I’m afraid that I can’t look at John Prescott without imagining him saying, “The mother-in-law came round the other day. I knew she was coming, the mice were throwing themselves on the traps.”

@mickeymouse7861

3 жыл бұрын

No, that was Les Dawson.

@sarahmillard6401

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeymouse7861 yes, that’s to whom I was referring.

@Sean-ce1hu

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeymouse7861 Poor Dean.

@geekylove3603

3 жыл бұрын

Loool. Nice one Sarah

@earthling1386

3 жыл бұрын

Sarah hahahahahahaha!!

I like how Ian never gets intimidated by anyone. And always has enough knowledge in their supposedly specialist subject to rip them apart.

@grahamlaidlaw7164

Жыл бұрын

Ian and Paul are a match made in , not heaven , the multiverse. one very educated the other not, but both incredibaly quick witted and mutual respect

@MrEminem

Жыл бұрын

He did get intimidated. He switched to a personal attack on Prescott's personal life; when he could have easily made the same point without trying to embarrass him -- in front of an audience.

@sandormccann2546

11 ай бұрын

@@MrEminem He's worth embarrassing though, a truly despicable human being. A vile hypocrite.

"You didn't own up publically you were revealed as doing it!" LOL

@brianthomas325

6 жыл бұрын

Mogul art

@holdtightadele8017

4 жыл бұрын

The scale of the fuck up wasn’t clear at first.

Prescott looks like Vader with his helmet off dying on the death star.

@amorembalming

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my fucking God. Spot on!

@elliotttalksf1825

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@mrtjm1152

5 жыл бұрын

Fucking hell you're right

@maximXX

5 жыл бұрын

More like Jabba the hutt

@elliotttalksf1825

5 жыл бұрын

Maxim X brilliant

The human Bullfrog vs An adult baby

@jessicaoloughlin8894

7 жыл бұрын

darkline64 which one's which? 😂

@fyodor48alyosha67

5 жыл бұрын

👍😂

@Gwydda

5 жыл бұрын

I just spat out all my water out of my nose. 😂😂😂😂

@stickykitty

4 жыл бұрын

Adult baby stomps on human bullfrog All day

@thegingerbreadman5149

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha!!!

John Prescott knew exactly what the spirit of this programme was all about: serious political discussion with a live studio audience.

@muhammadalieesaa3379

4 жыл бұрын

He would do good as a new host on Blankety Blank, I let you guess why & what I mean.

@philippayne4951

4 жыл бұрын

Yes talking ballshit as he always does.

Ian is a formidable journalist - None of his old public school chums are safe from his merciless satire.

@chrisyoung8714

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. He was all over that Jimmy Saville thingy...

@pezushka

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Satire! Yes! Satrise everything! Everything is ridiculous! I am above it all! Haha!

@Celestina0

Жыл бұрын

Prescott didn’t go to public school 🤔

@ulture

6 ай бұрын

@@Celestina0 that's why the media all pilloried him for every little thing while letting their fellow Old Boys get away with much worse

@encych5984

5 ай бұрын

​@@ulturehe deserves it. A union champion who became a Lord Prescott phuck him

I love how Paul tries to calm things down but when Prescot takes a shot at Ian for being smaller, Paul shoots Prescot down for being too big. Beautiful bit of loyalty there.

@djchodegasm7268

4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure Prescott was refering to when he was filmed punching a protester after getting egged

"This is like a terrible family Christmas" :-D

The audacity to play the death of thousands of people off as a mistake

@edwardjones2202

2 жыл бұрын

Right

@cameronmilne3590

Жыл бұрын

Millions mate

@boahnation9932

Жыл бұрын

To be fair... What else would it be? Even if they went in there knowing that is was all a sham, it can still be described as a mistake.

@beeellcee5022

Жыл бұрын

absolutely

@nocentii

Жыл бұрын

​​@@boahnation9932 an illegal war? And actions during it war crimes? What exactly do people consider Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Calling it a mistake is minimizing the impact and making it about the perpetrator's reputation, not their victims' dignity.

Haha Prescott fought his corner pretty well considering the circumstances.

