Clive Anderson interviews Harry Enfield

From 19th October 1990

[@Harmonical1]

Enfield is truly one of the world's greatest comedians. But if he was to come round my house after bedtime waking us up with his witty one-liners and impressions, I say 'Oy Enfield! No! Whilst I admire your many and diverse comedy creations, I do not appreciate being woken up in the middle of the bloody night!'

[@mdavison6174]

and then you’d give him a slap

[@plejady]

I can pop in to your house

[@pauljackson2409]

... and you would be entirely within your rights to do so, Frank! Bloody celebrities barging into people's houses; who do they thing they are?

[@bobsblackwell3594]

hahahahahha! :D love it!

[@barrybritcher]

Definitely a quare

[@xtraspecialmango]

Harry is a British comedy legend... He's always been around! 😀

[@Dextrovix-42]

...bloody nice bloke... ;)

[@glumpy6079]

harry's SO polite. bless him awww.

[@nimium1955]

I didn't know he had been so young.

[@davilathegreat]

Shocking, really. I first saw him in Ruddy Hell It's Harry and Paul, and never really thought about how old he was in it until I saw this.

[@GavinMorris1]

I always used to think Clive Anderson was an inexplicable choice to be on TV, with his snideness, self regard, stacatto delivery and habit of interupting when the viewer was most interested in what was being said. I still do, but I used to as well.

[@waffleburger8752]

Alright, calm down Mitch Hedberg.

[@tracywilliams2873]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@markcolebrook6096]

HE IS PERFECT - he doesn't pander to them

[@hectormugwump5530]

He could fix all of that by taking out every word he said and adding new ones

[@michael_mouse]

... typical barrister ploy

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Clive asking "so what other characters have you got then?" 20 times...Harry must've loved it

[@peteandurnot]

Harry's "new" show back then would go on to be huuuge. Loved it.

[@HuSiaCat]

One amazing talented British comedian, and then Clive Anderson.

[@checkout5017]

This is so frustrating! Every time harry starts telling a story Clive just butts in with some shit joke or remark. He's the sort of man that likes to talk at you

[@jonnamechange6854]

@DnB and Psy Production I'm almost certain if Clive hadn't wrapped up the interview in record time then we'd have seen Harry having a little go at an impersonation.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Clive butts in with the most obvious, witless one liners after every...single....sodding...line. If he can see a way to twist what his guest has just said into a pun an 8 year old might be ashamed of. He says it anyway. No self censorship - if he thinks it - he says it. Worse, he interrupts his guests replying to what he's just asked them. That means we never get more than one sentence from his guests. Every interview is turned into a series of non sequiturs where even a guest as quick witted as Harry seems to be left wondering what direction the interviewer is taking it.

[@cJ-cr8gp]

I wanted to make the same comment but you have said it much better. I totally agree with you. He was a colossal arsehole..

[@oldhector4952]

Yes, it's painful. People unfamiliar with his 'style' should checkout his interview with the Bee Gees.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@oldhector4952 Les Tosseurs.... And the 8 year old in me saw that throw back a mile away, but chose to consider it too obvious and on the nose and crass. The (at the time) 40 odd year old ex lawyer just jumped in feet first. For a change.

[@gonnahavemesomefun]

So annoying

[@focusandefficiency9359]

Typical lawyer. Thinks being rude and linear is clever.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Clive's jokes are cheap and aggressive, that's why he's so unlikeable and makes his guests feel uneasy instead of relaxing them and opening them. He's like that guy at the pub who thinks that playfully saying "you're shit" counts as banter and is therefore good bonding material

[@coxson]

Simon Amstell biggest influence

[@dannydorko7075]

We've all met someone like Clive...sadly

[@bibtebo]

Yeah but it's Harry Enfield. He can handle it

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Exactly. Did you see the interview with the Bee Gees? Anderson was appalling and they all stood up and left. He was so rude and pathetic and of course he thinks hes witty and funny.

[@mickypoo4622]

@@petyrkowalski9887 YES, that was a classic case of him pushing people too far. He made fun of one their earlier group names and called them "Tossers". It was just embarrassing..

