Steve Coogan meets Armando Iannucci

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  • Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci debate the art of comedy writing, celebrate Coogan's 50th birthday and discuss Coogan's book Easily Distracted, at a Guardian Live event in London.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 367

  • @jrs4516
    @jrs4516 4 роки тому +140

    what a talent alan partridge is to play this "steve coogan" character so convincingly

    • @johndean1465
      @johndean1465 2 роки тому +1

      Very funny

    • @SpeccyHorace
      @SpeccyHorace Рік тому

      ​@ezo2161Remarkable!

    • @dangrahamdrums
      @dangrahamdrums 10 місяців тому

      It sometime slips and you see that basically he is just Steve Coogan in every single film he does but for the most part, ten on ten.

    • @johngilmore697
      @johngilmore697 3 місяці тому +1

      This is great banter. It really is.

  • @LordLionelBond
    @LordLionelBond 4 роки тому +21

    I regularly revisit my DVD of The Armando Iannucci Programmes. There's so much joy to be found on that disc.
    "I'm over here".

  • @moobengy
    @moobengy 8 років тому +75

    Wonderful! Two comedy greats. I think Armando is one of those people who make life almost bearable.

    • @callumbickle5419
      @callumbickle5419 5 років тому +8

      gosh jonathan i liked the first part of your comment but worried about you for the second part. hope your still enjoying life

    • @saturn1returns
      @saturn1returns 3 роки тому +1

      I Armando thinks 'life' is almost bearable, too.

    • @jimbob-robob
      @jimbob-robob Рік тому +1

      Quiet! 🤫
      The Tories will cancel, tax Coogan to misery, arrest him for pre-crime or send him to Rwanda if they see that life can be bearable...

    • @MrJ2theC
      @MrJ2theC 10 місяців тому

      @@callumbickle5419Don't worry too much.

  • @reginaldcrapo132
    @reginaldcrapo132 5 років тому +64

    Steve Coogan is a national treasure. Long may he (and Alan Partridge) live.

  • @SeanScottColony
    @SeanScottColony 8 років тому +25

    Love that we see the pitch of Scissored Isle around the hour mark!

    • @SeanScottColony
      @SeanScottColony 8 років тому +1

      Also props for mentioning Saxondale at 1.12 - legendary character.

  • @mikewozere
    @mikewozere 7 років тому +10

    I like that he hashed out 'Scissored Isle' on stage in front of an audience.

  • @Etcher
    @Etcher 7 років тому +79

    Flatly my dear I don't riverdance

  • @alexpaltos5866
    @alexpaltos5866 8 років тому +13

    Love the way Steve and Armando took that kid's script at the end with sincerity: great blokes. More of those insights and moments needed in the business.

  • @hughjass2745
    @hughjass2745 8 років тому +70

    the 2 finest british comedic minds of the last 20 years on 1 stage

    • @paulrouhan7288
      @paulrouhan7288 8 років тому +2

      1878EFC2008 - Hugh Jass, had a funnier name than you ;)) And me.

    • @slickwillywize
      @slickwillywize 7 років тому +14

      Morris-over ruled them and set the tone

    • @MatthewMcVeagh
      @MatthewMcVeagh 7 років тому +9

      Are you trying to advertise a Chris Morris/Stewart Lee gig? What's the link?

    • @73BigMC
      @73BigMC 7 років тому +5

      2 of the finest certainly.

    • @pushthetempo2
      @pushthetempo2 7 років тому +2

      The writing duo on Peep Show are up there without a doubt.

  • @bugsby4663
    @bugsby4663 9 років тому +85

    Steve Coogan is a vastly underrated actor. His small part in Iannucci's "In the Loop" was incredible and actually quite filled with pathos with his part being quite non comical in a comedy. Talking of Armando Iannucci, I do adore the Thick of It and especially Veep.

    • @doovbaloevera1430
      @doovbaloevera1430 8 років тому +7

      "I work for the national trust..."

