How NOT to be a journalist - The Best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan

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  • How NOT to be a journalist
    - The Best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan
    Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (Patrick Marber) - economic correspondent. O'Hanraha-hanrahan is extremely incompetent, and his reports end with him having to admit their fundamental inaccuracy to an unforgiving Morris. Examples include a claim that an American factory with only 25,000 workers had made 35,000 redundant; a failed effort to conduct a light-hearted interview with a shipping minister; and a report in which O'Hanraha-hanrahan claims to have conducted an interview with an elusive German economics minister in the German language, his ignorance of which is then exposed. O'Hanraha-hanrahan resembles former BBC newsreader Richard Whitmore; his name is inspired by that of Brian Hanrahan. The character originated from writing by Stewart Lee and Richard Herring, in the second series of On the Hour.
    Created, Produced and Edited by Thom Goddard for BBC THREE in 2002.
    #Journalism #comedy #funny

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  • @boahneelassmal
    @boahneelassmal 5 років тому +8569

    "You overslept!"
    "I slept longer than I anticipated"
    That's what I'm gonna say from now on.

    • @cursedfate838
      @cursedfate838 5 років тому +13

      Same

    • @hugoML652
      @hugoML652 4 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @Jason-ly9zv
      @Jason-ly9zv 4 роки тому +4

      Same

    • @olliephelan
      @olliephelan 4 роки тому +47

      NO, dont say "same".
      Say "I woke less than I anticipated"......That will buy you a few seconds.

    • @hugoML652
      @hugoML652 4 роки тому +4

      @@olliephelan Thank you

  • @DatBoi-mo9vc
    @DatBoi-mo9vc 4 роки тому +5793

    "Do you know what your tombstone is gonna say?"
    "News"

    • @valty3727
      @valty3727 4 роки тому +133

      Ghiman the guy his inflection kills me every time

    • @kashmirwillwin3124
      @kashmirwillwin3124 4 роки тому +130

      It'll probably be
      "I didn't like it but I had to go along with it"

    • @em.1633
      @em.1633 4 роки тому +36

      Always slays me, one of the funniest single lines I've ever heard

    • @nedimgery-buyukyuksel513
      @nedimgery-buyukyuksel513 4 роки тому +20

      Peter thank you

    • @Chris50673
      @Chris50673 4 роки тому +21

      @Em Me too. Might be my favourite line of the whole series - and it's one of the most quotable programmes ever so that's really high praise. Never fails to make me laugh.
      Brass Eye's paedophile disguised as a school is the closest contender I can think of right now.

  • @BackToTheBlues
    @BackToTheBlues 8 років тому +5687

    "Rotate them a hundred and eighty degrees in my favour" instead of 'turn them round' is a wonderfully composed line.

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 7 років тому +190

      "And how is a cobweb going to dig you out of your numerical mess?"

    • @Retrostar619
      @Retrostar619 5 років тому +63

      Speaks to the imperiousness of the character.

    • @grendelum
      @grendelum 5 років тому +6

      4:48

    • @Dragoneer
      @Dragoneer 4 роки тому +12

      That’s like something my bitchy maths teacher would say

    • @lateral1385
      @lateral1385 4 роки тому +2

      999th like

  • @AdrianTheR
    @AdrianTheR 3 роки тому +5371

    Peter looks like Tom Hardy's character in Legend.

    • @Earthling..
      @Earthling.. 3 роки тому +103

      He definitely does.

    • @YOU2ONEDAY
      @YOU2ONEDAY 3 роки тому +87

      I was literally just about to type that, I look down and there it is.. Exactly what I was thinking lol.

    • @radioactivehalfrhyme
      @radioactivehalfrhyme 3 роки тому +285

      Actually, I think he looks more like Tom Hardy’s other character in Legend.

    • @AdrianTheR
      @AdrianTheR 3 роки тому +16

      @@radioactivehalfrhyme 😂😂

    • @elliotharris3965
      @elliotharris3965 3 роки тому +56

      Even sounds like him

  • @AFGuidesHD
    @AFGuidesHD Рік тому +568

    "Actually we didn't hear that, the sound insulation in these buildings is extraordinary" 😂🤣

    • @Lefeurouge
      @Lefeurouge Рік тому +18

      "There is a plane tha-" 7:32
      "KEEP WATCHING, PETER."
      "Wh- ah . . . ah . . . . oh my god . . . . ."

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Рік тому +18

      The building is collapsing... I'm running... I'm out of it

  • @jonathanwilkinson1461
    @jonathanwilkinson1461 9 років тому +9581

    ich nichten lichten.

    • @DarrenBonJovi
      @DarrenBonJovi 9 років тому +63

      +Jonathan Wilkinson ….German.

    • @mattdavies7398
      @mattdavies7398 8 років тому +113

      +DarrenBonJovi Eggs over easy for the Germans.

    • @joeb2487
      @joeb2487 7 років тому +480

      Trenter percenter

    • @RealityCheck6T9
      @RealityCheck6T9 5 років тому +46

      That's about the extent of my German too

    • @T4Cification
      @T4Cification 5 років тому +56

      i worked in Germany a few times....fuking Nichen Lichen

  • @ZuluRomeo
    @ZuluRomeo 7 років тому +9592

    6 people didn't like it, but had to go along with it.

    • @TheUKMikey
      @TheUKMikey 7 років тому +118

      I think you mean "Sechs Leute haben es nicht gefallen, musste aber mitmachen".

    • @llary
      @llary 7 років тому +94

      Zulu Romeo that's about trente perzente

    • @XxxRowan90
      @XxxRowan90 6 років тому +20

      hahahaha what a comment!

    • @bokehintheussr5033
      @bokehintheussr5033 6 років тому +11

      Just when i thought i was truly sick of "6 people" comments.

