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A deranged sports pundit delivers an increasingly unhinged rant about why everyone should watch football in this hilariously aggressive spoof advert.
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The giants of Charlton meet the titans of Ipswich, making them both seem normal sized
Who the winner is for this year at least, and indeed at most!
Various aggressive demands to "Watch the football!"
Various aggressive demands to "Watch the football!"

In this parody of over-the-top sports promotion, a sports pundit appears in what looks like a typical promotional ad for football. However, instead of building enthusiasm, he delivers a vitriolic and increasingly desperate tirade about football and why viewers should watch it. The sketch satirizes the aggressive marketing tactics and manufactured hype around sports broadcasting, with the pundit becoming more unhinged as he tries to convince viewers that football matters, ultimately undermining his own message through sheer desperation and hostility.

This sketch is a parody of aggressive sports advertising and promotional campaigns\nThe video has been extremely popular on YouTube with over 4.3 million views\nOriginally aired in 2008 as part of Series 2, Episode 1 of That Mitchell and Webb Look\nThe sketch exemplifies Mitchell and Webb's talent for taking mundane scenarios and pushing them to absurd extremes\nDuration: 1 minute 55 seconds

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