Tom Allen's Funniest Moments on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown!

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @Channel4Entertainment
    @Channel4Entertainment  4 года назад +70

    Watch FULL EPISODES: bit.ly/2vQu7Rm

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 4 года назад +4

      You're toying with me C4!

    • @whoasked7192
      @whoasked7192 4 года назад +5

      How can your comment be from 3 days ago?

    • @TheOriginalDeckBoy
      @TheOriginalDeckBoy 3 года назад

      Dear Channel 4.. Can you please follow up with having Rachel Riley bring in those childhood dress up photos' and show them;)

  • @spark-e
    @spark-e 4 года назад +1708

    "Do you mind me asking your age?"
    *"Yes"*

  • @BenB2005
    @BenB2005 3 года назад +351

    "I love company but I can't stand other people" is the most relatable thing I've ever heard.

    • @JackundMaggie
      @JackundMaggie 4 месяца назад

      My immediate reaction to that line was: "Well obviously. You're a theater kid."

  • @hailtothyking3916
    @hailtothyking3916 4 года назад +1616

    I love the fact that he and Rob Becket went to the same school. Always gives them a unique interaction that makes me laugh

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 4 года назад +169

      The "we weren't even in the same class" response to robs "we weren't in the same classes" went under the radar a bit.

    • @jdrodriguez2357
      @jdrodriguez2357 4 года назад +2

      does anyone know the episode and season for that?

    • @muppetmittstheOG
      @muppetmittstheOG 4 года назад +41

      @James Rowden , agreed. Their is probably a degree of media training but you have to admit, the Allen/Beckett accent spectrum is pretty wide for two guys from the same school.

    • @amyrear2184
      @amyrear2184 4 года назад +20

      My Nan taught them when they were at school together !!

    • @jamessimonson9905
      @jamessimonson9905 4 года назад +1

      Louis Sanderson He’s not he puts it on.

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 4 года назад +1003

    It’s not just the content in his observations, it’s the intensity with which they are punctuated and the dramatic pauses before the punchline. “I’ve been living with a couple. Their names are… dad and… mum.”

    • @Quetom113
      @Quetom113 3 года назад

      @You are correct But the first

  • @imogensears9326
    @imogensears9326 4 года назад +695

    “I didn’t know what homophobia was until I met you” 😭😭😭

    • @danielharmer6072
      @danielharmer6072 19 дней назад

      Such a brilliant joke, obviously only works with a gay comedian. But it’s Tom’s deadpan delivery that makes it so funny!

  • @joegleave8656
    @joegleave8656 4 года назад +314

    'How did you make that so flirty?'
    '... its the spring'

    • @ValerieCH1
      @ValerieCH1 3 года назад +9

      My favorite line of the episode.

    • @TBrawnVideo
      @TBrawnVideo 3 года назад +6

      And then the way he resentfully pushes the photo over. 🤣

  • @eidothea
    @eidothea 4 года назад +637

    If you close your eyes, his voice is like a camp version of David Mitchell’s. Love them both

  • @Sootaroot
    @Sootaroot 4 года назад +286

    3:20 "Still broken." Sad and excellent, and the audience agreed.

    • @UnfitToLive
      @UnfitToLive 3 года назад +9

      Yeah, actually thought he was moving on to his next bit so it was even a surprise.

  • @connorbutler5900
    @connorbutler5900 4 года назад +447

    This guy is a breath of fresh air to British comedy. So quick witted, with just the right touch of bitchy.

    • @meobvs6296
      @meobvs6296 2 года назад +4

      nah its the gay bit ,its in our body,hes fully charged ,he is an actual legend in the making a defo icon i think!

    • @justincronkright5025
      @justincronkright5025 Год назад

      ​ @Me Obvs He's proper bitchy in that it's playful & obviously so. But not playful as in play with your food cat to mouse, it's playful as in 'join me as an equal or even if you're the butt of my jokes I'm still looking towards/focussed on making you laugh & be merry too'.

    • @connorbutler5900
      @connorbutler5900 Год назад

      @@justincronkright5025 …yeah

    • @whatsinaname11
      @whatsinaname11 Год назад

      Yes, love him 💞

  • @tommatthews7982
    @tommatthews7982 4 года назад +421

    He would be soooo good on taskmaster!! Best dictionary corner guests 🤣

  • @TBrawnVideo
    @TBrawnVideo 3 года назад +47

    “I mean, she liked the man, but not enough to hold down the shift key.” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @denapattison6363
    @denapattison6363 4 года назад +272

    His delivery is SPOT ON!