    • @stefansmith
      @stefansmith 6 років тому +6

      UKMikey "Sechs Leuten hat es nicht gefallen, sie mussten aber mitmachen." Sorry ;)

  • @LAnonHubbard
    @LAnonHubbard 8 років тому +5327

    The 9/11 stuff is genius. How Peter tries to keep the lie going, even getting out of the building from the 107th floor in a few seconds.

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 7 років тому +143

      +mary ward No it wasn't. Where did you "learn" that from?

    • @steffihex
      @steffihex 7 років тому +31

      Yes it was. It's a clip from the radio show On the Hour which was broadcast between 1991 and 1992. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Hour

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 7 років тому +379

      +Steffi of Arc No it wasn't. It was made as an extra sketch for the The Day Today DVD 2004. Think about it.... this sketch makes no sense prior to 9/11.

    • @steffihex
      @steffihex 7 років тому +41

      I stand corrected. But it wasn't so far fetched for it to have been made beforehand. There were quite a few cultural depictions of terrorist attacks on the twin towers before it actually happened, for example in The X Files or the Jackie Chan film Nosebleed.

    • @stevecooksley
      @stevecooksley 7 років тому +415

      What the fuck? Are you actually Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan?

  • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
    @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. 4 роки тому +4684

    Okay, but the way he just sails through "O'Hanraha-hanrahan" is amazing.

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 3 роки тому +58

      Given who the character was named after, it’s surprising they never managed to work in a reference to “I counted them all out and I counted them all back”.

    • @RangiferADV
      @RangiferADV 3 роки тому +65

      His name sounds like an old tractor engine starting up on a cold day.

    • @sumvs5992
      @sumvs5992 3 роки тому +20

      In writing it looks hard, but in practice it's pretty easy

    • @theswissmiss69
      @theswissmiss69 3 роки тому +10

      Why the „Okay, but…“?

    • @terrycrichton
      @terrycrichton 3 роки тому +6

      Even Peter's name sounds like he made it up.

  • @janhuda8841
    @janhuda8841 3 роки тому +801

    I like how "The best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan" is literally everything with Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G 3 роки тому +164

      Yes and there should be more of it. I don't like it, but I have to go along with it.

    • @pezn2077
      @pezn2077 2 роки тому +25

      @@Kris.G News.

    • @jonathanricardo6334
      @jonathanricardo6334 2 роки тому +6

      @@gammakeraulophon Pretty sure that was Daniel beth'lem

    • @hannesjakobsson765
      @hannesjakobsson765 2 роки тому +1

      @@pezn2077 His best quote

    • @stoolpigeon4285
      @stoolpigeon4285 2 роки тому +6

      ich lichten

  • @ZuluRomeo
    @ZuluRomeo 9 років тому +6324

    His very incompetence and ineptness saved his life on 9/11. Dark stuff indeed.

    • @alobeyajourneyman9679
      @alobeyajourneyman9679 7 років тому +31

      You Tuber I think they understood that ???

    • @panached1450
      @panached1450 6 років тому +4

      ...maybe

    • @hackchewspit1956
      @hackchewspit1956 6 років тому +24

      Steven Peithman just like good old larry silverstein, a great guy, for a treasonous wee bastard ;)

    • @wallrider73
      @wallrider73 6 років тому +6

      Haha, yeah whatever dude.

    • @regmunday8354
      @regmunday8354 5 років тому +59

      @@stevenpeithman2438 sorry to hear about the brain damage, hope you get better soon.

  • @Elmo9001
    @Elmo9001 5 років тому +1094

    The way he screams "Peter, you've lost the news!" always gets me.

    • @Wabajak13
      @Wabajak13 2 роки тому +17

      and the sheepisness of the "sorry"

    • @TJDious
      @TJDious Рік тому +7

      "He's over there..."

    • @Zoober95
      @Zoober95 Рік тому +4

      ​@TJDious "WELL GET HIM BACK!"

    • @SeaBeast4Life
      @SeaBeast4Life 28 днів тому

      Next time you cross the road don't bother looking!

  • @thetomhfh
    @thetomhfh 10 років тому +3697

    "Peter next time you cross the road don't bother looking"

    • @comanchio1976
      @comanchio1976 5 років тому +24

      I say it at least 8 times a day. Everyone hates me and I don't blame them

    • @CippiCippiCippi
      @CippiCippiCippi 5 років тому +9

      Look down at the ground and say ‘sorry’

    •  4 роки тому +4

      Later he jumped out a window and didn't bother looking (down).

    • @BarbadosBeerFestival
      @BarbadosBeerFestival 4 роки тому +2

      Tom Harwood classic line ....

    • @projectfreedom9510
      @projectfreedom9510 4 роки тому +2

      Tyler Frost no you don’t. You lie. IRL. Today, you would be in trouble saying those things.

  • @CharlesVeitch
    @CharlesVeitch 3 роки тому +891

    "The tower I'm in is collapsing"

  • @johnmartinez7440
    @johnmartinez7440 2 роки тому +1933

    I also appreciate how Chris Morris's character seems to have omniscience about all aspects of the news - how the Germans had been against the new quota rates, how their finance minister is tricky to pin down for an interview, how many workers were employed by the GM Detroit plant etc. As though he does extra research on the stories Peter covers just so he can humiliate him live on air. Genius.

