The whole format of the Graham Norton show is perfect. All the guests are there all the time, they get to interact, and Graham sets each and every one up to win by guiding them into their best anecdotes. And the booze helps to loosen them up.
@@nannerz1994 Actually untrue, as he himself says, guests can ask for alcoholic drinks, and drink them during the show. Not uncommon for them to, either.
Yeah 100% agree! This pretty much just confirmed for me Seth's comedy tastes and mine must be aligned, cause he's the one who hosts so many incredible British comedians I love.
@@Mugdorna Yes, good reminder! I should say yeah he's got the pulse of more than just British comedians, cause I believe Aisling Bea's been on it as well? So yeah thanks for reminding me.
Probably helps that now Comcast own Sky in the UK, Ireland, Germany, etc, a lot of their UK and Ireland shows end up on Peacock and NBC etc, so corporate cross promotion synergy 😊
I've loved watching Graham as an Interviewer, but seeing him being Interviewed...how delightful! What a fantastic guest!! That was a great interview! And I'll repeat what others have said: Now it's time for Seth to go on Graham's show!! Love you both! Thank you for those laughs! LOVE IT!
One of the best talk show interviewers ever. He asks his questions and then steps aside. Then asks another question that's relevant to the conversation. All with humor. Seth is like that with guests that he knows well. He lets them finish. Good interview.
As with all things in American Talk Show customary practices, almost everything you see on stage is done because... tradition. My guess is the mugs likely started under Carson when guests were actively drinking on stage, but perhaps they wanted to conceal the extent of the drinking to the audiences/censors. Now a days no PR person lets celebs drink, but yet they still do the coffee mugs. Funny when things never get questioned.
@@cutapacka4 It's much simpler: continuity. The mug doesn't show how much is in the mug, so they can edit without there being a glass of water that magically refills and empties itself. It helps that it doesn't show what is in the mug but the way people drink water, tea, coffee, is different to beer, wine, spirits and people will most likely notice. Nobody sips water from a mug as you don't take a full swig from hard liquor.
I didn’t even realise the drink difference thing and reasoning until now.. 🤭 whoops! Going to watch more closely now! (Being from Australia, I just realised I don’t even remember what they offer, as I’m usually watching international talk shows, so now I’m going to look after finishing watching this!) 😂 I’ve never been a big hot drink liker myself.. can’t even remember last time I had a hot drink! I’m not really big on soups either, but occasionally will give having soup another go… I have so many mugs, as well as glasses… occasionally I’ll put soup or icecream in my mugs or some blueberries.. just to give the mugs some time out of the cupboard! 😂 Some others are on display around the kitchen! 🤷♀️
@@Yvolve On David Colbert's show, he was serving drinks in a glass and you can see the break in continuity of the liquid level in the glass between camera shots.
If anyone hasn’t ever seen it, check out the episode where Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Hugh Bonneville are on the Graham Norton Show. It still Slaps 😂
Seth is singlehandedly bringing every British talk show personality/guest on his show. If he doesn't have Lee Mack or David Mitchell on soon I'll be livid
What's even funnier for me in his story about starting the show after the announcement of pope's death is that we have a rather common catchphrase in Poland (where that pope was from) "...and then I walk in, dressed all in white." that originated from a comedy and usually is meant to say that you appear great due to terrible surroundings. Fits seamlessly here XD
I just want to say that one of the funniest things ever was Graham singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" on an episode of "Father Ted." I hope that's in his autobiography when he writes it.
He's written several books already, including at least one autobiography! You should check them out. I don't particularly remember this incident, but he narrates his books on audible and they are pretty funny.
My favourite Red Chair story is by the young woman from Derry talking about a car, which she pronounced 'char'. And her sarcasm to the guests who could not understand her accent.
My favourite story was the woman who was riding an Arabian stallion in the desert. A group of wild horses approached and a mare caught the eye of her stallion who pricked up his ears and other parts apparently. She felt she was safest in the saddle during the 'deed' and when she finished her story one of the guests said "Thank God you weren't on the mare!"