    • @jackwilson4235
      @jackwilson4235 7 років тому +1

      Filled with Pathos but also manages to provide some of the funniest moments

    • @robinhalliday115
      @robinhalliday115 6 років тому +8

      SHES GOT A WATERING CAN!

    • @badlydrawnsmiffy
      @badlydrawnsmiffy 11 місяців тому

      I felt he just reigned it in, 5 mega pixel made me howl, i had to replay it.

  • @Theinsidetrader
    @Theinsidetrader 4 роки тому +26

    You go careful there my love.

    • @howdj
      @howdj 3 роки тому +2

      You missed a "now"

    • @jakekraweckyj2801
      @jakekraweckyj2801 Місяць тому

      Now you now go no careful now now my now love now. Fixed it. ​@@howdj

  • @stevencgr
    @stevencgr 8 років тому +11

    very good of Steve to take that guys script, he could have easily told him to fuck off, get a laugh and move on, but nope he took it, make sure it had the writers details on it and said Baby Cow would look at it. That's just brilliant.

    • @doovbaloevera1430
      @doovbaloevera1430 8 років тому +1

      it won't be steve coogan reading it.

    • @Bazravish69
      @Bazravish69 Рік тому

      I think this was a bit of cynical face-saving gesture after losing his cool about the ‘canned laughter’ question.

  • @paulmorphy6187
    @paulmorphy6187 7 років тому +6

    That was superb with a few cans of guinness thoroughly enjoyed as a fan of their comedy for 20 years

    • @SmugSuspenders
      @SmugSuspenders 4 роки тому +1

      They're here to tell you about the evils of drink!! 🍺☠️

  • @sheilashindorf5696
    @sheilashindorf5696 7 років тому +17

    I'm fretfully enamored with Steve, unfortunately for me perhaps, eternally. Forever thankful to pass through this lifetime in enough time & at the right time to enjoy him, while tragically askew in our earthly trajectories. *sigh*
    Steve, you make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream...

    • @lindseymcarthur6493
      @lindseymcarthur6493 3 роки тому +2

      Aaaaw Sheila.....that made me smile

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 7 місяців тому

      Are you still living the dream,6 years later, Sheila? :)

  • @suncity22001
    @suncity22001 8 років тому +9

    looking good at 50.

  • @WhiteSleevedStu
    @WhiteSleevedStu 9 років тому +9

    Will be very disappointed if "Assume the Alan Position" is not the title of the second Partridge biography.

  • @welshhibby
    @welshhibby 9 років тому +10

    Love Steve

  • @TheLiquidCat
    @TheLiquidCat 9 років тому +27

    I wish Graham Linehan and Armando Iannucci would write something together. I feel like that those two minds would create the greatest television show that ever existed.

    • @ricklopez2314
      @ricklopez2314 8 років тому +9

      Graham Linehan worked on the Day Today so they actually have.

    • @TheLiquidCat
      @TheLiquidCat 8 років тому +4

      Oh yeah, I forgot about that show. I still wish they would reunite though. They are the two greatest minds in British television in my opinion.

    • @andrewtucker94
      @andrewtucker94 6 років тому +1

      I dunno I think their styles are quite different.

    • @Etcher
      @Etcher 5 років тому +3

      @@TheLiquidCat Greatest Irish Mind in British Television

    • @joil6649
      @joil6649 Рік тому

      I think Armando Iannucci works better without drag.

  • @Exisles
    @Exisles 7 років тому +1

    Watching this for the first time, one year on from Brexit & highlighting the discussion at 39mins in.

  • @BL1TZEN
    @BL1TZEN 8 років тому +7

    Really interesting. A wonderful look into the insight of these 2 brilliant comedic chaps!
    I'd love to know what Steve actually thought of the guys script. Fair play to him for taking it home with him!

  • @weavehole
    @weavehole 8 років тому +45

    I'd just like to point out that all the commenters here that I disagree with are wrong.

