Garth Marenghi's Darkplace rare and complete season 1 commentary with full episodes.
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- None other than Garth Marenghi, Dean Learner and Todd Rivers gather to discuss in detail throughout; their struggles and triumphs when producing the most groundbreaking yet controversial horror epic ever to be aired in television history.
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0:00 Episode 1 Once Upon a Beginning
23:52 Episode 2 Hell Hath Fury
48:09 Episode 3 Skipper the Eyechild
1:12:15 Episode 4 Apes of Wrath
1:36:33 Episode 5 The Scotch Mist
2:00:26 Episode 6 The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth
Timestamp your favourite moments in the comments!
The title of Episode 2 is "Hell Hath Fury."
@@c4ha2na9 thanks for the catch!
The only "child actor" not viciously lambasted was the half-grasshopper character for some reason.. still, somehow brilliant.
1:29:15 so why was I being pissed on there, to be frank
1:59:58 wine then buck a roo
I love how Todd is the only one who realizes the show sucks, but they keep convincing him that he's wrong
But Todd has never watched the show! He asked something like, "Does this happen at the end of every show?"
@@lazyhomebody1356 really slows things down
@@johnr797 Eh, I love all things about this show
@@lazyhomebody1356 lol it's a quote from the commentary
@@johnr797 Yeah, I hear it now. Good one!
The added layer of Madeleine Wool being dead and all three of them mocking her every chance they get makes the three of them come off as more disturbing.
Its an untold story of them conspiring to kill her and its quite dark, i like it
I miss you, LimeWire. You were a close friend in the early 2000s and they took you from me in the dark of the night, we use to share so much in those days...
Limewire you owe me money for my janky ass computer in 2002 😢
so dark it belongs in a
darkplace
That one aspect of the back story is really wtf, even for Darkplace.
@Nero Limewire gave me this back in the day and was by pure accident, seriously.
ruclips.net/video/gD5Z2OTgkT4/видео.html
"im sure Ridley Scott watched this before making Bladerunner"
God watched this before making The Snyder Cut and Paddington
@@user-mf8oy4xd8i An astute observation, my friend.
A great hidden treasure!
Love how Dean explains that the exterior shot of the hospital is a model every time.
I also love when Todd Rivers says the intro is shit and Dean gets hurt feelings!
He needs to or how would we know?
@@DANRYX "What do you mean? That took all morning..." lol
Garth explaining camera continuity errors as "There's paranormal happening" is what genius is
wow the show is one level of meta comedy then this commentary is just anther
Lmao i didnt know this hole goes even deeper and im so happy
I’ve genuinely never met anyone who’s written more books than they’ve read. Garth is a genius of the genre
Dean finding out the government tracks computer history and trying to hide his fear kills me. Richard Ayoade makes this series
Agreed! I only found out a few months ago that he voiced a mercenary droid in The Mandalorian also!!!
He's genuinely terrified
I love how Todd realizes the show is shit and kind of slowly convinces Dean over the course of the commentary.
The clearest example to me is when there's the obvious stunt man being used and Garth says "Yupp, that's me" and Todd goes "... Well, that obviously is't you, is it?". And Dean comes in to defend, of course. I laughed in real life.
Matt Berry is much like Leslie Nielsen, in that he can say unfunny things, and make them be funny. Rare talent they had. Berry makes me laugh almost every time he speaks.
"YES." -- Steven Toast
Fathaaaaaaa!
Yes! That almost operatic voice.
Oh good, a gun!
"That child had a coke habit" being said out of nowhere with such gusto made me choke from laughing so hard.
Especially considering how innocent and friendly the child looks!
He’s got dead eyes tho
@@SoleZelf Clearly a side effect of the heavy cocaine use.
For some reason your use of the word "gusto" made me think of the "lovahs" SNL skit where Will Ferrell makes the statement "we made love with such gusto, that the neighbors thought a gay slaying was taking place!"
@@yellowblanka6058 Loved those skits lol.
Completely worth watching. Listening to Todd Rivers lament his involvement in a show that he is now doing commentary is almost as satisfying as watching this hidden gem on its own.
I love that they came up with genuine reasons for all the awful aspects, which were done on purpose. Like dubbing the lines in the scenes because the actors were out of breath, etc. So genius.
I love the endearing enthusiasm Dean has for the direction techniques
Today I found out there were two live adaptations of Garth Marenghi's other stories, Netherhead and Fright Knight, which Richard Ayoade also performed in along with Matt Holness. They did them back in 2000 and 2001 though, so any footage of them is probably exceedingly rare if it exists at all.