Thank you for that. We never watched her, although, after realizing very few of her age peers "got" British Humour predisposed her to thinking "British Humour" was PERHAPS an "Acquired Taste". A lifetime in Canada (all my forefathers from both sets of grandparents back were purportedly of British descent ie born in Britian) TRYING in vain to explain WHY SHE LAUGHED convolusively when watching British Humour whereas others SAT THERE...bewildered and HOSTILE (in many cases) asking, "WHAT's SO FUNNY?" lead HER to indoctrinate we three to the humour she LOVED. At the time, the "Carry On" movies were abundant, but due to the "risqué", "naughty" or "dirty" (sexual inuendo) themes, my Mum ~ Elizabeth Anne Margaret [Very British Maiden Name] ~ protected we "littles" from that "adult content"....until the day we wandered in...drawn by her riotous laughter. Unbeknownst to HER we stood there ~ unlaughing ~ as she continued to HOWL at the "dirty" bits unfolding before her. We made our presence known by LAUGHING ALOUD at the "age-appropriate" British Humour. More "dirty" humour followed and we ASKED HER, "Mummy, what is so FUNNY?" and then, she realized we had no (remembered) life experience which would ALLOW us to understand the "dirty" bits...so all such humour (so to say) "Flew Over Our Heads". I have an ADDITIONAL (and very funny) tale to share álà me "discovering" my OWN LITTLES had unusual senses of humour in their own right...but this is overlong...so I'll save it and share IF the Op HAPPENS to see this AND RESPONDS. ❤
Graham’s show are high octane. This Friday’s couch (17 Jan) is Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. The Friday after (24 Jan) is Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Ariana Grande and Jamie Bell.
Seth needs to do a UK trip and knock a few things off of my list I have for him: Graham Norton Show, Would I lie to you and/or 8 out of 10 cats, Chicken shop date, Off Menu Podcast, and maybe a Taskmaster New Years Treat? Thats not asking too much is it?
My "Scouse Spouse" loved it that I initially pronounced HIS surname CORRECTLY. I know the proper pronounciation of a FEW of the more popularized British names such as Beauchamp, Cockburn, Davies, Fiennes, Kerr, Saint John Smythe & Warwick but I am UTTERLY CLUELESS on the pronunciation of the more Polysyllabilic names: Belvoir, Chomondeley, Colquhoun, Dalziel, GOOD LORD Featherstonehaugh, Fenwick, Geoghegan, Gloucester, Knollys, Levenson-Gower, Mainwaring, Majoribanks, Menzies, Pepys, Shrewsbury, STANHOPE, Wodehouse, Worcester (and Worchestershire), & Wriothesley. Wow. I'm going to copy/paste this to notes (and add the correct pronunciation of these names) for HIS AMUSEMENT. I POSIT he will LAUGH if I type these names in /chat and have we Canucks and Americans, Malaysians & others TRY to pronounce THEM.❤
The greatest and the best in the business. Viva LA Graham Norton. I still remember finding his show for the first time and seeing his reverse shot intro of him coming out of water. Don't take that out of context. A1.
Like the way Mr Norton does his show. All the visitors out in the beginning which help interaction of guests making it a living show rather a static one
His show's format allows the guests to relax (sometimes helped by a drink), unlike straightforward interviews. Because they're all out together, it means they don't have to be 'on' for the whole thing and interaction between the guests is encouraged.
@@palco22 The Beeb doesn't have to constantly break up programmes for ads every few minutes so they can actually have an hour-long (longer, before it's edited down) show. No US TV broadcaster is ever going to lose out on all those ad breaks.