@degsbabe

5 жыл бұрын

His exchanges with William Hague in parliament could be very funny.Once when Hague was taunting him over his physical encounter with a farm worker who threw an egg at him, Prescott retorted ' I may be known as 'Punch' - but we all know who Judy is...' He was called 'Two Jabs' (two jags) Prescott by the press.

@revol148

5 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Dixon war in Iraq - where's the comedy?

@philippayne4951

4 жыл бұрын

What sniffing round Corbyn, What's clever about that. He is a scumbag, like all Labourites.

@satjinder

4 жыл бұрын

Which show were you watching 😀

@dreamer2260

3 жыл бұрын

@@philippayne4951 Bullshit.

Victoria Coren-Mitchell's face at 1:49 gets me every time

@HashimAziz1

2 жыл бұрын

She was dying of cringe

@internationalrtg5602

11 ай бұрын

Gets me hard every time

Prescotts Most memorable quote , questioned upon landing after a plane ride... : '' I'm happy to be back on Terra Cotta ''

@AntonyClayton-eq1ul

4 ай бұрын

Gone to pot.

Ian Hislop can be the most savage man on the planet when he feels like it

1 million civilian deaths in Iraq and he dismisses it as a 'mistake' and laughs it off. what a real human.

@AbandonEarth911

2 жыл бұрын

Lord two jags prescott.

@andrewtucker94

2 жыл бұрын

That was John Prescott's fault, was it?

@tonyjones7372

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewtucker94 he was part of the Government, so yes. And even if he wasn't, no decent human being laughs off 1M civilian deaths.

@LoudaroundLincoln

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewtucker94 not solely. He gets a good portion of the blame though. Or he should.

@agt155

Жыл бұрын

Just like his affair - it was all a mistake. Like a child he thinks he can get away with anything as long as he apologises afterwards.

"Oh my god! The Daily Mail!"

@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood

3 жыл бұрын

Harry Enfield fan perchance?

Merton ruining the whole thing. This is what HIGNFY needs more of. The show has certainly lost some edge too it in recent years.

@TheGava4

8 жыл бұрын

+Ad Max Merton hasn't said ANYTHING FUNNY in YEARS!! Just comes out with random childish comments.

@TheGava4

8 жыл бұрын

+Grant Wilson yeah,but Hislop seems to get away with it. (Remember how he treated Paula Yates)

@iLike2BBQ

8 жыл бұрын

He needs to diffuse the situation

@pintpot

7 жыл бұрын

+TheGava4 Wasn't he completely right about Paula Yeats?

@Liedragon

6 жыл бұрын

they've been institutionalised. "adjusted"

Victoria Coren would be a perfect permanent host of this, clever, witty, on the ball

@user-se6rv5rr6i

2 жыл бұрын

But I'd much prefer to watch Piers Morgan and like sweat in that chair every week!

@kellyfinch5257

Жыл бұрын

NO !!!

@sheldonlunn7050

Жыл бұрын

,great tits...

@LukasOfTheLight

2 ай бұрын

She's a tedious royalist centrist.

2:15 You can always count on Paul Merton to ruin good television.

"it WASN'T embarrassing?!"

It’s like a terrible family Christmas. 😂🤣😂🤣

Prescott, "You didn't give us credit for what we didn't do!". Bloody hell.

I once met him on a train. He was having some difficulty getting into the disabled lavatory. I had to operate the automatic door for him and nearly ended up in the cubicle with him. I hope he knew how to find his willy, because I sure as hell would have drawn the line at that task.

@JohnSmith-su3ze

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I'm your first like

@southerncomfort7490

2 жыл бұрын

You had me believing you just until the last bit.

@BossySwan

Жыл бұрын

Wtf 😂

All we need now is Harry hill to run in and say fight.

By far one of my favourite ever HIGNFY moments

Paul Merton seems to have no problem coming to the aid of the likes of Prescott and Yates, yet was absolutely savage when it came to Deayton.

@rahulkemp6489

8 жыл бұрын

they personally hated eachother!

@ThePresident001

7 жыл бұрын

Why??

