RHLSTP Special - Tim Vine @ Slapstick Festival

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In the first of three special interviews from the Bristol Slapstick Festival, Richard talks to ex-World Record Punster and Pen Behind the Ear supremo, Tim Vine, who picks some of his favourite comedy clips. The pair chat about how to write one-liners, how they have helped and failed to help each other’s sets, the best joke ever from the Edinburgh Fringe and look through some of the influences that have made Tim the child-man that he is today. Will a slightly ill Tim make it to the end of the interview? Let’s hope so, cos there’s a great clip with his dad to enjoy if he does.
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[@robertsaw841]

Tim is such a nice guy! I thought he seemed good hearted from his comedy but seeing him with Richard and not getting into any gossip or bitching about comedians. He's just positive about people, I really respect that. I like him even more now.

[@Neddoest]

I like gossip lol- which guests like to gossip on the podcast?

[@BassRapPaz]

The warmth is really genuine here, very nice to watch.

[@0wls2k]

Paz Bassra yes Rich is clearly is huge fan. This is great

[@0wls2k]

Tim Vine is a national treasure.

[@AnnyPyjamas]

For future reference, here's a list of clips they've discussed: 1. The Party (1968) [0:21:44] 2. Top Secret (1984) [0:30:57] 3. Sandy Powell (1979) [0:36:17] 4. Foster Brooks on Dean Martin Roasts Don Rickles (1974) [0:41:49] 5. 'Map' from The Sketch Show (2003) [0:47:47] 6. 'The Court Martial' from The Phil Silvers Show (1956) [0:53:07] 7. The Larry Grayson Show (1975) [0:59:05] 8. 'Wrestling' from The Sketch Show (2001-2003) [1:05:27] 9. The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981-1988) [1:09:26] 10. 'Towed in a Hole' from Laurel and Hardy (1932) [1:11:26] 11. Tim Vine Live: So I Said to This Bloke… (2008) [1:18:06]

[@MisterAppleEsq]

Lol KZbin has put these as segments on the actual video just from this comment, nice work.

[@scottsanerd]

Australian can confirm we loved the sketch show. The phobia sketch in particular sticks out in my memory. We loved it so much there was a rash of Australian copycats, "Skithouse", "Eagel and Evans" being two examples.

[@FutureAbe]

I’m a huge fan of Tim Vine.

[@freedvonee512]

Gaz riley noticed....

[@FutureAbe]

@@freedvonee512 14th floor last seen

[@mistacoz]

What a top bloke.

[@0wls2k]

Tim clearly misses his Dad, God bless him.

[@Azoria4]

@peter griffin despite having a huge bullseye target painted on him, tim still can’t hit him

[@streetsoundselectro124]

Very funny man, saw him a few years ago. Clean jokes, daft songs but great man

[@AngelicusImmortus]

it was "Boss Cat" in the UK because at the time there was a milk product for cats called "Top Cat" so they had to swap it out for copyright issues.

[@madderhat5852]

I'm Australian and I love Tim Vine.

[@richardcrompton6009]

I’m Tim vine and I love Australians .

[@britturk123]

So I guess we all have his father to thank for Tim giving us all the funny one liners.

[@sratus]

I really used to dislike Tim Vine's schtick but slowly, year by year, he broke me. He's fucking great.

[@Eggfreg]

Absolutely loved the ventriloquist sketch. The moment he stood up was perfection

[@AmbiAnts589]

Great stuff, I love Tim he's a legend.

[@TS50ER]

That Peter Sellers clip had me in tears.

[@frankbrodie5168]

Well yes indeed. 'The Party' is one of my goto films when I fancy a crazy film to watch. Birdie Num Num is the funniest part though imo.

[@markjones127]

I remember seeing him at Stoke Student Union around the mid 90's, I wonder if that was the first tour he mentions, he was amazing and went down very well and I've loved him ever since, funny thing is I don't remember who else played that night but there was usually at least 3 or 4 comedians on those comedy nights, I remember one sleeping at our house one night because he missed the last train, he never became famous though, if he had have done this would be a much better anecdote! 🤣

[@jnelson0615]

RHLSTP might benefit occasionally with a theme show (like 10 greatest comedy moments). It helps to focus the conversation sometimes. The usual chaos is alright too. Very fun episode.

[@beefysteampig]

I came here to say something similar, nice to have a change from the normal format once in a while and thought this was really good. Glad some of the others will be coming out too

[@petewells3301]

Then he could ditch his awful emergency questions.

