This was absolutely wonderful to watch. So honest, sometimes tragic, and really funny, too. I'd genuinely love to see Michael Pennington do a show about Johnny Vegas and all the emotional issues he had with the character. He could call it "Fear and Loathing in Johnny Vegas". (You're welcome.) Going to watch this through again. Brilliant.
Fantastic interview. Johnny Vegas/Michael Pennington has such a talent for being at once raucously funny and debauched and incredibly sensitive all at the same time. Its a shame so few people have bothered to pay attention for more than 5 minutes to realize Johnny is actually a brilliant performance and not just some rambling drunk having a breakdown, even if that line is blurred. So many people are apt to write Johnny off on first appearances, but listening to Michael talk for 5 minutes its obvious what a razor sharp mind he has.
That was brilliant, found out loads I didn't know about JV and also laughed numerous times. Thumbs up to Herr Herring for interesting questions and letting Vegas speak at length. Great stuff.
Funny, I just said exactly the same things sharing it on Facebook. I love them all, but this is Herring's best interview by a mile, leaving perfect space for his thinking and freewheeling. Much more interest in MP after watching this, I never really knew Vegas was a character. So odd, like listening to a schizophrenic.
I have just laughed harder watching this than when I watch actual comedy shows that i love. His real life should be made into a series, he is a wonderful raconteur . Thanks to Richard for just allowing Johnny to do his thing.
don't worry Rich we all skip straight to the 7- 8 minute mark, thanks for the handy tip though, love the series so far it really cheers me up for an hour and 20 minutes of my depressingly monotonous life. :-D
I went to school with Mike, and 6th form, and art college. he is WAY funnier as himself than he ever was as his alter ego. when he told me he'd created this character for comparing at the Citadel in St. Helens. I was like, thats not going to work. but what do I know hahaha
Has to be my Favourite session yet (followed by Bob Mortimer, Simon Munnery, Steve Coogan then Louis Theroux in 2, 3, 4 and 5) Mike/Johnny is Fantastic in this, had me laughing throughout the entire legnth: Really a Brilliant, genuine Comic Soul. - Really enjoyed Riches courage in just sitting back without attempting to mould a false cohesion to the proceedings. NiceOne!
Just found these interviews and have been binge watching! Fantastic talk with Johnny Vegas/Michael Pennington, a great insight into the man, I like him even more than before!
I knew Johnny/Michael briefly during his sojourns in Ireland during the '90s/20s... (Very nice, kind bloke, totally devoid of any obvious ego, which is unusual with comedians... And, for a lot of performers, ego is a necessary 'tool' to channel a certain energy.) Johnny, as I remember him, suffered really seriously from pre-stage nerves. He was often terrified before going on... Any indication of that vanished once he stepped onto a stage. Indeed, I thought he used that 'nervous energy' in a very unique way. (I think the heavy drinking, a trait we shared, was an attempt to calm his nervousness more than anything else.) He seems over that now? Brilliant to see him here in a great interview by RH. xx SF
Loved this one well like them all but Johnny is great just watching his Ideal box set for like the 5th time not including when it was shown and repeated on the TV, and this was brilliant thanks for the upload
I love Johny so much. His honesty and transparency is so refreshing. And the way he talks about himself in the 3rd person.not many people realise that this is the comedians comedian
I love Jonny Vegas, best comical commentator about, well in my opinion he is #lovelightlaughter/movement, self deprecating humour is one of the most difficult sense of humour u adjust to, its nothing u can teach its inbreed, simple positive behaviour in a sarcastic yet truthful observations with no perceptions of others just reacting to them and taking the piss, love it
A surprisingly serious RHLSTP (RHLSTP) given the guest. With a little bit of poo thrown in for good measure. That's what I love about this podcast. That's why I'm a fucking idiot.
