HIGNFY S38E02 David Mitchell, Ed Byrne & Grayson Perry

23 October 2009
more to come....

[@charliestuart9374]

"they have to present their helmet at the desk" I think that writer needs a raise

[@elizabethferrier6429]

Watching again in 2020 during lockdown. Always a favourite.

[@thecuriousrabbit9980]

7 months later...

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

"Ian, what are you going to do about your subscriber?" Beautifully delivered burn by Mr Mitchell.

[@trevisonclark7135]

TheLongDark thank you

[@barkebaat]

Bowman Hath : Thanks for uploading these HIGNFYs. Much appreciated !

[@karinbarger9192]

Thankyou for these uploads! Whenever I click on one, it's like discovering a buried treasure chest: I don't know what will be inside, but there will almost certainly be gems! (From the floundering U S)

[@linrob1312]

David is brilliant and Grayson a hoot.Give us more of them...

[@back567890]

I always find it funny that every time Ed Byrne comes on they call him one of the nation's finest comedians considering he's one of Ireland's best comedians

[@thequokkahaslanded321]

Ed Byrne is so worth watching. With this panel its pure gold

[@lindahart6049]

Thanks for the uploads! Very much appreciated.

[@RiffDevin]

Watching this in 2018 and it's not fucking surprising where we are today.

[@FloraWest]

I love the Nick Griffin bit--such good commentary. As I recall, he was on Question Time the evening this was aired.

[@brendanquinlan5936]

Thanks for uploading

[@datgrrl5698]

thank you so very much for the upload, cheers pet :)

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@bradtorville5526]

To be fair, with regard to Balloon Boy, I was mightily impressed with the young lad. His parents are despicable people who shouldn't have been allowed to ever breed but that kid is a jewel. No matter what his parents told him to say, he knew it was wrong and just kept on telling the truth whenever he was asked. That kid at least has a fair shot at growing up to be a decent man one day. His parents? Well, jail's too good for them.

[@janetalma]

Grayson Perry’s awesome! Love him. Love his work.

[@IJayAmLegend]

Grayson; "They [bankers] do buy a lot of art", so, that's why modern artists study, how to be patronised.

[@MarcHarrisx]

Ed Byrne is as clever and on-point as ever. i find it a bit sad when otherwise brilliant comedic minds come on this program and then have very little wit or substance to add

[@lauramarx8098]

I think being good on a panel show and being a good comedian in other contexts can be pretty different skillsets, the panel being entirely improv. I think a lot of comedians appear on a panel show precisely once... Also: a lot of good jokes likely end up on the cutting room floor due to time constraints.

[@ianrutherford878]

@@lauramarx8098 what is the difference between a skill and a skill set? I miss the old simple 'skill'.

[@lauramarx8098]

​@@ianrutherford878 A skell set is a group of more than one related skill; for example, keeping tempo and remembering scales. In this case, being able to come up with jokes quickly based on a transmitted context (ie. fill in the blank games etc) is a different skill to developing good 'topical' jokes about current events, but both are needed for guests on a news panel.

[@ianrutherford878]

@@lauramarx8098 good answer. I think though,that most things that used to be called simply skills are now being called skill sets just because it sounds cooler.In the same way that people misuse 'simplistic' where 'simple' is correct.So a boat-builder may have carpentry, metal work, mechanicing ,electrical installation in his/her/their skill set.But I can imagine a joiner being talked of has having a skill-set rather than just being a skilled joiner,say, because there are all kinds of different types of skillful operation involved.

[@bayoubilly5176]

@@ianrutherford878 sorry Ian people have been using skill set for generations if not hundreds of years. It's not "swag" 😃😝😉

[@sedg83]

I had always wondered how the balloon boy thing went as far as it did considering that at a glance you can tell no one can be in that, so why did we scramble jets? Did they think these people were trying to get rid of a child they murdered and decided to chase the evidence so they could prosecute? Like wtf?

[@sidarthur8706]

i've been so confused watching this. turns out it's from 2009

[@christine6059]

Sid Arthur Thanks!

[@RIXRADvidz]

Quality Entertainment as always. Muchas Appreciados!! Spaciba!! Kiitos! Mahalo! Gracias! Thank You.

[@barkebaat]

RIXRAD - I seem to be following in your viewing footsteps (with one hour delay). See you around !

[@RIXRADvidz]

wear your wellies, I can be sloppy sometimes...

[@hullinstruments]

@@RIXRADvidz same. Except three years later 😂 this guy is everywhere and at first I was annoyed, but he has had some absolute hilarious fucking things to say over the years of these shows dude is hilarious.