I think whoever uncovers footage of those will have truly gotten to the depths of the Marenghiverse rabbit hole.
Weird that Ayoade and Berry never seem to mention Darkplace or appear in interviews etc. about it.
@@yellowblanka6058 I believe I've seen ayoade talk about it on Russell brand's podcast
His even darker place.
The Marenghiverse, now is canon
@@dylanethridge6311 There are a lot of things I would do to hear Richard talk about Darkplace, but listening to Russell Brand is not one of them.
It just occurred to me that when Dr. Rick Dagless, MD is smoking in the cafeteria at the table with the "No Smoking" sign, *that is the only time in the whole show he smokes.* Gods this show is brilliant.
Not true. He smokes a cig on the rooftop at the end of each show. Several episodes anyway
Todd's reaction to Stephen Merchant is one of the best things I've heard
"Jesus christ what the hell is he"
It's like the perfect mix of horror and enjoyment
Timestamp?
@@joeybeannGuessing around 24:00 because he’s in episode 2 in the beginning.
Hello, can I have the tallest man you've got. 28:07 They really beat him, up its hilarious.
28:10
I love that as time goes on over the commentary their friendly jabs turn into legitimately hateful insults, just like all good friends.
i love the Arnold Schwarzenegger style commentary that just narrates exactly what is happening on the screen.
You watched Terminator 3 with commentary, didnt you? Didn't you?!
@@DANRYXHe does the same thing in the commentary for Conan the Barbarian and, frankly, it's adorable.
@@Agropio I'll have to check it out!
@@AgropioSame thing with Total Recall lol
I love how you can hear them doing lines periodically during this (obviously not real, but so in keeping with the characters)
I love how sure Dean is that Liz is dead
very sus
Just like Ahmed, mysteriously found shot in his flat
Yeah he also clearly murdered garths old manager too 🤣
I'm sure he hired the people who did it and has an exact GPS coordinate.
Dead. Dead as a dog.
I would really want to know how much of this commentary is scripted and how much is improvised on the spot. I demand a commentary track for the commentary track!
I think it all is improv, unless they wrote down talking points but. Considering how long Ayoade and Holness have been doing their characters, I doubt they had much trouble doing this
Definitely I think they decided on a brief for each character and some certain things, but the down and dirty details would be improvised
@@PrismTheKidso long as nobody breaks character then there’s no reason it could the all improv.
This - did they record this in a sound studio with various chip bags etc. or in some random friend's living room etc. and did they have scripts in front of them? This much commentary in character is brilliant, it's like a whole 'nother bonus show on top of the already criminally short run of the series. It's just too bad things like this aren't included with the streaming version of this show as they add so much.
Ricky Ticklesocks here and I was the lead stunt double for Todd Rivers and still have fond memories of the Director jamming a large, firm, and lightly smoked German Westphalian salami down my shorts to make certain I matched Todd Rivers to the letterrrrrrrrrrr.
“Will you stop saying this isn’t good? This is all good!”
Oh this is an absolute gem. Literally on par with the show. Incredible.
I appreciate that immensely! To be fair, I found out soon after editing the mp3 of the commentary and adding it to the episodes and aligning both and then uploading this, that there is a UK DVD release that has this same format as a bonus feature! I have no doubt that the official UK release will be better, BUT, unfortunately, that version (if it is on RUclips) is not available in the US. I appreciate you stopping by and I apologise for taking over a year to respond!
God bless you good sire for editing the whole thing.
Thank you! It took so long to line up/sync the episodes with the audio track of the show that you hear in the background. It helps with a lot of their jokes and references too.
@@DANRYX i don’t understand wym edit ,... what did u edit i thought they actually did a voiceover playing their characters (that are playing their characters) no?
@@SurvivorSpencer it was originally just an audio clip, I had to upload the actual episodes, mute them, align them with the original commentary to help first time viewers/listeners get the context of what was going on at any specific scene that they bring up and comment on.
I listened to the commentary and laughed like crazy and watched the series so many times that I understood just about everything they joked about but sharong the commentary with a friend, he didn't get 90% of the humour because he had no visual reference. That is when I sat down and put this together overnight and wanted to share it with anyone interested.
Thanks for the question!
@@pashadyne I downloaded each episode off of the internet, downloaded a 2 1/2 hr audio only commentary from the internet that had a still shot of the cast and nothing more.
I then did everything I already mentioned.
No one comes here to see someone's petty jabs or false accusations.
