Have I Got a Bit More News for You S55 E9. Frank Skinner, Henning Wehn, Lucy Prebble. 4 June 2018

The extended version of HIGNFY. Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by guest host Frank Skinner and panellists Lucy Prebble and Henning Wehn. 4 June 2018

[@Alcagaur1]

Until I heard "Not on your nelly!" in a German accent, I had no idea what I was missing.

[@novajamie9895]

I guess Im asking randomly but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost the password. I would love any tips you can offer me!

[@ishaankane8252]

@Nova Jamie Instablaster =)

[@camogrrl]

@@novajamie9895 this is exactly how online predators get to your kids everybody!

[@fowad27]

36:28 the subtitles say "Reluctant Laughter" after Frank Skinner's bee's knees joke... best moment in the show

[@marceytidwell8251]

If you don't have the captions on every program despite need of them or not, you are failing to fully appreciate the absolute artistry of these unsung heroes.

[@granthurlburt4062]

Compared to what HIGNFY used to be, I still find it very funny, and very relevant and a brilliant show we all over the world are lucky to be able to view. I dont know any other country that produces & televizes politically knowledgeable comedians and writers, and witty politicans.

[@nefwaenre]

i LOVE the chemistry between Henning and Frank! Love that they gave Henning so much air time as well cuz he's simply brilliant. He's witty and takes a good German joke. ♥

[@lucifercheesemountain6771]

Frank Skinner is a really good host, should be hosting more

[@suzannerossiter1682]

Love Frank, love him hosting Room 101

[@jdvr3891]

The letter complaining about the buttons on the jackets, and thereby the state of the UK, is the most English thing I, as a foreigner, have seen in a while.

[@thehellyousay]

Toffey.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Henning cracking a Count Dankula joke - Legend...

[@granthurlburt4062]

I find Hennig funny in three ways. Firstly, he is very witty. Secondly, his usage and pronunciation of English idioms is funny. Thirdly, I am constantly amazed at hearing humour coming from a German (my own biases. Germans are great and Germany a fascinating country but few will deny they're a little stiff).

[@marywood8794]

I can see your point. Growing up, my best friend's mother was from West Germany and never got humor. This was in the America. She was very serious and really seemed to think that people were out to get her instead just joking with her. It was odd because she was fluent in English. Once she thought that my mother was saying that her daughter stole my jacket because she had the same jacket as me. My mother's sarcasm went right over her head and she was deeply offended!

[@davidmatthews3093]

I had problems with a Ryanair flight from Germany once and ended up having a high speed train. I went into the local station to buy a ticket and said that I wanted a Eurostar ticket to London. The guy looked at me and said, in perfect English, with a straight face, When you see the price you might still need it but you won’t want it. Don’t put a whole nation down because of what you read in the Express or Telegraph. 🙂🙂

[@WillNewcomb]

I always enjoy Henning.

[@LughSummerson]

I haven't henned in years.

[@LeofromFreo]

Lugh Summerson And, I've never been hunned. 🤔 See what I did there? 🙄

[@lilmee7469]

Why? I never laugh once. To me he is unfunny.

[@granthurlburt4062]

At 38:35 he gets up to go to the loo and "explains" 'I've had enough of all this. I'm going back to Berlin'. Hilarious. But it is straight-faced, spontaneous humour.

[@camogrrl]

3:34

[@sebastianhartung4407]

damn, henning is on fire, and i love it

[@RIXRADvidz]

considering he was drowning in his own

[@radnasirhill]

Just perfect, thanks guys.

[@carriemitch1]

Wow! Thanks SO much!!

[@smoog]

Cheers from Australia. Decent episode. Frank Skinner was good.

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Seconded. Cheers from Down Undah!

[@nickkkyyy]

He had some good lines written for him it is true, but his constant juvenile gay sex jokes were tiresome I thought.

[@davefour-real1615]

Well done. Appreciated.

[@68sweetnovember]

Excellent thank you !!

[@pressureworks]

Henning Wehn is a regular humorous participant on the radio 4 panel show The Unbelievable Truth.

[@kwerk2011]

Radio 4 was invented by Jesus

[@cameronturner1865]

Thank you so much for posting these shows! I am an American and have discovered this and 'Pointless' thanks to your account. British TV > American TV.

[@karinbarger9192]

Thankyou for posting! : )

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@RIXRADvidz]

I love that self check out cashiering is turning into a retail nightmare, if I"m going to self check, I want the employee discount. and that is why you have cashiers/till attendants. shrinkage control...loss prevention.