Yes IT IS. I can easily ~ with my "medical diagnoses ~ get powerful analgesics, narcotics, anti-inflamatories, muscle relaxants, gabapentin and OTHER "exogenic" pharma prescribed due to me. I Rejected all such non-endogenous pharma decades ago, although I gained some relief from the debilitating pain of a chronic disability and the added fun of stress-causal migraines & cluster headaches throughout MY LIFE. Later, when the STRESS of my life SKYROCKETED and I developed well-nigh CONSTANT migraines (Im a medical anomoly) AND, atop those chronic challenges, Facial Nerve Pain and VERTIGO (which first erupted in 2011)...I refused BOTOX and all other PRESCRIBED (and illegal) pharma.... A sweet young man ~ 30 years my juniour ~ BUFFED my endogenous pharma by MAKING ME LAUGH...FOR SIX SOLID HOURS...the vassopressin, oxcytocin, the dopamine and the ENDORPHINS he helped me access broke that HORRIFIC PAIN. As was his plan. ❤ I have AVOIDED the "escalating suicidal ideation" which plagues those who contract Facial Nerve Pain...and end up TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES...as I use my own PHARMA rather than any other "drugs". It is AWESOME. ❤
Might I suggest others check out (in addition to the suggestions offered by others) ANY G.N. Dame Miriam Margolyes visit...my FAVOURITE featuring Will. I. Am... Another much loved episode was the Sir Patrick Stewart's "cirumcision" story... He GRAHAM so GENUINELY LIKES most of his guests and is GENUINELY INVESTED in SHOWCASING their humour he does NOT dominate the conversations but rather FACILITATES and delightedly provokes which relaxes his guests and brings the silliness forth. His EMPATHY and COMPASSION, his love of non-maliscious humour make him UNPARALLELLED as does his...authenticity. I love this guy. Alcohol aside, he makes people WANT to share their foilbles...he CONNECTS and ENTANGLES instantly Imo, Norton's INNER QUALITIES are far more of an INTOXICANT than the alcohol...he is a GENUINELY good man.
I would very much like to see Seth come to the UK, guest on Graham, but as a "bonus bit" have Seth show a Day Drinking segment specifically with Sandi Toksvig.
Ive been watching Graham since I could get it in the U.S. 2 decades. His original show was a bit of immature is maybe the word. It has matured as he has.
Wait, the Big Red Chair is only 12 years old? So the first time I saw it, it was a fairly new thing? I just sort of thought Graham had been doing this for decades. Love him and his show.
Met Graham on the Champs-Elyses in Paris 20+ years ago during a stint I had in London. I asked him if his show was on in the morning or night and got the look of death and terse answer- in the evening. To this day, I still tell this story and know I would be flipped if I was on his show. 😂
I adore Seth, but Graham's show is amazing and most of his guest are better on his show than any other. Many times they seem to forget they are promoting something and get into crazy conversations with the guests.
I would like to hear what Graham might say candidly regarding his thoughts on the overall production process in American talk shows vs. British TV, or more specifically, his own show. Aside from the obvious characteristic differences (such as format (i.e., the number of guests being interviewed on stage at a time, etc.) from an American viewer’s perspective (or at least this American viewer, anyway) there just seems to be such a higher level of excitement and energy in the studio on Graham’s show than there does on Seth’s. Don’t get me wrong, i love Seth and am a loyal viewer! It just seems, putting the two shows side by side, that Seth’s show only has about 5 people in the studio audience. Feels sort of lackluster compared to TGNS. Am i going to get an angry mob at my door for sayin’?
Drinks are served in mugs for continuity so that if the show needs to be edited out of order the amount of liquid in the drink doesn't change, which is why when you watch Graham's talk show you will often see someone's pint or glass of wine magically refill between shots.
3:50 his first live show on television, on Channel 4, was funnier and more risqué than his work for the BBC, though it was obvious at the time that Graham had been angling for a BBC position all along. Interesting that Graham seems to completely gloss over the Channel 4 show as though ashamed of it! His guest appearances on Father Ted were very funny too.
Graham: Treat each guest as a jam scone... Seth: I've never treated a guest like a jam scone... Graham: Erm. Like a "gemstone." Seth: ... Every jackal ever: Behold the prescience of JEWELS!
OMG!!!! My two most favorite talk show hosts together!!!!! Talk about heaven!!!! This is better than a Taylor Swift concert! (Just joking. I'm 61 and have no idea who Taylor same as Ed O'Neill.
