The whole format of the Graham Norton show is perfect. All the guests are there all the time, they get to interact, and Graham sets each and every one up to win by guiding them into their best anecdotes. And the booze helps to loosen them up.
It's the booze before they come out and chat. Here in the USA it's pretty standard format - monologue, 2 guests, one at a time a performance by a musical guest. Some guests are zzz 😴.
@@nannerz1994 Actually untrue, as he himself says, guests can ask for alcoholic drinks, and drink them during the show. Not uncommon for them to, either.
man Graham Norton is one of my favourite people ever! it's so hard not to love him. He is hilarious, insightful, conversational,engaging, he's the full package!
One of the secrets to the smoothness of Graham's interviews, I think, apart from the alcohol, is that he asks a fairly direct question, then continues talking for like 10 more seconds before letting the person answer, what that does is makes it feel to the audience like he's cutting right to the point, minimal fluff, but also gives the person lots of time to prepare the answer, which makes it feel like Graham is always helping the person out with the interview, which, like the alcohol, and the multiple guests at once, takes the edge off everything.
american hosts are terrible they just read the stupid cards whether theres flow or not, look at seth right now asking dumb questions. Graham generates rapport, let's guess interact or lead where they want the conversation to go , like a regular conversation with friends,
I've loved watching Graham as an Interviewer, but seeing him being Interviewed...how delightful! What a fantastic guest!! That was a great interview! And I'll repeat what others have said: Now it's time for Seth to go on Graham's show!! Love you both! Thank you for those laughs! LOVE IT!
As with all things in American Talk Show customary practices, almost everything you see on stage is done because... tradition. My guess is the mugs likely started under Carson when guests were actively drinking on stage, but perhaps they wanted to conceal the extent of the drinking to the audiences/censors. Now a days no PR person lets celebs drink, but yet they still do the coffee mugs. Funny when things never get questioned.
@@cutapacka4 It's much simpler: continuity. The mug doesn't show how much is in the mug, so they can edit without there being a glass of water that magically refills and empties itself. It helps that it doesn't show what is in the mug but the way people drink water, tea, coffee, is different to beer, wine, spirits and people will most likely notice. Nobody sips water from a mug as you don't take a full swig from hard liquor.
I didn’t even realise the drink difference thing and reasoning until now.. 🤭 whoops! Going to watch more closely now! (Being from Australia, I just realised I don’t even remember what they offer, as I’m usually watching international talk shows, so now I’m going to look after finishing watching this!) 😂 I’ve never been a big hot drink liker myself.. can’t even remember last time I had a hot drink! I’m not really big on soups either, but occasionally will give having soup another go… I have so many mugs, as well as glasses… occasionally I’ll put soup or icecream in my mugs or some blueberries.. just to give the mugs some time out of the cupboard! 😂 Some others are on display around the kitchen! 🤷♀️
@@Yvolve On David Colbert's show, he was serving drinks in a glass and you can see the break in continuity of the liquid level in the glass between camera shots.
Yeah 100% agree! This pretty much just confirmed for me Seth's comedy tastes and mine must be aligned, cause he's the one who hosts so many incredible British comedians I love.
@@Mugdorna Yes, good reminder! I should say yeah he's got the pulse of more than just British comedians, cause I believe Aisling Bea's been on it as well? So yeah thanks for reminding me.
If anyone hasn’t ever seen it, check out the episode where Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Hugh Bonneville are on the Graham Norton Show. It still Slaps 😂
One of the best talk show interviewers ever. He asks his questions and then steps aside. Then asks another question that's relevant to the conversation. All with humor. Seth is like that with guests that he knows well. He lets them finish. Good interview.
It’s definitely Bruno Tonioli from Dancing With The Stars that he’s talking about, lol (he was a dance show judge on the BBC for years before leaving for the US) 😂
What's even funnier for me in his story about starting the show after the announcement of pope's death is that we have a rather common catchphrase in Poland (where that pope was from) "...and then I walk in, dressed all in white." that originated from a comedy and usually is meant to say that you appear great due to terrible surroundings. Fits seamlessly here XD
He has the best talk show and he is the best host. He lets them talk and he genuinely listens, chimes in with humour and wit with perfect timing… and he guests get 🍸🍷🥂 which loosens them up and they share the funny and weird stories 👌
My favourite Red Chair story is by the young woman from Derry talking about a car, which she pronounced 'char'. And her sarcasm to the guests who could not understand her accent.
My favourite story was the woman who was riding an Arabian stallion in the desert. A group of wild horses approached and a mare caught the eye of her stallion who pricked up his ears and other parts apparently. She felt she was safest in the saddle during the 'deed' and when she finished her story one of the guests said "Thank God you weren't on the mare!"
