HIGNFY S40E01 Benedict Cumberbatch, Victoria Coren & Jon Richardson

14 October 2010

[@asterix7842]

Adding Victoria Coren makes any show better.

[@merkeljohn]

Agreed.

[@sharonmullins1957]

Love Jon Richardson; so snarky, quick, absolutely funny.

[@xixi9166]

Omg Victoria dreams of her questions. There's also one in QI.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

What an excellent assortment of presenter and panellists.

[@spudlington]

I used to live in Stoke Newington, and if you took the 38 bus to town, to went past "ChickPizz", and it was always empty!

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@Gersti96]

“Who do you normally have in your front room?” “Me” Savage.

[@datgrrl5698]

bless, after all these years you are still uploading brilliant content :))) thank you so very much, it is greatly appreciated - ta xo

[@awmperry]

Ah, those halcyon, innocent days of eleven years ago…

[@kidmohair8151]

I'm always surprised by how well these age; all one needs do is sub in the names of the current (except of course the perennial BoJo) crop of scoundrels, scalliwags and ne'erdowells and it becomes topical

[@jamesconrad940]

There's that old French saying--"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose", which loosely translates to "The more things change the more it's the same thing."

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Bojo not gone now? Like Truss, etc....(22 /11/22).

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

@@jamesconrad940 Almost exactly, actually.

[@lastpenny849]

Benedict doing Team America.."lonely".. hahahaha ,, had me rolling.

[@karonsky1]

LOVE VICTORIA!!!

[@jam-trousers]

I’m usually a bit meh about John Richardson but here he’s absolutely on fire. Pity he’s not on more often.

[@MultiMolly21]

Rodeos in Costa Rica; West coast tiny towns have bullfights, actually riding and bucking contests. They roll up in a truck loaded with teak saplings, as they thin the teak orchards every spring. These are young trees, ten meters long, and the day before, the hardy team chicken-wires a stadium together; the most complex tools a shovel, a hammer and plyers, complete with bleachers, bull entry; all in a day, and having watched at least twelve of these events, I've never seen a single flaw in their design; at least 20 meters across, minimum three hundred in the audience. Magic . In a day more, it's over and grass has grown over the handful of postholes neatly filled in, not a single sapling left behind, and they're gone , except for a little telltale trash; like it never happened. The night before, horses danced to the tiny band accompanying the 12-second rides; at least one drunk, amiably entering the bullring to help coral the creature back to the exit, hauled off in an ambulance (it's tradition!) When the bull refuses to be led off after circling the grounds several times, crashing mightily against the frail stadium; three old Ticos, bristling with class on their elegant little Paseos, lassos in hand, trot out to everyone's relief, and rope it back to its senses. The bulls are big fat show-off pets, huge and very beautiful Brahmas. In the end everybody wins. You should go.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Sounds marvelous! Thanks. No reason to kill the bulls as done elsewhere

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Victoria Coren is so gorgeous. 😍

[@maryearll3359]

And very clever. 🌹

[@wich1]

Isn’t she just

[@davidw.2791]

4:20 Holy sh*t “Mine Camp”. 🤣

[@DanDownunda8888]

No David, it's spelled 'shit'. :)

[@treborif]

Cumberdict Benebatch . . . .just couldnt help myself . .

[@markloveless1001]

I just now got Jon Ricardson's lettuce joke, and I've seen this clip several times. A dialect thing - here in America it's called Romaine lettuce, only learned the 'cos' bit just the other day. Good joke, but then Romaine could work as a Brexit joke...

[@TregMediaHD]

Good episode 👏

[@zapfanzapfan]

So, Boris was the "star" of the news 11 years ago too...

[@lr2683]

"foreigners down hole" will never fail to crack me up

[@Miss_ESL]

I watched this without realising it was an old episode (until I saw the thing with the miners) and thought "Hang on, have David & Victoria broken up?!"

[@thetruth3213]

Thought the same!!

[@cc1k435]

I was just thinking how everyone is looking so great. 🤣

[@pastorofmuppets8834]

And maybe Jimmy Savile ... Being a current celebrity

[@RIXRADvidz]

Tempter!!! keeping me from my responsibilities !! well, it is a bit chilly outside, it could warm up a bit before my chores, oh alright then but Just One and then Chores. Thanks BH !!!

[@annagarza8549]

if it's a bit chilly......cardigan?

[@DanDownunda8888]

Emigrate?@@annagarza8549

[@TregMediaHD]

The introduction to thos episode goes . With Mixed emotions. Great panel

[@camogrrl]

Wtf- You can’t spell check eight words? Give me your internet card right now.

[@TregMediaHD]

@@camogrrl while first I was typing drunk on a broken screen I'm also 15 years living in Holland. Having to deal with Dutch auto correct 😜. I could say GFY but I won't .. I'll just say groetjes uit Nederland

[@sayawolf1061]

I love how Mr. Cumberbatch can keep a straight face, especially after the pink cat arsehole Story 😂

[@debrabelz]

such a lovely innocent time...

[@dallasreid7755]

Nice to see good old Jimmy Saville back on the screen😂

[@TregMediaHD]

Papa don't preach !!! Yes Paul

[@mariannerognerud]

The Rattigan comment. ❤

[@bbrockert]

I looked and there is still a restaurant called Chick Pizz. It's just up the road from Seaton Sluice which is what happens in the bathroom afterward.

