Numberwang is still one of the funniest sketches ever though. It still gets me everytime.
Those two are actually like opposites. The brain surgery one somehow plays directly in to your expectations, where you see the punchline coming a mile away, and it still works, while numberwang works by just subverting every expectation you have.
Well… But it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Numberwang is still one of the funniest sketches ever though. It still gets me everytime.
Those two are actually like opposites. The brain surgery one somehow plays directly in to your expectations, where you see the punchline coming a mile away, and it still works, while numberwang works by just subverting every expectation you have.