@rahulkemp6489

7 жыл бұрын

Eoin N. Molloy just didn't get on!

@cameronmilne3590

7 жыл бұрын

Merton is a champagne socialist. He didn't like Deayton because he was someone who came from a well off background and went to public school. Basically Merton has a massive chip on his shoulder.

@rahulkemp6489

7 жыл бұрын

Seige CJ Agreed on all points. But I find Merton funnier than Deyton or Hislop (which isn't setting the bar very high, I'll admit)

Thanks for posting.

2:18 Paul Merton actually gets paid every year for lines like this.

Just as it's getting good Merton steps in just to let everyone know he is still there. Sit down lad and let it play out.

@trollop_7

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Leave it to the editor.

.. brilliant episode.. love how she says. This is like a terrible family Christmas..😂😂

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff

Жыл бұрын

Bloody hell... cost of living these days having John Prescott at your table for Christmas Dinner might be the last time you ever sit at it before having to sell your house!

I think if Baron Prescott was a bit closer he would have given Hislop a left hook

@MrPomdownunder

2 жыл бұрын

He was known to punch the odd Welshman ....

This got awkward fast

If Paul Merton can de-escalate a fight between Prescott and Hislop he should be a Middle East peace envoy think of the peace he would bring to the region with his wit.

@agt155

Жыл бұрын

Shooting Prescott would probably be better for the middle-east.

Always had a soft spot for prescott ever since he punched a be mulleted moron for chucking an egg at him... Nice one John

David Mitchell is one lucky funny man.

@VincentRE79

5 жыл бұрын

@Kent Donaldson Yes he has certainly picked the winning ticket in life's lottery.

@johnrogers2045

5 жыл бұрын

@@VincentRE79 she is a lefty fool.

@VincentRE79

5 жыл бұрын

@John Rogers We could overlook that with Victoria.

@fireonawire

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnrogers2045 Who cares? All parties are the same. Same shit, different colour scheme.

@georged366

5 жыл бұрын

John Rogers lmao we found the WOKE dude.

Thanks for sharing, I love British Comedy x

@leood5431

5 жыл бұрын

never would've guessed

@andysmith4205

4 жыл бұрын

@@leood5431 Lol!

This show used to be legendary!

'Two Jags' was just yet another massive liar. He was caught out many times...but just continued his lies. Did he know Ronnie Pickering?

@markywellsboy2182

4 жыл бұрын

RONNIE PICKERING!!

@markywellsboy2182

4 жыл бұрын

@Stephen Crowther RONNIE F*****G PICKERING!!

@applejuice5272

Жыл бұрын

Who?

i so love hislop

@cun7us

7 жыл бұрын

I don't.

@WeWantYouToStay

6 жыл бұрын

He's incredibly petty and thinks highly of his own opinions. Also starts needless feuds and can't take any stick back, just plays popularity with the audience of (essentially) his own show, who will always back him over a guest

@NickSBailey

6 жыл бұрын

Nah his reponses are weak just contradicting whether it's true or not Private Eye does get sued all the time and Prescott is allowed to change his mind on Iraq. Blair is hated still because he insists to this day it was the right to do.

@bobwallacejnr6852

5 жыл бұрын

@@cun7us me neither mate. hes a cunt.

@jpw1490

5 жыл бұрын

I so agree

Look how uncomfortable merton looks too lol

Mertons interruption wasn't even funny

@theawesomeleprechaun

8 жыл бұрын

+Danny Boy This show isn't meant to be a political debate, Merton was trying to keep it light and help the show along

@ZPSBestProfileName

6 жыл бұрын

The show is supposed to be political, though. It's nice seeing these exchanges, in between all the crappy one liners

@iHuzza

6 жыл бұрын

ZPSBestProfileName The key word in Vulture's comment was "debate". HIGNFY is most definitely not intended for frank discussion of a politician's personal life and or involvement in a party, it's political satire in the end. Though moments like these are good, they're best off as the exception to the rule, and not the rule itself.

@RealityCheck6T9

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but whatever Merton interrupts with should at least be funny. I'm kind of repeating OP's point seeing as it didn't get through the first time.