[@hullinstruments]

Good one 🤘😂👍

[@cc1k435]

🤢🤣

[@icarusandtherabbit]

Great episode and first mention of Kim Jong Un.

[@beenaplumber8379]

When Obama was new in office, the opening title sequence showed him making that basketball shot. Then at some point it began to show him missing the shot. Obama is still an extraordinarily good shot with a basketball at any distance. Did something happen in the news that brought this change about in the animation?

[@DanDownunda8888]

Perhaps it was allegorical in that pre-election Obama was seen as a haloed saviour for America, but he disappointed in practice?

[@aidanmargarson8910]

15 minutes of fame doesnt last long these day

[@pressureworks]

Why didn't he like him ? ..was it the Hat ???

[@lauramuse910]

Yellow Car! If you know you know.

[@thehellyousay]

pizzchick woulda worked better. just sayin' ...

[@scottgordon1781]

Time moves on .N K set to launch missiles that can reach the USA .

[@DanDownunda8888]

Just announced today that Iran has tested a missile(successfully) that can reach Israel.

[@eiaboca1]

I'm surprised Benedict Cucumberbum seems so joyless here. Maybe a bad day.

[@eiaboca1]

Omg and oh no, Sir Jimmy also! A very interesting time capsule.

[@hullinstruments]

I think he was brilliant, super dry and at times hilarious. And I’m in American so I really didn’t even know who he was. But as someone who’s grown up in the USA …. I have many friends from abroad… and my comedic tastes have rarely aligned with my location. Most usa comedian fans, would watch UK comedians and just think they are stuck up dicks. Because in America if you don’t have a fart joke every five minutes, and at least a few jokes about rape and incest… Then you aren’t considered a comedian.

[@davidw.2791]

@@hullinstruments Meanwhile this episode made a big poop joke at the expense of Prince Charles, but since it was done so deadpan & euphemistically, not everyone would even get it.

[@matthewhodgson7388]

God the Jimmy Savile but doesn't age well

[@happivaras]

The woman who put the cat in a bin is an environmental warrior.❤❤❤

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Rubbish. Vastly more humane ways to deal. Unimaginative egoist.

[@trueaussie9230]

Victoria Coren (Mitchell) would be HOT regardless of what she did - or did not - wear. But - a CARDIGAN?! Yes please!!! 👍👍👍

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

[@hullinstruments]

Care to shed some light on this? I’ve seen the same comment on other episodes, curious where it came from ?

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@hullinstruments DON'T MENTION THE WAR ! I MENTIONED IT ONCE BUT I THINK I GOT AWAY WITH IT

[@Sam-ni5lb]

@@hullinstruments Classic British TV show called Fawlty Towers

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

@@hullinstruments . He seems to add the very same bit of script as a comment on LOTS of épisodes which never have anything to do with Fawlty Towers.

[@rdgrdg1632]

Wierdo

[@obscurazone]

The canned laughter. Is infuriating.

[@Yankee7000]

Interesting that Victoria commented on mistresses when she herself……

[@ym10up]

What?

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

She has a mistress?

[@hullinstruments]

I would love to hear the conclusion to your above statement?

[@Yankee7000]

It’s interesting: I keep posting the link to story. It keeps getting deleted. Do a web search on Victoria Coren and Trollop. You will see the results about how she was the mistress of no less than the former producer of HIGNFY.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

@@Yankee7000 I've had the same thing happen many times. I try to show official stats of crime rates, or BLM protests to correct right wing fools who believe the misinformation they've been fed, but YT keeps deleting my comments because of the imbedded link. 😠

[@harveywallace2046]

Dreadful. Hate-filled cruel rhetoric. Horrific

[@NettyJane7677]

no one is forcing you to watch it harvey

[@hullinstruments]

Well come on over to America, and you’ll realize the only worthwhile option is hanging yourself from the garage rafters. And the feeling is mutual no matter what side you’re on, so at least we can all agree on that. I was always strong-willed, And could digest even the most ridiculous politics and shenanigans with my iron stomach. But now I’ve worked up the courage, And soon will be repainting the interior of my home. I settled on a nice “red mist” color, with dispersed fragments of my brain and splinters of my skull. Had enough of this shit, and I’ve done everything I said out to do, twice in most cases 😁💀🔫🤘

[@matthewwilie5144]

"Hello. My name is Harvey. I have no sense of humor."

[@lastpenny849]

And mostly deserved. You want to be a public figure, you'd better have a thick skin. They don't need anyone defending them.

[@TesterAnimal1]

What’s WRONG with you?

[@RIXRADvidz]

today on ReWatch : EarthDay2023 the continuity announcement of the ''H'' series on QI, Stephen Fry reigned supreme aside from Dara O'briain we didn't know then that those were simpler times.

[@redchthonic]

[@jesusvilla6132]

I’m not the jealous or hateful type but I am so jealous and I hate David Mitchell. Victorian is a dream to me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wich1]

To channel some David & Victoria, no you’re not jealous, you’re envious. And well, so am I, though I cannot hate David, I only wish them well.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@cannotfindmyshoes3]

Just keep saying it , Jonathan, he (or she) might reply one day.