A Finsbury Park launderette turns into a rave in Finlay Christie's sober VICE parody

Henry Hayes and Freya Mallard join him for "if VICE made a documentary about sober people," his only upload of the week, filmed as the UK and Ireland tour gets going.

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if VICE made a documentary about sober people

What would a gritty nightlife documentary look like if nobody in it was on anything? Finlay Christie's answer, "if VICE made a documentary about sober people," points the earnest, hand-held VICE style at people who are thrilled about water and early nights. He made it with fellow comedians Henry Hayes and Freya Mallard, and the description thanks Laundry Riviera for lending the location.

One viewer recognized it straight away as their old launderette in Finsbury Park. Most of the comment section is busy writing the sequel: people invent their own clean-living highs, from hydration to a full night's sleep, and a few say they would happily turn up to a real version. Another viewer hears an echo of Limmy's "clowning" sketch, and the running joke about Finlay's "gurnalist" has caught on.

It is his only new video of the week, and in about 15 hours it passed 56,000 views. That makes it the fastest thing on the channel right now. The September short "Too woke to end a hookup" is still pulling steady numbers a month in, and his Mock the Week highlights continue to tick along.

The channel as a whole is running a little above its usual daily pace. Subscribers held level at around 609,000, and among the stand-up comedians closest to him in size it was a busier week for Denny love and Phil Hanley.

The timing fits the calendar. The skit landed on the night his tour reached Chelmsford, with Dublin, Nottingham and Leeds coming up over the next fortnight.

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The videos drawing views on Finlay Christie right now

Too woke to end a hookup #standupcomedy175,919 views Finlay Christie on Mock the Week234,496 views

The numbers

Here is how Finlay Christie's channel moved over the past seven days.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Phil Hanley

7,220,153

Denny love

5,427,000

Hot Water Comedy Club

3,767,717

ISMO

2,402,448

Jenny Tian

2,251,808

Jeff Arcuri

1,371,960

Michael McIntyre

1,025,967

Universal Comedy

722,373

Finlay Christie

679,899

subscribers

609,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

376,343,895

views per day

114,743

typical day: 103,777

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Michael McIntyre

745,000

Phil Hanley

729,000

Finlay Christie

609,000

Jenny Tian

604,000

Universal Comedy

600,000

Denny love

578,000

ISMO

527,000

Hot Water Comedy Club

505,000

Jeff Arcuri

443,000

As of October 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.