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Please welcome our guest panelist Will Seaward, as we run through ecological disasters and unintended consequences!
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@TomScottGo 7 лет назад

If you're able to vote in Britain today, and you haven't yet: go do it before watching this! Otherwise, please enjoy 15 minutes of nobody reminding you to vote.

@ciaranreed91 7 лет назад

In Britain, too young.

@jobblejosh9713 7 лет назад

It doesn't matter who you vote for, as long as you vote and do your part!

@DanTheStripe 7 лет назад

Hell, even if you don't like any of the parties make sure to spoil your ballot as a protest vote! Not turning up at all is the worst possible outcome!

@Quintinohthree 7 лет назад

Joshua Pearson Well it does matter who you vote for, but it matters most that you vote.

@rorybrookes 7 лет назад

Monster raving loony party!

@DED_MEEM 6 лет назад

Will Seaward ain't foolin' me. I know a wizard when I see one.

@Tonatsi 5 лет назад

_You’re a harry, Wizard_

@alexschutze993 5 лет назад

Hagrid actually wasnt trained to br a wizard

@obliviousotterI 5 лет назад

@@Tonatsi Will seaward is indeed a hairy wizard

@nixtheclause9984 4 года назад

_Panthers?_

@clockworkkirlia7475 4 года назад

The words "Mustrum" and "Ridcully" leap stridently to mind, if you give him a few decades.

@tf9462 6 лет назад

"When I ate Matt I stole his powers." Will Seaward is Kirby.

@KusaneHexaku 6 лет назад

Trey Faucheux whann toooo oaattt meeeaaalll

@obliviousotterI 3 года назад

@@KusaneHexaku Kirbeh is a pihink guy

@2thgun 3 года назад

kirbo

@cheetahman515 Год назад

his laugh tho

@rawchicken3463 Год назад

Panthers?

@maniakkid25 7 лет назад

As a fake prize, I am both sad and proud that I thought of this. You've won a memory game made by the author of "Discworld" in which you pair together identical axes. It's "Terry Pratchett's Hatchet Match-it".

@KnowledgePerformance7 6 лет назад

YUS

@matthewbowers88 6 лет назад

That’s just fantastic, I try to come up with my own but I’ll not bother, I’m not beating that.

@beardedemperor 6 лет назад

I've had it in my head for some time now that "throw another shrimp on the barbie" is Paul Hogan's bogan slogan. That's all I've got.

@lol... 5 лет назад

Yee I have one (which I had thought of just now): an animal with a mental illness from the arctic- a bipolar polar polar....oh wait its leaving! Bye bye bipolar polar polar

@klungusxyz 5 лет назад

A professional wrestler's motto based on a DC superhero = Hulk Hogan's Logan Slogan

@josephlee9496 7 лет назад

Will looks like Matt's second evolution

@logankennedy609 7 лет назад

"This isn't even my final form."

@metropod 7 лет назад

Did he level up or did he use a stone?

@stephenskomorucha8243 7 лет назад

metropod no no no, he GOT stoned, then leveled up.

@MercenaryPen 7 лет назад

Neither, he was traded.

@mrmimeisfunny 7 лет назад

Happiny

@liamsax3939 3 года назад

“They’re not pests, they’re legitimate countries”. I almost choked on my beer

@NoNameAtAll2 2 года назад

I don't get it...

@thechairguy 2 года назад

@@NoNameAtAll2 "There have been many attempts to deal with pests, particularly Australia and New Zealand." - Tom Scott tom scott was talking about how australia and new zealand have tried to get rid of pests before, but this sentence can also be interpreted as saying that australia and new zealand are pests

@HappyBeezerStudios 2 года назад

To be fair, a not unimportant part of the australian population are descendants of convicts that got marooned on the other side of the world to get rid of them.

@snakesocks 7 лет назад

Will Seaward has a kind of "Ghost of Christmas present" vibe.

@duckman633 7 лет назад

snakesocks exactly what I thought!

