I've watched these so much I use them to relax or sleep. Except the Brian Blessed episode

@AlgoEX997

4 жыл бұрын

Snap!

@baoboumusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting the voice of Brian Blessed in my head now. "I'M BRIAN BLESSED! I TALK IN ALL-CAPS AND WITH DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARKS!! MY ELOCUTION CAN FILL THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL AND I SHAGGED A YAK ON MOUNT EVEREST!!!"

@baoboumusic

4 жыл бұрын

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@hannahjordan9833

4 жыл бұрын

@@baoboumusic LMAO

@pseudonayme7717

4 жыл бұрын

@@baoboumusic "That yak was gagging for it darling!"😁

OMG, Brian Blessed, I'd forgotten how good this was. Actual national/worldwide treasure.

I was lucky enough to get 4 tickets to the recording of Brian Blessed's episode. Absolutely wonderful, a night out to remember forever! We were fortunate that we were all in the front row. 2 hours after the recording started the producer had to stop it, because there was a queue of taxis outside the studio for people who had booked them in advance. My ears are still ringing. Best. Episode. Ever.

@sopcannon

Жыл бұрын

When did your hearing return?

@stevessowmindful576

Жыл бұрын

Brian blessed is awesome on there. Such a funny funny man.

@bostocked

27 күн бұрын

Sounds strange but how does one even apply to be in the audience?? Is it a waiting queue system or first come first served?

@laur9251

12 күн бұрын

​@@bostockedYou sign up for audience tickets, it is usually first come first served, but they are free, a quick google search should help you loads.

Brian Blessed most definitely left the reservation, leaving nothing behind but scorched earth. What a performance.

@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810

3 жыл бұрын

Off the reservation??? More like off the reservation, out the country, flee the continent and is currently residing somewhere in remotest Tanzania 🤷🏼‍♂️ And we wouldn't want him any other way.

38:12 Paul's reaction to the idea of Boris Johnson as PM says it all .....

I've never seen Paul Merton laugh so much over such a funny host, paul with his razor sharp wit normally holds it together especially when he says something funny. But Brian a true national treasure has him in stitches many times.

The Brian Blessed episode broke me when it first aired, it still does. Legendary.

@cgdimension

2 жыл бұрын

Watch his interview with Richard Herring, Insanity !

Still watching the Brian Blessed segment in 2023 and almost wetting myself with laughter. His delivery, voice and comic timing are fantastic 😂

Brian Blessed is so naturally funny, hearing him swear in that amazing voice - priceless!

The episode with Brian Blessed had me in stitches he is as mad as a box of frogs. Love also the Bill Bailey with Reginald D Hunter one.

I fell asleep last night with this on autoplay, and was abruptly woken up by Brian Blessed shouted "What the Fuck had happened to you"

@SamuelBlack84

3 жыл бұрын

Surprised your ear drums didn't burst😃

@elainemcgovern1430

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@jeanmyers1787

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

"Do Edith Piaf instead." Possibly the funniest joke that no one has ever laughed at.

35:57 Ian predicts the future 🤣 38:15 Paul’s reaction to the future 🤣

@howtootriggerafeminist3552

Жыл бұрын

My favourite part of the episode

"I don't know if that *was* racist, I guess I'll ask myself" kills me every time

I like how almost the entirety of Brian Blessed's episode made it into the "best of Season 35". Alan Duncan was excellent value too

@DrewSavo

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that I didn’t live in London or wherever he’s the MP for. After his appearance on that episode I genuinely would’ve voted for him. He wasn’t thin-skinned like most MPs: he could not only take a joke but dish it out too. And I respect that.

@hesky10

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrewSavo Melton and Rutland in Leicestershire is/was the constituency Alan Duncan was MP for

@davidgraham8058

2 жыл бұрын

I love how this is the entire highlights of Series 35 and it contained 10 minutes of Brian Blessed's episode before he finally said 'Round 2'.

@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.

2 жыл бұрын

Alan losing his shit at Brian's Everest story - pun intended - was the cherry on the cake.

@Mike--Oxmall

Жыл бұрын

I didnt like his second appearance though, it seemed like Ian and especially Paul just spent the entire night taking shots at him because he got more laughs than them the first time he was on.

The good ol' days when the idea of Boris as PM was a ridiculous joke...

I love how the best bits for Brian were effectively the entire episode haha

Having now lived in Germany for over 30 Years and not kept up-to-date with British current affairs (those of Germany's are equally demanding), I find "Hignfy" extremely amusing and entertaining. Thank you 😉

@conslin1147

2 жыл бұрын

So glad we could hear about you.

I'm glad you kept so much of the "Blessed". Definitely the BEST of Series 35!

Brian is clearly a HIGNFY nerd, not only acknowledging past episode with Ann Widdicombe, but also Swampy? Wow. Bet he's watching all these now!

Zippy as Ken Livingstone had me in stitches 😆

@clothilde1623

4 ай бұрын

That entire thing was absolute genius! I’d happily buy whomever made it a pint 😂

Brian Blessed is genuinely the most fascinating person to observe 😂😂😂 I love him

That Brian Blessed segment was not going to end, I've been on the floor laughing for several days I think.