I put this together for fans and newcomers who can enjoy the show from a different perspective, not for people who have to come to someones channel in some poor attempt to sound informed/superior whilst simultaneously being %100 incorrect in your accusation.
You could have even shared what was actually factual in your comment about the DVDs which would have been interesting to read and look into.
Unfortunately, you ruined it with a childish attitude.
I've already watched the just-the-audio-show, and like you, I know them by heart, but this is SO much better!
So ironic how Dean Learner is actually a teacher. Dare I add, the sheer physicality of Todd Rivers can be felt throughout this commentary. He must have been difficult to work with. Only the titans of Marenghi and Learner could contain that maelstrom of machismo.
I love how much Dean likes admiring the background paintings. Makes you wonder if he borrowed some of them from the walls of Deano's
"Ethnic Cleansing" That was amazing.
Calling Steve a freak of nature must have made Pilkington a very happy man somewhere
“What’s your idea of romance?”
“.....wine”
He is a true gentleman and a scholar.
“Your hair smelled of vodka.”
I enjoyed this as much as the show itself. Their banter is too good
I always thought RUclips needed more actors playing actors doing commentary for a docu-series about a fake show, written by a fake author, based on a real author.
Glad my vision has been realized.
Damn the ethnic cleansing makeup bit
I was dying, you can hear them all laughing as well
When you realize they are literally doing the "Let's just call a spade a spade" argument XD
One of the highlights of my life when watching this, YES!
56:42 The amazing, hilarious, once-in-a-lifetime exit-with-fly-on-nose event. This happened because there were flies buzzing around where they were shooting due to cast and crew throwing actual garbage in garbage cans that were not actual garbage cans but PROP garbage cans that rarely got cleaned. God, the glamorous lifestyle of television production.
If that is true, you made my month!
@@DANRYX It's mentioned (at 15 minutes in, you're welcome!) in this fun interview with Matt Holness and Alice Lowe: ruclips.net/video/iJVhxKJ_vMw/видео.html
@@mrzold Ah, I am ashamed that I did not retain that information. This was one of the only panels I ever saw where Holness appeared as himself as oppose to his usual Garth persona. Thanks for posting it here!
Thanks for all the work you put into making this! You've brought Garth Marenghi fans so much joy!
I appreciate it greatly! Ive been told there is an official version on DVD but i think its region locked for Europe so anywhere else, it would have to be played on a PC and the quality I'm sure would be an upgrade from this. Thanks again!
My fave moment is when Reed says "she's bloody dead" and Rivers starts complaining about how bits are boring
it's a great moment
26:10 "Died like a skunk in a hole." - Dean Learner
2:01:18 for the complimentary "Dead as a dog in a pit"
Easily one of the best parts hahaha
Amazing! I can enjoy all the episodes again in a whole new way!
It is my favourite way to watch them now. The satire in their spoof of a spoof is priceless.
@@DANRYX it's perfect, right down to the noisy junk food commentary.
@@monster762 yes, the excessive crinkling of the bag over the dialog gets me every time.
I am 100% in love… Please never take this down.
Pray to the gods of RUclips for I will never remove this. It is officially my favourite way to watch the show. (To be fair, it is the case due to rewatching the official episodes so much that this commentary format is my now go-to) thank you so much for stopping by!
Omg 3:46
My favourite part:
"He's ugly, isn't he?"
"He doesn't look ugly, he's interesting looking; he looks like Beck"
"Who's Beck?"
" 🎶 I'm a loser 🎶 "
"I know that, but who's Beck?"
When Todd said that and I saw the actors face he was reffering to, that really was the moment I knew I was watching something special!
He had to just laugh and say stop it. 😂 I live when they almost break character but keep it together
Oh God I love this - I have it on DVD and haven't heard it for years, it's brilliant.
Off to watch Snuff Box and Man to Man with Dean Learner after this :D
This was a treat to watch, thank you for putting it up, and going through the effort to align the audiovisual tracks!
Thank you for your appreciation! Ive been watching it an unhealthy amount of times!
"She slept in a little corner of the studio...just rags on the floor. Like a little Dickens child. Very strange girl" 59:16
“Docufable”
God I love that, I’ll definitely be using that one.
“Pass me that bag”
The constant sound of snack bag crinkling etc. cracks me up.
Madeline smiles -Todd: Oh Jesus, I might puke" 1:36:00
Time stamp that!
I think this show gave me a taste of "so bad it's good" shows/movies. Thank you, Adult Swim for broadening my kid brain.
If you like this, prepare yourself for a 5 movie masterpiece, this is but a taste of movie greatness...
ruclips.net/video/6L4g3H_TM28/видео.html
This is the most meta thing in existence.
