I knew the Mitchell and Webb duo from _The Peep Show_ and one day (long before the pandemic) I saw a comment on Slashdot about working from home linking to this sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk
Then I watched that show and learned about Numberwang.
Some of us aren't American! (Or young)
In the UK we watched it on the Beeb when it was aired.
I knew the Mitchell and Webb duo from _The Peep Show_ and one day (long before the pandemic) I saw a comment on Slashdot about working from home linking to this sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk
Then I watched that show and learned about Numberwang.
Some Mitchell and Webb sketches are posted on youtube.
Here is the history:
https://youtu.be/6ofnDdi-vfw?is=y9ccxKyAQfqiPIQs
I was forced to watch their atrocious sketch show while waiting in someone's house before we departed for the local pub.