I love how fascinated Bill and Noel look whenever Donny is doing anything. It's as though they both know what punk is, but are trying to figure out what Donny is.
He tried to sell a movie about his punk life..... re-evaluate kiddo! Don’t worry in 20 yrs he will be pawning off country life butter like Jonny rotten
Donald Torreteni stirred things up for sure. I have uploaded a fairly recent interview with Donny Tourette from last year, to see it just type in the search bar above the following title.......Donny Tourette Radio Interview
He mocked him a couple of times and donny was oblivious to it, the whole punk conversation had donny out of his depth, bill then twisted the knife with the Enya comment.
Yeah I've always thought that about this clip. The direct harshness from Donny had Bill genuinely flustered for a sec. He most definitely was saved by Simon there.
@@ATWOOD726 Not every comeback has to involve words. Bill's response was a great way of insinuating that Donny is essentially a sassy 6-year-old girl.
@@enigma19833 Yah, I think it really took Bill by surprise. He wasn't expecting it to turn into a roasting contest. To be fair, Bill has never been that kind of comedian though.
Don't think Donny came across as a petty man, young and perhaps misled but he was able to stay and take the roastings and im sure he would have learned from the experience. If we all were the same person in our 50s as we were in our 20s then that is 30 years wasted. Life is about being yourself always but realising it is a great learning experience that is if you don't surround yourself with people who just allow you to stagnate as there are plenty who are only out for what they can get regardless if they destroy others in the process. Having awareness and a good grounding in God is what gives a person hope.
You could tell Bill got a bit flustered when Donny said he belonged on the street and was ugly. I like how Amstell didn't just leave him hanging and came back at Donny.
I don't think he was flustered. More surprised that someone would go for straight insults and also that someone would assume he would feel insulted by this.
The great thing about him is that he is one of the good sports that doesn't get the hump, so it's actually properly funny instead of awkwardly funny. it's always best when they are good-natured about it, because Simon would go easier on them then.
+Philip Dunne exactly! Never mind the buzzcocks is ABOUT taking the piss out of the guests. There have sadly been occasions where celebrities have been too naive to understand the concept and ended up looking like knobs.
It may be funnier, but it is also cringe worthy. And it's only funny because we are actually laughing at another human being on national television. So in a way, it's kinda sad that people manage to get themselves into the limelight and are foolish enough to behave the way Donny Tourette does. And although nobody necessarily feels guilty for laughing at an idiot like that, it's not really what the show is about. People don't watch comedy shows like Never Mind The Buzzcocks to laugh AT people, like a lot of people in society watch horrible shows such as The Jeremy Kyle Show. People watch this show to be entertained by a bunch of comedians and celebrities having a good time, like ordinary folks do too. That's why we are able to laugh WITH the bloke from Hollyoaks, because it just feels like harmless banter. Whereas Tourette is pretty much providing the comedy himself with all of those silly, wannabe rock star antics. (: x
Donnie has his moments. Him jumping the wall in the big brother house because he was damned if he was going to play servant to the Goody family made for brilliant television.
I actually rather warmed to him. He was like a naughty little boy and he took the pisstakes with good humour. He made for one of the best Buzzcocks ever.
me too but kind of impossible when music today is absolute junk.. it would be boring and IS boring talking about modern musicians, thats one of the major reasons why the show is dead,, cause music is dead. majority of the music indusry today if they went on that show, they wouldnt have the wit to make it entertaining... all boring airheads.
Its like what John Peel said about the state of modern music - " Its gotten to the stage now where unless you are really attractive and young, no one wants anything to do with you"
Yall are tripping, imagine a show today, it'd be brill! Get that Catfish Bottleman fucker, a few of them Trap stars and JME on, watch magic happen. Also if you think modern music is dead then yr a fool, and definitely looking in the wrong places. Regardless of that - Buzzcocks was never about getting future stars or musicians with any degree of longevity on - it scraped out the meaningless NME cool list for fucks sake.
I remember watching this episode way back. Most of it behind my hands. Can’t deny the bloke took all the jabs well. But god, he is the epitome of all the people I knew in college that thought themselves hilarious and original. But they were incomprehensibly oblivious to their shit craic and incapable of reading a room when they opened their mouth.
yeah pal, people in their early 20 are immature. If you really think everyone else is the problem and you have it all sorted out at an early age then you just don't see yourself how others do. People can tell when your highly strung. ''Shit Craic'' people who say that are usually shit craic. But yeah Donny is a tit.
I agree with all of that but I found the host to be almost as embarrassing, and you can see Bill Baily squirm a bit when he says Bill is a professional comedian - you will never win. Bit cringe.
Exactly, Donny could have a laugh at himself and had a laugh with Simon and bill. Preston just made things worse for himself trying to act all smooth and like he was too cool to be made fun of. He was acting all touchy and thin skinned even before the personal family jokes, he asked for it.
