Complete James Acaster's Classic Scrapes | Josh Widdicombe XFM Podcast [Hilarious!]

[@ThePodcastLab]

Check out MORE Classic Scrapes: amzn.to/2DEjyam

[@beth9138]

How can there be more if this is complete

[@Stannyhand]

“Furious mate, I’ve been cabbaged again” One of the greatest lines of all time.

[@gracetyrrell4590]

This is essentially a full season's worth of Would I lie to you? prompts.

[@ashleesheldon9381]

Apart from it’s never a lie😂

[@dillonoickle5841]

should just have him on as a perma guest or very often. if he starts adding 50/50 lies he has stories for literal years

[@HeatyFrog]

Acaster is like Bob Mortimer, he has only true stories to tell on that show

[@franksimon8375]

This is clearly 10 seasons of wilty

[@CHSidChou]

@@ashleesheldon9381 they usually give james true anyway because theyre bizarre enough

[@Iversen83]

Having heard/read most of these stories in different forms, it's interesting hearing how they were told for the first time and seeing the ways James has tweaked them since.

[@tossp0t]

it’s strange to hear James without his on stage persona, he’s the straight man in this

[@jowhy7243]

have you heard his Off Menu podcast with Ed Gamble? there’s a lot of James just being himself similarly to this :)

[@hairyfishcakes]

Emma Willis

[@normanjeans2798]

yeah for real, i almost didnt recognize it was him

[@Bagofnowt]

I heard a podcast where he was getting drunk with Ed and a couple other guys. He started out of persona, but the drunker he got the more similar to on-stage James he got

[@louisemccloskey2498]

@@Bagofnowt which podcast?

[@CardiganSnoopy]

What astounds me is how vividly he can remember these scrapes. I can just about remember what I had for dinner last night and I'm in isolation!

[@memondayz]

CardiganSnoopy to be fair they are moments to remember

[@jrm1077]

He's had a week to remember/enhance these 5-10 minute stories. Not that amazing.

[@mrbrian826]

I'm sure that he has rehearsed and embellished some of these. I'm not complaining if he has, though, these are hilarious.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Cardigan Snoopy.....poor sad you! I am very old and I can remember scrapes I had 50 yrs ago.

[@CardiganSnoopy]

@@jrm1077 I'm sure this is the case. Nonetheless, we have over 50 scrapes here and taking away the ones with sequels, possibly the Agony Aunt episodes and a few of the more recent ones, we still have around 40 good scrapes here. Aside from the embellishments he may have added, I'd say that's fairly impressive at the very least.

[@con2468a]

How has James not been signed up for a sitcom of his life, it would be hilarious

[@gomonkeyfly]

imagine a world in which the show Keep Up with the Acaster exists

[@DannyMellin]

@@gomonkeyfly just ‘scrapes’ might be a better show name to be fair

[@lfcwilli]

You do realise he’s a comedian and it’s all bullshit to make you laugh

[@mooodlemip4779]

@@lfcwilli of course they are all embellished but there is some truth to every one of his stories on here

[@craigstoner2632]

Apart from the bit where Mr bean bangs his very recent ex.......

[@louostyler856]

I have listened to this fully 3 times. Absolutely amazing. Would love to hear some new scrapes from 2015 > present

[@fro_e]

James Acaster is so naturally funny. Definitely like top 5 favourite human beings.

[@stephaniecallans2442]

I love this man with a passion

[@ashleyshepherd2205]

‘Furious mate, I’ve been cabbaged again’

[@emily_toots]

Wow, I never realised James had such a nice voice!

[@SquareNoggin]

I think the way they EQ talk radio makes voices sound better

[@Maazin5]

The fire brigade story at 29:19 features Rowan Atkinson's partner and the sliding door from Cold Lasagna

[@rooty]

And isn't it Rose Matafeo who sent him the clay cabadge from New Zealand

I love what he made out of the Twister story for Repertoire but the original story is hilarious as well 😂😂

[@tmwaster8044]

Discovered this video a few months back and since then I'm pretty sure I've listened to this 20 times over!

[@KarmaOvDogma]

Cheers. This was great. Took me a few months in between other podcasts but well worth it. Cheers again for putting it all together for others to enjoy

[@ThePodcastLab]

Not at all. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@charliidunn839]

The Podcast Lab is the anymore of these listened to this a few times now

[@ThePodcastLab]

No this is the full compilation of the podcast. James did however put a book together of some his best scrapes as well as lots of new ones - amzn.to/2DEjyam

[@nick_mills]

@@charliidunn839 know this is two years after your comment but James has his own podcast which is well worth listening too. It’s called off menu

[@HeatyFrog]

Steve Merchant quizzing James Acaster is the crossover we don't deserve

[@dangrahamdrums]

“Sure, sure.”