[@bulletproofblouse]

MAD Tim Vine! He took the lift to the first floor! MAD! The only thing I remember about Top Secret is seeing a trailer for it when seeing Supergirl at the cinema and the guy falling off the battlements and shattering like glass gave me nightmares. 28 years old I was.

[@cardboardfishproductions349]

okay Yoda

[@joewakeford]

Instant thumbs up.

[@RighteousBrother]

I wish I could retain all the jokes Tim Vine says, I just don't have the brain power.

[@readventurekids]

OMG you mentioned Top Secret. It's amazing! So many people don't know it. The boots part...

[@Jake-vy2bh]

That Jim Tavare sketch is absolute gold, I had to watch it twice because I laughed so much

[@brushbeatmedia]

Superb! Will be revisiting a few shows as a result of this, plus seeking out some new ones. Thank you!

[@AngelicusImmortus]

superb vid/pod cast. With the intro of the kids being so so relatable! 😂

[@westyorkshirebiker8270]

I could watch this all day...

[@hamishsummers8585]

Enjoyed that very much. Thank you

[@mookie2637]

I'm a big fan of so-called alternative, surreal comedy, Milligan, Vic 'n Bob, that bloke who's let himself go, etc. But Vine's Chat Show is fantastic and he really should be treasured. He's a bit like a hyperactive Stephen Wright, which is a pretty good idea.

[@lolocaust4967]

Top Secret is one of my favourite movies.

[@StuartWailing]

WRT Top cat vs Boss cat from Wikipaedia; It debuted on 16 May 1962, under its original name but after only 4 weeks was renamed The Boss Cat on 13 June 1962. This was shortened on 22 February 1967 to Boss Cat. This rapid name change was made because Top Cat was also the name of a then-popular British brand of cat food, and the cartoon was aired on the BBC which does not carry advertising.

[@PMGF]

I had no idea Tim & Jeremy were brothers. Tim definitely the more likeable of the two.

[@mvolestrangler]

The lighting in this occasionaly makes it look like Tim is paying homage to Richard's "Hitler Mustache" act. Also really enjoyed the podcast.

[@britturk123]

I immediately thought of a Harry Potter Joke Tim should have said, I haven't got a Harry Potter joke, but if i did it would be magic.

[@jonathanpope81]

The shellfish gene joke is all about the delivery.Best at low tide. Floundered a bit.... : ) OK it was flat..... next....! Theres nothing wrong with puns per se.... "But my name isn't Percy". Richard, you missed that feed...thanks for fun.

[@johnhutchinson4624]

Top secret..Skeet Surfing..loved and never mentioned..many thank Rich n Tim!!

[@johnhutchinson4624]

S*

[@isabella6206]

Tim Vine I salute your genius 💖🃏🐲🤓😆💕🤡🤖👍🧤

[@twogengaming741]

Yeeeeeesssss Tim Vine is one of my favourite people ever (Yeah and you) 💚💜💜💙💙

[@bushiebodge]

awesome thanks

[@grahamhume5953]

Why are people so quick to complain about "blackface", but no one says anything about the film," White Chicks"?

[@krissmith7]

Because anything derogatory towards white people is fine. I didn’t get the memo either.

[@Neddoest]

Lol wat? Are you joking? …there’s very real and documentable history of white people enslaving, then systemically oppressing black people? Blackface was used as a tool to humiliate, denigrate, and demonize black people for decades, if not centuries. That’s probably why people don’t see them as equally offensive. Just a guess.

[@SWJ_]

Because there’s no historical context of dehumanisation or racial stereotyping behind “whiteface”. With “blackface” there is, it’s been used as a stick to beat those communities for decades. I hope that answers your queries, yet somehow I think you like pretending to be confused and outraged.

[@equinesound]

In addition to the other comments, lots of people have complained about “white face” in the movie. I guess those people have a lot of time on their hands.

[@newspaperface]

True identity with Lenny Henry too

[@derek2787]

Great stuff. The Don Rickles roasting reminded me of the Frank Sinatra one where Peter Falk does a Columbo on him

[@MegaGreatpretender]

Excellent

[@gladtobeangry]

Very nice. I like this format, looking forward to the goodies one.

[@weavehole]

I only know Top Secret from the recent RLM chat. Can’t believe I never rented it as a child

[@1035pm]

Have you watched it yet?

[@weavehole]

@@1035pm Nope. :)

[@ChrisH78]

I love Larry Grayson. I still call lazy people "Slack Alice" and if anyone ever says "Shut that door" I reply, "Who are you? Larry Grayson?".