From Wikipedia 'On 7 February 2007, Tourette appeared as a contestant on pop quiz game show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 20, Episode 2), on which he faced a severe amount of ridicule due to his poor attitude early on in the show. This led to him leaving the panel mid show, only to return soon after. *His appearances since have been limited, due to his commitments as a full time, self employed manufacturer of plastic fruit.*' Nothing says punk like selling plastic fruit, and later doing a self-assessment with the HMRC.
Who buys plastic fruit? Like, I'm imagining high-quality, individual pieces that sell for a lot of money each. It doesn't just mean the stuff you see in bad greengrocers' does it? Meant to decorate the place and give an impression of freshness? Cos I thought that was all made a million bananas at a time in a big plastic factory, not the sort of thing you could manufacture self-employed. Unless he owns a plastic fruit factory and has hundreds of plastic fruit-making operatives working for him, but that's not really "self-employed". I really don't get it. Partly I want to know cos I wouldn't mind doing that myself, moulding a few fruits. Self-assessment with HMRC can't be avoided, they'll put you in jail and take all your stuff if you can't pay your taxes. Every wise man knows to pay his taxes. Evem Sid Vicious rings his accountant up every tax season in Hell. Which is EVERY season, btw.
Folks hated Amstell because he was not Lamarr, but if I'm honest he was the only natural choice to succeed Mark Lamarr, he was acidic, abrupt, rude as fuck, he was the only person that could have continued the show. It annoys me that people don't see that it was him or noone, when he left and NMTB started with the guest hosts we lost the vitriolic evil in hosting that the show became famous for for 15 years. The show went soft.
Frankie Boyle was great in it. He could have continued as regular host and been as great as Lamarr and Amstell IMO. But I'm guessing he didn't want to.
I never really got into Amstell as the host. Funny here and there but something about his personality and his style of humour is not to my liking. I also didn't feel like he had a great rapport with the 2 team captains the way Lamarr did. I always suspected that that was why Bailey left not too long after as he was often left ignored by Amstell in favour of the two guests sitting either side of him.
After this car crash appearance Towers of London literally vanished without trace. It was as if they'd never existed. I imagine a record company exec watching the broadcast then ringing the A&R dept: "Are Towers of London on our roster?" "Yes sir." "Drop them. Immediately." "Yes sir."
The towers of London were famous for about 15 minutes people realized from the start every thing about them was phoney and contrived: their accents their music and their attitude bunch of posh boys looking to make a quick few quid. I expect their mummies and daddies helped finance them
I was really curious about what he'd done since then. Apparently someone is still updating his wikipedia - also, he still bleaches his hair. "In 2019 a documentary film titled "Towers of London The Movie" was announced. It has since been renamed "F**K IT UP!" It is set for its world premiere in April 2022." That's right now!! for a punk band with such little reach, they sure love the idea of having documentaries made of themselves
I really miss Simon amstell. Me and my mates spent years trying to be this savage to each other but we never touched the sides. The most unladdy lad ever!
Literally everyone on the panel embodies punk more than Donny. His desperate attempts to look 'cool' were so cringeworthy. He reminded me of some of the kids I went to school with, so anxious to give everyone the impression that they don't give a fuck that they actually accomplish the opposite.
Donny is big loser. punk apparently yet he worked on building sites to survive ! offending everyone in the studio is appalling and bad behaviour. I wonder what`s he doing these days ?
Thomas Carter still apart of towers of London there last song done that was recorded and announced to be on the album is called shake it prior to the recording of the album and the passing of the rev he worked in a cafe to fund the band off his own back as far as I'm aware they also had to bring in a new drummer as the original joined ax7 I believe but apart from there mature behaviour they are one of the tightest punk groups to see live and Donny is actually a really nice guy but I get were people are coming from upon first appearance
Remember watching this episode at the time. This guy was great! Able to take a ribbing, have a laugh and make it a great episode! “Well, we’ve all had a lovely time” 🤣
The way Donny admonishes the audience for not liking his Prince joke is evidence that he does, in fact, have a solid sense of humour. The more I rewatch this the more I like him to be honest
I don't know how many times I've watched all Simon's episodes, especially this one, but I've only just noticed... did Donny make his own Nevermind The Buzzcocks tshirt? That's quite sweet! Bless his... however many brain cells are still functioning.
Gotta say, I watched some of this in other compilations, but after watching more of his appearance here, he's taking the flak quite well and is occasionally genuinely funny.
He was cool enough to laugh about being made a fool out of on this episode of NMTB, I’ll give him that, but you’re right, he was the opposite of cool, and completely talentless (The Rev was the only one in that band with any talent at all, he was an ok guitar player, but still an uncool a hole and nothing special at all lol)
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The more I watch this the more I actually like Donny, he takes every joke well and he can laugh at himself too, he had Bill on the ropes!! And the 19.99 joke was actually pretty good... Donny you're a good man👍
He didn't have Bill "on the ropes" mate. He called him an ugly tramp because he couldn't hack jokes. He handled himself for the most part pretty well though.