That was one of the best! I also love when graham goes into the audience sometimes, the way he treats the regular crowd is just as amazing as his s guests
I was one of the first people on the Red Chair, it was the episode with Ronnie Corbett (Ricky Gervais was the other guest). They emailed audience members to see if anyone had any funny stories and I was picked. We sat and watched most of the show backstage until it was time. When they threw the switch on screen, crew literally pushed the chair up and back from below and I had to quickly roll off for them to get the next person on. I think there was about 9 or 10 of us telling stories. Sadly only a few made it to screen, of which I was not one. I did get to meet Ronnie and Ricky backstage before the show though, I love Ronnie!
I just want to say that one of the funniest things ever was Graham singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" on an episode of "Father Ted." I hope that's in his autobiography when he writes it.
He's written several books already, including at least one autobiography! You should check them out. I don't particularly remember this incident, but he narrates his books on audible and they are pretty funny.
@@mburland So many funny episodes and classic lines: "It's Ireland's largest lingerie section, or so I understand." "I hear that you're a racist now, Father." 😂
Another difference between the 2 shows is that Graham has his guests sitting at the same level as him and not lower than the host. Here, the host is looking down on the guest which makes the interview more formal and not like friends casually getting together which is part of what makes Graham's show so fun.
Seth is singlehandedly bringing every British talk show personality/guest on his show. If he doesn't have Lee Mack or David Mitchell on soon I'll be livid
Are the American audience ready for the incredible rants of David Mitchell, or the sarcasm and boyish charm of Lee Mack though? 😉 If they do go on Seth's show, I hope they come as a duo. They are so funny together on Would I Lie To You 😂
Trump supporters would hate David Mitchell and get all defensive about him discussing how stupid Trump is. I don't think they could handle that. They're too sensitive.
Thank you for that. We never watched her, although, after realizing very few of her age peers "got" British Humour predisposed her to thinking "British Humour" was PERHAPS an "Acquired Taste". A lifetime in Canada (all my forefathers from both sets of grandparents back were purportedly of British descent ie born in Britian) TRYING in vain to explain WHY SHE LAUGHED convolusively when watching British Humour whereas others SAT THERE...bewildered and HOSTILE (in many cases) asking, "WHAT's SO FUNNY?" lead HER to indoctrinate we three to the humour she LOVED. At the time, the "Carry On" movies were abundant, but due to the "risqué", "naughty" or "dirty" (sexual inuendo) themes, my Mum ~ Elizabeth Anne Margaret [Very British Maiden Name] ~ protected we "littles" from that "adult content"....until the day we wandered in...drawn by her riotous laughter. Unbeknownst to HER we stood there ~ unlaughing ~ as she continued to HOWL at the "dirty" bits unfolding before her. We made our presence known by LAUGHING ALOUD at the "age-appropriate" British Humour. More "dirty" humour followed and we ASKED HER, "Mummy, what is so FUNNY?" and then, she realized we had no (remembered) life experience which would ALLOW us to understand the "dirty" bits...so all such humour (so to say) "Flew Over Our Heads". I have an ADDITIONAL (and very funny) tale to share álà me "discovering" my OWN LITTLES had unusual senses of humour in their own right...but this is overlong...so I'll save it and share IF the Op HAPPENS to see this AND RESPONDS. ❤
Graham’s show are high octane. This Friday’s couch (17 Jan) is Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. The Friday after (24 Jan) is Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Ariana Grande and Jamie Bell.
I absolutely love him, his show is so much fun. One of my favorites is the show with Tom Hiddleston when he does an impression of Graham himself it was fantastic.
Like the way Mr Norton does his show. All the visitors out in the beginning which help interaction of guests making it a living show rather a static one
@@giajensen1689 I guess it’s just to help keep the mouth from drying out as can happen if someone is nervous. If it was tea or coffee it’d be an unnecessary complication for the crew to have the tea and coffee with the right milk, sugar etc. and if I was in TV I’d like my teeth to be as white as possible.
Yes IT IS. I can easily ~ with my "medical diagnoses ~ get powerful analgesics, narcotics, anti-inflamatories, muscle relaxants, gabapentin and OTHER "exogenic" pharma prescribed due to me. I Rejected all such non-endogenous pharma decades ago, although I gained some relief from the debilitating pain of a chronic disability and the added fun of stress-causal migraines & cluster headaches throughout MY LIFE. Later, when the STRESS of my life SKYROCKETED and I developed well-nigh CONSTANT migraines (Im a medical anomoly) AND, atop those chronic challenges, Facial Nerve Pain and VERTIGO (which first erupted in 2011)...I refused BOTOX and all other PRESCRIBED (and illegal) pharma.... A sweet young man ~ 30 years my juniour ~ BUFFED my endogenous pharma by MAKING ME LAUGH...FOR SIX SOLID HOURS...the vassopressin, oxcytocin, the dopamine and the ENDORPHINS he helped me access broke that HORRIFIC PAIN. As was his plan. ❤ I have AVOIDED the "escalating suicidal ideation" which plagues those who contract Facial Nerve Pain...and end up TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES...as I use my own PHARMA rather than any other "drugs". It is AWESOME. ❤
The greatest and the best in the business. Viva LA Graham Norton. I still remember finding his show for the first time and seeing his reverse shot intro of him coming out of water. Don't take that out of context. A1.
