The WORST episodes of David Mitchell's Soapbox
Every episode of David Mitchell's Soapbox ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of David Mitchell's Soapbox!
In the hit series from the star of Peep Show, QI and That Mitchell And Webb Look, comedy genius David Mitchell vents his spleen on modern life in this award winning series of hilarious rants. No subject is off limits. David's targets include the elderly, lying politicians and Anne Robinson. And if necrophilia, the Welsh, the oddly familiar Camelopard and mysterious King Cnut are your thing, look no further. This is British comedy at its most irreverent and brilliantly observed. Have you ever worried that you're not passionate enough about sofas? How to pronounce the word "valet"? Or what to do with a half-dead mouse? Are you confused about public mastication, inflatable hover-forts or the proper etiquette when signing someone's boobs? Well fear not, David is on your side and has the answers.
#2 - Phone Calls
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/26/2011
David picks up on the assumption that everything is quicker and easier to sort out by text. Is sending bite-sized messages really that effective? Or is it just a small pointless chore?
#3 - LOL
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2011
David tackles text speak and the charming little innovation LOL. But will he be for or against the modern habit of approving a joke with the abbreviation?
#4 - Machines
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2011
David berates the modern button-loving gadget designers who are given free reign with their counterintuitive scratchable DVDs. Do you too lament the simple days of the VHS?
#5 - Weddings
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2011
In this episode David takes issue with ridiculously extravagant weddings. He questions whether they're really supposed to be special for you, or for everyone else?
#6 - Stag Nights
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2011
David rants about the totally invented tradition of the stag night.
#7 - Naming Your Child
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2011
David discusses the folly of giving your child a unique name. But as soon as you get used to a name do you stop noticing it's strangeness altogether? Just think of 'Peep Show'...
#10 - Cheap Hotels
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/2011
David picks up on British reservations about calling hotels 'cheap.' But cheap is good is it not, so why not say it?
#12 - Dell Quiz
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/4/2011
David asks a series of questions that are not imminently googleable but to which there are definitively correct answers. The fabulous prize? A Dell XPS15z.
#13 - Television Credits
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/11/2011
You know those credits which disrupt your television viewing pleasure at the end of every programme? Squashing the show you were watching into one half of the screen, whilst a voice speaks over the music, what on earth are they thinking?
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#14 - Gifts
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/18/2011
David has his say on the rationale of the gift-giving ritual, from ill-fitting jumpers to duplicate copies of the Bonesetter's daughter, the whole system is hideously inefficient. Aren't we better off putting anything we actually want on an accessible online list?
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#15 - Dell Quiz Answers
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/1/2011
David Mitchell provides answers for the Dell Quiz.
#17 - Burden of Proof
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/15/2011
David Mitchell follows his sustainability rant with one on saving the environment. There is always heated debate about global warming, but until there is proof it doesn't exist, shouldn't we be looking for solutions?
#19 - Marathons
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/29/2011
David Mitchell analyses marathon runners this week, and what the logic is behind their attempts to raise money for charity. Surely all the time they spend training, would have been better spent working a job? After all, they would make a lot more money for charity!
#21 - Pointy Shoes
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2012
David Mitchell points the finger at pointy shoes, providing plenty of points about their pointlessness.
#24 - Signing Autographs
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/18/2012
David Mitchell looks into why people sign autographs. And oh! Did he not tell you that he has a book out now?
#25 - Richard III
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/25/2012
Richard III has been found in bone form by Archaeologists! David Mitchell wonders what we are supposed to do with them - bury them again?