[@RonPiggott]

Maybe a condition of the financial injects to the bank is no corporate bonuses until the injection money has been repaid.

[@matthewhartt5887]

Is it possible that Grayson Perry is the most intelligent and creative artist since David Bowie?

[@waynemarvin5661]

No.

[@TheKirkby]

Don't know why but I think Grayson Perry is great..

[@kennethhymes9734]

probably because grayson perry is awesome :) I don't know anything except the wit and the um bold dress sense, but i am for anyone who disrupts people's expectations in a joyful way.

[@claireclarke9088]

grayson looking good in his whatever happened to baby jane wardrobe fantastic i like what i know about grayson but i wish he,d have put that [julie] art in the local library rather than his own house,

[@stephenjones9746]

Is it me, or does Grayson Perry look like a Monty Python character?

[@ianrutherford878]

How can we answer that without a photo of you?

[@sidarthur8706]

could be because he looks like graham chapman

[@CashelOConnolly]

Sid Arthur you mean dead

[@jorenthar9186]

So season 56 was in 2018, so was this in 2006ish?

[@mikekilkelly2138]

It says in the description when it was aired 23 October 2009

[@atri-us]

Besides, in 2006 Obama was not even a candidate for president.

[@jorenthar9186]

@@atri-us ty

[@kevinchappell3694]

World made it past 2012 to 2020. 😮😑🇨🇦

[@hayreddinbarbarossa661]

And then it went to sh't.

[@claireclarke9088]

i thought damien hurst was a race driver.

[@jamesmitchell9511]

Ahh 2009, 3 possible pandemics ago, england was still in the UK and the US have yet to elect a reality tv show host as president.... Simpler times..

[@RIXRADvidz]

today on ReWatch : heene balloon boy. a/o 2019 is in a teen aged metal band called ''Heene Boyz''...jeez, Richard Heene makes Joe Jackson look like Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka

[@thedolphin5428]

Ian: "It's an abstract". Lol. Grayson: (Seriously triggered). Ouch.

[@ritz2467]

That japanese prank program is funny yet fucked up.

[@ididntknowtheyhadwifiinhell]

isn't nicking it breaking the law?

[@ianrutherford878]

Yes .That is why if you nick it you are not walking out without breaking the law.

[@hullinstruments]

I’ve always liked Grayson perry. And I honestly wish I was brave like that. Not a fan of the dresses and pigtails personally… but I’d be a lot happier if I gave as many fucks as he does. zero fucks given!! I think he’s a freaking rockstar and I wish we were all a bit more like him. Just maybe not with the pigtails. 😂🤘

[@rgwholt]

Golf and Tennis are not sports they are games ,....... Athletics are sports , running , jumping, vaulting throwing etc . Horse racing is a sport, as is is Hunting , fishing is a pastime

[@davkrod]

Golf is a pastime. It is also a waste of a good walk, and a waste of a motocross paddock.

[@elleryeggen9678]

@ 23:24, In British lingo, is a biscuit the same thing as an American cookie?

[@PassionPi]

yep!

[@rockflowerful]

G

[@waynemarvin5661]

G? Are you sure?

[@bradtorville5526]

Art, yes. What's good. Okay, so what's good about a banana taped to a wall with duct tape? Is that fucking art? How about an invisible statue? Give me a fucking break. Feces smeared on a canvas. Now there's art. *sigh*

[@harrygaunt6999]

The balloon boy wasn't a hoax! Justice for the heene's!!

[@hamishpriest]

Great, lets just have a laugh about the city of London bankers and their corruption. Then when the show is over go back to doing nothing about it.

[@BumMcFluff]

I've got a better idea, let's snark uselessly on the internet! That'll let everyone know I hate corruption!

[@ianrutherford878]

@@BumMcFluff Yes .This IS entertaining!

[@samtownend6744]

Yes I'm sure 3 comedians and an artist could have brought down the banking system. Ian prints this stuff in his paper every fortnight but nobody pays any attention

[@colincampbell3679]

My Word the world has gone odd.. a weirdo man in a dress and make up! And it not Panto season either!

[@Jeroen1983]

He's an artist. That term is how you can do the most insane things and people will shrug, because it sets the bar so low.

[@lmm2103]

He's very clever and witty, and he looks like fun so there

[@RIXRADvidz]

My Word the World Changed and left you behind somewhere in the 1950's, even if you weren't born then, your comments reflect your 1950's values instead of Modern Values.

[@datgrrl5698]

@@RIXRADvidz impossible to just thank the uploader as an adult with no play by play of your pathetic life and just leave it out ??? no, does not seem to be the case...sad american gormless gobshite twatwaffle