@lawrencecalablaster568 7 лет назад

snakesocks I thought "youthful Brian Blessed" :)

@ryanelger07 7 лет назад

As did I

@TheBassManBoy 7 лет назад

I need him to read my a bedtime story. All of them.

@TheAlps36 7 лет назад

Lawrence Calablaster I was going to say his son but that's better

@Leffrey 2 года назад

Will is just the physical embodiment of the word Jolly

@kiwienterprises6984 Год назад

Ghost of Christmas Present vibes coming off of this wizard

@Hirosjimma Год назад

@@kiwienterprises6984 or Tom Bombadil

@hallamhal Год назад

He's superbly sanguine!

@AnonYmous-xs8nx 7 лет назад

Hey, New Zealand managed to get on the spinning wheel of "Which nation are we making fun of today?" You know, the one that's almost entirely labeled "France". Never been prouder of my country.

@nejitentenlee21 4 года назад

What about now with the rise of Taika Waititi

@brianriff8550 2 года назад

It's like Wheel of Fortune with the $1 million dollars sandwiched between the Bankrupt panels

@rawchicken3463 Год назад

We've talked about this before, it's just a piece of cardboard that says *_"France"_* on it

@therealmckoy6772 Год назад

The whole shell was France they just stuck more and more countries on as they went

@vel0city96 7 лет назад

We should have one with Will AND Matt just for 20 minutes of puns.

@teridactyl1250 3 года назад

I would like this, but it's on 69 likes and I don't want to ruin it

@meetaverma8372 3 года назад

yes

@peterstangl8295 Год назад

panthers?

@rmsgrey 7 лет назад

I knew the cobra effect, but only because of the late Sir Terry Pratchett, whose character, Lord Vetinari, faced with the consequences of a bounty on rat tails, solved it with four words: "tax the rat farms"...

@silaspoulson9935 6 лет назад

You know where this is?

@mirjanbouma 5 лет назад

@@silaspoulson9935 one of the Diskworld novels.

@silaspoulson9935 5 лет назад

@@mirjanbouma thanks, you know which one? Have read quite a few but haven't read this bit

@hatstack9094 5 лет назад

I'm tempted to say Guards Guards

@zaphod888 4 года назад

silas poulson Soul Music, I think

@JHYW 7 лет назад

I met Will Seaward once, at York Uni's PantSoc 10th Anniversary party. I still don't believe he's real; the phrase "larger than life" was invented for him!

@dominateeye 3 года назад

Please tell me "PantSoc" means "Panthers Society".

@xmlthegreat 3 года назад

@@dominateeye God I really hope so

@kevinm5940 2 года назад

@@dominateeye oh, I was thinking "pants society"

@enochliu8316 2 года назад

Pantomime Society

@Someone89a 2 года назад

The bill oddy heckler deserves a medal - fantastic timing

@JorWat25 7 лет назад

I'm not convinced Will is a real person...

@JorWat25 7 лет назад

I think he's really Brian Blessed.

@s6th795 7 лет назад

Speaking of Brian Blessed, if you haven't already seen it, pull up Tom's video about self-checkout voices.

@iavv334 7 лет назад

JorWat25 He looks like a pirate on the Pirates of the Carribean ride that got loose.

@DarkYuan 7 лет назад

Perhaps... "panthers?"

@Johnyknowhow 7 лет назад

Definitely a panther. He just dropped the pipe on the way in.

@jackmorris303 5 лет назад

Garry : goes off on a tangent Tom: *ding* Gary: "I'm getting a point for that?" Tom: "Yes, but actually no"

@debries1553 7 лет назад

Sorry, but I feel the mystery biscuit should've gone to the "french alleyways". That was just brilliant.

@hiperalee 6 лет назад

My sides were completely obliterated

@A_2the_lex 6 лет назад

noob

@richardmillhousenixon 3 года назад

@@A_2the_lex ok boomer

@chrisoddy8744 3 года назад

The thing is, everyone missed the best bit - it goes through, or "traverses" french alleyways. I don't know how someone can come up with a pun of that calibre that quickly.