[@kaygee301]

I think the NZ government website missing NZ was a joke. It said "we're sorry there's something missing"

[@bernardgooch4308]

I do like Frank as chairman,hes even got one of Anguses old suites.

[@Harrylechat01]

Never been invited round to the Skinners', does the suite match the curtains? ;)

[@jasonhare8540]

That's not a carrot scam . That's an employee discount for making people operate the machine .....

[@watersnake5319]

I subscribed in the fervant hope that you will post the remainder of season 55. I adore this program, Ian and Paul play perfectly off each other. ♡♡

[@leanneblake4248]

Thanks , cheers.

[@lauriesicardaskey]

Lucy Prebble is not only funny but gorgeous too.m Come back again Lucy.

[@lonelyp1]

If stores are going to make me check myself out. The three swipe rule will be in effect. It serves them right for having one EMPLOYEE to watch multiple registers.

[@martinjones5965]

27m47s 'illiteracy' two bodies one mind - a special moment in HIGNFY history ! That's what I call intellectual intimacy.

[@MrGreenthumb1000]

Best time for a slash. So funny.

[@zapfanzapfan]

New Zealand sodded off and moved to Middle earth ;-)

[@PatrickH6973]

Sehr gut, Herr Henning

[@michaelnurge1652]

Both guests are good. Lucy Prebble is really cute, and Henning Wehn is funny every time I see him.

[@exitus82]

Oh yes, I enjoy Lucy Prebble quite a lot. Cute, funny and intelligent.

[@allanplant8756]

Ya have to love Henning!

[@Phaota]

Have there been any more episodes for the season this month?

[@donnawinter6816]

Only reason to watch this, is to see Henning x

[@alinadeem1696]

This was a relatively good episode.

[@samuelrobinson1992]

Was this the last in the series? it seems odd to have only 9 episodes

[@bobburroughs6241]

A fine episode - Frank's head seems to have got rather top-heavy.

[@buddytheclark]

perfectly timed piss

[@martinjones5965]

28m15s what's more remarkable than NZ missing is that Tassie isn't.

[@jrs4516]

who keeps new zealand off the maps? who keep's the martians under wraps?

[@zapfanzapfan]

We do, we do! :-)

[@crzcloud]

That what the song by OMC - How Bizarre mush be about, looking at maps of the world and not seeing their home country of New Zealand, it was a PSA.

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

Even better than How bizarre was the remake by another Kiwi dj titled Some bugger stole my car. Well worth a listen.

[@denisecaparn9068]

And the people

[@NxDoyle]

Are avocados sold by weight in major UK grocery chains? Because in my homes, Australia and the US, they're sold mostly per item. Recently I saw someone at a supermarket place a barcode sticker over the barcode of a $20 Camelbak water bottle. I don't know whether they were caught or how much they ended up paying, but you'd have to think that it happens quite a lot. And the stores would need to be very vigilant to safeguard against it.

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

In Australia they've sold individually but you still put them through as onions and it'll calculate by weight.

[@NDRonin1401]

Ian's "where's the catfish?" joke was underpuppreciated.

[@NetITGeeks]

At 28:27 the BBC edited image from NZ government website. It reads: "We’re sorry, something’s missing... like NZ on this map." So they did that intentionally!

[@flangekiwi]

mssca calm down sweetheart. This is a running joke for us Kiwis. Our gov't was just joining in, to have some fun. The BBC aren't tampering with our Gov't. That's China. No shit. We've got a former Chinese cyber-spy trainer sitting on our opposition benches.

[@tedibair]

You can soon tell when Paul is not keen on his team mate.... Anyone else ever noticed that?

[@deckyBWFC91]

@MichaelKingsfordGray wouldn't be hard

[@redchthonic]

[@Tupelo927]

I'm a bit confused about Queen Victoria & the coronation ring finger mix-up. (30 minute mark) Frank read that "...it was sized for her little finger but the Archbishop forced it on her *fourth* finger." I got the gist of the story but the little finger *is* the fourth finger. Do many/most Brits count the thumb as a finger? (No pun intended!) Signed, A curious American

[@DinsdaleDinsyPiranha]

Yes, in the UK they count the thumb as a finger. Don't US folk have middle fingers?

[@elizabethflynn8455]

@@DinsdaleDinsyPiranha if they don't,I will gladly give them one.

