The ENIGMA That Is James Acaster | The Best Of James Acaster

Taskmaster, Cats Does Countdown, Travel Man... he's certainly no stranger to Channel 4 and when James is about chaos usually follows. Here are some of his best bits from the C4 archive!
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[@josemaria8177]

If you think James Acaster is funny you should meet Lloyd, the vocalist of a band called Pindrop

[@cobber9391]

I would like to see Pindrop. Lloyd sounds like a riot!

[@brentsegrist246]

He'll be on later

[@AH-te5gs]

I think he was on wilty?

[@jamespetersen3229]

U got played son Jimmy got u good

[@ImBoredAsAMoFo]

😂😂😂

[@blahblah9036]

The complete lack of humor in Greg's "yes I could." was something. No bragging, no jokes, just the absolute certainty that James Acaster was hoistable, and that he was the one to do it.

[@ChrisCoxCycling]

Aisling laughing uncontrollably at the Pindrop story makes my day.

[@CrystalisQ]

My eyes are circles?

[@awhimdhwani]

Forever in Taskmaster history, Acasters hula incident will go down as the greatest injustice.

[@drbongorama]

How does it rank with Joe's Potato throw?

[@liquidfrost1499]

Joe Wilkerson might have something to say about that :)

[@user-ox9ep9ki6h]

Not exactly James related but a slow-motion of Phil Wang hoolahooping in his yellow jumpsuit never, never gets old.

[@Jivvi]

It doesn't matter sometimes, how ornate the grandfather clock is, the pendulum draws the eye.

[@_kontingency]

Yeah, the fact it was against Acaster isn't relevant at ALL 😂 /shakeshead

[@ritavrataski]

“You’re not a musician, mate” Furking legend❤️

[@pinpetos]

Colder and colder.

[@peridotqueen26]

@@pinpetos Is that a boulder?

[@ludvig9184]

The funny thing about that is that the thing Alex is most famous for outside of Taskmaster is probably being the host and bandleader for a comedy band.

[@AH-te5gs]

An enigma wrapped in green, brown and/or orange.

[@andrewwhite1305]

It's possible that James is an immortal inter dimensional being, that's really funny.

[@SCHTRAM]

I'm just sad every time you hear a story about him he comes of as a dick.

[@wayward.philosopher]

​@SCHTRAM by all counts the "being a dick" is just a persona. The rumor is, behind the scenes, he's actually really nice and thoughtful. Though by his own admission, in his "Classic Scrapes" book, he has done a lot of things without thinking first. He also admits he takes heckling too personally and has not always reacted very well to it in the past. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@SCHTRAM]

@@wayward.philosopher Im talking about people meeting him in public at like restaurants and stuff. But ye we all have bad days and what not.

[@samiecarr1885]

​@@SCHTRAMHe suffers from depression and anxiety and in one of his books talks about the years following a really bad break up. I also imagine he's a fairly introverted person. Many comedians are actually this way and can be very shy, and a lot of.people assume they are louder than life and constantly want to make people laugh. When really they just want to remember what they need from the shop and get through the day like.most of us!!

[@neuroqueercoach]

He does give strong Sheogorath vibes.

[@shush2000]

"Steve Coogenheim: Ah-art" has to be one of the greatest off-the-cuff improvisations ever.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

15:11 hes not talking about the amount of glasses hes fit into the box, but rather the fact that he closed it in that way where you dont have to use boxing tape.

[@jiasd123]

Aisling should always be invited whenever James is on the panel 🤣

[@CraftyLucyYoder]

So chaotic - I love this man!

[@pozzezz]

'I'm pretty cool, pretty happening guy in my circles.' 'My eyes are circles.' He split a joke across two TV shows - genius upon genius

[@Pwills]

5:52 the best story ever told. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@neilgerace355]

16:47 Jon is eyeing that cardigan off - it's his size.

[@KT-dj4iy]

4:08 My wife once wore a fascinator to a wedding. I'd never heard the word before, and for years after I would refer to it as a "frustrator".

[@dreamsolutions3037]

James has by far been my favorite contestant on any of these shows

[@txbill2512]

Anyone else here want to meet Lloyd?

[@aaronhelmsman]

Every flap was the top flap on his box of glasses, if you'll notice

[@flamingowilliams9664]

The Pindrop story is on3 of my favourites, honestly. 😅

[@spookyspice596]

James Acaster has the energy of a chaotic puppy dog who's just eaten his owner's packet of cigarettes.

