That Mitchell and Webb Look’s “Fun Historian”
If you haven’t seen the British comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb on their many shows (Peep Show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Look), look them up!
David Mitchell loves history, and they often do sketches about historians and the traps we can walk into. This is one of my favorites.
that is my favourite clip of the whole show, the ending is brilliant
Haydn Rees
May 8, 2009
What’s not to love!
thehistoricpresent
May 8, 2009
I love this sketch.
The “fun historian” archetype seems immediately familiar, but I can’t quite place it. Are there any well-known examples?
Matthew Bond
February 19, 2011
Hello; thanks for writing. I can’t actually think of any, except for another Mitchell and Webb sketch about a historian trying to film a documentary on the use of radar by the British during WWII who can’t stop wildly waving his arms when he talks. They have to tie him up. Let us know if you find any others!
thehistoricpresent
February 19, 2011