency and honesty, even in a niche comedy RUclips series of zoom calls. Cheers mark 👍
Well done Alex! I would like to know at what point in the process you look for a music track and edit the show to a length to fit it. I'm enjoying the repertoire and the sensitivity with which the closing titles synched with it :)
This reminds me of a game I used to play with a couple of friends... We'd get together and each bring a stack of trading/sports/playing cards. (Pokémon/Yugioh/Baseball/Basketball/Football/X-Men/Comics/Dinosaurs/whatever you could find/etc) We'd then play "War" and every time we placed a card in the middle, we'd have to argue why our card defeats the other two. Ex: Charizard vs. Magneto vs. Barry Bonds... orrrr T-Rex vs. Michael Jordan vs. Spellbinding Circle... The arguments were epic lol, but we'd always come to a consensus winner because we wanted to get to the next turn. Also, we'd sometimes shuffle all of our cards together so we could argue different cases. I was a weird kid. 😂
I play a game that's only about actors. The first person names an actor and a movie or show they were in. Then the next person name another actor from that same show/movie and something else they've been in. No repeats allowed. If you can't think of anyone, you're eliminated. I am so bad at this game that when I play, the other players do their hardest to name people and movies/shows they know I'm familiar with so that I have a chance to last at least one round. It doesn't help that I'm bad with names. Every now and then the house rule is that I'm allowed to use a phone/computer to google stuff, and nobody else is. I still lose first.
I really love this show, and was delighted to hear PG Wodehouse, my favourite author, get selected. 🤓 But I was disappointed that none of them knew it stood for Pelham Grenville. Extra bit of information: he was known as Plum for most of his life after early mispronunciations of his name.
What's your favourite book by him? I didn't know him and I'd like to give him a try but I don't know where to start. So actually, what do you think is a good book for a first reader?
@@Avistew My favourite two books of his are probably 'Right Ho, Jeeves' and 'The Code of the Woosters'. They both include much of the same characters and storylines and so if read in that order they're a good two to read as an introduction. Wodehouse certainly won't be for everyone's taste in the 21st century. He wrote over 90 books between 1900 and 1975 and most of them are quite similar in tone and humour, so it all depends on whether his gentle and light hearted humour appeals to you. If it does, then most of them are enjoyable. If not, then I can't see any being very appealing. I absolutely love the gentle, silly humour of his books. Especially the 'Jeeves & Wooster' and 'Blandings' series, and have read them plenty of times. Hope you enjoy them too. 🙂
This is as life or death as football and I love to see it treated as such. Though more have exercised the death option with football, it's still fairly serious.
I was furious that they no longer included classical music, and then I played it through a different speaker and realized it just wasn’t being picked up. Still pissed off about Horne’s wall, but you can’t win them all.
I took “no more people who’s first names we don’t know” to mean that no-one knows their name, like Cuthbert. Not that only those three didn’t know their name
If Tim is going to keep leaning towards the camera, he's going to need to learn to frame his shots a bit better. Either that or change his name to "Tim Key's Chin."
Quick question if I may ... How many Americans are watching and enjoy this game? Please sound off if you could/would. I'm just interested to see if I am in an American minority class with my comedic taste. Mainly because I am still pissed off (mad) about Taskmaster being cut after one episode over here ... it makes me curious is all. Thanks
American here, too. I watch little (if any) Amerilcan TV. I've been in love with British comedy for decades and discovered a broader range of panel shows within the past year, though I watched the original Who's Line on Comedy Central in the mid 90's. (Think I stumbled across Taskmaster back in March, but found Would I Lie to You about 5 years ago.)
I'm an American, but I'm also French and I grew up with perfidious Albion's humour everywhere. It's a weird relationship we have with Britain, England especially, where we love everything they make but pretend they're our rivals and that we hate them.
@@slg5135 Sweet! Glad I'm not alone here!! :) And yes, also love the panel shows. I found I really enjoy the UK comedians more than most of what we have thanks to 8 out of 10 Does Countdown and Qi alone. HA!