[@lmtt123]

Anderson isn't so much a comedian as a sarcastic smartarse

[@nazirkhalifa5377]

Anderson,was such hard work, he loved himself, it was a wonder that any guest bothered turning up to his gig. Is it a surprise his disappeared. He appears so self centred.

[@pauljackson2409]

Disappeared up his own arse!

[@GLYDR]

@@pauljackson2409 DIdn't disappear, he hosts a chat show on Radio 4 on a saturday evening called Loose Ends, it's usually quite boring but occasionally they have a good guest on.

[@PhilUKNet]

He was popular with the Bee Gees.

[@KevTheImpaler]

I like him.

[@johnmc3862]

@@GLYDRHe disappeared off TV.

[@pauljackson2409]

My favorite Clive Anderson interview was when the Bee Gees got sick of his sneering and walked out on him, the berk didn't know what to do, and was begging them to stay. Priceless!

[@Dude0000]

Completely wrong. The BeeGees were called ‘’le Tosseurs’ at one point and he said to rhem “I’ll always remember you as the tossers. Most people were on Anderson’s side. Of course today, it’s bullying cos we’re all weak fuckers!

[@Peteroranje]

@@Dude0000 Nah it was just rude, Anderson is a dick. Not a Beegees fan either.

[@leemorris2924]

@@Peteroranje One of the quickest comedians ever. Barry Gibb was a complete cock.

[@davidsanderson5918]

@@Dude0000 Nope I think you'll find most people were glad to see Clive Anderson looking bereft as they quite rightly stormed off. Check out a couple of comments under this clip, even! "cheap" "witless" "aggressive" "bell-end" "rude" "patronising" "cunt" etc.etc. (their words, not mine)

[@howdj]

Clive was in the right, the Bee Gees were, and are a bunch of tossers.

[@ccbbaabbcc]

He’s so cuteeeee

[@SPIFFgg]

Clive Anderson must have been the worst interviewer to have ever got their own TV show. How the heck did he manage it?

[@jonnamechange6854]

By owning it (if I remember correctly he owned Hattrick Productions)

[@nevillecapper6529]

I agree, he’s very condescending

[@graemekornicki6810]

@@nevillecapper6529 check out the bee gees interview they all walked off its on you tube.

[@nevillecapper6529]

@@graemekornicki6810 yes that’s a well known one, he is a pompous git

[@stevecox7075]

Yes, he’s appalling!

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I love Harry Enfield but not at all keen on what Clive Anderson thinks is ascerbic wit..just comes over as rude and patronising.

[@jacksonirving4594]

Yes.. He's whats known as a bugger.

[@lmtt123]

He's what's known as a fuckin cunt

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Yeah, Clive's wit is a little too cruel, and the guests aren't always in on it.

[@mattpopemusic]

They're friends. Harry doesn't find it rude and patronising at all.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

It's what they consider "Hay Clarse Humooor". Should've stuck to law & becoming a barrister

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

Love Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse! Also love your channel ❤ well on you brother!

[@weswheel4834]

You can see Harry at about 1:30, fiddling with his shoe and thinking, "This is exactly the same interview I've done about 1000 times. Are these really the best questions that you could come up with?"

[@Dude0000]

He was selling his new show and was very new 1992. Didn’t have much under his belt, not worked with Whitehouse yet(or put it out which is what he’s selling) Harry was nervous, stumbled over words etc.

[@StingBear]

He looks like Daniel Radcliffe.

[@paulanderson79]

Yes, I thought exactly the same thing.

[@malcolmthompson597]

Me too. I thought I was going to be original with that comment

[@animatiz]

i was just about to comment that!

[@lillypatterson7670]

Nah nah nah he looks like jay swingler (only jk)

[@lillypatterson7670]

Zayn Malik

[@winsomehax]

Fantastic hearing about his upcoming characters... that became cultural memes themselves. Smashy and Nicey!

[@davegriffmusic]

Clive Anderson is such a knob

[@JB-np4cn]

i met him. and he is.

[@Hirsute63]

Fuck, no wonder the Bee Gees walked out on him!

[@aliengrey6052]

I love his comedy

[@johnparton2209]

Harry is a legend, I used to think he’s a bit like Dick Emery, as good as Dick Emery was, Harry Enfield is I m o one of the most talented, funny people I have ever had the pleasure to watch, love him

[@jacksonirving4594]

His dinner party. Him and his cat.