    • @cursedgamer2778
      @cursedgamer2778 Рік тому +63

      its the procedure when its your, i dunno, 6th time? doing the group project solo; you just start directing your team mates to answer questions you damn well know they don't know lmao

    • @davimurph
      @davimurph Рік тому +51

      Apparently it isn't (or wasn't) unusual for the presenter in the studio to have more information than the reporter live at the scene because the presenter has access to everything coming into the newsroom and might even have had time to prepare. The reporter has spent that time travelling and, before widespread, fast, mobile Internet, could hardly even email their contacts.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 Рік тому +18

      ​​@@davimurph reading off Wikipedia, presenters can also assist in writing the news that are going on the broadcast. at the very least, they have easier access to the wire service where they're actually getting the news from.
      really, a reporter out there is more useful in interviewing people on the spot (like what Peter didn't do with the German Finance Minister) and for reporting on things the wire service missed, or is too slow to respond to (like what Peter didn't do in New York)

    • @davimurph
      @davimurph Рік тому +3

      @@rin_etoware_2989 absolutely, presenters write their own scripts, but so do reporters. I was thinking more about breaking news where neither of them has had much time to prepare.
      Charlie Brooker did a great video about it. I'll try to find it.
      Reporters in the field are great if they have time to look around, interview people and prepare (like, as you say, Peter didn't).

    • @thebloodline2513
      @thebloodline2513 Рік тому

  • @RealityCheck6T9
    @RealityCheck6T9 4 роки тому +2421

    Peter nearly died that day, and Chris just keeps abusing him as normal

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +73

      I know Peter O'Han x 2 had a really lucky escape and is traumatized and gets abused? No wonder Morris lost his job soon after :(

    • @epicspartan10
      @epicspartan10 3 роки тому +39

      "peter you've added nothing"

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 3 роки тому +38

      probably because he's talking about breakfast at 10:45 or 11 am. also, how he couldn't even be bothered to open a window to see that a major landmark vanished in a puff of smoke like it's the world's shittiest magic trick. you really had to dig deep before you can find sympathy for colleagues like Peter.

    • @thiagodeandrade7081
      @thiagodeandrade7081 2 роки тому +3

      You know, recently, I have watched the presenter of a crime news show trying to comment on the war in Ukraine and that's what I thought.

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 2 роки тому +4

      I watched Peter Cross the road outside Parliament without looking 🙄

  • @nivst7094
    @nivst7094 4 роки тому +1279

    “DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE WRITTEN ON YOUR STONE?”
    “... news”

    • @compoflask6262
      @compoflask6262 4 роки тому +4

      @Harry Red Panda I VERY much care about that opinion! that was some valuable persuasion you’ve done.

    • @SpuddyWesker
      @SpuddyWesker 4 роки тому

      @@Harold749 ohhhh nobody gives a shite

    • @adrianfleming3437
      @adrianfleming3437 3 роки тому

      Man your pic is the best Metallica album going.

  • @chadpattypersonal8731
    @chadpattypersonal8731 4 роки тому +3357

    The 9/11 bit is true genius. The script when Peter "escapes". It's so funny

    • @mrkingjesse378
      @mrkingjesse378 4 роки тому +44

      Idk how ive never heard this. It’s hilarious.

    • @jimh781
      @jimh781 4 роки тому +82

      At first i was a little uneasy, but it really did take that darkest of backdrops to really drive home Peter’s putzing

    • @jimh781
      @jimh781 4 роки тому +5

      S Walters my bad, did sound eerily similar

    • @Apeksim
      @Apeksim 4 роки тому +82

      @@swalters6720 i believe the last sketch came out not long after 9/11

    • @Andrew-zm8gh
      @Andrew-zm8gh 4 роки тому +101

      @@swalters6720 it's not from 1994. It is bonus material made for the dvd release. They also make jokes in the bonus material about george w bush.

  • @inspector38
    @inspector38 2 роки тому +949

    I love how Peter is concerned about keeping his lie intact and is disappointed when it falls through and not at all reacting to the fact he would be dead if hadn't overslept

    • @volodyanarchist
      @volodyanarchist 2 роки тому +121

      He has never overslept. He has just slept longer than he has previously anticipated!

  • @_.zwieback._
    @_.zwieback._ 3 роки тому +2608

    Whats the german for 30 percent?
    "trenta procenta"
    "Treizig prozent?"
    *yes*

  • @levimcglinchey5843
    @levimcglinchey5843 4 роки тому +1478

    *YOU'VE LOST THE NEWS!*

    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 4 роки тому +13

      I almost feel sorry for him, he's SO lost! 🤣

    • @philipcervenjak2493
      @philipcervenjak2493 4 роки тому +22

      The delivery of that line was amazing, probably one of the best deliveries I've ever heard in comedy.

    • @sirtsregris9040
      @sirtsregris9040 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry

  • @lizageorge8923
    @lizageorge8923 4 роки тому +857

    Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan
    1976-1999
    "news"

  • @SlippyM8
    @SlippyM8 Рік тому +386

    "Peter you're lying in a news grave, do you know what's written on your headstone?"
    "News..."
    This part had me laughing in tears the first time I saw it.

    • @gecko24241
      @gecko24241 Рік тому +15

      "Peter thank you"
      gets me everytime

    • @chenzenzo
      @chenzenzo Рік тому +5

      "News." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @beelsmaxime7660
    @beelsmaxime7660 3 роки тому +710

    I love how he escaped from the 107th floor of the tower in literally 3 seconds.

    • @HiringHamblin
      @HiringHamblin 3 роки тому +101

      Tbf that floor was rapidly getting closer to the ground, cutting his travel time down to street level immensely

    • @knucklesskinner253
      @knucklesskinner253 3 роки тому +3

      Tower of god be like:

    • @trollop_7
      @trollop_7 2 роки тому +7

      @@HiringHamblin Exactly. All he would have had to have done is step out from the falling building at the opportune moment - much in the way that we used to jump from the back of the old Routemaster buses.
      I've often reflected that if they'd taught this basic physics trick more in schools, more people would have survived the gruesome events of that day.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 2 роки тому

      Just like the others :)

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Рік тому +2

      He doesn't even try to make it "plausible" with panting and the sounds of things falling or anything else, you could call him a liar but never a commited one.

