Russell Howard - RHLSTP

[@rienpost3145]

Dylan Moran. Dylan Moran. Dylan Moran. Dylan Moran. Dylan Moran. Just a hint.

[@sfoster.23]

Oh my goodness Rich really suits that suit!

[@psammiad]

Wow, Richard looks super smart and Russell Howard is nearly 40!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Listening to the podcast mostly but I think why people are thinking it seems awkward is because they have no mics to hid behind. That's probably the beauty of physical mics. Feels less weird. I'm sure Russell has said before he genuinely feels awkward, not having a mic to hold and having to just sit and talk without one can make you feel more awkward.

[@markjempson6608]

I’m glad Russell Howard shouts all his punchlines, otherwise I wouldn’t know when to laugh.

[@TNJX]

To be fair even Stephen Merchant, when live on stage, was guilty of this

[@TheStevenWhiting]

@@Stantheman848 Maybe, just maybe because we're all different. What you don't like others do. Russell is one I like, Limmy is one I don't like. Everyone likes different thinks. Just skip the ones you don't like. Simple.

[@simonlake_]

@@Stantheman848 No idea what he's like (never met him), but crediting and paying the writers on his show properly (where many others don't) seems a decent thing to do.

[@rem299]

@@Stantheman848 I agree with you about Howard I think he pretty much sucks but I have to say you proved ''steven whiting's'' point because I like john bishop and I massively like micky flannagan, how can you not like micky's ''out out'' tour. So there you go.

[@zetetick395]

I think that comes from a 'big rowdy family' upbringing, you gotta up the volume to make *your* point stand.

[@IanJTaylor]

We’ve all done it

[@markjempson6608]

I did one joke about Russell Howard about ten years ago, and that's all, one joke.... Admittedly it was 58 minutes long.

[@hbwestham]

totally geez

[@jimbrowsing5690]

I thought I was going to hate this one, but I starting watching it anyway and really enjoyed it. So there you go.

[@manannanl220]

The set somehow deadened this. The vibe from the set was like a rainy Sunday in Ikea.

[@sratus]

It's not the set, it's because Russell Howard doesn't say anything funny

[@HarriRobins]

Was it my interlaced comment that's got this reuploaded? Because I was proud of that joke haha.

[@92RedRevolver]

Tell us again so it can live forever!

[@HarriRobins]

92RedRevolver Why is this interlaced! It’s 2019, why aren’t you more progressive?”

[@shuaib602]

I really enjoy these podcasts!! Laugh and joke and serious shit!

[@mrswozzle]

Howard is a brilliant and original genius. He has to be the top comedian in the U.K. today. Breathless with the laughter and genius of his mindblowing fast thinking.

[@skawashers]

2nd time around ?

[@megalamb]

Makes you wonder what they cut out.

[@Herring1967]

@@megalamb Nothing

[@michaelhutchinson414]

It was a good decision Howard made to leave that school. I went there several years before Russell. The headmaster used to cane boys on an almost industrial scale. He's not lying about the 'pants' thing although it only applied to Junior pupils. Lots of things were 'banned' like going into Woolworths, cinemas, and sports venues or being outside of your own home after 6.30pm. It was called Lock-up, years ahead of Lock-down. Almost the whole upper school had to be in the Combined Cadet Force and essentially learn how to kill people. Thankfully the old school was pulled down and its now a much more progressive place for both boys, and girls. Check out the 1966 videos on You Tube.

[@elgar104]

Russell went to the school in the late 80s. From your comments... you must have gone to BMS in the 60s. Or even earlier. Rather different times to be comparing anything...id have thought. Having gone there myself 1973 to 83 I can't recognize the school from either of your descriptions. I was given the plimsol once.... but there was little bullying and I can't think of anyone who was caned. As for being posh...well I'm not. There were plenty of scholarship boys and working class chaps from the town...A very eclectic blend of ethnicities too....Italians, Greeks, Indians and poles. The cadet Corp was not training to kill anyone. Don't be so silly. And there were plenty of non military options if you didn't like the idea. Community service and the working group spring to mind. I personally used the time instead to practice the violin. I think the school rather a good one. High standards. Hard work. Pursuit of excellence and a music dept that was outstanding.

