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Bonus Game of Geoguessr (Play against us!)

Hello!!! Here it is! Sorry it's late Sir/Miss.

(Do kids still call their teachers "Sir" and "Miss"? Seems like the sort of thing they should have changed by now, but I don't think they have. What would they replace it with? First names don't seem right. One of my teachers was called Steve. Maybe they should go with "Teach" like the kids in the Beano.)

I'm getting side-tracked. The point is, here is the BONUS VIDEO we promised you in the latest episode of Map Men. And it's JUST f...

Sorry for delay! Bonus material coming within 12 hours!

Eeek! Oh gawd!!! So so sorry!! First it was meant to already be here when the video was up. Then it turned out it was gonna be about 2 hours away. And NOW it turns out it won't be ready tonight and it's not going to be ready until tomorrow morning at the very earliest. (Really long and dull story about a file I need to download that's taking FOREVER for no understandable reason). But the point is, it WILL be ready very soon indeed. Sorry for the delay!

Thanks so much to all the new peo...

BONUS GEOGUESSR EPISODE OF MAP MEN

Hello Patreon,

So, you know Geoguesssr? The online game where you’re placed somewhere on Google Street View, and you have to look around for clues and guess where you are by clicking as close as possible on the world map?

Mark and I have made an extra special, bonus, improvised, slightly last minute, sub-episode of Map Men where we play each other at Geoguessr. For the very first time, we’re putting our genuine geography general knowledge to the test - with very real conseq...

FINAL EPISODE OF MAP MEN

….. this series.

Aaaaah, had you going for a bit, didn’t I? 

Don’t worry. Map Men isn’t finishing any time soon. We’ll keep making Map Men forever until one of us dies. (At least, I think that’s the plan. If I die, Mark might find someone else and replace me? I don’t know - we’ve never discussed it.)

Anyway, in the meantime, here is the final instalment from this particular batch (filmed more than a year ago - written nearly two years ago! Blame our b...

Watch episode 28 of Map Men NOW!!!

I mean, you don’t have to. It’s not a command, just a suggestion. I can’t tell you what to do, I’m not your boss. Technically you’re MY boss. That’s how this Patreon arrangement works. Hello boss! Sorry I’m late, boss. You’re looking sharp today, boss.

The point is, boss, if you DID to watch the new episode of Map Men right now, you CAN, unlike the rest of the riff raff on the internet who haven’t signed up. They won’t get to see it for at least ...

WATCH EPISODE 27 OF MAP MEN NOW!!!

Hello!

Well, I suppose I should start with an apology. 

Sorry we’ve not seen each other in such a long time. Normally, when there’s a Map Men series on the go, we get through about one episode per month. But this latest one went five times slower than usual, because it turns out, looking after a baby AND a toddler simultaneously is even harder than looking after a baby!

Thank you so so SO much for your patience over the last five months. Normal regular service is...

New episode of Map Men

Hello one and all… especially all…

I am here to announce the uploading of a brand new episode of Map Men. As per tradition, you guys - my very favourite people of all - get to see it before anyone else. And as per also tradition, you are welcome and encouraged to see if you can spot any errors, omissions, glitches or punctuation mistakes etc before I unleash it on the riffraff tomorrow. I’ve got a feeling in my bones that you guys might be particularly helpful on this episode, as ...

NEW EPISODE OF MAP MEN!!!!

Five! BAAAAAAAM!

Four! BAAAAAAAAAM!

Three! BWAAAAAAAM!!

Two! BDAAAAAAAM!!!

One! PCHCHCHCHWWWWWRRRRRR!!!!

New episode of Map Men is go!

Dam dappa daaaaaam.… dappa dam dam dap dappa dap dap daaaam…. (etc)

This episode is all about the Internet! Did you know that the Internet is held together by a network of undersea cables? And that there’s a lovely map of them at which to look? And did you also know that these cables can trace their origin back t...

WATCH THE NEW EPISODE OF MAP MEN NOW!!!!

Sorry for shouting in the message heading just now. It’s a bit early in the morning for shouting. I just wanted to grab your attention and let you know that the new episode of Map Men is now finished and you should watch it right now.

Well, I *SAY* “right now”... you can watch it whenever you like. No pressure. Have your breakfast first. But before Monday afternoon, otherwise you’ll be watching it at the same time as the non-Patreon riff-raff.

I *SAY* “finished”… it�...

NEW EPISODE OF MAP MEN

What would you rather? A remote control that when you point it at someone and press it, it makes them compliment you and make you a sandwich? Or a brand new episode of Map Men two whole days before everyone else?

