Wonderful chance to see our beloved late Douglas Adams. Thank you.

This is a rare instance of the best meeting of comedy writers and actors in one show. 😊

@stevechopping3021

2 жыл бұрын

Well said sir

We watched this all the time during the 1990s. What a great show. The elegance and precision of the language was exemplar. I know Deayton was not well liked by the other regulars and may have been problematic for a number of reasons but I enjoyed his compering immensely. And as for Paul Merton; god, what a talent.

@JJONNYREPP

2 жыл бұрын

Have I Got News For You S04E09 - Peter Cook & Douglas Adams 1.3.22 326am i know a lot of folk who enjoyed the show but didnt let on they did. as for deayton "being not well liked" - it probably added to the quippage (sic) level...indeed... it's run for a number of years... and was a staple on my early just left home for the first time tv schedule. proper telly. as for peter cook - enjoyable as allus. and i am surmising you did enjoy the appearances he made on clive anderson's chat show? is the show relevant now? probably not as they, the panel, try to be smug as opposed to them actually being smug - as can be evinced here. i like smug shits.... and, if you notice, no jokes about Jehovah's Witnesses being killed off during the concentration camp farrago of yesteryear...

"Half hour homage to the God of Drivel". Beautiful line to which only Angus Deayton can do justice. Bring him back.

@Charlie_Crown

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more, can't actually remember why he was canned in the first place

@mossy642

2 жыл бұрын

@@Charlie_Crown cocaine and prostitutes. Every show, the punchline was him. Every time a piece of New-Labour sleaze came out, whatever politico was on would tell Angus to Fuck off, and all he could reply was ‘yeah.’ Having him made it brilliant, hard and monotonous.

@lizclegg7556

2 жыл бұрын

@@mossy642 So what. Who in entertainment and media hasn't done cocaine and prostitutes.

@mossy642

2 жыл бұрын

@@lizclegg7556 Fair, but to say it on the program would be slander. Not in Angus case. Angus was caught doing it, which means unlimited ammunition from which there is very little protection.

@ianxltd

2 жыл бұрын

@@Charlie_Crown he got paid more than Ian and Paul so they were happy to stick the knife in his back

It's sickening how the water companies were polluting more than 30 years ago. Thank you, Thatcher.

The Legend Peter Cook who set the road for comedy for the next 50 years

@jeanmyers1787

2 жыл бұрын

Best PC sketch ever was the somewhat biased judge re Jeremy

@darthkek1953

2 жыл бұрын

And of course who founded Private Eye without which this show should not exist.

What’s so amazing aside from the legends in this episode is how the format has not shifted in any way in all these years. Loved it then.. love it today. In a world of so much content HIGNFY nailed its format early, They stuck with it and they’re still top of their game in panel shows today.

@lomax343

2 жыл бұрын

Well it has changed to the extent that these days there are fewer "questions" and a lot more elaboration (for want of a better word).

@musicgarryj

2 жыл бұрын

At the risk of being controversial, the format has radically changed. Today's BBC decrees that there must be at least one compulsory female panellist and one minority box-ticker on each show. Wit and general talent to entertain are now secondary. HIGNFY's ability to attract guests of Peter Cook's calibre are sadly long gone: as is Paul Merton's ability to be funny.

@MrLtia1234

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed - like so many things it's not changed at all, but there are a lot more angry viewers who are triggered by this sort of thing. I'm amazed it's surviving.

@kh23797

2 жыл бұрын

@@musicgarryj The decline of Merton's wit, and his ever-briefer contribution, makes me sympathetic to a more recent panellist. He (objecting to an _ad hominem_ money-grubbing smear) claimed the team captains got £20,000 each per appearance ​- and wasn't contradicted. Not quite in the MOTD money/old rope stratosphere, but hardly peanuts for such cosy, perennial sinecures.

A better guest list there has surely never been. Thanks for the upload!

I live in Newtown, Powys and remember the 'Vigilante Group.' I also remember working at a local estate pub where one of its leaders drank. We'd just kicked everyone one out and locked up one night when I heard someone knocking on the window. I pulled the curtain back to see a regular with a big grin on his face telling me to take a look in the rear car park. He'd set fire to the group leaders car and it was well alight. I rang 999 and the fire brigade turned up a few minutes later, but knowing who's car it was they didn't seem to be in any rush to put it out 🤣

Peter Cooke. Comic genius and Douglas Adams who wrote a book that makes sense unlike the bible. Legends

@Peteroranje

2 жыл бұрын

No need.

@evo5dave

2 жыл бұрын

@@Peteroranje Every need

@deepzepp4176

2 жыл бұрын

Tip that fedora.

