I love how laid back this is. Even politics seems like it was a bit less stressful back then. And there's just something refreshing about the presenter being grumpy, you don't see people on TV being bored very often.
@@dewaynewoods4788 Same (except I'm Canadian). Taskmaster Would I Lie To You 8 out of 10 cats Does Countdown Big Fat Quiz Show etc. all keep me somewhat sane.
Anyone else ever put an 180.000 quid worth's of equipment in an overhead department? Makes me think he might be making it up! Jack's exasperation throughout is a joy.
Peter looks like a school kid on work-study with Paul. It might just be his constant, boyish grin. It really doesn't matter which series or year these are from. Being from America it's just fun to match my memory to the "current events" to Ian and Paul, and Co. Whether it's Angus or one of the cavalcade of guest hosts and almost any MP or celeb, or celeb who becomes PM even, the format seldom fails to inform, educate, and entertain me or satirize & send-up the deserving. To my mind, Jack Dee is quintessentially British. Sorry. ;^j
So Gordon Brown wasn’t allowed to,yawn, lean back, blink, or even open his mouth in speech in case some sleazy Murdoch pap caught him out? This is about Murdoch’s gutter journalism, but Ian hates Brown so much he lets that slide.
Because honesty isn't enough to successfully run a country. Competence is kind of useful too, as are spending plans that are remotely affordable. Gordon sold our gold reserves at bottom and set the national debt skyrocketing.. which over a decade later we still haven't managed to bring under control and is now at an all time high. honest maybe. But also a catastrophe.
@@davesmith9325 well - lets take 1999 - 2009 to make the maths easier - we see a margin of about 30% a year for gold appreciation - take away usual inflation thats 25-27.5% return on investment. So, we can debate it but I think using that money as investment into education has yielded more. And all that value came in during the housing market crash with people putting money into gold as a safety net. So - not taking that point. And in 2005 we see a 4.5% 10 year bond price - so yeah thats pretty high - but we see that globally too. Bond price fell to record lows in july 2012 of like half a percent but Cameron wasn't borrowing at all and just cutting public spending - not bond prices are at about 3.5% I think and we are not even borrowing much so I think he got a good deal on his loans. Ta
@@davesmith9325He made a calculated risk in exactly the same way as virtually all other European leaders did regarding selling gold reserves at that point. You speak like he was a maverick idiotic outlier, he wasn't at all.
Looking back, I wonder if Ian Hislop would laugh at Gordon Brown in the same way? Ian seems a decent sort of chap who might notice the significant rise in child poverty since this was made? Still funny though, in some ways.
Agree. Child poverty under Brown was much better than now. Not any time much worse than now for a long time. If Labour plans to provide free school breakfasts funded from removing charity staus from public and private schools comes to fruition, might be a step in right direction. Housing next.
So this was around 2008 ? The CCP /PLA made their presence known . Lots of 'hindsight ' possible here . Banking crash , Boris is ex PM , and China not your friend :-)
@@kenpudsey6435 a minute of fame, as I said. The unusual surname means his fame is a bit sticky but other than that he dropped out of the visible media/Art Luvie meta-verse some years ago.
@@jonathanbarraclough5917 He had a pretty nasty time with his grandfather and he did have a beautiful wife. Still has? Maybe he is happy being house husband, out of limelight
@@georgielancaster1356 I don't think it is at all accurate to say 'he had a bad time with his grandfather ' as though he was abused. His Grandfather was found guilty and he seems to have fought that result. FYI yes He is married to the same wife.
He's in loads of stuff. Voice work, acting etc. He was The Tick, Spy, Parks and Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy, also voices in His Dark Materials / Simpsons / Rick and Morty / Bob's Burgers / South Park, also video game voices etc etc.
Painful episode. I've just watched an old episode chaired by Angus Deayton to remind myself how it can be done when the host is professional and funny.
Jack Dee is wonderful. I met him at the Melrose Book Fair and told him I saw him 25 years ago at the Edinburgh Festival. He said “I don’t do refunds”.
It was worth a try.
Love him, v droll
D as in Deadpan
😂😂😂😂
😅😅😅
I love how laid back this is. Even politics seems like it was a bit less stressful back then. And there's just something refreshing about the presenter being grumpy, you don't see people on TV being bored very often.
still funny AF 20 years later !
Amazing how much I enjoy this series being a non Brit and knowing next to nothing about British politics
Same!!! I don't even watch American television anymore. I watch these shows religiously.
Join the majority of UK population
@@dewaynewoods4788 Same (except I'm Canadian).
Taskmaster
Would I Lie To You
8 out of 10 cats Does Countdown
Big Fat Quiz Show
etc. all keep me somewhat sane.
@@kddidit08 Have you watched Have I Got News For You?! OMG, another favorite!!
@@dewaynewoods4788Nope, no one here has seen HIGNFY…
Nice to see Peter as himself and not just the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars. Hes funny in his own right 😎
I didn't know that. Thanks for the heads-up 😋
Thanks for the distraction. I really needed this.
Fantastic thankyou so much
I remember that Gordon Brown was considered a good Prime Minister just after this time for almost 3 weeks.
If they had only known of the May-Truss-BoJo shit show ahead of them. Those three make Dishi look good and that should be impossible to do.
Jack Dee is always funny, but this time he outdid himself.
Thanks for posting.
1:07 Rather unfair on the dog
Paul really quick and surrealistic this time. Always funny of course. "'Spitting vicar' told to find another way to baptize children" was incredible!
