I don't think that this produces correct results, as it seems to determine whether each <i>individual</i> number is Numberwang. However, whether a number is Numberwang can also depend on the previous numbers in the sequence or other factors.<p>So I think as it stands right now this model can only determine whether a number would be Numberwang as the <i>first</i> number of a sequence, but even for that I still wouldn't rely on this in the actual game show.
Do we really know that? Or have we only seen the sequences from people <i>searching</i> for Numberwang? Has a number been both Numberwang (or Wangernumb) and not Numberwang (or Wangernumb)?
I'm also not sure that we know a non-number can never be Numberwang.
For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch<p><a href="https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y</a>
Rotate the board!
And here's the history of Numberwang: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw</a>
Featuring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman!
And that's a bad miss...
<i>"Are we the baddies?"</i><p><i>"WATCH THE FOOTBALL! WATCH IT! IT'S GONNA MOVE!!"</i><p><i>"This tree smells like cum."</i><p>Mitchell and Webb had so many legendary lines.
My favorite line, especially as an American because I can say it out loud without the person getting upset since they have no frame of reference. And other Anglophiles I could probably handle.
The idea that the snooker commentators are probably drinking is very Britain, and especially Britain from a particular era.<p>I think that series came out slightly after that era ended, I remember as a child (so years earlier) realising that snooker players at the time were often tipsy if not actually drunk, and also darts players, but by the time I was an adult the professionalism really changed that, turns out that if you're very good you probably are better at snooker when sober. I think the commentators, being often a previous generation of players, lagged that slightly.
There are many sketches
My friends, this is the single most hilarious thread I have ever experienced on the Interwebs. I am deeply grateful to have found this. I feel like my life is now complete.
You're playing with fire here, don't forget the tragedy of Colosson. Computers weren't meant to do this.
How did you all first learn about the original Numberwang? Netflix?
I knew Mitchell and Webb due 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: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk</a><p>Then I watched that show and learned about Numberwang.
Here is the history:<p><a href="https://youtu.be/6ofnDdi-vfw?is=y9ccxKyAQfqiPIQs" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/6ofnDdi-vfw?is=y9ccxKyAQfqiPIQs</a>
This is hilarious and I miss numberwang. Also, the history of numberwang. And everything to do with numberwang. It was the most prescient sport back in the day.<p>I'm glad that someone has stepped up to revive the legacy of numberwang.
Hey! I was not consulted?
Looking forward for the wordwang version.
What's the training corpus, just the canonical Mitchell and Webb sketch? Or ancilliary data like comments and references, or worse synthetic data generated on the primary sources?
thats Numberwang!
Amazing, I passed by Mornington Crescent only yesterday!
I happened to be born at the right time for Mornington Crescent to be temporarily closed in the exact window when I was travelling to London often, using the Tube on my own, and listening to ISIHAC and so for a while I assumed the joke was that it'll never open - and then one day of course it re-opened.
Numberwang??
Hello I have a question, and my question is what the fuck
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