    • @wmperry2790
      @wmperry2790 6 років тому +1

      i liked that. maybe have a batch of generic dimissals:
      'So many of these comments are wrong' 'i'm suprised how (naive, redundant, polyrythmic, amphibiious,etc) all these commenters are" " if shame is wealth, education will make these commentors rich" forget that last, it came outta nowhere. but really snobby sounding, eh? should wind'em up good (well)

  • @earthacademy
    @earthacademy 9 років тому +23

    fascinating when being interviewed Coogan's right brain is shooting off (very hyper visual and rushing to say everything at once causing a bottleneck and stuttering of language) but when acting its his left brain smoothly in action (linear sequential thought)

    • @nightcandle62
      @nightcandle62 8 років тому +2

      thats a deep comment on the observation of the mind... can you ellaborate im not sure exactly what you are saying im interested? surely that is his nerves and the scrutiny?

    • @therealrussellsmyth
      @therealrussellsmyth 5 років тому

      Niiice

  • @MikeGledhill
    @MikeGledhill 8 років тому +49

    As a Brit, I love Armando's quote:
    "I feel like UKIP is for ex-pats... who haven't moved abroad, as it's full of foreigners."

    • @waltermontiel4405
      @waltermontiel4405 7 років тому +1

      Mike Gledhill Replace UKIP with Donald Trump and it's still hilarious.

    • @markshirley01
      @markshirley01 5 років тому +2

      The world we live in 😁 sometimes you need to laugh about it or it would drive you mad.

    • @stellaboulton9531
      @stellaboulton9531 4 роки тому

      I should think it's almost certain that armando knows all about the better class of 'foreigner'.

    • @cccCCCccc123ccc
      @cccCCCccc123ccc 4 роки тому +2

      Well, He can joke all he wants but Nigel Farage and Trump have become two of the most important politicians in the last 50 years.

    • @jupitorious7925
      @jupitorious7925 6 місяців тому

      His views have drastically changed !!

  • @Mac-jc8hd
    @Mac-jc8hd 7 років тому +7

    blummin marvellous, every minute of it

  • @cross5269
    @cross5269 10 місяців тому +4

    I'd LOVE to do some comedy...

  • @ursie1986
    @ursie1986 8 років тому +24

    Every time I see 'Iannucci' typed down I end up obsessively trying my best to condense the pronunciation of it into three syllables rather than four. Like a middle class Brit abroad, the sound of IAN-ucchi really grates on me but so, in a way, does YAN-ucchi. The irony is I have never bothered to look at how Italians might actually say it. They'd have definitely just walked off by now to buy some pizza and little statues of the Parthenon. I'm not married.

    • @The6milphil
      @The6milphil 8 років тому +5

      +cx1735 The trick I use for this is to remember his name as Amando Neo-nazi, although often I'll just use that. Hilarity ensues.

    • @wmperry2790
      @wmperry2790 6 років тому

      And you're in Greece. which may be why your italian isnt working on the locals.
      But i'm baffled. why not 4 syllables? Ian has 2 in the uk. Gaelic? really i dont understand. that 'yan' is just some backwoods patois (pah-tow-iss)

    • @simononeill1157
      @simononeill1157 5 років тому +3

      Painful analysis

  • @paulpritchard1998
    @paulpritchard1998 Рік тому +1

    Steve you've never made me work while watching. Lovely stuff.

  • @winston-mathew-bollockchops
    @winston-mathew-bollockchops 5 років тому +10

    Audio feedback echo is too much for my lug holes.

  • @812DirtyJ
    @812DirtyJ 6 років тому +5

    8:24 Steve speaks some perfect truth for creatives

  • @adamweishaupt2846
    @adamweishaupt2846 8 років тому +42

    Cook Pass Babtridge

    • @sbhatti534
      @sbhatti534 6 років тому +2

      Once in a while, I randomly remember that phrase and scene and it cracks me up. I don't know why that particular one as there was a lot of funny stuff from the A.P. and other series.

    • @kmmining1359
      @kmmining1359 4 роки тому

      UTB & Partridge

  • @Brascofarian
    @Brascofarian 7 років тому +13

    I think it's very funny that Steve Coogan is turning into Alan Partridge.