I absolutely LOVE Graham Norton...He is so funny and gets along with amazingly with his guests....love how they are all on the couch at the same time and can interact with each other.
Seth needs to do a UK trip and knock a few things off of my list I have for him: Graham Norton Show, Would I lie to you and/or 8 out of 10 cats, Chicken shop date, Off Menu Podcast, and maybe a Taskmaster New Years Treat? Thats not asking too much is it?
I love that Seth brings all the British comedians that I know from almost ten years of watching 8 out of 10 Cats and 8/10 Cata does Countdown, and Would I Lie to You, etc. Awesome!
If anyone is wondering who the Italian dance show judge Graham mentioned is, it is of course Bruno Tonioli from Dancing With The Stars (he was a dance show judge here in the UK for years before leaving for the US) 😂
His show's format allows the guests to relax (sometimes helped by a drink), unlike straightforward interviews. Because they're all out together, it means they don't have to be 'on' for the whole thing and interaction between the guests is encouraged.
Thank you so much both of you. That was extremely helpful. I’ve tried so hard over the years to do this. I’m curious to see what the jump through with cross legs looks like and maybe I’ll work on that first for a while. Also, I do have freakishly short arms, and I’ve always use that as an excuse to why I can’t get this
Oh man, he is _so_ good on the Eurovision Song Contest. I didn’t think anyone could fill Sir Terry Wogan’s boots but Graham is, of course, every bit as hilarious.
@totallybored5526 the British isles ? Ha. An outdated geographic term has literally nothing to do with his nationality, nor does the location of his work. He's Irish. Cope .
I loooove Graham Norton's show but I wish it had started before 1984. I'm a Canadian and at a 1984 New Year's Eve party I attended, the Host gave me a head's up that a unattached man with a nice car had just arrived. I couldn't have cared less about the car, he had me at 'single'. Within seconds an attractive man carrying a 'man purse' appeared. The first thought through my head when I saw him was "Not my type, besides he's probably gay" so I wrote him off. It would have been helpful if, before that meeting, I had had some experience playing Graham Norton's segment of "European or Gay?" Turns out he was a European immigrant to Canada, not gay, and also very persistent so we just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary. 🤗
@patriksvensson2360 .. still not saying anything too specific.. how would I know if it's what you're referring too.. obviously not that memorable to you since you forgot all the details lol
My "Scouse Spouse" loved it that I initially pronounced HIS surname CORRECTLY. I know the proper pronounciation of a FEW of the more popularized British names such as Beauchamp, Cockburn, Davies, Fiennes, Kerr, Saint John Smythe & Warwick but I am UTTERLY CLUELESS on the pronunciation of the more Polysyllabilic names: Belvoir, Chomondeley, Colquhoun, Dalziel, GOOD LORD Featherstonehaugh, Fenwick, Geoghegan, Gloucester, Knollys, Levenson-Gower, Mainwaring, Majoribanks, Menzies, Pepys, Shrewsbury, STANHOPE, Wodehouse, Worcester (and Worchestershire), & Wriothesley. Wow. I'm going to copy/paste this to notes (and add the correct pronunciation of these names) for HIS AMUSEMENT. I POSIT he will LAUGH if I type these names in /chat and have we Canucks and Americans, Malaysians & others TRY to pronounce THEM.❤
Might I suggest others check out (in addition to the suggestions offered by others) ANY G.N. Dame Miriam Margolyes visit...my FAVOURITE featuring Will. I. Am... Another much loved episode was the Sir Patrick Stewart's "cirumcision" story... He GRAHAM so GENUINELY LIKES most of his guests and is GENUINELY INVESTED in SHOWCASING their humour he does NOT dominate the conversations but rather FACILITATES and delightedly provokes which relaxes his guests and brings the silliness forth. His EMPATHY and COMPASSION, his love of non-maliscious humour make him UNPARALLELLED as does his...authenticity. I love this guy. Alcohol aside, he makes people WANT to share their foilbles...he CONNECTS and ENTANGLES instantly Imo, Norton's INNER QUALITIES are far more of an INTOXICANT than the alcohol...he is a GENUINELY good man.
@@palco22 The Beeb doesn't have to constantly break up programmes for ads every few minutes so they can actually have an hour-long (longer, before it's edited down) show. No US TV broadcaster is ever going to lose out on all those ad breaks.
The whole format of the Graham Norton show is perfect. All the guests are there all the time, they get to interact, and Graham sets each and every one up to win by guiding them into their best anecdotes. And the booze helps to loosen them up.
