Al Murray On The Invention Of The Pub Landlord

Actor, writer and character comedian Al Murray joins Rob to talk about his new tour ‘Al Murray The Pub Landlord.’ Al tells Rob how the concept of The Pub Landlord came about, the extent to which the character is based on himself, and his experiences of working closely with Harry Hill.
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[@johnman559]

Do please stop interrupting your guests.

[@TheMagicCardTraderUK]

@@johnman559 inorite. Al was trying to relate something about Weekending and then Rob's like "I WAS IN WEEKENDING! OR WAS I? I THINK I WAS. I WAS ALSO IN EUROTRASH! OR WAS I?" Conversation thread completely derailed. 🙄

[@timothygraham4304]

@@johnman559 It's called a conversation. It's not a job interview. Do you you tell people when it's their turn to talk?

[@SteveDFM]

I'm losing my mind. At 11:09 in the podcast on Spotify, Rob tells a joke and Al laughs over the punchline "I am SOMETHING", and Rob says "if you don't know that one look it up". If anyone can tell me that word I missed I'd greatly appreciate it. If you want to tell me to "get a life" that's also fair.

[@johnman559]

@@timothygraham4304 I think you're 'projecting' Timmy😃

[@trevorwilliams2320]

I made the mistake of sitting in the front row of a Pub Landlord gig. He asked my profession, "radiotherapist" I replied. He asked whether I got paid for treating people with cancer. "Yes" I replied. He then called me "a parasitic cunt". I sat there speachless, the person on our table (undergoing chemotherapy) cried with laughter. Comedy really is a therapy.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Saw his show once, the last time we had a world financial depression. A young chap in the front row, told Al he was a Bank Clerk. For the rest of the show, he'd suddenly go mad and balled , ''What did YOU do with all the Efffffing MONEY DAVE '' where all the Effing MONEEEE ???

[@moaningpheromones]

Of course it doesn't matter what people do, he's got to make it funny. If you really are a radiotherapist, why can't you be bothered typing speechless correctly? I don't even have a job and I type properly.

[@santorini8423]

⁠@@moaningpheromonesyou would refuse him giving you radiotherapy then.

[@pjl8119]

Radiotherapist? Is that like an agony aunt? What station? Kiss FM. Radio 2? And that people is why I'm not a comedian.

[@JaySmurkzTV]

Some of his comedy’s honestly unbelievable, one of the greatest ever

[@malloid]

Saw Al Murray at The White Rose comedy club in London circa 2002. I remember he went round the audience asking what people did for a living. Whenever he heard the word "computers" he went off on a rant about them. Then he came to me and he asked me what I did for a living. I told him I was a journalist (which was true), then he asked me what I wrote about. When I said "computers" the whole place exploded with laughter and he proceeded to tear me a new one. A top night that I'll never forget.

[@coffeeguy6673]

Al Murray, brilliant stand up and love the Pub Landlord character, I was never confused !!

[@philpants44]

Still. It's been a year...

[@JohnSmithShields]

It was more curiosity

[@stuarthalsted3624]

Magma 😂

[@josephasghar]

Proud to say I was watching Al Murray when he was playing to 15 people in pubs. Girlfriend at the time didn’t get the humour and we broke up soon afterwards. Happy days…

[@WIDGI]

Good breakup innit

[@datgrrl5698]

Cheers for uploading, Al's IG was quality during the past two years of madness... watching Al make the drums is brilliant and the long hair and beard was bloody antiestablishment and spot on

[@maxbeale8186]

Two of my all time favourite comedians

[@nbell63]

yep, another lovely chat. and, without taking anything away, I've always enjoyed Al Murray talking process, so for me, this was really a treat - cheers, Mr B!

[@n4thb4dc0]

would love to see more of Al Murray, see him at the Hackney Empire earlier this year, he was fantastic

[@stevemorris3710]

Al Murray is such a precious gift, truly a fine entertainer. Also, great interview by Steve Coogan who seems to have finally moved on from the 'AHA' stuff.

[@Polsnulspace]

As a Bloody Jock, I still view Time Gentlemen Please as one of my all time favourite sitcoms. Totally underrated as a show. I still binge watch both series every couple months. I'm on S2 at the moment and never get sick of it. Brilliant stuff!

[@newreast3904]

Can't describe how happy i am that i found out, about a week ago actually, what ''Ungawa!'' is. top show! top!

