I used "lily liver" in a convo earlier and briefly considered trying to add "gilded" to it but, well, I'm pedantic AF and wasn't up to making sure it worked not only grammatically but just the general syntax 😂 In other words, I love David Mitchell and he's like a soothing salve to my brain and its eccentricities lol
@@sempressfi Born in the UK, I live in Australia and chat to my co-workers on TEAMS from a department I use to work in. Often times they have to Google old UK sayings I throw at them. I occasionally get a “hence” in a reply. Which I will always call out in the positive. I’ll try using “gild that lily “ today, see what I get back. Have you listened to the audio of The Unbelievable Truth? With him hosting? It’s a great sleep aid and you do pick up some interesting facts on the way. 😀
Playing this for AT LEAST the third time, i can DEFINITIVELY say that i’m with Rich, in that: • Mitchell really is the best at Emergency Questions; • This is for the same reason that he’s among the best at the wacky-conversation elements of the program; • Which is that he completely goes along with the premise, considers it carefully, responds as anyone would if Rich had just said a sensible thing instead of whatever Herringism he’s just said, and all of that in the blink of an eye, because he DIDN’T have to think about it. Full marks.
Quickest hour of my life ever. Total joy to watch, very natural and super funny. You and David were on great form Rich and i think it's great when your stupid ideas can be bounced off someone who can rationalize them so well. Probably the best one for me since Greg Davis. Well worth my pound a month!
Whatever the situation, David Mitchell is always entertaining to watch and hear. I also agree with so much of what he says and the way he sees things. The two of you clearly had an excellent time making this podcast. For the future, would you consider a double guest show with both David and Victoria? It's rare to see them both on screen in the same show, but I'm sure you could bribe/blackmail them. ;-)
The look of glee on Richard's face as he's asking the various 'would you have sex with' questions!!! I love how David deconstructs everything, no matter how surreal.
@@trashj8778 I think the last two years have been better than the year that saw every decent celebrity die, Brexit and the birth of cunty Trump as POTUS.
I am from the U.S. British comedy is the best! I have loved it since I was a child. I love the panel shows with comedians. I think it does show that the UK values comedy highly. When I first saw David M. it was on The Big Fat Quiz. I wasn't a fan until I started watching WILTY. Now I think he is magnificent!
I really like the podcasts when herring feels comfortable enough to ask the most base questions of his guests. He's clearly having a whale of a time being as childish at possible at points in the conversation.
leave it to mitchell to create context for that silly mayonnaise story, he could've left it at mayonnaise vat room but nooo he had to make a plausible scenario 😂
+Stan Whattmore You think so? Interesting, as in all the hours of Paul's material I've listened to and watched I've never got that impression, in fact quite the opposite.
Well, let's be clear, the primary reason why people tend not to just directly ask people "is the thing you're doing shit?" is because that person, the one you're asking, is the one doing that thing, so they're either going to say "no, it's going to be great!" because they think it's great - which is why they're doing it - or, even if they're only doing it for the money, they'll say "no, it's going to be great!" because though they know it's shit, they're not going to risk not getting paid by losing their job / encouraging less people to watch (where, in show biz, lots of people watching buying tickets / watching ads interspersed with your "art" is ultimately from whence your wage derives). So, though it is, indeed, refreshing to both hear someone be so direct in asking and, in the form of David Mitchell, getting an actual answer that he bothers to make slightly more entertaining than "no, it's going to be great!" - which, let's be clear, was pretty much something that only asking David Mitchell would get and only because of his natural sense of humility and comedic sense of the futility of the Human Condition to not bring himself to be able to fanfare his own ego - is not any fantastically revolutionary interviewing technique, but rather, you know, defying basic logic. People who're engaged in doing something tend not to think that that thing is shit, or they wouldn't bother doing it. Not unless they're solely doing it for the money, in which case they're not going to announce, in public, that the thing they're doing is shit, as they'd actually quite like to eventually get paid at some point. So, really, we should congratulate Richard on a refreshingly illogical interviewing technique that he's damn lucky, in this instance, didn't crash and burn on its arse. And it only didn't because he's interviewing comedians, who're skilled in the art of giving a funny and entertaining retort, even if the raw answer boils down to, as I said, "No, it's going to be great". Which, you'll notice, is essentially what David's answer actually was, but he just knows how to embellish that with humour to make it seem a little less boring.
British television triumphs over American television, in my opinion. It's unfortunate that America doesn't receive, and can't even purchase or download most British series. Thank goodness for UA-cam.
