Gilbert principle for show spin-off
Clever charmers use ancient skill to reach the top
THE Inbetweeners creators planned a spin-off show which would see teachers Mr Gilbert and Mr Kennedy living together.
Comedy duo Damon Beesley, 49, and Iain Morris, 46, wanted to reunite Greg Davies, 52, who plays strict head of sixth form Mr Gilbert, with creepy Mr “Paedo” Kennedy (Waen Shepherd, 48).
But it seems the idea may not come to fruition.
Damon said: “We talked about a spin-off – and it was called Not Now John.
“I’m not sure the internet is quite ready for that yet and Greg’s too busy.”
Talking about the possibility of an Inbetweeners reunion, Damon added: “There’s one massive stumbling block.
“The idea of working together again makes me happy, but we haven’t had an original idea for them for quite some time now.
“If we can come up with something that works and does justice to the characters and the story, we’d love to do it.”
PEOPLE who can “bulls**t” and blag their way through life like Jay from The Inbetweeners are more evolved than normal folk, scientists claim.
Early humans are thought to have developed the skill so they could charm, persuade and deceive their way to the top.
It means notorious bulls***ters like Jay and wheeler dealer Del Boy from Only Fools And Horses are actually “highly intelligent”.
A study examined people who can easily convince others of nonsensical arguments. In the experiment, participants were asked to explain fake ideas, such as “subjunctive scaling”, to an audience.
Those who came up with believable lies were rated as more clever by the audience and also outscored others in intelligence tests.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada, who conducted the study, said: “If our brains have evolved for the purpose of manipulating information about social relationships then it is plausible that intelligent people will produce bulls**t that is of higher quality.”
But the downside is that blaggers are also very easily conned. Participants were shown a series of meaningless statements, such as: “Wholeness quiets infinite phenomena.”
Those who rated the empty words as highly profound were seen as more receptive to being tricked and were also more willing to deceive others.
The researchers concluded: “Thus, contrary to the common expression, it may indeed be possible to bulls**t a bulls***ter”.