[@Polsnulspace]

@@newreast3904 Free Crisps! Free Crisps! ;) :D

[@newreast3904]

@@Polsnulspace twat 'im Leslie!!! where to start? ''my crisps, my beatifull crisps''? or ''-jesus christ! -where?...owwww..''? or better'' -no, pops is using the term gay in its traditional way.- i can assure you i am not''. hahha or mum's ''stop it...i'm doin it on me own. iiiiiiinnnnnnn-sssstinc'!'' i feel blessed to have bumped into tpl and tgp in this life... Al...if i was a bird ''that would be the man i'm goin' to murray!brrrrrt''

[@markchapin750]

Same here, wonderful show. So odd.... a pub whose only regulars are a sexual deviant, a serial killer, a man who may be immortal, and a giant and his girlfriend.

[@newreast3904]

@@markchapin750 don't forget the tigah!

[@TheTenerifeVibe]

Just binged on about 10 of these, absolutely brilliant. Good knowledge of all the guests, well done to the researchers.

[@herseem]

Another brilliant interview. I used to love weekending, it really should be on again. It was a fantastic bonding moment between my Dad and myself because we both have the same sense of humour.

[@excismos8056]

I used to like the "Next Weeks News" part!

[@AngleSailor]

Best British comedian. Very smart and humble guy.

[@philpants44]

@@J5X7 seems pretty humble here

[@bazcuda]

I used to love "Weekending". Really funny.

[@wessexdruid7598]

I remember David Jason on it as a young man. It was of an era... Good times.

[@onlyme219]

Loved Al Murray's landlord sitcom, most can be found on youtube that's where I found and watched them, a true British classic. Side note: Rob this channel is a pleasure to watch, keep doing what you do :)

[@philpants44]

I only found that by chance! Didn't even know it was a thing. Was so glad when i got into it. Its just like watching my local pub but on TV lol

[@NoxiousRob]

It was great, co-written by Richard Herring, who played the bean-faced postman.

[@MrTwiglet]

@@NoxiousRob Stewart Lee helped out for some episodes too.

[@frankshailes3205]

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz (shown on Quest) was great fun, too

[@onlyme219]

@@MrTwiglet give it to me straight like pear cider, that's made from 100 percent pears

[@graemeyetts3465]

Great Guys both of them. I remember seeing Al Murrays Pub Landlord for about £4 a ticket,on a mixed bill around 1997 ish. Very good; within a year he was £20 in the West End, also very funny. Liked him too when he was a DJ on Planet Rock.

[@muzmason3064]

I was your waiter at Brunel comedy night as you had no bar then, loved the Morris Minor, a class act then and still now, good health sir 👍

[@layalabi1667]

Brilliant!!!!! Thank you!!

[@nadas9395]

Spending my Sunday morning watching all these interviews with amazingly funny people is perfect

[@royal7800]

Al Murray is absolutely BRILLIANT! Definitely one of the best comedians out there, plus a great writer and armchair historian. Thanks Rob and Al! (:

[@DavidOakesMusic]

He's from the Ali G and Borat school of playing a character who pretends to have a certain viewpoint in order to show up people who actually DO have that viewpoint.

[@philpants44]

@@DavidOakesMusic annoyingly alot of people don't actually understand that. And confuse the actors with the characters.

[@rikardottosson1272]

Degree in modern history from Oxford as far as I can tell. Decent

[@frankshailes3205]

His programmes about spy films and TV shows are great too. Loving and very insightful.

[@davidmatthews3131]

more Oxbridge than armchair.

[@Dezzasheep]

I remember him playing at our uni back in 1997... He was great. My mate was dragged on stage and stood there having to occasionally clink glasses with Al for about 15 minutes.

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Also I agree. Never block trolls. Just mute them. They dont know and they can @ you constantly and you never see it.

[@prendersmack1643]

Love Al Murray! One of the most brutal comedians out there - you really do have be ready to be offended lol

[@edmcguigan3501]

Pub Landlord is so well done that, as a Scot, he triggers me. The perfect distillation of English twattery. I'd definitely only have one at his pub.

[@cappuccinodriverno1]

Al Murray told me to "like and subscribe" so I did. Great interview thank you

[@phillipecook3227]

Gosh I'd completely forgotten about Week Ending. Now I even remember the theme music.

[@0wls2k]

That was bloody great

[@edmervlewis660]

Please get Harry Hill!

[@annoldham3018]

Pub Landlord is very funny. You know somebody who is just like him. That's what makes a character pop.

[@Anonnymouse53]

Al Murray is fantastic, he's so good that you can go to his show, get drunk and cheer for the pub landlord.... Then go again the next day and cheer for Al Murray's caricature of the pub landlord.

[@universalrandomizer405]

Bill Burr and Al.Murray in a joint performance Imagine them contradicting each other... I'd take any day Al Murray and Clarkson, one tormented by common sense, the other one by the size of his genius

[@Tim.Weaver]

Interesting to hear about your involvement in "Week Ending". I used to listen to that show back in the 70s - it came on just before "Stop The Week". I seem to remember a bloke called David Jason was in the cast in those days. I wonder what happened to him?