@darkone666

4 жыл бұрын

Thay never are

Paul is good at calming things down

@harryp6484

6 ай бұрын

Is it dolphin in a bathtub?

He actually wants credit for not killing even more innocent people than they actually did 🙄

@mayalucinder6240

3 жыл бұрын

No he wants credit for stopping innocent people from being killed.

@mayalucinder6240

3 жыл бұрын

Anyway, we're bound to being America's lapdog now after Brexit, we've been cut off from our other friends in the world

Why isn't there an Ian Hislop 'Thug Life' compilation?

@georged366

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Conway Someone’s seems to be venting...

@PB-mo1fs

5 жыл бұрын

IH is a prissy little man and not funny.

@georged366

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Conway lol salty

Like most people who think they "deserve forgiveness" for having owned up.. they only owned up having been exposed as having done it!

Lol at Merton's comment at the end- would pay good money to see Hislop and Prescott have a scrap

This is so refreshing, at last TV viewing with NO REHERSALS....!

Just let them have a fight it would be hilarious to watch tv gold 🤣🤣🤣

my god it's like a trickster uncle vs. an evil uncle

Stopped us going into Syria... for about 2 years. *sigh*

@TheYopogo

3 жыл бұрын

I don't support the intervention in Syria, but to be fair even when we did go in we weren't aiming at toppling the government. If we'd gone in the first time, we would have toppled Assad, and then when ISIS flared up a few years later they would likely have taken Damascus and all the industrial and population centres, rather than just tracts of desert and a few cities. Whilst I don't support either, going in the first time would have been FAR worse, so even though Miliband only delayed the intervention, even that delay did achieve a lot.

@Zkkr429

3 жыл бұрын

People forget what Cameron wanted to do. He was actually going to bomb Syria, in support of ISIS. They didn’t realize what it was at the time and were about to make a gigantic blunder. Prescott is right Miliband did stop it and he doesn’t get any credit. When we did intervene in Syria we at least didn’t do it in support of radical Islamists who want to end Western Civilization. That 2 years was vital to understanding who the protagonists in the civil war were. So instead of bombing the Assad regime and pissing off the Russians and helping ISIS the intervention has mainly avoided conflict with Assad and concentrated on putting down radical Islamists. Huge difference, and thanks to Labour and Milliband!

@dreamer2260

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zkkr429 Well said. Our bombings of ISIS (though mostly it was the Americans) were well worth doing, done in coordination with secular, feminist, pro-democracy forces on the ground in the form of the Kurds and their Arab allies, and were critical to enabling them to wipe ISIS off the map.

Tony told me to go and connect with the electorate. So that what I did.

SO MUCH BANTER

I knew this was going to be good going in. I wasn't disappointed

Prescott saying about Blair with Iraq, Ed Miliband and Syria. MILLIBAND WAS NOT PRIME MINISTER WHERE AS TONY BLAIR WAS.

you can imagine mertons ear piece going mental ''say something funny''

@Heresjonnyagain

3 жыл бұрын

Adam G these grillings are half the reason the audience is there

Mr Toad let himself go

Nice for Jabba the hut to take time out for the filming of Star Wars the treble prequel.

Paul Merton still has a thousand-yard stare to his hard left for some reason.

The problem with John Prescott is he would always got aggressive. Would never have liked working in any of his departments.

@peterduff9281

4 жыл бұрын

Well, his department had a big bullying problem - I wonder why? Good old compassionate Labour!

I think that says a lot

Les Dawson's let himself go

Huge respect for Prescott that he punched that cowardly egg-throwing thug on the campaign trail despite the obvious negative repercussions.

Paul really saves Ian there . Only issue i ahave with Ian is sadly he has blindedly supported the self regulation by the papers , which is bad due to their own manipulation of complaints . While it is easily argued that any goverment controlling press is equally bad , there are more checks and balances than the self appointed people in their own industry .

Victoria saying massive is exciting

David Mitchell did very well

*WHAT’S YOUR COMPLAINT?*

When John bends his neck into his chest he reminds me of Jabba the hut

The 'terrible family Christmas' joke at 2:45 is the most bog standard stuff that people always say on a show after there's a little argument. Surely she can do better than that.

