Reginald D Hunter - Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast

An Order of Travelling Monks
Richard is overly proud of himself for having created a new book of Emergency Questions, but luckily there is someone on hand who will give them short shrift, it’s the comedian with the soul of a poet, Reginald D Hunter.
He discusses the one thing that is better than a shrek when it comes to improving existing franchises, how Reg did and didn’t break his leg, how comedic genius can be passed on via the bladder, the ultimate victory of sibling rivalry, the slow realisation of the truth about OJ Simpson, how vanity is the greatest destroyer of men, being the fourth funniest person in your family and many more surprising revelations regarding relativity. Richard worries about ageing and death, but Reginald does not. It’s a revelatory chat with a comedian who possibly unwittingly inspired this whole podcast series. You will dream of loving someone as much as Rich loves Reg.
Get your Christmas Emergency Questions book at www.gofasterstripe.com/xeq and your regular Emergency Questions book at www.gofasterstripe.com/eq. Check out Richard’s tour dates at www.richardherring.com/gigs

[@mamesmck5236]

Best line of any Podcast: "You gone bring that book?" I worked with him around the time he broke his leg, same issue with getting to the stage, he was so charming and brilliant on stage. He had a few tastey beverages then too!

[@baoboumusic]

Amazing guy, great line.

[@suphyori]

I am so happy you had Reginald D. Hunter on! He is infinitely interesting and it seems you got some good new stories out of him as well. He is my vote for a return guest next season or the season after!

[@MartynCann]

One of the best unrated comedians out there

[@danielcropp8553]

Really like Reg's long dreads look. Proud to be an American when I see how he represents me out in Merrie England. Also, I am new to this Richard Herring guy, I am totally a fan!

[@danielcropp8553]

Just found out that Herring worked with Stewart Lee, no wonder I like him.

[@Russ_Paul]

'Man for somebody I ain't never really spoke to much, you seem to love me a whole f..king lot', did make me laugh

[@chrisfreakinp]

Great show! As an Alabamian, it's nice to see a Georgia boy do so well over there.

[@ByteMe619]

I misread your comment and thought you were Albanian, and mistook Reg for someone from the country Georgia.

[@SomeGuy-mu9mt]

I love him to bits. We're happy to have you Reginald.

[@coffeeguy6673]

Love Reg, always get excited when I see anything he's in or his stand up.

[@loopylou949]

I like listening to Reginald D Hunter talk, very interesting.

[@danielcropp8553]

He has a very euphonious voice.

[@NxDoyle]

One of the things I like about Reg is he doesn't ride the "fish out of water" thing into the ground, which, on reflection is an odd idiom to wedge into a the middle of a metaphor.

[@danielcropp8553]

Well, at least you managed to get back on the horse made of cake and eat it too.

[@UnexplainedHoveringSpheroid]

@@danielcropp8553 whilst lying in the bed he had made for himself.

[@DanielLecoqRooster]

Best one in a while, thank you Rich

[@ak342593]

What an organic conversation. Made me laugh out loud on my drive to work. Cheers gents!

[@jnelson5069]

Greater affection and appreciation for Reg after this.

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

'Its hard to get that far and stay dumb...' - still laughing...

[@drizer4real]

Reginald could read the back of a milkcarton and it still would be funny, he’s that cool😄

[@bakedsloth8355]

I would LOVE to see Dylan Moran on RHLSTP

[@rienpost3145]

Yes, yes, yes!

[@lukehamilton4736]

Please yes

[@UnexplainedHoveringSpheroid]

Great shout 😁

[@owencampbell8799]

Would love that. Great idea.

[@maggieadams8600]

Lovely listening! Thanks!

[@SparkyClarkey42]

Great show. What a great pair of guys. My genitals would also be an Octopus

[@tomtownsend5009]

Great stuff, really engaging. Thanks!

[@thomasclarkharris9241]

great interview

[@kennethhymes9734]

Hunter is always hilarious on the Unbelievable Truth. "So David you can say with absolute certainty that a wolf has never howled AT the moon?" I love his combination of slightly nervous, amiable gentleness with biting wit.

[@anthonydownie4055]

I'm only half way through, and I think this might be one of my favourites.

[@jam-trousers]

The best one yet. Awesome episode

[@SkepticalChimp]

"You realise if I asked these questions in the ghetto, I'd get killed."

[@RIXRADvidz]

not if you handed round a spliff or three first, then everybody would be laughing like they're supposed to.

[@SkepticalChimp]

I remember dropping a gram of mandy on a night out and asking every skinhead looking cunt if they would rather have dick sized nipples or a nipple sized dick. Still got my face. Charm still about.

[@tinastagg6258]

One of the best RHLSTPs ever.

[@RebelPrintMedia]

I thought this was great! I think Reg and Rich would make a good comic duo because they are culturally polar opposites yet have some similarities and that would make for some great comic skits or something. Yet they both seem comfortable enough to discuss anything and are both a similar age. Excellent stuff

[@samuelgarrod8327]

So you're saying that because two people are normal and well adjusted they'll be a good comedy double act. Let's talk about massive over simplification of nonsense shall we?

[@RebelPrintMedia]

@@samuelgarrod8327 okay thanks for letting me know. I'll just get on the phone now to let myself know six years ago not to post such blindingly obvious nonsense. You have healed my soul and made the world a much better place. Thanks for your existence.

[@AD-kv9kj]

I hope Reg is alright, he was hobbling on stage like he had back problems or something. I saw him live just once but it was so much better than his heavily edited pieces on tv.

[@josyposy1626]

I presumed he was limping cos of his broken leg, having left his crutches backstage in order to appear "more manly" as he put it (tongue in cheek I presumed - as he is blatantly very manly & hunky with or without crutches!)