It makes perfect sense to serve water in a non transparent container - like a mug… if you cut back and forth it would be strange to have jumping levels in the glass…
Ronnie's chair wasn't Red, it was a progressively more worn out beige chair, as the years progressed - they seemingly kept the same few chairs for his 'sit down' anecdotes - there's a few excerpts and full episodes on youtube etc - look under "The Two Ronnies" and Ronnie Corbett 😂
I loooove Graham Norton's show but I wish it had started before 1984. I'm a Canadian and at a 1984 New Year's Eve party I attended, the Host gave me a head's up that a unattached man with a nice car had just arrived. I couldn't have cared less about the car, he had me at 'single'. Within seconds an attractive man carrying a 'man purse' appeared. The first thought through my head when I saw him was "Not my type, besides he's probably gay" so I wrote him off. It would have been helpful if, before that meeting, I had had some experience playing the Graham Norton's segment of "European or Gay?" Turns out he was a European immigrant to Canada, not gay, and also very persistent so we just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary. 🤗
When is Graham going to have Seth on his show? I’d love to see Seth unfettered by American broadcast standards.
Oo yes please
@@pikkutaiteilija Seth would do "day-drinking" on stage on Norton's show.
Actually, Seth should've had Graham do a Day Drinking episode.
Yeeeessssss!!!
That and day drinking with Graham :D
Or American Jackals…
The whole format of the Graham Norton show is perfect. All the guests are there all the time, they get to interact, and Graham sets each and every one up to win by guiding them into their best anecdotes. And the booze helps to loosen them up.
And they get the best bookings too, every other show is way down the list.
And they shoot well over an hour of footage, and edit it down to the best possible show.
Yes!!!!
And Miriam Margolyes might be a guest!
Graham is the BEST interviewer on TV ever.
She's up there but he also doesn't do it with alcohol like Seth does. Welll okay he doesn't do it with the guests drinking alcohol
you do know that Seth reads these right?
@@nannerz1994 Actually untrue, as he himself says, guests can ask for alcoholic drinks, and drink them during the show. Not uncommon for them to, either.
Ever
Michael Parkinson.
Norton is like the tik tok version.
Looove that Seth's show is slowly introducing more and more of the British comedy stable into the American diet
Yeah 100% agree! This pretty much just confirmed for me Seth's comedy tastes and mine must be aligned, cause he's the one who hosts so many incredible British comedians I love.
Graham is Irish BTW. And yes, his show is highly successful and based/created in the UK.
@@Mugdorna Yes, good reminder! I should say yeah he's got the pulse of more than just British comedians, cause I believe Aisling Bea's been on it as well? So yeah thanks for reminding me.
i hear next week Seth will have a fat guy running really fast around the stage chased by girls in bikinis.
Probably helps that now Comcast own Sky in the UK, Ireland, Germany, etc, a lot of their UK and Ireland shows end up on Peacock and NBC etc, so corporate cross promotion synergy 😊
I've loved watching Graham as an Interviewer, but seeing him being Interviewed...how delightful! What a fantastic guest!!
That was a great interview! And I'll repeat what others have said: Now it's time for Seth to go on Graham's show!!
Love you both! Thank you for those laughs! LOVE IT!
One of the best talk show interviewers ever. He asks his questions and then steps aside. Then asks another question that's relevant to the conversation. All with humor.
Seth is like that with guests that he knows well. He lets them finish.
Good interview.
Graham's rant about the mug of water is so Irish 😂😂😂 tea/coffee please lads 😂
As with all things in American Talk Show customary practices, almost everything you see on stage is done because... tradition. My guess is the mugs likely started under Carson when guests were actively drinking on stage, but perhaps they wanted to conceal the extent of the drinking to the audiences/censors. Now a days no PR person lets celebs drink, but yet they still do the coffee mugs. Funny when things never get questioned.
@@cutapacka4 It's much simpler: continuity. The mug doesn't show how much is in the mug, so they can edit without there being a glass of water that magically refills and empties itself. It helps that it doesn't show what is in the mug but the way people drink water, tea, coffee, is different to beer, wine, spirits and people will most likely notice. Nobody sips water from a mug as you don't take a full swig from hard liquor.
@@Yvolve Mostly the guests don't drink out of the mugs at all and they sit out of shot.
I didn’t even realise the drink difference thing and reasoning until now.. 🤭 whoops! Going to watch more closely now! (Being from Australia, I just realised I don’t even remember what they offer, as I’m usually watching international talk shows, so now I’m going to look after finishing watching this!) 😂 I’ve never been a big hot drink liker myself.. can’t even remember last time I had a hot drink! I’m not really big on soups either, but occasionally will give having soup another go… I have so many mugs, as well as glasses… occasionally I’ll put soup or icecream in my mugs or some blueberries.. just to give the mugs some time out of the cupboard! 😂 Some others are on display around the kitchen! 🤷♀️
@@Yvolve On David Colbert's show, he was serving drinks in a glass and you can see the break in continuity of the liquid level in the glass between camera shots.