@@revivedfearsYeah but Bill got offended by it, if you’re a comedian you should be able to get as good as you give. The pain in Bill’s eyes was palpable
@@j.c7719 I reckon it was more a look of "did you really just go there on national TV". In th sense of throwing petty insults instead actual witty jokes.
Poor sod is never going to live this down. I thoroughly enjoyed taking the piss out of this as he most definitely deserved it at the time. Now he's clean living, off the coke and booze and far more humble than he ever was. We've all made mistakes, luckily we weren't on a game show making some of our worst.
Frank Bandana yeah back to stage school for him i warrant. Pity lilly allen "made it" first time round .... though to be fair she had family in high places
He was young and stupid. He's in his 30s now and travels the world, I believe. He's into healthy living now, doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs. Also was a yoga instructor for a while. He's nothing like this anymore. We were all idiots at 19 lol
Amstell was a breath of fresh air after Lamarr got so tangibly fed up with the show (I remember once he signed off as The Hunchback Of The Notre Dame and it was… not great).
Exactly, donny is an absolute tool but he’s strangely Likable in my opinion. Nothing he says is offensive or too out there. He’s harmless and it’s forever brilliant
I remember the Towers of London. They always seemed to me, and even more so after seeing Donny on this, that they were a band manufactured by a bunch of suits who were trying to kick off a “punk” explosion like the 76/77 one then found a bunch of normie kids who’s only knowledge of punk rock was the Sex Pistols and thought that the Pistols were the only punk band to have ever existed.
It was definitely an industry effort that backfired. These nameless guys with no background came out of nowhere to play Reading/Leeds and Download Festival? Bullocks
donny tourette is a lovely, warm and gentle fellow away from the cameras. I once had a splendid brunch with him and his husband from Pakistan. Lovely chaps, very giving, all the best.
As much as Donny's persona is obviously manufactured and not punk in any meaningful sense of the word, he's at least self-aware enough to stay on, take the grilling and just have a laugh. That being said, Bill is way more punk than Donny ever has been.
I remember when this show started in the mid-nineties. It seemed so appropriate to have a show like this to arrive during the vibrant guitar music from that era.
"You think me...a small penis."
I love the look on Donny's face when he realises he walked straight into that one.
Fair play to him he delivered my amazon parcel yesterday with no problems
Some One LMAO
Same here! When I put my arms out to collect the parcel, I used his mucho-mucho-love-o to do it. I think he got the reference.
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@@smokepepsi The joke is that after the Towers of London failed to make it big, Donny Tourette had to find entry-level work.
Hahaha
"it's not, it's because we have difficulty booking people" was a whole new level of quick witted
It probably had an element of truth in it though
@@bonkersllama It was true. He used the "we couldn't find anyone else" joke on other z list celebs and musicians throughout the series too.
I love how fascinated Bill and Noel look whenever Donny is doing anything.
It's as though they both know what punk is, but are trying to figure out what Donny is.
Bill and Noel imo have a very similar comedic vibe to an extent, and they are quite rightly completely bewildered by what's happening
Noel was actually friends with Donny, its why he didn't bash him. Saw them in Camden a few times together in 2007.
Oh Bill figured it out alright 😂 “You’re about as punk as Enya” 😂🤣
He tried to sell a movie about his punk life..... re-evaluate kiddo! Don’t worry in 20 yrs he will be pawning off country life butter like Jonny rotten
@@lucysmith6530 absolutely ahaha
Fair play, he stayed on and had a laugh. Not like poor Preston.
Let’s be honest he should have pulled a Preston
His dad should have pulled out.
"Oh no, we can't lose Preston."
@@EchoSappho We lost Preston and got Preston AKA Ed. Traded up imo.
Donald Torreteni stirred things up for sure. I have uploaded a fairly recent interview with Donny Tourette from last year, to see it just type in the search bar above the following title.......Donny Tourette Radio Interview
Bill just going "oooOOooo" at Donny is maybe the only time I've ever seen him genuinely irritated on camera.
He mocked him a couple of times and donny was oblivious to it, the whole punk conversation had donny out of his depth, bill then twisted the knife with the Enya comment.
Yeah Bill had nothing more witty than “oooo” is pretty poor for a “professional comedian”
Yeah I've always thought that about this clip. The direct harshness from Donny had Bill genuinely flustered for a sec. He most definitely was saved by Simon there.
Bill lost badly. Simon saved the day.
@@ATWOOD726 Not every comeback has to involve words. Bill's response was a great way of insinuating that Donny is essentially a sassy 6-year-old girl.