[@BaldMancTwat]

3:38:24​

[@samowen2539]

@@BaldMancTwat 3.38.24 I think👍

[@danieldawson3801]

Play a record

[@emilrostad9720]

@@danieldawson3801 And then the monkey grabbed the gun, and the money, and started backing out of the bank

[@thesimpsons17]

James Acaster and Steve Merchant together is just amazing. The two kings of the anecdote.

[@sushibear1516]

I love how james is always the youngest person in the room

[@keelyatlover739]

Unless he’s doing standup at a primary school.

[@jaydennasby7307]

Usually the youngest by at least 30 years too! Lol

[@dwaynedibley997]

I don’t understand your comment

[@jdw7372]

@@dwaynedibley997 I don't understand you

[@dwaynedibley997]

@@jdw7372 I’m just asking sushi bear what he means by his comment, I do not understand the meaning of ‘always the youngest person in the room’

[@timmcdowell3097]

Pretty proud to listen to the whole thing in one hit

[@cory5546]

I love you for making this

[@ThePodcastLab]

Welcome :)

[@midnightfandoms8960]

Didn’t realise it was James talking for like 30 seconds, he sounds so different!

[@cordeliax8972]

the only reason I sorta recognise this James is Off Menu he has such a distinctive stage voice it's so strange to not hear it

[@jelly2584]

I don’t know which voice I prefer.

[@hopium9963]

I don't think he sounds that different 💁‍♀️

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Josh's hysterical laugh is bottled magic.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

Thanx for all the likes on this.

[@francesT5877]

These are brilliant, they have always been brilliant, and though I love the audiobook, this format is great because of Josh and all the others reacting and laughing. It’s also fun spotting all the other comics who come on.

[@Miranda-vj8yy]

Thank you for putting this all together love listening to it when walking the dog! Could listen to these for way longer

[@spiralguide]

Thanks for compiling these!

[@D2D2D2D]

Thanks for this epic compilation, it got me through 2 days of work, so good.

[@elliefaulkner4877]

Every time I feel shit about my life I listen to this, thanks so much!

[@TwinShadowClone]

I think I might have commented on this video before but thanks for putting these together! Love this and it makes for great background listening while I work from home :)

[@JehanineMelmoth]

Awww, bless him. He’s a sweet boy.

[@pompeymik]

Having once waited for a train post night out in amasingstoke, I know exactly,the bushes James hid in whilst wearing a dress😆😆 what a sight that would have been to behold 😆

[@ThatCoalSoul]

There'll be a blue plaque there soon.

[@oskarcarnwath9665]

The night bus one I am CRYING

[@LJALLDAY600]

Typical aleister

[@Scynthor]

I still can't picture that jump

[@LPratrat98]

I listened to this in a day, and then again the next day

[@OfficialFingazMC]

4th time listening to this through in a very short time. I love Josh & James so much!

[@OfficialFingazMC]

5th time around. Just checked the comments and I last commented 9 months ago. I'm trying to fall asleep to it but even though I've heard them all; they're too interesting!

[@johnsmith-fz3qk]

Thank you for all the work collating this. stellar!

[@adamsubtract81]

Josh's laugh is maniacal!

[@McSuperfly101]

Almost Gervais-esque

[@corinaHojan]

When Josh asked for romantic music and they started playing the It’s Always Sunny theme tune 😂😂

[@flala2261]

Timestamp? 😅

[@sarsarsar111]

@@flala2261 around 5:57:00

[@kimcass4440]

James sounds so much like Noel Fielding in this. I can’t get over how different his voice sounds compared to his stand-up.

[@wisequeens]

Noel fielding has a completely different a accent, hes a complete chop too, but nice try.

[@kimcass4440]

donna jackson Thanks for being so nice. Some people are super rude when offering their own opinion as if it were fact. Blessings!

[@murderofcrows7738]

I thought the same thing.

[@philjohnston9889]

James Acaster, Bob Mortimer and Karl Pilkington need a podcast together. Just the three of them discussing the weird shit that has happened to them. They could start with child hood and work their way up to present day episode by episode 😂😂

[@celestialasmr9624]

His voice here is so different to his on stage voice!!

