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

BBC · 5.9M views · 2009-06-09 · 2:09

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Overview

A short That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch in which a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon trade jibes over whose job is harder. It is a BBC comedy clip from 2009.

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Mostly posted as a joke or reference when threads touch on status, difficulty or jobs.

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Satire & parody

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netsharc · 2026-06 · Joke / meme
I found his website, [LINK] , and the "2%" brag is the very first sentence, geez. Being the top x% is what OnlyFans girls brag about, professor... And it's not exactly brain surgery, is it? [VIDEO]
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pcthrowaway · 2025-07 · Joke / meme
There is no problem with it, but I assume there are many people who will look upon you favourably if they think you do a highly skilled job. While many of us may not care to impress those people, there are certainly those who do (possibly people with similar attitudes who care more about validation from people who think like them) A somewhat ungenerous characterization of the attitude may be something like the Rocket Scientist vs Brain Surgeon sketch - [VIDEO] But we should also acknowledge that there's an entire culture built around valuing people and their time relative to one's perception of their "importance", that this culture can influence one's earning potential and acquisition of material possessions, and that many people do care about things like "seeming important" or moving upwards in this hierarchy as a result.
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kowlo · 2023-08 · Joke / meme
I made a VESA mount for my iPad [1]. It wasn't exactly brain surgery [2], but I thought it was cool! [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
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