[@myoldvhstapes]

I know this comment is ancient, but I've just watched in 2023: They also made a joke about a wedding ring going on the THIRD finger, which would be correct for the ring finger. So I think the Victoria joke was an error.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@myoldvhstapes Ooh, well spotted! This question is actually based on context. I'm American, and I teach guitar. In the guitar world, we have 4 fingers and a thumb. I also used to teach anatomy, where we had 5 digits, numbered 1-5. So we use both systems.

[@hellemller8448]

Will there be a season 56 - does anyone know?

[@dianeyaghoobian7981]

Not an episode of HIGNFY as listed. This is now an episode of Mock the Week with none of the guests listed.

[@CD-db1zo]

Why OLD episodes?

[@RIXRADvidz]

it's called, History. it's a Thing. there's also Current Events and Episodes, just find the right uploader.

[@EattinThurs61]

So in English fingers have no names? Like weekdays in greek, only numbers.

[@mikeyb8040]

thumb, pointer, middle, ring, and pinky. :)

[@EattinThurs61]

Mikey B hm I probably learnt that in school more yhan 40 testa sig. There you see. I think now that I remember middle finger. We call it long finger.

[@sabineeins2651]

I'd take the furniture right away! Coziest design ever loooove. Henning, du laberst zu viel!

[@AlanHope2013]

Bit of a mistake about Germany, eh Frank?

[@DodderingOldMan]

Ha, yeah. I'm greatly anticipating Henning's next appearance on a British panel show...

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

10:57 - "I will call him, Mini Mogg". The German's are a lot meeker about the World Cup than the English considering Germany won it 4 times and England a lousy 1.

[@fredcollier2049]

That's because England won other more important things.

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

Well they obviously think this is import the amount they go on about it.

[@Elenrai]

@@fredcollier2049 Its going Rome!

[@shyone968]

Is Henning ok? He looks under weight in this. Or is he just losing weight?

[@as7825]

Alot recently being said about Paul Merton being over the hill or no longer funny. Load of rubbish. Still brilliant.

[@thesunrising4982]

Not on your nelly Daft enough to fall for sth else He sodded off Go to the dogs

[@happyhaze1526]

Roseanne would be a hoot on UK tv. Get her on some of the panel shows with Jimmy Carr!

[@carolineg1872]

No thanks.

[@ericminch]

She'd be chewed up and spit out before you could say "crude"!

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

She would not understand the humour at all. It would be one of the most painful and cringeworthy things to watch.

[@granthurlburt4062]

NOOOOO!

[@erasmusmiranda587]

This is getting ridiculous. NO WAY Paul won this one. They got the same number of right answers. Paul's wife must be the score keeper.

[@dodgyb2001]

If it's like any of the other comedy quiz shows, they'll have shot longer than the show length and edited the less funny or more libelous parts out and so the final scores might not represent the actual points shown in the running time.

[@stardogs2084]

Does Ian's team ever win? I don't think I've seen an episode where it does.

[@granthurlburt4062]

@@stardogs2084 Yes. Occasionally. I've seen it.

[@stardogs2084]

@@granthurlburt4062 oh ok, thanks. I just need to not fall asleep before show's end 😁

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@stardogs2084 At some point it became a running joke. In later series Ian's team almost never wins, no matter how well they do. It's part of the "points are meaningless" thing.

[@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?"

[@winstonsmith09]

I came back to check. Totally establishment-pro still....

[@RIXRADvidz]

they got your view. that's all that matters, views. comments nsm

[@slatibaadfast]

done

[@zombiegeorge749]

Frank Skinner should have been the Doctor, not that other grey hair guy.

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

Peter Capaldi, and you've got to be kidding. Capaldi was brilliant.

[@brianflynn3191]

A bit of bad taste by the Gerry on the gag about the Irish reporter,and how all Irish people sound like that to him,not gone on his bloody accent, don't think Paul Merton was to impressed with the gag also. Brian Flynn, Mullingar, Eire.

[@denisecaparn9068]

Not funny

[@denisecaparn9068]

Boring programe

[@malcolm9994]

Skinner must be about the UN-funniest comic on TV !

[@deckyBWFC91]

He was great in 90s and early 00s, he's still better than most. I think Merton is the unfunniest

[@exessex3522]

Every time you watch a video which features comedians you get comments about how unfunny that comedian is. What's the point?

[@malcolm9994]

@@exessex3522 Your reply is more pointless than the original comment !

[@malcolm9994]

@@BrotherChad yes, both first equal !

[@malcolm9994]

@@BrotherChad True !