@GumSkyloard 2 года назад

@@chrisoddy8744 Someone needs to go back in time and make sure Will gets Biscuited.

@Victinho6D 7 лет назад

Tom's facial expressions when he asked where Stephens Island was and Chris replied "The Sea!" are just priceless

@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 Год назад

I love the fact typing "New Zealand Fecking Big Eagle" into Google does actually work and brings up Haast's Eagle - Tom didn't make that up!

@DoccieDraaiorgel 7 лет назад

I really want Jay Foreman as a stand-in now!

@MarstonGreen 7 лет назад

Presumably whoever's off.

@tf9462 6 лет назад

Nillie probably Matt since he’s never there

@romainsavioz5466 6 лет назад

Trey Faucheux who's that matt ?

@mirzaahmed6589 6 лет назад

And Geoff Marshall.

@thelastcube. 5 лет назад

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN

@jamesyeoman794 7 лет назад

I freaking love Will's laugh. It is such a belly laugh.

@megasonicgeo 6 лет назад

This guy is like a descendant of Santa Claus. If Jon Snow was related to Santa it'd be Will.

@korakys 7 лет назад

I've met the Stephens Island lighthouse keeper and stayed a night at his house (he lives on D'Urville Island now because the lighthouse is automated). From what I could gather the major part of his job consists of conservation rather than lighthouse maintenance these days, which is somewhat ironic. Note that this isn't the same lighthouse keeper who introduced the cat, he's long dead.

@NimbusEntry 7 лет назад

Will is like if Weird Al was turned into a viking

@GumSkyloard 3 года назад

.. How the hell did you come up with that? And how are you so right?

@RoseArtemis24 7 лет назад

Will's laugh is simultaneously the most pure and impure thing on this planet and it never fails to make me smile

@EuanTodd 7 лет назад

panthers?

@whitepointstarproductions8905 7 лет назад

euan todd panthers

@OrigamiMarie 7 лет назад

paaanᵗʰᵉʳˢ?

@PKMartin 7 лет назад

I need that as my text alert...

@MrKcspot 7 лет назад

PKMartin I second this

@matthewfennell7886 7 лет назад

euan todd *paanthers?*

@alexbaumgartner441 7 лет назад

I was on a Harry Potter tour last year and this guy was my tour guide

@devburns8504 7 лет назад

harry potter killed my muv

@FateEverywhere 7 лет назад

Harry Potter killed my NPC on the way back from the Formidine Rift.

@iLikeTheUDK 7 лет назад

Alex Baumgartner Were any panthers around by any chance?

@ciangrant3042 4 года назад

@@iLikeTheUDK panthers??

@GigaBoost Год назад

Alex the transphobe

@Liggliluff 2 года назад

(4:25) I get that the subtitles are meant to help people understand, but it's also fun when it includes errors like the previous "tephelone". Chris did say "humings" and not "humans".

@oz_jones 2 года назад

It was just translated by an Ork. WAAAAGH

@StorytellerOfTheDead 7 лет назад

*P A N T H E R S ? ?*

@meesguyy 5 лет назад

*_I N D I A ? ?_*

@bl4cksp1d3r 3 года назад

N O V A S C O T I A ? ?

@otherssingpuree1779 3 года назад

*R E L E A S E T H E C O B R A S*

@Lizz85257 2 года назад

V I A G R A ?

@rivianexcel763 Месяц назад

R E L E A S E T H E C O B R A S!

@benjaminbrady2385 7 лет назад

I'm guessing Matt went to buy the $100 hamburger, hence why he's not here

@Sleight-lq8qd 3 года назад

Wonder if he’s doing it in his hovercraft

@experimentsengineering2623 7 лет назад

That new guys laugh is pure gold

@ArgoIo 7 лет назад

That guy has an awesome voice and intonation.

@Friek555 7 лет назад

I find it really annoying. To me, he always sounds like he's convinced that he just made the greatest joke of the show and waiting for everyone to laugh - despite Gary being way funnier than him.