The remote control, obviously. Can you imagine it? “BZZZZZT!!!! Ow! Your nose is looking good today. Here, I’ve made you a sandwich.”

Unfortunately, the remote control is still in the research and development stage, so I’m not actually able to offer it to you…...

Watch Unfinished London ep15 NOW!!! (Before everybody else!)

FINIIIIIIIIISHED!!!!!

You awesome awesome people are the reason I’m able to do what I do, and I’m so so SO grateful! As a way of saying thank you, here’s the new episode, two whole days before anybody else gets to watch it! This has taken a lot longer than expected and I’m very grateful indeed for your patience. There is rather a lot packed into this one and I hope you’ll think it was worth the wait.

Incidentally… this probably goes without saying, but I’m going to ...

Episode 14 of Unfinished London - WATCH NOW!

 

Evening all!

It is my pleasure and my duty to reveal for you all... THIS… the latest episode of Unfinished London - all about the Tube Map!

By the way, this was nearly an episode of Map Men, since it was all about a map, but when I finished writing it, and realised that I’d waffled on for about 25 minutes, and it was going to have to be split into two episodes, and I’d completely forgotten to give any lines to Mark, I decided instead to make it a pair of Unf...

Watch episode 13 of Unfinished London NOW!

Here it is! The third and final instalment in the trilogy about crossings over (and under) the river Thames. Hope you like it!

Sorry it’s a bit (a lot) late! I promise you I’ve got a really brilliant excuse… I’ll tell you all about it in a couple of months.

Incidentally, this trilogy was originally going to be one enormous video, but I think chopping it into three parts like a cucumber was the right thing to do, cos it allowed us to go into an extraordinary amount of extra...

Watch the new episode of Unfinished London!

Hello.

Well, I’ve rattled on long enough, but before I go, here it is… fresh out of the oven, part 2 of the Bridges trilogy in the latest batch of Unfinished Londons. And this one’s all about everyone’s favourite most frequently misnamed bridge in London - Tower Bridge!

We’ve gone properly overboard with the cameos this time, and squeezed in probably a bit too many. But every one of them is someone who makes stuff I really like, and I’m so glad they all said yes! They ...

What title should I give this video?

Good morning!

Or, if it’s the afternoon where you are, still good morning! (It’s morning here, I ain’t changing my greeting for you.)

I’ll cut to the quick. There’s a new episode of Unfinished London coming on Monday, and it’s very nearly finished, but I need your help and advice before I can release it into the wild.

Remember last month, when I knew the title but needed some advice to help decide on a thumbnail? Well, this month, I’ve got the opposite conun...

NEW EPISODE of Unfinished London

Sing the following to the tune of the Super Mario Brothers Music…

Hello everyone and welcome to this Patreon post in which I invite you to watch the brand new episode of Unfinished London two whole days before everyone else! By the way, I’ve made no effort to get this paragraph to scan at all with the Mario music, I just thought that might zhuzh it up a bit. Is that how you spell zhuzh?

But I did put a lot of effort into this video and really hope you like it. It took ages. In...

NEW EPISODES AND OUTTAKES!

Morning all!

It’s been a heck of a month and a half! And I’ve got no fewer than FOUR things to tell you about. So sit tight, and shut up.

1 - AWARD!

Map Men has been nominated for a Streamy award!!!

If, like me last month, you don’t know what the Streamys are, imagine the Baftas, but it’s in America, and instead of TV it’s for YouTube videos. If you don’t know what the Baftas are, imagine the Streamys, but it’s in Britain and instead of YouTube videos, it...

Watch MAP MEN ep22... NOW!!!

Well, here it is folks. This most recent series of Map Men has been our longest ever, but all long things must come to an end, and it's high time Mark and I changed our clothes.

We've saved a really good one til last... all about the surprisingly contentious topic of English counties. This was quite tricky to research, so thank you so much to everyone on twitter who helped us out and sent us useful links (more than a year ago!)

There's a longer gap than usual between now and whe...

Watch episode 21 of Map Men NOW!

Sorry I'm late, boss!

Usually, new Map Mens go out on a Monday, with Patreon Patrons (you absolutely wonderful lot) getting a sneak peak a day or two or three before.

Well, this time, sorry to say, there's been a bit of a delay. A couple of bits got held up, so I won't be making the video fully public on YouTube until Tuesday, or possibly even Wednesday.

That's the bad news.... but the good news is, the only part of the video that still needs work is the ad, which doesn't...

Episode 20 of Map Men - ready to watch now!

Can you believe it? 20 episodes of Map Men! If you stretched them end to end on floppy disks, it would go five times round the world... if they were spaced out really far.

