Limmy analyses the Bee Gees on Clive Anderson (again) [2024-06-19]

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[@polly_pasta]

Like studying the month before the first world war

[@wapbamboogie7213]

Loool

[@mr.seashore]

I liked Clive Anderson's show back in the day but the Bee Gees were polite throughout this interview, didn't deserve the cheap digs and can't blame them for walking out, thanks to Limmy for the thorough analysis (again)

[@seancomrie4714]

Clive Anderson made one crack about their dreadful old band name and Barry Gibb threw a strop that made him look like a complete twat. Cheap digs lol, he used their own stupidity against them.

[@wesleyashworth5061]

Clive Talkin’

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Underrated

[@TheGodParticle]

Good pun that.

[@garethm3242]

Came here looking forward to a laugh, having enjoyed Limmy's first analysis of this. Ended up staying and quite seriously agreeing with every point he made. Barry was 100% right here and very restrained. (And I thought Clive was funny in those days, when I was about 12,, from "Whose Line . . ." etc)

[@AlLowe1988]

“Shit writers”? How dare you! I think this next one will prove you wrong Clive… 🎵 I will stand for ice cream if I can🎵

[@Oscar-ei3de]

The problem is that he is trying to find every pun and joke possible he probably didn’t mean to cal then shit, not believe it but the joke presented itself

[@Doctor_Smith]

He creates the joke though. He goes ‘you were hit writers. Well maybe one letter off’. I bet he had that written for days.

[@Elzzaw]

He rarely let them even finish a sentence lol. It's one thing constantly being interrupted while you're talking, but being slagged while being interrupted totally takes away any investment you have for answering.

[@laurentkelly150]

The Bee Gees endured an entire period of mockery during the death of disco which massively hurt their artistic pride, of course its still a sore point when a host is trying to belittle their legacy

[@haileyshannon7548]

I heard Paul McCartney refused to appear on this show.

[@pjl8119]

I like Clive Anderson but he was being a bit of a tosser here. I get the thing of taking down folk with big egos but the Bee Gees were being pretty humble and polite. They rolled with the punches to begin with but he just pushed it too far.

[@mr.a8315]

Not long after this Bee Gees incident, Steve Coogan was on Clive Anderson's show in character as Alan Partridge and he made reference to this incident, saying something like "..there's a big difference between humorous banter and just being plain rude....". When Alan Partridge is being critical of your interview technique and is spot on, it's pretty sorry state of affairs.

[@Bears84]

The Bee Gees were musical giants.

[@thomascleary6151]

Did anyone see the episode - it might have been the following show - where Clive Anderson had Alan Partridge on as a guest? There's a great moment relating to this interview. Clive says something to Alan about him sometimes insulting his guests on Knowing Me, Knowing You, and Alan Partridge responds with something like 'well, it happens, but it's never intentional, I'd never be THAT rude.'

[@user-pm8xv4vf1u]

I saw that clip the other day. Coogan is going to be top dog wherever he goes, but going onto Anderson the week after the Bee Gees walkout is like a comedian doing his set after the last comedian has bombed. Anderson was probably pleased he only got a light roasting by Partridge

[@Gecko....]

You can see Robin notice Barry is fuming and he's worried, it's taking him back to when Barry used to kick off and beat his younger brothers up.

[@FlintSL]

"Oooooof" cracks me up

[@oliverchong2428]

He’s being snide and rude right from the beginning. I like Clive Anderson, but tbf hes being a proper 🔔🔚 here.

[@davidmurray591]

How did Clive not see the tension in front of him

[@oddunb6190]

Massive lines of cocaine before the show

[@ICT17]

Because he was an amateur, he got his own show on the basis that he was the quick witted presenter on Whose Line Is It Anyway but he wasn't an experienced broadcaster. He was fine when he was cracking jokes with guests he liked and respected but he was obviously no good at picking up signals from guests because he usually didn't have to. He obviously had no interest in the Bee Gees and he clearly had no idea how to approach the interview

[@blackmichael75]

According to Wikipedia, Clive Anderson supports Rangers and his father was from Glasgow.