    • @adamhawkes84
      @adamhawkes84 5 років тому

      @Aidan Gale Brascofarian is allowed a toilet break if he wants

    • @KarlHamilton
      @KarlHamilton 4 роки тому +3

      On the contrary, Alan Partridge is turning into Steve Coogan.

  • @robsmithracing
    @robsmithracing 4 роки тому +4

    Lovely stuff, not my words

  • @PurushaDesa
    @PurushaDesa 8 років тому +2

    I love that Paul Calf coughs for "A-ha!" (The smoking no doubt.)

  • @BrokenNoseMedia
    @BrokenNoseMedia 6 років тому +4

    This is glorious, hope they work together again soon

  • @chrismellor5759
    @chrismellor5759 8 років тому +10

    Wonder what happened to the aspiring writer at the end

    • @ruari76
      @ruari76 7 років тому +2

      Chris Mellor just been thinking that..... Coogan probably binned it, I hope not though

    • @ZER0--
      @ZER0-- 7 років тому

      Same here.

    • @sinbad8982
      @sinbad8982 5 років тому +6

      He got a power pack... hahaha.....hahaha........ NEWS...

  • @NickSheridanVids
    @NickSheridanVids 8 років тому +60

    Interesting title, but I feel like they've met before....

    • @charliebadger
      @charliebadger 8 років тому +2

      You can meet someone more than once. Thousands of times in fact. :)

    • @NickSheridanVids
      @NickSheridanVids 8 років тому +5

      Indeed, I was all set to get a bit sarcastic at Not A Horse when I thought about that. I've "met" people for lunch, doesn't mean I've never seen them before. Whoops!

    • @rubberchix
      @rubberchix 6 років тому +2

      NickSheridanVids you took the L. Fair play

  • @fizzyfox
    @fizzyfox 8 років тому +4

    13:43 and I thought a mouse was running across my desk!!!

  • @laraholy
    @laraholy 8 років тому +2

    thanks for this!!

  • @GibsonLesPaul2273
    @GibsonLesPaul2273 7 років тому +1

    Its true about the radio dramas they do spend all their time sighing a lot or have a tap running in the background, just so you dont get bored.

  • @martinsmith500
    @martinsmith500 8 років тому +11

    ffs I think i prefer the mystique

  • @Deadwuvly
    @Deadwuvly 8 років тому +3

    17:00 'brevity is the soul of wit'

  • @leonie563
    @leonie563 3 місяці тому

    Now I get the character in Trip to.... series/movies.

  • @trenttrevorrow5648
    @trenttrevorrow5648 4 роки тому +5

    With a mere 90 horsepower the Megane leisurely pace can only be described as power sappingly slow making overtaking national express coaches a long drawn out affair.

    • @Etcher
      @Etcher 3 роки тому +1

      Not my words Carol

  • @skleppardit
    @skleppardit 7 років тому +2

    Adore

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 5 місяців тому

    I absolutely love Alan Partridge and Coogan. I hope he makes a drama! Yeah.

  • @steveking6322
    @steveking6322 4 роки тому +2

    Interesting chat. Awful sound. Are the glasses on the table resonating?

  • @gabrielabarros2036
    @gabrielabarros2036 4 роки тому +4

    Why is he so charming and beautiful? I try not to be so obsessed with him, but i cant

  • @Mengibiza
    @Mengibiza 8 років тому +3

    I really wished they would have addressed the guys question on extreme greed......i personally think he wasn't highlighting Coogans wealth (which I feel is deserved) but more the clear economic inequality of our times...Saxondale would have waded in!

  • @LysanderLH
    @LysanderLH 8 років тому +2

    You never see Steve Coogan and Holly Johnson in the same place, at the same time.

  • @jasonross8434
    @jasonross8434 8 років тому +16

    The sheer volume of nobodies (of which I am of course), feeling that youtube comments is the forum to FINALLY show the world how much more insightful they are than either of these two successful professional comedians is laughable. Pun intended.

    • @jackforster5254
      @jackforster5254 8 років тому +1

      Exactly. Name one successful project that either of these two nobodies have worked on. Oh wait..

