Thank you for putting the voice of Brian Blessed in my head now. "I'M BRIAN BLESSED! I TALK IN ALL-CAPS AND WITH DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARKS!! MY ELOCUTION CAN FILL THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL AND I SHAGGED A YAK ON MOUNT EVEREST!!!"
I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets to the recording of Brian Blessed's episode. Absolutely wonderful, a night out to remember forever! We were fortunate that we were all in the front row. 2 hours after the recording started the producer had to stop it, because there was a queue of taxis outside the studio for people who had booked them in advance. My ears are still ringing. Best. Episode. Ever.
Off the reservation??? More like off the reservation, out the country, flee the continent and is currently residing somewhere in remotest Tanzania 🤷🏼♂️ And we wouldn't want him any other way.
It’s a shame that I didn’t live in London or wherever he’s the MP for. After his appearance on that episode I genuinely would’ve voted for him. He wasn’t thin-skinned like most MPs: he could not only take a joke but dish it out too. And I respect that.
I didnt like his second appearance though, it seemed like Ian and especially Paul just spent the entire night taking shots at him because he got more laughs than them the first time he was on.
I've never seen Paul Merton laugh so much over such a funny host, paul with his razor sharp wit normally holds it together especially when he says something funny. But Brian a true national treasure has him in stitches many times.
Having now lived in Germany for over 30 Years and not kept up-to-date with British current affairs (those of Germany's are equally demanding), I find "Hignfy" extremely amusing and entertaining. Thank you 😉
Boris has been playing the game for a long time. Purposefully messed up hair every morning, little stumbles here, weird rants, humiliating photo ops... everything to make him seem goofy and unthreatening. Actually he created a persona to ward off any criticism and move easily into power. Just like the clown emperor over the pond it worked like a charm. Wanna implement something unpalatable? Just do or say a silly thing the same day and the criticism of the first thing will be drowned. The masses and the media eats it up and his friends in politics supports him all the way because they know its an act and they all win. You know its been so successful that he could be honest about the act tomorrow and no one would believe him.
National treasure... I never know whether that expression means 'Loved by us all', or 'Should be buried in a field with only an X on a map to mark the spot'. 🤭
You're right. Attention span of a BBC executive I have ...... by the time I'd finished watching the whole thing I'd forgotten. Listening to to Blessed's Everest anecdote my wife came in from another room to find out what I was laughing so very loudly at.
I'm nuts about your compilations of my favourite show. Thank you. I'm going to request that these are played in my dying hours and I'll laugh myself to death
Oh,this is an old comment but I LOVE that idea though I will have to combine it with Buddhist chanting. Ive given myself a challenge.I guess it will depend on who else is there. Actually, my last words will be “Oh yeah, I know what I’ll do..”
I'd have loved to have seen Julian Clary host more episodes or even permanently, he makes a surprisingly good middleman and the interplay between him and Paul, who I believe are old friends, is brilliant.
@@conslin1147 The problem is Julian Clary's act is 100% camp and gay innuendo- which was fine in the 80s when he was young and it hadn't been done as blatantly on TV before- but doesn't fit in well with a news quiz.
I feel it fair to mention here what happened when an unexpected soviet/russian sub surfaced through artic ice having tracked the inimitable Blessed and co. from underwater. Brian sang at them!
OMG I'm so glad Brian Blessed exists and we get to experience all of it. I wish there was an American 2020 analog. We have many who come close, but like the next guy said . . .
After a good few watchings , can still have a great laugh . mocking Boris about being mayor , then he was and now PM :-) even on the show ! BB was awesome !
Paul, Tommy Steele was one of the first UK artistes to stand up against S. African apartheid. No one is perfect but it does add some credibility to the tale. Plus, the public microscope wasn't as powerful in those days.
Brian Blessed is just fantastic but i think thirty minutes in his company would be to much for me. Good on you Brian, your like a heatwave great at first but then later finding yourself screaming oh how i wish it would rain.
I would have loved it to know that Elvis toured London before he went back to the US. It just did not happen, sadly. I understand he had a fear of flying. Obviously, when enlisted he managed to cope. Maybe he just did not fancy a visit to the UK. That makes me said because I love Elvis.