"You're about as punk as Enya" Bill's the best!
The poser got wrecked by that comment.
somebuddyx Bill has experienced punk. That tosser needs a slap.
As punk as enya, laugh my bollocks off
Only one of them is still gigging & I don't think its the cockney gobby one.
Punk my 'kin arse
What’s the time of this comment? Watched it all and didn’t catch that bit
"I should explain...Bill is a professional comedian...you won't win!" one of the best lines out of NMtB ever.
To be fair Bills come back just before that was "oooOOooo"
@@davestar4718that was his initial reaction, it was about to start before Simon intervened
@@GeoffreyBronson how do you know?
@@davestar4718 I know everything Dave, I'm a genius.
@@GeoffreyBronson no. You ain't
I like the way just before Simon says, 'I should explain, Bill is a professional comedian. You won't win." Bills come back was Oooooohhhhhhhhhhh.
This is something I noticed way back when it first aired. Bill actually had no real comeback to it, and Simon rescued him.
@@enigma19833 Yah, I think it really took Bill by surprise. He wasn't expecting it to turn into a roasting contest. To be fair, Bill has never been that kind of comedian though.
Don't think Donny came across as a petty man, young and perhaps misled but he was able to stay and take the roastings and im sure he would have learned from the experience. If we all were the same person in our 50s as we were in our 20s then that is 30 years wasted. Life is about being yourself always but realising it is a great learning experience that is if you don't surround yourself with people who just allow you to stagnate as there are plenty who are only out for what they can get regardless if they destroy others in the process. Having awareness and a good grounding in God is what gives a person hope.
It's always funny when middle-class kids try to be all cockney and dangerous.
@@markwoollon Beats fake accents and wannabe gangster rapper shite
You could tell Bill got a bit flustered when Donny said he belonged on the street and was ugly. I like how Amstell didn't just leave him hanging and came back at Donny.
Probably didnt know how best to react when a guest was being straight up insulting instead of making a witty joke.
could have done with Frankie Boyle on the show. he would got him back for taking the piss out of bill.
I don't think he was flustered. More surprised that someone would go for straight insults and also that someone would assume he would feel insulted by this.
I love how though, he says 'Bill is a professional comedian, you won't win'.... when Bill's witty response was 'OoooOoo' xD
he got him back at the end of the show
Simon had him on toast, but Donny still made it one of the most entertaining episodes ever!
'That'll tell Thatcher.'
This Donny guy is straight out of Spinal Tap.
No. He's nowhere close to the same level. If Spinal Tap are the premier League he's more like the Vauxhall conference.
@@andrewharper1609 woosh
@@andrewharper1609 Wrong. He's more like a cameo from another, lesser punk band.
@@Hoganply was like a bad version of ozzy in "the dirt" movie
I can't believe no one said he is a lookalike of rick parfitt
Simon almost seems to feel bad taking the piss out of the Hollyoaks guy since he seems like such a nice bloke.
The great thing about him is that he is one of the good sports that doesn't get the hump, so it's actually properly funny instead of awkwardly funny. it's always best when they are good-natured about it, because Simon would go easier on them then.
+Philip Dunne exactly! Never mind the buzzcocks is ABOUT taking the piss out of the guests. There have sadly been occasions where celebrities have been too naive to understand the concept and ended up looking like knobs.
Philip Dunne
Jagen Exactly, just like when Preston walked. Although it was how they reacted to it rather than Preston walking that was funny
It may be funnier, but it is also cringe worthy. And it's only funny because we are actually laughing at another human being on national television. So in a way, it's kinda sad that people manage to get themselves into the limelight and are foolish enough to behave the way Donny Tourette does. And although nobody necessarily feels guilty for laughing at an idiot like that, it's not really what the show is about. People don't watch comedy shows like Never Mind The Buzzcocks to laugh AT people, like a lot of people in society watch horrible shows such as The Jeremy Kyle Show. People watch this show to be entertained by a bunch of comedians and celebrities having a good time, like ordinary folks do too. That's why we are able to laugh WITH the bloke from Hollyoaks, because it just feels like harmless banter. Whereas Tourette is pretty much providing the comedy himself with all of those silly, wannabe rock star antics. (: x
I LOVE how quick Simon is with his comebacks. It's magnificent. Hahahahah
I don't care what anyone says, Simon Amstell was the best thing to happen to Buzzcocks.
yea, I mean it was a shame Mark Lamarr had to go, but Amstell, was grate, would happily see another series if they got him back
I think amstell is brilliant but Mark lamarr was a genius with his quick combacks and in my opinion a far better host
Greatest panel show host ever
Amstell was the natural follow up to Lamarr. he kept the show sharp, like a stick in the eye of the 'full of themselves'
Definitely
God I miss this Buzzcocks so much. The Simon Amstell years were a comic masterpiece.
