When Ian takes against a particular guest or host, it is very funny, as he too polite to be direct but simmers like a disgruntled schoolboy. Brian Blessed is one hell of a funny man!
@@ysgol3 Why would there be any contempt since this program aired years before any of his possible wrong doings came to light. He also offered him his bottle, which would not have happened if what you say is correct.
@@gaskellr44 Because Paul doesn't rate him as a 'comedian', in fact Paul doesn't consider him a comedian at all, just an unfunny twerp (which he of course is).
@@gaskellr44 Even wo that awful ph. call he is gruesome, self-obsessed, and tedious. Watch the full show & you'll see Merton criticize Brand at length.
Hilarious. Always been a fan of HIGNFY. Thank god BBC kept the outtakes About 20 minutes in. "...Brian Blessed as London mayor..." how different life might be now if he had followed BJ's path. I never realised that Tom Baker was so funny. At 29:15 onwards is that a young Reginald D Hunter with Paul Merton? All we need now is Not The 9 o'clock News.
Slightly amusingly, Jack Dee was known for being dead-pan the whole time on stage & TV… on his first appearance on HIGNFY that was cracked by Paul Merton.
I was in the studio for the recording of both the Tom Baker and Brian Blessed episodes, absolutely brilliant! Just a pity the 90% of the best Blessed material couldn’t be broadcast.
I think the Brian Blessed episode is my favorite thing on the internet, but I think Paul and Ian don't want to spend that much of their lives in the studio. ; )
@Pencil.. You seem to have forgotten that the elderly actor answered the phone! That poor man, it's almost unimaginable. He never recovered from the (multiple) vile and offensive messages left on his answer phone. So, no, we won't get over it. Imagine it was your grandparents answering the phone to hear some plebs laughing about having sex with you (only not put anywhere near as politely as that), and when they then become too scared and puzzled to take the calls, even worse statements are left on their phone. Or, can you not necessarily understand because the welfare of your grandparents isn't your problem?!
Jeremy Clarkson would fit perfectly in with all the small minded twunts here in the states who are threatened by how other men look and their portrayals that you’re somehow not a real man unless you’re popping steroids and dressing like a trucker. It says a lot about them psychologically and none of it is good. It’s like he’s lashing out at others because he knows he looks like he was beat by every single branch on the ugly tree.
I went back in 2016 I think - was a great show and was funny when they had to repeat jokes etc. Lots that goes on that doesn’t get shown and they had an on-site lawyer to check they weren’t getting themselves into trouble with what’s said.
The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.
@@cliffboulton8763 it means as soon as you label someone or disrespect another human you see them as less than and that can lead to all sorts of awful things, always try and be kind and compassionate
@@proevoisace7 I could NEVER be kind and compassionate to that scumbag. 40 = years lorry driving didn't leave me with too clever a vocabulary, but the insults and swear words that come from his GOB certainly take some beating. To use his lingo, I think he's as funny as dose of Pox.
@@cliffboulton8763 I wouldn't judge you as I dont know anything about you, same goes for russell brand, he has been through terrible things in his life, did you know he was abused as a kid and had struggled with drug addiction, he has come through it and now has a wife and 2 kids and spends his time helping homeless people and making videos on youtube trying to help others, not trying to change your mind but just so you have both perspectives
Sigh… We here all just have to know that you call courgettes zucchini and aubergines eggplants and coriander cilantro, and nappies diapers and pavements sidewalks and car boots trunks and car bonnets hoods etc etc etc. But you’re fucking baffled.
@jamesrowden303 In Canadian parlance, a canoe is an open-topped, elongated craft with pointy ends, powered by oars. A kayak differs in that it is lower to the water surface, and enclosed - with one or two portals to seat the rowers. That's why I say Brits call two different craft by the same word.
It's not shortened, it's specifically the outtakes etc (check the title). And yes everyone should watch the show but if you _know_ the show then this is hilarious. I'm very glad this was uploaded.
and that's when I ended Jeremy Clarkson. anything everything that pops up with him in it gets deleted and the channel gets a ''do not recommend.'' the Clarkson troglodyte is an onerous oaf worthy of daily disdain.
Yank eh? They’re similar to aubergines. Google that too. And taps. And nappies. And car boots. And car bonnets. And we walk on pavements. And use coriander as a herb (which starts with an aspirated H sound) But we don’t get fucking baffled by your TV programmes or movies.