  • @NoodleCollie
    @NoodleCollie 4 года назад +288

    "I love it in the arts" got me good.

  • @stevious7278
    @stevious7278 4 года назад +139

    Tom Allen is a consummate performer. His delivery and timing are spot on. i always sit with an expectant smile on my face when I see him appearing on any show, or doing his stand up work. Such a fun-gi.
    The erotic literature bit had me in stitches!!

  • @livb6945
    @livb6945 3 года назад +178

    Tom is the only one who can make Jimmy look underdressed

  • @ajfrostx
    @ajfrostx 4 года назад +344

    “What an opening!”

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 4 года назад +15

      Do people regularly send you a picture of their AR$€H0L£?

    • @ajfrostx
      @ajfrostx 4 года назад +8

      Next Gen Trent Yeah, all the bloody time...

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 4 года назад +5

      @@ajfrostx in that case, definitely use it!

    • @ajfrostx
      @ajfrostx 4 года назад +1

      Next Gen Trent I will, in a slightly modified way - so the sender won’t be able to assume I’m approving of such behaviour 😤

    • @Jakninety
      @Jakninety 4 года назад +27

      @@ajfrostx Perhaps 'What a shit opening!'?

  • @JackMellor498
    @JackMellor498 4 года назад +77

    I utterly adore Tom. Everything that comes out of his mouth has me in stitches.
    In another life, if I was born and raised in London and had a way with words, he’d be my spirit animal. XD

  • @gebaseer99
    @gebaseer99 4 года назад +265

    "For some people, holding a hand on a hot stove is a great way to remind themselves that they're still alive" - Tom Allen

    • @asmolbean9300
      @asmolbean9300 3 года назад +12

      "the sight of someone pregnant is disgusting and must be hidden" - also Tom Allen

    • @user-ln2go4xp6d
      @user-ln2go4xp6d 3 года назад +2

      he never elaborated further on that sentence and it will forever bother me

    • @imsomethingyournot
      @imsomethingyournot 2 года назад

      11:36

  • @nurygordillo3267
    @nurygordillo3267 Год назад +14

    “How dare you interrupt me” 😂

  • @westlondontransportwildlif5810
    @westlondontransportwildlif5810 2 года назад +25

    When Tom replaced the rude words with the ECML Stations I just couldn't stop laughing. A very funny way of reaeding out a passage.

  • @louispearson8306
    @louispearson8306 2 года назад +50

    Tom's delivery on the x-boyfriend joke is just immaculate. Really good delivery has me in tatters everytime

  • @emmacassidy8482
    @emmacassidy8482 3 года назад +35

    "How lonely?" Asks Alan Carr then hands him a cucumber. Classic

  • @FloraWest
    @FloraWest 4 года назад +71

    "You're watching Paw Patrol and getting jam on things. It's not good enough!"

  • @philodactyl
    @philodactyl 4 года назад +47

    When he started talking about competitive mourning, David’s face lit up. They do love to complain.

    • @emmad4308
      @emmad4308 3 года назад +1

      I genuinely nearly fell off my chair reading this thank you

  • @paulsmith1879
    @paulsmith1879 4 года назад +61

    50 Shades of Train would be a publishing phenomenon.

  • @K_T0NE
    @K_T0NE 3 года назад +36

    My respect for Tom has become immeasurable, simply due to the fact that he still calls emojis "emoticons".

    • @alexdebstep3424
      @alexdebstep3424 3 года назад +11

      :) is an emoticon, an emoji is the image like this 🙂. If it's typed out it's an emoticon, js

  • @F20SW
    @F20SW 4 года назад +93

    He has a great voice; it reminds me of narrators on older documentaries.

  • @itsokay7989
    @itsokay7989 4 года назад +169

    One of my absolute favourite guests. Him and Alan Carr on the same team was legendary!

    • @tobyisraw2769
      @tobyisraw2769 4 года назад

      Sven Gunderson Ok and thank u for the polite reply this other guy had a much worse one, I respect that

    • @whoasked7192
      @whoasked7192 4 года назад +1

      @@tobyisraw2769 Super Simp

    • @JoelintonMassif
      @JoelintonMassif 4 года назад +1

      @Eric Burkheimer you fell into the trap

    • @jdrodriguez2357
      @jdrodriguez2357 4 года назад +1

      what season and episode was that team up?