And they get the best bookings too, every other show is way down the list.
And they shoot well over an hour of footage, and edit it down to the best possible show.
Yes!!!!
And Miriam Margolyes might be a guest!
It's the booze before they come out and chat. Here in the USA it's pretty standard format - monologue, 2 guests, one at a time a performance by a musical guest. Some guests are zzz 😴.
It’s amazing how Graham immediately takes over the interview. He’s got a kind of charm that’s unmatched on tv
And that Seth knows to let him, because Seth's job is to make his guest look fantastic (which takes zero effort with Graham).
And he is not political! This ruined it for me. Always negative. That’s why I love Graham.
When is Graham going to have Seth on his show? I’d love to see Seth unfettered by American broadcast standards.
Oo yes please
@@pikkutaiteilija Seth would do "day-drinking" on stage on Norton's show.
Actually, Seth should've had Graham do a Day Drinking episode.
Yeeeessssss!!!
That and day drinking with Graham :D
Or American Jackals…
Graham is the BEST interviewer on TV ever.
She's up there but he also doesn't do it with alcohol like Seth does. Welll okay he doesn't do it with the guests drinking alcohol
you do know that Seth reads these right?
@@nannerz1994 Actually untrue, as he himself says, guests can ask for alcoholic drinks, and drink them during the show. Not uncommon for them to, either.
Ever
Michael Parkinson.
Norton is like the tik tok version.
I absolutely love this man. He is a gemstone/jam scone. So funny, but also humble and kind.
Pity he has such bad TDS👀
man Graham Norton is one of my favourite people ever! it's so hard not to love him. He is hilarious, insightful, conversational,engaging, he's the full package!
Graham's laugh delights me. I love hearing it in the background on his show.
One of the secrets to the smoothness of Graham's interviews,
I think, apart from the alcohol,
is that he asks a fairly direct question, then continues talking for like 10 more seconds before letting the person answer,
what that does is makes it feel to the audience like he's cutting right to the point, minimal fluff,
but also gives the person lots of time to prepare the answer,
which makes it feel like Graham is always helping the person out with the interview, which,
like the alcohol, and the multiple guests at once, takes the edge off everything.
american hosts are terrible they just read the stupid cards whether theres flow or not, look at seth right now asking dumb questions. Graham generates rapport, let's guess interact or lead where they want the conversation to go , like a regular conversation with friends,
Graham said that anyone can be a talk show host, but I say that no one could be as uniquely charming and hilarious as Graham Norton!
It is true anyone can do it. But no one can do it like him. He is unike and to me the best.
I've loved watching Graham as an Interviewer, but seeing him being Interviewed...how delightful! What a fantastic guest!!
That was a great interview! And I'll repeat what others have said: Now it's time for Seth to go on Graham's show!!
Love you both! Thank you for those laughs! LOVE IT!
Graham's rant about the mug of water is so Irish 😂😂😂 tea/coffee please lads 😂
As with all things in American Talk Show customary practices, almost everything you see on stage is done because... tradition. My guess is the mugs likely started under Carson when guests were actively drinking on stage, but perhaps they wanted to conceal the extent of the drinking to the audiences/censors. Now a days no PR person lets celebs drink, but yet they still do the coffee mugs. Funny when things never get questioned.
@@cutapacka4 It's much simpler: continuity. The mug doesn't show how much is in the mug, so they can edit without there being a glass of water that magically refills and empties itself. It helps that it doesn't show what is in the mug but the way people drink water, tea, coffee, is different to beer, wine, spirits and people will most likely notice. Nobody sips water from a mug as you don't take a full swig from hard liquor.
@@Yvolve Mostly the guests don't drink out of the mugs at all and they sit out of shot.
I didn’t even realise the drink difference thing and reasoning until now.. 🤭 whoops! Going to watch more closely now! (Being from Australia, I just realised I don’t even remember what they offer, as I’m usually watching international talk shows, so now I’m going to look after finishing watching this!) 😂 I’ve never been a big hot drink liker myself.. can’t even remember last time I had a hot drink! I’m not really big on soups either, but occasionally will give having soup another go… I have so many mugs, as well as glasses… occasionally I’ll put soup or icecream in my mugs or some blueberries.. just to give the mugs some time out of the cupboard! 😂 Some others are on display around the kitchen! 🤷♀️
@@Yvolve On David Colbert's show, he was serving drinks in a glass and you can see the break in continuity of the liquid level in the glass between camera shots.
Looove that Seth's show is slowly introducing more and more of the British comedy stable into the American diet
Yeah 100% agree! This pretty much just confirmed for me Seth's comedy tastes and mine must be aligned, cause he's the one who hosts so many incredible British comedians I love.
Graham is Irish BTW. And yes, his show is highly successful and based/created in the UK.