Nice one uploader, I was having a shit day and now it's less shit.
Nice, thanks!
Omg that wee dog.. Will always see Ann like that now...lmao
Dog is much sweeter.
Why does Paul have a naan bread in his pocket?
Anyone else ever put an 180.000 quid worth's of equipment in an overhead department?
Makes me think he might be making it up!
Jack's exasperation throughout is a joy.
Nice touch with the suit and tie for the gag at 33:55.
What do you mean pls as J D has worn a suit all the way through it?
A good programme.
Friday 18th April 2008
Peter looks like a school kid on work-study with Paul. It might just be his constant, boyish grin. It really doesn't matter which series or year these are from. Being from America it's just fun to match my memory to the "current events" to Ian and Paul, and Co. Whether it's Angus or one of the cavalcade of guest hosts and almost any MP or celeb, or celeb who becomes PM even, the format seldom fails to inform, educate, and entertain me or satirize & send-up the deserving. To my mind, Jack Dee is quintessentially British. Sorry. ;^j
So Gordon Brown wasn’t allowed to,yawn, lean back, blink, or even open his mouth in speech in case some sleazy Murdoch pap caught him out? This is about Murdoch’s gutter journalism, but Ian hates Brown so much he lets that slide.
well presented..
Always astounds me that Gordon Brown is made so much fun of, when he's the most honest PM the British have had in living memory
couldnt do PMQs - he was more of a lawyer than a politican, spoke to the judge instead of the jury and people didnt get his jargon.
@@SoSo-li6dn He's probably now a genius compared to this lot now.
Because honesty isn't enough to successfully run a country. Competence is kind of useful too, as are spending plans that are remotely affordable. Gordon sold our gold reserves at bottom and set the national debt skyrocketing.. which over a decade later we still haven't managed to bring under control and is now at an all time high. honest maybe. But also a catastrophe.
@@davesmith9325 well - lets take 1999 - 2009 to make the maths easier - we see a margin of about 30% a year for gold appreciation - take away usual inflation thats 25-27.5% return on investment. So, we can debate it but I think using that money as investment into education has yielded more. And all that value came in during the housing market crash with people putting money into gold as a safety net. So - not taking that point. And in 2005 we see a 4.5% 10 year bond price - so yeah thats pretty high - but we see that globally too. Bond price fell to record lows in july 2012 of like half a percent but Cameron wasn't borrowing at all and just cutting public spending - not bond prices are at about 3.5% I think and we are not even borrowing much so I think he got a good deal on his loans.
Ta
@@davesmith9325He made a calculated risk in exactly the same way as virtually all other European leaders did regarding selling gold reserves at that point. You speak like he was a maverick idiotic outlier, he wasn't at all.
At a great risk of seeming ungrateful, you should have re-titled this as Have I Got History For You 🙄
If you can't handle me at my NFY, you don't deserve me at my HIG. XD
You’re watching it 11 years later, silly! It isn’t history when they made it. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Looking back, I wonder if Ian Hislop would laugh at Gordon Brown in the same way? Ian seems a decent sort of chap who might notice the significant rise in child poverty since this was made? Still funny though, in some ways.
Agree. Child poverty under Brown was much better than now. Not any time much worse than now for a long time. If Labour plans to provide free school breakfasts funded from removing charity staus from public and private schools comes to fruition, might be a step in right direction. Housing next.
I didn't understand the frog joke.
he is looking down because he is ashamed
Merton stepping on everyone’s jokes with mediocre shit is infuriating
So this was around 2008 ? The CCP /PLA made their presence known .
Lots of 'hindsight ' possible here .
Banking crash , Boris is ex PM , and China not your friend :-)
Casual racism is very British
This is an old episode
Nothing slides past you. Did the title series 35 not give you a hint?
Old, old, old, Espisode????
Season 35. Why click on it if you don’t want to watch old episodes?
Gorden Brown////
What’re ever happened to Peter Serofinowicz. His minute of fame on here.
Peter was the voice of Darth Maul in 'Star wars-The Phantom Menace' and he's a great impressionist!
@@kenpudsey6435 a minute of fame, as I said. The unusual surname means his fame is a bit sticky but other than that he dropped out of the visible media/Art Luvie meta-verse some years ago.
@@jonathanbarraclough5917 He had a pretty nasty time with his grandfather and he did have a beautiful wife. Still has?
Maybe he is happy being house husband, out of limelight
@@georgielancaster1356 I don't think it is at all accurate to say 'he had a bad time with his grandfather ' as though he was abused. His Grandfather was found guilty and he seems to have fought that result.
FYI yes He is married to the same wife.
He's in loads of stuff. Voice work, acting etc. He was The Tick, Spy, Parks and Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy, also voices in His Dark Materials / Simpsons / Rick and Morty / Bob's Burgers / South Park, also video game voices etc etc.
Why is Peter not smiling at 17.29? Thinking of grandad?
OOH..that's nasty😂
@@kenpudsey6435 his grandfather's actions during WW2? Nasty is an understatement.
@@liketheroman so ive heard!
Merca isn't funny.
Neither are you
@@lizziebkennedy7505 oooh dig 😏
Painful episode. I've just watched an old episode chaired by Angus Deayton to remind myself how it can be done when the host is professional and funny.
Jack is hysterical. Of course Angus was brilliant but the moralists Ian and Paul couldn’t bear to be tainted by his capital offences.