  • @linkieloos
    @linkieloos 3 роки тому +371

    "A week is a long time in politics."
    "Rab Bulter!"
    "Shut up, Peter!"
    Always sends me crying with laughter 😂

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 2 роки тому +18

      This whole time I thought he said “Rhett Butler!” which is seemingly more random lol

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 6 місяців тому +1

      ‘Rab Butler’ was a tautology. The B stands for Butler. They were his initials. (Richard Austen Butler)

  • @kisbie
    @kisbie 8 років тому +2432

    "Er, one of the towers has collapsed, fortunately not the one I'm in - the other one - the one I'm in is... is... is... one of the towers - the other tower... the tower I'm in is collapsing! I'm collapsing Chris, under the sheer... I've managed.... I'm out! I'm out! Errrrrrr, I'm very fer...rum... I'm not there."

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 5 років тому +105

      "It seems like a movie."

    • @Orc-icide
      @Orc-icide 5 років тому +9

      Hilarious, I love jokes about disasters

    • @MrDash711
      @MrDash711 5 років тому +100

      Matt S lighten up Matt. The internet doesn’t care about what you love.

    • @starch_tuber1778
      @starch_tuber1778 5 років тому +8

      MrDash711 fuck you

    • @ianfreud
      @ianfreud 5 років тому +41

      Matt S There are no jokes about disasters in this clip. But thanks for letting us know your opinion on them.

  • @thezec
    @thezec 6 років тому +2780

    Floor 107 no longer gives a particularly good view of New York

    • @brainsmoran4954
      @brainsmoran4954 5 років тому +133

      thezec that's because it's now in the basement.

    • @Kris.G
      @Kris.G 4 роки тому +32

      @@brainsmoran4954 ah, he he, pulling my leg, Chris

    • @Dunmerdog
      @Dunmerdog 4 роки тому +18

      The delivery was so good on that line

    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 4 роки тому +15

      "Peter, is there a television near you?"

    • @QuadMochaMatti
      @QuadMochaMatti 4 роки тому +7

      New York has never had a good view of anything. The country would be better off without that eyesore.

  • @davidbeardsley9394
    @davidbeardsley9394 6 років тому +1059

    The tower I'm in is collapsing! I'm collapsing Chris, under the sheer.. I've managed.. I'm out! I'm out! err.. I'm very.. run.. I'm not there.

    • @Xallisto1
      @Xallisto1 4 роки тому +32

      @Paddy O'Yakkin Peter you have added nothing.

    • @SpuddyWesker
      @SpuddyWesker 4 роки тому +3

      @⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ You've added nothing

  • @squatchjosh1131
    @squatchjosh1131 4 роки тому +1406

    I wonder when the 9/11 skit was aired. Even for the "too soon" period it's probably the most tasteful 9/11 joke I've heard in a weird way.

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 4 роки тому +248

      It was an extra on the 2004 DVD

    • @squatchjosh1131
      @squatchjosh1131 4 роки тому +71

      @@visionist7 Oh right, so still sort of fresh at the time.

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 4 роки тому +34

      @@squatchjosh1131 still weird to hear on these clips which are mostly ten years older

    • @squatchjosh1131
      @squatchjosh1131 4 роки тому +25

      @@visionist7 Haha, weird to me that a lot of the time I'm talking to people that weren't even alive when it happened (which is cool with me of course). I mean I was only five but still even being that young and in Scotland I remember my parents felt obliged to tell me about it in the morning, it was that huge.

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 4 роки тому +26

      @@squatchjosh1131 I was 12 going on 13. Was on a train when it happened. I remember everything that morning, even the chocolate bar I had, Kinder Cereali.
      Edit: although it wasn't morning here, it was afternoon.

  • @Malisane
    @Malisane 3 роки тому +1182

    "So the Governments ship, back on course?"
    "Absolutely."
    "Back to you Chris."
    He really had him on the ropes there.

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 2 роки тому +21

      Insert GIF of Kuenssberg interviewing Boris and pretend it’s still 2019.

    • @DataLog
      @DataLog 2 роки тому

      Exactly when you looked at any report on Covid bullsh1t lol

  • @bigmoncrief6071
    @bigmoncrief6071 5 років тому +1651

    'Peter, you've added nothing'. A sentence I think to myself on a daily basis whenever some windbag is pointlessly prattling on in any one of the shitty middle management meetings I have to attend. It's worth remembering that we all work with people who are as shit at their jobs for their entire career as Peter, but there's never a Chris Morris around to tell them so.

    • @sharontaylor4403
      @sharontaylor4403 4 роки тому +16

      Absolutely spot on 👏🏻

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 4 роки тому +2

      Well said. I can think of a few....

    • @YourSkyliner
      @YourSkyliner 4 роки тому +6

      Well.. I guess you are there, right?

    • @otherssingpuree1779
      @otherssingpuree1779 4 роки тому +18

      It is particularly terrible when you are the Peter O Hanraha-Hanrahan.

    • @potassium8759
      @potassium8759 4 роки тому +12

      (Insert pointless prattling on a middle management meeting)

  • @Kishnabe
    @Kishnabe 4 роки тому +1228

    He became Bane after being humiliated.

    • @terminalcreature1560
      @terminalcreature1560 4 роки тому +73

      No one cared who he was until he put on the mask.

    • @flaggerify
      @flaggerify 4 роки тому +3

      Kishnabe A playwright actually.

    • @filmykuby19
      @filmykuby19 3 роки тому +37

      Batman didn't like it, but he had to go along with it

    • @Nergal_Slayer
      @Nergal_Slayer 3 роки тому +4

      @@filmykuby19 lol

  • @dave_yarders
    @dave_yarders 6 років тому +2281

    2.2k: ich lichten
    28: ich nichten lichten

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 6 років тому +38

      ich see vat you deed ther

    • @ericforsyth
      @ericforsyth 4 роки тому +43

      UA-cam needs a way to signal ”I don’t like it, but I’ll have to go along with it”
      I guess that’s just watching the video and neither liking nor disliking it...

