The biggest compliment Harry could get was Dave coming out and showing the audience the lining of his jacket for months after this. Has a special place in my heart.
@michaelmcdonald517527 күн бұрын
I thought it was only me that noticed that. I sent a tweet to Harry regarding this, but no response. I wonder if he knows?
@neilgodfrey2669 Жыл бұрын
It’s nice getting to hear an audience laugh at something they weren’t prepared for. Could have gone either way but they liked him.
@Fantasmister2 жыл бұрын
Enjoying the sound of bewilderment and surprised laughter from the audience, whose brains are obviously prepared for a run-of-the-mill comic. Enter Harry Hill with a brain scoop and sprinkles.
@cardiffst Жыл бұрын
I love how he wins them around in the end!
@DoctorMeatDic2 жыл бұрын
This audience had the same reaction to me when I first saw Harry Hill "what the hell is going on"? He gets funnier and funnier with repetition, often within the same show. After seeing him every Saturday on British tv, he was absolutely hysterical to watch, the highlight of the week. It takes a genius to make this funny: "mole.....mole.......mole.....mole.......goal."
@alexandertroy96212 жыл бұрын
This man is a qualified Doctor.... Let that sink in.
@Mark-lj1dj7 ай бұрын
He's also a bit of an artist. I saw an art exhibition of his in Edinburgh years ago. Crazy pictures of Chris Tarrant and Bruce Forsythe and such like. Highly recommend 👌
@H0MEM0VIE2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. I remember seeing this on UK TV all those years ago. So good to know I hadn't imagined Dave mentioning the Marlowe Theatre in my hometown Canterbury.
@emelieokeke2737 Жыл бұрын
"We'll be right back... with Spin Doctors!" Probably the most 90s chat show ad break outro line
@RonnieRoberts_2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, Harry had been originally booked to appear on the show twice before this, both times he was told he couldn't go on at last minute.
@tobyharper86142 жыл бұрын
brilliant, I was looking to see if someone else has read his book lol
@TheCulturedThug Жыл бұрын
@@tobyharper8614 What was the reason?
@mattcoxonline Жыл бұрын
@@TheCulturedThug Harry was on last, and the rest of the show over ran. No time for extra laughs.
@krashd Жыл бұрын
Not that fun, it shows that Letterman saw his guests as just commodities. "No time? Ahh well, put them back on the shelf."
@stum22404 ай бұрын
Did you come here via his book too? Haha
@sevendaughters2 жыл бұрын
genuinely think the coin in the drink joke is one of the best of all time
@Mark-lj1dj Жыл бұрын
Its a lovely coin gift that they can keep 😂
@hadvarr85782 жыл бұрын
Harry Hill and dave letterman, that is a duo I did not think I'd ever see
@castellmai2 жыл бұрын
He had him on loads of times 🙂
@indiekid762 жыл бұрын
@@castellmai twice, I think 😉
@castellmai2 жыл бұрын
@@indiekid76 7 times according to IMDb, which sounds about right - was a regular viewer whenever it was broadcast in UK (got shifted around satellite channels a fair bit!)
@indiekid762 жыл бұрын
@@castellmai Mmm… pretty sure he said he only went back on once more in his autobiography. 🤷🏻♂️
@dex273 Жыл бұрын
did not expect a marlowe theatre name drop at the start of that lmaooo
@_PrimetimePranks2 жыл бұрын
A true UK original
@s.k.3934 ай бұрын
Wow, never knew America had the chance to see Harry. His full shows are brilliant.
@Opus3132 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen collars like that since the 70's...
@ninestories22 жыл бұрын
Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more
@bat_grams2 жыл бұрын
Elizabeth Hurley, Curly Wurly
@initialspcp2 жыл бұрын
Graeme Garden, Osama Bin Laden
@smb24782 жыл бұрын
@@initialspcp you've gotta have a system
@RonnieRoberts_2 жыл бұрын
This video cuts out the band playing "Please Please Me" as Harry walks on.
@neilgodfrey2669 Жыл бұрын
That costs money!
@carlhartwell7978 Жыл бұрын
@@neilgodfrey2669 If it hasn't already gone to the taxman!
@Mark-lj1dj Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely brilliant 😂 the a team bit at 3:20 is just too good
@neilgodfrey2669 Жыл бұрын
He didn’t do the “fight fire with fire” joke. I thought he did
@tg92277 Жыл бұрын
So weird seeing him before TV Burp
@dellzincht10 ай бұрын
He had a show on Channel 4 for years before TV Burp. And was a regular on ITV's Saturday Live revival before that!
@myoldmate Жыл бұрын
I love Harry he's a comic, but not as we know it, Cap'n. Madder than professors eyebrows. In a good way.
@MrWitchtrials3 ай бұрын
My wife makes a mean sausage casserole,mmm,mmm,a mean sausage casserole.Carrots,onions,potatoes,.....one small sausage. Mmm,mmm, you can have that one for free Harry. GOAL!
@Whythehate4 ай бұрын
Toast in the morning or Nan... don't make me choose! Had me giggling. Not sure the audience were quite ready for Harry Hill.
@stum22404 ай бұрын
Harrys book just brought me here hahah
@MrUmandMrEr Жыл бұрын
Harry went down really well. I wonder why he didn't pursue a career in the US? Btw watch his full Man Alive show. Superb.
@brianm288110 ай бұрын
The Letterman audience would be very forgiving, to be fair, and as far as I know American chat audiences are really encouraged by the producers to be jubilant. You can tell that the audience is a bit divided about him. Some are into it, and some are not. I'd be a lot more interested to hear how he went down in the actual comedy clubs, if he played any. Places like Caroline's in NYC. That would have been a more realistic barometer of US audiences' receptiveness. Even then, he'd already carved out a big niche in the UK by this point. He may just have not wanted to uproot his life to break America.
