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

[@Majamham]

Hi Limmy. Thanks so much for seeing things from the beegeesus side. Appreciate the support, mate. Take care, Barry.

[@mrneutral8423]

Also cheers from the third one.

[@simonw3613]

Back in the early 2000s I worked in the DVD dept of the Virgin Megastore, I once helped Barry Gibb who was accompanied by a large German security guard. He wanted advice on comedy shows, and I was with him for about an hour chatting. He was very nice and appreciative of the time spent with him.

[@bronxcartel6193]

Great, now I’m sad the Virgin Megastore is no more 😔

[@Taporeee]

What did he end up choosing with your assistance?

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

_"Fer the next half hurr"_

[@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.

[@1Dubbelman]

​@@seancomrie4714 the Beegees wrote some of the best melodies and harmonies of the 70s... "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Nights on Broadway", "Inside and Out", "Night Fever"... Any songwriter would kill to be able to create melodies and harmonies like that. Their music might not have been political or groundbreaking but within its genre and what it intended to do it was incredible. It's not like they had to he revered but it was constant digs and straight up insults were just nasty, they were too intelligent not to pick up on them really.

[@MagickIsPower]

@@seancomrie4714 Stupidity? They are multi Grammy song writers and performers, back from when it meant something. Have a look at their catalogue and educate yourself ffs

[@copyrightcharacter1166]

The Bee Gees are equal to the Beatles

[@stevenwriteswebsite]

@@copyrightcharacter1166 lol, okay, let's all calm down a bit here

[@wesleyashworth5061]

Clive Talkin’

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Underrated

[@TheGodParticle]

Good pun that.

[@focalpointsound]

great work

[@BeezersFufoon]

Great work

[@Bpg5012trick]

Steve Googan knocked Anderson down a peg or two, took the smarmy look of his face.

[@polly_pasta]

Like studying the month before the first world war

[@wapbamboogie7213]

Loool

[@willsuttie3683]

Just a wee reminder that every now and then, it all kicks aff.

[@twkotb]

@@willsuttie3683What yeh gonnae dae when it does?

[@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.

[@kthor]

Hardly, as Barrys never liked confrontation. He does know it takes a lot to get Barry pissed.

[@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.

[@johngilmore697]

That's not a gadget, Michael. That's just monstrous use of a biro.

[@alexico909]

Are you new?

[@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

[@marcpower4167]

The story i heard was he stated on the radio was he got the impression that the bee gees would be okay with the jokes and didnt take themselves too seriously. Point is he went too far and he apologized.

[@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.'

[@LukeGale-w8m]

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

[@thomascleary6151]

@@LukeGale-w8m I just watched the Partridge clip again and I got it completely wrong. It's even better. He says to Clive Anderson 'there's a fine line between having a bit of a jape or a joke with someone and just being downright rude.' Clive responds, nervously, with 'and where do you think that line might be?' Partridge responds with 'behind you...'

[@FlintSL]

"Oooooof" cracks me up

[@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)

[@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.

[@filmretrospective63]

Was a good watch. Thanks

[@gaoblai]

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

[@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.

[@N0RB1TCH]

It’s still unprofessional as fuck, he’s an interviewer first

[@Lee-bv6iv]

Clive Anderson looks like a childhood friend of mine who would simply ignore you when you asked for a turn on his Amiga.

[@Lee-bv6iv]

@Compliment_Thief Out of order, mate. He had progeria.

[@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🎵

[@blackmichael75]

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

[@KarlHamilton]

Nitemare

[@johngilmore697]

Rangers fans are well-known for destroying people with their words.

[@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

[@TheStevenWhiting]

26:20 I'm assuming backstage were trying to make them go back on.

[@theweejoke9850]

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

[@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.

[@jasonchatto]

I never realised at the time but you're spot on with the observations.

[@oliverchong2428]

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

[@blackholesun4942]

Bell end?

[@mrneutral8423]

This is good watching. Deep dive into the neurosis of humanity.

[@FinalFlameProductions]

Has Limmy ever watched the Billy Bob Thornton interview ?