Definitely - they stand the test of time too. Every couple of years I rewatch his run (S19-S22) and it never gets old. Absolute gold.
To be totally fair, that 'I am the walrus' line was pretty terrific
Donnie has his moments.
Him jumping the wall in the big brother house because he was damned if he was going to play servant to the Goody family made for brilliant television.
Why?
you can tell donny is a posh lad acting edgy
Confuses being a bit weird with being outrageous.
He’s from Liverpool
@@nlomas He doesn't sound like he's from Liverpool.
when he said the 'mucho mucho love-o' thing, his accent was posh af.
@@Jaikay1 Hey man, he dicks posh accents! AND the Sex Pistols!
I actually rather warmed to him. He was like a naughty little boy and he took the pisstakes with good humour. He made for one of the best Buzzcocks ever.
He is a fucking write off. It's apt that you mentioned him as a boy because he is nothing more than a delinquent poser.
come on, admit it. the helmet line was genius.
The only reason that the helmet line was genius was because of Simon's interpretation.
I agree, he took all their shit and then some. Plus made the buzzcocks even more known - great watch!
@Josh Cuthbert typical sexist wanker thinking all women are the same
Love this episode so much. Donny is cringe AF, but at least he can take the pasting from Simon and laugh at himself. Really funny. Never tire of it.
a moron but a good sport about it
Yeah exactly, he brought tv gold to the show, shouldn't hate on him for that
Simon's impression of Donny oh my goodness I'm in stitches
CinelFilm "and now im cool"
CinelFilm you should get out more
Is it, did his helmet turn blue? So fucking funny.
*DiD hIs hELmEt gO BLUE!*
"👉😎 👉"
'Take my life and fuck it up Anstiiiiiss'
Has me in absolute stiches 🤣
Bring the show back, I miss it.
me too but kind of impossible when music today is absolute junk.. it would be boring and IS boring talking about modern musicians, thats one of the major reasons why the show is dead,, cause music is dead. majority of the music indusry today if they went on that show, they wouldnt have the wit to make it entertaining... all boring airheads.
Its like what John Peel said about the state of modern music - " Its gotten to the stage now where unless you are really attractive and young, no one wants anything to do with you"
Then he must have said "It has now got to the stage".
Yall are tripping, imagine a show today, it'd be brill! Get that Catfish Bottleman fucker, a few of them Trap stars and JME on, watch magic happen. Also if you think modern music is dead then yr a fool, and definitely looking in the wrong places. Regardless of that - Buzzcocks was never about getting future stars or musicians with any degree of longevity on - it scraped out the meaningless NME cool list for fucks sake.
P.sure towers of london didn't even crack the top 30 mate..
I remember watching this episode way back. Most of it behind my hands. Can’t deny the bloke took all the jabs well. But god, he is the epitome of all the people I knew in college that thought themselves hilarious and original. But they were incomprehensibly oblivious to their shit craic and incapable of reading a room when they opened their mouth.
Well said.
yeah pal, people in their early 20 are immature. If you really think everyone else is the problem and you have it all sorted out at an early age then you just don't see yourself how others do. People can tell when your highly strung. ''Shit Craic'' people who say that are usually shit craic. But yeah Donny is a tit.
I agree with all of that but I found the host to be almost as embarrassing, and you can see Bill Baily squirm a bit when he says Bill is a professional comedian - you will never win. Bit cringe.
The epitome of noughties indie here-today-gone-tomorrow wanker
He didn't so much take tha jabs well as be totally ignorant to the fact they were taking the piss out of him
puts sunglasses on*
"that'll show Thatcher! " 😂
that was class lol
Watching this back Donnie actually takes it all pretty well 😂
I was thinking that. I mean at least he didn’t pull a Preston 😂
Exactly, Donny could have a laugh at himself and had a laugh with Simon and bill. Preston just made things worse for himself trying to act all smooth and like he was too cool to be made fun of. He was acting all touchy and thin skinned even before the personal family jokes, he asked for it.
@@chloefitzpatrick6894 I dunno, the Preston thing was different because the jokes were made about his ex-wife, and not about him.
Shit... I bet he walks on the grass, when there's a sign SAYING NOT TO
Mad lad.
"Please wash my hands before entering the ward? WELL I'LL SEE ABOUT THAT"
I've seen him touching wet paint
I've seen kick a football in a field with a 'No Ball Games' sign.
You can see Donny gradually falling in love with Simon Amstell throughout the show
Surely you mean Simon Anstiss.
Mucho mucho love-o
A cigarette? That you can legally buy in shops?
Well, I'll try to carry on, but I'm shocked and appalled!
Chilli chowder
Crouton, Crouton, crunchy friends in a liquid broth!
I am Gazpacho oh! I am a summer soup oh!
