i was always a huge fan of peep show, but i didn't know a great deal about Robert web the man, watching this interview i'm glad that he is in fact the thoughtful, caring, humble human being i thought he would be
I’ve watched Grand Designs with you. That smile when some eco-glass gets delayed on its way from Antwerp and the nice couple gets pushed over budget. That’s the real you.
As you can possibly tell by my avatar, David Mitchell is my favourite comedian of all time. But having heard more and more interviews with Robert, I have to conclude that I'd probably rather have a conversation with him. His emotional intelligence is off the charts. What a legend.
I'm not sure what to make of this interview. I can see where Robert's coming from on the whole, but what I've taken away from it, is that everyone is sexist and homophobic, because he grew up around people that [seemed] to express that. I'm not sure if it's due to current SJW rhetoric; keep telling yourself something and you'll eventually believe it, or whether I'm reading it wrongly. No one told me that it's not okay to cry. Public sobbing may not be useful though, as it doesn't solve any problems and someone, male or female, has to sort shit out. I don't like the idea of, what's acceptable or unacceptable to say. That implies that someone has decided upon acceptability, ergo Orwell, Huxley et al. Still a great comedian and writer.
No, I don't. I am aware, as I've felt it myself as a youngster as well as other males, that when the tears welled up, it was embarrassing. Not to the point of being irrevocably damaged though. I don't suppose (but I can never know) that Females look forward to periods.No amount of wishing will stop the tide though (menopause aside). Been told by my Dad to 'Man Up', didn't like that. It's not set in stone, we are all different and experience the universe in different ways, Still a great interview, just sounding off what I want to say. Cheers. I cried watching remake of Wuthering Heights' a couple of weeks ago. In private I could release that. In public, I'd stifle it and make it worse. There would be no release.
American here. just discovering Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look and if you dont mind me saying... "bloody brilliant". love it. they've really stuck with me. will have to get Robert's book
It can’t be understated how much pressure working class kids face, from their own families. I grew up in the Upper Midwest/Rust Belt in the US. My father was an electrician, my mom was as a secretary. I was the first person, in my family, to go to university. I wanted to study fine arts but whenever I brought it up, I was told that I needed to study something practical and once I had a proper career, I could take up art as a hobby. Spending tens of thousands of dollars pursuing a degree that wasn’t going to “guarantee meaningful employment with full benefits and vacation” just didn’t fit their world view. I buried my pride, along with my dreams, to give my family the validation that we are taught comes with status and titles and professions.
Thank you. So much like my own childhood and relationship with my dad. My brother born before me died at the age of three. I'm 66 and still suffer from father problems even though he has been dead for the last 15 years, but this kind man made me feel less alone.
Excellent interview, soaring high above the regular fare of an interviewer who's so enamoured with himself he keeps interrupting and an interviewee simply trying to plug his latest product. Bravissimo!
Very honest, very moving and quite surprising... (Rang a lot of personal bells with me.) I knew almost nothing about Robert Webb before I watched this, (though I admire his work with DM very much...) and I'll certainly be buying this book. To know ALL the answers is impossible, but it's important to be aware of the questions, I guess... xx SF
One thing I like about this podcast is that the guest is allowed to speak, too many podcasts with an ignorant host that interrupts the guest, the focal point of the show
Really enjoyed this, I have a peep show binge probably once every few months. RW and DMs chemistry is on another level. Awkward comic timing to perfection. Nice to see this side of him.
This was deep! Not seen one of these unfiltered interviews before. I anticipated this might be an hour of funny Peep Show/Sketch Show/Magicians et al anecdotes... changed the way I appreciate Robert Webb.
Rob feels like a very important voice at the moment with regards to issues around masculinity, I really would encourage anyone with young boys or anyone interested in the subject to read his book, it is all the things you expect (funny, charming etc) but it also feels from the perspective of another young boy who never fitted in with societal expectations of working class men, quite important.
