Russell Howard's Good News - Series 8, Episode 1

Russell looks at Thatcher's funeral, ridiculous Chinese military videos and a teacher in America who was also a pornstar.
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[@AnticDuelist77]

I love moments like 18:34, when someone says something funny, and rather than say anything, Russell just looks at the camera or the audience and lets the funny speak for itself. Sign of a true comic; can be funny without even saying a word.

[@opinionsarelikea55holes20]

Tbf the mystery guests my uncles brother and I really don't think he deliberately made that joke.

[@anish3839]

@@opinionsarelikea55holes20 isn’t your uncles brother still your uncle? Or your dad?

[@opinionsarelikea55holes20]

@@anish3839 No. My uncles brother is my dad's sister's (my aunt) husband's (uncle) brother. Which also means 11 other people couldn't imagine that possible family process along with you.

[@JargonMadjin]

It's amazing how Russell gets his family into the skits too, lol

[@jamesevans8520]

Because he’s a humble lad

[@lauradolan9783]

WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN BLESSED BY THE GOOD-NEWS GODS!!!!

[@RockJawAnimations123]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! THIS IS HOW I GET MY NEWS (from years ago)

[@Nasser851000]

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

[@lauradolan9783]

AiarbiXD I know! I'm the exact same! I just come out with random stuff like: "Did you know David Cameron wanted three year olds to set up their own business... like five years ago..."

[@lauradolan9783]

ctl eurocollege WE SHALL REJOICE!

[@adamjbrown809]

Great news hahahahahahaha

[@belsnickel9568]

I wish we could have good comedy shows like this in America.

[@bonestheboneyboy4531]

*evil giggles in tea*

[@juliemc9947]

Kermit omg 😆😭😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@forthesakeofsanity]

John Oliver and Trevor Noah are pretty funny

[@Jim-so3zm]

@@forthesakeofsanity Nah.

[@MrCancer66]

We had one. The Jon Stewart show..

[@sleepypanda6708]

The 'It's Not All Doom Or Gloom' part oh my God how perfect😭😍

[@sayomi23]

hilarious watching this from s.korea right now, particularly the segment about the north😂.

[@pineappleink]

It's Frankie Boyle's granny 😂😂😂😂

[@humixmusic4lyf]

Good news was the best 🤣💙 his style of presenting has changed so much but is still gold.

[@otishawkridge2331]

"you should see the trailer for good news that I wanted to show" Deliveroo advert plays

[@blackeyedsusan727]

That old lady who'd put a stake through Thatcher's heart is all of us with compassion for other human beings. Thatcher was a monster.

[@wonderbar4881]

Nah

[@AutisticHighHeeler]

That old lady is a fucking legend. Hope to piss oj thatchers grave sometime!

[@mattgreengamerdw2597]

Thatcher was an awful person

[@lisawakelam8189]

People did not moan when you could buy your council house

[@solofdragons6446]

On behalf of Canada we are sorry for producing Justin Beiber

[@kkiirr134]

Yeah, you shuld be

[@nataliapushparaj1449]

He was never meant to escpae

[@DariyusKabraji]

Was hoping when Deadpool said you’re welcome, Canada, he’d do to Beiber what RH did in that propaganda video

[@Toneill029]

Well you produced Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds, so if you keep producing sexy Ryan’s then the Global community will give you a pass.

[@vanessawestbrook9846]

Nooooo you werent supposed claim him

[@mr_Mmph]

What did we do to deserve so many new episodes? It's wonderful!

[@abdiessa8812]

They are reruns from a couple years ago

[@jessiegabs]

It's my second time watching all of Russell's shows again, i had forgotten the car/bike bit. I'm crying and laughing so hard. #ThankYouRussell

[@sereenascott40]

Like my 5th time

[@meme_trash2097]

does anyone else find Russell attractive and odly charming or is is just me??

[@MrAllallalla]

Smug Ass Pimp whoa dude. theres nothing more gay than finding another man funny!