@mojorisen7812

2 жыл бұрын

Ever read it?

@Titan604

2 жыл бұрын

By the time it got to a planet inhabited by mattresses all called Zem it made the bible seem like it made perfect sense...

I love Rabbits AND Prisons so this was an especially great episode for me

Angus Deayton was the highlight of this programme. It's never been as good since he left.

@jimbobeire

2 жыл бұрын

Paul Merton 's dislike of him was very obvious, petty, and off putting. If they'd replaced Merton instead of Deayton... we wouldn't have had multiple Boris hostings, lulling people into the idea that he was okay cos he could ' take a joke '.

@abitmoredeayton

2 жыл бұрын

Even if Angus is still the host,he could still come back as a panelist though..🤔

@zufgh

2 жыл бұрын

@@abitmoredeayton Do you happen to know which episode it was where, during the caption competition at the end, Paul challenged Angus to think up something to go along with the image, and Angus took one quick glance at it and said 'Have you ever been to a harvester before?', to which the audience roared with laughter. I've always thought that moment was hilarious, but I've never been able to remember which episode it was. It was definitely somewhere in the later Angus years.

@abitmoredeayton

2 жыл бұрын

@@zufghIt's from S15E01!

@edeledeledel5490

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimbobeire And the "quiz" would not be still carrying on, as the changing host has managed to keep the programme relatively fresh, even after 30 years.

Peter cook was prophetic in this episode.

An historic, iconic episode - Cook and Adams - Paul Merton being the odd one out - mentions Thatcher, Princess Diana, and they satirise exactly the same issues as we still unfortunately have today. Link above not available in UK.

Peter Cook - The best and always will be.

One of the funniest episodes ever! Seems like a million years ago, though!

This is so much better than recent episodes. Some episodes are pretty dire.

Imagine it, Douglas Adams and Peter Cook in the room😮 Its like a fantasy dinner party or something ....not that i've ever been to a dinner party you understand, being a pleb and all but you get the picture!😏

@JJONNYREPP

2 жыл бұрын

Have I Got News For You S04E09 - Peter Cook & Douglas Adams 353am 1.3.22 indeed... they would be two guests , cook & adams, you'd probably actually want at your dinner party... as opposed to just sitting there minding yer own business and folk turning up to be photographed in your vicinity so they can make it seem as though 1: you enjoy their company 2: you have been invited to one of their dubious soirees 3: you do nothing but party!!! p.s dont worry they have anticipated all these sarcastic quips so it's another heady dose of "right back at yer".. which is sadly boring the eff out of me... p.s no religious groups massacring hundreds of germans during the dark days of ww2 were ever featured in this show... which is nice.

I miss them especially Peter Cook he was brill

Douglas Adams 🖤

@nelsonclub7722

2 жыл бұрын

Legend.

Sadly, even in 2022 my takeaway is, how did we ever think those shoulder pads looked good?

Blimey 1992, 30 years ago 😲 Seems like only yesterday. (Nostalgia is not what it used to be)

Remember when they had real, A-list guests?

Peter Cook famously did The Judge sketch, which was about biased judge in Jeremy Thorpe case. On KZread & hilarious !

Lol I love Paul's sarcastic dry humour

Without doubt 2 of the most legendary comedians with the author guy, 42. And Mr Cooke .

@nirmalsuki

2 жыл бұрын

That Author guy is considered a god among nerds.

It was nice of Ian to invite his boss onto the show. Dunno who this Douglas Adams bloke is.. seems pretty funny.

@anthonyfrank7655

2 жыл бұрын

Wrote Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and was considered a secret Monty Python member, though I am not sure why.

@slartybartfast4213

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyfrank7655 look at my username...

@harveysmith100

2 жыл бұрын

@@slartybartfast4213 Douglas would applaud your dry humour. It appears you have the answer to everything.

@simonrmerton

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@zapkvr

2 жыл бұрын

@@harveysmith100 what do you get if you multiply six by nine using base thirteen

Peter Cook! We’re not worthy! 😂😂😂😂😂

From 1992 Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001) Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 - 9 January 1995)

@terryplatt8115

2 жыл бұрын

Douglas is not dead - he's alive and well and living on SeDNA. His own private planet. He had to move to a bigger planet, because he got so fat he kept sliding off the old one.

What a pairing of guests

Take A Moment The best comedy genius at work. Stay Silly Stay Safe Stay Free 3:27

9:56 I couldn't help thinking of our Grand old Duke Of York

Ian had his private eye owner next to him. Interesting behaviour. Fun.

