Steve Carell Explains Fine Dining Standards To Gordon Ramsay | Uncut | The Jonathan Ross Show

Gordon Ramsay and Steve Carell have very different views on dining out!
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[Airdate: 9 January 2016]
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[@dean-543]

“Toxic scum on a stagnant pool” Is actually a review from a food critic that Ramsay got in the 90’s.

[@flannelpillowcase6475]

that's awesome

[@amgkv2.025]

It’s amazing the difference between a professional comedic actor and someone who isn’t. Gordon Ramsey talks how we would talk. Steve Carell is always setting up some sort of joke or punchline. It’s truly amazing watching a master work

[@Checkmate1138]

Setting up punch lines? You think that's what he was doing in this interview? On the contrary! He really took this interview straight and was not trying to make jokes every other line.

[@Lucifronz]

@@Checkmate1138 Yeah, it's not until the awkward conversation pieces and jokes start that he starts making his own to diffuse any tension (that always comes with talking about sex suddenly and publicly). But he delivers when it does come around. I think more interestingly is how he turns a mildly awkward segment where Jonathan has little to say to keep Gordan going while he's talking about his wife and Steve just clears the silence by utilizing the topic of "wooing" with food and drawing parallels to his own life.

[@dianeodell2909]

Carrell was trained at The Second City. I still have a playbill from seeing him there in the 80s. That’s great training for shows like this.

[@shadowinversion]

I don't think Steve is always setting up punchlines, I think we just expect it as the audience, and so laugh at almost every word that comes from his mouth.

[@gnarcky6ix6]

I think it's more that he's good at improv which makes you quick on your feet and just a good conversationalist in general

[@Aquafre5h]

How could you not love Steve Carell, both as an actor and a human being. Class act.

[@soupsundying8362]

Because why would I love someone I don’t even know?

[@bobbrewer5182]

I have no interest in any “celebrity” beyond their ability to act, or sing, or whatever. What they do outside of their job is completely and utterly irrelevant to anything.

[@maryshanley329]

Steve Carrell is one of the good guys In Hollywood, though he doesn’t live there. I admire him.

[@Justise]

because you meet him and findout who he is as a human and not an image

[@timcarpenter7399]

You don’t know him “as a human being”

[@izzyh4658]

Steve, the king of chill. He handled the awkward questions without taking offense, and just played along.

[@donovanfaust3227]

Or maybe he's not a prude like you

[@christinecadorette4316]

Every time I see him as his real life self I’m struck by how he is so exceedingly nice and charming. What a fantastic human being. Disarming, self-deprecating, generous with sharing attention and making sure everyone is part of the discussion. And genuinely funny on the spur of the moment. It must be weird for American actors to sit on those UK shows because the format is different and the conversational “guard rails” are in a different place but he seemed totally himself. Brought joy to my morning to see him.

[@engjds]

Ross never fails to get the worst out of everyone he interviews.

[@jj022]

Yes and.

[@Lucifronz]

@@engjds I don't really watch the show, but he left a real awkward silence while Gordan was answering his questions about his wife that Steve patched right up by talking about cooking for your partner. On-topic, good transition and cleared the silence.

[@varma.]

Gordon having the best time when Steve talks about the restaurants, he knows some of the questionable things are actually true

[@rachelsummers3002]

Yeah him cracking up about the plate sizes and duck foam was telling.

[@calebmantle5694]

Agree, I think at his core Gordon is really simplistic and appreciates the simple things, but also has to play to his audience and knows what sells and what people expect from that tier of restaurant/chef.

[@joshstiltner]

Yup. He knows just how ridiculous some of the “innovative techniques” and “modern plating” make people feel. I’m a Chef and never want to work in the Michelin-Star environment.

[@DanzaMissBanana]

I love Steve more every time I hear him talk about his life. His stories about he and his wife are SO PURE.

[@Dillon.amadeus]

Steve and Gordon seem so down to earth… both great in their own respective worlds, with such different auras yet in a unique harmony here. Rare to see Gordon just listening and engaged, yet with a powerful, understated presence. Steve just being himself unapologetically and winning the crowd. Neither trying to outdo the other or needing to assert dominance. A beautiful stage chemistry, wish we could see more of this!

