What was it like running Emojli, the world's first emoji-only messenger? Why did we kill it? Do we have any regrets? And who's the best organisation to handle an unsubscribe request? All this and more from a Park Bench somewhere in London. Also, huskies. The Park Bench starts here!
A "making of" video, about how we ended up in eastern Finland, at Mevea Simulation, to make our latest video.
The day after our shoot with Mevea Simulation, we went searching for the Russian Border with Finland.
In 2009, we ended up dancing around behind TV news crews in London. This is the Behind the Scenes we never made.
A short Park Bench toilet humour special. Don't say we didn't warn you.
How can you make enough money off YouTube to live? Well, it's a bit like being in a band.
"Explaining British Things To The World" is a popular genre. So here, from a much warmer bench than usual, is a British Christmas.
You know, "Tom Scott and His Red T-Shirts" sounds a bit like a children's book.
In 2009, we took a cardboard Matt Gray onto the streets of York. This is the Behind the Scenes we never made.
This is as close to careers advice as you'll ever get from us. It's more of a list of what we did, starting with university through to our careers today.
Sometimes we ****ing swear. (I try not to on camera; Matt, not so much.) Most of the time, we bleep it. But not always: here's why, along with diversions about Ofcom, "adult content", and Jazz FM -- from some garden chairs somewhere under the Heathrow approach path.
We thought we'd try to explain some media jargon you may have seen in the credits. What's the difference between Producer and Executive Producer? What's a Director?
We talk about how we came up with the idea, filming on a cliff, and we reveal whether it was a fake or not! (It wasn't.)
Finally, enough time has passed for Tom to be able to talk about Mad Cap'n Tom without clenching or retching too much.
A tale of Trevor the Golden Duck, his pair of replacements, and a box that went "flap" from Ferrybridge services.
A rambling video about jetlag, shift work and herons, featuring another of Matt's spectacular descriptions of geography (as seen on Citation Needed)
England's got quite a divide between North and South, and then there's the ghastly area known as the midlands!
On a breakwater -- technically it's a groyne -- in Sheerness, we talk about lenses, lies, and why you can't always believe what you see on screen.
On a bench in Tartu, Estonia, we welcome Paul along with art from Simon to talk about our road trip, an abandoned submarine base, and, yes, the incident where Tom fell through ice into a frozen lake. Also, rainbow Comic Sans.
On a bench in Tartu, Estonia, we welcome Paul along with art from Simon to talk about the Other Incident: the one that involved us getting pulled over by the Estonian Defence Force.
We've had many comments and tweets asking what equipment we use in our videos. Here's a haphazard list!
Continuing from last week's Kit List: here's the brand new toy that we're playing with!
Tom tells the tale of the time Mad Cap'n Tom ran for parliament. Yes, seriously.
We explain our editing process, and why it takes a long time between filming a series and releasing it.
We've been asked for a list of things to do in London as a tourist. Here are some things that may be off-the-radar!
Yep. The title says it all. Tom was the Master of Ceremonies at a hosting industry conference, and got to interview Edward Snowden. We don't have any video of it.
On our way back from Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, we stopped by a Mystery Park and stared into the sun. Warning: features the return of Rainbow Comic Sans, and a bit of wind noise even despite our big fuzzy dead-cat microphone.
Gary and Chris join Matt and Tom on the bench and answer questions from Twitter about The Technical Difficulties and Citation Needed!
In 2014, we went to the Eurovision Grand Final in Copenhagen, and got more than we bargained for!
Once again, we are joined by Tim on the bench, talking about an opportunity Tom had that was too good to miss.
In 2015 we went to Stavanger in Norway because we loved the 90s.
This time, the video works! Pitfalls we've discovered in the past when broadcasting live events on YouTube, radio or TV. And lots of off topic rambling. We were "in one of those moods"
We were having dinner nearby and thought why not pop down to the Thames Foreshore before the sun goes down and make a video.
Some of you shopped on Amazon having clicked a link from our previous video. Amazon gives us an anonymous summary of what everyone bought.
The title says it all! And we're back in the village of Northaw.
In our final video from Northaw, we talk through why green screen based productions with loads of graphics take so much more time to produce.