[@mrneutral8423]

The distant 'fuck off' is golden.

[@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?

[@RAMSEYM2402]

It was a series of jibes. They were there to be interviewed, not insulted for cheap laughs

[@haileyshannon7548]

I heard Paul McCartney refused to appear on this show.

[@bertchintus995]

Honestly Clive Anderson would fit right in the limmy twitch community

[@HadoukenPotato]

good man Benny

[@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

[@amac203]

He clearly set that up, Clive was the one who said "hit writers" in the first place! Obviously a pre-written joke.

[@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.

[@Chilli_Tea]

I have more appreciation for Limmy now that I binned the stream, his chat is utterly tragic.

[@calsportstv]

He needs to do Amstell vs preston

[@zappasmoustache23]

This was Clive’s whole Schtick though, he was a piss taker but was able to take it back from guests with good humour. The gees should have been forewarned. I thought the le tosseurs joke was brilliant.

[@KekeElBecko]

The idea of taunting three Mancunian brothers dressed in black, two of whom spent time in borstal, and who are millionaires who'd not only had a behemoth music career together, but also written and produced for and collaborated with some of the greatest stars of the second half of the 20th century, is possibly ill-advised.

[@Bears84]

The Bee Gees were musical giants.

[@DannyFiver-m9k]

When is Limmy going to release a covers album. The world needs it.

[@lesblack8996]

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

[@JackSteele-om9df]

Superficial glib humour doesn't mix with 3 music legends and gentleman.🥶

[@JibberJabberPodcast]

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

[@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.

[@bawsack69]

​@@Elcore👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@fauntleeeeroy]

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

[@lukoedits]

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

[@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!

[@ChubbyChecker182]

The Biggest Manchester Band of them all.

[@Taporeee]

FACTS CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY'S FINEST

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

You mean the biggest Manx band of them all.

[@KarlHamilton]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@garyrigby21]

@@ChubbyChecker182 island of Man

[@haileyshannon7548]

I thought they were from Australia

[@thegoose126]

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

[@Bears84]

This is actually "post wig" Robin.

[@ChipWarriors]

beyond the bad jokes and insults he's just a bad interviewer. never shuts up for more than a second

[@graemewelsh3035]

they were all younger than Limmy at this point

[@TableLampMokaPot]

I like Clive Anderson.

[@Ligerpride]

Same

[@Domn879]

Fascinating

[@errbud]

Yeah Limmy is just jealous of his hairline

[@shoxx48]

​@@errbud- His Boaby Charlton hairline!

[@stewmott3763]

When TV interviews go spectacularly wrong like this, I often suspect that there's been a miscommunication between the people hiring for the show and the people representing the guests. Here, for example, the Bee Gees' agents or whatever probably asked for assurances that this would be a serious interview, either because they didn't know what kind of show it usually was, or because they did know, and that their clients would only appear if the host's attitude was a bit more respectful. Then the show people just promised them what they wanted to hear, and the agents were happy to accept the fee.

[@ksb7713]

Must have been a mix up at the songwriter's outgoing mail where a song meant for East 17 ended up in the wrong envelope.

[@garyrigby21]

What does le tossers mean anyway?

[@marcpower4167]

Clive saying he'd forgotten "don't forget to remember" that's what you call in comedy at 1%er. Not that funny, but it'll get a smirk. By that point Barry had just had it with the cheap jokes and digs. I do think Maurice was trying to take it in stride even though he was probably getting annoyed too but didnt want to make such a scene about it.

[@smon4164]

90s Beegees, AKA R&Beegees

[@LukeGale-w8m]

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.

[@mynamehere7148]

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

[@garyrigby21]

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

[@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.

[@lifesgreat9951]

The cheek of it. The Bee Gees, probably the finest writers of beautiful music and singers of our culture . His, Clive Anderson's behaviour toward such talent and brilliance was disgraceful. Well done for pointing this out.

