Have I Got a Bit More News for You S66 E2. Alexander Armstrong. 13 Oct 23

Alexander Armstrong is host, with guest Miles Jupp and Olivia Utley joining team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. 13 Oct 23.

[@blqeddie2946]

Pure joy watching Miles as he never stops laughing 😂

[@dannjp75]

He’d be on my list for a “dream dinner party”..

[@boomerang8909]

42:08 This is the best.

[@Sam-lr9oi]

"Win lose or draw, I'm gettin pished!" guy is a legend

[@shmookins]

It's always a joy seeing Miles Jupp just lose it laughing.

[@james_baker]

staying home from work pays off. thank you ViVaHD

[@97percentcocoa]

Olivia looks like she's finally been allowed to breathe... VivaHD you are th'best! please keep up the good work! three generations are following you!

[@becsutherland4506]

Thanks as always. So many people get so much joy from these videos.

[@outistynnanyt5153]

20:20 incredibly niche fact: that white plus sign in the center of the screen is called a "fixation cross"

[@ayansharma8281]

I bet Miles jupp is always the most fun person in any group.

[@jattikuukunen]

We used to have our own version of this show in Finland. It was so good, especially with the original cast. It's sad we have so little political comedy on television right now.

[@AndrewTBP]

The UK has enough for everyone! HIGNFY, The News Quiz, The Bugle, etc.,

[@BadQualityStudios]

rip uutisvuoto

[@cwbrooks5329]

@jattikuukunen Hey there, Wondering what kind of comedy is popular on TV in Finland. Thanks in advance if you have time to respond.

[@musmus-culus]

@@cwbrooks5329 I can try to answer you as I'm Finnish but I haven't watched much Finnish TV in a while so I'm not completely up to date. Personally, I've found that while we do have a couple of our own panel and sketch shows (of varying quality), mostly TV comedy tends to comprise of imported popular UK/US sitcoms. In the past, we didn't import panel shows but this has changed recently as UK Taskmaster has started airing in Finland. Some of the most popular Finnish shows are probably Putous (a type of live improv/sketch show, 2010- ) and the late Finnish version of Hignfy which ran for almost 20 years.

[@jattikuukunen]

@@cwbrooks5329 I haven't watched television much at all for many years, except for Jukka Lindström's satire shows, but he's been off the air mostly. There are a few panel shows with authors and actors as panelists. There used to be a stand up comedy competition show that ran for multiple seasons. In general, I feel like Finnish comedy scene has recessed since 00s and the decades before that, which are full of legendary comedy shows. Part of the problem might be that international shows are so accessible to people like me who probably use English more than Finnish in daily life.

[@angeladawn805]

"They're very good at providing alibis" (Ian) "With very thin bases *gestures*) Miles. I missed that comment first time, good job Miles ❤❤❤❤

[@filipfaraci2751]

Thanks for posting!

[@claudiamueller5475]

Thank you so very much!

[@shorerocks]

Always a highlight of my week. And I am German, ha ha.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@dannjp75]

“Captain Toms latest book”… 😂😂 and probably last too..

[@zapfanzapfan]

Had to read a bit for that joke, I thought it was Alexander's book selling very poorly.

[@LPKelly380]

Nah he’s gonna keep releasing new material like Tupac 😂

[@tonysweet9008]

Please make Jupp a permanent guest like Alan Davies on QI, his laughter makes me enjoy this show so much more!

[@lakrids-pibe]

Severe Bob

[@spinal_capped]

“…from GB News!” can we not

[@YKKY]

Literally my thoughts when they introduced her... We must make GB irrelevant

[@ZolaClyde]

@@YKKYSame here. Normalizing GB news is a very bad idea.

[@kerlyenai]

Thanks for the upload! Kinda disappointed to see someone from GB news on this show but the again, Boris Johnson was on here...

[@johnwarenda1508]

There's been a lot of truly horrible people on the show over the years. Usually for Ian to skin them alive. This seemed like an inexperienced young person that he probably didn't want to break on camera and stuck to throwing in jabs at GB "News" where he could.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Yes, they build these fools up. They should ignore them. Right whingers have no comedy value.

[@Yankee7000]

Boris Johnson was by far the most entertaining guest in this show going back to his first appearance. You can let your personal likes and dislikes color your judgement as we all do: but the response of the participants and Merton in an interview some time ago rating Boris as a good host and guest says it all.

[@harrybruijs2614]

They have had the most colourfull Tories to say the least. Rees-Mogg, Ann Witticomb etc.

[@kevinciccone445]

It's OK. she barely said anything anyway and what she did say wasn't funny. They could have cut her out completely and not changed the episode one bit.

