I can actually see why Merton left after this for a bit. This episode was quite painful and it got much funnier afterwards. I'm glad he came back though.

@lmm2103

2 жыл бұрын

Both Mark and Paul are very funny but had little to say in this episode.

@matthewheaton9700

Жыл бұрын

@@lmm2103 Same with the parrot.

Friday 15th December 1995

HIGNFY is so tired these days, by comparison.

Lee Hurst. Lee F***ing Hurst Why?

What DID the Cockatoo Say?

@abitmoredeayton

2 жыл бұрын

It tried to say “shut up Angus” but failed

What did the parrot say?

The parrot for what reason

The princess was full of caring .. I don't get it

@drylunch6400

Жыл бұрын

Carling is a beer.

@therealmusician

6 ай бұрын

Carling is also the name of the rugby player she was rumoured to have been with for the past 20 or so episodes!

Merton really hated Deayton, didn't he? I like him a lot less having seen these early ones.

@SimonWhovian

2 жыл бұрын

At this stage, they got on and invariably had a post-show drink; it was only when the first drugs/prostitute scandal occurred that the hate set in, with Merton angry at the hypocrisy and threat to the show. All this is playful banter, working the audience with his usual straight, dead-pan delivery!

@HopeForestLose

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonWhovian That's somewhat contradicted by Merton's 2002 Parkinson interview. He was always teasing Nicholas Parsons on JAM as well but you could tell how affectionate that was, this came across uncomfortably personal at times imo.

@SimonWhovian

2 жыл бұрын

@@HopeForestLose Oh yes, I'd forgotten that interview- didn't he say he stabbed Angus in the front? Yeah, you may be onto something!

@HopeForestLose

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonWhovian Indeed he did, among many other things. I'm a fan of both but that definitely wasn't Paul's finest moment.

@jameswaters9353

2 жыл бұрын

Merton didn't like him from the off and the scandals just gave him an actual excuse. On the interview with Parkinson he did say that he didn't like Deayton. Didn't Merton take a short break from the show after this episode because he wasn't happy? I think it was Merton's problem and you can easily see the difference between how he interacts with people that he likes vs the people that he doesn't. Deayton (dislikes)/Hislop (likes) and Fry (likes)/David Shayler(dislikes) and Kilroy (dislikes)/Lynam (likes). He wears his emotions like an open wound. Despite the 20 years that have past since Deayton has left the show, he is the best thing that could happen to it.

make fun of aĺl praying - its nonsense anway

Making fun of Jews praying? Satire or antisemitism?

@TheKillingJoker1980

2 жыл бұрын

Ur view on life is very squewed

@pseudonayme7717

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKillingJoker1980 *skewed

@RIXRADvidz

2 жыл бұрын

religions in general are a money grab from the terminally stupid, buy your way to heaven, instead of taking responsibility for your own faults and triumphs, dumping it all on some deity that isn't pleased with it's believers.

@TheKillingJoker1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@RIXRADvidz fundamentally a very narrow and flawed view

@MrBannystar

2 жыл бұрын

It's called "a joke" and are harmless to everyone other than hyper-sensitive virtue-signalling dipshits.