@nelsonclub7722

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that - good catch - heres what the internet said: "Peter Cook, who founded The Establishment (club), in October 1961, the first satirical nightclub in London, in 1962, with Nicholas Luard, purchased Private Eye, and was a long-time contributor".

@jeanmyers1787

Жыл бұрын

Ian worshipped Peter Cook.

Oh you joke Angus at gag number two. Who you’d think a future joker of a guest host would be running the country.

Things never change, from 22.00 to 23.40.

Angus Deayton was a great presenter of HIGNFY imo and the cocaine and hookers allegations were quite lame excuses for him to be fired imo. However,it would seem Paul Merton and Ian Hislop despised Angus and perhaps the tabloid contoversy was ample ammunition to get rid of him.

@grahamstrouse1165

2 жыл бұрын

Today that would have got him elected to high office…

Back when it was funny and relevant. I really do miss Peter Cook and Douglas Adams.

Not particularly funny, audience / laugh track far too loud, but I never knew that Douglas had guested on this, so thanks for uploading. Hard to believe he’s been gone for over 20 years now, wish he had procrastinated about going to that gym.

Merton being as personal and unpleasant as ever! I always had a feeling Merton was Jealous of Angus Deaton getting more laughs than he did. And neither Merton or Hislop are anywhere near Peter Cooks league as far as comedy is concerned, if Peter spoke they really should have just shut up and let the the master show the students how its done.

Paul Merton showed his dislike for Daeyton on the show, which is never funny on a show that's supposed to be lighthearted.

@seanfaherty

2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing more English than a snide aside

A sober Cook in a suit. That must have been pure torture. For Cook as well.

“… future Queen of England.” Sadly not to be.

@vladimirputin4822

2 жыл бұрын

The crack about the shooting party wasn't far off though.

The irony in their remarks about Princess Diana

"The future Queen of England.." Haha, how things change.

Douglas who? Peter what? Pah! I spit on those pathetic excuses for guests. HIGNFY now has [checks notes] Jess Phillips, Sayeda Warsi, Camilla Long, and [drum roll] Fin Taylor!!! It also was the main player in the normalisation of Boris Johnson. So there is that too.

@jeanmyers1787

2 жыл бұрын

I have to object to Peter what. In his day was greatest, most irreverent comedian of his time ( look up Judge’s sketch if you understand it’s context, it’s sheer brilliance). He also bought Private Eye when it had cash difficulties so in more than one way was he was Ian’s hero. Sadly alcohol took his life but open your eyes by watching Not only but Also with Dudley Moore, One Legged Tarzan should start you off.

@dinogoldie9716

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanmyers1787 I have to object to your inability to recognise a joke when you read one.

"What if Charles murders people". Crikey!!! R.I.P Diana and Dodi.

What were these recorded on? Wax tablet? :)

Friday 11th December 1992

For reference HHGTTG which which Angus sneers at for being a franchise that somewhat overshadows book, the book followed the BBC radio series, but prior to that Douglas pitched the idea to movie people to no success.

From 9:02, Paul thinking years ahead of time before American Pie

@lmm2103

2 жыл бұрын

Paul often mentions things like this, he's talked about people having sex with cakes and putting their bits in bowls of jelly before. I pay attention to that sort of thing lol

sad to see how society has stagnated over the past 30 years

Back when it was good

So, no change there then. Apart from the fact that I used to laugh at it.

DA started off writing for NTNON

@Canalcoholic

2 жыл бұрын

Nonsense, he worked with Lloyd and may have contributed, but it barely registers on his CV. He started off writing for Monty Python and Doctor Who.

10:20 Doctor David Kelly, his future was to be altered.

Bring back Angus

Dr David Kelly. i wonder what happened to him?... ;-0

A latex nun - brilliant.

It was so much better with Angus...... and wasn't Douglas Adams so unfunny !!

@terryplatt8115

2 жыл бұрын

I always felt that he struggled somewhat on this show. He did not have the incisive, sharp, rapier wit of Merton, Cook or Deayton. His comedy was more considered. As he was very fond of reminding us, writing is easy: all you have to do is stare at a blank sheet until your forehead bleeds.

There’s no woke here.

Bring back Angus

@terryplatt8115

2 жыл бұрын

I've never understood why they didn't at least bring him back as one of the 'guest' presenters from time to time.

@jeanmyers1787

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryplatt8115 because they & Mary Whitehouse wanted to set an example. Now they’ve got Andrew the peodophile, Charles in the cash for honours scheme,+ Diana. & Edward still going full steam ahead with his films that have to be about royal family.