    • @gravypatron
      @gravypatron 4 роки тому

      @@ericforsyth well, in a way-- our video feed from algorithms...😁

    • @mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380
      @mydickisincrediblytinyandi7380 4 роки тому +2

      @Mike White *German

    • @bogonanaz9404
      @bogonanaz9404 4 роки тому +2

      The person above me, woooosh. I’m also sorry for your loss.

  • @Modenut
    @Modenut 4 роки тому +433

    "I slept longer than I anticipated"
    gets me every fucking time

  • @None-Trick_Pony
    @None-Trick_Pony 3 роки тому +133

    Patrick Marber, the guy who plays Peter O'hanraha'hanrahan, is apparently a brilliant playwright who has won many awards. I was caught off-guard when I read it.

    • @damienx0x
      @damienx0x 10 місяців тому +5

      Indeed. He also co-wrote the early Alan Partridge shows and appeared as a guest on the show a few times in different guises.

    • @shooglies
      @shooglies 10 днів тому

      There is no apparently about it

  • @gthreek
    @gthreek 5 років тому +2977

    Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan for brexit negotiator, honestly couldn't do much worse than the current mob

    • @peterohanraha-hanrahan3022
      @peterohanraha-hanrahan3022 5 років тому +151

      I spoke with Michel Barnier and he said he didn't like it, but he'll have to go along with it!

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 5 років тому +40

      @@peterohanraha-hanrahan3022 What language did you conduct this interview in, Peter?

    • @Oujouj426
      @Oujouj426 4 роки тому +31

      @@DennisMoore664 ....... French

    • @Pining_for_the_fjords
      @Pining_for_the_fjords 4 роки тому +42

      @@Oujouj426 So what's French for "we want all the benefits of EU membership with none of the responsibility"?

    • @hesiolite
      @hesiolite 4 роки тому +37

      @@Pining_for_the_fjords "Je want EU benefites wizout responsibilitie"

  • @RealityCheck6T9
    @RealityCheck6T9 5 років тому +535

    "Later, what is a hijacked airliner and how does it crash?" A suitably inane question

    • @Lark1610
      @Lark1610 4 роки тому +13

      RealityCheck6T9 Sums up the bullshit 24h news stations make to keep covering one topic for a whole day. Or week. Because they need a 9/11 every week to keep people watching.

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw 4 роки тому +8

      Someone made the pilot not a pilot and then made the plane not a plane

  • @mehua
    @mehua 9 років тому +811

    "I slept longer than I'd anticipated." epic.

    • @QFIhawkman
      @QFIhawkman 7 років тому +22

      Yar. En fakt, trenter percenter lunger din hel anticipartered.

  • @richardcoupe9279
    @richardcoupe9279 3 роки тому +177

    "Peter, you've added nothing. That's Peter O'hanraha-hanrahan, from New York, on a day which will go down as-"
    "Yes, a day wh-"
    "BE QUIET!"
    The way Peter gamely tries to carry on cracks me up, every time.

    • @robair67
      @robair67 2 роки тому +8

      Chris' delivery of "BE QUIET!" in a perfectly 'You've already done quite enough damage to the credibility of my broadcast, and yet you STILL keep trying to drag it down further!' kind of outrage, is my favourite part of this sketch (close 2nd is the "...I'm not there." line). Easily the most funny, and yet poignant comedy about this world-changing tragedy.

  • @bonglesnodkins329
    @bonglesnodkins329 5 місяців тому +23

    Just love the fact that on Peter's notes near the bottom there's a line saying "35,000 or 3,500 CHECK".

  • @FireWalkWithMe91
    @FireWalkWithMe91 5 років тому +762

    The way he says "Floor 107! Sipping a cappuccino..." cracks me up

    • @sayhibobbi
      @sayhibobbi 4 роки тому +44

      Floor 107 no longer gives a particularly good view of New York...

    • @3y35poihjpn
      @3y35poihjpn 3 роки тому +2

      He sounds so happy, so ignorant 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ConradAshtonMusic
      @ConradAshtonMusic 3 роки тому +1

      Everytime! Haha

    • @Hinch2011
      @Hinch2011 3 роки тому +4

      "KEEP WATCHING, PETER!"

    • @cartmanofsp
      @cartmanofsp 3 роки тому +2

      @@Hinch2011 'oh.. oh god.''

  • @Wehdeo
    @Wehdeo 5 років тому +233

    Such an accurate portrayal of a serial liar. I know someone just like this. Especially the way they stonewall and cave when you question them.

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 2 роки тому +30

      In some ways, this is the least satirical sketch on The Day Today. It’s just a classic comedy setup cast as a news anchor and reporter. But it’s still probably the funniest thing in the entire show. The setting lends a delightfully eccentric flair to the execution.

    • @konstantinopoulos33
      @konstantinopoulos33 2 роки тому +18

      @@kisbie Let's also give credit to Patrick Marber's acting... he conveys the subtle desperation and changes in tone so incredibly well, perfect mix of realistically complex and comedic

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 2 роки тому +12

      @@konstantinopoulos33 Absolutely. I’ve said elsewhere that Marber does not get the praise he deserves as a comedy performer. The Peter O’Hanrahan character could have easily followed Partridge and had a life beyond TDT.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому +7

      @@kisbie sadly, he let the news get away :(

  • @wingsken
    @wingsken 4 роки тому +312

    This whole thing feels like me back in high school when i forgot my homework.

  • @Nigel_The_Crab
    @Nigel_The_Crab 2 роки тому +76

    "Would you mind telling me how the plant can function on minus 10,000 workers?" - That, that right there is comedy gold in delivery.

  • @Sasasala386
    @Sasasala386 4 роки тому +78

    The tower I'm in is collapsing, under the sheer...I'm managing..I'm.. I'M OUT.

  • @harry7669
    @harry7669 5 років тому +205

    "As the Minister for Ships sprawls on a pin, it's back to you, Chris!"
    "NO IT ISN'T PETER!"