One sided? Since when and aginst whom? The went after Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Miliband, Corbyn, Rees-Mogg, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, etc.
Not a big fan either, but I think his delivery and timing are excelent when he gets it right, like the bit with ”health and safety... and something called ’decorum’”. Not a super original nor conceptually funny joke but very well delivered.
He seems a horrible and self-obsessed human being. Calling the actor who played Fawlty Towers Manual to talk about having sex with his daughter was a real bastard move. The only really funny and original thing he did, in my view, was appearing in white Arab robes, almost the day after 9-11, saying (in effect) "Can't we put this all behind us?" SO inappropriate & deliberately badly-timed it was hilarious. So many of his other bits are about him being incredibly selfish (feet on airplane seats) and thinking hes being clever tryng to talk his way out of it.
What an arrogant, half-baked, uninformed poseur Brand. While announcing he is here to puncture pomposity, he shows off his (undouted) intelligence & polysyllabic vocabulary equally as pretentiously as any target he might choose.
Why not bring ex-footballer, Paul Merson, onto the show and joke about his name being similar to Paul Merton. A whole show where Ian keeps getting the two confused 😅
According to Paul Merton, (in one of his shows at which I was there ), he claimed he got home from work and his wife pilloried him for various aspects of life-style and self-indulgence when 'his' name, Paul Merson was all over the tabloids!
@@noesense769 The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.
Ian hislop is fantastic on this show he loses virtually every week but love his sense of humour but one of the funnist line ever was when Peter string fellow was on and about his young girlfriends and Paul Merton said your haircut older than her quality show
Being in the audience for the Brian Blessed show must have been an experience to treasure.
Paul winding the audience up is the best thing ever
we all got so caught up in the emotion of brian blessed that we forgot that bill bailey IS hilarious
Hadn't even got round to bill, will have to edit my brian comment to add him in the praise
Ian Hislop feeling uncomfortable next to Russell Brand is possibly the funniest thing I've seen all week.
So you make up your opinion on something after about 1 minute, clearly shown by your avatar.
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@@GrandPrixDecals Says the guy who makes an opinion on someone after reading 1 sentence and looking at a flag.
@@GrandPrixDecals unnecessary comment that doesnt make any sense
@@GrandPrixDecals - Isn't that the great thing about 'opinions' - they are just that!!
In light of the Russell Brand revelations, that first clip definitely comes across in a whole different light
Innocent until proven guilty, you absolute mega Nazi
Brian blessed should've done it every week he's hilarious
the cast and crew might have enjoyed the overtime
“Probably more of a radio audience” legend
When Ian takes against a particular guest or host, it is very funny, as he too polite to be direct but simmers like a disgruntled schoolboy. Brian Blessed is one hell of a funny man!
As opposed to the "comedian" Russell Brand who is an attention seeking loser.
You've obviously hardly watched any of the HIGNFY episodes, where many show Ian can be completely direct at guests, which becomes his crowning glory.
Brian Blessed just loves being Brian Blessed :)
Merton is the perfect foil, he can seemingly find humour in anything.
@PlebzOr Blapparapp Everybody did. These are out-takes.
@PlebzOr Blapparapp Ah! Good.
Paul Mertons skill still amazes me
I love Merton so much.
He was extremely funny at his peak but the last year or two of series he just went pants. At his peak he was outstanding.
Highlight has to be when Russel sat down beside Ian Hislop. Laughed so much, it brought tears to my eyes.
Russel Brand is dreariness personified.
Brian needs his own talk show.
I love the contempt in Paul Merton's face for the gruesome Russell Brand.
Thats all in your own mind.
@@gaskellr44 Via my eyes and ears.
@@ysgol3 Why would there be any contempt since this program aired years before any of his possible wrong doings came to light. He also offered him his bottle, which would not have happened if what you say is correct.
@@gaskellr44 Because Paul doesn't rate him as a 'comedian', in fact Paul doesn't consider him a comedian at all, just an unfunny twerp (which he of course is).
@@gaskellr44 Even wo that awful ph. call he is gruesome, self-obsessed, and tedious. Watch the full show & you'll see Merton criticize Brand at length.