If anyone hasn’t ever seen it, check out the episode where Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Hugh Bonneville are on the Graham Norton Show. It still Slaps 😂
It’s so damn funny!
That was AMAZING
Hard agree! Also, the one where Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling essentially roast each other for an hour is wonderful. :-)
Thank you gir that suggestion. Id never seen it before. That was hilarious! I loved Murray laughing until he cried.
Matt Damon spontaneously gave Graham Norton the most enormous compliment ever on that particular episode. Graham’s response was simply lovely.😌
Absolutely love Graham and Seth! Seth come to the U.K.!!
I've watched a lot of talk shows in the UK and from the US and Graham's show is by far the best!
That was the best suggestion coming from Seth. Graham Norton's Best Red Chair Moments had me laughing with tears.
Seth is singlehandedly bringing every British talk show personality/guest on his show. If he doesn't have Lee Mack or David Mitchell on soon I'll be livid
What's even funnier for me in his story about starting the show after the announcement of pope's death is that we have a rather common catchphrase in Poland (where that pope was from) "...and then I walk in, dressed all in white." that originated from a comedy and usually is meant to say that you appear great due to terrible surroundings. Fits seamlessly here XD
YES i intuited THAT must have had SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (beyond the obvious fact that the Pope famously WEARS WHITE). Thank you for sharing.
I love Graham Norton. Been watching his show for many years. One of the wittiest and funniest hosts ever!
Unmatched. Love him.
He always misses out on awards for his show and I never understand why ….he is fantastic
@@alisonlepley666ikr…Ant and Dec dominated the TV award scene for so long its a crime 😂
I just want to say that one of the funniest things ever was Graham singing "Bohemian Rhapsody" on an episode of "Father Ted." I hope that's in his autobiography when he writes it.
He's written several books already, including at least one autobiography! You should check them out. I don't particularly remember this incident, but he narrates his books on audible and they are pretty funny.
I just wanted to say that one of the funniest things ever was "Father Ted."
The youth group dance party in the tiny caravan.
I just wrote the same thing.
Oh, a quality guest! Good to see
Graham Norton! My favourite chat show host!
My favourite Red Chair story is by the young woman from Derry talking about a car, which she pronounced 'char'. And her sarcasm to the guests who could not understand her accent.
My favourite story was the woman who was riding an Arabian stallion in the desert. A group of wild horses approached and a mare caught the eye of her stallion who pricked up his ears and other parts apparently. She felt she was safest in the saddle during the 'deed' and when she finished her story one of the guests said "Thank God you weren't on the mare!"
Another British talk show, The Dame Edna Experience, was doing chair flips almost 40 years ago. It was absolutely hilarious!
Thank you for that. We never watched her, although, after realizing very few of her age peers "got" British Humour predisposed her to thinking "British Humour" was PERHAPS an "Acquired Taste".
A lifetime in Canada (all my forefathers from both sets of grandparents back were purportedly of British descent ie born in Britian) TRYING in vain to explain WHY SHE LAUGHED convolusively when watching British Humour whereas others SAT THERE...bewildered and HOSTILE (in many cases) asking, "WHAT's SO FUNNY?" lead HER to indoctrinate we three to the humour she LOVED.
At the time, the "Carry On" movies were abundant, but due to the "risqué", "naughty" or "dirty" (sexual inuendo) themes, my Mum ~ Elizabeth Anne Margaret [Very British Maiden Name] ~ protected we "littles" from that "adult content"....until the day we wandered in...drawn by her riotous laughter. Unbeknownst to HER we stood there ~ unlaughing ~ as she continued to HOWL at the "dirty" bits unfolding before her. We made our presence known by LAUGHING ALOUD at the "age-appropriate" British Humour.
More "dirty" humour followed and we ASKED HER, "Mummy, what is so FUNNY?" and then, she realized we had no (remembered) life experience which would ALLOW us to understand the "dirty" bits...so all such humour (so to say) "Flew Over Our Heads".