  • @timrobinson8943
    @timrobinson8943 10 років тому +1120

    Classic. Trente Percente.

    • @optimisticwhovian1726
      @optimisticwhovian1726 5 років тому +15

      The joke is that's Italian trenta is Italian for 30.

    • @chalibard3826
      @chalibard3826 5 років тому +72

      @@optimisticwhovian1726 "trente" is french for 30. So would you like to revise your appraisal of the situation in light of what you just gleaned ?

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 5 років тому +28

      Thirty-o percent-o
      You're welcome for the Spanish translation

    • @hoogmonster
      @hoogmonster 4 роки тому +10

      @@jordanhicks5131 Muchas grassy arse!

    • @rattiom
      @rattiom 4 роки тому +8

      @@optimisticwhovian1726 No it isn't, the joke is that he doesn't know German lol

  • @Vojife
    @Vojife 5 років тому +537

    "Did you speak to the German prime minister?"
    "No."
    "And what was his reaction?"

    • @commandingjudgedredd1841
      @commandingjudgedredd1841 4 роки тому +11

      "I don't know!"

    • @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844
      @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 4 роки тому +3

      @daAnder71 Well, the German chancellor is the equivalent of prime minister in Germany. But fair enough.

    • @JimboRustles
      @JimboRustles 3 роки тому

      @@dannyneville1310 no it doesn't

    • @Slop_Dogg
      @Slop_Dogg 2 роки тому +3

      He didn’t like it, but he had to go along with it.

    • @Zoober95
      @Zoober95 Рік тому

      ​@@commandingjudgedredd1841...Peter, thank you.

  • @hatchmaster_5745
    @hatchmaster_5745 3 роки тому +204

    Imagine this, but the man in the studio doesn't correct him. That's America's news now

    • @christopherwall2121
      @christopherwall2121 3 роки тому +23

      The difference is Morris isn't correcting him under any pretense of journalistic integrity. This is the man who engineered a war between Hong Kong and Australia essentially because he could. He only corrects Peter for the chance to punish and humiliate him.

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 2 роки тому +3

      @@christopherwall2121 ah yes the famous Australio-Hong Kong border wars

    • @jotarokujo4787
      @jotarokujo4787 2 роки тому +1

      @@Alex-cw3rz cant blame him, hes in another universe

    • @notinspectorgadget
      @notinspectorgadget 2 роки тому +1

      That was the news *back then*
      That was what they were lampooning. Journalistic integrity was already that much of a joke.

  • @rajrigby8385
    @rajrigby8385 3 роки тому +67

    Watching this on the 20th anniversary of Peter sleeping longer than he anticipated

  • @martaleszkiewicz5115
    @martaleszkiewicz5115 4 роки тому +431

    "Next time you cross the road, please don't bother looking" - That is probably the most British curse / insult I have ever heard.

  • @matthew5a
    @matthew5a 9 років тому +568

    Seems like Tom Hardy's inspiration for Ronnie Kray

  • @dannysmith785
    @dannysmith785 8 років тому +187

    The sound insulation in these buildings is extraordinary hahahahaha

  • @amygoldstraw3778
    @amygoldstraw3778 2 роки тому +40

    To this day i will shout “you lost the news!” The day today was and will always a genius gem

  • @russellmoore8187
    @russellmoore8187 Рік тому +13

    "Peter, you're lying in a news grave. Do you know what's written on your headstone?"
    "...news."

  • @nickcockayne7880
    @nickcockayne7880 10 років тому +395

    Peter's Notes. 35,000 or 3,500 CHECK (double underlined). He didn't check lol

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 4 роки тому +2

      It feels like there should be a good ‘I counted them out and I counted them all back’ joke in there somewhere...

    • @zetetick395
      @zetetick395 4 роки тому +5

      Seems like THE NEWS escaped from Peter's news cobweb :(

  • @avatharbehemoth
    @avatharbehemoth 4 роки тому +1802

    somehow this has become current journalism, its no longer satire.

    • @igorfilipovic6531
      @igorfilipovic6531 4 роки тому +15

      In Serbia it's reality

    • @VadersFist95
      @VadersFist95 4 роки тому +96

      This has always been reality....they are making fun of that fact

    • @Micrologus5
      @Micrologus5 4 роки тому +2

      Bilo bi dobro da je ovako :D Ne bi Sarapa ovako propitivao Barbaru dok laze :D

    • @morerobotwarscontent1476
      @morerobotwarscontent1476 4 роки тому +3

      If this is how it really is then it has become more Satirical.

    • @thekiss2083
      @thekiss2083 4 роки тому +36

      Current journalism wouldn't have anybody on the scene, just 5 people in a circle yelling about it afterward

  • @nelad
    @nelad 9 років тому +264

    Peter, you've added nothing

  • @None-Trick_Pony
    @None-Trick_Pony 3 роки тому +20

    How did thousands of people die if takes fifteen seconds to escape floor 107? Al Qaeda really lucked out there.

  • @xcruell
    @xcruell 4 роки тому +175

    "Rufen sie ein Taxi bitte, sonst verpasse ich meinen Flug"
    "Yees!"

  • @EDFilmsUK
    @EDFilmsUK 4 роки тому +199

    7:57 “I’m not there.” The delivery is so perfect, had me in tears

  • @JamesCalbraith
    @JamesCalbraith 8 років тому +919

    1990s Patrick Marber is spitting image of 2010s Tom Hardy. Uncanny.

    • @DaveRelph001
      @DaveRelph001 8 років тому +89

      Especially playing the Crays in Legend.

    • @johnnyboy18778
      @johnnyboy18778 7 років тому +16

      I've thought the very same

    • @iliilili310
      @iliilili310 6 років тому +37

      Sounds quite a bit like him too, actually.

