Wow they gave Ayoade some really weak jokes to read, but it didn't matter because he's always one of the best hosts.

grateful for these laughs during this still pretty depressing time. New Mexico usa

really nice hearing Andy's 'suggestion' about sponsorship on politicians clothes, George Carlin said many years back these politicians should be made to wear logs like in Nascar to display he various people sponsoring them :))) brilliant (and sad...) . Thanks a lot for the up, love the show.

@WaywardVet

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that. And I still agree.

@Antechynus

2 жыл бұрын

Carlin was a philosopher comedian, absolute goat. I think he'd be saddened how far the modern generations have lost their way.

@HopSkipLimp

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - I knew I'd heard someone say it before Andy, but couldn't recall who.

@davidburdett430

2 жыл бұрын

@@HopSkipLimp h uh

@warriorsfan19

2 жыл бұрын

Robin said the same thing in “Man of the Year” during the debates.

I love it. Paul Merton saying that the MP who took a dominatrix to a 'do', "might have been strapped for cash."

A heartfelt Thank you So much! from Sweden. 🇸🇪 Love this show.

@jonathanlindell6209

2 жыл бұрын

Önskar verkligen att vi skulle ha något liknade program i sverige :)

@flugsven

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanlindell6209 Vi hade. Det gick nåt för mer än tjugo år sen som hette Snacka om nyheter! ☺️

@jonathanlindell6209

2 жыл бұрын

@@flugsven Intressant! Tack så mycket för information! :)

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

@@jonathanlindell6209 "Intressant! Tack så mycket för information!" I think I understand this post. Is this in Swedish, or were you writing in English but you're a poor typist? Jk - I know there are linguistic similarities, but every word of this seems to be about the same. "Interesting! Thanks so much for [the] information!" Is that right?

@jonathanlindell6209

5 ай бұрын

Hi! :) Yup, that's the right translation, though I see now that I made a grammatical error as it should be "... för informationen" i.e the information instead of just information@@beenaplumber8379

Ps. And I do love Ian's rants ⚡️

@patrickgleason2066

2 жыл бұрын

Britain’s greatest “ranter.”

@MelissaClaasen

2 жыл бұрын

I love listening to Ian speaking sense. He's so well-read and really informed. I appreciate that he gets annoyed on TV shows, and shares his educated opinions in public.

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

I love the way he looks when he turns his head around when he's made a point. His neck rotates like an owl, but the overall effect is like an armadillo looking over his shoulder. Yes to the other comments in this thread, but it really cracks me up when he does that! (I haven't been able to turn my head that far in years.)

It’s a crime that viewers of the initial broadcast were deprived of the sandwich binder joke, but at least we’ve got it now.

Thanks from Denmark

brilliant ...thanks for the laughs.

Thanks ViVaHD!

Love it thank you very much.

Thanks so much. Love all of these, especially a bit more. ❤️

This is the second time these 3 were guests in the same show. Because they're simply the best!

Lovely lineup of people and Ayoade looks ravishingly soignee, even compared to his usually high standard.

@danopticon

2 жыл бұрын

One suggested, small emendation: _soignée_ is the feminine of the word … so, grammatically, you’d probably rather say Richard looks ravishingly _soigné,_ which is the masculine form-and 100% agreed, sartorially speaking he looks quite dreamy!

@ripdbtpoo1441

7 ай бұрын

Take the second e off. He's a man.

So much good talent. Thanks ViVaHD.

In defense of our Bat of the Year, in te reo māori , manu (bird) is any winged creature, including bats, cicadas, butterfly.

@maggielyall811

2 жыл бұрын

I gave my first vote to the bat :-) I think they are awesome.

@Antechynus

2 жыл бұрын

New Zealand, like everywhere has a lot of feral animal issues, on top of poor land management.

@PhiltheMoko

2 жыл бұрын

@@Antechynus that's no way to talk about the Lincoln university student union.

@Antechynus

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhiltheMoko lol... 👍

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

Are you saying that "manu" is a Maori word that means winged creature? Seems a little less silly if that's the case.

If RA is hostin,' I'm a watchin'

Thank you ViVaHD!

Thanks so much for posting.

Thanks for posting

Richard and Ian, yes!

Cheers for the upload

27:06 Even if you are incarcerated, work experience pays off!!!

Anyone else thinking; 'What? Playing with a hula-hoop stops you from catching Covid!'

@davidwoods7408

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Caught me off guard.

@mph419

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually *eating* Hula Hoops, which are a brand of British crisps/chips in the shape of a ring. Yes, it's still patently ridiculous, but (marginally) less so than playing with plastic hula hoops. Hope that clears it up a little :D

November is kind of a ''Bit More'' kind of month, yeah innit. Thanks Gorging and all that Thanks ViVaHD for the No Calorie Bit More Extras !!

