Brain Surgeon - That Mitchell & Webb Look , Series 3 - BBC

What no one in the comments is realising is that you can see the punchline coming before it does, that's what makes the sketch so good

"Doctor, can you operate on this man's brain?"
"Well, probably not, brain surgery is extremely—"
"It's that neighbor of yours you said is a total moron."
"Oh... well," (rolls up sleeves) "how hard could it be?"

As CEO of Neuralink and SpaceX, Elon could have this conversation with himself.

I always wonder how "Rocket scientists" and "Brain surgeons" describe the easier parts of their profession

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So after watching this skit, a few times, I decided to research it. Is it harder to be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon. And it's significantly harder to be a brain surgeon. At the point will you become a rocket scientist you would still need seven years of residency before you were a neurosurgeon. There are five times as many rocket scientists as there are brain surgeons honestly, if you came close but ultimately failed to be a brain surgeon, you would hardly break a sweat to be a rocket scientist.

One of the best skits you'll ever see.

This whole skit is comedic edging; the punch line is like a long awaited orgasm!

GOATs

Funny

lol, Mark's called Jeff in this sketch

Brain surgeons are just glorified lobotomists.

Thee most predictable yet funny line ever lol

Not every accountant needs a brain surgery but indeed every brain surgeon needs an accountant.

LOL

morons in the comment section think rocket science is actually harder than brain surgery

nope, brain surgery is way harder than rocket science. Trust me, I'm above both. I'm a philosopher

I watched this sketch but it's not exactly brain surgery is it. 😊

Now all that's needed is a plastic surgeon to join these two and watch those egos fly.

Would have loved this to be redone by Dr Strange and Tony Stark

As an Astrophysicist I can confirm that rocket science isn't actually that hard.

Yeah but, rocket science... it's not exactly brain surgery, is it?

Brilliant!

You know the punch line is coming which is what makes it funny.

The only great predictable joke to this day

Fantastic bit. Love it!!

Shania Twain walks through the door and says ‘so you’re a rocket scientist, that don’t impress me much’

Here in 2025 and this never ceases to be hilarious. Classic comedic sketch that plays on not one but two common English language idioms, The arrogance of Webb's character has us all rooting for him to get his come-uppance, and there's Mitchell with the disinterested look ready to do the business 😂 Genius writing and timing. Perfect. 👏

It would have been even funnier without the punchline. "Oh, brain surgery." and cut.

Brilliant

Never ceases to amaze me how, every time I watch this, and every time I know what the punchline coming up is and I'm still laughing the whole time leading up to it after David walks in.

The setup is so good that the punchline doesn't even matter, because knowing what's coming is the hilarious part.

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Funny, but you know, writing skits isn't exactly rocket-surgery.

Still one of the best.

Such talented guys.

This sketch always reminds me of the 2 Ronnies. The gag just has their style and not only because of the party setting.

ngl. could see that punchline coming from before i was born

Hands down one of their best sketches. Doesn't take a brain surgeon to know why 😂

I love this sketch. You can see the punchline coming from kilometers away and yet its still so funny. Ha Ha.

I wonder how many takes this took for them to do it without laughing

Whenever I see a clip where someone says "it's not brain surgery", I come back to this video.

I'm only discovering this now,after 15 years of being a Peep Show fan. I know.

The comedy genius of this is that the punchline is telegraphed from a mile off, and we all feel giddy anticipation of it, and then it's delivered with perfect timing.

Fascinatingly, Facebook says this video goes against their community standards.

that brilliant pause when he takes a sip of his drink before the punchline.

I come back to watch this a couple times a year and I laugh every time.

Proper humour. Mitchell and Webb, Miller and Armstrong, French and Saunders, Harry and Paul? How the BBC is crying out for this type of humour.

Cant get enough of this sketch.
Must have watched it 20+ times over the span of about 10 years.
I am not sure what it is but it just feels like perfect comedy.

😂😂😂😂😂