    • @JeffRB
      @JeffRB 6 років тому +3

      sound and kinda ook I thought it was for a sec

    • @deadsi
      @deadsi 6 років тому +3

      Lol was gonna say that too, thot it was him for a min

  • @jacobwallace6969
    @jacobwallace6969 5 років тому +461

    Can we acknowledge that Peter's incompetence actually saved his life? I would say that it's way more incompetent on the other end to not consider that.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +18

      I know Peter O'Han x 2 had a really lucky escape and is traumatized and gets abused? No wonder Morris lost his job soon after :(

    • @kisbie
      @kisbie 2 роки тому +23

      Peter’s “oh my god” sounds like he’d rather have been incinerated in an enormous fireball than be subjected to yet another dressing down from Chris.

    • @thiagodeandrade7081
      @thiagodeandrade7081 2 роки тому +1

      The other end doesn't care about it.

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Рік тому

      Before 9/11 his tombstone would've said "News...", if he died there he would've been "Fallen in the line of duty", now it's only "Beloved liar"

  • @joelhaggis5054
    @joelhaggis5054 3 роки тому +122

    "Peter, next time you cross the road, don't bother looking"
    The British know how to insult.

  • @hershelmccoy
    @hershelmccoy 4 роки тому +24

    "One of the towers has collapsed, fortunately not the one I'm in...the other one...the one I'm in is...is... one of the tow-....th- the other tower... THE TOWER I'M IN IS COLLAPSING!"

  • @SaintPhoenixx
    @SaintPhoenixx 5 років тому +123

    "Floor 107...sipping a cappuccino!"

  • @khill4491
    @khill4491 4 роки тому +416

    “Next time u cross the road don’t bother looking”... I’m using that 1

    • @gappuma7883
      @gappuma7883 4 роки тому

      K Hill i read it just when he said it

  • @notryangosling3065
    @notryangosling3065 5 років тому +350

    Underrated highlight is “its just been anno- yeah thanks...it’s just been announced...”

    • @misteral1083
      @misteral1083 5 років тому +30

      I loved all those little asides. "Get her off the monitor, I don't want to see her face"

    • @ianwebster3489
      @ianwebster3489 5 років тому +4

      @@misteral1083 Only because she fell into somebody's lap.

    • @misteral1083
      @misteral1083 5 років тому +4

      @@ianwebster3489 Classic! (although if memory serves it's "Only because she landed in someone's stomach' - I could be wrong though!) Have to say, I felt the latest Partridge was frequently borrowing very heavily from Day Today - specifically moments when he would pronounce words in an odd voice. Didn't work for me, unfortunately...

    • @ianwebster3489
      @ianwebster3489 5 років тому +2

      @@misteral1083 Some of it was pretty good but yeah it's evolved a bit to far away from earlier Partridge. (Evolved, not revolved).

    • @misteral1083
      @misteral1083 5 років тому +1

      @@ianwebster3489 Just clocked your avatar - we have much in common, it seems. Green is not a creative color.

  • @emiel255
    @emiel255 3 роки тому +396

    I love how Morris always includes the name ‘Peter’ in his sentences when addressing Peter instead of sometimes leaving it out like a normal person would

    • @paullindemeyer3913
      @paullindemeyer3913 2 роки тому +27

      its entirely possible Peter won't know Chris is talking to him unless he hears his name.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому +5

      Like scolding a child

    • @nathanmcgill7249
      @nathanmcgill7249 Рік тому +1

      It's quicker than using his last name

  • @stijnvandamme76
    @stijnvandamme76 4 роки тому +59

    to be fair.. in 2020.. he'd fit in with the current batch of journo's.. I mean he'd be average now.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 4 роки тому +5

      Actually he would be better because the exaduration and narrative pushing aren't as bad as the current "journalists".

  • @mikenaughton
    @mikenaughton 5 років тому +176

    "Peter, the next time you cross the road don't bother looking!!!" 😂

  • @Cardnim
    @Cardnim 9 років тому +413

    After his failed news career, did Peter O'Hanrahanrahan become Tom Hardy?
    Damn well looks like he did! :)

    • @honestguy7764
      @honestguy7764 6 років тому +6

      I always think the same. A friend of mine bought me the dvd edition in England like in 2003, then when Tom Hardy was known he reminded me of Peter O’hanrahanrahan.

    • @chippysteve4524
      @chippysteve4524 5 років тому +3

      He became a fact-checker for Trump and Faux news.

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 5 років тому

      @Jay Leggate ABSOLUTELY

    • @AlexFlockhart
      @AlexFlockhart 4 роки тому

      Went through the comments looking to see if anyone else thought the same

    • @watchrami
      @watchrami 4 роки тому

      Chippy Steve and CNN

  • @IgiWhiteman
    @IgiWhiteman 5 років тому +173

    Peter is basically me lying to my mom when I was 8.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому +3

      Did you too lose the news?

  • @Daniel_Nye
    @Daniel_Nye 3 роки тому +62

    The World Trade Centre skit is reminiscent to an actual story about someone who was supposed to be at work there but wasn't because he was cheating on his wife.

    • @mitchellw6811
      @mitchellw6811 3 роки тому +11

      His wife told him not to look next time he crosses the road as well

    • @Robert-xn3dc
      @Robert-xn3dc 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly sounds like day was a double bonus

    • @kingt0295
      @kingt0295 2 роки тому

      @@mitchellw6811 good on her

  • @zenahrb8316
    @zenahrb8316 4 роки тому +139

    As a native german this is absolutely hilarious to listen to

  • @anthonyjohngabriel1505
    @anthonyjohngabriel1505 8 років тому +92

    "In light of what you've just GLEANED..."

  • @adamm2091
    @adamm2091 4 роки тому +230

    "Do you know whats written on your headstone?"
    "News!"

  • @WillowJordan1979
    @WillowJordan1979 8 років тому +197

    "Ich nichten... lichten..."