We talk bout how, In 2012, Dan and Tom gave away presents using Amazon Lockers. Also includes a tangent about Yiwu, where Christmas tat (amongst other things) is made.
Thanks to Oscar who came up to us and said hi! You asked how we come up with our ideas: Here's how. (We were both very tired when we filmed this, so it's rambly as hell)
We ramble about how this came about.
With 14 mins left in the camera, we asked twitter for questions.
This is pretty much unedited. We ran around the UK's hacker camp with a DJI Osmo. It's rough and ready, but it works. This is EMF Camp 2016.
Tom's going to the Arctic for three weeks with Chris Hadfield. There'll be guest videos on his main channel, but what should Matt do here while he's away?
We're often asked what motivates us to get so much done. We also had a time limit as the park was about to close.
Seeing as Tom is away in the Arctic, Jay Foreman's joining Matt on the Park Bench! We asked Twitter for song or 90s TV theme suggestions to show off Jay's ability to mess with songs.
Matt's been asked several times now to chat about what he does at work. Ioana, who's also a broadcast engineer, joins him on the bench!
Tom says hi from the Arctic, and Matt gives a quick behind the scenes of how we set up and film the Park Bench, through the medium of time lapse video.
Tom is back from his adventure round the Arctic, and has some tales to tell!
Part two of Tom describing what he got up to on his adventure.
This is the last part of Tom's Arctic adventure stories.
We visited the US National Radio Quiet Zone as part of our trip to the Green Bank Radio Telescope and it wasn't as strict as we had been led to believe.
Once again, we're joined by Dan and chat about our trip to the Green Bank Radio Telescope in West Virginia.
If we have enough mobile signal, we're going to do the Park Bench live this morning!
Tom's just upgraded from the 4 to the 5. Here's why it's worth getting the new version! (This is not an ad/sponsorship/etc. We just really like it!)
Story time with Matt about how a part of his camera ended up underneath ESA's Spacelab (which has been to space 9 times!)
We've done a year of the Park Bench‽ We also ask three questions: What should we do with VR/360? What's cool at your University? What should we do next on the bench?
We asked Twitter, and Twitter asked what was the scariest thing we'd done in our life!
We are unprepared, uncoordinated and unprofessional. Matt Parker is understanding. And taking your questions live.
Round the back of a Christmas market, somewhere in Germany, Tom is ill, and Matt is dealing with some genuine Germans. We meant to talk about our different approaches to airports, but a lot of that got lost in translation...
Once again we were playing The Pogues Game this year! Here's how we did, and some suggestions of better Christmas songs to listen to!
…Hearing Protection. If you're going to see live music, you should probably be wearing hearing protection, as sustained exposure to loud noise will damage your hearing.
Welcome to our second channel! This is where we'll put the Park Bench conversations, behind-the-scenes videos, interviews, answer questions, and... well, whatever you suggest in the comments, really.
Amazon gives us an anonymous summary of everything that's been bought after clicking one of our affiliate links. Since the last video, some of you have bought some… interesting things!
Just before Christmas, we visited the Bremen Drop Tower.
In our last video, we said "Bremen" quite a lot.
In which Matt explores Virtual Reality and Tom fails at doing fancy compositing. Thanks to James and Jarod at UsTwo for inviting us!
Tom went to Denmark to film a thing and many things went surprisingly well!
Off the back of our Get Some God Damn… video, a surprising amount of people bought hearing protection!
Matt makes a note of silly things that make him laugh, whether from his mind wandering or odd conversations with friends. This is us, reading through the note.
Tom and Paul went to Uppsala in Sweden to film a video, and it didn't go to plan!
Tom and Paul went forty minutes out of their way for some cheap jokes.
The title pretty much says it all! Expect guest videos on Tom's channel for the next few weeks while he takes a break.
Because what else would two Brits want to hire to drive through the desert in‽ Beware: this video contains travel tales, holiday photos, and a false ending.
Having spent the best part of three weeks travelling together, we thought it might be safer to do this week's park bench in the airport, so we get longer without seeing each other.
We went to Universal Studios Hollywood and went on some rides, all of which have a common theme!
We arranged a time, We arranged a place, We forgot to think of something to talk about, so we asked you on the twitters!
You asked us what board games we like, so here are some recommendations!
Here's the behind-the-scenes ramble, on how we got access to JPL, and what it was like filming there!