Hilarious. Always been a fan of HIGNFY. Thank god BBC kept the outtakes About 20 minutes in. "...Brian Blessed as London mayor..." how different life might be now if he had followed BJ's path. I never realised that Tom Baker was so funny. At 29:15 onwards is that a young Reginald D Hunter with Paul Merton?
All we need now is Not The 9 o'clock News.
I like Jack Dee hosting..
Slightly amusingly, Jack Dee was known for being dead-pan the whole time on stage & TV… on his first appearance on HIGNFY that was cracked by Paul Merton.
I think BRIAN BLESSED and Tom Baker should be hosts every series.
You should watch the Brian Blessed episode of Richard Herring's podcast. Absolute scenes.
@@ChrisH78 I have, many times. It's brilliant, BLESSED never lets Richard get a word in. RHLSTP!
the.
I was in the studio for the recording of both the Tom Baker and Brian Blessed episodes, absolutely brilliant! Just a pity the 90% of the best Blessed material couldn’t be broadcast.
I think the Brian Blessed episode is my favorite thing on the internet, but I think Paul and Ian don't want to spend that much of their lives in the studio. ; )
Tom Baker cracks me up add him to Brian and all hell breaks loose
Tom Baker is a class act 👌
Brian Blessed. What a treasure.
Brand seems to think he's on the same level as Ian Hislop
Yes, extremely humble of him to lower himself enough to appear to be on the same level
@@as3609 Hair. That's it, that's the list. What Brand has over Hislop.
brian brilliantly bonkers blessed!
brian and alan were... a surprisingly funny combination considering that i have no idea who one of them is (and it's not brian)
Brian, Tom, kudos
This is gold, thanks! Are there any more?
Think its all there was. From the webisodes. A playlist here -
ua-cam.com/video/RfcYjAV0-DQ/v-deo.html
Brand's a bellend
such a hoot, thanks!
Thanks for posting
Jack dee 🤩😍
Brilliant, id nearly, almost forgotten how much I dislike Russell bland, almost
"Enoch Powell used to really need a wee before speeches and I think it made him racist" I've heard this line so many times now yet I still LOL!
It 's a belter of a gag the way he plays it.
“Osama bin ladin’s son… Dave”
Russell Brand's mouth has always scared me. Literally, as, metaphorically, it just spouts tosh.
Pure genius 👏
Thanks for posting.
Ian Hislop looks tiny next to Russell. 🤭
I used to like Russel Brand but he seems to have gone down the conspiracy rabbit hole recently
I think he was always there. But off camera.
JHmagic1 thank you for this.
So is it customary to sit sex offenders next to Ian hislop?
Russell Brand is a knob ! Love have i got news for you though.
He acts like an attention seeking child that has just learnt some new words!
Central Scrutinizer He seems pretty tame compared to some of the actual dickheads running the world to be honest.
Jon Reynolds fair point
Six Million Dollar Man i think i means mr. Brand is al knoblove..? whatever that means, sounds like a term of affection though🍆❤️
And so is Brian Blessed, though he finds himself hilarious.
God I love Brian Blessid
Tom Baker is very funny. Russell Brand is a dreadful person.
Is that Yer wan Maxwell behind Paul at about 20.40
Russel not funny Brand will never compensate for the shameful phonecall he and Jonathan Ross made to Andrew Sachs.
Omg get over it, it never even aired.
@@Pencilskickassyes it did otherwise noone would know about it
@Pencil.. You seem to have forgotten that the elderly actor answered the phone! That poor man, it's almost unimaginable. He never recovered from the (multiple) vile and offensive messages left on his answer phone. So, no, we won't get over it. Imagine it was your grandparents answering the phone to hear some plebs laughing about having sex with you (only not put anywhere near as politely as that), and when they then become too scared and puzzled to take the calls, even worse statements are left on their phone. Or, can you not necessarily understand because the welfare of your grandparents isn't your problem?!
Yeah he is just a sad Peter Cook wannabe
15:44 and here you can see the exact second where Paul makes the mistake of thinking about what Brian just said.
Jeremy Clarkson would fit perfectly in with all the small minded twunts here in the states who are threatened by how other men look and their portrayals that you’re somehow not a real man unless you’re popping steroids and dressing like a trucker. It says a lot about them psychologically and none of it is good.
It’s like he’s lashing out at others because he knows he looks like he was beat by every single branch on the ugly tree.
Just to have tickets for this gem of a show. Anyone been?