@Walkinshaw83 7 лет назад

forced & considerably annoying

@USMarshmallow 7 лет назад

Have y'all ever thought that maybe it's his natural laugh? I know someone who's normal laugh (once he REALLY gets going) sounds exactly like that.

@VenseyNess 6 лет назад

Gyaeh hyah hyah hyah hyeh!

@AlRoderick 7 лет назад

Matt did the fusion dance with Brian Blessed?

@foxman105 7 лет назад

Hah... Steven Universe joke.

@zanderclark1461 7 лет назад

Not even close.

@bardbratberg6361 7 лет назад

foxman105 Dragonball Z joke achutaly.

@HaloInverse 5 лет назад

Will sort of seems like a Brian Blessed that has been scaled down for use indoors.

@richardmillhousenixon 4 года назад

@@HaloInverse Brian Blessed is the final evolution of Will Seward

@musewolfman Год назад

"Troglodytes summat-elsesius" had me in stitches.

@torranstewart5871 7 лет назад

Will has the most enjoyable laugh. I think of English Santa.

@agodlessmonstrosity 3 года назад

So Father Christmas

@infiniteplanes5775 2 года назад

Is there a major difference in their laughs?

@rawchicken3463 Год назад

*_panthers?_*

@JustOneAsbesto 7 лет назад

Of course the ornithologist wins the episode about a bird. This show is CLEARLY rigged.

@ebiljebus 7 лет назад

You've won an egg-and-cream-based dessert from a recipe created by a famous American Civil War officer which will be applied to your nether regions. ...that's General Custer's Genital Custard.

@MorallyUnacceptable 5 лет назад

I was thinking Jefferson Davis Cream Pie

@shotgun3628 3 года назад

i hope for as long as i live, i never have to read the phrase "genital custard"

@ZeldaTheSwordsman 2 года назад

SPIRITUS SANCTUS, no. No no no no no no no no no no no. Go away. Go away. Remove this unholy stain that calls to mind a certain unlicensed Atari game to all who have the misfortune to know of it.

@Nefariouspat 7 лет назад

I miss Matt, but this guy has a positively regal laugh

@thehoodedteddy1335 3 года назад

I love how now google autofills “New zealand fe” as “New Zealand fecking big eagle”

@ValorousFogey 7 лет назад

12:16 I just noticed, that window behind them has the weird optical illusion where you see dark dots at the crossing points.

@Krantz_ 4 года назад

God damn it I can't unsee this now

@lawrencecalablaster568 7 лет назад

Will Seward is the most brilliant Hagrid in the world.

@johnbeauvais3159 7 лет назад

Can someone please make a MP3 of him saying Panthers to use as a text alert?

@ya436 6 лет назад

John Beauvais I did that using sony vegas pro.

@jayglenn837 5 лет назад

Done also, with audacity. Would you like it put up for download? xD

@旭球 5 лет назад

@@jayglenn837 yes, please do

@josephd871 2 года назад

imagine if just in the middle of the night you get a threatening text but when it was sent you heard “pantheRRRsz?” and you can’t stop laughing

@Stjaernljus 7 лет назад

Most extinct birds are indeed flightless.

@alittar8062 7 лет назад

most birds are extinct

@Carewolf 7 лет назад

That's what happens to dinosaurs.

@TheSimmr001 6 лет назад

and literally typing "new zealand fecking big eagle" brings up haast's eagle

@dominateeye 2 года назад

Certainly are now.

@dbseamz 2 года назад

Well of course they are! They can't fly anymore one they've gone extinct!

@matthewjbarron 7 лет назад

"A light-house keeper's cat named Tibbles." I'm am just now recovering my breath, my face drenched with tears. No, it's not what you think. After that comment, I'm throwing my depression meds away.

@ryanwood9sqn 2 года назад

Has Will Seaward ever considered a part in Dickens Christmas Carol as Christmas present? Would be perfect for the role.

@dbseamz Год назад

My thoughts exactly

@Haights 7 лет назад

6:47 'Round and 'round the rugged rock: the ragged rascal wren.