As Always, a Great Show! it's everything you want in a R'H'L'S'T'P', funny, poignant, and now the World has a new collectible, said the Baby Boomer, ...Royal Dalton, Clarice Cliff, and now Johnny Vegas ! how rare and wonderful it would be to have a genuine Johnny Vegas Under-A-Minute TeaPot?!!...it would take Pride of Place in the china cabinet..... Thanks for putting something good on the wwweb! .....For FREE!!
Yeah, maybe he's reaching some point of personal synthesis about the Mike / Johnny thing now, at this mid-point in his life. I really hope so - good for him, he's always been a real comic original, and seems like a genuine decent Human being, imo this interview was so moving, AND funny! 😸_👍
Fantastic interview. Well done Richard Herring. I bet you'd have loved to have asked George Carlin the "HYETTSYOC" (as the cool kids are calling it) question?
So interesting and funny! I didn't realise Johnny wasn't his real name (I guessed the second name was made up). And only one emergency question used right at the end, impressive lol
Emergency Questions are worst part of the show ,try harder R.H. THEY ARE ALL COMICS GET THEM TO TELL JOKES if your stuck . still love the show though .
so interesting , I never knew all this , I feel like he created Jonnie to help him deal with what happened at school , and he still seems to be dealing with it , well done for getting sober and best of luck for the future , I cant think of another way you would get all of this from someone like Jonnie , great interview RH
He's not 'got sober', It's a character that he plays brilliantly. I think it's quite disrespectful to him and his comedic creation to suggest he was an alcoholic.
@@samgarrod4781 took me 5 seconds to find this quote "Back in the late 90s the St Helen's native would down two bottles of vodka a day to bring out his inner Johnny and tipped the scales at 18st."
@@StellaKnights Yes. I apologize. I've read his autobiography twice and I looked at the pictures. But he still drinks. I should perhaps have said is an alcoholic. Sorry.
Anyone got a time stamp for “you know those comedians who talk about being a dad like they invented it” That and the dog story for me - amazing interview of an incredible act
In about 1999, at The Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival, my then (serious!) girlfriend and I had a huge row. Drink was involved. I returned to our hotel and went to bed. The next morning I awoke alone. FRANTIC with worry as to where she was, I phoned, panicked now, to no reply. Past noon, she, rather disheveled, returned, explaining that she had spent the night with Mr Pennington. "Nothing happened," she explained. I believed her. But that Christmas Eve, at my house, she got a call from Mr Vegas. Just a Happy Christmas call, she said. Makes you wonder... xx SF
+Steve Sandford Fuck it... YEARS LATER, I got to meet Mr Vegas properly. I interviewed him and we rather got on. He's a genuinely lovely man. Drank a bit in those days, as did I. So we hung out for a week or so. And I NEVER asked him about the girl he spent the night with at the '99 Kilkenny Cat Laughs. Not that anything happened. xx SF
Johnny has something that a few comedians don't or didn't seem to have. And that is an awareness of where 'the line'actually is. Doing offensive things on stage that only impact on yourself, is never going to be anywhere near as career fatal as abusing someone else for laughs. However funny that joke may be. Frankie Boyle and Julian Clary take note.
At secondary school I had a bag that had Mobil Oil written on it that my grandad got free with something. I had the piss taken out of me every single day until i wrecked it and eventually got a new one.
Fantastic show and I'm glad he is loving on from the "Johnny" character. Michael Pennington is naturally very funny and Johnny Vegas is (having seen a display of him abusing an audience member during a stand-up set) cringeworthy and embarassing.
Odd to call him JV at the end, after everything Michael said about putting him away and wanting to be done with him , but a really enjoyable conversation nonetheless.
I do like these podcasts Brian blessed is an absolute legend but god knows he waffles on some at beginning and biggest bugbear is he puts that much in title you don't know who he's interviewing unless you click but other than that keep up the podcasts because they are brilliant
kieth allen is amazing!!! i mean how many other people have built a carreer around hanging about near real celebrites and being an obnoxiously talentless slap-head?
