"This man has turned to act. Ever year in the United Kingdom, thousand of lives are destroy by the addict lure of act. Don't turn to act. Give generous."
@John McGrath Luckily, the amount of act I use is harmless. I inject about once a month on a purely recreational basis. Fine. But what about other people less stable, less educated, less middle-class than me? Builders or blacks for example. If you're one of those, my advice to you is leave well alone. Good luck.
I loved Big Train, you just don’t get sketch comedies like this any more. Eldon, Heap, Pegg and Bullmore, four of the greatest comedians of their generation.
Aye, because if there's one thing you need to be able to do in the middle of a heart-wrenching story like Heaven Sent or Human Nature, it's juggle three oranges like Krusty the Clown.
I never really watched Big Train when it was on. I was far less developed humour-wise. Boy how I've missed out. This sketch was great. I love Jaaaaam, Alan Partridge, Brass Eye, etc so think I need to get hold of the Big Train DVDs.
Thinking back, I'm pretty sure that in 1998 when I first saw Big Train I wasn't familiar with any of the cast. I knew of Graham and Arthur thanks to Father Ted, but none of the performers. Now, however, looking at the casts from both the 1998 and 2002 series, it's a roll call of brilliance. All of them great actors and all of 'em pissfunny.
How lucky am I as I have never seen any of their stuff until this week and it's great and my kind of humour. Is there anything ,in particular, you would recommend ?
@@Isleofskye The Day Today, Brass Eye and (if you want to go really obscure) Jam are all good and star a lot of the same cast. Spaced is also great if you haven't seen it.
Thanks m8 ! Although I forgot the very ending when those 3 West Highland Terrier puppies came out. I used to have 4 of them together and they were wonderful :)
For everyone talking about the plane, it's part of the joke. But okay, it's the end of the month each time, and he leaves where he stays for work, goes back to his main home ob the isle of man or wherever from the office in london. Some execs do that.
With the amount he would have spent on taxi fairs, flight tickets, juggling lessons and puppies, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper just to pay their wages?
No, He's quite right. If you take the price of three taxi's at £20 a time then the flight out of the country and back, let's say £450, then the return flight back or possibly an overnight stay......
I don’t know why he has to leave the country every time, or how he gets back in time the next morning, couldn’t he just go home or have a coffee in the snack bar?
Yes he can. But if you don't get it why he does what he does, then that's the reason why you probably never get to write a good comedy sketch screenplay. No offense bro ;-)
@@lighthunt Do you write good comedy sketches, do you have to write good comedy sketches to understand good comedy sketches, there can’t be a very big audience of good comedy sketches if that’s the case?
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I love the fact that he keeps showing up to work, fully confident in his own diversion techniques
he is a good manager and he knows it! 😂
@@xxMrBaldyxx to @you
YES EXACTLY
The next diversion will be paid actors dressed up as police will bust in the room and arrest him for failing to pay his Employees
Like a politician
I love the fact that this sketch plays on Mark Heaps skills as a street performer before he turned to act!
"This man has turned to act. Ever year in the United Kingdom, thousand of lives are destroy by the addict lure of act. Don't turn to act. Give generous."
@@NxDoyle I read this in Chris Morris's voice
@John McGrath Luckily, the amount of act I use is harmless. I inject about once a month on a purely recreational basis. Fine. But what about other people less stable, less educated, less middle-class than me? Builders or blacks for example. If you're one of those, my advice to you is leave well alone. Good luck.
@@Simple1Jack FFS, I use ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
THAT'S MARK HEAP?!
The juggling was class though
Amazing. But the budget must have been huge - leasing three 747s just for one sketch.
But they were only small. With a giant pushing them through the air.
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Nice reference back 😆
We don't actually see him board the 747. He probably visits his nearest airport every day just to watch the 10.39 to New York taking off.
I think they just hired the one 747, and filmed it three times.
Plot twist: He used the productivity bonus to buy those flight tickets.
I love it how he takes a flight to escape but always comes back to work the next day.
London to Edinburgh
@@blank-dr2kx I see what you did there.
@@blank-dr2kx good one
@@blank-dr2kx Not in a 747.
2:09, gotta say, that sure impressed me!
Oh my goodness, three oranges!
"And they're just ordinary oranges!"
I loved Big Train, you just don’t get sketch comedies like this any more. Eldon, Heap, Pegg and Bullmore, four of the greatest comedians of their generation.
Jam was brilliant too
Ever catch Man Stroke Woman?
@@charleshowie2074 man stroke woman was brilliant
@karlhungus2345 ...Is that supposed to be an allusion to my not being married? 🤨
@@charleshowie2074 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dont cut your finger off mate
I love the way the actor Kevin Eldon throws the tray at the end.