[@nmcmcole]

The 18th brumaire of Clive Anderson walkouts

[@jethrobradley7850]

You didn't see The Bee Gees slapping the top of Clive's head and giving him a wedgie before the interview. They deserved everything they got. But on a serious note, Clive tended to lay into celebs who had proved themselves pretentious or rude behind the scenes.

[@gavintuesday4959]

The Bees Gees conducted the interview commendably . They tolerated this shit , politely answered the questions with some humour , and Barry got his fuck you moment too . I doubt many musicians , even those who don’t like the Bee Gees (their 60s stuff was good ) would be laughing with glee .

[@tedstriker2000]

should do watch alongs to classic TV...especially the ones that havent trravelled well, like when a woman is hysterical, the hero slaps her

[@granitesevan6243]

Nay cont remembers Ondersun, airy cont remembers the Bee Gees

[@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.

[@polylyth]

Yes, most of the people on TV in the 90s were snipe cunts, and they turned an entire generation of young people into snide cunts as well.

[@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. 😂

[@cheekyegg]

Written by Clive Anderson

[@larryburke4782]

it's a match made in hell.. Clive Anderson was great at puncturing egos but the Bee Gees had no ego to puncture... just good blokes.

[@KnightmareUSA]

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

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

I met Clive Anderson once in a professional capacity and he was a bit of a rude knob to me. Which is about what I expected tbf, so wasn't bothered lol

[@You-Deef]

It’s not a “big heid” Anderson has, it’s the lack of a neck he has.

[@pete9469]

Clive Anderson the human Cabbage Patch Kid!

[@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.

[@Cryin98]

@@CLBellameylmao come on they should have thicker skin

[@CLBellamey]

@ But they don't. So now what?

[@JanineHyslop]

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

[@emiscand]

Clive was basically the star of those shoes and BGs were more used to Parkinson kind of interviews. I mind if think Clive acted like a dick.

[@MrJammie81]

The bee gees were way ahead of there time, anyone going in chat shows these days is this offended by a couple of bad jokes.

[@flemishdog]

Limmy's just jealous of Clive Anderson's hairline

[@Bpg5012trick]

Combover is Anderson's hair, nothing to be jealous of there.

[@TheGodParticle]

He insulted sting as well.

[@longshanks90]

He's a complete wanker, he managed to get a tricky interview by getting them all in one room which is hard work as you usually get a member short and he treated them like scum, I'd of sacked him that night as that's a career ending interview if your not careful

[@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!

[@1Dubbelman]

You're way too generous, he was an asshole end of story

[@spendover]

Clive went too far and lacked respect

[@MagickIsPower]

Barry Gibb could easily have taken Anderson in a fight. Any day.

[@tdurb0]

Brilliant video. Also, ABBA went through the whole ‘who the fuck would still be listening to ABBA?’ thing, before eventually becoming unconditionally held up as the writers of a whole shitload of good songs (I’m not an ABBA fan, but I’m not supposed to be, I’m a 52 year old bloke)

[@drwugong]

Clive went the wrong way.

[@evazavodna7492]

chybí titulky

[@KurtAffairOfficial]

How dare these idiots walk out on the genius Clive Anderson 😡😡😡😡😡

[@Bpg5012trick]

Steve Googan rattled Anderson's Gage, made Anderson look a right Prat 😂😂

[@KurtAffairOfficial]

@@Bpg5012trick Les Dossers set a drap for Anderzon. They never were Les Dossers. Anderzon walked right into their drap.

[@andysun73]

Sneezing Limmy

[@NoName-eo2mv]

Ya wee fanny

[@garretmufc19]

Heed space

[@davethomas30]

looking for laffs/entertainment/comedy..not here

[@aleksandard8884]

lol limmy..too much

[@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

[@Bpg5012trick]

Not as far as Anderson.

[@Cryin98]

@@Bpg5012trickdoes Barry pay you to suck him off lmao?

[@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 .

[@glemonsbhatkin514]

Clive went too far.

[@slimjim4239]

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

[@Bpg5012trick]

Best one was Steve Googan making Anderson look the fool, about the Bee Gee's interview.

[@Cryin98]

@@Bpg5012trickit’s Coogan bro