[@amrithsanthosh2351]

Well put.

[@VSVickery]

It’s as if Steve’s mellow balanced out Gordon’s rage 🤣

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

I've read multiple sources that Steve is not in fact a chill guy. Just the opposite to work with. Then again, it's just what I've read which means nothing...

[@greeneffectltd]

gordon is really a nasty person with a massive ego, super competitive at the border of insanity ... He is also a fake cheff, because he never cooks his own food.

[@hayberdasher8625]

@Dillon.amadeus This is exactly what I was thinking!

[@RameezHasan1]

Love how Steve came in to rescue Gordon. Twice. 😀

[@XtraCryspy]

How Steve described meeting his wife, it really felt like something Michael Scott would say… love at first sight

[@heliosgnosis2744]

Good thing she is no Jan, 3 vasectomy's play with a person's mind and emotions lol

[@XtraCryspy]

@@heliosgnosis2744 mannnnnn I couldn’t imagine goin thru all that for a chick

[@firefly9838]

@@XtraCryspy mustve been worth it 😏

[@rikkblack]

“They say when you find true love, you know within the first 24 hours. With Carol, I knew within the first 24 minutes of the second day I met her.”

[@JJordan1012]

Steve is such an amazing guy. He turned something inappropriate and uncomfortable into a good laugh for everyone. He was sent to comedy for a reason.

[@jaka3661]

Steve is aging so well. Just effortlessly funny here. Love all 3 of these guys

[@harryt5021]

This is from 2016

[@jaka3661]

@@harryt5021 That is kinda the point of aging well. He still looks the same in 2023

[@emprahsfinest7092]

I wish he was in more movies he’s so good and underrated in serious movies not only comedy.

[@maryshanley329]

@@emprahsfinest7092 Most comedians are very good at dramatic parts. Comedy can cover the negatives in life.

[@WaltDittrich]

I'm actually wondering where he fits in the time to do all that he does, @@emprahsfinest7092. He's in two TV shows (The Morning Show and Space Force, both on Apple TV) AND did a mini-series (The Patient (2022). He's doing Gru/Minions movie after movie (#4 in 2024) and another animated film, IF. Yes, though, live-action movies, we only seem to have Asteroid City (2023) and Welcome to Marwen (2018) (both EXCELLENT!). He also did Irresistible (2020), which I haven't seen, yet.

[@msanchizzle]

How can you not love Steve

[@SnipairBelgium]

Gordon's expressions while Steve describes his experiences, golden!!!

[@scl17freak]

Steve and gordon is the combo we never knew we needed

[@tetepeb]

The A+++ joke went right over Gordons head.

[@bilalc4415]

Lol I caught that. “I didn’t eat at your restaurant either.” 🤣

[@eXeel]

I dont get it. Care to explain? :)

[@tetepeb]

@@eXeel I can´t remember exactly but free from memory it was that Steve said Gordons restaurant was A+++ and then when Gordon said he hadn´t seen his movie Steve said "just say it was A+++" a call back to his comment about Gordons restaurant and meaning that he maybe didn´t think it was all that good just something you say to be nice.

[@Henrik46]

I thought he was referring to the repackaged mortgages that were deceitfully labelled "A+++" by rating agencies in The Big Short.

[@edwin77kviews3daysago3]

Nah bro, is A++. Means Ass

[@nazsimons]

There were some cringy awkward questions... Steve is a champ.

[@noprogressionisregression6854]

That's what makes it interesting. 😁

[@donovanfaust3227]

Or more likely you're a prude.

[@WaltDittrich]

I just watched the interview, and I'm wondering what were the cringy, awkward questions?

[@gayraccoon3159]

@@WaltDittrich asking Steve if him and his wife's sex life got affected by him having to gain a few pounds for a temporary role is pretty weird and cringy, regardless of how funny he asked imo

[@Talisman09]

@@WaltDittrich Isn't it past your bed time young man!