@ahreuwu 4 года назад

@wossy

@Haights 4 года назад

@@ahreuwu a-va, a-ra, a-va, a-ra

@mistaecco 6 лет назад

Was Gary yelling "Get out of my office" the thing that made you laugh for a full minute in the youtube editing room, Tom?

@CraftQueenJr 4 года назад

mistaecco nah, _Panthers_

@notthatcreativewithnames 6 лет назад

That "Panthers" can be a good distractionator for the next Battle of the Beer.

@robertlinke2666 5 лет назад

for that "release the cobra's" is even better

@ChickenGeorgeClooney 2 года назад

"Panthers?" is an all-timer techdif/citneed quote!

@LovelyMetalhead 3 года назад

Chris' joke about introducing an elaborate passport service is underrated tbh. Love this episode!

@hallamhal 3 года назад

I've always worried what kind of world we'd inhabit if Brian Blessed ever passed away But Will Seaward has given me hope for the human race

@KaiCalimatinus 7 лет назад

Will is like if Matt and Brian Blessed got in two teleporters and got 'The Fly'ed together

@Tonatsi 5 лет назад

I love Chris Joel's reaction when tibbles is mentioned.

@justhere7311 Год назад

8:38 To this day if you look this up you still get the same result. I shouldn't be surprised but I do find it amusing.

@echoking1569 7 лет назад

When I first saw this Will Seaward fellow my brain immediately went to "How did Tom get William Shakespeare the time traveler on the show?"

@skthejanner 7 лет назад

Will only needed to eat Matt because Jay Foreman stole all of his food

@obliviousotterI 5 лет назад

God that's an obscure reference

@AgentTasmania 4 года назад

Ah, vintage

@twojuiceman Год назад

Run awaying without paying puts me in a good mood

@UltraAceCombat 7 лет назад

This needs to be a 5 person show now

@jamestaliaferro258 7 лет назад

May we have more CN with Will? He fits in well. (doesn't have to replace Matt but we need more of him.)

@jamestaliaferro258 7 лет назад

Nillie The puns would just grow and take over everything like a hilarious, cringey tumor!

@MianCowell 7 лет назад

It'd be a pun off

@dawnqwerty 7 лет назад

Mian Cowell matt would pun off with the prize.

@DanTheCaptain 6 лет назад

I need a t-shirt of Will's face at 5:04 with the word "Panthers?" on it!

@kindle9597 6 лет назад

After seeing Will Seaward, I understand why famous English kings were compared to lions

@robsonrobson9905 Год назад

Will Seward's laugh is such a joy

@yovliporat8608 7 лет назад

Jesus christ I love Will Seward. Laughed my eyes out this episode, even more than usual

@squig4426 Год назад

they've brought a bloody disney villain on

@rhysjones9771 3 года назад

hello and welcome back to three dry sarcastic northern men and the most delightful being to ever live

@jamesl8640 3 года назад

9:00 probably the best moment of the series

@bl4cksp1d3r 3 года назад

"PANTHERS?" will never be boring to me

@choobs8511 7 лет назад

Will Seaward looks like Matt Gray with Evolved hair.

@HassanSelim0 7 лет назад

it's called super saiyan :D

@DKnuerr 7 лет назад

Super Grayan.

@envythejelly6034 7 лет назад

We need more Will. He's like a little jolly Brian Blessed.

@vacinden 7 лет назад

This is like a weird Dungeons and dragons session.....

@MattZelda 5 лет назад

So any good dnd session?

@TH3KARMACHARGER 6 лет назад

I would like to point out that Will Seaward is in fact the ghost of Christmas Present from the Muppets Christmas Carol.

@inlizwetrusst7904 Год назад

Chris was on fire today!

@rosettasmith2119 7 лет назад

I voted.I hope that Matt Gray will be in the next Citation needed !

@TomScottGo 7 лет назад

Will's in for the next episode, but Matt will be back for the last two of this season!

@anonym3017 7 лет назад

Tom Scott please get will in in the next season. Just replace everybody once or twice. Because he is great.