The more painful part of the Australian Britney Bramble story is that she hit a man with her car who then needed brain surgery…..

oh god was Gareth vs Will really 20 years ago? I am so old:-)

So, I am not very good looking, make odd pop culture references that others rarely get and do love to avoid work; how do I become a UK MP? (Think I have all the qualities they have other than $)

@littlewoodimp

2 жыл бұрын

I keep falling asleep these days. I could be President of the United States!

new sub from NZ love English humor

32:12, to be fair, the head is that of a Kākāpō, a beautiful alpine parrot (not to be confused with the more slender green Kea).... And since most of our birds gave up the ability to fly.... The old bat was embraced in the spirit of inclusion.... (as a citizen of Aotearoa NZ, I've not seen this news article,).. But I'd like to direct you to the Mitchell & Webb sketch about flightless birds. You're welcome x xxxx

Andy always goes on Paul's side..they're a good team. Andy is good value

Thhanks

The 30-day suspension from parliament is not as trivial as the panelists made it sound. Roisin said, "and maybe a byelection." That is the real punishment. Under the system for byelections, if an MP is suspended from parliament for longer than some period (I don't know how long, but 30 days is enough), then a byelection is called if 10% of constituents sign a partition, which is usually met quite easily. The MP may stand for re-election, but it is unlikely his party would preselect him. So, if the Commons voted to confirm the 30-day suspension, as recommended by the Privileges Committee, it was almost inevitable that Paterson would quite quickly be losing his seat in parliament, permanently. I would say that is an appropriate punishment for his offence, but I'm just noting a suspension from parliament for 30 days leads to a severe punishment.

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

Wow! Thanks for the explanation (from the US). Here we don't have byelections. If a member of congress is expelled (like George Santos) or dies, there is a process for replacing them (special election or appointment by their state's governor), but no other process for the constituents to have a say. Brits seem to have many more options for enforcing accountability than we do.

@rossmurray6849

5 ай бұрын

@@beenaplumber8379 You're welcome. But it's a sad reflection on my life that I know all of that about British politics (I'm an Australian who's never been there) and I have the time to write such a long, carefully written explanation of such trivia!

Those politicians think they're Americans... That's how it works there no problem😉

I'm sure everyone is already aware that a bat is a mammal and not a bird.

@beth12svist

3 ай бұрын

As someone else already commented when this was new, it got into the competition on what I would call a translation technicality: the Māori word for bird is actually not a 1:1 translation for "bird" but a word covering all winged creatures. (A bit as if a wooden spoon for mixing batter won a best cutlery contest on the technicality of also being a "spoon" in English. - This from someone speaking Czech where said wooden implement is _not_ a spoon.)

If the mustard museum they are talking about is in Madison WI, I’ve been there!

The hoist is in case the beast gets stuck like it did outside the US embassy in Dublin!

35:40................Great joke Ian, and true. How come, that after " Jamal Khashoggi ", there are still idiots groaning, when you call out Saudi-Arabia for what they are !!!!!

I love the charcature of Angus Keaton

@PaulWilliams-xr6rl

2 жыл бұрын

That's French for cooked meat, isn't it?

26:05: “What’s the sitch”? Reference to Kim Possible.

Ahh! Andy! Now I know who modelled as the curmudgeonly little old guy in that Richard Dadd painting.

We're all gettin older, aren't we ?

The first answer about fish was 100% correct. The UK granted almost all licenses but only 60% of the French on purpose knowing that macron can’t let it go cause of elections, the 55 small boats, than Bojo said they will be granted in 4 weeks and the press wrote France backed down;) Ts went up 3 points over nothing.

@cricketbatguitar

2 жыл бұрын

I think that needs a bit more editing.... try writing it in English maybe.

@beth12svist

3 ай бұрын

​​@@cricketbatguitar It started out well and went downhill quickly. I got lost in the middle of the second sentence. Which is a shame because, for me as someone not from the UK or France, it went downhill exactly at the point where it could have started to actually explain the situation to me...

Thank you OP Watching it like this, I still don't need. TV license

Leaving Las Vegas, but set in Glasgow

A Canadian boat that the Brits got their mits on.

“Fish with what?” Roisin: “Mackerel”……… 🤔

She said “…everything should be lerring…”

Does anyone remember any episode when Andy sat on Ian's side?

00:44 some confusion between Aberdeen, Scotland and Armavir, Krasnodar, Russia ...

18:25 someone mentioned this earlier in this show

I’ve watched so many of these under the impression that Ian usually wins. Person posting these: Do you only post ones in which Paul wins? I’m not mad

Strapped for cash.

🤣

So why wasn't the Short Tailed Bat also permitted to enter Bird of the Year? We do have them. The whole thing is rotten to the core.

@adorabell4253

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly cannot tell if you’re serious or not.

@zomgbat

10 ай бұрын

Because it's a fish not a bird

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

Surely you have a few species of mosquitoes that were also left out...

I want to see him add ketchup

Still not sure how they knew the bloke was Scottish

@littlewoodimp

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe they could hear a woman's voice yelling, "Donald, where's yer troosers?!" in the background?

@AlexLR

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you just feel it

They knew he was a Scotsman; because he had a quarter pounder, and was obviously a McDonald

Ask Roisin what a braron is!