Miso miso, fighting in the dojo
Simon amstell is one of the greatest presenters of all time
Agreed
From Wikipedia
'On 7 February 2007, Tourette appeared as a contestant on pop quiz game show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 20, Episode 2), on which he faced a severe amount of ridicule due to his poor attitude early on in the show. This led to him leaving the panel mid show, only to return soon after. *His appearances since have been limited, due to his commitments as a full time, self employed manufacturer of plastic fruit.*'
Nothing says punk like selling plastic fruit, and later doing a self-assessment with the HMRC.
Who buys plastic fruit? Like, I'm imagining high-quality, individual pieces that sell for a lot of money each.
It doesn't just mean the stuff you see in bad greengrocers' does it? Meant to decorate the place and give an impression of freshness? Cos I thought that was all made a million bananas at a time in a big plastic factory, not the sort of thing you could manufacture self-employed. Unless he owns a plastic fruit factory and has hundreds of plastic fruit-making operatives working for him, but that's not really "self-employed".
I really don't get it. Partly I want to know cos I wouldn't mind doing that myself, moulding a few fruits.
Self-assessment with HMRC can't be avoided, they'll put you in jail and take all your stuff if you can't pay your taxes. Every wise man knows to pay his taxes. Evem Sid Vicious rings his accountant up every tax season in Hell. Which is EVERY season, btw.
Plastic fruit for a plastic punk...
greenaum wow the boring oracle has spoken 😴 paragraphs on a comment about plastic fruit 😂
@@jakubyakub you dissing plastic fruit bro?
Name one punk artist that retained their punk attitude and lifestyle their entire life?
This episode remains the best 30 minutes of television I have ever watched. Amstell was on crushing form
Folks hated Amstell because he was not Lamarr, but if I'm honest he was the only natural choice to succeed Mark Lamarr, he was acidic, abrupt, rude as fuck, he was the only person that could have continued the show. It annoys me that people don't see that it was him or noone, when he left and NMTB started with the guest hosts we lost the vitriolic evil in hosting that the show became famous for for 15 years. The show went soft.
Clearly you didn't see the episode that Frankie Boyle hosted ;)
Rob Fraser Fielding says that guests were too scared to go on when Amstell was hosting and that he ruined the whole thing
Frankie Boyle was great in it. He could have continued as regular host and been as great as Lamarr and Amstell IMO. But I'm guessing he didn't want to.
I never really got into Amstell as the host. Funny here and there but something about his personality and his style of humour is not to my liking. I also didn't feel like he had a great rapport with the 2 team captains the way Lamarr did. I always suspected that that was why Bailey left not too long after as he was often left ignored by Amstell in favour of the two guests sitting either side of him.
Rob Fraser Definitely! Only the Lamar & Amstell episodes are worth watching..
I'm convinced Donny is just one of Noel's school mates from Hackney that he invited onto the show as a meme.
that would be fucking hilarious if it turned out to be true
CRUNCHY FRIENDS IN A LIQUID BROTH
Donny is from Buckinghamshire. That's explains a lot.
We didn't have memes yet, then.
"Come on Phil, the brain is also a muscle!" 😂. Love Simon Amstell
This guy is genuinely funny. Took all the pisstakes like a champ, he's harmless
Everyone laughing at him, but the I am the walrus line was killer.
@@jonajon91 Yep, I'll definitely give him that one. I chuckled.
More like a chump! Am I right?
And, lest we forget, he can of course f***in' d**k on the f***in' Sex Pistols.
@@DM-kv9kj yeah sooo!! YEEEEAH SOOOOOOO!!!
After this car crash appearance Towers of London literally vanished without trace. It was as if they'd never existed.
I imagine a record company exec watching the broadcast then ringing the A&R dept:
"Are Towers of London on our roster?"
"Yes sir."
"Drop them. Immediately."
"Yes sir."
"Also, find out who's responsible for signing them and fire that person."
"Right away sir.
The towers of London were famous for about 15 minutes people realized from the start every thing about them was phoney and contrived: their accents their music and their attitude bunch of posh boys looking to make a quick few quid. I expect their mummies and daddies helped finance them
I was really curious about what he'd done since then. Apparently someone is still updating his wikipedia - also, he still bleaches his hair.
"In 2019 a documentary film titled "Towers of London The Movie" was announced. It has since been renamed "F**K IT UP!" It is set for its world premiere in April 2022." That's right now!!
for a punk band with such little reach, they sure love the idea of having documentaries made of themselves
Record execs would love this as it would gain traction for the band. Whatever you think of donny on this show he was good value.
They also got their asses kicked at a nightclub in London the same year. Band member "Dirk" had a bottle smashed over his head
Still reference "Did his helmet go blue?" every time the colour blue is mentioned.
Still do the moocho moocho lavo
@@Turt777 And _now_ I'm _cool..._
@@Turt777 ah, it's sort of like begging?