[@seame3795]

Omg Steve just ripped Ramsey’s entire career to shreds & He laughed it off. Love them both. ❤

[@CEH477]

Wow…Michael has really come a long way since “Threat Level Midnight.” Very impressive. 👏

[@Canary1129]

You win! 😂😂😂

[@bjornemccomb8262]

Ugh Steve is so amazing, so likable…so witty. Big fan ❤

[@ceriiann4330]

I laugh so much when Steve says 'and there's a huge plate with a prawn' I always come back to the short of that clip!🤣

[@heliosgnosis2744]

Prawn is Uncle Gordon's class of food say Uncle Roger Prawn is rich peoples shrimp.

[@steelrarebit7387]

My buddy and I went to a restaurant in San Francisco. They took my order of potatoes with pot roast. They bring me out a bowl the size of one of those basins you wash your face in. At the bottom of the bowl, the distance of that ring was a small portion of potatoes and in the center was a miniscule piece of meat. The price of such a dish? $80.

[@ceriiann4330]

@@steelrarebit7387 just, waw. 🤣🤣

[@toughsun2704]

I didn't like Ross's early question about comedy vs. "real" acting. Comedy acting is just as easy as dramatic acting and vice verse

[@TucBroder]

Comedy is harder to pull off and to write. You have to make someone laugh. I always look at Stephen Kings quote: "A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.”

[@PhilipAlexanderHassialis]

@@TucBroder This. Comedy is far the superior craft in terms of skills necessary to make it happen. Plus, the deeper the comedy cuts to the audience, it cuts tenfold on the creator's part of the equation. Perhaps that's why many great comedians are people with huge scars in their lives.

[@donovanfaust3227]

I like how you tried defending comedic acting but by saying it "is just as easy" you kinda make them both sound, well, not that hard so not worthy of praise.

[@toughsun2704]

@@donovanfaust3227 I was pulling a dick rhetorical move similar to what Ross did to further make my point about it being a bad way to phrase the question

[@kahyui2486]

@@donovanfaust3227 acting is rather easy

[@rooscosun]

Gordon will always be a fav of mine but there's no denying Steve is a classy guy! Respect for them both. Great interview besides the dodgy questions Steve addressed like a pro without giving anything away.

[@megabotofficial8519]

I love light yet entertaining interviews like this!!

[@IAmArshawna]

I loved this duo. I need them to do more interviews together

[@heatherwinser66]

This is probably one of the most entertaining interviews I have ever seen. Three completely different personalities who got along as if they would been friends forever.

[@adrianbarac3063]

Agreed. A bit awkward at first... until the gold settles in...

[@armorykittington]

So cute that Steve and Gordon have both been with the same woman for 20 years. Says a lot about a person, especially a celebrity.

[@searayser]

Who IS that Woman..?

[@armorykittington]

@Snowy River jokez

[@lamp8112]

That was fun to watch. Steve is so talented but so understated. I love his honest but sweet answers.

[@earthknight60]

I used to work in a winery and you'd get stories like those bankers all the time. The reason you finish off with beer is because you want to taste the wine before you get too drunk to do so. You drink the expensive stuff first, then drink the cheap stuff when you can't tell the difference anymore. I cannot count the number of times people talked about having friend over and starting off with, "Oh, hey, try this Chilean wine. It was only $10 and it's great," drinking a few bottles of that, getting drunk, then going to their collection and saying, " I got this this in France 6 years ago for $600, let's try it," and he next day waking up with a hangover, completely unable to remember what the expensive wine had tasted like, and deeply regretting not starting with that one first. I'd hear stories like that several times a week for all the years I worked in a winery, and I didn't even have to deal with customers, I was busy making the wine.

[@christophebarge4182]

Pure gold! One of the best, hands down ❤😊

[@laurahale9309]

Little Miss Sunshine was also a serious role, if you think about it.

[@jessicachaidez9338]

He was so great in that

[@Weadessewell]

I absolutely love them both! This was such a joy to watch. Both of these men are the real deal! They are truly the best in their arena and their personal lives are perfectly separated from their careers. These are the people that are truly living the life they are meant to live and they do it in the classiest of ways. Love love love both of them!

[@MatMcB]

Two of my favorite people on a couch, what's not to love.

[@019657able]

Wow first time watching this show. Some great guests but an even better interview.