Really? Ashamed of his background, changed his accent and blamed his dad. Slags off the grammar school that gave him everything. Insults his siblings and says a 2.5 train journey to see them now is too much. Seems like a weasel to me.
he raises a good point around 46:00 with the "farage in the garage" idea, being from gen z i can say tbh when youre young boys arent really any different now to how he describes them back then, just with added technology and different interests and as someone who's gay, growing up being told "gay" means bad or inferior in every sense and being encouraged to use it as a negative label does get internalised way before you're old enough to know what "gay" is and whether or not you are gay
What he says about how becoming a parent is meant to make you feel more forgiving of your parents is so spot on. Becoming a parent made me feel much more resentful and angry at the way I was treated growing up, at both my father and my mother. My father for being the narcissistic asshole he was and always will be, then for my mother for enabling him and supporting his disgusting self serving behaviour. I don’t speak much to my father as he is the same as he always has been. My mother thankfully has seen and taken accountability for her actions and deeply regrets them, and now makes up for them in spades.
Well that was a great interview, as a peep show fan I alwas enjoyed Robert. Never knew how tough he had it as a kid. An it was nice to see you just let him chat. It's always great to see the stars you love to watch turn out to be decent people. That's a man I'd enjoy a pint with
I've seen Robert Webb in interviews before and thought what a charming, intelligent, honest and funny chap he seems. This again confirms that. This was really nice and fun to listen to.
I loved the book - read it in almost one go - and this interview is absolutely fantastic. If I had one criticism about the book (though I'm frankly happy to be contradicted if I'm getting this wrong) is that there is a lot of bad behaviour attributed to the patriarchy, with the risk of it being viewed as an excuse. I 've been fortunate enough to have some wonderful men-wonderful fathers, brothers, husbands, friends- in my life, from a variety of social/education backgrounds, who, despite the true fact that they don't talk about their emotions much, they never react with anger or resentment or by removing themselves from a difficult situation, and (maybe indeed a smaller a subset of them) will never act as if the women in their lives are somehow more responsible for family and household responsibilities than they are. I agree that these men behave thus #despite# the patriarchy, but this means that the patriarchy cannot be seen as an all-encompassing mechanism of conditioning for men's behaviour. It is certainly a very big factor, but men who screw up don't just screw up because they don't know any better, they have a huge deal of responsibility for their own actions.
I haven't read the book but that's the vibe I get from his interviews. There's nothing wrong about criticizing hypermasculinity and extreme behaviors, but Webb is clearly selling an antipatriarchical message here because he knows it's the right time to do so with all these feminist movements and stuff.
@@lostalone9320 I'd argue that those social pressures you mentioned - to be a good person, a good father, a loyal friend and loving partner - can exist without the patriarchy.
I love this guy. Like, you look at that 18 year old list and you're like, check check check. Not Hollywood quite yet. Not Cleese but as close as anyone will ever be to that who was born after 1970. lol
I'm an American and I like to think of myself as a big anglophile. I know what the British school system is like both now and in the 1800s. And I know the geography of England and how its train system and its accents work. But I always have to google the really British references while watching this. Like, who is David Mellor and what's this with the Duke of Windsor? Oh, you're saying that Webb went from talking working class to upper-middle class and Mellow went from talking upper-middle class to Aristocratic. lol
Get the hell out of this Brexit sh*t James....you belong right here. Great interview....allowing Robert to be himself and feel comfortable. Learned a lot about Robert from this. Refreshingly honest interviews. Well done. It didn't feel like a "flogging a book ad".....therefore..RESULT.
i watch peep show from start to end at least once every 6 months, i fucking love him and david
I have literally not stop watched it repeatedly for 12 years too man! Honestly, one of the most original and brilliant shows ever made imo.
This is outrageous, This is contagious!
But, really, this IS contagious!
@@daveharo9878 SOOOOOOOOOO FUTILE!!!
They're watching my interview. I bet they think it's brilliant!
@@stewmott3763 Jeremy’s voice suddenly appeared in my head when I read that lol
I love Robert. He's so down-to-earth, humble and smart.
What an incredibly lovely bloke.
But how much washing up does he think he could do without washing up liquid?
Is this pyramid selling
“Jez! ...NO!”
I think the clearest answer is an infinite amount, but not effectively!
ITS PYRAMID SELLING AND YOUR MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF!
Your pissing on my bonfire
When Robert was mentioning the negative stuff around 14:25, I was genuinely expecting him to use the word "orgones".