[@kian559]

I subbed to you I don’t know why but I did

[@luisostasuc8135]

No it's not just you

[@oofergang3535]

meme_ trash lol like everyone responding to this is always stating”IM NOT GAY” but I am so here is my statement.HE FUCKING HOT and also very charming,yes.Also I’m trans lol

[@jimmywhiteman7926]

meme_ trash I

[@D0pam1n]

I just realized, the tenth and final season already aired in 2015 :(

[@sarahhayes9820]

D0pam1n 😭😭😭😭

[@user-ui7po2eb1m]

D0pam1n and I was excited to see him explain the Trump Presidency oh well, what a loss!

[@zoboyo1212]

what???? so theres no more coming out???? ugh noon I've been coming back here all the time and have wondered where the new season is. lame :(

[@EmilyBarrett53]

There’s a series by Russell called the Russell Howard hour which is very similar to this

[@score2523]

He really hates Bieber, doesn't he? Can't say I blame the man..😅

[@JaydevRaol]

Yes

[@lnteIIigence]

This was a beautiful time in history where hating Bieber united people across the world 😊

[@Emmanuel-xv2ob]

After the dude said he is the head of egg throwing federation...I saw russel staring deep into the voids of laughs and trying not to succumb to the pressure of a cracking one

[@patriciamcnamara9821]

Love you Russell. You are one of the few who can make me laugh.😁🤣😇♥️

[@KarrierBag]

So nice to watch something older that doesn't include covid19 at all.

[@sarahhayes9820]

YAYYYY I'm soo happy!!!!!! Thank you for just making my year!!!!!! 💚💚💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@JohnBarrett]

Sarah Hayes good to hear! You Irish?

[@sarahhayes9820]

John Barrett yeah! I'm from Dublin! What about you??

[@JohnBarrett]

Sarah Hayes I'm from Carlow!

[@sarahhayes9820]

John Barrett ahh class! I've never been to Carlow but would love to sometime!!

[@leoneabbacchio2098]

Sarah Hayes Im from Dublin! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@Ells_mp3]

I just remembered that when I was at school the flapjacks where more liquid than solid, like the moment you picked it up it fell apart and formed the shape of your plate

[@conkerconk3]

same... you just pick it up and it starts bending those ones were, 99% of the time, better than the harder ones lol

[@lazychuckproductions]

John Oliver and him should do a piece together

[@mmjackk]

I like it how "guessing who is the mystery guest" is not that important and that Russell finds it out by simply asking,

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

America: Kent state gun girl. Britain: triangle treats.

[@DariyusKabraji]

11:02 reminds me of the post credit scene in Deadpool 2. Russel: you're welcome, Canada

[@yuhyuh1761]

I have found the god of comedy

[@MuddyRacco0n]

That is exactly what I expected his brother to be. 26:00

[@lesefreak17]

thank you for uploading!!

[@matthewrose4368]

RUSSELL HOWARD YOU ARE GORGEOUS

[@Blue_Darkness7]

"Have a baby it will save your marriage" HA like that works!

[@black_flapjack]

Brilliant!

[@Eugene_Black]

The kermit guy is even better when you close your eyes

[@stijnhuneker5111]

10:15 until 11:10 is the best part of the entire show

[@williamsundbaum6652]

YES ANOTHER EPISODE WOHOO

[@ugbadhariir5941]

The new adventure of russell howard good news 👏 🙌 👍

[@elannikkel]

Been waiting for so long xD. thanks russel

[@tazdivil6527]

"this is the filthiest news reporter ever" doesn't show Holly Willoughby

[@farahdepa3438]

He is funny’ caring and only him got the serious thoughts I love Russell

[@callumpolaa.k.adjvinylrise2543]

russell howard is a BOSS i will forever love you russell h

[@e.n.9626]

Can't live without Russel! 😍😁

[@natashaberrry6539]

7:01 that a clip from a Japanese tv show

[@seantubbertcole216]

Natasha berrry its a joke

[@Katya_J]

I was at your Manchester Arena gig October 2nd and your performance genuinely put the giggles in me. Although I spent an hour finding my hotel that was 5 mins away... I went to the hotel bar after that...i was in row E.