[@yoshilover765]

Today I learned that Tim Vine and Tim Key are in fact not the same person Tim Vine seems lovely

[@SmoHawk69]

I thought this was Steve Bannon interviewing Tim Vine for a second there lol

[@grahamlive]

It's actually Steve Bannon interviewing JEREMY Vine, but in a parallel universe.

[@DrJaxonsElixirOfLife]

Tim's dad's joke was one of the first jokes I ever read. It was on the back of a box of England's Glory matches...

[@readventurekids]

This sounds genuinely weird, but it seems you've clearly lost some excess baggage. Good stuff! I'm going to really enjoy this. Keep it up Rich!

[@rigsby1454]

RedLetterMedia and now Tim Vine singing the praises of Top Secret within a week. The resurgence is on

[@TimeLimey]

Great movie.

[@stevekeeves9363]

Really enjoyed all that

[@drdassler]

I saw that guy with the double bass at a comedy club in LA. Charlie Murphy was the surprise act.

[@TwinGeeks]

This would be a good format for all guests! You could get some people back as well. It's a great way to talk about comedy influences over clips. (And still do emergency questions). People could choose radio clips as well so it works for both audio and visual podcast.

[@monkeyspankerful]

Tim is brilliant.

[@manofconstantsorrow]

35:50 I can't believe nobody mentioned Tim's ventriloquism number.

[@mickmackem1479]

Top secret wow watch it on DVD years ago

[@inzamamatemyparatha]

Bilko… fantastic.

[@TheLukeStevenson]

So I said to Harry Potter.... "I know the best place to keep all that weight lifting equipment, just behind that dumbbell door"

[@rickmurray4766]

fascinating and always enjoyable podcast,,,Tim Vine's not bad either.

[@CortezHoratio]

Pen behind the ear, pen behind the ear.

[@politure]

... ... ... Pen behind the ear, pen behind the ear...

[@neilloughran4437]

Fantastic! Have not laughed so hard in ages.

[@trevorrandom]

Fantastic love the format this really could work on telly UK Gold or Dave are you watching...!?

[@dralfredcarroll9567]

They'd want to cut it down to 25 mins with adverts which would ruin it.

[@waldenhouse]

Came out of the Post Office and there was my bike. Gone!

[@markus2004]

Bo Burnham was the other one with the "wrong on so many levels" joke at the fringe. It was something to do with sleeping with someone in a lift.

[@scottsanerd]

It was "I met a fat chick and fucked her in an elevator, it was wrong on so many levels." from Oh Bo

[@ChubbyChecker182]

54.20 guy has the Top Secret phone. 1.06.00 ish an outtake from the Bohemian Rhapsody movie.

[@sadz8615]

I guess that’s my plans for the evening cancelled. Tim Vine’s an absolute legend!

[@iandennis1]

Re 47mins ish Germany had a sketch show where every sketch was introduced

[@mand0123]

Black cherry or peach melba. Brilliant.

[@williammelvin]

Fun fact: Foster Brooks was the inspiration for Rick from Rick and Morty!

[@DogOfKrondor]

Foster Brooks was one of the few comedians who got me to the point of not being able to breathe.

[@StuartWailing]

Do you actually know that or are you just assuming?

[@williammelvin]

@@StuartWailing well, I read it a while back. I cannot be certain, but I'll try and find the source, hold on.

[@affalaffaa]

Got that from the sick burp. Well I guessed.

[@richardcastle3204]

Rich's nan knitted him that jumper...

[@SUPER_WOLFMOON]

Punchline change that might work in Richard's joke he gave to Tim. My great-grandfather was a fishmonger, my grandfather was a fishmonger, still my dad was a fishmonger... I guess I must not have inherited the Herring-Sell Gene. -Sadly, both because even my pathetic revamp of the joke is sub par, but more sad because that joke wouldn't work for a comedian called Tim Vine

[@grahamlive]

I think the fishmonger joke would work better if Milton Jones told it. It'd have to be about his other grandfather though.

[@chrisofnottingham]

and the punch line should just be "I guess that's the sell fish gene."

[@Vaginaninja]

I was hoping this would involve mini golf

[@RIXRADvidz]

OMG!! Phoebe looks like a little ginger clone of Richard!!! How Sweet Is That???!! so cute! and his little daughter too. LOL!! TIM VINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh yeah.

[@garys639]

Billy Num Num, Peter in The Party...Eric Sykes' The Plank

[@jnelson0615]

How about Ed Aczel? He retired, so he's available.