I understood Elvis' lack of leaving the US, other than when he was enlisted, was down to Tom Parker. As he was an illegal immigrant in the US, had he left, as he would have been expected to do as Elvis' manager, he'd not have been allowed back in.
I've watched these so much I use them to relax or sleep. Except the Brian Blessed episode
Snap!
Thank you for putting the voice of Brian Blessed in my head now. "I'M BRIAN BLESSED! I TALK IN ALL-CAPS AND WITH DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARKS!! MY ELOCUTION CAN FILL THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL AND I SHAGGED A YAK ON MOUNT EVEREST!!!"
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@@baoboumusic LMAO
@@baoboumusic "That yak was gagging for it darling!"😁
I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets to the recording of Brian Blessed's episode. Absolutely wonderful, a night out to remember forever! We were fortunate that we were all in the front row.
2 hours after the recording started the producer had to stop it, because there was a queue of taxis outside the studio for people who had booked them in advance.
My ears are still ringing. Best. Episode. Ever.
When did your hearing return?
Brian blessed is awesome on there. Such a funny funny man.
Sounds strange but how does one even apply to be in the audience?? Is it a waiting queue system or first come first served?
@@bostockedYou sign up for audience tickets, it is usually first come first served, but they are free, a quick google search should help you loads.
Brian Blessed most definitely left the reservation, leaving nothing behind but scorched earth. What a performance.
Off the reservation???
More like off the reservation, out the country, flee the continent and is currently residing somewhere in remotest Tanzania 🤷🏼♂️
And we wouldn't want him any other way.
OMG, Brian Blessed, I'd forgotten how good this was. Actual national/worldwide treasure.
38:12 Paul's reaction to the idea of Boris Johnson as PM says it all .....
Brian Blessed is so naturally funny, hearing him swear in that amazing voice - priceless!
The Brian Blessed episode broke me when it first aired, it still does. Legendary.
Watch his interview with Richard Herring, Insanity !
I fell asleep last night with this on autoplay, and was abruptly woken up by Brian Blessed shouted "What the Fuck had happened to you"
Surprised your ear drums didn't burst😃
Same!
Brilliant
Still watching the Brian Blessed segment in 2023 and almost wetting myself with laughter. His delivery, voice and comic timing are fantastic 😂
The episode with Brian Blessed had me in stitches he is as mad as a box of frogs. Love also the Bill Bailey with Reginald D Hunter one.
I like how almost the entirety of Brian Blessed's episode made it into the "best of Season 35". Alan Duncan was excellent value too
It’s a shame that I didn’t live in London or wherever he’s the MP for. After his appearance on that episode I genuinely would’ve voted for him. He wasn’t thin-skinned like most MPs: he could not only take a joke but dish it out too. And I respect that.
@@DrewSavo Melton and Rutland in Leicestershire is/was the constituency Alan Duncan was MP for
I love how this is the entire highlights of Series 35 and it contained 10 minutes of Brian Blessed's episode before he finally said 'Round 2'.
Alan losing his shit at Brian's Everest story - pun intended - was the cherry on the cake.
I didnt like his second appearance though, it seemed like Ian and especially Paul just spent the entire night taking shots at him because he got more laughs than them the first time he was on.
"Do Edith Piaf instead." Possibly the funniest joke that no one has ever laughed at.
"I don't know if that *was* racist, I guess I'll ask myself" kills me every time
I've never seen Paul Merton laugh so much over such a funny host, paul with his razor sharp wit normally holds it together especially when he says something funny. But Brian a true national treasure has him in stitches many times.
35:57 Ian predicts the future 🤣
38:15 Paul’s reaction to the future 🤣
My favourite part of the episode
Having now lived in Germany for over 30 Years and not kept up-to-date with British current affairs (those of Germany's are equally demanding), I find "Hignfy" extremely amusing and entertaining. Thank you 😉
So glad we could hear about you.
“If Boris is any good let’s have him as prime minister” and Paul Merton laughs hysterically........................
Hislop and Merton claimed they were at fault for making Boris seem so "likeable"
Boris has been playing the game for a long time. Purposefully messed up hair every morning, little stumbles here, weird rants, humiliating photo ops... everything to make him seem goofy and unthreatening. Actually he created a persona to ward off any criticism and move easily into power. Just like the clown emperor over the pond it worked like a charm. Wanna implement something unpalatable? Just do or say a silly thing the same day and the criticism of the first thing will be drowned. The masses and the media eats it up and his friends in politics supports him all the way because they know its an act and they all win.