@@MsKatyDod Love WILTY, but I am aslo a huge David Mitchell fan. Started watching Peep Show and was hooked (found out about Mitchell and Webb afterwards, ha) I was even happy when David and Victoria Cohen got together, and I normally never feel like that towards "celebs" :) Wish Taskmaster was available on other streaming platforms here. Not knocking youtube (thank you for showing it to us my overlord, heehee) but as I like to watch with the wife on the big screen, the commercials can be quite jarring. Although I have to admit they have done better at giving us warnings now. Thanks RUclips! :)
I think he's doing better. I also think he got flustered when he made a couple silly mistakes and became too intense. I feel like he's the kind of person who performs way better when he's relaxed.
I'm sore about the PG Wodehouse challenge. My interpretation of the spirit of Horne's category "No More People Who We Don't Know The First Name Of" implied that it wasn't possible to find out the person's first name - that it's not been released to the public, ever. Cuthbert hasn't been given a first name, he's only ever referred to by his surname. Therefore, PG Wodehouse is allowable because he *has* a first name that is in the public domain, and it's irrelevant whether or not Key was able to recall it on the spot.
The body part category could use some clarification. Would Alex Horne have been allowed? A horn is arguably a body part. And then we need to address the spelling.
I feel like that PG Woodhouse elimination was pretty harsh. I thought it was where "We" don't know their 1st name as in there isn't even a hint to their 1st name. I'd definitely argue that initials count as the person having a 1st name. It's not "The Edge" or "Wolf".
I agree with you and interpreted the category in a similar manner. But then I think he deserved elimination for a poor argument. Letting himself getting backed into a guessing game is the sort of tactic that will lead to a real dressing down at half time. Shocking stuff.
Poor defence from Key though. He should have argued that Horne’s category implied “People whose first names are not known”. Obviously Wodehouse doesn’t fit that distinction. But Key sealed his own fate with his terrible argument.
@@SewnShutEyes Oh yeah but at this point I expect Tim to argue, in English, that he doesn't speak any English, if that prevents him from getting eliminated :P
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Hello, Watson here. No more people who - when you think of them - are actually in No More Jockeys. I'm commenting from my production company's address but it definitely is me. I don't often look at the comments, so it's only recently come to my attention that certain NMJ fans have made accusations like this. I've looked back at some of the videos and there's no doubt I do dick about with that multi-coloured pen and I keep the phone close at hand for challenges, and when you put it all together it does actually look worse than I would have thought. Let me be clear about this. There is much to be ashamed of in my Set 1 performance. I was once so pissed that I forgot my own second category before the third round. I let some golden opportunities slip away. Sometimes I was unable to think of anybody who has ever lived except Moses. Also, I have on occasion scrawled down an idea of a name I could say next (which is a moral grey area). What I have not done, and will not do, is written down categories. The idea of doing anything that might be classed as cheating would be an insult to my colleagues Tim and Alex, to the wider community of fans, to the entire population of the United Kingdom, and to God if applicable. Tonight we record Game 7 of the second set. In Games 5 and 6 my conduct will not, I think, be questioned, for reasons that will become clear. Until then, I'm not sure if I'll be questioned again, but from now on I'm going to be at pains to remove any question marks. No more pen. Phone out of the equation. Less jerking about and glancing around, even though tics are unfortunately very much in my nature. I'm a guy that gets up, puts his trousers on, goes to work, does the best he can. And that's the Watson I want you all to see. (I don't know if there's a way this can be 'pinned' somewhere but I'd like the statement to be disseminated as far and wide as possible.)
I don't think I'd be overstepping my mark if I speak for the community, the population of the United Kingdom and for God by saying that we'll be watching very carefully. Over.
Free the NMJ 1!!
Thanks for commenting! Although it's a block of text right now, if you can break it into paragraphs I think more people will read it.
I don't know if it will satisfy the people who've accused you of cheating, but I'll be sure to direct them to this comment in the future.
Good luck on doing without your distractions. I know I couldn't do that, but I hope it works for you. Have a good game!
@@cazradvan9930 I personally won't be watching carefully at all. I will probably, as usual, listen to the video while playing a game on my phone and another one on my computer.
I always put the behavior down to natural fidgetiness. If I have a "complaint" about Watson-ness is that now I use the word "fiddly " a lot in my inner monologs.
So happy they put "people, who, when you think about them, arm so good at cooking, that their actual job is cooking" at 29:26 in the credits. I appreciate
I didn't spot that he spelled it "arm"! Awesome.