[@callum9999]

Is that the GB news broadcaster saying "two" at the flashing dot then later claiming she said one? Is there absolutely nothing they won't lie about!

[@michaelanderson5747]

Another great episode, thanks!

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

Apparently I've been ironing my shirts wrong, no more sleeves ironing from now on!

[@cruz1ale]

6:34 Alexander channeling Jimmy Carr

[@Baiko]

I saw an article recently mentioning Alexander Armstrong's ears and now I can't get my eyes off of them

[@AndrewTBP]

It’s just aging.

[@FloraWest]

I didn't read the article and am having the same issue.

[@theresereyburn7315]

Thank you VivaHD!

[@harrybruijs2614]

I always iron my sleeves

[@ChrisWar666]

Right? Dunno what they were talking about 🙂

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

If you know you're going to be wearing a jacket the whole time then I get it. Seems lazy though. If you're already ironing the shirt, do the whole shirt.

[@AndrewTBP]

Perhaps women’s blouses are ironed differently than men’s shirts? 🤷‍♂️

[@zapfanzapfan]

Aren't non-doms just called subs? 😉 Thank you for the better, longer, uncut version!

[@sourabhmayekar3354]

Miles jupp laughing is a sight for sorr eyes

[@ellenlapel6451]

After "Special Branch" they could have continued riffing: Twiggy, Sue Barker, Treesa May...

[@bradyelich2745]

17:11 bed bugs are not killed by cold, but rather heat, as heat is what they respond to.

[@AndrewTBP]

Both extreme heat _and_ extreme cold will kill bedbugs.

[@user-ij1nv8be3i]

Associating freely: my family lived in NY end of the 19th century. With all the immigrants arriving in overloaded ships, NY was infested with lice, flees and all creepy crawlies among which bedbugs. Their remedy: place each leg of the bed in a tin filled with petroleum. But then there were still these bugs that let themselves fall down on you from the sealing in the dark. Oh, those good old days !

[@pipster1891]

So extreme cold causes no response? They just ignore it, do they?

[@bradyelich2745]

@@pipster1891 think what u said. how cold can u make it in ur house?

[@joeredman569]

I miss Pointless and House of Games!

[@kjejon1]

House of Games? Look for @MundoUK

[@jamesbutler6253]

Someone explain the opening joke for me please, about Captain Tom. I know who Captain Tom was.

[@London755]

While captain Tom donated nearly every cent he raised to the NHS, his daughter it turns out has taken 750k £ in personal profit since his death.

[@linrob1312]

​@@London755from the profits of books...written about him.

[@London755]

@@linrob1312 I mean, he's dead, so we can't know, but it doesn't seem super likely that he was hoping his nascent fame would be used to build a million pound spa for his daughter. Regardless, she has torpedoed the foundation.

[@linrob1312]

@@London755 She has done them no favours ...if she took some I say fair enough cos every foundation pays someone ..but to then embrace a lavish lifestyle whereby you are getting greedy, is a whole other story and its that that will sink her too.

[@user-ij1nv8be3i]

Just heard on the radio: 39 million was collected for the NHS by the 99 year old Tom, walking in the garden daily during covid, wearing his war medals. His daughter does PR for a living and promoted him succesfully. After he died she took the profit from a book he wrote. Although he wrote in the book that the profit of the book would go to a good cause.

[@shawnreynolds2705]

Police recruited a successful crime solver...Miss Maple.

[@AndrewTBP]

Special Branch! 👏

[@helenbaumander3953]

I imagine with the math curriculum, they'll completely ignore that games are an effective way to teach it.

[@theblackwidower]

You can't have fun at school! What do you think this is? A learning environment?

[@johnpay8796]

The top of Mont Blanc is in the Teyler Museum in Haarlem

[@martavdz4972]

For anyone watching this weeks or months later: at 2:15 "bigger news stories of the week, apart from that one because it's just too awful" - it was the attack of Hamas on Israel and Israel's response.

[@pipster1891]

I thought it was Suella Braverman again.

[@Dompn]

13:29 miles has lost it, the rest of the episode he cannot control his laughs now.

[@BigBaw]

Everything and everybody gets oil, paint, soup, eggs thrown over them\it, Starmer gets glitter. Aye right!

[@WalterBurton]

👍❤👍

[@jeff__w]

40:11 “Concillors give green light for to attend ____” Chook Symphony No.2 next month at Waipukurau.

[@romulusnr]

GB News? Bloody slumming it for guests

[@pressureworks]

He didn't mention Miles Jupp's Radio Series.

