Can confirm the “started making it. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite” meme absolutely made it to the US. It was hilarious seeing people that I KNOW are clueless about James and bake off using/sharing it 😂😂

The Samaritans is a s*icide hotline. So that bit of context makes this story way worse than if it was a counsellor. It just adds abt how sad he was. I’m glad he can turn something tragic into a story like this and take the weight of it off. He’s just brilliant.

"Old lady whoever you are" That's Sandi Toksvig, she's an absolute legend!! One of the cleverest people in Britain, sort of a female Stephen Fry

12:39 - that “old lady” is the host of QI, which you should definitely check out sometime. It’s another British panel show and a lot of former (and future, for you) Taskmaster contestants have been on it.

@Wiley_Coyote

6 ай бұрын

Well, the host AFTER Stephen Fry. 😬

@Tao_Tology

6 ай бұрын

Careful now, if you go from Bake Off to QI then it's only a matter of time before reaching......... Taskmaster. And then there's no escape.

Yes! May this be the start of your celebrity bake off journey, David Mitchell also did an episode with hilarious results.

@T0malC21

6 ай бұрын

same with Lee Mack (and Joe Lycett is on the same ep!)

james actually wears that jacket on one of his taskmaster episodes. i think it's the finale. also the samaritans is an unaliving yourself helpline, so he was really in a super low place at the time.

@NoudlePipW

6 ай бұрын

Ehhhh, not really indicative of how much money you have. Growing up in Ireland I had designer stuff but LOVED going to charity shops. I went to London once and it was £4 per kilo of clothes and you could find insanely pricey things in a heap of fabric. Never even worn before.

Rylan is on one of the Taskmaster new years treat episodes. He wears probably my favourite outfit anyone has ever worn on that show! I love Rylan

@nj86

6 ай бұрын

He was great there:) Hope we will get a reation for that one..

@qwertyTRiG

5 ай бұрын

_I've had a wonderful idea!_

I also love James Acaster with Ed Gamble on their podcast Off Menu. They did a hilarious episode with Victoria coren Mitchell

@meronr74

6 ай бұрын

The Rylan episode had me crying with laughter

@carysbarnesviola

6 ай бұрын

We should vote on some best eps of off menu for him to react to

@Tao_Tology

6 ай бұрын

Victoria "Ol' Goosebump Arms" Coren Mitchell also tried to play off a flapjack as "a cake".

@brianmoore6724

4 ай бұрын

Rylan one was great, Victoria was hilarious, both Winkelman episodes, and Miriam Margolyes was hysterical

I love celebrity bake off!! Thanks for posting this. James Acaster is fantastic of course. The episodes with Alex Horne and David Mitchell are also great!

I think James' standup shows are genuinely so great. This one, cold lasagne hate myself being the newest one. The earlier ones are connected and should be watched in order:) And I genuinely feel so bad for James, but I can't deny he tells the story in such a funny way. He is good at his job lol

If you enjoy this I cannot recommend his stand up comedy special 'Repertoire'. It is in 4 parts but honestly some of the best comedy by any comedian in my opinion :D Love the channel and keep doing what you are doing

You need to listen to Rylan's appearances on James' Off Menu podcast. Two of the funniest podcasts ever recorded.

I agree, James has a great talent at comedy and telling stories and being this awkward angry ball of energy that can explode at any moment. I never heard of him before Taskmaster but I follow his work now.

I think you should react to his 'Repertiore' sets before 'Cold Lasagne...'. Cold Lasgne is actually pretty dark compared to his usual stuff, it's still good but it doesn't really represent his usual.

The actor who made the ones they tasted first was in a series playing a ware wolf, living in a house with a ghost and a vampire, was pretty good.

@nordlyselsker

6 ай бұрын

"Being Human". Loved it.

@shaneord7527

6 ай бұрын

@@nordlyselsker that's the one!

absolutely love his standup special, was already a fan of his before watching it, and it made me like him even more

Rylan is hilarious on the new year treat Taskmaster he did!

Holy crap, I've had that stand up in my watch later....poor Acaster. What a nightmare. WOW.

i kinda want to hate Rylan but ugh he's such a sweetie. Went from suspicious to genuinely sad he's not on a full Taskmaster, they got some really good ones that year. the "old lady, whoever you are" is Sandi Toksvig, an actual legend and icon. Was booted out of being patron of the Save The Children charity when it was revealed she was a lesbian in the 90s, but otherwise remained a staple on weird quiz comedy panel shows and hosts QI now after Stephen Fry. Like the Ellen that didn't turn out to be a monster.

@spooony2714

6 ай бұрын

aye, a failed reality star turned presenter should be a recipe for disaster, but Rylan is genuinely likeable.

@Tao_Tology

6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: after the charity thought they and Sandi should "part ways" she made possibly THE most gracious public statement saying that she still respected and supported the charity and that despite this oversight other people should still support the charity and the work it does. #GraceAndClass

I watched the reaction and was like i hope he eventually does the stand up... then i watched the reaction to the stand up clip and thought i hope he does the whole thing... bon appetite

OMG, I asked for this (along with many others) and it is here! How exciting!

I had to google “British flapjacks”. I only knew them as pancakes 😅

I was in the audience for this (this exact recording)

@AdamfromFWCI

6 ай бұрын

Wow! I haven't watched the rest yet, but i will very soon

Rylan is on the Taskmaster New year special. These are one off episodes with non comedians. Like actors, presenters, etc, etc. They are worth watching

you would love James Acaster and Ed Gamble on Celebrity Hunted

The one with Joe Thomas has Ellie Taylor which is Sassy from Ted Lasso 😊

Please watch more of these on the channel. I love John Lithgow and the one with Little Alex Horne would be fun to watch.

one of my favorite standup bits of all time now, maybe not top 10 but up there

There‘s also episodes with David Mitchell, Lee Mack and Victoria Coren-Mitchell that are definitely worth a watch. You will also find compilations of those three if you prefer.