    • @whoasked7192
      @whoasked7192 4 года назад +1

      @Eric Burkheimer DOuble super simp

  • @luckycat620
    @luckycat620 3 года назад +13

    Everytime tom says something about him being lonely or his heart being broken I just want to jump through the screen and hug him

  • @Pagliacci_Rex
    @Pagliacci_Rex 3 месяца назад +2

    The bit about Tom's tophat and tails is always hilarious. He weirded out the bullies, lol.

  • @RossM3838
    @RossM3838 4 года назад +15

    His timing is so good he can make anything funny.

  • @isabelateixeira3713
    @isabelateixeira3713 3 года назад +10

    His timing is perfect, whenever he’s on any panel show i just know it’s going to be great

  • @mrgazzaw
    @mrgazzaw 4 года назад +96

    "NOOOO DON'T PATRONIZE ME!"

  • @blanktester
    @blanktester 4 года назад +45

    The audience doesn't laugh nearly enough at Tom. So funny!

  • @cuzned1375
    @cuzned1375 4 года назад +25

    This collection made me Darlington again and again.

  • @damianhelme-steff9237
    @damianhelme-steff9237 Год назад +3

    Still watching this guy now man absolutely hilarious timing is on pointt

  • @ryanward3488
    @ryanward3488 4 года назад +33

    She liked him, but enough to hold down the shift key 😂😂😂😂

  • @ruaricairney4393
    @ruaricairney4393 4 года назад +107

    Honestly an absolute legend!
    Gotta love the way he takes the piss out of gay stereotypes just cuz he knows he can get away with it🤣🤣

  • @Babaziba
    @Babaziba 3 года назад +6

    The UK has so many smart, hilarious comics, and they get so much more airtime than in America. Thanks for posting great clips here on RUclips like these of the amazing Mr. Allen.

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 3 года назад

      you have funny ones on that friends show. maybe?

    • @DrTinyToff
      @DrTinyToff 4 месяца назад

      We take comedy seriously here 😉 sarcasm and intelligently crafted gags, deadpan delivery and dark humour makes British comedy special.

  • @him050
    @him050 4 года назад +43

    As a gay man who has a few basic and cookie cutter gay friends who are in relationships. I can 100% confirm how accurate those arguments were!

  • @nancypalumbo8836
    @nancypalumbo8836 3 года назад +10

    "we are recruiting at the moment" 🤣🤣

  • @mookie2637
    @mookie2637 3 года назад +10

    I really like Tom - wish he could do more (especially stand up). His Radio 4 show a couple of years ago was excellent.

  • @Cranndaddy
    @Cranndaddy Год назад

    Expert delivery , so refreshing ❤️ love how he’s so observational but his cadence makes it like a series of one liners!

  • @grf15
    @grf15 4 года назад +20

    Lord, I don't know why but he cracks me up.

    • @johnnypickering7688
      @johnnypickering7688 5 месяцев назад

      He cracks me up and all. It's probably all the funny things he says and the funny way he says them

  • @wildone4324
    @wildone4324 4 года назад +45

    4:53 oh god... that silence after that guy in the back did a flirty gesture

  • @afischer8327
    @afischer8327 3 года назад +11

    It's been a while since I have cried laughing. I saw Tom Allen at the Edinburgh Fringe some years ago. That was a witty, constructed stand-up set. But trust me, he is funnier now. Oh me, if I had the money, I'd buy him that rugby team.

  • @JoeBleasdaleReal
    @JoeBleasdaleReal 4 года назад +21

    “Like so many people here, I love it in the arts.”
    Tom Allen 2k16

  • @elfkwest
    @elfkwest 3 года назад +5

    19:58 "it's the spring."
    GENIUS!

  • @brandonhowsego7323
    @brandonhowsego7323 4 года назад +183

    His material isn’t the best but its the way he presents it that makes it hilarious 😆

    • @Sootaroot
      @Sootaroot 4 года назад +22

      His presentation is better in this sort of studio setting than the manic and loud style of his stage performances.

  • @levimcglinchey5843
    @levimcglinchey5843 4 года назад +68

    The fifty shades gag is a belter

  • @eightieslivenow7579
    @eightieslivenow7579 3 года назад +2

    Adore Tom allen

  • @ashleyjohn960
    @ashleyjohn960 4 года назад +5

    He is hilarious and I adore him.