I could not agree with you more, friend!
In the background, there was a pigeon. You are a hero, and I hope you are also aware of Man To Man With Dean Learner, another genius run featuring much of the same amazing cast.
Yes, almost as historically groundbreaking and worth a watch for anyone whos a fan of what I would consider "cunning dry-humour"
YOU, sir, just made my life. I had no idea and just found Man To Man, thank you! No knuckle supper for you.
@@IknowIamkindagreat Glyn Nimron needs his own series.
'That's a model.'
Thank you for uploading this. I used to listen to this commentary nonstop, but I have since lost my DVD, so I'm delighted to find this here.
You're welcome! I spent forever putting it together and the day after I uploaded it, a viewer told me there was an official version released in the UK on DVD. I was completely caught off guard! Thanks for stopping by!
I am from America and even if I could get the DVD, it would be hard for me to find a DVD player that would play it. Thank you so much for this.
If you have a ps4, you can swap the region code temporarily to play European discs. You can only switch back and fourth I believe 4 times which isnt enough when it comes to how often I binge watch this but it is still at least an option!
@@DANRYX thanks! I actually used to do this for computer DVD drives also, but obviously this is much simpler.
i have the dvd, im in the usa.. all you need is a computer to play it
Seems like a huge missed opportunity to cater to a hungry audience of American fans. Could even produce a new DVD/Blu-Ray with a real, out-of-character commentary track (though I think this would be unlikely as Ayoade and Berry seem to have forgotten about Darkplace, never see them in interviews about it/never hear them reference it)
I have no idea how much of it is scripted, but wow, if this is improvised, Matt Berry has to be the funniest man on earth.
Thank you so much for posting this. Been searching for 15 years
Thank you for listening!😁
Thanks for uploading this to the optic fibre
I hope you all know that Garth has now released two audio books, "TerrorTome" and "Incarcerat" both hysterically good.
and i thought darkplace illuminatum was the most meta the marenghiverse could go...
Thank you so much for uploading this 😀😎🙏🏼💯
You are so very welcome! Thank you so much for stopping by!
This is so underrated. It's hilarious.
They are watching a show recorded in the 80s, with added talking heads in various places, presumably from the 2000s, then with an added commentary soundtrack from present day.
There are so many layers. Characters if characters from three different times. Think my brain will explode.
Thus is so great! Thanks for putting this up.
"do you sing a song in this?"
"Yes.. this is it"
Thank You for posting this! I’ve been trying to find these forever!
Thank you for putting this together
You are very welcome! I almost watch this more than the episodes, the way they stay in character for a silly commentary was priceless!
@@DANRYX yea it's hilarious! I will be coming back to this one :D
Can't believe this is nearly 20 years old now.
Let’s appreciate the fact that Dean in his spare time went and filmed himself firing a shotgun with no regard for anything around him in a real graveyard. Whereas the scene its made to be a part of is in a fake graveyard.
My favourite moment with him is at
2:15:57
*fires shotgun into the ceiling*
"Knock it off, you two.
This is a hospital!"
Your mention is absolute gold as well!
@@DANRYX lmfao yeah that’s such a good line just like “I’ll get a mop” it’s crazy how much they packed in this show I’ve watched it without commentary easily a thousand times. But I’m starting to get pretty high up in view count with the commentary that I can quote it along with the show now lol. I’ve been starting to pick apart man to man as well. And I think I figured out Madeline’s death I think she died when they blew up the ambulance she got hit by a piece of debris. Which actually almost happened to Alice Lowe during the filming of that scene but Garth mentions it in character in episode 1 or two commentary and then the episode 4 tribute to Madeline has some pretty suspicious stuff in the commentary as well.
@@JoeLigmama I feel like such a traitor to humanity for not watching; Man to Man with Dean Learner! I have seen episodes available on here but never gave it a try.
Taking care of that ASAP!
I also found out two months ago that the actor (Richard Ayoade) did the voice of the mercenary droid in season 1 episode 6 of; The Mandalorian.
@@DANRYX yeah Ayoade is awesome I try to watch everything he does. The films he directs are great. And of course Matt Berry with Toast of London and What we do in the shadows. What I appreciate about Man to Man is that it fleshes out the world even more which is kinda crazy to begin with. And Matthew Holness range is insane.
@@JoeLigmama if you have a specific film that Ayoade directed that you would recommend most, you have my complete attention!