Slick back, the guy from 12:03, was on Taskmaster's first New Year's Treat in 2021.

Have you spotted James in the new Ghostbusters trailers today?

Not Prue's syrupy flapjack 😂

James is amazing, his stand up is incredible. It's sad though how much he has struggled with mental health. So many comedians and comedy actors have been in that situation, in their private lives they are very depressed and mentally ill. They often use their experiences in their comedy material. Robin Williams and Richard Pryor spring to mind. I hope he is past it all now and coping better these days. I think he has some stand up shows still available on UK Netflix. Or look up the clip of 'the absurdity of the British empire'.

@sprinkleblue3741

6 ай бұрын

He actually said at one point on the cold lasagna special, that he already deal with all of that in therapy and is not using his stand up as a way of dealing with it, because it is a thin line between comedy an tragedy and he actually had someone crying and coming up to him saying "I know is difficult" so he tries to be very clear that he is much better now, and I think that's so brilliant of him making us laugh and relate to his mental health struggles without feeling guilty, or devastated. With that said, is still hard for me watch the bake off episode without feeling bad for laughing, knowing now what was going on in his life at the moment.

@darrenpayne150

6 ай бұрын

@@sprinkleblue3741 That is great to hear! I am so glad he is in a much better place now. I have suffered depression on and off since childhood so I get what it can be like. James is such an amazing person and talented comedian, I am so happy to hear he is doing better now.

@darrenpayne150

6 ай бұрын

@@sprinkleblue3741 I haven't seen that whole show, only clips so I wasn't aware of that

In Canada (at least on the east coast) flapjacks are another word for hashbrowns.

Oh this made my day! James' Bake Off story as well as the opening from that same special where he goes in on transphobic comedians are both top tier!

Look for James Acaster in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" (the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife). Australian release date: 21st March 2024.

@reallivebluescat

6 ай бұрын

Frozen city 😊

You might like Simon Amstell hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks!

Oh man, I’m so glad you enjoyed this so much! I will totally join your Patreon if you happen to decide to record your reactions to all 4+ hours of “Repertoire.” You think THIS was a long joke…. 😂

@AdamfromFWCI

6 ай бұрын

Yes I will be, thats on Netflix, I'll be doing all four parts sometime in the future

@jjlonsdale5971

6 ай бұрын

@@AdamfromFWCI Awesome, I look forward to it! Its going to blow you away.

@elizabethduplat5998

6 ай бұрын

​@@AdamfromFWCI Can't wait!

You should listen to Rylan on Off Menu (James & Ed Gambles podcast). They discuss the Bake Off experience and its hilarious

If you want to see someone murdering the competition, James Macavoy. Dude shows up and it's not even close.

If you haven't already seen it I would love to see a reaction to the s2 ep1 (john lithgow/russel howard) bake off episode. It's a hilarious watch.

michael sheen & john bishop were great on bake off😂🥰

@AdamfromFWCI

6 ай бұрын

Michael Sheen... is that the funny guy from Misfits?

@tinyderppotato5410

6 ай бұрын

@@AdamfromFWCI nope, michael sheen is the pride of wales, he was in underworld, the queen, frost/nixon and good omens

You should watch the New Year's Treat episodes of Taskmaster coz Rylan Clark is in one

Harry Hills episode is very funny

No Mary? No there was quite a large controversy when the show swapped TV channels over here, Mary Berry was replaced by Prue Leith and Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were replaced by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig.

@reallivebluescat

6 ай бұрын

I think Richard Aoyade shouldve been the host of bakeoff instead of Crystal maze. That shouldve gone to Noel. Matching energies

Flapjack isnt the same in england

James was so jet lagged and haven't slept. After learning the back story I was very disappointed by the BBC

@AdamfromFWCI

6 ай бұрын

I dont think its fair to just cast blanket blame to the producers, there is probably 50+ staff all expecting to work and get paid, its not exactly easy to cancel a TV taping. And it sounds like they did their best to encourage him (even though it didnt really work, it didnt sound ignorant or malicious)

@Tao_Tology

6 ай бұрын

By this point the show producers had moved over to Channel 4 from the BBC

That is absolutely, NOT, a flap jack.

Pretty sure the pink and blue colour scheme is for trans rights! 🏳️‍⚧️

@AdamfromFWCI

6 ай бұрын

It is?? lol I just love that blend of colours, it does remind me a lot of GTA Vice City and the Miami Heat had a jersey in that colour scheme. It goes so well. Thats cool that it also has that meaning too

@arantzag312

6 ай бұрын

@@AdamfromFWCIi don’t know if it was ever confirmed that this was intentional - but he has a whole section in the special critiquing ricky gervais (and other comedians in general) and their tendency to make jokes at the expense of trans people. So it’s def a possibility!

@reallivebluescat

6 ай бұрын

​​@@arantzag312yep. Its hilarious. Calling Ricky a "brave little cis boy". A really good bit about comedy thats punching down (meaning having a go at minorities, and trans ppl in particular)

@Tao_Tology

6 ай бұрын

​@@arantzag312One of the most accurate descriptions of Gervais, particularly in light of his most recent comedy "efforts" is that "He's smart enough to know better"

Yesss. I've been looking forward to this

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