  • @AbsoluteAbsurd
    @AbsoluteAbsurd 4 года назад +4

    Tom is just so adorable

  • @littlefrogwithacoolhat
    @littlefrogwithacoolhat 4 года назад +11

    He is so adorable I love him so much

  • @katherinebonnell3272
    @katherinebonnell3272 4 года назад +16

    His dress shirt matches the circus tent lol

    • @Norton1531
      @Norton1531 4 года назад +1

      Surprised nobody on the panel picked up on it.

  • @buffster948
    @buffster948 2 года назад +2

    6:56 Anyone else seeing Suzie Dent silently dying from that interesting interpretation of grammar? 😂

  • @zoeogden5271
    @zoeogden5271 4 года назад +28

    As someone who is from Doncaster I can with absolute certainty say no one wants that 😂

    • @ellisbarnett0292
      @ellisbarnett0292 4 года назад +6

      An unusually well formulated sentence for someone from Doncaster... I suppose that’s the great thing about being inbred you never know what you’ll get from the mutations!

    • @chattycathydoll
      @chattycathydoll 4 года назад +5

      Says the person who types their username like a five year old. Back under your bridge.

  • @grf15
    @grf15 3 года назад +10

    Love, love, love his voice. His over the top gay stereotypes are delightful too.

  • @mikeknapp7976
    @mikeknapp7976 4 года назад +8

    I’ve never really seen Tom before but watching this had me laughing out loud fair play he’s funny as fuck !!! 👍🏻

  • @1mkfangirl
    @1mkfangirl 4 года назад +18

    Has he done audio books before? His voice is brilliant

  • @corvus2512
    @corvus2512 4 года назад +75

    I thought the 50 shades of grey bit was hilarious, didnt think he got the response he deserved

  • @tattygumcancer
    @tattygumcancer 4 года назад +18

    I did a double take when I heard stevenage. Not too often my hometown gets mentioned :^)

  • @chinaman1
    @chinaman1 4 года назад +524

    There's gay comedians who just go talk about their genitals, but Tom Allen and Alan Carr are the best comedians when it comes to making fun of their own sexuality.
    Allen's like a gay version of Sean Locke.

    • @Judewilkinsonjfk
      @Judewilkinsonjfk 4 года назад +14

      Tom Allen is way better, he's fantastic

    • @hjohnstone6921
      @hjohnstone6921 4 года назад

      HerrBratwurst both legends😉😘

    • @hjohnstone6921
      @hjohnstone6921 4 года назад +2

      Suzi though, she’s gorgeous 🙈🥵

    • @EfHaichDee
      @EfHaichDee 4 года назад +1

      I doubt Sean would like you saying that. He has a distinctly unimpressed impatient face on whenever Tom opens his mouth.

    • @anufoalan
      @anufoalan 4 года назад +4

      purplerains, while I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you either, Susan Calman, Sandi Toksvig (although both of them typically only mention genitals either when talking about feminism or when relating anecdotes), sue Perkins, Matt Lucas, Joe Lycett, Graham Norton, Zoe Lyons and Gina Yashere among other LGBTQ comedians frequently refer to their genitals, or genitalia in general in their material

  • @anthonycutt8854
    @anthonycutt8854 4 года назад +16

    They should hire him to do the announcements on the East Coast Mainline for real.

  • @dreamSurfers5912
    @dreamSurfers5912 3 года назад +1

    Tom Allen A LOVEABLE LEGEND

  • @Vim-Wolf
    @Vim-Wolf 10 месяцев назад +1

    If you get the chance to see Tom Allen live, do it. Over 2 hours, no support act and full energy all the way through. And of course hilarious.

  • @jholley2009
    @jholley2009 3 года назад +17

    I need Tom Allen on taskmaster

  • @Soul-Nate
    @Soul-Nate 4 года назад +56

    Suddenly want to marry this guy. 💞

  • @markkennedy9767
    @markkennedy9767 3 года назад +7

    This guy is hilarious. Never heard of him before

  • @sopheep
    @sopheep 4 года назад +4

    rob and tom are my favourite unlikely duo

  • @darkangelholz
    @darkangelholz 3 года назад +4

    I love Tom so much. I hate that he doesn't have any DVDs out. This needs rectifying. Even if they do one of all his best bits for now and then he does some stand up! I'd love to see him live just him xxxxx

  • @Dougal-Mcguire
    @Dougal-Mcguire 3 года назад +8

    i dont often laugh when people use tokenisms to create humour but Tom is so naturally funny he pulls it off eloquently

  • @kaitlynverdelli-mason3831
    @kaitlynverdelli-mason3831 4 года назад +8

    The circus tent costume could help with social distancing if people don't avoid you already, they can't get close enough anyway

  • @stuartashbourne-martin9629
    @stuartashbourne-martin9629 4 года назад +18

    When this is all over we need a show featuring Linda and a sister who's always been green with Envy and the rest of the family make sure they don't string you along 😉I can't believe I'm actually making comments about a bloody balloon 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you've made my week again also on a personal level I love your suits 😍😁

  • @hacksdp3
    @hacksdp3 3 года назад +1

    He pauses to give people a chance to catch up. Hilarious.

