This reminds of my sister's destination wedding. To save money, my dad and I split a hotel room. Every single day, the maids would push our beds together. We asked them not to do it and explained that it was creepy, but they kept shoving them together with towel origami of love swans on top.

"And she is naturally going to *presume*..." [horrified double take] is one of the finest bits of comedy timing I think I've ever seen.

The real joke here is that this is EXACTLY what they do. I used to travel a lot for work,  staying in hotels all over the world. Some were seriously basic with like literally a hosepipe sticking out of the wall in the bare concrete bathroom as the source of water. Others were ostentatious enough that even Royalty stayed in them (The hotel in Beijing that Queen Elizabeth stayed in was one).
In those places, things like origami pyjamas would not be out of the ordinary.

I've only ever been in one hotel where I returned to the room to find my pyjamas had been removed from the drawer where I left them and had been refolded on the pillow. When I'd finished saying "What the f*ck is this freakery?!" I then replaced my pyjamas and all my underwear into my suitcase and locked it. Every day.

His timing is brilliant.

I'd never heard of the Turn Down Team before this tour, ever since we shout "TURN DOWN TEAM!!" at least once during a hotel stay.

Laughed my pants off so hard they turned into a duck.

I love the way he builds on small things into adventures in hysterical terror...

"The pheasant" "make a fecking duck".... omg "that's not important let me tell you what he's really like"
Love his thought process

I've worked in housekeeping before and even I'VE never heard of the "turn down team" XD but to be fair I've never worked in a fancy hotel

Actually had a turndown team visit me once.....hadn't a clue what it was at the time, so just said no thank you.....years later seen this and it all made sense.

I used to work as a night porter in a small hotel, a job which essentially amounted to sleeping in dining room/lounge on a cheap and unwieldy mattress that I had to drag out of a cupboard in the kitchen. I didn't interact with guests, so could wear street clothes, which I often wore in bed (since I didn't fancy the morning staff walking in on me in some pjs). Every now and then I'd forget to lock the door to the lounge, and a guest would walk in to find what they quite reasonably assumed was a homeless teenager who had snuck in, raided the bar, and fallen asleep under a table.

A couple days ago I thought that the story of poor ol’ Chuggy was the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.
Right now, I don’t know what to think about that!
Keep up the awesome work Dara!

My wife & I love Dara Ó Briain's humor in general, but this routine has got to be the pinnacle of his standup work.  (The armadillo is a very close second....)

This reminds me of the first time I ordered room service. I (20 at the time) was staying in a very fancy hotel with my mum. She'd gone out to meet some friends; I'd declined the invitation as I was tired. She said okay to this and feel free for me to go down to the restaurant or order room service for dinner and charge it back to the room. If I decided to go to bed, please let her know so she knew to be quiet when she got in. I agreed and off she went.
Now, a thing to note about me: I have absence epilepsy. Absence seizures last about 20-60 seconds, though sometimes longer, and cause one to essentially stare off into space. You're not conscious you're having them, and it's difficult to be brought out of them. You can't bring yourself out of them.
Anyways. I ordered myself fish, chips and peas and a drink from the menu. A while later, I got a knock on the door. A large black man in a suit with my dinner on a tray at the door. I opened it and took the tray and thanked him... then, went into an absence seizure. He was talking at me and I was staring at him with an expression as though I was stoned. He stopped speaking and just waited.  I have no idea what he was saying. I wasn't with it. Eventually, he just turned and walked off, and I, still mid-absence seizure, closed the door and took my dinner to the table.
It was only several days later that I realised three things. One, he had been asking if he could get me anything else. Two, he had also been waiting for a tip. Three, I must have looked like such an entitled ass, just standing in the doorway, ignoring his questions. Looking down on him despite him being at least a foot taller than me.

This one is just brilliant! The build up from one hilarious scene to next is incredible.
Happy New Year Dara and Team.

Reliving some of my favourite comedy moments ever has made me realise that this was the one thing YouTube has been missing all along. Thank you Dara

If I have to stay in a hotel, I usually put the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, precisely because I don't want strangers in what is essentially my bedroom for the night: it feels like a massive invasion of privacy and completely unnecessary for short stays. I don't need clean towels when I've been there less than 24 hours; I'd prefer to make the bed in a way that I can actually get in it; the bin is highly unlikely to need emptying; I'm also highly unlikely to have ploughed through all of the toiletries and drinks.
The vast majority of things that I might need during my stay, I can just ask for them at reception.

A true comedy legend, fecking brilliant 🤣🤣

A very long time ago, maybe about 10 years my husband showed me a clip of a funny dude that Left me in tears I was crying so hard. Two years ago I found the show Taskmaster. I😂😂❤ For years I never knew it was Dara O Briain that made me laugh so hard. I subscribed immediately when I saw this channel!!!❤