HIGNFY featuring Russell Brand

[5t3IIa]

yeah I know.

but for something that's completely off the cuff it's almost like they've been shown that picture beforehand. They are very exact in describing it.

See poaolo99's post ^^

It's not an improv show and it's not a proper quiz - it's a comedy programme. We all know that, surely?

 

[Limejuice]

Interview with the writers on HIGNFY is interesting

 

[scifisam]

Oh... newsflash... request shows on the radio are also bollocks.

No, they're not. I phoned in a couple of times as a teenager and had my requests played, with mention of my name.

Who ever said they were commenting on the picture without seeing it before? It's always been common knowledge that they see the pctures before.

 

[May Kasahara]

Just watching this now (well - it's on tv in front of my eyes, I'm not really watching it). Russell Brand doesn't seem particularly nervous, no one else seems like they're ganging up on him, it's just an average episode of HIGNFY.

 

[DotCommunist]

Just watching this now (well - it's on tv in front of my eyes, I'm not really watching it). Russell Brand doesn't seem particularly nervous, no one else seems like they're ganging up on him, it's just an average episode of HIGNFY.

That's all that I saw too


Ian and Brand were brilliantly mismatched

 

[sleaterkinney]

I thought he came across as ok, his jokes didn't come off a couple of times but he hardly died a death.

 

[foo]

Only in an affectionate way.

Seriously, there is a huge difference (to me) between the piss taking when they really dislike someone (Piers Morgan), to the well meaning stuff that went on with Russell.

yeh, i agree. i don't think they gave Brand a particularly hard time. in fact, they actually seemed to positively enjoy him. especially Hislop.

i thought he was great. refreshing and funny.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I agree that his hair could do with attention. Apparently he had mice living in there when he was living his 'high life'

He was asked about this story in a televised interview I saw recently (Jonathan Ross, I think?), and said that he had bought the mouse and put it in his hair, so it wasn't quite how it sounds

 

[goldenecitrone]

I found it quite a dull episode, actually. Charlie Brooker got in a few good rants but on the whole it was a bit boring. Russell Brand isn't really a comedian as such. Just an intelligent freak.

 

[tommers]

No, they're not. I phoned in a couple of times as a teenager and had my requests played, with mention of my name.

well then you were lucky. A mate works for a well-known radio station. They have a playlist and then just wait for people to phone in requesting the songs that are already on the playlist.

Try it. Next time Reggie on Radio 1 is doing his show phone him up and ask for "First we take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen. Bet you it doesn't get played.

Were your requests "Wake me up before you go go" and "Karma Chameleon"?

 

[nadia]

I never got request shows, if a song was so important special good wouldn't you own it in some shape or form

 

[Guineveretoo]

Generally, I do think that HIGNFY is not as fun as it used to be. I remember really wanting to watch it, and rushing home to be able to do so, and I remember laughing out loud at it.

That rarely happens, and it certainly didn't happen last week!

 

[madzone]

Generally, I do think that HIGNFY is not as fun as it used to be. I remember really wanting to watch it, and rushing home to be able to do so, and I remember laughing out loud at it.

That rarely happens, and it certainly didn't happen last week!

It's a bit like Phil Jupitus on Buzzcocks - they just seem really tired and a bit stale

 

[scifisam]

well then you were lucky. A mate works for a well-known radio station. They have a playlist and then just wait for people to phone in requesting the songs that are already on the playlist.

Try it. Next time Reggie on Radio 1 is doing his show phone him up and ask for "First we take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen. Bet you it doesn't get played.

On the hospital radio station I worked at (which I know is not the same as major radio stations), the way we worked it was to take the call, check that we had it, grab it, then, after a bit, put the call through. So it wasn't like the person phoned in and then the DJ magically had the tune ready for them. We also didn't accept requests that ddn't match the style of the show.

Were your requests "Wake me up before you go go" and "Karma Chameleon"?

Pfft! I'm a fair bit younger than that. One of the stations was Radio Caroline and I think the song was by the Kinks, which makes me sound about 50, but I was just being rather retro at 14; can't remember anything about the other one.

 

[chico enrico]

It's a bit like Phil Jupitus on Buzzcocks - they just seem really tired and a bit stale

Phil Jupitus is simply not funny. Never has been , never will be. he's just like the fat kid in your class trying to ingratiate himself so you won't poke him with compasses.

Simon Amstell is a very funny (and spontaneously so) guy though.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

On the hospital radio station I worked at (which I know is not the same as major radio stations), the way we worked it was to take the call, check that we had it, grab it, then, after a bit, put the call through. So it wasn't like the person phoned in and then the DJ magically had the tune ready for them. We also didn't accept requests that ddn't match the style of the show.



Pfft! I'm a fair bit younger than that. One of the stations was Radio Caroline and I think the song was by the Kinks, which makes me sound about 50, but I was just being rather retro at 14; can't remember anything about the other one.

Mark Thompson would be proud

 

[agricola]

Much better show today

edit: though Madeley was shit

edit edit: apart from the mcdonalds bit after the credits

 

[sleaterkinney]

I love the way Madeley died on his arse yet was such a pro he kept the show going.

 

[zoooo]

I thought he would be so bad, that I was actually sort of impressed with him.

(But I thought he would be REAAAALLLY bad. So that's not saying much.)

 

[agricola]

I love the way Madeley died on his arse yet was such a pro he kept the show going.

You are not wrong, for once.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

Russell Brand isn't really a comedian as such. Just an intelligent freak.

That made me chuckle. Although I must confess to loving Brand with his curious manglings of the English grammar.

Who ever said they were commenting on the picture without seeing it before? It's always been common knowledge that they see the pctures before.

Apparently it's known as 'the Deayton Agreement'- and applies to any panel show where the guests are briefed on what they will be asked in advance of the filming.

I even read, I think it was in the Guardian, that the guests on NMTB, in the round 'what have we pixillated' actually get shown what has been pixillated before the show. which ruined it for me. I thought Bill Oddie was quite clever to work out that Shakira was chopping some pixillated onions...

I thought, 'that man knows his onions!'- but apparently not.

 

[joustmaster]

That made me chuckle. Although I must confess to loving Brand with his curious manglings of the English grammar.



Apparently it's known as 'the Deayton Agreement'- and applies to any panel show where the guests are briefed on what they will be asked in advance of the filming.

I even read, I think it was in the Guardian, that the guests on NMTB, in the round 'what have we pixillated' actually get shown what has been pixillated before the show. which ruined it for me. I thought Bill Oddie was quite clever to work out that Shakira was chopping some pixillated onions...

I thought, 'that man knows his onions!'- but apparently not.

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