[@callumsaul1948]

So I’m actually front he same school and school year as the kid that got hit in the eye with the flapjack and this took me for a hilarious ride through my memories 😅

[@jordangann7438]

Was it you who threw the flapjack? Lol 😂

[@dragonsword7370]

the teacher who went into porn was under the nom de guerre "Tiffany Six"... i found out for academic reasons obviously!

[@katierandall9191]

It took me until "why is this TV so flat??" to realise the stand up is Gene form Bob's Burgers! :D

[@redtheswedishguy8148]

My hero

[@jasonrunion614]

My favorite British slang term is now Clunge. Its simple and sounds exactly like what it is referring to. Right pip pip cheerio

[@desrocchi]

It really bothers me he cannot say the word "nuclear" and always says "nucular"...

[@karanbirsinghbhullar]

desrocchi he's like trevor

[@phivey.b]

i think most british people say nuculur, it’s a matter of where about your from

[@bigboredthing]

@@phivey.b We don't. It drives me mental when people say 'nucular'.

[@mammawlee]

​@@phivey.b Thank you.

[@mammawlee]

​@@bigboredthingSeriously? That's silly. You peeps make 'r' sounds where there is no 'r'. sounds

[@jamiehayes9626]

5:28 no, that title goes to Madeline Mcann Haha I bet that's gonna offend some people XD

[@holdencross5904]

Wow! How have you not had this comment removed?! I’ve made comments like this and got my previous account terminated!

[@Whatishappening32]

IT'S GENE FROM BOB'S BURGERS 😍

[@injunsun]

Eugene Mirman: "Gene Belcher," from "Bob's Burgers." Love him.

[@beckfenn5559]

You can tell the moment he realised he picked up the raw egg. “Oh shit”

[@dovacraft5772]

heres an odd question. why would that school stop triangle shaped flapjacks that have 3 sharp corners, in favour of a shape that has more sharp corners?

[@chrilin5107]

24.51 😂😂😂 help, help, I'm crying ...the faces he pulls...there's something in my exhaust pipe...help

[@bowmaj8666]

7:14 "Do you think they've seen us? I'm just pretending to have binoculars to look cool and Korean!"

[@dennischallinor8497]

Russell, every comedian lays an egg sooner or later, it goes with the job.

[@oreas]

This guy is just too funny

[@TBA_Fit]

omg I just got done with a workout and he is making me laugh and hurts my stomach lol

[@joeysmokesall9771]

Who thinks the good news should carry on i missed these days

[@CharleyWales1999]

He sold it to Sky and its now called The Russell Howard Hour

[@bigbooler8915]

I have just seen 3 people saying they're first. Which one could it be? I want to see them brawl

[@katiekat5428]

Brix Films but if they fight they the one who wins would be the LAST standing so we will never know

[@bigbooler8915]

Katiekat 542 smart i wouldn't have thought of that

[@shanehawe3243]

is Eugene Mirman the guy who does the voice in bobs burgers?

[@thepepchannel7940]

Shane Hawe he doesn't voice Bob himself, but I am pretty sure he does Gene, Bob's son, in the cartoon. Good spot

[@shanehawe3243]

The Pep Channel yeah I thought it was Eugene but I couldn't remember his name at the time

[@DariyusKabraji]

Shane Hawe he’s in Archer though, as the brother of Cheryl. H Benjamin plays archer and Bob from Bob’s burgers

[@MsBlackdeath13]

He sounds a lot like Patton oswalt

[@photofreak56]

I remember the day Thatcher died my dad came home with dinner and that was the first time I was allowed to smoke some weed and drink some wine. All while listening to ding dong the witch is dead. We're American I don't know why he did this but he did

[@janusatthegate6201]

Russell is adorable and hilarious.

[@TrafficConeGD]

The Swindon bit made me go oh god no because I live like 10 minutes from there

[@mariahammarstrom7934]

"Justin Bieber´s been acting like a twat." I don´t think it´s acting...

[@helenlomas1012]

The info under the video says you have new episodes Thursday on BBC 2...You haven't been on bbc2 for years. Time for an update, admin.