I have an ADDITIONAL (and very funny) tale to share álà me "discovering" my OWN LITTLES had unusual senses of humour in their own right...but this is overlong...so I'll save it and share IF the Op HAPPENS to see this AND RESPONDS. ❤
She/he was Australian
@@duffman9 Indeed, but the show itself was filmed in London and broadcast in the UK
Graham’s show are high octane. This Friday’s couch (17 Jan) is Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Yeoh and Jonathan Bailey. The Friday after (24 Jan) is Reese Witherspoon, Will Ferrell, Ariana Grande and Jamie Bell.
I love the red chair segments. It must be an honor to be flipped. And so fun.
Totally dig Graham💯🥳❣
Graham Norton is so delightfully humourous.
Seth needs to do a UK trip and knock a few things off of my list I have for him: Graham Norton Show, Would I lie to you and/or 8 out of 10 cats, Chicken shop date, Off Menu Podcast, and maybe a Taskmaster New Years Treat? Thats not asking too much is it?
Don't forget QI.
Great guest Seth!! Nice to see Grahm being the interviewed. Love your show, love Grahms' show!! Well done
Graham Norton on Ru Paul UK is often hilarious in a the most dirty way, playing it up alongside Alan Carr. It’s a great watch.
My first introduction to Graham was as the mad priest, Father Noel, the youth groups chaperone in Father Ted.
No one beats Graham ever when it comes to chat show host. Live for his shows❤️
Graham and Seth NEED to go day drinking together!!!
I still see him as Father Noel Furlong yelling "Ted!!".
Who’s a moaning Michael?
Nice to hear the name Graham/Graeme pronounced correctly on US TV! It's 'gray-em' (or 'gray-am') not 'gram'.😊
My "Scouse Spouse" loved it that I initially pronounced HIS surname CORRECTLY.
I know the proper pronounciation of a FEW of the more popularized British names such as Beauchamp, Cockburn, Davies, Fiennes, Kerr, Saint John Smythe & Warwick but I am UTTERLY CLUELESS on the pronunciation of the more Polysyllabilic names: Belvoir, Chomondeley, Colquhoun, Dalziel, GOOD LORD Featherstonehaugh, Fenwick, Geoghegan, Gloucester, Knollys, Levenson-Gower, Mainwaring, Majoribanks, Menzies, Pepys, Shrewsbury, STANHOPE, Wodehouse, Worcester (and Worchestershire), & Wriothesley.
Wow. I'm going to copy/paste this to notes (and add the correct pronunciation of these names) for HIS AMUSEMENT.
I POSIT he will LAUGH if I type these names in /chat and have we Canucks and Americans, Malaysians & others TRY to pronounce THEM.❤
The greatest and the best in the business. Viva LA Graham Norton. I still remember finding his show for the first time and seeing his reverse shot intro of him coming out of water. Don't take that out of context. A1.
Phenomenal interview!
1:11 I’ve been wondering about that for years!😂❤❤❤🇸🇪
I thought it was for editing cuts. With a mug, you can’t see if something was edited.
Two of the best talk show hosts... ever!
The best talk show host in the world !
He's just the best!
I love Grahamn Norton. I’ve watched him since before he had the big talking doggie telephone
Like the way Mr Norton does his show. All the visitors out in the beginning which help interaction of guests making it a living show rather a static one
The Graham Norton show is one of my favorite escapes!!
I love how loose graham’s show is. So fun
His show's format allows the guests to relax (sometimes helped by a drink), unlike straightforward interviews. Because they're all out together, it means they don't have to be 'on' for the whole thing and interaction between the guests is encouraged.
@ it’s very loose and I love watching the guests interact with each other. Sometimes icing Graham out completely
Graham Norton's talk show is the best. I don't understand why no one in America has not taken his format.
They've taken the format?
@@palco22 The Beeb doesn't have to constantly break up programmes for ads every few minutes so they can actually have an hour-long (longer, before it's edited down) show.
No US TV broadcaster is ever going to lose out on all those ad breaks.
@Tao_Tology PBS ?
Love Graham so much, from Canada!
Love Graham and love Seth, so it's exciting to see both!