Thank you for this my friend, you're doing your part preserving important culture
Thank you for stopping by! After all the work I went through to put this together, someone told me the UK DVD had this as a bonus feature which I'm sure the audio is better aligned with the visuals but that version is region locked! I did my best though! Thanks again!
Edit: you and everyone else who have stopped by to watch it are the real heroes!
@@DANRYX I find myself coming back to it again and again!
the fucking hard candy in episode 3 is killing me
this is my favorite thing on youtube
Thank you for stopping by!
This will live on forever and those who need to watch it will find it
2:11 : "This is not very good, is it?" ... DAMN! Coming strong out of the gate there. Telling it the way it is ;D.
Deans hurt reaction made Todd's statement gold.
@@DANRYX IKR ;D. the way they play off each other is so good :D :D
@@tomahzo absolutely!
@@DANRYX "That took all morning" ;D ;D
these are actors playing actors staring in a home made tv series.
This was way ahead of it's time.
Todd making Garth and Dean laugh at 1:50:55 was the best thing ever.
4 years before Tropic Thunder "I don't drop character till i do a dvd commentary"
I freaking love this show!
This is commentary is almost funnier then the series. Bloody hilarious!
Real bullets of course....we fragged someone accidentally.
I would actually like to see an out of character commentary as well
Absolutely! There isnt much available publicly as to the development of the concept or production. All I have been able to find is one q/a with Matt Holness from 2014 discussing some of what went on behind the scenes.
@@DANRYX And Berry and Ayoade don't seem to ever discuss the series which is strange to me.
I never knew this existed, thank you for the upload!
This is the Barry Lyndon moment
1:50:45 lmao, thats so good, you can hear them cracking up as well.
"Ethic cleansing" and you can hear them pull away from the mic 😂
1:50:51 I'm listening to this at work. Thank God I'm wearing headphones, but I literally dropped my wrench.
Haha, that made Tiki laugh!
1:05:41 The best part is Todd Reynholm, I mean, Rivers filling us in on the audio we're missing by creating his own 😁😁
Thank you for this upload
You are so very welcome! It was a pain and a joy to put together, thank you for stopping by!
4 minutes into this thing and it's as good, or better than the show. I've got to check and see if I've got the box set.
Ive been told that there is a commentary track with the episodes included in the UK DVD release, you might have a better quality version on there. This one I downloaded the episodes from RUclips and the mp3 commentary and lined up the audio and video together to share with a friend. I'd love to get the DVD version, I just keep putting it off for no logical reason!
Waiting on Series 2, gents. Patiently. Waiting.
this is not the first or last time i’m watching this commentary track
I keep coming back to watch it more times than I should. It would seem that I am sharing my impulsive, self-induced punishment with others! Thanks for watching!
@@DANRYX thanks for putting this out there man!! really appreciate it 🔥✌️
@@milkman8467 you are so welcome! Honestly, the appreciation for this post/video deservedly goes to people like you. I made this for a friend that I wanted to share it with, but seeing how many others love this means a lot to me. If it weren't for viewers like you, it would have been nothing more than a video project to share with just one person. I enjoy immensely how many people have gravitated to this and share what they love about a show that I adore as much as I do. Thank you again for expressing your appreciation, it means more than you know!
Who does your hair, Garth?
Barry
Is Barry well?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still coming back to watch this for the third time, lol.
Thanks for coming back!!!
"Rohypnol? I've been reading about it in this magazine with Eric Clapton on the front"
If you can't even get his majesties navy to dredge the Thames so the world can finally have the lost episodes of this gem restored, what are you guys even paying a TV license for?
I never knew when to laugh or cry...for some reason my ability to read cues diminished with each episode [in a good way]
Epic mandatory televisual consumption required. It's a pity more episodes weren't taken up, perhaps channel 4 realised what a hot item they were handling. TEN STARS********** for consistency and writing between the lines.
''My thoughts were provoked'' [says the Evening Standard] ...''Children should not see this without an adult present'' [says the Catholic Times]....''A gut wrenching episode by vegetables'' [says the Vegan Review].......(and others)
Sit to watch Commentary of the creator and actors go over their work.
Realize you get three guys crapping on their work and generally just mucking about
This is the greatest thing ever
Some of the people they really take shots at are their friends, like Stephen Merchant, Julian Barrett, and Noel Fielding. Matt worked with the latter two on The Mighty Boosh.
If these guys are doing this improv…that would be crazy. They are so casually funny I just can’t imagine this not being scripted and yet I don’t see how it could be.
Mandy Wool's outfit at 3:16....oh Christ, I had that exactly, right down to the lace-up booties. Though I never got eighties hair. Thank god for small mercies.