[@natasham4184]

After a few days, I've finished this and I'm so sad that it's over. However, I'm sure I'll be back!

[@kanebuckthorpe1]

Imagine how great a James Acaster and Karl Pilkington link up would be

[@jonhohensee3258]

I can't.

[@JervisGermane]

1:44:47 I have a similar one. I was helping my mom conduct her PhD dissertation data surveys, which involved going around to some primary schools and handing kids surveys to fill out and then bringing them back. I was well aware that strange men wandering the halls of primary schools was not looked upon kindly, but when I was on the 4th or 5th visit to one school for another round of surveys, the teacher I was meeting met me at the entrance and escorted me to her classroom without giving me the chance to sign in first, and then had me wait in the hall while she went in to settle the class and get them ready for their survey. And while I was standing their outside this classroom with no visitor badge or any other symbol that I was allowed to be there, the principal came walking by. I was lucky to get out of that without going to jail.

[@irinaphoenix2169]

Imagining James' songs like the creations of Ross from friends.....

[@garagebandadventures]

Sometimes Josh sounds like a young Alan Partridge

[@kelzuya]

He interrupts his guests enough. At least Alan is annoying ironically.

[@LJALLDAY600]

Shakanakanori

[@josephpickard3108]

The flat story is incredible

[@asklandrup]

Time?

[@josephpickard3108]

@@asklandrup It's the one where he meets the girl after a gig and she turns out to be an utter maniac

[@mehhandle]

@@josephpickard3108 I'm listening to that one right now. 😂 The girl made me cringe so much.

[@christopherbaker6140]

Love Acaster, the Scrapemaster

[@DavyManners]

He sounds so different offstage haha

[@twighannsolo6360]

Thank you for doing this, it was awesome

[@dangrahamdrums]

David Trent, if you didn’t know, is basically a chilled out entertainer.

[@Erikzors]

I really wish someone who spoke English and French had heard what was said about the Dog and the ensuing chaos.

[@Nickersons-Theme]

The Christmas tree scrape and a few others are like Mr Bean skits hahahah

[@jodieb1128]

James Acaster loves being compared to Mr Bean proper loves it

[@alabamah]

@@jodieb1128 Yeah, to at least one person, in one way, Bean's the new James Acaster....😏

[@joeburnett9496]

THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@johnclark6318]

"I don't know when this well is going to run dry, but hopefully we'll get a few more weeks out of it." *Looks to see there is still 4 1/2 hours of video left*

[@Fiidnrnhr]

So glad you warned me that it‘s „hialrious“ in the title. Very helpful.

[@xelumbra]

I know how I will strike fear into my enemies in future. "my associate's are going to duff you up"

[@priyax1608]

More drunk James Acaster please

[@churchofsighandthology]

This video taught me everything about AuDiO LeVeLs!

[@BBK96]

Its funny to hear James Acaster all giggly unlike his straight-faced stage presence

[@thestonerssoundtrack6295]

6th time listening to this. Still the funniest thing ever.

[@AkireSille]

Well that helped my work day fly by

[@TTYounga]

This is highly reminiscent of when Gervais and Merchant did XFM

[@stephencooper5155]

This is nowhere near as funny

[@jackfr10]

@@stephencooper5155 Jesus, you're miserable.

[@tobylyons144]

Love these scrapes but doesn’t take long for Josh’s laugh to grate on me😂have to listen in short bursts

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Colonel Mustard doesn't need a Halloween costume. He can just dress normally and say he's a pumpkin. 3:20:10

[@lisahenry20]

21:49 I've never got antlers through the post, but I could have. I've been adopting a reindeer (or rather my grandparents have adopted them but it's been under my name) since I was about 3 and I've had 2 letters where they had been able to collect the antlers of the reindeer I was adopting and that I could buy. I didn't buy them, but if I had, I would have had reindeer antlers delivered by post.

[@abbieisakilljoy6977]

No joke I actually quite like the Wow! Scenario

[@lexouartalexus92]

Could you tell me where you found their music? Looks like the kind of music I would enjoy. Thanks!

[@abbieisakilljoy6977]

X-andra oh I actually couldn’t find the full songs I just liked what I heard at 5:22:38

[@zqsec123]

the dog story is hysterical, i want to know what they were saying so bad

[@rooty]

Some men here, they know the full extent of your distress. They kneel and pray and they say "long may it last"

[@XanBcoo]

Ok but hold on, why is The Wow! Scenario actually good??