“If Boris is any good let’s have him as prime minister” and Paul Merton laughs hysterically........................

@MrSniperfox29

4 жыл бұрын

Hislop and Merton claimed they were at fault for making Boris seem so "likeable"

@Bhalforii

3 жыл бұрын

Boris has been playing the game for a long time. Purposefully messed up hair every morning, little stumbles here, weird rants, humiliating photo ops... everything to make him seem goofy and unthreatening. Actually he created a persona to ward off any criticism and move easily into power. Just like the clown emperor over the pond it worked like a charm. Wanna implement something unpalatable? Just do or say a silly thing the same day and the criticism of the first thing will be drowned. The masses and the media eats it up and his friends in politics supports him all the way because they know its an act and they all win. You know its been so successful that he could be honest about the act tomorrow and no one would believe him.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! Brian blessed is a national treasure.

@EleanorPeterson

2 жыл бұрын

National treasure... I never know whether that expression means 'Loved by us all', or 'Should be buried in a field with only an X on a map to mark the spot'. 🤭

@babboon5764

8 ай бұрын

You're right. Attention span of a BBC executive I have ...... by the time I'd finished watching the whole thing I'd forgotten. Listening to to Blessed's Everest anecdote my wife came in from another room to find out what I was laughing so very loudly at.

Brian Blessed is a true eccentric British hero.

When Brian shouts "you are doing fuck all at the moment!" 🤣🤣🤣

I absolutely love this collection, especially Brian Blessed bit, anytime I need a laugh 😂

Love how they basically show the entire episode of Brian in it

Contraceptive Equipment = "Inflatable Priest" Thank you Paul!

I'm nuts about your compilations of my favourite show. Thank you. I'm going to request that these are played in my dying hours and I'll laugh myself to death

@rachelclare8795

2 жыл бұрын

Oh,this is an old comment but I LOVE that idea though I will have to combine it with Buddhist chanting. Ive given myself a challenge.I guess it will depend on who else is there. Actually, my last words will be “Oh yeah, I know what I’ll do..”

38:07 Paul Merton's despairing laughter is priceless.

this brings tears to my eyes even now. theres only one Brian

Love seeing them joke about how terrible Boris would be as PM. It’s like they saw the future.

Thanks for uploading all these HIGNFY best of’s - perfect watching for COVID

Wow, they spoke about Saville before he was outed and laughed about Boris Jonson being prime minister. How low we have sunk.

@russianbot7875

2 жыл бұрын

He was on the show once you should check the episode out

@stonehengemaca

2 жыл бұрын

@@russianbot7875 Pretty sure he was on the show twice..

Thank you so much for these uploads - they’re literally getting me through lockdown

These are all so brilliant, thanks so much for posting them.

I cry with laughter every time Brian Blessed completely derails anything he is on.

The only show to give you a headache from laughing too hard

Brian Blessed! Now thats a National Treasure!! ha ha!

"He's a fu%kin idiot!" - Paul knew even back then. ;-)

The Brian Blessed episode should be a best of on its own

@CDNChaoZ

4 жыл бұрын

It's the one I can rewatch all the time without getting tired of it.

@stevewynnearts

4 жыл бұрын

Noisy teat gobber

@mickmickymick6927

3 жыл бұрын

Yes cause then I could just not watch it.

I've been waiting for this one XD I half-expected it to have just the entirety of the Brian Blessed episode XD

These are so much fun, Thanks for posting.

i could listen to Julian Clary all day

I'd have loved to have seen Julian Clary host more episodes or even permanently, he makes a surprisingly good middleman and the interplay between him and Paul, who I believe are old friends, is brilliant.

@MatgoStyles

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Julian and Paul are very old friends. Paul has actually written a lot for Julian's act, even some of the filthiest innuendo!

@conslin1147

2 жыл бұрын

Friends or otherwise, Julian Clary was clearly out of his depth and it didn't make for the best viewing...

@anonUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@conslin1147 The problem is Julian Clary's act is 100% camp and gay innuendo- which was fine in the 80s when he was young and it hadn't been done as blatantly on TV before- but doesn't fit in well with a news quiz.

I feel it fair to mention here what happened when an unexpected soviet/russian sub surfaced through artic ice having tracked the inimitable Blessed and co. from underwater. Brian sang at them!

Brian Blessed is both magnificent and utterly adorable ! May The Gods bless you, Mr.Blessed.

jeremy clarkson losing composure is a sight worth seeing

@hesky10

2 жыл бұрын

Quite enjoyed him being baffled by gok wans gender as well as the missing word bit he lost his shit over

OMG I'm so glad Brian Blessed exists and we get to experience all of it. I wish there was an American 2020 analog. We have many who come close, but like the next guy said . . .

Brian Blessed is a national Treasure!

I'm just amazed the Brian Blessed episode boasted a 100% survival rate.

Brian Blessed.... what a treasure.

Them laughing at Boris Johnson being prime minister. Good lord. xD

I have to say this again... as lovely as he is, Brian Blessed is e x h a u s t i n g

@exessex3522

3 жыл бұрын

I think he's a total pain in the arse but I think I'm in a minority.