You can find clips of Graham's first show here on RUclips, they are quite the time capsule. The Carrie Fisher episodes are excellent.
GRAHAM INVITE SETH ON YOUR SHOW
Graham Norton is the best chat show guy...
Thank you for this conversation. Comedy is medicine. ❤ Graham Norton 😂
Yes IT IS. I can easily ~ with my "medical diagnoses ~ get powerful analgesics, narcotics, anti-inflamatories, muscle relaxants, gabapentin and OTHER "exogenic" pharma prescribed due to me. I Rejected all such non-endogenous pharma decades ago, although I gained some relief from the debilitating pain of a chronic disability and the added fun of stress-causal migraines & cluster headaches throughout MY LIFE. Later, when the STRESS of my life SKYROCKETED and I developed well-nigh CONSTANT migraines (Im a medical anomoly) AND, atop those chronic challenges, Facial Nerve Pain and VERTIGO (which first erupted in 2011)...I refused BOTOX and all other PRESCRIBED (and illegal) pharma....
A sweet young man ~ 30 years my juniour ~ BUFFED my endogenous pharma by MAKING ME LAUGH...FOR SIX SOLID HOURS...the vassopressin, oxcytocin, the dopamine and the ENDORPHINS he helped me access broke that HORRIFIC PAIN.
As was his plan. ❤
I have AVOIDED the "escalating suicidal ideation" which plagues those who contract Facial Nerve Pain...and end up TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES...as I use my own PHARMA rather than any other "drugs".
It is AWESOME. ❤
Instant like from me!❤❤🎉🎉 Still thinking about that whole Nicole Kidman and her 🐘 twin sister story Graham brought up! 😂😂
Ive not seen that. Must now Google
Seriously, for those new to Graham's Red chair segment, look up the Irish girl telling her story - it is off the rails hilarious!
Might I suggest others check out (in addition to the suggestions offered by others) ANY G.N. Dame Miriam Margolyes visit...my FAVOURITE featuring Will. I. Am...
Another much loved episode was the Sir Patrick Stewart's "cirumcision" story...
He GRAHAM so GENUINELY LIKES most of his guests and is GENUINELY INVESTED in SHOWCASING their humour he does NOT dominate the conversations but rather FACILITATES and delightedly provokes which relaxes his guests and brings the silliness forth. His EMPATHY and COMPASSION, his love of non-maliscious humour make him UNPARALLELLED as does his...authenticity.
I love this guy. Alcohol aside, he makes people WANT to share their foilbles...he CONNECTS and ENTANGLES instantly
Imo, Norton's INNER QUALITIES are far more of an INTOXICANT than the alcohol...he is a GENUINELY good man.
My two favorite show hosts!
The funniest clip I ever saw of Graham was him playing a priest with a bunch of people lost in a cave and him singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Hysterical!
I would very much like to see Seth come to the UK, guest on Graham, but as a "bonus bit" have Seth show a Day Drinking segment specifically with Sandi Toksvig.
That would be amazing!
What a delightful human being…and gentleman. 💎🥐
They started with mugs years ago to hide the booze and told everyone it was coffee
We love Graham Norton and seth meyers
“I try to keep them (guests) warm and sticky.” 🤣
Weird. Generally the american talk show tradition uses opaque mugs to hide the beverage of the guest, which is (to this day) very often *not water*.
I remember Graham from when he appeared on Father Ted back in the day
Italian dance show host: its bruno. haha
In Gaelic Graham means "I love ham".
listening to those two laughing together is hilarious.
My favorite talk show hosts!! This is my Super Bowl!!
Grahams books are absolutely fabulous, have just read one have another and just bought my 3rd.
I think Graham just burst the writer's block I've been feeling lately. I'll go back and pick up my stories!
Frankie is his best book yet. So good!
Matt Damon's unrestrained joy at the red chair was fantastic.
OMG that whole story I was thinking, is that how Irish people say ‘gem stone??’
You pronounce Graham right! Maith thú!
Ive been watching Graham since I could get it in the U.S. 2 decades. His original show was a bit of immature is maybe the word. It has matured as he has.
Wait, the Big Red Chair is only 12 years old? So the first time I saw it, it was a fairly new thing? I just sort of thought Graham had been doing this for decades. Love him and his show.