BitVictim no, you're not at all mate, sounds like pretty cogent argument to me..i was never really a fan of Alexi either though, but i like him more than kieth.
Keith Allen didn't write those episodes alone though. 'The Crying Game' was co-written with Peter Richardson and 'The Yob' with Daniel Peacock. They're not solely his work so I'd be wary about claiming they are evidence of his 'genius'.
JV a very clever comedian.. plays his appearance and accent to the stereotypical max.. whilst disguising a razor wit that may need a second listening to appreciate
Devil's Advocate Fair point, perhaps Johnny should have said "you're someone I watched on TV, as a growing comedian"? Only thing Johnny can now do to repair his shattered reputation in my eyes is fight 10 bears, bare handed! Until then I shall no longer find him funny & I shall seek merriment in UA-cam cat videos! ;)
This was absolutely wonderful to watch. So honest, sometimes tragic, and really funny, too. I'd genuinely love to see Michael Pennington do a show about Johnny Vegas and all the emotional issues he had with the character. He could call it "Fear and Loathing in Johnny Vegas". (You're welcome.) Going to watch this through again. Brilliant.
Fantastic interview. Johnny Vegas/Michael Pennington has such a talent for being at once raucously funny and debauched and incredibly sensitive all at the same time.
Its a shame so few people have bothered to pay attention for more than 5 minutes to realize Johnny is actually a brilliant performance and not just some rambling drunk having a breakdown, even if that line is blurred. So many people are apt to write Johnny off on first appearances, but listening to Michael talk for 5 minutes its obvious what a razor sharp mind he has.
That was brilliant, found out loads I didn't know about JV and also laughed numerous times. Thumbs up to Herr Herring for interesting questions and letting Vegas speak at length. Great stuff.
Funny, I just said exactly the same things sharing it on Facebook. I love them all, but this is Herring's best interview by a mile, leaving perfect space for his thinking and freewheeling. Much more interest in MP after watching this, I never really knew Vegas was a character. So odd, like listening to a schizophrenic.
One of the best ever. A man with a lot to say and all worth listening to for a very wide range of reasons.
Glad I watched the whole of this through. Telly just can't do this, a perfect antidote to the Graham Norton Show.
I have just laughed harder watching this than when I watch actual comedy shows that i love.
His real life should be made into a series, he is a wonderful raconteur .
Thanks to Richard for just allowing Johnny to do his thing.
don't worry Rich we all skip straight to the 7- 8 minute mark, thanks for the handy tip though, love the series so far it really cheers me up for an hour and 20 minutes of my depressingly monotonous life. :-D
Truly awesome interview. What a guy Micheal Pennington is. Thanks for the podcast.
I went to school with Mike, and 6th form, and art college. he is WAY funnier as himself than he ever was as his alter ego. when he told me he'd created this character for comparing at the Citadel in St. Helens. I was like, thats not going to work. but what do I know hahaha
Has to be my Favourite session yet (followed by Bob Mortimer, Simon Munnery, Steve Coogan then Louis Theroux in 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Mike/Johnny is Fantastic in this, had me laughing throughout the entire legnth: Really a Brilliant, genuine Comic Soul.
- Really enjoyed Riches courage in just sitting back without attempting to mould a false cohesion to the proceedings. NiceOne!
Johnny is so honest and funny, this is a perfect interview. Well done RH.
Just found these interviews and have been binge watching! Fantastic talk with Johnny Vegas/Michael Pennington, a great insight into the man, I like him even more than before!
I knew Johnny/Michael briefly during his sojourns in Ireland during the '90s/20s... (Very nice, kind bloke, totally devoid of any obvious ego, which is unusual with comedians... And, for a lot of performers, ego is a necessary 'tool' to channel a certain energy.) Johnny, as I remember him, suffered really seriously from pre-stage nerves. He was often terrified before going on... Any indication of that vanished once he stepped onto a stage. Indeed, I thought he used that 'nervous energy' in a very unique way. (I think the heavy drinking, a trait we shared, was an attempt to calm his nervousness more than anything else.) He seems over that now? Brilliant to see him here in a great interview by RH. xx SF
Johnnys wearing a Saga T-Shirt, love him even more now!