Fun fact: YouTube allows up to 100 characters in the title of a video.
We visited the Arecibo Radio Telescope for today's video on Tom's channel. Matt was wearing a GoPro on his helmet throughout the visit, so here's what he could see!
Quite a few of Matt's day-job colleagues have recently found out he's a YouTuber, and are taking the news differently to how they might have in the past.
Here are some places which sell food that we like.
Tom spent a lot of time in Adobe After Effects to make that video, and for some reason, he chose to do a load of effects in this behind the scenes video too!
Matt's vaguely musical, Tom isn't. But you're more likely to hear Tom sing.
Since the last video, your purchases became more adult, so we asked Hannah Witton along to help!
When we're laughing at the beginning of a video, it's normally because we've had a minute of giggling beforehand. Some times it's more than a minute.
We're always asked what we use to film our videos, so here's an update on our kit!
This is a public apology for a grievous error that Tom made with Saturday's video. He'd like to make it clear that this was entirely his fault, and we hope you'll stick with us in future.
Tom saw something very impressive in person. Here's why it didn't look anywhere near as impressive on camera. Also hand rubbing.
Matt bought some Snapchat Spectacles. Here are his thoughts!
Dr Irving Finkel of the British Museum shows Matt and Tom how to write cuneiform on a clay tablet.
Tom set up a helpline for those affected by that face from that video. More people rang up than expected.
A follow-up video to some tweets we've been getting about the gorgeous shots from Tom's latest video in Cardiff.
Most of Britain don't understand how UK phone numbers work, never mind the rest of the world.
Featuring nerves, clouds, and surprising bugs. Thanks to all of you who helped get us here!
We challenged you to work out where we watched the eclipse from. Here's how well you did!
From an unflattering angle on a windy London rooftop, let's get ready to ramble!
Now that's a self-explanatory title. A few weeks ago, we did a live stream of comment printing and shredding. This is how we did it.
Matt would like to have a go at other people's jobs, just to see what they're like.
Tom's been (surprisingly) watching some TV shows recently and would like to share the good stuff!
Thanks to Andy from 25th Southampton Sea Scout Group for inviting us to Bramble Bank, a sand bar in the middle of the Solent!
Unfortunately, as occasionally happens, one of Tom's videos didn't turn out quite right. So here's why it won't be released.
We thought it was time for us to let these out.
Tom was asked to send a letter of congratulations to an Eagle Scout. And for once, his US pop culture knowledge failed him.
It was inevitable that, at some point, we'd talk about old video games. This is that time.
We got to have a go on a hovercraft, thanks to a non-sequitur on Citation Needed!
We bumped into Sammy while recording some Park Bench videos and surprise-interviewed him about filming on Super 8 for dodie's music video.
Tom flew on a Zero-G flight with the European Space Agency for this week’s video on his channel. This is the behind the scenes.
Tom bought GoPro’s new 360 camera. Here’s why we think it’s not quite right yet.
Why was there a bit of grain and noise in the most recent season of Citation Needed? Here's a story, a motto that definitely isn't for use in your regular everyday life, and also a complete false start.
Matt has three balls in his hands, and he'll show you how to juggle them with the aid of Tom’s slow motion camera.
Join us on the NOSTALGIALOG, as we realise the internet no longer has an "I'm bored" button.
Via twitter, you gave us nouns. We gave you opinions!
The title says it all really.
We're all human, and therefore occasionally make small errors. Sometimes these can have slightly bigger consequences. Here's why last week's video was a filler video.
Including an appearance from a confused man called James who thought he had to audition for us!
We set off an entire 10 minute fireworks display in an instant on Tom's channel. Here's how and why we filmed it.
Between the three of us we've done a quite a bit of travel, so here's some advice on how to travel in comfort, in style, and in budget!
He wasn't even laughing at anything particular!
The Lucky Bastard.
We're putting the brakes on a bit. This is the announcement of a BENCH SLOWDOWN.
Tom was invited to have a go in a Royal Air Force centrifuge, and found out his G-Force tolerance wasn't what he had hoped!
Many many thanks to all the team at Heathrow. And to their now-quite-tired security team. Sorry about getting the ██████ in shot.
This is the end of The Park Bench. Thank you for watching.