I went back in 2016 I think - was a great show and was funny when they had to repeat jokes etc. Lots that goes on that doesn’t get shown and they had an on-site lawyer to check they weren’t getting themselves into trouble with what’s said.
Jeremy throws the pen at the end at Hislop even them Clarkson"s was apparent.and precent.
I'm no prude, but isn't it time Russel Brand became Russel BANNED?
The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.
@@proevoisace7 Pardon? What does that mean? The only act of violence I would like to perpetrate is to punch Russel Brand in his mouth.
@@cliffboulton8763 it means as soon as you label someone or disrespect another human you see them as less than and that can lead to all sorts of awful things, always try and be kind and compassionate
@@proevoisace7 I could NEVER be kind and compassionate to that scumbag. 40 = years lorry driving didn't leave me with too clever a vocabulary, but the insults and swear words that come from his GOB certainly take some beating. To use his lingo, I think he's as funny as dose of Pox.
@@cliffboulton8763 I wouldn't judge you as I dont know anything about you, same goes for russell brand, he has been through terrible things in his life, did you know he was abused as a kid and had struggled with drug addiction, he has come through it and now has a wife and 2 kids and spends his time helping homeless people and making videos on youtube trying to help others, not trying to change your mind but just so you have both perspectives
They should just show this.
What’s a courgette?
Oh, it’s a zucchini.
Thanks for letting the rest of us know! HIGNFY also taught me that Brits call kayaks "canoes." And what do they call canoes? Why, canoes, of course.
Sigh…
We here all just have to know that you call courgettes zucchini and aubergines eggplants and coriander cilantro, and nappies diapers and pavements sidewalks and car boots trunks and car bonnets hoods etc etc etc.
But you’re fucking baffled.
@jamesrowden303 Well, what's a kayak, then?
@jamesrowden303 In Canadian parlance, a canoe is an open-topped, elongated craft with pointy ends, powered by oars. A kayak differs in that it is lower to the water surface, and enclosed - with one or two portals to seat the rowers. That's why I say Brits call two different craft by the same word.
Visit the lavvvy....
It seems strange that they bleep out some swear words but not others
Basically a shortened form o . Have I got a bit more news for you ... better watch the whole episodes for maximum entertainment
It's not shortened, it's specifically the outtakes etc (check the title). And yes everyone should watch the show but if you _know_ the show then this is hilarious. I'm very glad this was uploaded.
It's a string of all the webisodes.
I'd watch all of them except Clarkson, disgusting twat.
@@returntonature8773 Strange signature...
Queen of ENGLAND Russell???
Russell Brand is so not funny. Ian Hislop, Jack Dee and Paul Merton has clearly got the measure of him.
and that's when I ended Jeremy Clarkson. anything everything that pops up with him in it gets deleted and the channel gets a ''do not recommend.'' the Clarkson troglodyte is an onerous oaf worthy of daily disdain.
I've never knowingly sat next to a sexual predator
Russell murderer should have been locked up with wossy
Am I the only person who thinks Brian Blessed is a complete pain-in-the-arse?
Yes you are
No.
He's such a strong persona, I guess it's a "love him or hate him" type thing, like a Gilbert Gottfried, or a Benny Hill, or a Norm Macdonald.
Yes
Yes
24:32 Jeremy's stuck in the 80s.🙄
What is a corjet. Google was no help.
courgette
Yank eh?
They’re similar to aubergines.
Google that too.
And taps. And nappies. And car boots. And car bonnets.
And we walk on pavements.
And use coriander as a herb (which starts with an aspirated H sound)
But we don’t get fucking baffled by your TV programmes or movies.
Zucchini
ha ha ha
Note "The Queen of England" about 1 minute 30 seconds in...Thank God Scotland is a Republic!!
I think that's what Gerry Adams calls her
The guests are so uncomfortable with each other cringe
Russel Brand seems to bathe in constant publicity of himself a bit like Trump
I would watch HIGNFY again if they removed Hislop and Merton. They are not human remember the way they treated Angus Deyton? Like bloody wild dogs.
What a tossa
ow far p our ow back ed is it possible to be? Brian Blessed is a good starting point.
Is y..r mic..phone br..ken?
There seems to be a lot of gay slurs and references throughout.
That's comedy. Nothing has a right to be exempt.