Loved this one well like them all but Johnny is great just watching his Ideal box set for like the 5th time not including when it was shown and repeated on the TV, and this was brilliant thanks for the upload
Absolutely brilliant interview. Deep respect for Johnny Vegas/Michael Pennington.
These podcasts are a sheer joy to me. Think this one is my fave of the lot.
Ideal was one of the most original and imaginative (not to mention hilarious) sitcoms of the last 20 years. Criminally overlooked.
one of the best
SHUT IT SPONGEBOB
That was, maybe, the best one so far.
Two really genuine, lovely Dad's, having an honest, nostalgic chat.
This is really really great! Johnny Vegas has some of the most incredible stories.
great interview. hat tip to Richard who knew to hang back and just let Micheal meander. wonderful to watch.
Been watching Ideal again. One of the most underrated comedy series ever.
I love Johny so much. His honesty and transparency is so refreshing. And the way he talks about himself in the 3rd person.not many people realise that this is the comedians comedian
Brilliant , I really enjoyed that insightful & cadid look, best interview ever ;-)
What a great, refreshing, honest chat between two artists. So rare.
This made my day...Johnny is one of the best.
the "craft of confidence"?
the man's a f#ckin' genius.
I love Jonny Vegas, best comical commentator about, well in my opinion he is #lovelightlaughter/movement, self deprecating humour is one of the most difficult sense of humour u adjust to, its nothing u can teach its inbreed, simple positive behaviour in a sarcastic yet truthful observations with no perceptions of others just reacting to them and taking the piss, love it
What an unbelievably intelligent, lovable man.
this was so much fun thank you
A surprisingly serious RHLSTP (RHLSTP) given the guest. With a little bit of poo thrown in for good measure. That's what I love about this podcast. That's why I'm a fucking idiot.
Absolutely fantastic episode. Can't believe I haven't seen it sooner. Straight into my top 5.
How unexpectedly deep.
When JV first hit the limelight I took an instant dislike to the guy, however this interview has changed that! An incredibly articulate and funny guy.
@@gazbowski3405 His poem on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown hit me like a ton of brick.
@@RandomPlaceHolderName Was that the episode where Robert Smith from "The Cure" stood up and congratulated him?
@@nodiggity9472 Yes and no.
As Always, a Great Show! it's everything you want in a R'H'L'S'T'P', funny, poignant, and now the World has a new collectible, said the Baby Boomer, ...Royal Dalton, Clarice Cliff, and now Johnny Vegas ! how rare and wonderful it would be to have a genuine Johnny Vegas Under-A-Minute TeaPot?!!...it would take Pride of Place in the china cabinet.....
Thanks for putting something good on the wwweb! .....For FREE!!
I would love to see one more Johnny show.
Just to see how the younger crowd react to his character.
Certainly one of my top 3 RHLSP episodes so far great work
Holy shit! Was this Johnny or Michael??? I've gone straight to get his autobiography after this!
Yeah,
maybe he's reaching some point of personal synthesis about the Mike / Johnny thing now, at this mid-point in his life. I really hope so
- good for him, he's always been a real comic original, and seems like a genuine decent Human being,
imo this interview was so moving, AND funny! 😸_👍
Love' Johnny Vegas' mellifluous voice!
_"I'm outta here, suckers! ......YOU name the fuckin' birds!"_ (8:00 ish) 🤣
Not just a great comic but a great actor. 'Ideal' was and still is one of my favourite TV series and one of the very few box sets I ever bought.
This was really excellent!
.... that was absolutely fantastic.
Fantastic interview. Well done Richard Herring. I bet you'd have loved to have asked George Carlin the "HYETTSYOC" (as the cool kids are calling it) question?