You know its been so successful that he could be honest about the act tomorrow and no one would believe him.
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! Brian blessed is a national treasure.
National treasure... I never know whether that expression means 'Loved by us all', or 'Should be buried in a field with only an X on a map to mark the spot'. 🤭
You're right. Attention span of a BBC executive I have ...... by the time I'd finished watching the whole thing I'd forgotten.
Listening to to Blessed's Everest anecdote my wife came in from another room to find out what I was laughing so very loudly at.
I love how the best bits for Brian were effectively the entire episode haha
Zippy as Ken Livingstone had me in stitches 😆
That entire thing was absolute genius! I’d happily buy whomever made it a pint 😂
Brian Blessed is genuinely the most fascinating person to observe 😂😂😂 I love him
The good ol' days when the idea of Boris as PM was a ridiculous joke...
I'm glad you kept so much of the "Blessed". Definitely the BEST of Series 35!
Brian Blessed is a true eccentric British hero.
Contraceptive Equipment = "Inflatable Priest"
Thank you Paul!
Brian is clearly a HIGNFY nerd, not only acknowledging past episode with Ann Widdicombe, but also Swampy? Wow. Bet he's watching all these now!
I'm nuts about your compilations of my favourite show. Thank you. I'm going to request that these are played in my dying hours and I'll laugh myself to death
Oh,this is an old comment but I LOVE that idea though I will have to combine it with Buddhist chanting. Ive given myself a challenge.I guess it will depend on who else is there. Actually, my last words will be “Oh yeah, I know what I’ll do..”
That Brian Blessed segment was not going to end, I've been on the floor laughing for several days I think.
I absolutely love this collection, especially Brian Blessed bit, anytime I need a laugh 😂
38:07 Paul Merton's despairing laughter is priceless.
When Brian shouts "you are doing fuck all at the moment!" 🤣🤣🤣
Love seeing them joke about how terrible Boris would be as PM. It’s like they saw the future.
I cry with laughter every time Brian Blessed completely derails anything he is on.
The only show to give you a headache from laughing too hard
Love how they basically show the entire episode of Brian in it
Wow, they spoke about Saville before he was outed and laughed about Boris Jonson being prime minister. How low we have sunk.
He was on the show once you should check the episode out
@@russianbot7875 Pretty sure he was on the show twice..
this brings tears to my eyes even now. theres only one Brian
Thanks for uploading all these HIGNFY best of’s - perfect watching for COVID
Brian Blessed! Now thats a National Treasure!! ha ha!
The Brian Blessed episode should be a best of on its own
It's the one I can rewatch all the time without getting tired of it.
Noisy teat gobber
Yes cause then I could just not watch it.
Thank you so much for these uploads - they’re literally getting me through lockdown
i could listen to Julian Clary all day
Brian Blessed.... what a treasure.
Brian Blessed is a national Treasure!
These are all so brilliant, thanks so much for posting them.
"He's a fu%kin idiot!" - Paul knew even back then. ;-)
I'd have loved to have seen Julian Clary host more episodes or even permanently, he makes a surprisingly good middleman and the interplay between him and Paul, who I believe are old friends, is brilliant.
Yes Julian and Paul are very old friends. Paul has actually written a lot for Julian's act, even some of the filthiest innuendo!
Friends or otherwise, Julian Clary was clearly out of his depth and it didn't make for the best viewing...
@@conslin1147
The problem is Julian Clary's act is 100% camp and gay innuendo- which was fine in the 80s when he was young and it hadn't been done as blatantly on TV before- but doesn't fit in well with a news quiz.
Brian Blessed is both magnificent and utterly adorable !
May The Gods bless you, Mr.Blessed.
I have to say this again...
as lovely as he is,
Brian Blessed is
e x h a u s t i n g
I think he's a total pain in the arse but I think I'm in a minority.
@@exessex3522 he is funny but also quite exacerbating. I think Ian and Paul feel this way a bit
He's incredible. Youre just too sensitive
He was exhausting in this only because he didn't give me a chance to breath between laughter.