I know the afternoon recordings are a pain in the arse for you - but it does mean that those of us from outside of London are able to come and see the show then get back home the same day... at the same time, as a listener, I do enjoy pushing through the boredom barrier on the longer podcasts.... swings and roundabouts, I guess.
Great job on the podcasts, I'm hooked. This one with David Mitchell is my personal favorite. I'd love to see you get Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall, Alan Davies & Joe Brand among others on board (hopefully it'll only be a matter of time),
I agree about Kettle Chips. When I first ate them I thought they were amazing, and I think I've gotten used to them so I've gone back to Lays. They might have changed the oil they cook them in, but they taste the same to me.
If I had to be stuck in a lift for several hours with 3 people, it would be Charlie Brooker, Victoria coren and David Mitchell, I might actually devise a cunning plan to make it so.
One of my favourite episodes was the sectioning one! Also the episode in season one when they 'take care' of each others enemies. Jeremy in the balaclava discussing his voice always gets me.
There should have been a camera on Victoria. As a matter of fact, the whole thing should have had the audio of the interview, but showing Victoria's reactions, and not Richard and David.
He was almost spot on, unless of course your a fan of Bowie, Prince, Lennard Cohen, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, world peace, the most powerful man in the world having even the smallest amount of compassion or brains, but who really likes any of that?
I thought David Mitchell was extremely gracious in his responses to Richard's enquiries into his sex life,he managed to deflect with such comedic aplomb.Richard Herring is really just a thirteen year old boy in a forty some things body,which can be amusing but sometimes quite awkward.
@Upenda Sana: Sometimes it's quite annoying, actually. There are times when he's just about to kill the interview and rapport with his childish Emergency Questions and you can see the guest struggle to keep things going.
I remember watching Richard and Lee on that show back in the 90's and it was fecking ace. I recently found Richard podcasts and thier fecking ace too. I will buy some mechanise and if he ever gigs in Leeds I will also buy a ticket because his humour is so similar to mine. fecking ace.
39:08 .. .History of beer - started in Trappist Monastaries where they would "brew a nutritional drink - made of grains, hops, cerals - to ingest during a FAST "... [ fast = no eating ] ... ( the open kegs stored in the basement- would ferment from natural yeasts blowing in the window & being allowed it to ferment )
David Mitchell is the perfect guest I reckon. Nothing phases him and every question is responded to 100%, even if it involves his mayonnaise covered arsehole. There are no long pauses or quiet moments (ooh look at me I don't tell jokes kind of bollocks) - its just funny and interesting all the way through. Top stuff from you both. Lets get him back again but this time with Robert Webb too :)
Richard have you ever thought of doing a podcast tour and have local guests on the show, think it would work so well. and fairly new to this podcast already a big fan thanks man
+Alastair Cook I occasionally do an audio one from a festival or whatever, but the costs involved mean this is unlikely to work, even if we can find a big enough local name to get people into the theatre. Also my own tours take up a lot of my year and are my main source of income (allowing me to do the podcasts for free). If I split that audience (already quite small) by doing something that lost money I would be in more trouble than I am now. The occasional one off is still a possibility, but probably not filmed.
I love David Mitchell,apart from being funny and clever,he is just a thoroughly decent human being.
“You don’t need to gild that particular Lilly of filth.” The pinnacle of comedy!
I used "lily liver" in a convo earlier and briefly considered trying to add "gilded" to it but, well, I'm pedantic AF and wasn't up to making sure it worked not only grammatically but just the general syntax 😂
In other words, I love David Mitchell and he's like a soothing salve to my brain and its eccentricities lol
@@sempressfi
Born in the UK, I live in Australia and chat to my co-workers on TEAMS from a department I use to work in. Often times they have to Google old UK sayings I throw at them. I occasionally get a “hence” in a reply. Which I will always call out in the positive.
I’ll try using “gild that lily “ today, see what I get back.
Have you listened to the audio of The Unbelievable Truth? With him hosting?
It’s a great sleep aid and you do pick up some interesting facts on the way. 😀
I would love if Richard Ayoade would be a guest on this. Then again, I would love Richard Ayoade to be a guest on anything.
Maybe just a quiet apology.
I do beg your pardon..... We are in your garden.
Oh Bob, how we love you!
Bob is such a weird and beautiful legend
Your lady garden! Ahahahaha! ... Sorry.
Just catching up on this five years later & what a pleasure it truly was, thank you both so much.
21:21 "I do beg your pardon..."
... But I am in your garden?
"No need to guild that particular lily of filth" The most David Mitchell that was ever Mitchelled.