Hats off to you! Nicely spotted.
It's the game that, when I think of it, is the best game on RUclips.......
And that's without exception
Over.
gosh that's fiddly, innit?
arm the best game on RUclips.
Holds up timer: "4 months"
You know, I have been asked how I am many times in my life. And being an honest man, I typically answer honestly, with how I am. But, truth be told, hand on heart, I have never answered question of how I am with "Nigella Lawson". That's an emotional state I think I have never had before.
I think we'd all love to a feel Nigella Lawson.
Watson saying 'ah' has been the soundtrack to my mental breakdown.
The more Key loses the more I will root for him. I still believe he will come back and win this.
Come on, Tim!
I tend to mostly listen to these rather than watch due to multiple viewings, and I've reached a point where I've stopped being surprised when I look back at the screen and Watto is in a state of undress.
First time I've ever sat shouting "Pelham!" at a computer.
Don't lie
Just to let the powers that be know, I would, when I think think about it, literally throw money at some official NMJ merch at this point. Rapidly becoming my favourite thing on the Internet.
5:50 Yeah Björk Guðmundsdóttir's surname is about as vanilla as they come.
That would have been a legendary challenge!
I don't mind that it wasn't challenged, because I typically have mixed feelings at most about Horne's subjective cateogires.
If it were me being challenged I'd argue that it's not over the top by Icelandic standards, it's be like saying Lawrenson is too extravagant
@@thomasthomasson2319 Yeah Key would have had a field day with it if he were challenged. Watto tends to lie down and die. It would come down to if he could pronounce it, which he wouldn't.
I would argue that Icelandic second names aren't strictly speaking surnames.
13:42 is a rather sweet moment and gives an insight into what a good friend Watto is.
Brilliant as ever, semi-nakedness only raises the standard. Awesome.
Yeah, I hope they keep that rule :D
New High Score in Bottle Cap Manipulation Championiships:
Tim Key - 1
Alex Horne - 0
Mark Watson - 0
This is the quality content I subbed for.
So, now, Alex upped it to chocolate, on TM site.
I wonder, after Key got out, could Watto have then played Wodehouse, seeing as they now all know his first name? Not often that a successfully challenged name immediately becomes playable, due to the challenge itself.
And when you think about it, a reasonable interpretation of Horne’s category might be that “we,” collectively, don’t know their first name.
I feel like I’ve stumbled upon a hidden treasure when I first found this series. How happy to have been able to every episode as it’s uploaded. Love it.
I haven't been this excited about a new episode of something since those Thursdays in the 80s when Crystal Maze was on.
I have seriously never gotten into a series like this before, just so good, the world needs more.
3 Australian fans here in locked down Victoria. (Me + my 2 adult sons) This brilliant game has helped us while we await the production of new series of British comedies post-Covid, especially the new Taskmaster. Thanks so much Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne. xo
Death. Taxes. A shocker from Key
While thankfully, the point ended up being moot, Mark's dispute regarding Room 101 is an interesting one, as it arguably *became* a panel show. My personal view is that if Harry Enfield was on Room 101 when it was hosted by Frank Skinner, that's a panel show appearance. If he was on prior to that time, that's a chat show.
Mark "In this case" Watson
Alex, to Tim: Use your common sense
Me: Uh-oh
EDIT: I'd watch a whole series of the bottle cap game. That was thrilling!
Key showing improvement despite the familiar early exit. Next game is Key's.
I saw this comment as the video loaded up. Luckily an early Key exit at this stage is not a spoiler
I don't know about next game, but I agree he's getting better! At this point he'd win against me for sure, but against Horne and Watson? Not so certain.
He's getting better at the game, but also closer to a breakdown. Every pianist in the land and every poker player worth their salt knows not to play angry. Key's tilted. His odds of winning and his odds of going out in the third round are just about equal.
Why does youtube have no laugh react
Watson’s shimmy at 5:17 has got me screaming 😂😂😂
They always take such comedian level swigs of their drinks. I think you can probably rate comedians based on average swig size. These guys are masters of their craft.
