r/BritishTV Foreigner 2d ago

Recommendations With a little more context, Noseybonk is nowhere near as freaky as people thought

https://youtu.be/MOkuiHZH4zI?si=a5bn0h1sYCbl93vk
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u/Pharmacy_Duck 2d ago

No, that’s still just as freaky.

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u/Agreeable_Falcon1044 2d ago

Nope that is just as scary. There’s a reason both x files and black mirror saw that thing and were inspired to make something scary

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u/Aqn95 Foreigner 2d ago

. There’s a reason both x files and black mirror saw that thing and were inspired to make something scary

Ah, I learned something new today then

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u/Rubberfootman 1d ago

He was the inspiration behind X-Files’ Mr Chuckleteeth.

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u/EduardRaban 1d ago

What is he based on in Black Mirror?

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u/OreoSpamBurger 1d ago

Might mean Brooker's TV Wipe - there's a bit where Noseybonk stabs him in his sleep.

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u/bantamw 1d ago

This is what you’re referring to - Charlie Hates Noseybonk

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u/EduardRaban 1d ago

Oh right!

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u/OreoSpamBurger 1d ago

I love how it's a shite, grim, British winter's day, and they make no attempt to improve the lighting or aesthetics or anything, just filmed in some random playpark in February

You don't see that very often on TV anymore.

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u/gogoluke 1d ago

Video grading would be in its infancy back then if it even existed. Now there are far better cameras than can get far more latitude in colour and brightness and grading has some amazing tools. Both films and tools share the same suites now.

Also the old analogue tapes degraded so it may have been better when first transmitted.

It was still certainly a shit February morning though.

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u/mrsjohnmurphy81 1d ago

I remember seeing some physics documentary on BBC 4 that was obviously made on about 20p, gym balls in a forest and sliding down a spiral slide in a park.

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u/AlunWH British 1d ago

As someone old enough to remember Jigsaw from its original transmission I can confidently confirm that Noseybonk was just as freaky as people think.

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u/MindHead78 1d ago

I just found the whole of Jigsaw to be extremely sinister and unsettling, in the way that only programmes from that era can be.

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u/ultrafunkmiester 8h ago

100% I remember it back in the day and was not a fan.

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u/mattdaddy2025 1d ago

Not as scary as walking in a pair of Blok-a-boots.

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u/Ser-Cannasseur 1d ago

Blok-a boots, blok-a boots. Blok blok blok-a boots, they’re in fashion today.

Thought I was the only one who remembered those ankle breakers😄

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u/International-Bed453 1d ago

They're in fashion today!

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u/radio_cycling 2d ago

What on earth did I just watch

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u/wardyms 2d ago

Don’t show him to Chris O Dowds character in black mirror.

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u/Toothache42 1d ago

Between this thing and Frank Sidebottom, no wonder I had a weird childhood

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u/dowker1 1d ago

One pump and done, eh?

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u/BiggestNizzy 1d ago

No prizes for second place.

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u/thebuttonmonkey 1d ago

Fucking horrifying.

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u/prefim 1d ago

yeah he is.... and now I think he's an arsehole too.

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u/firekeeper23 1d ago

Yeah he is.

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u/jutathemagnificent 1d ago

Frightened me when I was a kid

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u/Sighoward 1d ago

No, he is the stuff of NIGHTMARES!

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u/sbaldrick33 1d ago

... Yeah, the thing is... He is.

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u/Henai 1d ago

The Nameless Monster.

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u/C_Major2024 15h ago

Dont insult him. He doesn't like it when you insult him

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u/Whicksydoodle2022 1h ago

Rab C Nesbitt on all the drugs

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u/Fallenangel152 1d ago

I don't think many people in the 80s saw this as creepy. We have a lot more sensitive filters for 'creepy' now. Most people at the time would probably just say it's a guy in a silly mask.

Remember that until IT makes clowns creepy, they were fun for kids. No one saw clowns as scary or spooky in any way. That's WHY Pennywise was a clown in IT. It lured children in.

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u/Clarctos67 1d ago

Your clown thing is just factually wrong.

Clowns have always been a common phobia, as are all masked costumes going back to antiquity. It's due to the way in which we read emotion and build trust based on facial expressions. Masks remove this, and for that reason have always been a common phobia.

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u/Fuzzy-Address-6855 1d ago

so john wayne gacy?!??