I wish I had witnessed the technical difficulties in their "citation needed" or "two of these people are lying" days. Allthough I really enjoy what they are doing now, it's on a different more laid back level than those two chaotic series.
I really recommend it to anyone curious about humoristic trivia games. Tom Scott is a pretty good host, both in leading contestants and on his own, but matt grey, chris joel and especially gary brannan are simply too good at derailling any conversation.
highlights include:
the prizes at the end of most episodes of "citation needed" being crazy convoluted wordplays and alliterations
fish tank and people tank
a goose and a train
the chocolate war
a pope infestation
"and the wheel lands on... france"
tom scott awarding points for someone simply paraphrasing what he just said
Gary occasionnal throwing some of the wildest sounds a man can produce with his mouth
the tale of Henricus, the drunkard gaul prophet who came to rome
that time matt stated "I'm telling you, that's not mine" and Tom still went and picked his proposition
gary trapped in an endless giggle fit.
multiple instances of tom crossing off gary's proposition immediately, and being wrong half the time.
"so you think they just transported a flipping corpse to the house of Commons?"
Juan Pujol and Jack Churchill both being grandiose WWII mad lads in their own ways
the whole "hagia Sophia" debacle, from Tom being mocked by the commenters for not knowing it, to the terrible description which almost made me think I was mistaken, to the final twist ending
that one time one of the liers was accidentally closer to the truth than the one who was supposed to have picked the article
Tom being certain an airoport he actually went to didn't exist
Gary being a massive "old timey official documents" nerd, but also the man with the grossest jokes of the crew
on that point, "♪ have you ever seen your granny [...]"
hugging a penguin
"are you done?"
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calling all tech dif fans
google podcasts is shutting down at the end of the month, and I have no idea where else to find the og citation needed podcast (the one with 33 eps) someone pls lmk where else i can listen to it bc I will die without this podcast (only half joking)
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Tech Diff fans, I need your help
There’s a bit in Citation Needed where Tom says “what did he do to raise its profile?” And Matt quickly says “gave it a Facebook profile”
Or something like that?
Which episode is this from? This bit is stuck in my head and I can’t remember it to save my life
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Maybe one day I'll get over the fact that this is a real YouTube comment that isn't even an exaggeration. Maybe. Probably not, though
[Image description: A screenshot of a tech diff video and a comment below it. The video is one of the Citation Needed episodes filmed live in YouTube Space. The captions read "That's actually "strap the f*** on", but never mind..." Below the video, a comment by @juggalombre reads "30 seconds in and immediately we're hit with the canon facts that Tom Scott gets pegged"]
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really love what youtube did for me here. british game show parallels
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the technical difficulties but gary is replaced by a goose who steadily gets louder throughout the episode
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