Mitchell & Webb’s New Show Proves Comedy Is Dead

Comedy used to be brave, absurd, and gloriously offensive. Now? Not so much...

In this video, I explore the decline of comedy and the collapse of the entertainment industry in 2025, using Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping as the perfect case study for how far British comedy has fallen. Once amoungst the sharpest minds on Channel 4, David Mitchell and Robert Webb have returned with a show so painfully unfunny it feels like it was written entirely by ChatGPT — proof that AI writing might now be the only thing keeping modern media ticking over before it's inevitable spluttering death.

From the glory days of Peep Show to the lifeless sketches of today, media censorship and the never ending culture war have stripped humour of its edge. The result? An entertainment landscape where satire is neutered, television on both sides of the pond is bland, and comedy itself is a hollow shell of what it used to be.

We’re witnessing the slow and sad death of creativity — a time when modern media feels overproduced, AI-driven, and completely disconnected from real people. Whether it’s the entertainment industry 2025, the decline of comedy, or just the competency crisis within our so-called cultural elite, it’s hard not to feel like we’re living through the final act.

Maybe comedy didn’t die this year — maybe we just dug it up, desecrated the corpse, and danced on the pile.

If you care about British comedy, storytelling, and originality, this one’s for you.

⏱️Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:00 – That Mitchell & Webb disaster...
03:00 – When jokes stopped being funny
05:00 – Media incompetence and creative decline
07:00 – Why 2025 feels like the end of entertainment