[@wessexdruid7598]

My first thought, when it was mentioned. We're showing our age...

[@hardtranceformers7895]

Really pleased to come across this. Great chat. Subscribed!

[@DavidOakesMusic]

March - June 2020 - the weather was non stop perfect for some weird reason.

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

Perfect pandemic weather. Spent most of the first lockdown having BBQs and enjoying the garden.

[@IanWilkinson]

(Excellent)² More please.

[@rhythmsaint73]

Fantastic both of you are stellar

[@MrJayscinema]

I wish these were longer :)

[@simonsaysrewind]

Made my day watching this. All hail 🙌 for the ale 🍺

[@michaelhawkins7389]

I have never seen Rob Brydon talking in his normal voice that sounds serious that is amazing

[@philipjones9458]

Bad skin though.

[@Jazbusiness]

@@philipjones9458 characteristic though

[@DBZ483]

Al Murray the Legend!!!

[@sidrat2009]

Ahh I listened to the podcast while working. That is a beautiful table.

[@meirionevans5137]

Enjoyed his TED talk too, bootiful british comedian.

[@Cchogan]

Awwww! Week Ending! The main voices on that were also the main commercials voices in London and were regulars in the studios I worked in - people like Sally Grace and David Tate. They earned 20x as much doing the voice over circuit, but they loved doing Week Ending. Though Sally used to say they had to explain the jokes to David Tate who never read the news!

[@StratsRUs]

I loved that early The Harry Hill Show.

[@tangerinestorm]

Used to love week ending. Should come back.

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

You might think it's based on Ben Bradley MP, but at the the time Pub Landlord came out the member was either at an expensive private school or making one of his multiple attempts at university which eventually led him to the exalted heights of shelf-stacking.

[@Ahmedali-xq3ye]

thank you RB melbourne australia

[@PaulAJacksonMusic]

Is the full episode available in video form?

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Al is absolutely right about:"One thing wrong, it's all wrong".

[@beatonthedonis]

Al Murray actually looks like the Pub Landlord now.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

15:34 - Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds.

[@richmaniow]

Great interview with Al Murray although I've never found the "Pub Landlord" that funny, just one of those things..

[@merman1974]

The auto-generated subtitles called him Owl Murray :D

[@MrUmandMrEr]

It's Harry's big brother, Alan. "If it's too hard...

[@purehyperbole5727]

"I can't understand it."

[@rosey699]

And relax

[@oneyelloweric]

al murry is a clever man and a absolute comedy genius best of British

[@zch2439]

done!

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Does Al do a podcast? If not he should.

[@tonymccake3057]

he does history ones with James Holland ...

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

@@tonymccake3057 it’s fucking brilliant as well

[@tonymccake3057]

Seen Al Murray a few times, just don't get to your seat late or sit in the front row, especially if you have a 'bullsh+t" day job... you may be sorry...

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

We all loved the Pub Landlord, but how many of us really thought about it?

[@timmartin2894]

When comedians try to hide behind a guise of a comedy character - no, that's you! It's just you being a funny version of your normal self, and being who you really want to be, because you're not really that happy with yourself...

[@paulhorgan6152]

I love yer al. I quite like Rob. Mind you he is Welch 🇬🇧🤗🤗🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanwhitington1726]

he's who?

[@paulhorgan6152]

@@nathanwhitington1726 somebody from Wales

[@exessex3522]

@@nathanwhitington1726 I think his mother was Raquel - gave him his start in showbiz.

[@tommartin7728]

But if you're here, who's getting the badgers ready for the badger parade?

[@TurbosTantrums]

I was just trying to remember the name of Week Ending the other day. Weird.

[@blue47er]

Lovely conversation, but really: Cup of tea and Glass of water????? Oh, dear, quite shocking. . . .how I missed Al splashing a pint all over the set and Rob Brydon..

[@323v6]

All Hale to the Ale 🍺

[@Pugiron]

Texans hear about the "trials" of travelling all across Britain and laugh.

[@SirHackaL0t.]

If you block someone on twitter then it’s worth unblocking them immediately. They are no longer following you but it doesn’t show as being blocked.

[@johnmboon]

Yeah. This one.

[@philipjones9458]

Closed circuit to ordinary folks, these sorts are all Oxbridge. Looking down on the plebs. As long as we make the riff raff laugh we'll make loads. Coogan et al.

[@bordersw1239]

Uh? You’re blaming them for being bright and talented? By the way - Coogan went to Manchester Polytechnic- hardly a top tier university!

[@VadersFist95]

So I take it you arent paid at your job Philip?