[@bushiebodge]

great thanks mate

[@ThePodcastLab]

Welcome : )

[@lukagoshi]

Why has James got so much more game than me?

[@keelyatlover739]

He’s tall and funny

[@chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945]

@@keelyatlover739 and the perfect amount of tortured

[@charlielumley8889]

And you have no game

[@lukagoshi]

@@charlielumley8889 What a character assassination.

[@sitas9827]

Because he’s unapologetically himself. I’m sure you’re great too

[@JG-vh1xc]

James: *tells his London Underground story* Me, thinking about SCP-342: oh no

[@Zilegil]

I still don’t get how people remember all those numbers. I can barely remember my pin let alone half a dozen cryptoscientific fanfics

[@JG-vh1xc]

@@Zilegil to be fair i did have to look up which one that one is again, I really only know it as "ticket to ride"

[@mehhandle]

@@JG-vh1xc hello, always good to bump into a fellow scp fan in the none scp videos 😊

[@samc2]

(around 01:44:00 ish) tbf my primary school had a public footpath cutting through the playing field, so this didn't sound absurd to me. Can't get across there anymore I don't think, but a few times dogs would get loose and run havoc in the school field

[@jonhayes7322]

I had a note passed along by a mate - Alistair Butterworth - to a girl I like - Claire Sutton - in year 3, so we’re about 8. All it said was “do you want to go out with me?” And a box to write a reply. The reply came back verbally from Butterworth… “yes, for a Cadbury’s Easter Egg” “They’re expensive!!!!!” As for the, bands are better with ‘The’ before them, I just recently informed someone that it’s not THE Eagles, just EAGLES

[@theocheese6732]

I need more acaster

[@jonleonard28]

Agony Aunt is the birth of Hypothetical.

[@A2ne]

I haven't read the book, but when I checked the Amazon page it is listed as #1 in gambling addiction biographies...

[@aaroncfriedman]

It's a bit of a classic that if James isn't compiling these then someone else is monetizing all his scrapes from the mid twenty-teens and before.

[@ellielouise7005]

he has a book (and audiobook read by him) compiling a lot of these and more i think, it’s supposed to be really good

[@yake222]

1:45:10 "Hopefully one day for my sake." *five hours later*

[@thomfindlay2260]

thanks

[@ThePodcastLab]

You're welcome :)

[@danneesham6675]

I can’t get over how odd James’s fingers look in the image...

[@jambammz9908]

Hotdog fingers

[@sveninblack4302]

Good photo of James sniffing his fishy fingers.

[@ThePodcastLab]

lol :)

[@abegarfield7031]

We've all done it.

[@zachpaquin9853]

Great Video... any new appearances since this video came out and maybe a new updated version of the new stories??

[@stevej2330]

Great this xxxx

[@robmckennie4203]

Man that was such a missed opportunity with the Swiss woman and the fox. I wish I met more attractive foreign women trying to interact with wildlife

[@pressinpickle345]

If the title didn't say it was James I'd never know. His voice sounds different

[@deanosupremo27]

Josh Widdicombe's voice reminds me of Zippy from Rainbow. I picture this whole thing as Acaster talking to Zippy.

[@greggjohnson621]

A gaggle of “mongeese” 🤣 4:03:50

[@toml2047]

About halfway through and he has told the skydiving story twice but changed a few aspects of it between them, bit cheeky that.

[@toml2047]

@@FightingForAnimals-Jean I didn't say anything about it being true or not... My comment was about the reuse of material for the same show and how he's been a bit cheeky in getting away with it by changing the delivery slightly

[@jsilberg]

He also told the "wiping wet hands on a coat" story on two separate occasions

[@Cosmos_790]

3:40:23 is that Stephen Marchant?

[@UtotheGLY]

Hypnodisc 😄

[@helpahoe920]

He reminds me of Larry David from Curb

[@keelyatlover739]

Yes!!

[@simonwilton3546]

HelpHoe- he reminded me if Larry David from our local vets surgery, sounds so similar especially his manic laugh.

[@flightlesslord2688]

I bet he still gets Cabbadged

[@countrybadsaladman2226]

James has made me desperately want mcnuggets at 5 in the morning :/

[@MrNippertboy]

Classic Alistair

[@Comranful]

yes yes raving crew

[@deanmc2823]

Acasters my man 🙈🤣🤣🤣

[@ryanharriss7950]

Razor was one of the best robots 🤖

[@nicosmind3]

When youre on your phone with the volume up as high as possible, some of these "scapes" are hard to hear