  • @haileydixon7239
    @haileydixon7239 3 года назад +2

    “HE LOOKED LIKE A GHOST” kills me

  • @heatherballantyne
    @heatherballantyne 4 года назад +11

    I love tom he's bloody hilarious 😂😂

  • @mirandachristina3412
    @mirandachristina3412 3 года назад +1

    Somebody tell Tom Allen I love him!

  • @pinkbeatle2012
    @pinkbeatle2012 4 года назад +12

    I wish they still did original 8 out of 10 cats

    • @emmasmith291
      @emmasmith291 4 года назад +8

      They do, its on E4 now... you've got about 3 seasons to catch up on

    • @michaelcolbourn6719
      @michaelcolbourn6719 4 года назад +1

      @@emmasmith291 except it's shit now

  • @phestarkey6411
    @phestarkey6411 4 года назад +28

    Seeing a Jane Asher book on this show seems like some weird cross over event with my interests

  • @danieldib2286
    @danieldib2286 4 года назад +1

    I love Tom Allen!

  • @francaperotti5934
    @francaperotti5934 4 года назад +2

    Love Tom Allen.

  • @thegriffofyoutube3388
    @thegriffofyoutube3388 Год назад +1

    Think that’s the only time anyone in history will ever exclaim “Doncaster now!”

  • @jjay6432
    @jjay6432 4 года назад +5

    Love this Man 😂

  • @Leonf123
    @Leonf123 3 года назад +6

    Tom really hides nothing for the sake of comedy i love it

  • @kellyg358
    @kellyg358 4 года назад +16

    It's a simple thing; I see Tom Allen and I click.

  • @zarinshapurjee9430
    @zarinshapurjee9430 3 года назад +2

    Tom is hilarious lol love him 😂😂😂

  • @emercycrite
    @emercycrite 4 года назад +11

    I feel he is so underappreciated.

  • @tonygriffin_
    @tonygriffin_ 4 года назад +8

    At 2:45, I couldn't make out where Jimmy's vegetables came from when he answered Tom's question about where he got his vegetables from. So I thought I'd re-run that bit with the captions on. It said he got his vegetables from a bear in the kitchen. I don't think you're spending enough time on writing the captions, Channel 4.

    • @iGorg95
      @iGorg95 4 года назад +4

      Anthony Griffin the captions are generated automatically by youtube

    • @-The-Golden-God-
      @-The-Golden-God- 4 года назад

      /whoosh

    • @52hello25
      @52hello25 4 года назад +11

      He said they just appear in the kitchen, meaning that he's so rich, someone keeps his kitchen stocked for him.

  • @darkangelholz
    @darkangelholz 3 года назад +1

    The other thing with tomcis he's only a couple of years older than me so a lot of his stories and observations from when he was a kid remind me of my childhood too xxxxx

  • @sarahlewis7859
    @sarahlewis7859 4 года назад +1

    English Graham Norton, I absolutely love Tom

  • @kaffir76
    @kaffir76 Год назад

    8:50 I love it in the arts too, Tom! ❤❤

  • @ABC-rh7zc
    @ABC-rh7zc 4 года назад +3

    Tom is hilarious!

  • @abigaillubbee979
    @abigaillubbee979 3 года назад +3

    He looks like a villain 🤣

  • @sarah-oz9ee
    @sarah-oz9ee 4 года назад +5

    Anyone else just really want to see the pictures of Rachel in those costumes lol

  • @andreaclairepsychicmedium5954
    @andreaclairepsychicmedium5954 4 года назад +10

    Brilliant and hilarious!

  • @stuearth5076
    @stuearth5076 3 года назад +5

    Shout out to Rachel's mum and her Jane Asher book!

  • @fenhen
    @fenhen 4 года назад +12

    Good job on Henning defending Lidl.

    • @Snaakie83
      @Snaakie83 4 года назад +1

      He's German, just like Lidl

  • @COM70
    @COM70 3 года назад

    He is just brilliant !!!