So, this 20th one is all about continents and how many of them there are.

As usual, if you spot any massive terrible mistakes that could be easily fixed in the next 28 hours, please do let us know. Nearly every time we've uploaded an episode to Patreon before we let the rest of the internet see it, one or fo...

Which thumbnail's better? (watch the new ep now!)

Which thumbnail do you, personally, think is the better one, that, if you saw it pop up in your suggested videos on YouTube, you'd be more likely to go "ooh, that looks like a video worth about 8 minutes of my time."

A. Pinkish Britain
B. Orangeish Britain

Vote now on your phones.

Also, here's the episode!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btsv91TqQ6w

This is just for YO...

Watch episode 18 of Map Men NOW!

SURPRISE!!! Episode 18 of Map Men is already here!

Normally we do one episode per month, but... medium sized story short... just for April, we're doing TWO episodes per month. Normal monthly service resumes next month.

This episode is all about a country in North America called the USA. We've got rather a lot of viewers from that country, so I hope we pronounced all the words right!

No one else apart from you brilliant Patrons gets to see this until Monday, so before the...

THANK YOU!!!! (Here's the finished version now)

You lot are the best!!! Thanks to your feedback... (not just on the specific question we asked you, but all the other little bits of good advice), we now have a much improved much better official final FINISHED version of the video! Here is is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7zV47iW8dc

See if you can spot all the various differences.

Mind you, there's still nearly 24 hours to go before t...

Please help! Should we do option 1, 2, or 3?

Because I like you so so SO much, I've decided to give you a sneak peek at episode 17 of Map Men a full TWO days earlier than everybody else!

Well, actually, I do have a sort of ulterior motive for sending it to you this early. This version I'm showing you is a bit rough around the edges and still needs a little bit of finishing touches. As has become the tradition here on Patreon, you are welcome, nay encouraged, to get in touch and point out where we've made mistakes or left room fo...

SURPRISE!! Episode 16 of Map Men *2* days early!

BOO!!

(As in the surprise boo, not the noise you make in the theatre when you're unhappy.)

The surprise is, episode 16 of Map Men is here for your delectation (just looked it up and that is the right word) a full TWO days earlier than the rest of the internet.

I really hope you like this episode! It's all about Antarctica. We have VERY few viewers in that part of the world, so I do hope people watch it anyway.

As usual, it's quite possible that the final URL that g...

Episode 15 of Map Men

A whole day before the rest of the internet, yous get the see this brand absolutely new episode of Map Men! I hope you like it - it’s got dinosaurs in it! Who doesn’t like dinosaurs? Boring grownups, mostly. Anyway….

One of my favourite things about sharing videos with you lovely brilliant people before everyone else, is the odd occasion (actually, so far it’s happened every time) where one or two of you point out mistakes we’ve made (like typos, or factual inaccuracies, or mi...

Thanks for the extra help!

Just one more thing....

Yesterday, when I sent the post letting you know there was a new Map Men, a few of you got in touch to let me know about little errors that needed correcting, including a misspelling in the subtitles, a wrongly named leader of the USSR, and an arrow pointing to the wrong building. As a result, there's now a NEW version of the video with all the mistakes corrected, and I'm super super super grateful to you for the extra help!

Here's the new video: 2021-01-11 16:16:04 +0000 UTC View Post

New Map Men episode, 24 hours early!

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

A new epis.

A new epis who?

A new epis…whood of Map Men!

That was terrible.

I know. Sorry.

That’s not even how knock-knock jokes work. The “who” doesn’t form part of the punchline!

I’m sorry, I didn’t really think it through.

Go away.

Ok. Sorry for bothering you.

*LON...

Map Men - Episode 13 ready to watch NOW!!!

Here it is - the very newest episode of Map Men, 24 hours before everyone else!

This one combines three of our favourite passions - maps, history, AND linguistics! So there’s bound to be something in here to tickle your onion, even if you’re only interested in one out of those three topics.

Thanks by the way to everyone who’s bought something from our merch store! We're overwhelmed by the overwhelming support, so thank you very VERY much indeed! Hope you're all enjoying thos...

Map Men Merch store - NOW OPEN!

Good morning/afternoon depending on your persuasion.

I've got something very exciting to show you... after a lot of delay and faff, (sorry for the delay and faff), this week sees the launch of MapMenMerch.com!

Yes, Mark and I have opened our very own shop where you can buy T-shirts, posters, mugs, stickers, face masks, phone covers and so on that all bear logos, phrases and maps from Map Men. Map Men fans will now be able to spot each other from across a train platform and give ...