The actor Kevin Eldon is amazing.
The actor Kevin Eldon is one of those actors who appears in everything.
Mark Heap, genius , love the puppies lol
Scenes like this is why I think Mark Heap should be the next Doctor Who.
Aye, because if there's one thing you need to be able to do in the middle of a heart-wrenching story like Heaven Sent or Human Nature, it's juggle three oranges like Krusty the Clown.
@LudicrousGreen I've often said with a conplete sincerity that the Doctor should do magic tricks as a distraction for his enemies
@@SamuelBlack84 One of the many reasons, I'm sure, why you do not write for the BBC.
@@LukasOfTheLight I don't think I could do any worse 😆
Dr who can go f*ck itself
Mark Heap is insanely talented
It's like something from a Tex Avery cartoon. Brilliant
"Ah! Ya see..."
"They're just ordinary oranges..."
That was some solid juggling skill
Mark was in a juggling act called “The 2 Marks”. About 5 years ago I was watching the 80’s game show 3,2,1 on UK Gold and I saw them preforming.
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Peter Barker I completely agree
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Peter Barker I’m a v=hGFGse12k man myself
I never really watched Big Train when it was on. I was far less developed humour-wise. Boy how I've missed out. This sketch was great. I love Jaaaaam, Alan Partridge, Brass Eye, etc so think I need to get hold of the Big Train DVDs.
Big Train is junk though. Enfield, Whitehouse, Coogan etc are much better.
SteamLocoScrapper utter bollox
Jam is superb. Also if you like parodies, you should watch Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. There's nothing else like it.
@@Kris.G Just dusted that off last night and showed my girlfriend who'd never seen it before. It's as brilliant as I remembered.
Watch Jam. Sinilar humour, but very, very dark
Thinking back, I'm pretty sure that in 1998 when I first saw Big Train I wasn't familiar with any of the cast. I knew of Graham and Arthur thanks to Father Ted, but none of the performers. Now, however, looking at the casts from both the 1998 and 2002 series, it's a roll call of brilliance. All of them great actors and all of 'em pissfunny.
How lucky am I as I have never seen any of their stuff until this week and it's great and my kind of humour. Is there anything ,in particular, you would recommend ?
@@Isleofskye The Day Today, Brass Eye and (if you want to go really obscure) Jam are all good and star a lot of the same cast. Spaced is also great if you haven't seen it.
Thanks Nathan
@@Isleofskye Blue Jam is also worth a look -- it's the radio forerunner to Jam and it's possibly the best thing Chris Morris ever made.
Thanks m8 ! Although I forgot the very ending when those 3 West Highland Terrier puppies came out. I used to have 4 of them together and they were wonderful :)
english movie editors are so clever and creative, especially in comedy, love this sketch :)
This is a perfect metaphor for democracy.
NHS: So about that £350 million Boris johnson: 1:08
Never gets old (2022).
This is Parliament doing brexit 😂
The editing in each 'escape' section is just superb.
Shades of the fast-paced travelling montages in Hot Fuzz.
@@razzledazzle84921 - probably the same people (Big Train having come first of course).
Sums it all up rather nicely!
classic comedy nothing like this around no more
WRONG
Funnily enough this is exactly the kind of dark comedy that the older generation hated at the time.
@@Sawrattan This was never considered Dark comedy you fucking moron. Stop posting utter bullshit.
Wrong. I've got two words for you... Mrs... Brown's... Boys.
@@Sicram That's three words
For everyone talking about the plane, it's part of the joke. But okay, it's the end of the month each time, and he leaves where he stays for work, goes back to his main home ob the isle of man or wherever from the office in london. Some execs do that.
You can tell Edgar Wright directed this. Same sort of quick cut editing when simon pegg describes his plan in Shaun of the Dead
Actually this was directed by Graham Linehan.
Surely he ended up spending more on taxi fares, airline fares and puppies than it would have cost him to pay their bonus!
I'm sure that's a massive part of the joke lol the levels companies will go to avoid paying their staff
@@Orbitalhaze I'm glad you commented. I had forgotten all about this hilarious sketch!
Yes, but at least he got to spend it on something he wanted.
I am sure next time you will call ambulance😂
Mark Heap is absolutely brilliant.
I think I worked for that guy in the 80's.
Magnificent!
😂 Superb.
Thats creative writing for U coming from the slice of life
"Essential skills for those in charge of countries"
Big Brain Move: "New Listing: Three Adorable Puppies For Sale: Cost = 1 bonus amount"
Mark: I was wondering, guys...is there a way of showing off my various skills? Like, maybe if we could do a sketch or something...?
Who here in 2021
A pity it was posted in the wrong aspect ratio.