[@nazirkhalifa5377]

I heard the dog couldn't be bothered.

[@zazuzazz5419]

A tempest in a teapot at any age. And a cracked, zen one at that. I Loves me sum Harry!!! ☕️ ☕️

[@TheChurchHistoryChannel]

Wow, I had forgotten about Clive Anderson! I wonder what he's getting up to these days. Wikipeida will probably tell me.

[@DDaSilva1980]

He presented the company I work for with an award 1 or 2 years ago. Nice chap.

[@tonybevel5282]

Selling matches

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Probably makes money working or running a law firm. Basically paid obscene amounts and at the expense and misery of many.....

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

He makes £10-15K per after dinner speech.

[@AlwaysASunnydayBuster]

Brilliant love Enfield 😂

[@colincampbell4261]

Wow - 30 years ago!

[@peterfinn1160]

Fantastic guy, Just look at him and you start to laugh...

[@lesleyvivien2876]

3:18: "...and I have to laugh as though it's the first time I've ever heard it." That was about the waiter but was it also a subtle reminder to Anderson to step up his game?

[@jamesbyrne9312]

So young

[@un_ubcribed]

Interview stopped when Harry mentioned he doesn't "dress as any woman either". I know it was a reference to Ohh... You Are Awful but wondering if there was a double meaning that made Clive feel uncomfortable.

[@someguykil]

He reminds me of eric stoltz from the first take of Back To The Future here. Anyone else?

[@Kayem967]

You can tell here that sandi toksvig doesn't like men.

[@edmel144]

Haha

[@uncled39]

I know she's short, but I can't see her.

[@whiteboywhite3292]

BRILLIANT TOGETHER HARRY ENFIELD AND PAUL WHITEHOUSE

[@EmmaCRB1989]

I thought Little Brother wasn't 13 yet as he had his 13th birthday and became Kevin the Teenager later on, I liked that character tho, wish he had had more scenes

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6627]

Did anyone else see A comparison of Harry Enfield and Daniel Radcliffe? I’ve seen Daniel Radcliffe react in EXACTLY the same way when being interviewed mainly by Graham Norton .. It’s uncanny.

[@paulbailey7641]

The only difference is that Harry is talented

[@whiterabbit699]

He sounds quite funny I'll look out for him I forsee him being quite successful.

[@jm1695]

Wait, Harry Enfield is Daniel Radclife?

[@whiteboywhite3292]

LOVED THE OLD GITS AND THE SLOBS

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

Jimmy Greaves *was* a Conservative politician!

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

After football?

[@davidhughmurrayuk]

@@Nickbaldeagle02Oddly, no. He stood for Havering Council in 1974 during his playing career (albeit towards the end).

[@LordOfElderon]

reminds me of alex turner a bit there

[@fransb8543]

He looked an awful lot like Daniel Radcliffe

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

He looks like Damon Albarn here

[@mixtapesfrommylatepartner]

"Young man!"

[@steveallen808909]

clive who?

[@---df5sr]

Has anyone noticed he looks like Daniel Radcliff?

[@stewarthalliwell]

Clive would have been better on the back benches Didn’t listen didn’t care

[@jeffstevens8056]

I’d forgotten what a total bore and misfit Clive Anderson was. Credit to Harry Enfield for tolerating him.

[@HighPingDrifter1]

Harry Enfield should play Tobey Maguire's dad in something.

[@ZetstarMemco]

The BBC used to produce quality

[@TimothyVogel-h8e]

👍

[@tonyraymondsmith8171]

Oh Anderson, you intelligent bellend.

[@RCW3366]

I am not your slave

[@SStone-dm7es]

Anderson - the epitome of car crash TV

[@fredmila]

No wonder they cancelled Clive Anderson and he never returned to TV. He was a bully, always trying to put down guests who were popular, if anybody remembers his interview with the Bee Gees........

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Bee Gees spat their dummy out. Tossers indeed.