Puts some perspective on his "interview" at "the Center"
He just needs a bath and a magnum
Need protecting from negative opinions. I bet your Father would be proud of the man you became Robert.
i was always a huge fan of peep show, but i didn't know a great deal about Robert web the man, watching this interview i'm glad that he is in fact the thoughtful, caring, humble human being i thought he would be
Only someone wise and admirably down to earth can observe with such painful clarity a guy like Jeremy.
I’ve watched Grand Designs with you. That smile when some eco-glass gets delayed on its way from Antwerp and the nice couple gets pushed over budget. That’s the real you.
its not Antwerp it's Freiburg
It was Freiburg
As you can possibly tell by my avatar, David Mitchell is my favourite comedian of all time. But having heard more and more interviews with Robert, I have to conclude that I'd probably rather have a conversation with him. His emotional intelligence is off the charts. What a legend.
I'm not sure what to make of this interview. I can see where Robert's coming from on the whole, but what I've taken away from it, is that everyone is sexist and homophobic, because he grew up around people that [seemed] to express that. I'm not sure if it's due to current SJW rhetoric; keep telling yourself something and you'll eventually believe it, or whether I'm reading it wrongly. No one told me that it's not okay to cry. Public sobbing may not be useful though, as it doesn't solve any problems and someone, male or female, has to sort shit out. I don't like the idea of, what's acceptable or unacceptable to say. That implies that someone has decided upon acceptability, ergo Orwell, Huxley et al.
Still a great comedian and writer.
Really? You don't think there's been a culture historically of men not showing their emotions?
No, I don't. I am aware, as I've felt it myself as a youngster as well as other males, that when the tears welled up, it was embarrassing. Not to the point of being irrevocably damaged though. I don't suppose (but I can never know) that Females look forward to periods.No amount of wishing will stop the tide though (menopause aside). Been told by my Dad to 'Man Up', didn't like that. It's not set in stone, we are all different and experience the universe in different ways, Still a great interview, just sounding off what I want to say. Cheers. I cried watching remake of Wuthering Heights' a couple of weeks ago. In private I could release that. In public, I'd stifle it and make it worse. There would be no release.
Your avatar is Santa 🎅
No wai!
American here. just discovering Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look and if you dont mind me saying... "bloody brilliant". love it. they've really stuck with me. will have to get Robert's book
His voice is like rich dark chocolate melting in my ears.
It can’t be understated how much pressure working class kids face, from their own families. I grew up in the Upper Midwest/Rust Belt in the US. My father was an electrician, my mom was as a secretary. I was the first person, in my family, to go to university. I wanted to study fine arts but whenever I brought it up, I was told that I needed to study something practical and once I had a proper career, I could take up art as a hobby. Spending tens of thousands of dollars pursuing a degree that wasn’t going to “guarantee meaningful employment with full benefits and vacation” just didn’t fit their world view. I buried my pride, along with my dreams, to give my family the validation that we are taught comes with status and titles and professions.
Some unspeakable fundamental truths spoken by Robert Webb, brave interview
Lost Alone weak people think saying things with no repercussions is ‘brave’.
Lol "brave".
@@lostalone9320 That's not what he says.
Thank you. So much like my own childhood and relationship with my dad. My brother born before me died at the age of three. I'm 66 and still suffer from father problems even though he has been dead for the last 15 years, but this kind man made me feel less alone.
Wonderful interview. Good conversation with a fascinating and amazing guy. Happy days
Great interview, Not a fan of autobiographies but will add this ro my expanding list of must reads. This long interview style suits James.
Excellent interview, soaring high above the regular fare of an interviewer who's so enamoured with himself he keeps interrupting and an interviewee simply trying to plug his latest product. Bravissimo!
I had no idea he had such a tumultuous life, he seems to have emerged as a great guy
Very honest, very moving and quite surprising... (Rang a lot of personal bells with me.) I knew almost nothing about Robert Webb before I watched this, (though I admire his work with DM very much...) and I'll certainly be buying this book. To know ALL the answers is impossible, but it's important to be aware of the questions, I guess... xx SF
I love peep show and admire Robert a fantastic interview from James O'Brien.
Thanks Paul, glad you're enjoying these.