@@Mugdorna Yes, good reminder! I should say yeah he's got the pulse of more than just British comedians, cause I believe Aisling Bea's been on it as well? So yeah thanks for reminding me.
i hear next week Seth will have a fat guy running really fast around the stage chased by girls in bikinis.
He’s Irish
If anyone hasn’t ever seen it, check out the episode where Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Hugh Bonneville are on the Graham Norton Show. It still Slaps 😂
It’s so damn funny!
That was AMAZING
Hard agree! Also, the one where Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling essentially roast each other for an hour is wonderful. :-)
Thank you gir that suggestion. Id never seen it before. That was hilarious! I loved Murray laughing until he cried.
Matt Damon spontaneously gave Graham Norton the most enormous compliment ever on that particular episode. Graham’s response was simply lovely.😌
One of the best talk show interviewers ever. He asks his questions and then steps aside. Then asks another question that's relevant to the conversation. All with humor.
Seth is like that with guests that he knows well. He lets them finish.
Good interview.
The difference between him and Fallon is jarring, especially given they both came from SNL; I really thought they’d be more similar.
Unlike Fallon who doesn't let anybody get in more than 3 words at a time. I love Dakota Johnson for calling him out on that 😄
Thought you were talking about Graham.
Crying laughing at the “Il pape at morte” and throwing himself on a couch bit 😂
It’s definitely Bruno Tonioli from Dancing With The Stars that he’s talking about, lol (he was a dance show judge on the BBC for years before leaving for the US) 😂
I can listen to Graham Norton for hours and hours. What a talented and delightful man he is
Graham and Seth NEED to go day drinking together!!!
I read that as Graham and Seth need to go gay drinking together. Both are great ideas. Gay day drinking why not? 😆
YAS!!!!
😆
Graham is the BEST! Always ALWAYS makes me laugh! As he's doing right now with Seth! ❤😄
What's even funnier for me in his story about starting the show after the announcement of pope's death is that we have a rather common catchphrase in Poland (where that pope was from) "...and then I walk in, dressed all in white." that originated from a comedy and usually is meant to say that you appear great due to terrible surroundings. Fits seamlessly here XD
YES i intuited THAT must have had SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (beyond the obvious fact that the Pope famously WEARS WHITE). Thank you for sharing.
Oh no 😂😂
I've watched a lot of talk shows in the UK and from the US and Graham's show is by far the best!
I love Graham Norton. Been watching his show for many years. One of the wittiest and funniest hosts ever!
Unmatched. Love him.
He always misses out on awards for his show and I never understand why ….he is fantastic
@@alisonlepley666ikr…Ant and Dec dominated the TV award scene for so long its a crime 😂
He has the best talk show and he is the best host. He lets them talk and he genuinely listens, chimes in with humour and wit with perfect timing… and he guests get 🍸🍷🥂 which loosens them up and they share the funny and weird stories 👌
My favourite Red Chair story is by the young woman from Derry talking about a car, which she pronounced 'char'. And her sarcasm to the guests who could not understand her accent.
My favourite story was the woman who was riding an Arabian stallion in the desert. A group of wild horses approached and a mare caught the eye of her stallion who pricked up his ears and other parts apparently. She felt she was safest in the saddle during the 'deed' and when she finished her story one of the guests said "Thank God you weren't on the mare!"
@@lindaj171 and the one with the girl with the bleeding dog and a biscuit
I like the one where it’s Ed Sheeran’s bet friend from 1st grade!
My favourite too!
That was one of the best! I also love when graham goes into the audience sometimes, the way he treats the regular crowd is just as amazing as his s guests
I was one of the first people on the Red Chair, it was the episode with Ronnie Corbett (Ricky Gervais was the other guest). They emailed audience members to see if anyone had any funny stories and I was picked. We sat and watched most of the show backstage until it was time. When they threw the switch on screen, crew literally pushed the chair up and back from below and I had to quickly roll off for them to get the next person on. I think there was about 9 or 10 of us telling stories. Sadly only a few made it to screen, of which I was not one. I did get to meet Ronnie and Ricky backstage before the show though, I love Ronnie!
Absolutely love Graham and Seth! Seth come to the U.K.!!
Oh, a quality guest! Good to see
I just want to say that one of the funniest things ever was Graham singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" on an episode of "Father Ted." I hope that's in his autobiography when he writes it.
He's written several books already, including at least one autobiography! You should check them out. I don't particularly remember this incident, but he narrates his books on audible and they are pretty funny.
I just wanted to say that one of the funniest things ever was "Father Ted."
The youth group dance party in the tiny caravan.
I just wrote the same thing.
@@mburland So many funny episodes and classic lines: "It's Ireland's largest lingerie section, or so I understand." "I hear that you're a racist now, Father." 😂
Another difference between the 2 shows is that Graham has his guests sitting at the same level as him and not lower than the host. Here, the host is looking down on the guest which makes the interview more formal and not like friends casually getting together which is part of what makes Graham's show so fun.