33:10 In case anyone's feeling even just the smallest amount of sympathy, it's worth noting that this ... err ... "woman" hit a man with her car on Christmas Day and then drove off from the scene of the accident, leaving him alive but in a coma and suffering such severe brain damage that he had to relearn how to do just about everything. Edit: I put "woman" in inverted commas because KZread didn't like me calling her a scumbag c***.

lol these gadgets like arm-bike are becoming more and more absurd :)

Are those pies wrapped in gold-foil halal?

@CaptainNuge

2 жыл бұрын

No, the filling is potato, leek and haram.

Stop fishing for 2 yrs

Just proves what utter nonsense this COP26 crap is/was! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Roisin Conaty must never be allowed on this programme ever again. She is gorgeous and my boyfriend can't stop drooling.

If only ameikkklans knew how much we laugh at them on the world stage.

so boring to watch gb go through the trump playbook of ineptitude__ years later.

Ian, I hate to do this to you, but that was not a u turn it's a switch back. a u turn is when you go back the way you came. switchback is to allow lower grade roadways along an escarpment

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

I hate to do this to you, but the switchback in the photo was the clue that the answer was a U-turn. It wasn't Ian's answer that was incorrect, but the clue, and Ian was clever enough to figure it out anyway. 😛

The Skeleton with the Wine is Paul Merton's Funnier Replacement ..

Xing out because it scuked.

Very disappointing, no mention of Assange in this episode.

She ot pretty excited when talk of food came around.....

@thhseeking

2 жыл бұрын

She has to be great on a cold winter's night. Must give off heat like a radiator :)

Good for Rosin Murphy not wearing one

@hahaha430

2 жыл бұрын

Roisin Conaty, but you gave me a great laugh, so thank you. I would love to see Roisin Murphy on HIGNFY it would probably be a blast.

@whoknew2273

2 жыл бұрын

She still did'nt wear a political symbol Karen

@hahaha430

2 жыл бұрын

@@whoknew2273 wasn't attacking you sir, happen to agree with you on the poppy front

@28lyndsy92

2 жыл бұрын

@@whoknew2273 you were politely corrected on a factual error and lashed out, wouldn't that make you the Karen?

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

Pretty weak episode, she really doesn't bring much to the party.

@Mark_Brooks

2 жыл бұрын

Poor baby. Woman hater huh? Weak.

@sk31370n

2 жыл бұрын

give it time

@Eisenwulf666

2 жыл бұрын

@@sk31370n that made me laugh, ngl

Awkward kind of non-comedy

This show is just too painful to watch nowadays. Long time been my favourite but the unrelenting one sided bias is just too much to swallow, by the end of the episode I'm just glad it's over

@johnmccullough6169

2 жыл бұрын

It's one-sided because that's the only position left. Actually, have you overlooked the jabs directed at Joe Biden?

@garrick3727

2 жыл бұрын

This one was relatively unbiased compared to usual. Besides, when the government are being corrupt dicks (regardless of party) then I give HIGNFY a pass to rant about it.

@sk31370n

2 жыл бұрын

as opposed to what? praising corruption and going to hell in a handbasket? as far as i can see they are equal opportunity 'haters' and thats exactly what they are supposed to be.

@jeannieK1117

2 жыл бұрын

@@sk31370n But still no mention of Claudia Webbe's threatened acid attack, and yes she WAS CONVICTED, not just an "accusation".

@garethamery3167

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeannieK1117 A subtle difference (which I know will be lost on you given the ``what-about-ism'' of your comment): Webbe was found guilty and expelled from Labour....which is very different from the Tory attempt to change the rules to protect those found guilty...

Ian is becoming more and more annoying and predictable, Paul on the other hand.... ❤🧡💛💚💙

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

He's not becoming boring and predictable. At his age we say he's becoming more curmudgeonly.

Liberal, soporific nonsense. Andy is gold, though.

@thhseeking

2 жыл бұрын

Support the U.S. Republican loonies much?

@adamcotton2121

2 жыл бұрын

@@thhseeking Do you want a percentage? There are many degrees of Republicans in the US.

@patharasown

2 жыл бұрын

And yet it is the ignorant hate mongers who rule the roost. Your, "Not all Republicans..." waffle falls flat when that is your only defence when egregious neo-con actions are called out.

@adamcotton2121

2 жыл бұрын

@@patharasown Not even close. Take a history class. I don't need a defence. There are enough corpses to prove my claim. Besides, when an opponent changes topic, then you know you have one the argument. My initial point is that everyone on this show thinks the same.

@patharasown

2 жыл бұрын

So, enlighten us...what aspect of the "liberalism" displayed did you find bothersome?

do they pay people to laugh? nothing on tv is funny anymore

This program is terrible now, it's more like a party political broadcast, sooo serious. The only one trying to be funny and entertaining is Merton. It also seems very one sided and not unbiased at all. No wonder they're losing thousands of customers a week.

Dreadful host

I'm so glad I stopped watching this trash.

Boris was WAYYYY better host of this show.

@beenaplumber8379

5 ай бұрын

If only he stayed with playing the TV clown. He'd have done less damage that way. He's still a good clown, only now he has a great deal of tragedy and corruption to account for.

BORING all jokes are the same topic...MOCK is a much better show.

7:55 I see only Boris is not wearing a mask.... he sees through the scam :)