Gild*
@@Dorset-to-London-to-Bristol pointless
originally "lily of filth" is Victoria's nickname for him these days
@@Dorset-to-London-to-Bristol …as in to apply gold.
Playing this for AT LEAST the third time, i can DEFINITIVELY say that i’m with Rich, in that:
• Mitchell really is the best at Emergency Questions;
• This is for the same reason that he’s among the best at the wacky-conversation elements of the program;
• Which is that he completely goes along with the premise, considers it carefully, responds as anyone would if Rich had just said a sensible thing instead of whatever Herringism he’s just said, and all of that in the blink of an eye, because he DIDN’T have to think about it.
Full marks.
Love David so much, rewatched his and Victoria's episodes so many times
What a couple. Of they ever break up 💔 that will just be the last straw.
"No need to gild that particular Lily of filth"? I nearly pissed myself laughing.
David looks like he's having an amazing time up there. Very happy to see him come back as a guest.
Quickest hour of my life ever. Total joy to watch, very natural and super funny. You and David were on great form Rich and i think it's great when your stupid ideas can be bounced off someone who can rationalize them so well. Probably the best one for me since Greg Davis. Well worth my pound a month!
I've come away in a deep maelstrom of bourgeois self-loathing.
It fills me with minor contentment that your profile picture fits your comment.
And does yours, would be an appropriate response?
Brad Siemens Yes but only if you follow up with a private conversation about how common it actually is while I wait in the front room.
Ok, I capitulate. What does that mean?
Can Mitchell be the first person to get 3 RHLSTP appearances please, you are brilliant together.
Seconded
Been looking forward to this one for ages. The first David Mitchell RHLSTP is one of my favourites, along with Greg Davies.
David Mitchell is the best!
Whatever the situation, David Mitchell is always entertaining to watch and hear. I also agree with so much of what he says and the way he sees things.
The two of you clearly had an excellent time making this podcast. For the future, would you consider a double guest show with both David and Victoria? It's rare to see them both on screen in the same show, but I'm sure you could bribe/blackmail them. ;-)
DYLAN MORAN!!!!! Please, Richard.
The look of glee on Richard's face as he's asking the various 'would you have sex with' questions!!! I love how David deconstructs everything, no matter how surreal.
yes anyone who doesnt do that knowing the format of the show is a fool
@@agee7777 chill out bud.
"It's 2016, I think this year is gonna be great". Now THAT is a wrong prediction if I've ever seen one.
I guess if you really like entropy.
Alexandre Fry +
Well in comparison to the past 2 years
@@trashj8778 I think the last two years have been better than the year that saw every decent celebrity die, Brexit and the birth of cunty Trump as POTUS.
Or in comparison to this fucking year.
Very, very funny conversation one of the best I’ve seen so far, now off to watch Davids other half 👍🏻
This was brilliant. Oh, how I love David Mitchell!
Very entertaining as always. And many thanks to the IMDb contributor!
Seen this about 5 times now ! Love listening to David Mitchell
I am from the U.S. British comedy is the best! I have loved it since I was a child. I love the panel shows with comedians. I think it does show that the UK values comedy highly. When I first saw David M. it was on The Big Fat Quiz. I wasn't a fan until I started watching WILTY. Now I think he is magnificent!
Thank you Richard Herring for making these,some are definitely better than others.
I laughed when he thought it was going to be a good year. We are halfway through and the world is in flames.
BigMisterApple Haha, how do you feel about it now?
About the same.. How about you?
BigMisterApple Even worse :)
fuck off...it's now 2018 and i'm having a ball
how about now ;_;
This was a belter. Thanks Rich and David!
Nice one Rich, really enjoyed this one, you were great.
I really like the podcasts when herring feels comfortable enough to ask the most base questions of his guests. He's clearly having a whale of a time being as childish at possible at points in the conversation.
leave it to mitchell to create context for that silly mayonnaise story, he could've left it at mayonnaise vat room but nooo he had to make a plausible scenario 😂
He really is the perfect guest.
The Sprawl agreed
It certainly was a year. Better because of you. Thanks Richard.
"She'll never escape the shadow of your mother"
Another incredible podcast Richard
+SatanBeMyRadar shit, you listened to that quick
+sratus satan's his radar
+zeds dead Yeah, but he should be everyone's radar
What a pathetic username.
Excellent - loved this one. Only just started listening to them - brilliant!
David deals with the random and somewhat childish nature of the questions respectfully. I see a job for him in the house of commons
That was very funny. All the words were good. Thank you Richard!