One thing I like about this podcast is that the guest is allowed to speak, too many podcasts with an ignorant host that interrupts the guest, the focal point of the show
Thank you Robert for being so brave
Great interview, authentic genuine kind person. Thanks.
A great interview! Will be reading Webb's book.
What a brilliant interview. I relate to all this very much.
Re: David “He was the first vertical person I said goodmorning to” is such a fun phrase
Brilliant series. Loving this & got the book to read when I get home. Nice one!
Really enjoyed this, I have a peep show binge probably once every few months. RW and DMs chemistry is on another level. Awkward comic timing to perfection. Nice to see this side of him.
28:44 omg this makes the sketch about his typing even funnier 😂
This was deep! Not seen one of these unfiltered interviews before. I anticipated this might be an hour of funny Peep Show/Sketch Show/Magicians et al anecdotes... changed the way I appreciate Robert Webb.
cheer up
xx
these are good times xx
Never knew you had a rough dad, sorry to hear that. Doing my best to be a good dad myself
I relate to this interview on so many levels. Relationships with my friends, my own family, my dreams.
Wonderful conversation. I am part way through reading his book now, so this made for a nice addition.
superb book btw
How have i only just seen this, the book is amazing i read it last year
THIS IS SOOO NOT RAINBOW RHYTHMS
how did Robert drop the phrase "Farage in the Garage" and neither of them even smiled? lmfao
Because he pronounced it wrong - should have said 'Farridge in the garridge'. :-)
Rob feels like a very important voice at the moment with regards to issues around masculinity, I really would encourage anyone with young boys or anyone interested in the subject to read his book, it is all the things you expect (funny, charming etc) but it also feels from the perspective of another young boy who never fitted in with societal expectations of working class men, quite important.
Really? Ashamed of his background, changed his accent and blamed his dad.
Slags off the grammar school that gave him everything. Insults his siblings and says a 2.5 train journey to see them now is too much.
Seems like a weasel to me.
My grandparents lived in Sleaford and used to take us to Kinema in the Woods at Woodhall Spa! Never knew RW grew up there. Fantastic interview
Lovely neck of the woods. Stayed at the Tavern at Timberland several times and still need to check out Kinema.
he raises a good point around 46:00 with the "farage in the garage" idea, being from gen z i can say tbh when youre young boys arent really any different now to how he describes them back then, just with added technology and different interests and as someone who's gay, growing up being told "gay" means bad or inferior in every sense and being encouraged to use it as a negative label does get internalised way before you're old enough to know what "gay" is and whether or not you are gay
What he says about how becoming a parent is meant to make you feel more forgiving of your parents is so spot on.
Becoming a parent made me feel much more resentful and angry at the way I was treated growing up, at both my father and my mother. My father for being the narcissistic asshole he was and always will be, then for my mother for enabling him and supporting his disgusting self serving behaviour.
I don’t speak much to my father as he is the same as he always has been. My mother thankfully has seen and taken accountability for her actions and deeply regrets them, and now makes up for them in spades.
I wanna see more of Robert Webb... I miss peep show...
Gainsly Harriot back is their new show
That’s numberwang!
This podcast was golden, thanks!
His voice 🥰 gives me tingles
Well that was a great interview, as a peep show fan I alwas enjoyed Robert. Never knew how tough he had it as a kid. An it was nice to see you just let him chat. It's always great to see the stars you love to watch turn out to be decent people. That's a man I'd enjoy a pint with
Great interview. Loved the book.
I've seen Robert Webb in interviews before and thought what a charming, intelligent, honest and funny chap he seems.
This again confirms that.
This was really nice and fun to listen to.
Did they make it through an hour long interview about a book without ever mentioning the title?
No.
Brilliant conversation. Enjoyed it, will take things away from it too. Thanks.
1993! Can't believe the creative partnership with Mitchell goes that far back. Look forward to reading the book.
I loved the book - read it in almost one go - and this interview is absolutely fantastic.
If I had one criticism about the book (though I'm frankly happy to be contradicted if I'm getting this wrong) is that there is a lot of bad behaviour attributed to the patriarchy, with the risk of it being viewed as an excuse.