[@michaelhutchinson414]

@elgar104 I was at BMS in the late fifties/early sixties. The headmaster was J E Taylor, a man who ran things on an almost Victorian level. CCF sessions were twice a week,one in full uniform. We were being prepared for National Service, which was later discontinued. We had target practice using live ammunition. At the end of each term Taylor would summon the 3 lowest graded pupils in each class/form to his study to receive 3 strokes of the cane on the backside. He must have beaten thousands of children in his career. I suspect he gained some pleasure from it, although he was a very religious man. He once caned me for standing in the wrong place in the dinner queue! He instituted many eccentric rules. I still have a printed copy. If you could not swim you had a white button sewn onto the top of your cap. I'm relieved to know that when Taylor retired, all these "rules" were abandoned. He has since been almost written out of the school history book, but some of us are still around to remember.

[@elgar104]

@michaelhutchinson414 so in what sense are you qualified to say Howard was right to leave the school ....30 years after you'd left... and several regimes later? Different school. Every MOS was different.... caning was reserved for only the worst misdemeanors.... which included bullying btw. Under Rawlings and Kemblecook the music dept became astonishingly good and the school boasted a chamber orchestra that my dad ( a music lecturer) mistook for a pro group when he heard them rehearsing. CCF was little more than a parade. No live ammo. No weapons training. An excellent languages and English dept and three Maths sets taking the olevel a year early and all getting As. It's a shame it didn't suit Howard.... because he's a bright lad and would....I think... have done very well there. Btw Tailors portrait remained on the wall and was a house name in the junior school. And the old school was not totally pulled down. It was turned into a shopping centre. Called the Harpur Centre.

[@michaelhutchinson414]

@@elgar104 I get your point, but makes no difference as far as I am concerned. When Rev. J.E. Taylor (JET) was headmaster when I was there the regime was harsh and the bullying came from him not so much from other boys. We had to attend school 6 days a week we were prevented from going to the cinema or any other place of entertainment, including non-school sports events. My parents interpreted the rule that the school uniform should be worn at all times in a way that I never left the house without school clothes on during termtime. We had to be be inside our OWN HOMES by 7.30pm (Lock-up) or we could be punished if caught. His beatings were frequent along with other punishments like "Drill" which involved running round the quad with your hands in the air for long periods of time or combing the rugby field picking up stones on a Saturday afternoon. We were even forbidden to go into Woolworths, M & S etc. (designated "Chain Stores" in the rulebook.) during term time. It was always funny to see boys coming out of school at the beginning of the holidays stuffing their caps in their pockets and rushing into Woolworths. School matches had to be attended compulsorily. One of the staff at the time wrote in a memoir that Taylor's attitude to them also left a lot to be desired. Young teachers would sometimes only last a term or two. There were some good men, and they were all males except for "Fanny" Kingston who taught the very youngest pupils, but a significant number in my time were, to say the very least, eccentric. Our art master would set a subject and then spend the rest of the lesson reading his newspaper pausing only to rap any boy across the knuckles if caught using a ruler for a straight line. No doubt war service had left its mark. I'm pleased to hear the music department did improve. In my time Taylor would only permit classical or religious music and if your singing was defined as you being a "droner" that was it, you sang no more. In Assembly at the start of each day there was a hymn, bible reading and a prayer in the school hall. A number of boys broke into the organ "loft" under the stage and sabotaged it. After that a grand piano was used for the hymn singing. In order to admit boys who were not C of E into the hall for school notices, after the religious bit, they would have to line up along the side of the hall where they could be seen by everybody. Some of these boys were from agnostic families, but a number of them were Jews. They could have stood discretely at the back, but Taylor obviously wanted to make a point. I know that the school is very different today and I wish the pupils, now both girls and boys, well in their studies and careers. As for J E Taylor, he died shortly into his retirement whilst serving at a cathedral in the south of England , and last time I was in Bedford I noted with some satisfaction that his office was part of Boots the Chemist. I was also told that a lot of the wooden paneling ( these "hallowed Halls" ) was sold for scrap. I was scared by, and hated, the place, but nevertheless I went on to qualify in two separate careers and gain a Degree. Life at BMS left a mark on me which took a long time to shake off. I wrote quite a mild piece for the school on-line magazine but it was never acknowledged or published.

[@elgar104]

@michaelhutchinson414 I'm sorry that you were there at a harsh time. Ill guess that many schools at the time were similar. A fish rots from the head down. Sounds like your beef was very much with the Taylor of this suit. But I think it wise to recognize institutions can change for the better given better leadership. Tom Brown school days taught us that much.

[@MartGordon]

Did anyone get the name of the leftfield comic that Russell Howard mentions towards the end?