A drawer of puppies, that was even better.
The world was a much better place when this was made
You mean you were younger
no, I mean the world was a better place. @@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
@@SuperBobbster No, you were just younger. It was basically the same but with slower internet.
@@FiveSigma72 No. It was a much better place. Thanks for your input 🙄
This looks like a brilliant take on an old Marty Feldman sketch.
I remember that! The mediocre guy who is secretly an international playboy after he meekly says goodnight to his wife at bedtime. Hilarious.
Последний эпизод супер!
With the amount he spent on Taxis and flights he could have paid them their bonus
Lovely.
Shalom!!
If that juggling bit was real then I am impressed
It certainly was...
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‘If that juggling bit was real’… LOL
Deep fake AI
Haha, I always wonder how much he must have spent on flights, and where did he go?
Plot twist.
The office was in the plane.
That’s how the world actually works … we are being played every time we want our normal rights …
I think the company name gives it away: “Bait & Switch PLC”
It's amazing the talent here. Not much like this nowadays.
Yup! They always remember the exact times right? Oh ya, now me! how did he get back to his office?
What’s funny to me is that he did seem to be doing an actual card trick. I could follow a couple of sleights. Almost sad they planted a card!
did they ever get the bonus, or settle on the puppies ?
He should run for office.
George A - well these are Trump’s tactics; he’ll pull a Russia out his back pocket, juggle some hookers and has a drawer of sweet alibis.
Run!
With the amount he would have spent on taxi fairs, flight tickets, juggling lessons and puppies, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper just to pay their wages?
its a joke
But sadly, the decline in people's ability to punctuate isn't.
It's not about the money, it's about sending a message.
No, He's quite right. If you take the price of three taxi's at £20 a time then the flight out of the country and back, let's say £450, then the return flight back or possibly an overnight stay......
Do the math dave. Conway has a valid point.
But he was really doing it, though!!!!!!!!
HASAN NAOMI nah, photoshop
HASAN NAOMI R.
yes he was mark heap started of as a street performer
@@rainblaze. He used to pretend to be a street?
The amount he spent on flights and taxi fares he could have just paid them, lol
This brings up memories of how my boss conned me out of 2 years worth of wages. :-(
Drawer full of puppies? Gets you every time =/
This is basically how modern capitalism works.
'Modern', you say?
Better than work by gunpoint commie. Capitalism: deciding who is smart and who is poor.
It's the law of the juggle.
Dont be a twat
"Our wages have fallen 6% in real terms over the last 5 years"
"lads, they're maybe going to put a ping-pong table in the break room!"
Guys got one set of clothes 🤣
I'd any day take one of those puppies instead of a productivity bonus.
This type of avoidance STILL exists. Bastards.
The saying is : he is full of tricks.
Anyone else realise this is Jim from Friday night dinner
Surely the cost of all those taxi and plane fares would cost more than the money he owes them...
Who is the actress in this sketch?
Incidentally I'm an amateur juggler and I am going to steal some of these moves that I don't know.
Not sure.
TBH, the puppies would completely satisfy my demands. I'd work overtime if I was given a puppy at the end of it
Tu byłem. Tony Halik 2021.
So did he take a jet back to his office or...
Trick one time shame on you.
Trick me two times, keep the blame on you.
Trick me three times F*ck the peace sign☮️, let it ran on you.
ah, but, those puppies, eh!
I wonder where those 3 West Highland Terrier Puppies are now?
They're just ordinary oranges lol
If you think this is funny just remember.
Those puppies are dead now
TAXI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know why he has to leave the country every time, or how he gets back in time the next morning, couldn’t he just go home or have a coffee in the snack bar?
Yes he can. But if you don't get it why he does what he does, then that's the reason why you probably never get to write a good comedy sketch screenplay. No offense bro ;-)
@@lighthunt Do you write good comedy sketches, do you have to write good comedy sketches to understand good comedy sketches, there can’t be a very big audience of good comedy sketches if that’s the case?
@@thetruth156real3are you autistic?
imagine being so dense....
@@Kris.G 😂👍
This show is hilarious! Is this the U.K. version of SNL and Kids In The Hall?
Keeping the gullible masses distracted and obedient.
So ... did they get the money they were due?
😊
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There is a high chance that those puppies have died of old age.
And those oranges as well
So what
I have too.
You never know, they could have been run over by a van.
Similar joke in The Other Guys
Lol
*sigh* another man
That’s what she said
And what would of been funny about them gettin paid
The Office is crap compared to this.
There was a lot of cocaine being taken at Big Train meetings. So little of the material was actually funny.
Nautilus1972 Each to his own I guess. I thought it was great
Those dogs are dead now.