Seth is singlehandedly bringing every British talk show personality/guest on his show. If he doesn't have Lee Mack or David Mitchell on soon I'll be livid
Are the American audience ready for the incredible rants of David Mitchell, or the sarcasm and boyish charm of Lee Mack though? 😉
If they do go on Seth's show, I hope they come as a duo. They are so funny together on Would I Lie To You 😂
Now those two on American I would love to see. 😂
If he brings Lee Mack on i will die
You don’t wanna over do it now, calm yourself down x
Trump supporters would hate David Mitchell and get all defensive about him discussing how stupid Trump is. I don't think they could handle that. They're too sensitive.
Another British talk show, The Dame Edna Experience, was doing chair flips almost 40 years ago. It was absolutely hilarious!
Thank you for that. We never watched her, although, after realizing very few of her age peers "got" British Humour predisposed her to thinking "British Humour" was PERHAPS an "Acquired Taste".
A lifetime in Canada (all my forefathers from both sets of grandparents back were purportedly of British descent ie born in Britian) TRYING in vain to explain WHY SHE LAUGHED convolusively when watching British Humour whereas others SAT THERE...bewildered and HOSTILE (in many cases) asking, "WHAT's SO FUNNY?" lead HER to indoctrinate we three to the humour she LOVED.
At the time, the "Carry On" movies were abundant, but due to the "risqué", "naughty" or "dirty" (sexual inuendo) themes, my Mum ~ Elizabeth Anne Margaret [Very British Maiden Name] ~ protected we "littles" from that "adult content"....until the day we wandered in...drawn by her riotous laughter. Unbeknownst to HER we stood there ~ unlaughing ~ as she continued to HOWL at the "dirty" bits unfolding before her. We made our presence known by LAUGHING ALOUD at the "age-appropriate" British Humour.
More "dirty" humour followed and we ASKED HER, "Mummy, what is so FUNNY?" and then, she realized we had no (remembered) life experience which would ALLOW us to understand the "dirty" bits...so all such humour (so to say) "Flew Over Our Heads".
I have an ADDITIONAL (and very funny) tale to share álà me "discovering" my OWN LITTLES had unusual senses of humour in their own right...but this is overlong...so I'll save it and share IF the Op HAPPENS to see this AND RESPONDS. ❤
She/he was Australian
@@duffman9 Indeed, but the show itself was filmed in London and broadcast in the UK
Graham’s show are high octane. This Friday’s couch (17 Jan) is Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. The Friday after (24 Jan) is Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Ariana Grande and Jamie Bell.
I love the red chair segments. It must be an honor to be flipped. And so fun.
So happy Graham gave Ronnie Corbett a mentioned. He was such a funny talented man.
it was the other ronnie with the talent
I still see him as Father Noel Furlong yelling "Ted!!".
Who’s a moaning Michael?
I absolutely love him, his show is so much fun. One of my favorites is the show with Tom Hiddleston when he does an impression of Graham himself it was fantastic.
Totally dig Graham💯🥳❣
Graham sets the bar. The US talk shows can't hold a candle to what he does.
Graham Norton! My favourite chat show host!
No one can beat Graham Norton, at interviewing ❤
Graham Norton is my favorite television star of all time. Big heart, clever and a gentleman. So much respext
No one beats Graham ever when it comes to chat show host. Live for his shows❤️
Like the way Mr Norton does his show. All the visitors out in the beginning which help interaction of guests making it a living show rather a static one
He really is one of a kind. So funny, so quick, so engaging. Great host.
Great guest Seth!! Nice to see Grahm being the interviewed. Love your show, love Grahms' show!! Well done
^Graham
Love Graham so much, from Canada!
I fell in love with Graham many years ago & haven’t looked back! His shows bring immense joy to my life 😂!! Seriously deep belly laughs.
1:11 I’ve been wondering about that for years! Why not tea or coffee if you’re serving in a mug?😂❤❤❤🇸🇪
I thought it was for editing cuts. With a mug, you can’t see if something was edited.
Yes, it’s for continuity.
But why water? If it’s a mug, why not tea or coffee?
@@giajensen1689 I guess it’s just to help keep the mouth from drying out as can happen if someone is nervous. If it was tea or coffee it’d be an unnecessary complication for the crew to have the tea and coffee with the right milk, sugar etc. and if I was in TV I’d like my teeth to be as white as possible.
Also, it's a lot easier to make branded mugs than branded glasses.