[@jlwing8360]

John Kearns

[@MartGordon]

@@jlwing8360 Thanks so much. My ears are not the best and I just couldn't make a decent name out of what I was hearing.

[@paul5899]

Limmy coming up? Fuckin yesss.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Listen to it all and it's fine.

[@willemgroenewegen5934]

Who is the comedian Russell recommended? Can only find a wrestler called Cairns, or is it spelled differently?

[@jlwing8360]

John Kearns

[@mattb6366]

Does he cry about the Stewart Lee bit again?

[@garyrigby21]

awww no mate...no maaaaate

[@Anotherrnumber]

I listened to around the first 40 minutes on the original upload, I thought the most controversial thing that was discussed was when Russell admitted he used writers but I can't be bothered re-listing to see if that's what was cut

[@VacantHaven]

Nice!

[@mikeanderson8601]

Did the bit about prince charles get cut?

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

no still there

[@markjempson6608]

We've all done it, you run out of toilet roll, you use a sock!

[@MM-dq2pi]

never, considered the cardboard centre though lol

[@rienpost3145]

Okay, you copied 5 Stewart Lee jokes in a row now. Enough already?

[@jimmycampbell78]

Ohhhhhh maaaaaaaaaaaaaaate! What are you making fun of Russell Howard for? Maaaaaaaaate

[@markjempson6608]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaate

[@karatefella]

Hey Richard ! I don't believe you read these comments ! But if you do, can you get Karl Pilkington ? That'd be great !

[@harryturner8701]

If you have to ask is it cheating if, then it is.

[@Herring1967]

Nah. There are some grey areas that require clarification as they will vary from relationship to relationship. Is it cheating to view pornography? for example. Or have sex with a sex robot. Same thing.

[@hanumaniam]

Just finished watching the original. What was the issue? Why upload again? 🙂

[@Herring1967]

The background was strobing or something and Chris Evans (not that one) wanted it to be perfick

[@lwaves]

@@Herring1967 Aah yes, that makes sense. I recall the comment jokes about interlaced not being progressive in 2019.

[@MM-dq2pi]

I thought I was going mad.

[@ianucci]

16:30 touch of wind, Russell?

[@jimmycampbell78]

Hopefully he didn’t follow through. If he’s run out of toilet paper he’ll have to use a sock

[@jimmycampbell78]

@@MT-kx2uc 😁

[@RacheleStrata]

Russell Howard seemed a bit depressed

[@cazkiwinz4300]

Maybe just stressed... it was 4 days before his wedding after all... but yeah, he definitely was off a little until midway.... could also have to do with the fact of him getting rid of RH from his show which they talked about and they hadn’t really spoken until this, cos he did seem a little lighter after that... but he is definitely wound up

[@krblackburnuk]

Come to Guildford!

[@tylerdurden4045]

Russel keeps forgetting he's the guest and not the host.

[@joewakeford]

Not feeling this one 😳

[@emdiar6588]

You're using the wrong sense. It's an easy mistake to make. I tried smelling and tasting it before settling on listening to it.

[@joewakeford]

Oh cool, a funny.

[@emdiar6588]

@@joewakeford Ahh, come on. You're just glad of the attention.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

George the soundman not around? Audio not great again.

[@simac3880]

Audio is fine. You have a free video/podcast here. People in the world are starving. Find something useful to whinge about, dopey.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

@@simac3880 Monthly badger so not technically free :) just pointing it out for future reference.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

I should of read description. Its mentioned on there :)

[@DaveDexterMusic]

it's absolutely fine

[@cazkiwinz4300]

I love Russell, but he definitely was off in this interview... but it was 4 days before his wedding...

[@markjempson6608]

Ahhhh maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatee

[@hbwestham]

yes

[@kerrywhite6720]

39:30 Yo, Russell: The 3 Howard Brothers: Moe, Larry and Curly!

[@paulannable3734]

It’s true, the acoustics are terrible. It does spoil it. Tell me that’s not the new set?

[@affalaffaa]

Isn't this series travelling around the country? Probably not the new set if so.

[@paulannable3734]

god let’s hope so.

[@simac3880]

'terrible'.. seriously? Maybe time to get a life, Paul?

[@paulannable3734]

How can I get a life when everything is ruined by the muffled acoustics on this podcast. If only I had something else to compensate for my terrible disappointment. What do you recommend, because I can’t think of anything. I just keep listening to it, over and over, getting more and more upset every time.