One of the best impressionist ever,I love his Bowie and jagger but I especially love his lofty impression.😂

Absolutely fantastic 👏 ❤

"HE HAD MYYYEEEEEE... _SAUSAGES_ "

I never cared for Rowan

Sounds good even phoning it in.

He was good in Stella Street.

I remember the night this was broadcast. I remember going into school the following Monday, and me and my best mate saying "Did you SEE that guy?!" Saturday Live, and the late 80s comedy scene generally, was full of this sort of thing, not just floppy haired wankers talking about their dead dad. This clip in particular haunted me. I never forgot it, but I forgot who it was. Years later - 2012 - I did manage to find out who it was, and tried to buy a tape of the show (bizarrely from ITN for some reason). It would have cost £145. I politely declined. I'm therefore incredibly happy that someone who has access to the original has decided to share it. Thank you so much, not least for proving that no, I didn't dream it.

This guy would do murdoc in the future

The famous 4 not the same now Hugh jet and dave gone.rip dave and jet .Best band ever

The ‘proper’ Stranglers

Surely David Bowie who was worth millions of Pounds £££ he would have had a Large Fridge in which to keep his Sausages, And as his Father was from Yorkshire they would have been Cumberland Sausages. His mother preferred a nice slice of Haslet In the morning as she was from Kent

I. LOVE. THIS. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Phil Is Such a Talented Bloke!! And I Mean When Ever I Hear This I Hear A Very Young Murdoc (Maybe Phase One Murdoc) It’s So Funny, Murdoc Is A Major Comfort Character For Me, All His Podcasts/Funny Moments Make Me Smile And Have Made Me Smile at The Darkest Of Times In My Life If I Ever Met Phil IRL, I Would Literally Have No Words Besides “Thanks For Always Brightening My Day When I Needed It Most” 💚

This made such an impression on me at the time (genuinely no pun intended) - I would have been between 16 and 18 and when I saw my friends on the following Monday we were quoting Phil and just cracking up all over again, he was so funny! I had the great pleasure of running into him many many years later on a film shoot - they say you should never meet your heroes but he was utterly lovely to the core. Brilliant comedian, excellent impersonator. He should be on our screens more!

The best Mick Jagger impersonation!

Now that's a blast from the past.

Barmean bring me 4 of what he's on

Pub covers band version

I used to love Ron Atkinson

that Hugh guitar solo is fantastic

He is class when he dose Mark Almond & the tape recorder starts speeding up & slowing down . 😃👍🇬🇧

Is that William Rees Mogg sitting to the left of Rowan in the audience ??

Bit of politics, Mrs Thatch . . . My name's Ben Elton, Fuck Off!!

Loved Rowen Atkinson on vocals 😁

Stin leuki me agapi alexandros 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

too soft ..too slow..

Backs when comics were anti-establishment- not whores for it.

An underrated actor who should be recognized a bit more. Besides being Murdoc.

It was around this time, comedy, music and everything good about England died. Ben Elton? For fucks sake ... I'd say he was a joke but he is far from it, pretentious, shallow crap!

It was around this time, comedy, music and everything good about England died. Ben Elton? For fucks sake ... I'd say he was a joke but he is far from it, pretentious, shallow crap!

I can hear nothing but Murdoc

Man Murdoc looks Young here!

www.discogs.com/The-Stranglers-Shakin-Like-A-Leaf/release/2578418

Teen murdoc!

HAIL SATAN!!!

I like Hugh. He is a very nice guy, had lots of fun with him in Vienna. Best evening ever.

I swear I keep hearing murdoc it's hilarious 😂

He was great as Gilbert the alien xx

I've just found a ticket from Tuesday 18th August 1987 for John Hegley and Andrew Bailey (aka Frederick Benson). It was hilarious especially when I heckled him and he came off the stage wielding some vicious looking clamps. Heckle clamps he called them. I also have a memory of him at some other time on some saturday morning kids programme with him hanging over the battlements of Edinburgh Castle. Hilarious

i bet everyone already thought of this but sounds like he said 2-D in the beginning damn

IM SO FUCKING SHOOK

Andrew Bailey - actor - bit part in a Bergerac - did fringe with John Hegley as Benson and Hegley

Thanks Rob, good shout

It's Morris Minor and the *Majors*, actually

Keyboard section of the song removed to fit the heffing titles. They were a bit too comfortably Pop star at this time. As the 80's progressed after Golden Brown they sort of drifted for the rest of the decade and Hugh went in search of solo stardom. By 1990 he admitted "I don't want to be Strangler anymore" - For all of those who slag off they current line up I would remind you that the latter tours of the 80's showed a band not particularly together (particularly Hugh who couldn't even be bothered learning the licks anymore- hence John Ellis joining them on their last tour as the original band).

I thought I was the only one who remembered this guy.....nice one.

no more heroes anymore... id b bored

Tell me what the day is, tell me what the time is, tell me what the temperature iiiis

Murdoc :3

This was a shadow of the band who some years earlier would've growled and snarled their way through this great song.... Hugh has already made his mind up by this point, for him it was 6 and out!

Brilliant mick jagger : )