Met Graham on the Champs-Elyses in Paris 20+ years ago during a stint I had in London. I asked him if his show was on in the morning or night and got the look of death and terse answer- in the evening. To this day, I still tell this story and know I would be flipped if I was on his show. 😂
Graham Norton is funny loved when he had people in the chairs then press buttons and they fall back Love Everything British Humor
I adore Seth, but Graham's show is amazing and most of his guest are better on his show than any other. Many times they seem to forget they are promoting something and get into crazy conversations with the guests.
Aww the two Ronnies
Love Graham!!
Love Graham shoes (and the interview was great also)
Graham is priceless!
Another vote to have Graham on a "Day Drinking" segment!
Graham interviews half a dozen celebs at the same time. US hosts are neither brave enough or intelligent enough to do it! He is amazing…
My two favourite talk show hosts together...wow❤
I would like to hear what Graham might say candidly regarding his thoughts on the overall production process in American talk shows vs. British TV, or more specifically, his own show. Aside from the obvious characteristic differences (such as format (i.e., the number of guests being interviewed on stage at a time, etc.) from an American viewer’s perspective (or at least this American viewer, anyway) there just seems to be such a higher level of excitement and energy in the studio on Graham’s show than there does on Seth’s. Don’t get me wrong, i love Seth and am a loyal viewer! It just seems, putting the two shows side by side, that Seth’s show only has about 5 people in the studio audience. Feels sort of lackluster compared to TGNS. Am i going to get an angry mob at my door for sayin’?
Drinks are served in mugs for continuity so that if the show needs to be edited out of order the amount of liquid in the drink doesn't change, which is why when you watch Graham's talk show you will often see someone's pint or glass of wine magically refill between shots.
Ah man, the ending credits should have Seth's image flip up as if he was sitting in Graham's big red chair!
I’m sorry I heard the story about the Pope heard Seth’s response and pictured Graham’s character from Father Ted as Pope
Love this guy…so funny ❤❤❤
Please!!!!!!! Seth, Go on Graham’s show
I think Graham needs to have Seth, the two Jimmy's and Colbert on his show.
3:50 his first live show on television, on Channel 4, was funnier and more risqué than his work for the BBC, though it was obvious at the time that Graham had been angling for a BBC position all along.
Interesting that Graham seems to completely gloss over the Channel 4 show as though ashamed of it!
His guest appearances on Father Ted were very funny too.
Graham IS the master of talk shows in English
BYOB, Grah... A shot of bourbon in the coffee, like Matthew Scudder.
Graham: Treat each guest as a jam scone...
Seth: I've never treated a guest like a jam scone...
Graham: Erm. Like a "gemstone."
Seth: ...
Every jackal ever: Behold the prescience of JEWELS!
hes a good guy
OMG!!!! My two most favorite talk show hosts together!!!!! Talk about heaven!!!! This is better than a Taylor Swift concert! (Just joking. I'm 61 and have no idea who Taylor same as Ed O'Neill.
what is Ed O'Neill and what does it mean to "same as Ed"? O_o
It makes perfect sense to serve water in a non transparent container - like a mug… if you cut back and forth it would be strange to have jumping levels in the glass…
To me, he will always be father Noel Furlong 😂
All US talk show hosts on one show. lol.
Ronnie's chair wasn't Red, it was a progressively more worn out beige chair, as the years progressed - they seemingly kept the same few chairs for his 'sit down' anecdotes - there's a few excerpts and full episodes on youtube etc - look under "The Two Ronnies" and Ronnie Corbett 😂
LOVE!!!❤❤❤
I loooove Graham Norton's show but I wish it had started before 1984. I'm a Canadian and at a 1984 New Year's Eve party I attended, the Host gave me a head's up that a unattached man with a nice car had just arrived. I couldn't have cared less about the car, he had me at 'single'. Within seconds an attractive man carrying a 'man purse' appeared. The first thought through my head when I saw him was "Not my type, besides he's probably gay" so I wrote him off. It would have been helpful if, before that meeting, I had had some experience playing the Graham Norton's segment of "European or Gay?" Turns out he was a European immigrant to Canada, not gay, and also very persistent so we just celebrated our 40th Wedding anniversary. 🤗