[@stephenocalla3708]

Helen Lomas new series confirmed?

[@helenlomas1012]

Not impossible. But that is the Mock The Week slot at the moment. Or atleast it was yesterday.

[@neverburiedagain]

anyone notice he pretended to pump a ak

[@HR-od9fl]

Love the guy in the car with the sunglasses on

[@crystalbrown6564]

i love russels propaganda video og when he tears his shirt off im wondering if thats a doubles chest or is that really all him eitherwsy id love to check him out all by myself.

[@crystaldelancey7160]

Crystal Brown that is definitely not him. He is a few episodes shirtless. That was overdramatic for comedic effect. Unfortunately he looks better as himself, not as buff but absolutely lovely. Dam perfect bastard.

[@adamdaher2292]

crystal delancey How do you know?

[@bigboredthing]

@@adamdaher2292 The tattoo on the double's arm is a dead giveaway.

[@lesliestorm200]

Oh yeah!

[@domgould5113]

Chunky Mark,,,dead dead dead...hahahaha Legend!!

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

2:48 YOU DA REAL MVP

[@elloitsmia]

22:07 its mad how he knew it was the raw egg

[@eileenfairbrother2750]

I think Russell is so cuddly just want to cuddle him

[@Soul_404.]

Never actually seen a full one 😅

[@talachedaka2000]

Why the fuck would someone tie a dog to a railway track?! Wtf! I’m glad he found a good home and a good friend in that amazing little boy.

[@moss_yt]

Is this one from 2013? At this rate we'll be caught up by March :D

[@doctorbones941]

A nod to Master Ken's Ameridote practice during the NK part? I mean, that coat is bullshit. (Like Krav Maga)

[@svenwirth439]

Well, I'm pretty sure some of the "North Korean" Bits are acctually japanese.

[@hammabomber5416]

I mean it had Korean script all across the screen... not Japanese.

[@minerva6]

0:45 killed me

[@jayb4826]

Does anyone realise the stand up this guy who plays gene in bob burgers

[@theradioactiveplayer3461]

Okay so why does the Korean army thing look like a live-action anime intro?

[@KieranHolroyd]

'theress something in my exhaust pipe'

[@theanthonydavenport]

6:41 Good Point

[@intagengaming8462]

Oh Yeah!

[@scazza5637]

Russell is so underrated

[@Bouzsi]

21:12 “eggcelent!”

[@psychonaut1502]

He sounds exactly like Gene in his speaking voice.

[@iamanotakuprobably1944]

I'm never home on Wednesdays afternoon

[@katmckenziepanpride]

Eugene Mirman is awesome.

[@xavierlugk9626]

russel come to new york for a show and il 100% buy a ticket

[@sub2willne52]

Was that Jimmy Saville at 4:05

[@harveyhudson4473]

DarceyNE yup

[@samuelbarber6177]

That's like Gene Roddenberry strutting in and saying, "I hope she would have been a Trekkie."

[@theanthonydavenport]

8:21, Lol!

[@sheepieworks4974]

that kid at 26:30 looks like he just hit the biggest blunt of his life. yep i'm going to hell

[@JDRitchey1]

Hello youtube! We are watching taskmaster (amazing show) and always look for fun content from the panel members. Could someone explain why the picture of margaret thatcher they use is so bad? I mean any pic where she isn't the focus is a stupid choice, but what makes this one extra bad? Thanks!

[@ellelk2443]

It's about the guy she's with

[@terranovarubacha5473]

@@ellelk2443 Sure but who is he?

[@edinhadzic739]

7:25 hahaha 11 of 10 rockets are photoshoped

[@robinnaafs]

Edin Hadzic .............oh wow😂😂😂

[@disclaimer.imjokin]

One thing I'm certain of. Bill birr is the only funny American/Canadian stand up comic

[@DavidJones-ji9vf]

Russell Howard net worth: Russell Howard is an English comedian, television personality, radio personality, and actor who has a net worth of $4 million.

[@jackeldridge4225]

No joke I got shrived by a flap jack in middle school. And by flap jack I mean ice pick. I died... but I got better.