I 've been fortunate enough to have some wonderful men-wonderful fathers, brothers, husbands, friends- in my life, from a variety of social/education backgrounds, who, despite the true fact that they don't talk about their emotions much, they never react with anger or resentment or by removing themselves from a difficult situation, and (maybe indeed a smaller a subset of them) will never act as if the women in their lives are somehow more responsible for family and household responsibilities than they are. I agree that these men behave thus #despite# the patriarchy, but this means that the patriarchy cannot be seen as an all-encompassing mechanism of conditioning for men's behaviour. It is certainly a very big factor, but men who screw up don't just screw up because they don't know any better, they have a huge deal of responsibility for their own actions.
I haven't read the book but that's the vibe I get from his interviews. There's nothing wrong about criticizing hypermasculinity and extreme behaviors, but Webb is clearly selling an antipatriarchical message here because he knows it's the right time to do so with all these feminist movements and stuff.
@@lostalone9320 I'd argue that those social pressures you mentioned - to be a good person, a good father, a loyal friend and loving partner - can exist without the patriarchy.
Jesus... I could draw almost every mirrored comparison with my own childhood and 'new' fatherhood.
Jam packed with wisdom and of the most useful sort...
Absolutely great interview and absolutely great book one of my favourite memoirs/autobiography
Forgotten how much I liked James doing these. Bring him back.
"...lethal English curtesy" is just brilliant.
Dunno y this made me cry
Because you're sensitive and empathic?
I just want to reach out and give him a hug because there is a huge myth that all parents love their children .
Loved the book, Rob. Thank you!
Good interview on both sides
The therapy session I needed
Great stuff
Great interview.
I was just looking at the thumbnail and thought "damn that looks like a sort of munchkin-version of Robert Webb.
If you're a fan of this book and rock/punk music then listen to Idles, brilliant band
"God, I can be quite boring when I put myself to it"
Such a talented guy. I forgot irl he wasn’t jez and went to Cambridge.
I love this voice!
Dang, Jez is a complex guy. Also, this interviewer is really good. 👍🏻
That was a great Darth Vader impersonation!
I've always thought of James O'Brien as a real life Jez character. Life imitating art and all that.
@@lostalone9320 To be fair, I think that Jeremy Usbourne is more likeable.
When James mentioned Cyril Connolly, did anyone else think "no, semi-carnally"?
Brilliant
Robert found a publisher for his book? What next? he's found a director for his film? a builder for his cathedral?
Get Simon Amstell on next, his book Help is fantastic!!
Oh really? Haven't heard that he'd written a book, but since Simon is one of the most inherently funny people I've ever come across, I'm intrigued.
Totally agree. Amstell is great...
Wow what a clever man
i love robert but i disagree about movie mistakes
that was a great show and i loved it when i was younger
Superb
I hope British London get the publishing rights
World Wide Wobert 🤣
The thumbnail looks like their playing snooker
How thick is wall ?
I love this guy. Like, you look at that 18 year old list and you're like, check check check. Not Hollywood quite yet. Not Cleese but as close as anyone will ever be to that who was born after 1970. lol
53 minutes hearing the car alarm going off in the background
I'm an American and I like to think of myself as a big anglophile. I know what the British school system is like both now and in the 1800s. And I know the geography of England and how its train system and its accents work. But I always have to google the really British references while watching this. Like, who is David Mellor and what's this with the Duke of Windsor? Oh, you're saying that Webb went from talking working class to upper-middle class and Mellow went from talking upper-middle class to Aristocratic. lol
A SAUSAGE IS MISSING!!!!!!
I do not know what i would do without peep show? God bless this man
Damn, he should do a travel show and call it World Wide Webb
Where’s Robert looking at?
A far cry from Jez ! 😁
Get the hell out of this Brexit sh*t James....you belong right here.
Great interview....allowing Robert to be himself and feel comfortable. Learned a lot about Robert from this. Refreshingly honest interviews. Well done.
It didn't feel like a "flogging a book ad".....therefore..RESULT.
hes fucking obsessed with brexit!!
That was friggin' hilarious at 28:00.
When is Back coming on again?
Hennimore!!!!
James O'Brien interviews himself ? These two look alike right ? Very odd. Great interview though, two good blokes.
Men with Ven
Praise Vectron!
Oh no... Pekora's BGM is stuck in my head.
Wonderful conversation. I am part way through reading his book now, so this made for a nice addition.