  • @evanbarlow5534
    @evanbarlow5534 4 роки тому +81

    The funniest part of this sketch is a journalist on a televised network that actually asks tough questions. Totally implausible.

    • @lookingforsomething
      @lookingforsomething Рік тому +3

      Public news seem to do this quite well honestly. The US sadly doesn't really have a national broadcasting company.

    • @hailboognish
      @hailboognish 8 місяців тому

      Have you never heard of Jeremy Paxman? One of Morris' greatest influences for his role in this show.

  • @artisanstudios180
    @artisanstudios180 3 роки тому +15

    I've been taking German the last few weeks and this video has killed my grade, because everytime I go to write something on a test, all I can think is "Ich nichten lichten..."

  • @clairduffy60
    @clairduffy60 8 років тому +428

    Peter! You've lost the news!

    • @raymondleemeadows4969
      @raymondleemeadows4969 7 років тому +6

      you've lost the neyooz!

    • @peternormand4094
      @peternormand4094 5 років тому +3

      Im sorry.

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 5 років тому +2

      @@peternormand4094 Look like you mean it! Look down at the ground and say 'sorry'! - that's some brutally funny stuff!

  • @smirch
    @smirch 6 років тому +40

    The tower I'm in is collapsing. I'm collapsing Chris. I've managed...I'm out...I'm out.

  • @tnerbtnerb5136
    @tnerbtnerb5136 4 роки тому +675

    "Floor 107 no longer gives a particularly good view of New York..."
    "Well it does from where I'm-"
    "Its now part of the basement!"
    XD

    • @AntiNihilist
      @AntiNihilist 4 роки тому +1

      This isn't far off from making Holocaust jokes against the victims but I guess it's funny.

    • @ryanname2503
      @ryanname2503 3 роки тому +12

      @@AntiNihilist fuck off

    • @MyPhuckDub
      @MyPhuckDub 3 роки тому +3

      Zero relation

  • @lepari9986
    @lepari9986 4 роки тому +62

    For me it's all about the way Peter answers: "Yes!" so confidently.

  • @HollowSun
    @HollowSun 3 роки тому +112

    "Peter you're lying in a news grave, do you know what's written on your headstone?"
    ...
    "ⁿᵉʷˢ"

  • @mrwri
    @mrwri 4 роки тому +82

    "Trenta Precenta"
    "Ich Nichten Lichten"

  • @michaelsnow7252
    @michaelsnow7252 5 років тому +54

    IM COLLAPSING CHRIS

  • @kindzis1
    @kindzis1 4 роки тому +694

    He's a perfect journalist, lies,cover ups false numbers.

    • @lonewolf3314
      @lonewolf3314 4 роки тому +7

      Thats the point of these.

    • @VictorBR45
      @VictorBR45 4 роки тому +21

      But those Facebook memes are 100% true right?

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому

      nope.

    • @OffGridInvestor
      @OffGridInvestor 4 роки тому +4

      No he's not pushing the leftist woke narrative hard enough.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому +18

      @@OffGridInvestor that's better than the right wing narrative

  • @goldenjoel8566
    @goldenjoel8566 4 роки тому +70

    I love how he still thanks Peter every time lol

  • @acreking9680
    @acreking9680 2 роки тому +11

    "I'm going to a television inside the restaurant. There's one of those, yknow... in the corner"
    "Yes, just get on with it!"

  • @jbreckmckye
    @jbreckmckye 6 років тому +161

    At 4:55 you can see Peter's notes: "35000 or 3500 - CHECK"

    • @azheryaqoob2848
      @azheryaqoob2848 3 роки тому

      Woww , yeah😄
      Nice catch😆

    • @alkaholic4848
      @alkaholic4848 3 роки тому

      Impressive attention to detail for a simple comedy

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 6 років тому +48

    I love how Peters notes say '35,000 or 3,500 check'.
    Looks like he lost the news again.

  • @nathanjoseph8270
    @nathanjoseph8270 7 років тому +193

    When you realise Peter is actually one of the best British playwrights

  • @chadlancer6107
    @chadlancer6107 3 роки тому +54

    I love how you can’t tell whether he’s lazy or it’s just sheer utter incompetence

  • @gabrielsyme4550
    @gabrielsyme4550 7 місяців тому +4

    The world trade center bit amazing!!!! Super funny

  • @elijauan
    @elijauan 4 роки тому +144

    "A week is a long time in politics." "Rabutlut-" "Shut up peter."

    • @DadgeCity
      @DadgeCity 4 роки тому +20

      "Rab Butler" (Although it was actually Harold Wilson.)

  • @peterobinson3678
    @peterobinson3678 8 років тому +34

    'The sound insulation in these buildings is extraordinary...' :)

  • @frackle
    @frackle 9 років тому +279

    peter you're lying in a news grave do you know what's written on your headstone

    • @AllThingsSevenKings
      @AllThingsSevenKings 9 років тому +2

      ***** lolzzz

    • @tamhaswoods9056
      @tamhaswoods9056 6 років тому +13

      Back in 2012 I had a job interview with Sky News...
      Interviewer: How would you move this story on?
      Me: ...In a wheelbarrow.
      By that time I already knew the job was lost, but even so, Peter's got nothing on me.

    • @boneyween
      @boneyween 5 років тому +3

      his reply: "news" and the monotone way he says it is so perfect

    • @ritchski1
      @ritchski1 5 років тому +3

      When he said “news” in reply it was funny on so many levels it’s difficult to explain. This show was a one off, apart from brass eye of course

    • @Denserbytheday
      @Denserbytheday 4 роки тому

      I read this literally as he said it

  • @Jayqo
    @Jayqo 4 роки тому +21

    I just wanna know why mrs hanrahan didnt just take the surname of mr o’hanraha

  • @Brendanin
    @Brendanin 4 роки тому +108

    Peter is literally every slacking student ever