Ian Hislop on his disastrous interview with Tom Waits

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@caeserromero3013 4 ай бұрын

You know what they say: "Tom Waits for no man," 😂😂

@christinavuyk2026 4 ай бұрын

Given Time anyway… 😜

@OmegaNovaB 4 ай бұрын

😂 Bravo! Like it

@josefk-g5u 4 ай бұрын

I love both Tom Waits and Ian Hislop

@charcolew 4 ай бұрын

Hislop is one of the few celebrities who can happily laugh at himself, a truly endearing characteristic.

@happyrudolf9134 5 ай бұрын

Ian is indeed good at passing wind.

@robinmcewan8473 4 ай бұрын

Raising a stink and exposing hypocrisy

@myhatmygandhi6217 4 ай бұрын

That's all he's good for. Tom Waits is a legend.

@squirrelarch 4 ай бұрын

I used to watch Loose Talk when it was on Channel 4 and always remember this encounter. My sympathy was with Mr Waits. Losse talk was a shambolic programme where the audience often seemed to be talking amongst themselves during the interviews but the live bands were often quite good.

@christinavuyk2026 4 ай бұрын

Tbf Hislop might have thought he was sounding cool but in reality it can’t be argued that he sounded sarcastic af 😂😂😂

@flammenjc 4 ай бұрын

I think he gets off on being an arsehole and then claiming it to be all in good fun to be honest.

@MirlitronOne 4 ай бұрын

It's hard to imagine a worse interview than Hislop and Waits. Genius!

@gregthomas7745 4 ай бұрын

In another life I think they could've had a good rapport.

@jhjhjhjhjhjhify 4 ай бұрын

I think Hislop dropped the ball on that one. Obviously he didn't mean to, but I can understand how Waits would have thought it rude or indeed wasn't quite sure what he was trying to say so got annoyed (I think the problem was it was being filmed live so Hislop couldn't just ask Waits directly to speak up. From what I understand the show itself was a bit of a mess and the sound recording seems awful anyway). Worth noting it was about 10 years before Tom Waits became sober as well, and like Hislop implies he may well be drunk/high here, which doesn't help. Hislop can be a good laugh. I'm a big Tom Waits fan though! Wonderful singer/songwriter, and a really good actor as well. He's actually quite a good talk show guest, but you have to get used to his weirdness/brand of humour. Not sure if his music or personality was Hislop's thing.

@highdownmartin 4 ай бұрын

I used to like 101 when it had time to go through half a dozen items with one guest. Find out a bit about them and have a laugh en route. Hancock and Merton were good. I like skinner but the format is shallow and more contrived

@KismetMulhaneski-to3wg 4 ай бұрын

Can't imagine Hislop or Merton being Tom Waits cup o' Bourbon.

@oldschoolm8 4 ай бұрын

I'm slightly neutral with this clip as I'm an Ian Hislop and Tom Waits fan. Ian was right, it's a talkshow, you have to speak up, but Tom is such an ethereal, oddball artist, you've got to respect his ways. Btw, what the hell happened to Nick Hancock? Did he have a Richard Bacon/Angus Deaton style kink dethroning? He was a great presenter.

@mattminceylegs 4 ай бұрын

Is that Keith Haring sat to Ian's right? Looks just like him!

@domedwards5256 4 ай бұрын

Second in from the left, Yes it is. Good spot, I'm watching on a phone and didn't make him out as brief as it is. An eclectic line up it seems.

@effess8698 4 ай бұрын

Given that Loose Talk was only on air in 1983 the piece of work that Tom is talking about is presumably the album Swordfishtrombones. Which has aged much better than the interview, or indeed the Room 101 clip. Never could stand that dog.