    • @simonmoore2380
      @simonmoore2380 6 років тому

      Jason Ross - what, like your one you mean? Yea, I can see that.....

  • @emmaxoxo6208
    @emmaxoxo6208 4 роки тому +2

    why did they put steve’s mic closer to his nose then his mouth

  • @stevesandford1437
    @stevesandford1437 2 роки тому

    Kudos to Steve Coogan for accepting that young writer's script... (I wonder what if anything came to pass???) xx SF

  • @philfyphil
    @philfyphil 7 років тому +3

    Comedy Genius. Everything he does is hilarious.

  • @joil6649
    @joil6649 Рік тому

    My mother was an IBM computer engineer too.

  • @supamaxx01
    @supamaxx01 8 років тому

    Shame the videos have no captions.

  • @SkipperMacky
    @SkipperMacky Рік тому +1

    The only one I couldn't get was Saxondale. Hated that character.

  • @paulpritchard1998
    @paulpritchard1998 Рік тому

    Acerbic wit. Lovely stuff.

  • @TheBigmick33
    @TheBigmick33 28 днів тому

    "he's in the Bullingdon club with all those other basted's" 😂

  • @prouserprouser9646
    @prouserprouser9646 7 років тому

    love steve coogan, and yes i agree he should host TOP GEAR 2017, ah ahhhhh.

  • @shaunpearson7905
    @shaunpearson7905 5 років тому +5

    the echo is freaking me out

  • @honestmcgyver
    @honestmcgyver 11 місяців тому

    Shame about the sound set up

  • @jamesfield1674
    @jamesfield1674 5 років тому +2

    Sounds a lot like my dad.

  • @sophiehill3297
    @sophiehill3297 8 років тому +3

    That microphone makes him look a bit doctor who

  • @closepiper7657
    @closepiper7657 Рік тому

    genii.

  • @rienpost3145
    @rienpost3145 6 років тому +2

    Note to sound engineer: Coogan doesn't talk through his nose. Lower the mic.

    • @michaelhoughton800
      @michaelhoughton800 4 роки тому +1

      He's a manc mate. We talk through our nose from these parts

    • @rienpost3145
      @rienpost3145 4 роки тому +1

      @@michaelhoughton800 Fair enough, but not THAT badly. :-)

  • @ric112
    @ric112 6 років тому +1

    is this cool? is this cool? what about me? cool am I? find out tonight on bbc 2

  • @b00i00d
    @b00i00d 4 роки тому

    Surely it was Tony Blair who popularised that finger curling!... Love those two!

  • @houndofzoltan
    @houndofzoltan 3 роки тому +1

    Back when the Guardian was worth reading.

  • @Harriet-Jesamine
    @Harriet-Jesamine 6 років тому +1

    STEAK HOUSE! STEAK HOUSE! They're turnin it into a Steak House.... Oooohhh Let's all go to the Steak House and eat Steak with STeAk for starters, and then A main course of STEAK, and Steak for pudding, with a side order of steak... with steak on it!

  • @Iamjimpage
    @Iamjimpage 4 роки тому +1

    1:25:00 sit down mate, you being a prat.

  • @nightcandle62
    @nightcandle62 8 років тому

    i just wish steeve had shown a little more kindness to some of his questioners,still love the guy but hes an enigma

    • @doovbaloevera1430
      @doovbaloevera1430 8 років тому +1

      the canned laughter guy was a pretentious arsehole.

  • @jackforster5254
    @jackforster5254 8 років тому +7

    I must have watched a different interview to the negative responders

  • @LeeOCGaming
    @LeeOCGaming 7 років тому +1

    He goes on a bit said alan

  • @matthewburns7989
    @matthewburns7989 11 місяців тому

    Now then, now then..

  • @petersteman6557
    @petersteman6557 7 років тому +5

    I wonder if this gets less boring? With just 18 mins in I am giving up trying to find out.

  • @paulpritchard1998
    @paulpritchard1998 Рік тому

    Community Guidelines. Lovely stuff.

  • @MegaDonGallo
    @MegaDonGallo 8 років тому +4

    "Steve Coogan meets Armando Iannucci"?
    I'm pretty sure Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci met long before this...