@Caroleonus

3 жыл бұрын

@@exessex3522 he is funny but also quite exacerbating. I think Ian and Paul feel this way a bit

@Bhalforii

3 жыл бұрын

He's incredible. Youre just too sensitive

@hayreddinbarbarossa661

3 жыл бұрын

He was exhausting in this only because he didn't give me a chance to breath between laughter.

@ianrutherford878

2 жыл бұрын

@@exessex3522 Me too.I skipped all of his bit.I'm in a minority about lots of stuff and FINE with it.

Boris's progress... watching in 2020!

After a good few watchings , can still have a great laugh . mocking Boris about being mayor , then he was and now PM :-) even on the show ! BB was awesome !

Brian Blessed is just amazing

Brian Blessed -- 24 carat solid gold!!

Thanks for posting.

eye, the Brian blessed one was comedy gold!

The best bits of season 35 **features the entirety of the Brian Blessed episode** Even years later, it still makes me cry laughing. 😂

Brian Blessed in a blessing.

An evening with Brian would not be long enough, what stories.

1:15:46 I love how this brings Jeremy Clarkson to tears :)

I’m with Ian; you don’t fatten a pig by weighing it all the time. I’m living in 2022, and this is still a relevant comment. Ye gods.

Back in 2008 we laughed at the idea of Boris as PM, and in 2021 we still do

@baoboumusic

2 жыл бұрын

In 2022 it turned to crying :(

@matthewkirkham9071

2 жыл бұрын

BDS. Boris derangement syndrome

@matthewkirkham9071

2 жыл бұрын

@@baoboumusic BDS. Boris derangement syndrome

Brian Blessed for the Speaker of the House of Commons!

Brian Blessed the coolest man ever

Brian Blessed cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love Brian Blessed so much.

Brian Blessed is like the Boris episodes but you actually like him lmao

Paul, Tommy Steele was one of the first UK artistes to stand up against S. African apartheid. No one is perfect but it does add some credibility to the tale. Plus, the public microscope wasn't as powerful in those days.

Brian blessed hilarious

Brian Blessed is fantastic.

Tanks for posting

Brian Blessed is just fantastic but i think thirty minutes in his company would be to much for me. Good on you Brian, your like a heatwave great at first but then later finding yourself screaming oh how i wish it would rain.

I think Ian made that Prescott "bring up" joke by accident

@lmm2103

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 100% certain that he knew exactly what he was saying

Brian Blessed... fantastic !

Brian Blessed in conversation with the 'Very drunk at the time' character from Brilliant! 🙂

40:03 good voice to scare kids off with

Brian blessed , brilliant

Cheers mate!

I want to grow up to be Brian Blessed.

Thank you

oh Brian Blessed !

O, to have the elan of Brian Blessed!

Brian Blessed should permanently host.

I really want to know what was written on the autocue at 26:15 to let Blessed know it was time to do that.

16:45 turn the volume down a little bit on this one.

Paul's laugh at 38:15 aged well....

Hmm... Sunday on Monday? Ok, still worth the wait.

@chubsfly

4 жыл бұрын

James baker was panicking 😂

@james_baker

4 жыл бұрын

@@chubsfly it's been a long ordeal. 🙀

Alan Duncan is the best conservative MP. Can you imagine Ann Widdicombe or Edwina Currie laughing historically at a story about shit on a shoulder?

@baoboumusic

2 жыл бұрын

Or hysterically ;)

@ryanwebb5082

2 жыл бұрын

Alan Duncan has made millions from dodgy oil deals

@withonelook1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanwebb5082 what does that have to do with him having a good sense of humor?

@ianrutherford878

2 жыл бұрын

@@withonelook1985 time will tell

I wish sticky moments was on the TV.

I would have loved it to know that Elvis toured London before he went back to the US. It just did not happen, sadly. I understand he had a fear of flying. Obviously, when enlisted he managed to cope. Maybe he just did not fancy a visit to the UK. That makes me said because I love Elvis.

@susi-emily

8 ай бұрын

I understood Elvis' lack of leaving the US, other than when he was enlisted, was down to Tom Parker. As he was an illegal immigrant in the US, had he left, as he would have been expected to do as Elvis' manager, he'd not have been allowed back in.

The X is briliant! Here it is!

Been a fan of Brian since Z Cars first came on telly gets better like a Stilton cheese!

@exessex3522

3 жыл бұрын

He was very good as Augustus in "I, Claudius" as well. Patrick Stewart played Sejanus in that series. If you want to see him with hair, take a look at it.

1:15:55 That might be one of the funniest things anybody has ever said on British tv. No idea how I've missed it. I've watched every episode and all of the compilations so many times. The hanging noose joke right before it.....i've seen a thousand times...... How in the world have I not seen the sex registry joke. My god. That's better than both Jimmy Carr's gloryhole joke And Sean's "not spitting on Miles during sex" joke on countdown. Jesus christ. I know Paul is one of the quickest and funniest alive....but surely they edited it to make it look seamless and instant. How in the world could he come up with it that fast. That is so damn funny.

Brian is such a treasure. ❤