[@pleun5594]

i am so madly in love with him

[@loreleiwebster9347]

No way, he's my ❤❤❤ dreamy dork ❤❤❤ !! Him and Warmbo (from the KZbin channel "Some More News")

[@anvitamishra6853]

James is a BEAST! So hilarious man! You just can’t not love him! ❤️❤️

[@Vtarngpb]

“My eyes are circles…”

[@petrakat]

"Coolness is not a competition" immediately cuts to the coolest looking guy I've ever seen

[@qruigley]

Was not expecting that panda poem to go so hard

[@anotheruserism]

finally a james acaster clip that includes the dog for christmas

[@fruitloop831]

Famous last words "I thought..."

[@tomcross3000]

He is the most beautiful lifeform that has ever been.

[@laurac1357]

James Acaster is my ASMR.

[@andresbarriga5305]

You probably have ADHD then. LoL

[@pitbullsandcalicos]

I LOVE JAMES. HE MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD I BLOODY PEE MYSELF!! 😂😂😂😂

[@Zeptre_]

Every Lloyd I meet from now on ill ask if they are in a band called pindrop

[@jamespetersen3229]

If u make the lock laugh like that ur onto something

[@MrFBrookes]

I would give a lot to make Aisling laugh like that.

[@cudomoney]

Who is Aisling?

[@AH-te5gs]

@@cudomoney Barbarian!

[@meganm1074]

@cudomoney look up Aisling Bea, brilliant & funny & gorgeous

[@josephsawczyn1145]

WILTY James Acaster and the cabbages???

[@assumptaai]

He's giving Lidl Michael Caine in Alfie but I like it

[@pallasathena1555]

James’s improving skills with the Lloyd story are outstanding, he should try the aristocratic joke

[@ST0RMTROOP3R]

Legend 🤟

[@brianallen8588]

James. Stalactites hang down, like tights, not the other way around. ☮️

[@adzm1987]

The dude from ghostbusters ❤❤😂

[@taylorring7601]

The English Theo Von equivalent

[@GeminiTom]

If you havnt already, do yourself a favour and listen to his audiobook.

[@user-bo3vn6dd5z]

Full Wang

[@neilgerace355]

3:03 How many circles is that, James?

[@CoIumbo]

I fucking love ❤️ you

[@Meleageria]

Poor Springleaf still hasn't solved his case.

[@AeraLeafMoonStudio]

22:11 what show ep ser ?

[@johnny5k]

James got robbed on the hula-ing tho- Phil went from 57 to 1.5 seconds. James went from 6 to 5… You don’t have to be Rachel Riley to figure out that James should’ve come away with more than 2 points… But such is the way of The Taskmaster. Maybe it was punishment for calling him a c**t.

[@bleeblah234]

Smash

[@kkumi1782]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

[@rachaelanear7049]

I am so in true love with James. My soulmate. We often speak identical sentences at the same time! Will I ever meet you ?? 🙏🏼 ❤ 💋

[@d6u4]

Aisling was dripping wet when he was telling the pin drop story.

[@samnpoppythedog4416]

Very marmite to me, sometimes but he's just what you need but then mostly just no.

[@t.c.4321]

Care to elaborate ?

[@julian2719]

The bar to be considered funny in the UK seems to be pretty low.

[@Lightning_Lance]

he's trying too hard to be funny

[@benfisher1376]

Is he meant to be funny? I don't get it.

[@chrisjames3204]

Enigma is right, as to why anyone finds him funny.

[@pinpetos]

You're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.

[@wavydavy9816]

I'm 5 minutes in and he hasn't said anything even remotely funny yet. He most certainly is an eigma though, as in, it's very difficult to figure out how someone becomes a comedian if they're dull and unamusing 🤔 It's almost as if the current crop of British comedians have accepted the challenge of pushing someone as a comedian who clearly isn't funny. 'If we all just keep saying he's funny then _some_ people will believe it' 🤷‍♂

[@t.c.4321]

Terrible take

[@angryredstone]

just because you have no sense of humour doesn't mean other people don't

[@wavydavy9816]

@@angryredstone Some people find other people falling down the stairs rip-roaringly funny. There's a market for everything I suppose.

[@angryredstone]

@@wavydavy9816 you've stated your opinion as if it was universal truth, shitting on younger comedians like a bloody boomer. if you don't understand them, that's on you, people like what they like and you not getting it doesn't mean it's bad, just that you don't get it

[@KT-dj4iy]

Finders keepers, shu' up!

[@RiCHeeGee]

Objectively not funny. The Pindrop story was awful but for some reason everyone pretended he was funny for the entire dull repetitive story - Jimmy Carr couldn't be bothered fortunately. Then there's his politics...

[@GigaBoost]

You're frigid

[@finnlaymoth2171]

@RiCHeeGee Look its totaly subjective what people find funny, and I get if James is not your cup of tea- but what do his political views have got to do with this?

[@JerryMcB3rry]

If its objectively not funny, why does the pindrop story get funnier every time i hear it?