Do you do it in Amstell's mocking impression voice?
@@brianm2881 Yes yes yessss
I really miss Simon amstell. Me and my mates spent years trying to be this savage to each other but we never touched the sides. The most unladdy lad ever!
He’s definitely the sort of person you want on show’s like this, it’s a banquet of entertainment 👌😄
You can see Bill Bailey gradually getting more and more annoyed by this hack...
Even though he is a cringey knob, he's still 100x more bearable than most modern day influencers and 'celebrities'
I totally agree, can't stand the guy but much better than the crap these days repeatedly
Literally everyone on the panel embodies punk more than Donny. His desperate attempts to look 'cool' were so cringeworthy. He reminded me of some of the kids I went to school with, so anxious to give everyone the impression that they don't give a fuck that they actually accomplish the opposite.
He kind of has accomplished the opposite, he's almost a psychologist, lol.
Donny is big loser. punk apparently yet he worked on building sites to survive ! offending everyone in the studio is appalling and bad behaviour. I wonder what`s he doing these days ?
studying in the USA
Thomas Carter still apart of towers of London there last song done that was recorded and announced to be on the album is called shake it prior to the recording of the album and the passing of the rev he worked in a cafe to fund the band off his own back as far as I'm aware they also had to bring in a new drummer as the original joined ax7 I believe but apart from there mature behaviour they are one of the tightest punk groups to see live and Donny is actually a really nice guy but I get were people are coming from upon first appearance
Immature sorry auto correct
Remember watching this episode at the time. This guy was great! Able to take a ribbing, have a laugh and make it a great episode!
“Well, we’ve all had a lovely time” 🤣
Fair play to him having a laugh with em though.
Matthew Stephens i thought he was a great sport even when they were ripping him
That fat fuck out of fun lovin criminals was a bellend too
revivedfears It's funny, any time Huey Morgan appeared on the show, he was great, except for the one time with Rizzle Kicks.
Agreed. His reaction to "you think me a small penis. Well I never" was sound. He laughed, knowing he'd been out-gunned in wit. Took it well.
At least he didn't storm off like that bellend Preston.
Simon Amstell has got to he one of the sharpest and wittiest comdians out there. Hes just always got a better line!
I just love how polite Simon was, like he was treating him like a trouble child.
The way Donny admonishes the audience for not liking his Prince joke is evidence that he does, in fact, have a solid sense of humour. The more I rewatch this the more I like him to be honest
In fairness, its a solid joke.
yeah. it's really that they dont like his attitude. the hollyoaks guy on paper is much more dorky, but he's much more likeable so gets all the love
For what it's worth he seems to be a much more subdued and chill guy now. Certainly more likeable than Preston throwing a hissy fit and storming off
@@kiunthmo Is that what he did after Brookside? I only remember him as Tinhead.
Same actually I liked watching him.
I don't know how many times I've watched all Simon's episodes, especially this one, but I've only just noticed... did Donny make his own Nevermind The Buzzcocks tshirt?
That's quite sweet! Bless his... however many brain cells are still functioning.
Donny, unwittingly, makes literally everyone around him look great
Bill is normally the nice one who keeps things calm, but you can tell he has no respect for Tourette so doesnt hold back.
Gotta say, I watched some of this in other compilations, but after watching more of his appearance here, he's taking the flak quite well and is occasionally genuinely funny.
Donny Tourette is literally the least cool person I can think of atm.
@@chasethemace lol, found the fan of this dumbass
Virtually any politician would qualify.
Nah, Preston was way less cool
He was cool enough to laugh about being made a fool out of on this episode of NMTB, I’ll give him that, but you’re right, he was the opposite of cool, and completely talentless (The Rev was the only one in that band with any talent at all, he was an ok guitar player, but still an uncool a hole and nothing special at all lol)
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Possibly the best 13 minutes 46 seconds on UA-cam, funny every time I watch it
SOUP SOUP! A TASTY SOUP....... Crunchy friends in a liquid Broth.
His £19.99 joke was actually funny to be fair
It was brilliant unlike most who didn't get it straight away.
@@kanifuker721 Yeah, it's definitely on us.
Lmfao that’s how you can tell he’s funny
I am the walrus was quite good too
Lmao I love this clip, Simon is so sharp in his comebacks, and Bills a ledge.
He took it like a champ they had good fun , this is the best episode 😂
This is easily the best episode of NMTB.
Donny's smoking now?!! Crying laughing. Bring back NMTB with Simon. He's a legend
I love Donny's desperate attempts at being funny.
He’s so crap at being funny
@@ceceanne4388 desperate attempts.
The more I watch this the more I actually like Donny, he takes every joke well and he can laugh at himself too, he had Bill on the ropes!! And the 19.99 joke was actually pretty good... Donny you're a good man👍
He didn't have Bill "on the ropes" mate. He called him an ugly tramp because he couldn't hack jokes. He handled himself for the most part pretty well though.