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb0 4 роки тому +2

    Incredible to think that the guy who’s script Coogan takes away with him ended up as Laurel and Hardy

  • @daftwod
    @daftwod 8 років тому +1

    Doff the proverbial..

  • @diegopisfil614
    @diegopisfil614 6 років тому +4

    Steve Coogan resembles a male version of Kristen Stewart and a white Barack Obama

  • @midianholic7080
    @midianholic7080 3 роки тому +1

    Do your Frank Spencer

  • @DJSnafu
    @DJSnafu 7 років тому +1

    these singers from....Chad...who sing 5 notes

    • @SmugSuspenders
      @SmugSuspenders 4 роки тому

      Not to mention all the Romanian drummers!! 🥁🇷🇴

  • @michaelmouse4024
    @michaelmouse4024 Рік тому

    Genius and funny... Steve - please do some brexit stuff. We need you to ridicule Farage etc. I assume Alan voted Leave? How would he cope around the bbc Remainer types.

  • @TheGreatSteve
    @TheGreatSteve 6 років тому +1

    The Harrier is subsonic. You would need an F-35.

  • @BlacklightSummerOfficial
    @BlacklightSummerOfficial 3 роки тому

    40:37

  • @mrlozmoore
    @mrlozmoore 7 років тому +3

    "Jill, FIFTY" ;)

  • @bongledrot7760
    @bongledrot7760 7 років тому +1

    Minutiae

  • @stewartwhitfield6365
    @stewartwhitfield6365 7 років тому +3

    milking the teat of a fox

  • @09nob
    @09nob 2 роки тому

    Philomena was great and the quality of these two men's comedy speaks for itself.

  • @danandlaura707
    @danandlaura707 Місяць тому

    Are you on COVID steve? Whhats with your breathing tubes?! 😂

  • @stealthy1086
    @stealthy1086 3 роки тому +1

    The question at 1:25:00, they knew exactly what the guy was on about with the canned laughter and they both came across as defensive d**ks in their response! Surely the location scenes in AP has no live audience, so it must be watched on a screen to evoke a laughter track, canned or otherwise!

  • @rgrace6609
    @rgrace6609 8 років тому +6

    In my opinion comedy must be very much more difficult to write. I should imagine Mr Coogan having the ability to do comedy / drama.

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 8 років тому

      you really are not wrong.

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 8 років тому

      Raven Jayne Grace I took drugs

    • @nightcandle62
      @nightcandle62 8 років тому

      im sure we should marry, probably?
      well anyhoo, let me know!
      : D

  • @suzannereilman4516
    @suzannereilman4516 5 років тому +1

    ....ohmgawd...at least I now know where SC gets his tedious over-explanations from now.....zzzzzz.....

  • @lindsay8845
    @lindsay8845 25 днів тому

    Coogan is an amazing actor. Get a hearing aid man. Armando doesn't have a Glasgow accent.

  • @FixedFace
    @FixedFace 7 років тому +1

    steve starts lo look like jörg haider

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 5 місяців тому

    Who is this chap? Is the funniest thing Partridge ever did.

  • @corrinecummings3538
    @corrinecummings3538 8 місяців тому

    The book is superb.

  • @MaxLaFaci
    @MaxLaFaci 4 роки тому +1

    lmao these audience questions were excruciatingly bad

    • @hellomartinreed
      @hellomartinreed 3 роки тому +1

      Funny you should say that, I was there that night and asked the BBC adopting the US model question at 1:29:21. I remember feeling deflated at Steve not having an opinion on that and also thinking there were some basic questions being asked by other audience members that these guys would've answered a million times before. What would you have asked if you were there?

    • @tz6414
      @tz6414 Рік тому

      Who is the best Lord. ?
      Actually I would ask why Armando doesn’t write anymore as he was clearly funnier than Gibbons.

  • @royfr8136
    @royfr8136 Рік тому

    5:00 yeah, move on and sober up.

  • @karendodson9436
    @karendodson9436 7 років тому

    car share outtakes