@vel0city96 7 лет назад

Get Will and Matt in the same room and make an extended outtake of just 20 minutes of horrible puns.

@tiptapdrats8454 7 лет назад

Will's smile and chuckle immediately following his claim of having eaten Matt makes him seem oddly sinister, like he actually did it.

@Kalobi 7 лет назад

I think you found one of the best possible stand-ins for Matt. Will is hilarious!

@Raua12 3 года назад

9:09 proves that the laughing owl still lives; there's one in the audience

@robertwilloughby8050 2 года назад

Hey, wait a minute, wasn't Will the food van driver in Jay Foreman's "Stealing Food"?

@AgentWaltonSimons 7 лет назад

I should not have watched this on the train. Now I have a carriage full of commuters who think I'm crazy because I've been laughing so hard...

@keyrousse Год назад

Surprisingly high number of spit-takes by Chris in this episode! :)

@tarmil 8 месяцев назад

I love that people have searched "New Zealand fecking big eagle" so much that it's now in Google's autocomplete.

@TristanBomber 7 лет назад

Ah, this guy fits right in! Love him! If you ever decide to do a 4-player game I'd love to see him again.

@CplHound 2 года назад

Panthers has been my SMS tone for my mate who showed me this

@jacoblambert1586 2 года назад

Will Seaward is the ghost of Christmas Present.

@MinecraftSss 7 лет назад

OMG, it's Will Seaward from Questionable!! (that I just happened to watch yesterday)

@johnstevenson1709 5 месяцев назад

Always nice to see parsley the lion getting work.

@glossaria2 7 месяцев назад

Coincidentally, there's also a Stephens Island off the coast of British Columbia (other end of Canada from Nova Scotia, alas). Both named for the same person, Sir Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty (because apparently once was not enough).

@WilliamBoothClibborn 7 лет назад

Why isn't Will famous? He has the best voice and evidently the best name!

@RegiRuler 5 лет назад

5:27 photos taken 1 second before disaster If you ever do a 9th series Will and Math Matt *must* be in a show together.

@TheOutZZ 4 года назад

The amount of Chris spit-takes in this episode is phenomenal.

@vale.antoni Год назад

"Trogleditis sometelsius" Learning latin names of plants (not animals *cough* blasphemy), this makes my day every time I watch this episode.

@Liggliluff Год назад

(12:00) Gary: I can never go to the zoo Subtitles: I can never go to the cinema

@oz_jones 7 месяцев назад

He clearly says cinema

@squidminion3801 2 года назад

Several years ago I walked the Routeburn Track in New Zealand and it's the only walk I've done where distance was measured in dead ferret/weasel/stoat traps(!) Another way to deal with pests is the phrase "if you see a possum, squash 'em"

@brumm0m3ntum94 Год назад

3:20 Gary’s question was never answered did it evolve it’s flightlessness on Steven’s Island or did it evolve flightlessness somewhere else and then get there by non flighted means

@dbseamz Год назад

For some reason, that brought to mind the Monty Python rant about swallows carrying coconuts.

@olivergs9840 5 лет назад

I love Chris' sudden and violent spit take as soon as Tom says ''Tibbles''

@scottsmith4204 7 лет назад

Will seaward should be on all of the shows from here on out. He is great.

@Trek001 3 года назад

Thanks to some new google detection coding, searching "fecking big eagle" will bring this episode up at the top of the results in chrome - clicking the link will take you directly to 8:36... Well played

@emilyblack7342 2 года назад

Is anyone going to talk about Chris Joel: ornithologist? Dude can get it with that bird related knowledge.

@markpenrice6253 2 года назад

When I say Ornith, you say...

@hotelroom404 Год назад

@@markpenrice6253-ologist

@ArrangedNoiseFan 2 года назад

This wrendom article made for fantastic content!

@cactusboy33 5 лет назад

How did these guys manage to get through this with the ghost of Christmas present right there?

@sharkuc 4 года назад

Love how google now autosuggests "New Zealand fecking big eagle" halfway through typing. Guess I'm not the only one who tried that when watching this.