[@nigelcarren]

Happy New Year Richard. I am listening to this whilst putting a shine on a medieval helmet... Beat that! Many thanks for all this beautiful nonsense which usually makes my week. Best wishes to you and yours from Nigel and all the mice.

[@noahschmartz2354]

Saw him in Westport Co Mayo last week, still brilliant.

[@brianbozo2447]

Reg is the man!So much charisma. Great that he is still in the UK. I imagine if David Chapelle met Reginald he would definitely laugh and find him funny. They both have a slow measured observational humour that appeals to everybody.

[@herbivarsawus4359]

Does Doug Know? was actually very good as I recall, and hosted by Daisy Donovan even though Sandy Toksvig has since been called the 'first woman to host a British panel show'.

[@jambammz9908]

Brilliant.

[@dooovde]

Is it weird I cried during this? Can so relate. Need a break.

[@303cerebral]

I remember Reg from a Norwich gig in 2003. I would say before it was cool, but it's always been cool. Glad you got some success.

[@abegarfield7031]

I remember seeing him on TV shows in the '90s. Today they'd be called panel shows but back then their wasn't enough of them to go by a collective term. He always had funny hair, like he was trying to grow it but kept giving up, because it wouldn't take over 20 years to grow those dreads. (10 maybe) He was funny but no one knew who he was.

[@milesfinch]

Such a funny guy, love him.

[@kamackei]

Supreme producing, TV's Emma Kennedy!

[@RIXRADvidz]

no wonder he's such an enigma for the Brits. erudite and observant and completely entertaining on everything I've ever seen of him on Brit TV on Youtey

[@Dsnipez18]

Reginald D hunter would be a great movie title

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Dsnipez18 better than magnum pi 👍

[@synchc]

that was a goodun

[@ronvanhee]

[@ronvanhee]

[@nirvanasanctuary7691]

Reg may well be the most attractive man on the planet :)

[@thismusicisnotforyou1902]

Nirvana Sanctuary no, that’s me

[@jimmycampbell78]

I'm curious Richard Herring, if at the time you understood what Reg said at 05.10. Although you laughed, you looked blank and said nothing in response. Reg said "Yeah, that was my British acting debut. Yeah, thank goodness not a lot of people saw it."

[@LoneKharnivore]

Nah, Rich is just bad at follow-up questions. He doesn't always listen to his guests' answers as closely as perhaps he should.

[@aspedding4596]

What dog does Richard have? Im now only watching the podcast to find out (well, mostly). C'MONNNNN!

[@CuntyMcShitballs100]

He says what type of dog he has in the Julian Clary rhlstp.

[@aspedding4596]

Thanks. I stopped part way through, but will watch the JC one all the way now!

[@upendasana7857]

He didn't manage to get unfat or lean,I saw him tonight just over a year after this and he was still fat,godbless him.Hope you manage it this next year Reg.

[@danthebat666]

what happened? he refers to a second take, and the intro on the podcast is a but different. Why am I looking at this when I've already heard it? but it turns out I haven't heard it.. it's different!!

[@CraigMetalHead]

Gunshots & Fatness is a great title for anything.

[@arrow5599]

The d should stand for delicious

[@Jimmy_Sandwiches]

I didn’t know he was a Hunter

[@mremppu94]

2:09 somebody just stepped on a lego there

[@cmitchell6927]

An otter, they're really great and not slimy like most other sea creatures.

[@danielcropp8553]

I heard that otters were totally murderous cunts.

[@LeoMRogers]

Richard Osman next week? He was the guest last week wasn't he? Don't tell me you upload these out of order!

[@premasru]

"Yeah, I remember that phase, before serious white people started paying me. Serious white people like you to observe time." :D) So funny all the way through.

[@DaveRelph001]

Often the emergency questions really derail the interview.

[@Herring1967]

You say that like derailing the interview and trying to get it back on track again isn't part of the fun. Comedy is all about risk. None of this is prepped. The failures are there to make the successes shine. Get in the groove dude.

[@DaveRelph001]

@@Herring1967 I agree, but it ended rather abruptly in this case and was a bit of an anticlimax. There are some times when they really work, I'd listen to you going through the whole book with Bob Mortimer or David Mitchell, and then times when they don't feel necessary after a really good interview, like this one or the one with Kathy Burke.

[@Herring1967]

@@DaveRelph001 But there's no way of knowing if they will work or not until you've done them. And they have to not work sometimes of they are useless. So take the failures on the chin and marvel in the wonder of how well they usually work.

[@DaveRelph001]

@@Herring1967 it certainly won't deter me from binge listening while I work

[@LoneKharnivore]

The tradition is to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes so...

[@thomasclarkharris9241]

do you earn more than stewart lee

[@Herring1967]

course not. Have you been to his gigs. He sells 1000 tickets a night. You do the maths

[@B.A.Pilgrim]

His dreads so thin and nice.

[@chrisbennett6841]

WHY IS- Richard HERRING SITTING SO FAR BACK ON THE STAGE????????????!!!!!!!!

[@thismusicisnotforyou1902]

How come there’s no David O’Doherty ?

[@themadplotter]

Tony Law's got a good tan, must have spent christmas in the sun.

[@sratus]

oh dear

[@affalaffaa]

madplotter My earliest memories are from the 70's as well.

[@CuntyMcShitballs100]

Richard said the N word! I am calling the police as I type while shaking!

[@davidwatson3035]

3 minutes on stage before he mentioned race. Must be a record.

[@reem1843]

David Watson its just a topic, why does it bother you

[@aspedding4596]

What dog does Richard have? Im now only watching the podcast to find out (well, mostly). C'MONNNNN!