So interesting and funny! I didn't realise Johnny wasn't his real name (I guessed the second name was made up). And only one emergency question used right at the end, impressive lol
Emergency Questions are worst part of the show ,try harder R.H. THEY ARE ALL COMICS GET THEM TO TELL JOKES if your stuck . still love the show though .
This one is really interesting and Johnny is very funny.
I think this is my favourite RHLSTP.
I love Johnny Vegas even though he's a Saint Helens fan 😂😂
so interesting , I never knew all this , I feel like he created Jonnie to help him deal with what happened at school , and he still seems to be dealing with it , well done for getting sober and best of luck for the future , I cant think of another way you would get all of this from someone like Jonnie , great interview RH
He's not 'got sober', It's a character that he plays brilliantly. I think it's quite disrespectful to him and his comedic creation to suggest he was an alcoholic.
@@samgarrod4781 Its well documented that he used to have a problem with alcohol actually , do your research before you call me disrespectful
@@samgarrod4781 took me 5 seconds to find this quote "Back in the late 90s the St Helen's native would down two bottles of vodka a day to bring out his inner Johnny and tipped the scales at 18st."
@@StellaKnights Yes. I apologize. I've read his autobiography twice and I looked at the pictures. But he still drinks. I should perhaps have said is an alcoholic. Sorry.
@@StellaKnights He's funny though.
_"I'm outta here, suckers! ......YOU name the fuckin' birds!"_ 8:00 (ish) 🤣
huh I knew his name probably wasn't Johnny Vegas but didn't realize it was all just a character.
Really interesting to try and figure out where Michael begins and Johnny Vegas ends. Almost not a character at all in many ways.
It’s a relief to see Michael. Johnny was wearing me out! We’re all older love.
Anyone got a time stamp for “you know those comedians who talk about being a dad like they invented it” That and the dog story for me - amazing interview of an incredible act
1:27:00 :)
Genuinely fascinating human being.
"Damaged his own family while drink-driving." Savage...
Superb!
Thanks a lot!
I've been looking forwards to this, thanks Richard Herring,
Alice Preshaw Is there somewhere you can find out which guests he has coming up?
I think the announcements are a bit hit or miss? Follow him on twitter is the best I can suggest. This one is really funny!
Alice Preshaw Cool! I'm watching it now. I love watching Johnny Vegas interviews anyway. He's great. :)
Noodlecake Monroe Some nerrrrrd or other seems to keep this up to date. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Herring%27s_interview_podcasts
weavehole Nice one.
In about 1999, at The Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival, my then (serious!) girlfriend and I had a huge row. Drink was involved. I returned to our hotel and went to bed. The next morning I awoke alone. FRANTIC with worry as to where she was, I phoned, panicked now, to no reply. Past noon, she, rather disheveled, returned, explaining that she had spent the night with Mr Pennington. "Nothing happened," she explained. I believed her. But that Christmas Eve, at my house, she got a call from Mr Vegas. Just a Happy Christmas call, she said. Makes you wonder... xx SF
+Steve Sandford Fuck it... YEARS LATER, I got to meet Mr Vegas properly. I interviewed him and we rather got on. He's a genuinely lovely man. Drank a bit in those days, as did I. So we hung out for a week or so. And I NEVER asked him about the girl he spent the night with at the '99 Kilkenny Cat Laughs. Not that anything happened. xx SF
Johnny has something that a few comedians don't or didn't seem to have. And that is an awareness of where 'the line'actually is. Doing offensive things on stage that only impact on yourself, is never going to be anywhere near as career fatal as abusing someone else for laughs. However funny that joke may be. Frankie Boyle and Julian Clary take note.
Nice Saga T-shirt! :D
At secondary school I had a bag that had Mobil Oil written on it that my grandad got free with something. I had the piss taken out of me every single day until i wrecked it and eventually got a new one.
Great podcast :)
They reckon he is the comedian that all comedians admire most
An unbelieveable video
What watch is Richard wearing?