@duckingforcover097 ай бұрын
@@brianm2881a few years back he did a show where he talked about his career in comedy. When he spoke about performing in America he said (paraphrasing here) that the chat show audiences would sit there in stunned silence and at the comedy clubs he went down like a lead balloon.
@brianm28817 ай бұрын
@@duckingforcover09 In a way, I would have liked to have seen those performances more than anything, because there's something quite exciting about a comedian who's great, but is completely wrong for the room. Even better, a comedian where no-one is laughing except for maybe five people who are absolutely howling. There is a school of thought that says a great comedian should be able to own any room they're in. I'm not sure I agree with that - it's very in the aggressive American comedian mindset of "Oh, I killed! I destroyed!". It locks out many odd or idiosyncratic styles of comedy that not everyone is going to get, almost by definition. Reeves and Mortimer did a set at Just For Laughs in Montreal in the 90s and the audience did not get it whatsoever. They died a death. However, Reeves and Mortimer are beloved by British audiences, but it's really not the kind of humour that translates.
@duckingforcover097 ай бұрын
@@brianm2881 I have a miniscule experience of this as someone who does standup at the moment as a hobby. I've see comedians do the same set in different rooms one where they did absolutely killed and the audiences loved them, the same where the audience simply didn't get it and didn't want to give the act any satisfaction. Sometimes there is no finite science to it, it could be how the audiences simply respond to their immediate presence and respond to it. Yes there are British acts and American acts etc who are probably more catered to their audiences both culturally and comedically but all in all there is a possibility to do well on any stage at any venue if you can gauge the audiences attention as soon as you possibly can.
@SimonWicks-yx7tu4 ай бұрын
I'm crying.
@danasnow8324 Жыл бұрын
Interesting parody of crowdwork
@southfloridaarcheryguy114Ай бұрын
Is it?
@coppershark19734 ай бұрын
Far too surreal for US audiences.
@southfloridaarcheryguy114Ай бұрын
If by “surreal” you mean “insufferably stupid”, I’d have to agree.
@SirCliveCalculator9 ай бұрын
And that guy grew up to become Dominic Cummings.
@Awesoman2 жыл бұрын
Oh, the almond...
@mookie2637Ай бұрын
And this, ladies and gents, is what "culture clash" actually loooks like.
@tryignan3 ай бұрын
Yanks don't really seem to get absurdism. If it's not the most basic, run-of-the-mill joke possible, it seems to go completely over their heads.
@WilliamFisk-nf9qy5 ай бұрын
Absolute scamp! British national treasure is our Harry.
@alexandertroy96212 жыл бұрын
I haven't watched yet, but I didn't think Americans would quite "get" Harry Hill...
@theritchie21732 жыл бұрын
And that was some FULL ON Harry Hill too, good to see he didn't try watering it down.
@keefriff992 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I just watched him and not my thing at all.
@alexandertroy96212 жыл бұрын
@@keefriff99 Philistine.
@alexandertroy96212 жыл бұрын
@@keefriff99 But you liked the lining tho... hmmm?
@Another_Broke_Musician2 жыл бұрын
Not my thing at 1st glance, but original enough that I'll look for more. Thankfully we have great arbiters of taste like @Alexander Troy; unselfishly devoting precious time as guides to our enlightenment
@danasnow8324 Жыл бұрын
Cher's name mistyped as share
@janilindqvist20212 жыл бұрын
Where’s me washboard?
@bat_grams2 жыл бұрын
Open the windows, close the door
@artanisknarf2 жыл бұрын
I’m afraid if I Like this video, KZbin will start recommending Harry Hill videos.
@southfloridaarcheryguy114Ай бұрын
Well, he’s no Norm MacDonald, I’ll give you that…..
@pauld2052 жыл бұрын
Strange cat
@johnstevenson1709 Жыл бұрын
I love harry hill but i think you ned to give him at least an hour to round in curcles building up layers of jokes and phrases and references the long you watch the more you get but i agree if youve watched 15mins and not enjoyed it miht not be for you
@jackgold8321 Жыл бұрын
I just can’t comprehend this
@beebee404 Жыл бұрын
Hmm? Hmm??
@robertw19622 жыл бұрын
Funny weird comedy.
@MegaPrincefox2 жыл бұрын
lost in translation
@uuclmusic27112 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty good if you imagine Steve Martin doing the same material
@alexandertroy96212 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin hasn't said or done anything funny in 30 years. He really could USE the material.
@jamesmartin9401 Жыл бұрын
If you took Benny Hill and Eddie Izzard and slammed them together in a particle accelerator...
@Tommyr2 жыл бұрын
I usually like British comedy. This? Not so much. Sorry old chap.
@ryanhoy5545 Жыл бұрын
Did you see what year this was😐
@brendanroberts48667 ай бұрын
try his longer stuff - it is sublime
@mightytom12 жыл бұрын
Didn’t laugh once.
@coxmar19992 жыл бұрын
The worst 5 minutes of my life.
@TheBlacksheep-724 ай бұрын
*The worst 5 minutes of your life SO FAR.
@markjones9522 жыл бұрын
British standup has always been inferior to American standup, and I would hold this up as exhibit A. This is a tough watch.
@danielmclaughlin21902 жыл бұрын
Nah man, Harry Hills pure class
@KilianDarkwater Жыл бұрын
Plenty good british standuppers, but agreed this was painful.
@anglodoomer5995 Жыл бұрын
What a cope!
@RonkleBonk2 ай бұрын
Yeah man Kevin hart just keeps knocking it out the park doesn’t he
@OMGWTFLOLSMH Жыл бұрын
Well, he's original. I don't remember seeing him before.