Possibly my favourite episode yet! Mistake with the text popup at 23:35 though - should Say Ed Sheeran rather than Peter Purves again
It’s the game that, when you think about it, all their fans commenting on RUclips are not dead.
Surely you mean “arm” not dead.
but they might be NOW
We are fans who, when you think about it, arm enjoying the show so much that we use our devices to go online and look at it while it's playing.
Alice Teague is a television a device, when you think about it?
Nigella Lawson. No more people who don’t use their devices to go online and look at it while it’s playing.
No key to start. Game results are null and void.
This is the highlight of my week and also my favourite thing to recommend to people. When you think of it, these are the 3 most watchable people on the internets...OVER.
out of all the P names to guess, i wouldn't have ever thought of "Pelham"
I had Peregrin in my mind and when Watson said it, I thought that maybe we both just actually knew the answer. But no - we just went for the same absurd English aristocracy sounding name.
Pelham is an over the top first name but that would be absolutely fine.
@@NietSUPTG I know his first and second names, but I was thinking they're never going to guess that! Be here all day :O
For some reason, I was feeling really confident about Phillip.
I didn't even know it was a name. They were taking long enough guessing that I looked it up first and thought that was just a part of his longer last name that didn't make it into his pen name, until I realised no (other) first name was mentioned.
Game hasn't even begun, and 1) I love the thumbnail, and 2) I love that there's Brahms in the background! Quite a bit of Tchaikovsky so far
The classical is a great part of this game
Glorious. It’s a show that ages like a fine wine.
Absolutely highlight of my week!
Most weeks I forget it's coming and am pleasantly surprised, but this morning I was watching the clock a bit.
I am so pleased these guys resurrected this game - I always thought the format was so good. The original videos from 12(?) years ago are worth watching if you can find them.
I’ve been searching for ages but
can’t find them. Do you know where I could watch them?
Best show that, when you think about it, is on the Internet.
Key impressed this week, in both speed and bottlecaps.
Game 13 Recap
Key - Nigella Lawson (No More Professional Cooks)
Watto - Anneka Rice (No More Premier League (2019-20) Players as Surnames)
Horne - Cuthbert/The Edge (No More Forenames Unknown by Players)
Key - Barack Obama (No More Left Handers)
Watto - Jessica Rabbit (No More Fictional Characters)
Horne - Nancy Dell'olio (No More Over The Top Surnames)
Key - David Peace (No more Forenames and Surnames of Equal Length)
Watto - Amelia Earhart (No more names containing body parts)
Horne - Alberto Tomba (No more travelling faster than running speed)
Key - PG Wodehouse (No More Dead People)
Horne challenges, Key eliminated, category void (Not knowing PG Wodehouses first name)
Watto - Clement Atlee (No More Dead People)
Horne - Steffi Graf (No More Women)
Watto - Rufus Wainwright (No more people in their 40s)
Horne - Tom Hanks (No more Single Syllable Forenames + Surnames)
Watto - Paul Watson (No more Dual Citizenship)
Horne - Ian Hislop (No more with 3+ appearances on panel shows)
Watto - Peter Purves (No more Biblical Forenames)
Horne - Ed Sheeran (No more Provable Tattoos)
Watto - Lewis Capaldi (No more First Initial within surname)
Horne - Baz Luhrmann (No more Non Europeans)
Watto - Harry Enfield (No more First Initial Later in Alphabet than Second Initial)
Horne Challenge, Watto Eliminated, category void (Harry Enfield on 3+ Panel Shows)
Horne Wins
Thanks for your efforts, as always.
Joyous. Waited all week. Didn't disappoint. Thank you. You can do it Key! ❤️⭐️
"you've just gone mad"
"...thank you"
Good game, swift, a lot of categories to keep track of. The players played well.
It was a good fast, start straight out of the gate. You could see Tim had been practicing and there's no shame in being match ready. It was just unfortunate that he cannot keep the categories straight in his head and makes some bad choices and is generally bad at this game that, when you think about it, he invented.
@@Lastielion I agree, this game and the last it seemed he'd been practising or getting ready. I was frustrated when he got eliminated, because I want him to come back and win again, but he's so far behind at this point.
I would genuinely forget what day it is without this. Makes my Fridays.
Key needs to find his mojo again, good luck
Excellent music choice this week, Horne
“Can we slow down?”