Thank you for this conversation. Comedy is medicine. ❤ Graham Norton 😂
Yes IT IS. I can easily ~ with my "medical diagnoses ~ get powerful analgesics, narcotics, anti-inflamatories, muscle relaxants, gabapentin and OTHER "exogenic" pharma prescribed due to me. I Rejected all such non-endogenous pharma decades ago, although I gained some relief from the debilitating pain of a chronic disability and the added fun of stress-causal migraines & cluster headaches throughout MY LIFE. Later, when the STRESS of my life SKYROCKETED and I developed well-nigh CONSTANT migraines (Im a medical anomoly) AND, atop those chronic challenges, Facial Nerve Pain and VERTIGO (which first erupted in 2011)...I refused BOTOX and all other PRESCRIBED (and illegal) pharma....
A sweet young man ~ 30 years my juniour ~ BUFFED my endogenous pharma by MAKING ME LAUGH...FOR SIX SOLID HOURS...the vassopressin, oxcytocin, the dopamine and the ENDORPHINS he helped me access broke that HORRIFIC PAIN.
As was his plan. ❤
I have AVOIDED the "escalating suicidal ideation" which plagues those who contract Facial Nerve Pain...and end up TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES...as I use my own PHARMA rather than any other "drugs".
It is AWESOME. ❤
Norton is bonafide best.no host can ever come close to what he has achieved.
EVERY time I see someone drinking water from a mug I think the exact same thing. Well done Graham!
Two of the best talk show hosts... ever!
Graham Norton on Ru Paul UK is often hilarious in a the most dirty way, playing it up alongside Alan Carr. It’s a great watch.
The greatest and the best in the business. Viva LA Graham Norton. I still remember finding his show for the first time and seeing his reverse shot intro of him coming out of water. Don't take that out of context. A1.
The best talk show host in the world !
Love Graham and love Seth, so it's exciting to see both!
8:36 “Will it work” was perfectly delivered. Graham is hilarious
I absolutely LOVE Graham Norton...He is so funny and gets along with amazingly with his guests....love how they are all on the couch at the same time and can interact with each other.
I have been watching graham for I think 10 yrs?? I love him 😭 he could even make the most serious celebrity laugh or engaged in the interview
He's a Legend! So glad he is in your show!!! ❤
Seth needs to do a UK trip and knock a few things off of my list I have for him: Graham Norton Show, Would I lie to you and/or 8 out of 10 cats, Chicken shop date, Off Menu Podcast, and maybe a Taskmaster New Years Treat? Thats not asking too much is it?
Don't forget QI.
Couldn't imagine it, totally different comedic styles
Does anyone in the UK know who the feck he is to deserve those guest spots?
My first introduction to Graham was as the mad priest, Father Noel, the youth groups chaperone in Father Ted.
The Graham Norton show is one of my favorite escapes!!
Went to taping of his show a few years back and loved it. He always has a good mix of guests on.
Poor me took a sip of water just before ‘Jam scone”. I complete choking hazard 😂😂😂😂 Happy to be alive after that laugh!!
Graham's laugh is so infectious 😊
I love that Seth brings all the British comedians that I know from almost ten years of watching 8 out of 10 Cats and 8/10 Cata does Countdown, and Would I Lie to You, etc. Awesome!
And yet you don't know Graham isn't British 🫠
Graham Norton might’ve made his career in Britain but he’s Irish
If anyone is wondering who the Italian dance show judge Graham mentioned is, it is of course Bruno Tonioli from Dancing With The Stars (he was a dance show judge here in the UK for years before leaving for the US) 😂
8:34 - Looks like the camera operator is laughing as well 😂
I love how loose graham’s show is. So fun
His show's format allows the guests to relax (sometimes helped by a drink), unlike straightforward interviews. Because they're all out together, it means they don't have to be 'on' for the whole thing and interaction between the guests is encouraged.
@ it’s very loose and I love watching the guests interact with each other. Sometimes icing Graham out completely
Thank you so much both of you. That was extremely helpful. I’ve tried so hard over the years to do this. I’m curious to see what the jump through with cross legs looks like and maybe I’ll work on that first for a while. Also, I do have freakishly short arms, and I’ve always use that as an excuse to why I can’t get this
He's just the best!
I love Grahamn Norton. I’ve watched him since before he had the big talking doggie telephone
Everytime I hear Graham's voice, I just think of Eurovision 😂
Oh man, he is _so_ good on the Eurovision Song Contest. I didn’t think anyone could fill Sir Terry Wogan’s boots but Graham is, of course, every bit as hilarious.
Love this episode!
Graham is a really nice man ive had the pleasure of meeting him on several times and is naturally so funny 😂😂
Graham Norton is a National Treasure in the UK... really, the entire world.
Lol you forgetting Ireland, ya know , where he's actually from
@totallybored5526 the British isles ? Ha. An outdated geographic term has literally nothing to do with his nationality, nor does the location of his work. He's Irish. Cope .
love love love Graham Norton!! Great show!