[@KarlHamilton]

Nitemare

[@FinalFlameProductions]

Has Limmy ever watched the Billy Bob Thornton interview ?

[@garyrigby21]

Bee Gees will be remembered forever but nobody is going to remember Clive Anderson

[@Comedy-xo1xp]

Neo will.

[@garyrigby21]

@@Comedy-xo1xp Neo?

[@Comedy-xo1xp]

@@garyrigby21 Agent Smith: "... Mr. Anderson!"

[@XxCoralXxX]

​​@@Comedy-xo1xptop-tier patter...

[@KarlHamilton]

False.

[@filmretrospective5334]

Was a good watch. Thanks

[@bertchintus995]

Honestly Clive Anderson would fit right in the limmy twitch community

[@theweejoke9850]

I like that his reanalysis. Wish we had Limmy analysing the Zapfruder tape

[@ProffessorLazarus]

I don’t think the “shit writers” line was the problem. It was clearly an off-the-cuff quip after he queried if ‘hit writers’ was the right term, and the Bee Gees will have recognised it was just quick wit and not a premeditated attack. The problem is that by this point they were already tired of constant little digs in general, and Clive just wasn’t picking up on their frustrations

[@lesblack8996]

I watched this at the time. Started well then Clive tried too hard to be edgy 😆

[@gaoblai]

What's awkward compared to modern chat shows is that the audience is not laughing at all.

[@Ligerpride]

I like the bee gees. I like Clive Anderson. I think the lads took it up wrong. It's a comedy show and you literally said "we were called les tosseurs". I mean what did you expect?

[@fauntleeeeroy]

Clive talkin! Im a genius, what a guy i am

[@DJTomOke]

Heres my take - Clive had too long with them, he was obviously out of his comfort zone and was struggling to think of good questions and how to conduct this interview. So he took the cheap and easy option of taking the piss. Backfired!

[@thegoose126]

Clive was just trying to be funny but most 'jokes/puns' came off like digs.

[@pete9469]

Clive Anderson the human Cabbage Patch Kid!

[@mynamehere7148]

Clive Anderson is a national treasure in England. From the gemstone Cuntrocite.

[@thomasbarker2888]

This is fascinating. I often find Clive Anderson very funny (as well as his writing for others), but you can absolutely tell he used to be a lawyer, and he's acting like a pillock here.

[@forestsunset9617]

Did the Bee Gees invent Turkey Teeth?

[@yungpep]

Yes

[@Elcore]

Well you can tell by the way I use my jaw I found a real cheap flight to Ankara.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

The Biggest Manchester Band of them all.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

You mean the biggest Manx band of them all.

[@KarlHamilton]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@garyrigby21]

@@ChubbyChecker182 island of Man

[@haileyshannon7548]

I thought they were from Australia

[@crackhead8693]

​@@haileyshannon7548 /watch?v=11uma1su4g4 they say themselves this is where our music started they lived in manchester as kids if they said that then im claiming them rather have the bee gees representing us than oasis

[@ICT17]

Brilliant analysis from Limmy, he's so good at this sort of thing! Bringing together Clive Anderson, a smug Oxbridge smartarse with a lofty disdain for popular culture, and the Bee Gees, of all groups, was almost certain to end in tears. Anyone remember the Hee Bee Gees? The pisstake of the Bee Gees in the 80s? That was the product of Oxbridge contemporaries of Anderson's: Angus Deayton, Richard Curtis, Philip Pope. So what could go wrong here? Anyway, if you know anything about the Gibb brothers then this is a revealing interview as they're all very much in character. Barry is bullish and taking himself a wee bit too seriously, Robin is moody and prone to being oversensitive and Maurice is just very friendly and laidback. Barry really strikes me as a guy you wouldn't want to fall out with!