“BARACK OBAMA”
As usual, thank you for making and posting these.
Nailed the Björk pronunciation
I’m shouting PELHAM in an empty room, and suspicious of Watson’s pen and glances.
Room 101 used to be a different format. I know it doesn't matter because there were loads more, but Watto had a point questioning that. I'm thinking Harry Enfield was a guest in the old format, where it was just Merton or that unfunny mockney-guy who used to present it, where they just had a chat with one guest about things to put into Room 101. Only when Frank Skinner revived the show did it become a panel-show format.
Was it Nick Hancock hosted it first? He hosted a few things in that era including a sports panel show iirc
@@AshArAis It was Nick Hancock. I'd actually forgotten about the Paul Merton years. Not sure how.
@@ashgenius I used to watch the merton shows quite a bit. Had some great guests. Fry, Hislop, Linda Smith, Alexei Sayle to name the ones I can think of straight away.
I miss the nighttime forest.
My favourite game is, at the end, trying to find the person that, when you think of them, breaks the most categories
highlight of my week, you guys best keep doing this
He has a name full of surnames!
I'm always entertained by people having two first names (Les Dennis, Peter Mark), but PG Wodehouse looks like three surnames!
I once saw a book whose author was clearly displayed as "Les Roberts".
Background: It was large enough that I thought it was the title. I didn't know that Les is short for Leslie, back then. And I'm French.
So to me, it was a book titled "(The) Boobs"
I think about it whenever I see the name Les.
You've got to sat though, extraordinary resilience from Horne to take the set, despite an absolute buffeting.
Watson, waving a pen around, frequently looking to his left... is he keeping a list of categories? Is he breaking the rules? Is he embezzling money? I'm just asking questions!
Did they decide that writing the categories down is definitely against the rules?
@@josssbo it does defeat the point of the game so I'd have thought so.
Hello, Watson here. No more people who - when you think of them - are actually in No More Jockeys. I'm commenting from my production company's address but it definitely is me. I don't often look at the comments, so it's only recently come to my attention that certain NMJ fans have made accusations like this. I've looked back at some of the videos and there's no doubt I do dick about with that multi-coloured pen and I keep the phone close at hand for challenges, and when you put it all together it does actually look worse than I would have thought. Let me be clear about this. There is much to be ashamed of in my Set 1 performance. I was once so pissed that I forgot my own second category before the third round. I let some golden opportunities slip away. Sometimes I was unable to think of anybody who has ever lived except Moses. Also, I have on occasion scrawled down an idea of a name I could say next (which is a moral grey area). What I have not done, and will not do, is written down categories. The idea of doing anything that might be classed as cheating would be an insult to my colleagues Tim and Alex, to the wider community of fans, to the entire population of the United Kingdom, and to God if applicable. Tonight we record Game 7 of the second set. In Games 5 and 6 my conduct will not, I think, be questioned, for reasons that will become clear. Until then, I'm not sure if I'll be questioned again, but from now on I'm going to be at pains to remove any question marks. No more pen. Phone out of the equation. Less jerking about and glancing around, even though tics are unfortunately very much in my nature. I'm a guy that gets up, puts his trousers on, goes to work, does the best he can. And that's the Watson I want you all to see. (I don't know if there's a way this can be 'pinned' somewhere but I'd like the statement to be disseminated as far and wide as possible.)
@@markwatson4990 lots of respect to Watto for this. I always knew he wasn't cheating but I think I speak for all NMJ fans when I say that I appreciate your transparency and honesty, even in a niche comedy RUclips series of zoom calls. Cheers mark 👍
@@leoningall I hope more people will see this. We can't have the good name of this drunken series of late night video-calls be tarnished.
Bournemouth are first alphabetically because they'd be called AFC Bournemouth......
Sad bastards aren't they. It doesn't even stand for anything, they did it to be first alphabetically.
SteRDLK
Association Football Club
@@haunter4708 You'd think so, but no. It literally just means AFC.
Don’t let your voice Peter out, genius line but under the radar
Well done Alex! I would like to know at what point in the process you look for a music track and edit the show to a length to fit it. I'm enjoying the repertoire and the sensitivity with which the closing titles synched with it :)
cracking stuff yet again
This reminds me of a game I used to play with a couple of friends...