Graham is the best!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I loooove Graham Norton's show but I wish it had started before 1984. I'm a Canadian and at a 1984 New Year's Eve party I attended, the Host gave me a head's up that a unattached man with a nice car had just arrived. I couldn't have cared less about the car, he had me at 'single'. Within seconds an attractive man carrying a 'man purse' appeared. The first thought through my head when I saw him was "Not my type, besides he's probably gay" so I wrote him off. It would have been helpful if, before that meeting, I had had some experience playing Graham Norton's segment of "European or Gay?" Turns out he was a European immigrant to Canada, not gay, and also very persistent so we just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary. 🤗
I love Graham Norton! As a US citizen common I watch his show through UA-cam.
I’m Belgian. I loooove Graham Norton’s show. Often the combination of guests is so fantastic.
Love his laugh!😂
Love Graham and his show! it´s a lot of fun.. He´s the best interviewer ever!
Seriously, for those new to Graham's Red chair segment, look up the Irish girl telling her story - it is off the rails hilarious!
There's been many Irish girls on it ..
If that's your comment you haven't seen it. Hop to it, friend!
@@patriksvensson2360 how does that make any sense lol how are we to guess which girl was funniest to you lol try again
Search "Graham Norton Irish girl". My money's on it being the first video you'll see. It's a wild ride.
@patriksvensson2360 .. still not saying anything too specific.. how would I know if it's what you're referring too.. obviously not that memorable to you since you forgot all the details lol
The red chair segment with Mark Wahlberg, roaring drunk is one of the best clips to watch if you want a giggle 😂
Graham Norton performing his magic in front of our eyes.
Graham Norton never fails to make me laugh, no matter what mood I happen to be in 😂
Nice to hear the name Graham/Graeme pronounced correctly on US TV! It's 'gray-em' (or 'gray-am') not 'gram'.😊
My "Scouse Spouse" loved it that I initially pronounced HIS surname CORRECTLY.
I know the proper pronounciation of a FEW of the more popularized British names such as Beauchamp, Cockburn, Davies, Fiennes, Kerr, Saint John Smythe & Warwick but I am UTTERLY CLUELESS on the pronunciation of the more Polysyllabilic names: Belvoir, Chomondeley, Colquhoun, Dalziel, GOOD LORD Featherstonehaugh, Fenwick, Geoghegan, Gloucester, Knollys, Levenson-Gower, Mainwaring, Majoribanks, Menzies, Pepys, Shrewsbury, STANHOPE, Wodehouse, Worcester (and Worchestershire), & Wriothesley.
Wow. I'm going to copy/paste this to notes (and add the correct pronunciation of these names) for HIS AMUSEMENT.
I POSIT he will LAUGH if I type these names in /chat and have we Canucks and Americans, Malaysians & others TRY to pronounce THEM.❤
Don’t get me started on Craig lol
Can confirm. I have American friends and they all call me "Gram". Doesn't bother me, but it's funny how different the pronunciation is 😅
@@grahamcookson5937 i once met an American Meg'n years ago. all of us aussies decided she was saying her name wrong and just called her Meegan.
Graham Norton is the best chat show guy...
I've read several of Graham's books, he's so talented in many different ways.
Love Graham Norton’s show.
Instant like from me!❤❤🎉🎉 Still thinking about that whole Nicole Kidman and her 🐘 twin sister story Graham brought up! 😂😂
Ive not seen that. Must now Google
listening to those two laughing together is hilarious.
You can find clips of Graham's first show here on UA-cam, they are quite the time capsule. The Carrie Fisher episodes are excellent.
We love Graham Norton and seth meyers
Graham Norton is so delightfully humourous.
My two favorite show hosts!
Might I suggest others check out (in addition to the suggestions offered by others) ANY G.N. Dame Miriam Margolyes visit...my FAVOURITE featuring Will. I. Am...
Another much loved episode was the Sir Patrick Stewart's "cirumcision" story...
He GRAHAM so GENUINELY LIKES most of his guests and is GENUINELY INVESTED in SHOWCASING their humour he does NOT dominate the conversations but rather FACILITATES and delightedly provokes which relaxes his guests and brings the silliness forth. His EMPATHY and COMPASSION, his love of non-maliscious humour make him UNPARALLELLED as does his...authenticity.
I love this guy. Alcohol aside, he makes people WANT to share their foilbles...he CONNECTS and ENTANGLES instantly
Imo, Norton's INNER QUALITIES are far more of an INTOXICANT than the alcohol...he is a GENUINELY good man.
Miriam is always a treat!!
Love this man so.
Graham Norton's talk show is the best. I don't understand why no one in America has not taken his format.
They've taken the format?
@@palco22 The Beeb doesn't have to constantly break up programmes for ads every few minutes so they can actually have an hour-long (longer, before it's edited down) show.
No US TV broadcaster is ever going to lose out on all those ad breaks.
@Tao_Tology PBS ?
The US is far too behind the rest of the world , that's why their talk shows are stale
Yanks are simple
They started with mugs years ago to hide the booze and told everyone it was coffee