[@garylucas7050]

Anderson such a bellend

[@cooky6379]

This has to be the worst interviewer ever. He over talks and questions over the guests. Absolute control freak. He looks like John Merrick btw

[@Stoic-Col]

I have always liked Clive Anderson but chat show host was and never will be his forte. He had some really great guests but spent far too much time trying to prime them for reactions to his questions that he obviously thought - or overthought - was in their best interest. Lots of his quips were ill timed and fell flat.

[@simonf8902]

Harry looks rather cute here.

[@headslapping100]

Interviewers have come a long way, Anderson is so cringey

[@tanemahuta7365]

Horrible how the old talk shows used to "lead" a comedian through their repertoire to introduce them to the "tv" audience... Makes me cringe watching Harry made to act like a nieve placating simp... Glad he doesn't have to work that way any more... Respect the comedy

[@misteral1083]

To be fair, they didn't all do that. Parkinson's chat show was solid. Trying to think what else was around at the time....

[@alexainley1555]

Daniel Radcliffe isn't it?

[@DerekTJ]

Clive is/was a terrible interviewer. The direction of the meeting never gets going.

[@tonybevel5282]

Anderson is a knob

[@NoosaHeads]

Harry enfield is excellent but that audience is like a herd of robotic seals.

[@alancorns5837]

Dime bar.? lol

[@misteral1083]

I prefer armadillos

[@lite4919]

2.00 Dinner parties are for people who are afraid to go out and get pissed. Just get a takeaway and plenty of cans of beer, sorted!

[@pobinr]

Anderson can't keep quite for more than 30 seconds can he 🙄

[@jonnamechange6854]

Dabbing at the powders a bit too much methinks

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

You can't spell quiet can you?

[@SB111058]

When Enfield was funny...

[@johnmc3862]

He’s still funny.

[@lizclegg7556]

Paul Whitehouse and Higson created Loadsamoney, not Enfield, but I note he doesn't acknowledge them.

[@hissingsidll750]

Lots having a go at Clive here but I liked the way he used to put `celebs` in their place and brought them down a peg or two from their ivory towers. Remember `you`ll alway be tossers to me` interview with the Bee Gees.....classic. This ain`t a good example so give him some slack.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

He said to Cher "you look a million dollars. Is that what it cost? “ Very Letterman like.

[@joostkiefte7683]

This Clive Anderson.... if he looks like a creep, acts like a creep, sounds like a creep......

[@andrewashdown3541]

Andersen as unfunny as ever .. why anyone wld appear on his show remains one of the great unanswered Qs of the era

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

Going against the grain here but used to like Clive Anderson. Yes his delivery was a bit inappropriate at times but you ride with it. There are ways of handling that sort of behaviour positively.

[@paulbradley705]

chat show hosts cant act or sing but want to be on tv.

[@gnjp8340]

Clive Anderson = Total Plonker … Harry Enfield= Genius

[@jaysilverstone7221]

Anderson makes my skin crawl. Just not funny.

[@Zappa943]

Clive Anderson snide snake.

[@derekwilkinson7939]

Can’t bloody stand Clive Anderson.

[@alicegrant3731]

Snap

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Nor did the BeeGees despite the fact they are equally humourless cunts themselves in a very different way....

[@jonnamechange6854]

I still liked Whose Line Is It Anyway? He can't put down all four spontaneous actors, plus a live audience simultaneously. He got owned a few times in good grace.

[@gregoryswanepoel6328]

Clive trying too hard to outdo Harry...not even funny

[@viera4]

Is it just me or was Clive Anderson an absolute Bell end?

[@tracywilliams2873]

Christ..he is one awful interviewer...

[@davepowell7168]

Lies on lies, Anderson is clueless and multifaceted guest humours him.

[@geoffjoffy]

Clive had the upper hand there.

[@christschinwon]

He is a mimic, not an impersonator. It worked for Spit but he didn't work on this stuff like Bremner did. He had other irons in the fire like mostly unfunny characters!

[@lloroshastar6347]

I think the double take brothers were the only ones I never laughed at. Quite a few of his characters evolved as well like the mechanics and the little brother. Glad he stuck with Mr Cholmondeley-Warner in his later shows, those clips are timeless (ironically).

[@Ericcartman666]

Anderson was such a bellend

[@lowros7786]

Looking back - Clive Anderson was really poor

[@sarahlouise7163]

clive anderson was a terrible chat show host. almost impossible to watch