We'd get together and each bring a stack of trading/sports/playing cards. (Pokémon/Yugioh/Baseball/Basketball/Football/X-Men/Comics/Dinosaurs/whatever you could find/etc) We'd then play "War" and every time we placed a card in the middle, we'd have to argue why our card defeats the other two.
Ex: Charizard vs. Magneto vs. Barry Bonds... orrrr T-Rex vs. Michael Jordan vs. Spellbinding Circle... The arguments were epic lol, but we'd always come to a consensus winner because we wanted to get to the next turn. Also, we'd sometimes shuffle all of our cards together so we could argue different cases.
I was a weird kid. 😂
I play a game that's only about actors. The first person names an actor and a movie or show they were in. Then the next person name another actor from that same show/movie and something else they've been in. No repeats allowed. If you can't think of anyone, you're eliminated.
I am so bad at this game that when I play, the other players do their hardest to name people and movies/shows they know I'm familiar with so that I have a chance to last at least one round. It doesn't help that I'm bad with names. Every now and then the house rule is that I'm allowed to use a phone/computer to google stuff, and nobody else is. I still lose first.
Ha! I knew Wodehouse's first name! Surprised even myself! :D
This is genuinely painful for someone who knows P. G. Wodehouse's first name.
Is it Percival?
Highlight of the Week - all weeks
Aww cmon Timmy, you can pull it back!
3 minutes in and I’m loving this round!
Key could have done no more right-handers if he's been learning the lefties.
I really love this show, and was delighted to hear PG Wodehouse, my favourite author, get selected. 🤓
But I was disappointed that none of them knew it stood for Pelham Grenville. Extra bit of information: he was known as Plum for most of his life after early mispronunciations of his name.
What's your favourite book by him? I didn't know him and I'd like to give him a try but I don't know where to start. So actually, what do you think is a good book for a first reader?
@@Avistew My favourite two books of his are probably 'Right Ho, Jeeves' and 'The Code of the Woosters'. They both include much of the same characters and storylines and so if read in that order they're a good two to read as an introduction.
Wodehouse certainly won't be for everyone's taste in the 21st century. He wrote over 90 books between 1900 and 1975 and most of them are quite similar in tone and humour, so it all depends on whether his gentle and light hearted humour appeals to you. If it does, then most of them are enjoyable. If not, then I can't see any being very appealing.
I absolutely love the gentle, silly humour of his books. Especially the 'Jeeves & Wooster' and 'Blandings' series, and have read them plenty of times. Hope you enjoy them too. 🙂
@@philh5292 I'll definitely give them a read :) Thanks!
@@philh5292 Got Right Ho, Jeeves, and the cover is taunting Tim: imgur.com/OlNnDvS
@@Avistew 😂
I've got all his books and never seen a copy that tells you his names so that's a great find.
I don't think that Key has the concept of the lucky shirt figured out yet.
This is as life or death as football and I love to see it treated as such. Though more have exercised the death option with football, it's still fairly serious.
At 16.03, Tom Hanks is indeed left handed as per IMDB.
Is this the origin of Guz Khan's chocolate button task?
Now we're cooking with petrol.
I really hope Tim wins the next few so the show keeps going.
I hope that even if he doesn't, they keep going. I mean, it's only the first set, no match stops after just one set.
I was furious that they no longer included classical music, and then I played it through a different speaker and realized it just wasn’t being picked up. Still pissed off about Horne’s wall, but you can’t win them all.
I took “no more people who’s first names we don’t know” to mean that no-one knows their name, like Cuthbert. Not that only those three didn’t know their name
Alex, Mark, Tim and music by Brahms; love it!
If Tim is going to keep leaning towards the camera, he's going to need to learn to frame his shots a bit better. Either that or change his name to "Tim Key's Chin."
I see Alex had a past with the rave scene, quoting A Trip to Trumpton!
Quick question if I may ... How many Americans are watching and enjoy this game? Please sound off if you could/would. I'm just interested to see if I am in an American minority class with my comedic taste. Mainly because I am still pissed off (mad) about Taskmaster being cut after one episode over here ... it makes me curious is all. Thanks
Midwesterner here. I pretty much only watch British panel shows. RUclips has tons. And I'm obsessed with No More Jockeys.