Fascinating
Love you big time Johnny ✊✊✊
If anyone else is wondering what Johnny's teapot looks like: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35096/teapot-vegas-johnny/
my god! its not great, it really should be explained he was mashed and done in under a minute!
Interviews don’t get much better. Naked and funny.
Puma was founded by Rudolf Dassler, brother of the bloke founded Adidas, Adolf Dassler. So Puma should be called Rudidas.
Maybe some other comedian can take on the role of Johnny Vegas. Roisin Conaty?
Fantastic show and I'm glad he is loving on from the "Johnny" character. Michael Pennington is naturally very funny and Johnny Vegas is (having seen a display of him abusing an audience member during a stand-up set) cringeworthy and embarassing.
A rugby league fan who can spit Bukowski references
Interesting to hear him talk in third person. I might start that...
You mean, Sarah c should start that...
Fallen at the first hurdle typed Oliver
love the saga tshirt
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde have got nothing on Mike Pennington & Johnny Vegas.
Odd to call him JV at the end, after everything Michael said about putting him away and wanting to be done with him , but a really enjoyable conversation nonetheless.
Brilliant.
Since you suggested it so vehemently I skipped straight to Johnny Vegas 😜
Johnny Vegas is a comics fan, yay!
RIP Frog & Bucket
Adi-Dassler, if I remember correctly.
Damn, that's some dark stuff. Johnny sounds like something ... well, Michael's really had to deal with some s###.
I do like these podcasts Brian blessed is an absolute legend but god knows he waffles on some at beginning and biggest bugbear is he puts that much in title you don't know who he's interviewing unless you click but other than that keep up the podcasts because they are brilliant
Get Vegas a fucking Guinness. Sat there for an hour with no beverage. Herring could have gone to the bar.
kieth allen is amazing!!! i mean how many other people have built a carreer around hanging about near real celebrites and being an obnoxiously talentless slap-head?
BitVictim i imagine it wasn't written by him though....
BitVictim no, you're not at all mate, sounds like pretty cogent argument to me..i was never really a fan of Alexi either though, but i like him more than kieth.
Keith Allen didn't write those episodes alone though. 'The Crying Game' was co-written with Peter Richardson and 'The Yob' with Daniel Peacock. They're not solely his work so I'd be wary about claiming they are evidence of his 'genius'.
JV totally dominated - a good thing!
Crying laughing @ inverted snobbery joke starting 59:38
ALL ARTISTS all REAL artists feel like the P.R. person....so insightful......shit.
Adi (Adolf) Dassler = ADIDAS
Rudi (Rudolf) Dassler = PUMA
Saga!
What is the name of the show they mention a few times "Tales of Za..." or "Tales from ...."?
Club Zarathustra?
Nick Baxter thanks. Don't know where I got the "tales" part from.
I'd have chosen "Vaginal rummaging" to be the opening phrase in the video description box.
29:56, 1:04:19
That Alexi Sayle has let himself go!
Relaxing
time travelling Doritos
Mr Potato Head has let himself go
I'd leave the commedy to the talented people m8.
@@AmysTrilogy Terribly sorry, I'll work on the comedy, and you can work on your spelling 👍
JV a very clever comedian.. plays his appearance and accent to the stereotypical max.. whilst disguising a razor wit that may need a second listening to appreciate
"you're someone I watched on TV, growing up". Johnny, Richard Herring is only about 2 years older than you!
Devil's Advocate Richard was on TV long before Johnny was doing stand up. So technically he is correct.
MrLien2U that's not quite growing up though.
Devil's Advocate Fair point, perhaps Johnny should have said "you're someone I watched on TV, as a growing comedian"?
Only thing Johnny can now do to repair his shattered reputation in my eyes is fight 10 bears, bare handed! Until then I shall no longer find him funny & I shall seek merriment in UA-cam cat videos! ;)
MrLien2U that's fair. I just don't like comics that do ads- I don't know what crime you're accusing him of beyond that.