[@fromwithinuk]

Why is Al's frame rate lower than Rob Brydon's? It's weird.

[@mrsuperger5429]

The Pub Landlord is merely what posh Al Murray really thinks of the white working class,all dressed up as irony, of course.

[@10thdoctor15]

I know what he means - if a newspaper can get one thing wrong, anything else they've printed could be wrong.

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

Iiiiiinstinct!

[@nowthenad3286]

What was Weekending? It was the same as Spitting Image but it was on Radio 4, so it had none of the amazing puppets. However, because it had none of the amazing puppets, it had to be a lot funnier than Spitting Image.

[@Shads62]

everyone ignores the gay nazi, my fav Al character

[@MajesticDemonLord]

You need a chat with your researcher - you've clearly got the Pub Landlord on. Not sure who this 'Al Murray' (Beautiful British Name) fella that you keep talking about is.

[@james6901]

After all these years ...made a few quid...still needy....Twitter.....dont get it....

[@colinboden641]

Rob asks about Harry Hill connection then mentions something he did and doesn't give Al the chance ro answer- bit annoying

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Sorry. I tried. More than once. Brydon is the Welsh Corden.

[@musician4776]

Well two big differences are that Corden is a wanker and has no talent.

[@BSideWasTaken]

It's actually against the rules of Wikipedia to edit your own page, weird I know.

[@robertcook2572]

'Week Ending' was relentlessly and embarrassingly awful - if I had been involved I wouldn't want anyone to know. Weak Ending, more like.

[@jonathanphillips5514]

I said I enjoyed his show and i think he muted me !

[@durbledurb3992]

No No No. Al Murray is a character The Pub Landlord plays to get people to come to his pub. Don't play games with me, squire!

[@mjh5437]

Brydon is so tedious,he makes every interview all about himself...have a drink every time he says "I" and "I`m"

[@aaronleverton4221]

Must have missed the interview, did it come before or after the conversation?

[@stream_gene]

Al Murray is almost too good as the pub landlord, to a point that some of his audience think he's genuinely that character.

[@johnburton3865]

The coloseum DID have a roof. Do yhe research!

[@tanseygreen]

Only midlands gig is Nottingham Booo

[@tonypine3434]

Good - we don't want his sort in the midlands

[@oakypoky]

Well I watched his act at uni when was he was doing impressions of machine guns and he was bald as f##k then so far as I remember.

[@oxcart4172]

It's good because he can pretend that they aren't his actual views

[@chips1889]

Sorry Al but I like the bloke you are as the pub landlord so do be defensive, no body is all wrong.

[@bumfluffmcregor3730]

The pub landlord isnt funny

[@moaningpheromones]

You meant to say you don't find him funny.

[@stangiles2001]

im not a fan of rob brydon , trying to stop ever watching him again. he ain't funny , or possibly welsch

[@callithowiseeit5806]

Two fellas who've made careers from playing the working class.. who they've both UTTER contempt for

[@PaulAnthonyDuttonUk]

This is crap…

[@bikesnippets]

Pro-Brexit, but he's gone very quiet about that now!!! A touch of the Alf Garnett's about the Pub Landlord. Pretend it's a caricature, but actually get to say out all your national pride and anti other nations. Sometimes funny, sometimes not. Meh....

[@TheTruthKiwi]

That's pretty much what all character stand up comedians do, yes.

[@dcarbs2979]

I found that, watching his last 2019 show just before lockdown and even closer to leaving the EU, his material was very different to the classic sketches / speeches like the "holding the globe" one and how every country England and/or Britain has won a war against.

[@StratsRUs]

Al Murray is Public Schoolboy and Oxbridge.

[@dcarbs2979]

@@StratsRUs The character or the person?

[@tonypine3434]

Exactly. Dude thinks he's slick. Just another Oxbridge prick.

[@pomx2900]

Is there an interviewer who uses the word "i", more than Brydon?

[@davidpearson6785]

Mr Rob Brydon , you sir are just a national treasure , and always such brilliant guests!

[@dmgroberts5471]

I love how self aware Rob is of the fact that he's interviewing someone. "Can I just say 'or is it a bit of both?' Then I can't be wrong, can I?"

[@headintclouds3657]

There are some comedians that you you’d just love to be mates with and Rob and Al are both of them. Brilliant talents but also interesting, fun and with razor sharp wit. Never a dull moment…

[@santorini8423]

Nail on the head fella

[@gijgij4541]

Les Dawson: when I read his autobiography, that is exactly the feeling I came away with.

[@TheChristKnight7]

I am so happy to have enjoyed this! I am equally a fan of his comedy AND his drumming offerings with the Great British Drum Company! He is simply The Man! Much love from the States ❤️ 🤘