American here, too. I watch little (if any) Amerilcan TV. I've been in love with British comedy for decades and discovered a broader range of panel shows within the past year, though I watched the original Who's Line on Comedy Central in the mid 90's. (Think I stumbled across Taskmaster back in March, but found Would I Lie to You about 5 years ago.)
I'm an American, but I'm also French and I grew up with perfidious Albion's humour everywhere. It's a weird relationship we have with Britain, England especially, where we love everything they make but pretend they're our rivals and that we hate them.
@@slg5135 Sweet! Glad I'm not alone here!! :) And yes, also love the panel shows. I found I really enjoy the UK comedians more than most of what we have thanks to 8 out of 10 Does Countdown and Qi alone. HA!
@@MsKatyDod Love WILTY, but I am aslo a huge David Mitchell fan. Started watching Peep Show and was hooked (found out about Mitchell and Webb afterwards, ha)
I was even happy when David and Victoria Cohen got together, and I normally never feel like that towards "celebs" :)
Wish Taskmaster was available on other streaming platforms here. Not knocking youtube (thank you for showing it to us my overlord, heehee) but as I like to watch with the wife on the big screen, the commercials can be quite jarring. Although I have to admit they have done better at giving us warnings now. Thanks RUclips!
:)
These games make my Fridays, keep it up boys
Key coming third here is a real upset.
I hope he'll win another one or more, but he hasn't been doing well lately.
Damn. Key put in sterling performances in earlier games but his head isn't in it any more. Is there such a thing as a parlour game coach?
I think he's doing better. I also think he got flustered when he made a couple silly mistakes and became too intense. I feel like he's the kind of person who performs way better when he's relaxed.
I hope they wind down the left-handed storyline of No More Jockeys, which is running out of steam, but the “over-the-too surname” idea is promising
Best part of my week. Please keep going until there’s a vaccine. (Never).
C'mon Key! Get in the game!
2:58 "boo", "boo", barney, mcgrew. Are you sure about that, Alex?
Are Horne and Key on the same couch?
Key is playing this game like a fucking psychopath
Picking up approx 500 new followers per episode.
I'm sore about the PG Wodehouse challenge. My interpretation of the spirit of Horne's category "No More People Who We Don't Know The First Name Of" implied that it wasn't possible to find out the person's first name - that it's not been released to the public, ever. Cuthbert hasn't been given a first name, he's only ever referred to by his surname. Therefore, PG Wodehouse is allowable because he *has* a first name that is in the public domain, and it's irrelevant whether or not Key was able to recall it on the spot.
The Edge was an example and it's very easy to find out his real name
@@madalinam6183 Yeah! Exactly! thanks
Horne is right about the surnames....Capaldi is fine. Capaldigo would not be fine.
😂 just looked up p.g Wodehouse name mid discussion. Poor old Tim
The body part category could use some clarification. Would Alex Horne have been allowed? A horn is arguably a body part. And then we need to address the spelling.
Buzz Aldrin is a famous lefty!!
but by the time Tim went out, they did know his surname
I feel like that PG Woodhouse elimination was pretty harsh. I thought it was where "We" don't know their 1st name as in there isn't even a hint to their 1st name. I'd definitely argue that initials count as the person having a 1st name. It's not "The Edge" or "Wolf".
Yeah, I thought that too until it got challenged. Mind you, seems like Key misunderstood the category as "people we don't know a lot about" anyway.
I agree with you and interpreted the category in a similar manner.
But then I think he deserved elimination for a poor argument. Letting himself getting backed into a guessing game is the sort of tactic that will lead to a real dressing down at half time. Shocking stuff.
Poor defence from Key though. He should have argued that Horne’s category implied “People whose first names are not known”. Obviously Wodehouse doesn’t fit that distinction. But Key sealed his own fate with his terrible argument.
@@SewnShutEyes Oh yeah but at this point I expect Tim to argue, in English, that he doesn't speak any English, if that prevents him from getting eliminated :P
AFC Bournemouth alphabetically before Aston Villa
Clement Attlee is right handed.
was...
penelope pissed-off.
Key and Horne - same couch?
No more Pelhams