[@bradleybarnett9545]

@12:19 A child born today will only be 77ish on New Years day 2100. Um.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

1:22 This reminds me of a joke: Prince Charles' plane arrives in Ouagadougou for a diplomatic visit. The mayor, waiting to greet him as he steps off the plane, is surprised to see that he is wearing a huge, furry fox hat. He welcomes Prince Charles, then asks why he's wearing such unusual headgear. Charles replies; "When I told the Queen I was going to Ouagadougou, she said 'Wear the fox hat!'"

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

British politicians have the charisma of lukewarm water.

[@nathanharris4105]

As an American, I'd take luke warm. Better than the rabid animals we've got in the States.

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

@@nathanharris4105 Not sure the British ones are any better. A Prime Minister didn't even last as long as a lettuce in office. I'd be careful what I wish for if I were you.

[@nathanharris4105]

Duly noted.@@peterporkeresq.2817

[@vvoodee]

Boris had charisma, charm etc look where that got us

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

@@vvoodee If being a buffoon is what you take as charisma and charm, then I agree.

[@q00u]

Didn't they arrest a 16-year-old for the Hadrian's Wall tree felling, last month? Was this a _different_ multiple-centuries-old historical landmark tree felling?

[@blqeddie2946]

He was released and then they arrested the lumberjack

[@pipster1891]

Keep up, mate.

[@mccarraa]

Olivia looks like carrie fisher daughter Billie Lourd

[@2nd3rd1st]

That lady from GBNews had nothing valuable to say, as expected

[@MisterTingles]

sure "Bugnarök" was right there...

[@jestermoon]

Take A Moment Relax and enjoy 0:31 🎉 ❤ 0:42 Stay Silly

[@Mishima505]

Can someone tell Olivia it's not Christmas yet?

[@RossLinderman]

"Cued"?

[@myoldvhstapes]

Or "queued."

[@freebeerishere]

Why does ian scribble in a note pad?

[@DuncanCunningham]

Signing the check for the host

[@StultissimiAmatorii]

I think it's for the captions contest.

[@johnthekeane]

When I knew Bono, he wasn't actually a dick. 😊

[@murmurrrr]

27:00 Paul absolutely destroying Alexander

[@kwanarchive]

Do the producers of the show find bits for the missing words round that they know Paul would likely get the exact answer to? If so, do they do it to make Paul look good, or to make him realize he has the same sense of humour as some journalists?

[@kevbrowncanada]

Miles fantastic as always. What exactly was the point of Olivia Utley being there though? She said nothing for the last 30ish minutes of the episode!

[@censusgary]

Paul must be getting tired of doing the show. Lately, he keeps complaining about the questions.

[@StultissimiAmatorii]

He's been doing that for years.

[@russjones4034]

I really like Alexander Armstrong, but he needs to do something about his hairstyle. I think he would look better keeping it short. Just my opinion.

[@oliverwilliams5601]

1/3 pi r2 h

[@harrybruijs2614]

What do you mean with the contents of a cone.

[@myoldvhstapes]

@@harrybruijs2614 : Mountain measuring.

[@michaellapradd7944]

What a pretty woman. I’m obsessed now. 😂

[@pipster1891]

Pretty stupid and pretty humourless. Your typical GBNews person.

[@pipster1891]

A presenter from GBNews? _Really?_ How much was she paid for this non-performance? Worst guest ever?

[@al3k]

Second?

[@drh3b]

First?

[@WalterBurton]

What the hell kind of cave neighborhood do you live in where it's at all OK to run noisy power tools on a Sunday? I schedule my whole week of yardwork around not using power tools on Sunday. Seems like simple human decency, never mind neighborliness. Seriously.

[@craigpardy6204]

Why are they oddly avoiding the whole Israel/Palestine scenario?

[@ChrisPete123]

They addressed it at the beginning of the first segment, when Armstrong said, “and now onto the top stories of the week, except for that one; it’s too awful”. It’s not really something to joke about, and with wall-to-wall coverage on every channel, a comedy show is just not the venue to address it.

[@MrMrMrMrMerle]

It's a comedy goldmine

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

Love HIGNFY but I'm getting tired of agist jokes. Lazy writing by staff plus Armstrong, Hislop and Merton are getting long in the tooth themselves, so pots calling kettle black to use an equally old adage.

[@TJ-el5tm]

And people are getting tired of Californians bitching about every imaginable thing. Do you seriously have nothing better to do in your life than get offended? If it was up to people like you there’d be no comedy at all

[@plwadodveeefdv]

Really get tired of hearing the same old jokes century after century

[@matthewhartt5887]

Love them. I hate change😊

[@FloraWest]

Yeah. It's all they have to criticize Biden about in a quick way. (Not saying he's beyond criticism, just that they'd maybe need more context than their willing to spend time on.)

[@grahamstrouse1165]

I’m getting old. I like ‘em.