Love Mitchell. Would love to see Paul Merton.
+Colin Green
Seconded! Merton would be great! I'd love to see that happen.
Richard Herring: Don't go out of your way on my account, I think Merton is a supercilious toss pot.
+Stan Whattmore Supercilious? Hilarious. You obviously don't get Paul.
+Stan Whattmore
You think so? Interesting, as in all the hours of Paul's material I've listened to and watched I've never got that impression, in fact quite the opposite.
God yes. Can't stand him.
One of the best. Brilliant.
I enjoyed the part where you asked if the Shakespeare thing was going to be shit.
That was the highlight. Maybe if the entire podcast series!
+Richard Herring If only more people would ask that questions like that. Kudos to you for doing it.
Well, let's be clear, the primary reason why people tend not to just directly ask people "is the thing you're doing shit?" is because that person, the one you're asking, is the one doing that thing, so they're either going to say "no, it's going to be great!" because they think it's great - which is why they're doing it - or, even if they're only doing it for the money, they'll say "no, it's going to be great!" because though they know it's shit, they're not going to risk not getting paid by losing their job / encouraging less people to watch (where, in show biz, lots of people watching buying tickets / watching ads interspersed with your "art" is ultimately from whence your wage derives).
So, though it is, indeed, refreshing to both hear someone be so direct in asking and, in the form of David Mitchell, getting an actual answer that he bothers to make slightly more entertaining than "no, it's going to be great!" - which, let's be clear, was pretty much something that only asking David Mitchell would get and only because of his natural sense of humility and comedic sense of the futility of the Human Condition to not bring himself to be able to fanfare his own ego - is not any fantastically revolutionary interviewing technique, but rather, you know, defying basic logic.
People who're engaged in doing something tend not to think that that thing is shit, or they wouldn't bother doing it. Not unless they're solely doing it for the money, in which case they're not going to announce, in public, that the thing they're doing is shit, as they'd actually quite like to eventually get paid at some point.
So, really, we should congratulate Richard on a refreshingly illogical interviewing technique that he's damn lucky, in this instance, didn't crash and burn on its arse. And it only didn't because he's interviewing comedians, who're skilled in the art of giving a funny and entertaining retort, even if the raw answer boils down to, as I said, "No, it's going to be great".
Which, you'll notice, is essentially what David's answer actually was, but he just knows how to embellish that with humour to make it seem a little less boring.
UPSTART CROW , is quite funny,
Too bad it was :(
David embarrassed *Richard* during the Dirty Britcom Confessions section--bravo!
A superb episode.
That had more laughs than many a standup special ! Fantastic.
British television triumphs over American television, in my opinion. It's unfortunate that America doesn't receive, and can't even purchase or download most British series. Thank goodness for UA-cam.
Great show! Thanks for the upload!
cheers for the content :))) even revisiting an older episode is brilliant
Absolutley brilliant! Keep up the good work.
I just want more Histor & Pliny.
Egg, I said egg!
This was really good.
Having sex is already very rude so swearing is unnecessary. Brilliant. Thanks for this Richard Herring. Good work.
Actually loll ' ed a few times there. Cheers Richard
that's because of Mitchell
A brilliant 75 mins of humour! I find the belly laughs of some of the audience members hilarious.
I know the afternoon recordings are a pain in the arse for you - but it does mean that those of us from outside of London are able to come and see the show then get back home the same day... at the same time, as a listener, I do enjoy pushing through the boredom barrier on the longer podcasts.... swings and roundabouts, I guess.
This has to be the best thing I have watched in years! Where do I find the first one with David Mitchell?
+Tularis it's on audio only, at british comedy guide or on itunes. I am sure google will get you there
Great job on the podcasts, I'm hooked. This one with David Mitchell is my personal favorite. I'd love to see you get Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall, Alan Davies & Joe Brand among others on board (hopefully it'll only be a matter of time),
I agree about Kettle Chips. When I first ate them I thought they were amazing, and I think I've gotten used to them so I've gone back to Lays. They might have changed the oil they cook them in, but they taste the same to me.
If I had to be stuck in a lift for several hours with 3 people, it would be Charlie Brooker, Victoria coren and David Mitchell, I might actually devise a cunning plan to make it so.
One of my favourite episodes was the sectioning one! Also the episode in season one when they 'take care' of each others enemies. Jeremy in the balaclava discussing his voice always gets me.
Get Rob Newman on - wonder what he's up to...
"Let ass crack on." Glad I stayed for the intro now.
Cool to see David laugh.