@@exessex3522 Me too.I skipped all of his bit.I'm in a minority about lots of stuff and FINE with it.
jeremy clarkson losing composure is a sight worth seeing
Quite enjoyed him being baffled by gok wans gender as well as the missing word bit he lost his shit over
I've been waiting for this one XD I half-expected it to have just the entirety of the Brian Blessed episode XD
I'm just amazed the Brian Blessed episode boasted a 100% survival rate.
Brian Blessed is just amazing
These are so much fun, Thanks for posting.
I feel it fair to mention here what happened when an unexpected soviet/russian sub surfaced through artic ice having tracked the inimitable Blessed and co. from underwater. Brian sang at them!
OMG I'm so glad Brian Blessed exists and we get to experience all of it. I wish there was an American 2020 analog. We have many who come close, but like the next guy said . . .
Boris's progress... watching in 2020!
Brian Blessed -- 24 carat solid gold!!
After a good few watchings , can still have a great laugh .
mocking Boris about being mayor , then he was and now PM :-) even on the show !
BB was awesome !
Brian Blessed for the Speaker of the House of Commons!
I love Brian Blessed so much.
Brian Blessed the coolest man ever
Them laughing at Boris Johnson being prime minister.
Good lord. xD
I’m with Ian; you don’t fatten a pig by weighing it all the time. I’m living in 2022, and this is still a relevant comment. Ye gods.
Thanks for posting.
Brian Blessed in a blessing.
Brian Blessed is fantastic.
eye, the Brian blessed one was comedy gold!
Brian Blessed... fantastic !
1:15:46 I love how this brings Jeremy Clarkson to tears :)
Back in 2008 we laughed at the idea of Boris as PM, and in 2021 we still do
In 2022 it turned to crying :(
BDS. Boris derangement syndrome
@@baoboumusic BDS. Boris derangement syndrome
The best bits of season 35 **features the entirety of the Brian Blessed episode**
Even years later, it still makes me cry laughing. 😂
Brian Blessed cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brian blessed hilarious
Tanks for posting
Paul,
Tommy Steele was one of the first UK artistes to stand up against S. African apartheid.
No one is perfect but it does add some credibility to the tale.
Plus, the public microscope wasn't as powerful in those days.
Cheers mate!
Brian Blessed is just fantastic but i think thirty minutes in his company would be to much for me. Good on you Brian, your like a heatwave great at first but then later finding yourself screaming oh how i wish it would rain.
I think Ian made that Prescott "bring up" joke by accident
I'm 100% certain that he knew exactly what he was saying
Brian blessed , brilliant
An evening with Brian would not be long enough, what stories.
Brian Blessed is like the Boris episodes but you actually like him lmao
Thank you
Brian is such a treasure. ❤
I want to grow up to be Brian Blessed.
Brian Blessed should permanently host.
Alan Duncan is the best conservative MP. Can you imagine Ann Widdicombe or Edwina Currie laughing historically at a story about shit on a shoulder?
Or hysterically ;)
Alan Duncan has made millions from dodgy oil deals
@@ryanwebb5082 what does that have to do with him having a good sense of humor?
@@withonelook1985 time will tell
oh Brian Blessed !
Brian Blessed in conversation with the 'Very drunk at the time' character from Brilliant! 🙂
O, to have the elan of Brian Blessed!
Hmm... Sunday on Monday? Ok, still worth the wait.
James baker was panicking 😂
@@chubsfly it's been a long ordeal. 🙀
I would have loved it to know that Elvis toured London before he went back to the US. It just did not happen, sadly. I understand he had a fear of flying. Obviously, when enlisted he managed to cope. Maybe he just did not fancy a visit to the UK. That makes me said because I love Elvis.
I understood Elvis' lack of leaving the US, other than when he was enlisted, was down to Tom Parker. As he was an illegal immigrant in the US, had he left, as he would have been expected to do as Elvis' manager, he'd not have been allowed back in.
40:03 good voice to scare kids off with
The X is briliant! Here it is!
Love Brian Blessed.
I wish sticky moments was on the TV.
Paul's laugh at 38:15 aged well....
16:45 turn the volume down a little bit on this one.
When they say "larger than life" this man entirely is
Brian Blessed for speaker for the house!