@@revivedfearsYeah but Bill got offended by it, if you’re a comedian you should be able to get as good as you give. The pain in Bill’s eyes was palpable
@@j.c7719 I reckon it was more a look of "did you really just go there on national TV". In th sense of throwing petty insults instead actual witty jokes.
Oh my darling...Simon is about as punk as a dishtowel. I love it!
Poor sod is never going to live this down. I thoroughly enjoyed taking the piss out of this as he most definitely deserved it at the time. Now he's clean living, off the coke and booze and far more humble than he ever was. We've all made mistakes, luckily we weren't on a game show making some of our worst.
Frank Bandana
yeah back to stage school for him i warrant. Pity lilly allen "made it" first time round .... though to be fair she had family in high places
He was young and stupid. He's in his 30s now and travels the world, I believe. He's into healthy living now, doesn't drink, smoke or do drugs. Also was a yoga instructor for a while. He's nothing like this anymore. We were all idiots at 19 lol
he is about as punk as enya lol
Enya is punker
Great show. Especially with Simon and mark...great day's the best of buzz.👍🤣
Down with Thatcher
Phil did a great job in semi-defending Donny for the sake of comedy - made this show arguably the best in the post-Lamarr era.
Amstell was a breath of fresh air after Lamarr got so tangibly fed up with the show (I remember once he signed off as The Hunchback Of The Notre Dame and it was… not great).
this is the kind of person Paul Kaye would satirize
Good comment, he does look a lot like P.K. however.
This has aged remarkably well.
Exactly, donny is an absolute tool but he’s strangely Likable in my opinion. Nothing he says is offensive or too out there. He’s harmless and it’s forever brilliant
"This is what i think of you"... "you think me a small penis?" Best comeback ever
As soon as Amstell left, and guests starting hosting, it sucked.
I remember the Towers of London. They always seemed to me, and even more so after seeing Donny on this, that they were a band manufactured by a bunch of suits who were trying to kick off a “punk” explosion like the 76/77 one then found a bunch of normie kids who’s only knowledge of punk rock was the Sex Pistols and thought that the Pistols were the only punk band to have ever existed.
It was definitely an industry effort that backfired. These nameless guys with no background came out of nowhere to play Reading/Leeds and Download Festival? Bullocks
I kind of have to love Donny here, he's clearly having a ton of fun.
people complaining about Donny i think he took it all in good humour
He was definitely a better sport than Preston.
He did
I am the walrus answer was funny
i've always wanted to have a go at that "mucho - mucho - love - o" but some how my better judgement always kicks in.
lol Amstell. What a legend.
donny tourette is a lovely, warm and gentle fellow away from the cameras. I once had a splendid brunch with him and his husband from Pakistan. Lovely chaps, very giving, all the best.
Eh
These few episodes of Buzzcocks might have been the best TV ever
As much as Donny's persona is obviously manufactured and not punk in any meaningful sense of the word, he's at least self-aware enough to stay on, take the grilling and just have a laugh. That being said, Bill is way more punk than Donny ever has been.
I've watched this edit SO many times over the years (on diff, UA-cam channels) and it still makes me die laughing
Watch the gerry baboona one 😂
Bill had no comeback when donny called him ugly . Simon bailed Bill out .
I remember when this show started in the mid-nineties. It seemed so appropriate to have a show like this to arrive during the vibrant guitar music from that era.
bcause his helmet turned blue - is legit the best line on the show.
this guy is literally jay from the inbetweeners.... if they made a uni series :D
Never heard of this guy so looked him up on Wikipedia, looks like the thing he's most famous for is being on Buzzcocks
That, 'Are you annoyed the the calendar only features pictures of you and none of your teachings?' line was fucking killer. :)
Watch this every few years, still makes me cry laughing
Donny is smOKING NOW?!
Simons reaction was epic
A cigarette that you can LEGALLY buy in SHOPS?!
I'll try to carry on but I am sHOCKED and APPAAALLED!
"You're about as punk as Enya." Billy Bailey take a bow 😂
"what's he doing?" "he's having a sit down" 🎶I AM AN ANTICHRIST!🎶 even out of context that set of sentences go so well together
Noel is just loving it! He’s busy just having a laugh most of the time :) he knows the Tiwers of London are a complete joke
Bailey's face when Simon was getting felt up is ssooo on point!
Simon Amstell on top form brilliant
TV gold. BBC hasn't aired anything this good for years.
I like how noel just didnt bother because he was like you have no idea kid stfu
Well Noel is Just a Donny that was raised by hippies, Both lack any talent
Craig Brainimpact how very dare you
Whatever tiny career towers of London had went up in flames. Amstel really doing gods work
' Down with Thatcher ' lol