This was very excellent. So excellent it makes me wonder if parts were scripted. If not you both are incredibly and humorously fantastical together.
Along with Greg Davies and Bob Mortimer, he is the best guest.
love all the podcast mate will deffo b buying happy now tickets
Coming back to this in 2017, the intro to this episode is so foreboding...
adore Richard Herring!
"You're already being very rude" keeps making me laugh so much
There should have been a camera on Victoria. As a matter of fact, the whole thing should have had the audio of the interview, but showing Victoria's reactions, and not Richard and David.
Can't wait for the Ray Peacock interview :)
Best RHLSTP ever.
This can only be great!
Great show as usual. Very funny. Is Victoria coming on again to balance out the numbers?
Best RHLSTP episode ever. Seems like Rich has finally forgiven David for stealing his life ten years ago.
Upstart Crow turned out to be really great.
favourite celebrity of all time Is David Mitchell
"I think this year's gonna be great. That's my feeling, nothing can possibly go wrong."
That went well... :P
He was almost spot on, unless of course your a fan of Bowie, Prince, Lennard Cohen, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, world peace, the most powerful man in the world having even the smallest amount of compassion or brains, but who really likes any of that?
people die. shit happens every year, people will die in 2017 and shit will happen. so what
I thought David Mitchell was extremely gracious in his responses to Richard's enquiries into his sex life,he managed to deflect with such comedic aplomb.Richard Herring is really just a thirteen year old boy in a forty some things body,which can be amusing but sometimes quite awkward.
@Upenda Sana: Sometimes it's quite annoying, actually. There are times when he's just about to kill the interview and rapport with his childish Emergency Questions and you can see the guest struggle to keep things going.
The sex talk became a drag. Started off a good conversation and became very tiresome.
I agree Richard is just embarrassing. David is funny but I still couldn’t watch a lot of it.
“It’s 2016! What could possibly go wrong?” Oh, boy…
If you're looking for more places to play if you announce a Dublin gig I'll be first in line :)
Brilliant! :D
In Belgium we actually have beers that claim to go back to the 14 hundreds
Hahaha flavoured with David! I'm wiping my eyes with tears!
Sectioning episode- a great one!
Brilliant stuff!
please get derren brown or john leslie on if you can
I remember watching Richard and Lee on that show back in the 90's and it was fecking ace. I recently found Richard podcasts and thier fecking ace too. I will buy some mechanise and if he ever gigs in Leeds I will also buy a ticket because his humour is so similar to mine. fecking ace.
To be honest, Upstart Crow was excellent including the writing and the entire cast of actors.
its funny that instead of saying "is it good?" you can say "is it shit?" means the same, but does not at the same time.
39:08 .. .History of beer - started in Trappist Monastaries where they would "brew a nutritional drink - made of grains, hops, cerals - to ingest during a FAST "... [ fast = no eating ] ...
( the open kegs stored in the basement- would ferment from natural yeasts blowing in the window & being allowed it to ferment )
How am I just discovering this show in 2021?
definitely one of the best!
I say that a lot I know :)
16:30-16:58 Effortlessly brilliant satire.
0:05 just 4 days later, David Bowie would pass away and thus start the beginning of the end...
I am the 100,000th viewer of this, that satisfies me all too much.
“Mrs Herring” is certainly an odd name for a baby
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time
Jeez, you really cursed 2016
David Mitchell is the perfect guest I reckon. Nothing phases him and every question is responded to 100%, even if it involves his mayonnaise covered arsehole. There are no long pauses or quiet moments (ooh look at me I don't tell jokes kind of bollocks) - its just funny and interesting all the way through. Top stuff from you both. Lets get him back again but this time with Robert Webb too :)
Richard have you ever thought of doing a podcast tour and have local guests on the show, think it would work so well. and fairly new to this podcast already a big fan thanks man
+Alastair Cook I occasionally do an audio one from a festival or whatever, but the costs involved mean this is unlikely to work, even if we can find a big enough local name to get people into the theatre. Also my own tours take up a lot of my year and are my main source of income (allowing me to do the podcasts for free). If I split that audience (already quite small) by doing something that lost money I would be in more trouble than I am now. The occasional one off is still a possibility, but probably not filmed.
cheers for the response, and I hope/think the large audience will come.
I agree on Kettle Cri...I mean Chips. They need to bring back Salsa With Mesquite!
"I think 2016 is gonna be great"
yeah bad call bro.
Checking in from 2020 man... How's 2016 feeling now?
@@_chipchipThe silence speaks volumes.