This isn’t Hislop and Prescott. This is Claude Cat and Marc Antony.

I didn´t know there was an actual live version of Jabba the Hutt, I thought he was just a made-up character in a movie!

Who's the other panellist?

Ian Hislop is superb, he doesn't hold back. And Victoria Coren is SO fit!

I feel so sorry for Victoria and Paul

Was this aired or cut out?

Ian Hislop for prime minister!

Oh my god the daily mailll!

Prescott would definitely beat Hislop in a fight

@trashygit

5 жыл бұрын

He would easily be distracted by some sausage rolls.

@kylenoble9110

5 жыл бұрын

Chaps both are fat

@legomaniac856

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylenoble9110 Yeah, but Prescott used to box.

@kylenoble9110

3 жыл бұрын

@@legomaniac856 oh ano semi professional

@chadfife3265

6 ай бұрын

Typical Bully ....losing an intellectual disagreement, so wants to make it physical

Very very good interjection from Victoria Coren at the start

John Prescott, a man that cant wear a belt and a tie at the same time in case he turns into sausages.

@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff

2 жыл бұрын

STEPHEN LEE has the same problem

Two Jags Prescott and his warmonger mates Blair, Brown, Straw etc trying to defend his part the Iraq war!!

Still waiting on Leveson 2...

is it a dolphin in a bathtub?

2:38 enough meat for a few chicken wings there

Utterly detestable, the lot of them.

Except in Syria Assad had used chemicals weapons on his subjects not long before the military action.

Mr Prescott was supposed to be there as a counterweight to the PM when controversial policies were put forward. But, he was given two Jags to go and play with. So, he was not present when the decision to illegally invade Iraq was taken.

@roberthutchins4297

2 жыл бұрын

"illegally invade Iraq was taken" What a nonsensical comment! What do you mean by "illegal"? But, of course, you haven´t a clue.

Coren's dad was talented😎

The only thing Prescott would win is a pie eating contest.

Can we get some love for Prescott here? Guy has always been a fucking battleaxe of awesome whether you agree with his politics or not.

@dreamer2260

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

'we made a mistake' sorry John thats pathetic

I doubt there has ever been a more duplicitous slimy politico (And I DO include Bliar) than two Jags utterly revolting insect.

Go on Ian.👍

Paul slammed Prescott pretty good with that 'Room Service' quip

I could listen to Prescott burbling all day. He consistently fails to engage brain fully before opening gob. His syntactical butchery is glorious to behold. Its like the sentence is perfectly formed in his head, but by the time it reaches his mouth, its become alphabetti spaghetti. Somebody mentioned Les Dawson's piano playing. Well, Prescott talking is the speech equivalent ; it's vaguely right, but comically jarring in its garbled magnificence. When he's in full flow, it's the verbal equivalent of the sound of furniture falling out of the back of a lorry.

@Chrislotl

2 жыл бұрын

stop writing like this

@Alpacaclypse

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chrislotl it is a tad pretentious, I agree. It’s a good observation though

@BossySwan

Жыл бұрын

Standard Labour windbag

Prescott is shaped like an egg

@EGGJAZZ

7 жыл бұрын

was funny when he got hit by one

@iby914

7 жыл бұрын

A rotten one at that.

@citizen1163

7 жыл бұрын

+EGGJAZZ Can't forget the Chumbawamba ice bucket over his head! Ah, those were the days!

@JETJOOBOY

7 жыл бұрын

It was FU NY when he TWATTED THt hippy!

@philippayne4951

5 жыл бұрын

And a crawler. He crawls round Corbyn hoping for a cabinet job.

Both born in Wales so both know how to argue

Omg I have GOT to move to England

Damn. That got kinda weird.

Battle of the egos.

Punitive air strikes were on the table after Assad regime used chemical weapons against citizens, not '' an invasion into Syria'. All those that vacuously cheered at doing nothing should ' consider the differences between an invasion of a country and the use of force to put an end to continuing butchery. '