[@jonathanpope81]

Tim Vine's ok. He grows on you! : )

[@aidansmyth6480]

Tim's brother, Jeremy, sounds just like his Dad.

[@freedvonee512]

Jeremy is horrible and smug he landed on his feet earning a good living on the radio/tv Nothing like Tim humble and hard working and so very funny.... I know who I'd prefer to have a drink with....🍷🍻🍹🍸🥂🍻🥂🍸🍹🍻🍷

[@manofconstantsorrow]

1:07:00 What does he mean by that?

[@philipellis7039]

Well how odd, the first X rated film I ever saw at the cinema was Kentucky Fried Movie. Given my set of expectations around an X film it was a massive disappointment, I’m glad Richard enjoyed it.

[@atomiccritter6492]

Richard always seems happy. IMHO most of the clips are amusing but not LOL level however the Sketch Show looks like it was pretty good

[@mrswinkyuk]

Bilko! at last

[@Jimmy_Sandwiches]

Wow Tim’s dads a spit of Jeremy Vine / well he would be, but very obvious

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Foster Brooks, or Rick Sanchez' dad?

[@TheUnnamedGent]

do I have to pay to see the goodies?

[@ben1210]

Fnar

[@Retrobeemer]

Is Richard showing his goodies off then?

[@barrychuckleisdead7345]

Unfortunately, this was difficult to watch and enjoy because my OCD is annoyed by the different camera angle.

[@iainmcmullan6049]

durr turn your screen.

[@barrychuckleisdead7345]

@@iainmcmullan6049 I live in Australia so shouldn't have to.

[@iainmcmullan6049]

@@barrychuckleisdead7345 use a mirror then.

[@barrychuckleisdead7345]

@@iainmcmullan6049 I live in an Australian hall of mirrors so shouldn't have to.

[@iainmcmullan6049]

@@barrychuckleisdead7345 a whole hall?

[@kenlieck7756]

Ahhh... There's nothing so di-Vine as having a true connoisseur of comedy turn you on to their favorites. The Roast clip reminds me that I only recently realized Dean Martin's 1970-71 sketch show regularly imported segments from Marty Feldman's UK series "Marty", meaning that as a kid, I must've actually witnessed the work of up to five Pythons (and a Goodie!) long before the Flying Circus made it to stateside television! Oh, and the Flintstones was only 3/4 a ripoff of the Honeymooners; Mel Blanc's Barney Rubble was not based on neighbor Ed Norton -- because professional plagiarists Hanna & Barbera had already nicked Art Carney's character for their Yogi Bear a few years before!

[@kevcatnip7589]

There is always a newgeneration who havnt seen it before

[@PaulCrow-71]

I heard a fruity rumour about Tim - on the grape vine.

[@TheDrugOfTheNation]

01:19:38 Don't let light in on magic.

[@MrDesertRocker]

Your daughter should be with you every time - then the intro is short

[@craigsilcock5518]

Do you know how to skip forward on youtube? solves these problems pretty good

[@affalaffaa]

@@craigsilcock5518 Probably meant as a joke rather than a scything observation. Mind you, maybe yours is as well. What does that make mine. I'm lost. Or am I ?

[@craigsilcock5518]

Yeah. just an observation

[@MrDesertRocker]

@@craigsilcock5518 Meant as a joke mate, this is a comedy show after all.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

You look like James Corden in the thumbnail image :)

[@spennybullen2178]

That’s just cruel!

[@ptesweats8940]

Angela Merkel, I thought.

[@gazriley624]

have you put weight on - leave me alone i've had a lot on my plate lately

[@Spiderland1]

The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in, more news at 11.

[@ddoubledutch4783]

I miss Stewart

[@Herring1967]

Has he died?

[@michaelcullen5308]

​@@Herring1967 Often.

[@PeasantsRevolt]

😂👌

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Get Norm McDonald on.

[@DogOfKrondor]

Don't know who in Australia wouldn't like Tim. Morons obviously. Richard, you haven't seen The Party!....... what a sheltered life you have led.... ;) Tim, Sellers browned up :) and totally agree that all comedy is good, just in varying degrees.

[@grunions9648]

Top Cat had to change to Boss Cat because there was already a brand of cat food in the UK called Top Cat, but all they did was change the titles. Made no sense.

[@steamer1]

You gotta lean... to the left

[@slimjim4239]

vine is so funny but his choice of comedy clips is anything but funny

[@cdname47]

No Cool kids this week :O