[@lukoedits]

need to get the shug from still game to analyse that "fuck off".

[@JibberJabberPodcast]

Imagine interviewing music royalty like The Bee Gees and being an absolute prick.

[@nmcmcole]

The 18th brumaire of Clive Anderson walkouts

[@Bears84]

This is actually "post wig" Robin.

[@garyrigby21]

i'll always love Red Chair Fadeaway by the Bee Gees

[@GF_MF]

The Bee Gees probably sacked their marketing promo team after this. Clive probably took too much pre show dickhead dust and allowed himself to get carried away.

[@slimjim4239]

they knew what he was like as an interviewer - cry babies

[@TableLampMokaPot]

I like Clive Anderson.

[@Ligerpride]

Same

[@Domn879]

Fascinating

[@errbud]

Yeah Limmy is just jealous of his hairline

[@shoxx48]

​@@errbud- His Boaby Charlton hairline!

[@TheGodParticle]

He insulted sting as well.

[@flemishdog]

Limmy's just jealous of Clive Anderson's hairline

[@smon4164]

90s Beegees, AKA R&Beegees

[@calsportstv]

He needs to do Amstell vs preston

[@MrVidification]

This was just usual Clive talk. Who's Line Is It Anyway level friendly jibe at their name which had a high likelyhood of being mentioned, not to be taken seriously. I only saw one hurt Bee Gee and ego. The last to go was pretty mellow about the situation

[@tonyaldridge8917]

Clive wanksonhissonderson

[@rjpender70]

This was soooo awkward. They are my favourite group. Right from the off it didn't go well. Robin was pissed too....Mo , always the man in the middle. Loyal, so followed them. Clive was an embarrassment here. Shame because I quite liked him before this .

[@user-pm8xv4vf1u]

The reason Barry didn't walk out sooner is because he had to gather himself enough for a 15 second exit. Barry was well on the back foot after a couple of witty (snide) remarks from Anderson. A few bad gags later and Barry felt good enough to walk out on the child.

[@drwugong]

Clive went the wrong way.

[@spendover]

Clive went too far and lacked respect

[@davethomas30]

looking for laffs/entertainment/comedy..not here

[@JanineHyslop]

Clive anderson annoyed me that time I mind it. He's clever but i didnt like what he did.

[@Ligerpride]

I really don't see why they got the hump about this. It wasn't even edgy. It was just a bit of rolling banter. It they didn't take themselves so seriously in terms of protecting the image they would have had a great evening. They could have thrown it back to him.

[@CLBellamey]

It's not banter if it's just one way though. Clive had clearly pored over their history to write in as many humiliating jokes as he could, and had them prepared in advance. I'm guessing they didn't know anywhere near as much about him to throw anything back on the spot, and they couldn't exactly shoehorn in a jab at Clive when the topic of conversation is about them, so it was massively weighted in Clive's favour. And it's really the host's responsibility to make sure everyone's having a good time, not the guests.

[@Tim_Evans]

I remember this when it happened. I was a teenager. It was the 90's. I hated the Bee Gees. A lot of what Clive was mocking them for was true....They were outdated, uncool, unfashionable. I thought they were SHIT, and the interview underlined for me what a prick Barry Gibb was. Limmy's analysis however, has made me rethink the situation entirely. Gibb was right... Anderson just got them on to take the piss out of them. Just looking for opportunities between the questions to humiliate them and their work. Fuck Clive. I'm on Barry's side for literally the first time in my life.

[@jameshumfry1256]

The Bee Gees were an amazing comedy routine. So cool that people took them seriously. The beards and falsetto are top tier comedy gold. Reminds me of Christopher Guest and his crew from Spinal Tap.

[@Bears84]

You know nothing. 😂

[@NoName-eo2mv]

Ya wee fanny

[@bonzodog6872]

Barry Gibb is so far up his own arse Maurice has a sense of humour Robin off to put another box of frogs in his throat