@@Freethinkingtheist77 the fact it's the BBC is what surprised me.....or maybe I shouldn't be surprised at that really at all. Lol.
Get a grip of yourself.
A slur is made with bad intent. Alan Duncan, who Brian jokes he "fancies" is openly gay. So am I. Both Alan and I were laughing throughout.
@@paulmcdowell9438 And you.
For all his faults, Russell Brand does belt out some fantastic words, like accoutrements. The man is a walking thesaurus
I remember the day I stopped watching HIGNFY. Really sad that I had to realise how one sided it all was. Shame
One sided? Since when and aginst whom? The went after Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Miliband, Corbyn, Rees-Mogg, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, etc.
And yet here you are! watching and commenting,
Adam Hardcourt
popped up on my feed, shouldn’t I be willing to reassess my opinions?
I see
@@odiedodieuk of course you can, but you said you remember the day you stopped watching this show while you're on a video watching this show😁
Adam Hardcourt Yeah... Not too sure your point. Should I cancel the show from my existence? 🙈🤣
Russell Brand is a knob AND he sounds like Frank Spencer.
Brand is way out of his league. The other guests had no time for his nonsense, and he could sense it.
Russell Brand as usual in me me me mode.. Zzzzzz
Paul Merton. The man who made Jack Dee break his dour on screen reputation for not even a hint of a smile.
Brian Blessed 4 ever!
10:22 - Any notice that Paul impersonation of the Queen sounds more like Julian Clary?
Brand is an insufferable human.
It's just dawned on me that Russel Brand (No, I don't like him that much) would never-the-less portray a brilliant Zaphod Beeblebrox.
I may have been drinking and it's very late.
Not a big fan either, but I think his delivery and timing are excelent when he gets it right, like the bit with ”health and safety... and something called ’decorum’”. Not a super original nor conceptually funny joke but very well delivered.
He seems a horrible and self-obsessed human being. Calling the actor who played Fawlty Towers Manual to talk about having sex with his daughter was a real bastard move. The only really funny and original thing he did, in my view, was appearing in white Arab robes, almost the day after 9-11, saying (in effect) "Can't we put this all behind us?" SO inappropriate & deliberately badly-timed it was hilarious. So many of his other bits are about him being incredibly selfish (feet on airplane seats) and thinking hes being clever tryng to talk his way out of it.
@@granthurlburt4062 Yup. Pretty accurate.
He's bit of a ... well, try to be nice. But as zaphod? I can see it.
Can't be bothered watching this though.
I love that they put Russel Brand on Ian's team!
Absolutely cringeful piece of production. Poor Ian.
Yep. Someone with brains balanced out by Brand.
Better than the show. It's brilliant!
IS IT A DOLPHIN IN A BATHTUB?
I've always found Brand repulsive, but this is vile.
Is that Ghislaine Maxwell behind Paul Merton, holy moley, she gets around
It's Delia Smith
@@alisonwunderland9900 😂
This is great! Thanks for posting.
What an arrogant, half-baked, uninformed poseur Brand. While announcing he is here to puncture pomposity, he shows off his
(undouted) intelligence & polysyllabic vocabulary equally as pretentiously as any target he might choose.
Very young looking Lauren Laverne there at 3:00
Why not bring ex-footballer, Paul Merson, onto the show and joke about his name being similar to Paul Merton. A whole show where Ian keeps getting the two confused 😅
According to Paul Merton, (in one of his shows at which I was there ), he claimed he got home from work and his wife pilloried him for various aspects of life-style and self-indulgence when 'his' name, Paul Merson was all over the tabloids!
Russell Brand looks like he smells.
Well he is a druggy and a tosser, spiels off long words absolutely 100% bellend.
Failed in t.v and film resulted to UA-cam.
@@noesense769 I'm pretty sure he stopped taking drugs many years ago. He's an ex-addict.
@@noesense769 The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.
Is it a dolphin in a bathtub?
i did nt realize until this moment that Pete burns and Russel brand are the same person.
Can you do an interruptions video?
Ian hislop is fantastic on this show he loses virtually every week but love his sense of humour but one of the funnist line ever was when Peter string fellow was on and about his young girlfriends and Paul Merton said your haircut older than her quality show
This is great. Thanks for uploading !
Has Russell borrowed those teeth from his pet horse ?
Is Russell Brand ok?
The best bits were of course from the Blessed!