[@iricandescence]

Steve Carell is so pure 🥲

[@MuchachaVozDeGorrion]

LOVE STEVE. I'm a foodie, but I get him. You don't need more than a meal made with love.

[@beauaIoevv_]

True, but fine dining is like Art. It's like comparing the Beatles to Chopin. Both are good, but they have different meanings.

[@jeremybuckets]

@@beauaIoevv_I also love a fine dine but I think we can all agree it’s a bit of a faff.

[@Dannyvirk]

So entertaining, thank you for the content

[@nadagabri5783]

Gordon R is such a unique character SC is being interviewed yet I can’t stop staring at GR.

[@teresaworobetz5766]

Love both Gordon & Steve, they carried the episode

[@happybee7725]

That’s the longest I’ve seen Gordon Ramsey go without shouting F*CK!

[@bungietwab4868]

Can we keep him? can we!?🇬🇧 I love Carell, so genuine!

[@nv7287]

Steve Carell is such a gentleman The more I see him the more I like him!

[@100samanthamarie]

I love Steve Carell! Little Miss Sunshine, The Office, Crazy Stupid Love, Date Night, 40 Year Old Virgin. He has the power of connecting his heart to the audience’s heart with great force. His real heart really shows in all his work. I hate his character in the big short which means he did his job well. ❤

[@neonhills]

Love these 3 together!

[@DD-sr9xm]

He went to The French Laundry and wanted to go to BK after? Oh man he IS Michael Scott.

[@shortbread445]

The duck foam floored me 😂

[@aqynbc]

Steve is so down to earth.

[@TheKillahKyla]

Except in Space Force

[@aqynbc]

@@TheKillahKyla Very good one! :):) Love your sense of humor! :)

[@user-cz6pj7eu9l]

Amazing interviews. Congratulations on yout families both Steve and Gordan. Stay healthy.

[@michaelzhu4030]

The reason Steve is so great! Love him❤

[@ciarancoyne9104]

Lovely interview 🙏🏻

[@browningcm]

Make a movie about these two guys life stories. Please and thank you

[@savchuktaras]

First time watching this host. So good. Classic comedy

[@beauaIoevv_]

He's a legend

[@MiBzAn]

I love how Jonathan asks such great questions and flows the conversation through things we don't typically hear in interviews with artists. ❤ Steve and Gordon were a lot more fun to watch and listen to than normal interviews with them. Cheers! ❤

[@rickroll9086]

Compare to Fallon, who’d not let them get more than 5 words out before interrupting, would have them doing some stupid game, and who would know how to actually ‘converse’.

[@Geedo777]

I still think he has a tendency to interrupt guests. Not quite on the Michael Parkinson or Graham Norton level.

[@dazyh4637]

Steve is just a classy actor. I love his style. My favorite movies are Get Smart and Date Night.

[@HENJAM48]

A side of Ramsey I haven't seen before. Quite sweet really.

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

Yeah, you watch him outside a professional kitchen and he seems quite nice.

[@michellenainkristinabusch1221]

He's a great hearted guy

[@SeanCrowley-ks1mu]

He did a phenomenal job playing John. He was spot on with even the little quirks John had. Anyone who knew John I think would agree.

[@AN-jw2oe]

I agree with Steve, there is NO food worth that kind of money!

[@kev7161]

A person can be hungry, eat some sort of food for five minutes, and then be full and forget about the food they just ate. $5 or $50, it all goes in and then back out a few hours later. I never understood paying a huge amount of $$ on . . . food.

[@changeoffocus1074]

Walks in…. *Inflation* 8 bucks for eggs..

[@steelrarebit7387]

@@changeoffocus1074 You my friend, live in a fantasy world. I walk in and order an omelette and by the time it hits my table, it's jumped $8 per egg in the omelette. Haha. Inflation is a pain.

[@auracarorosas722]

It's amaizing how I can see Micahel Scott and Steve Carell at the same time. Lov both

[@NomadUniverse]

Steve did so well playing John I didnt even know it was Steve until about half an hour in. I clicked on that movie blind of what/who it was about.

[@bb1uk108]

I could sit and listen to this for hours.

[@DavidWilliams-oq4up]

Great show. Great host and guests. Very entertaining and informative.

[@christianbarajas9340]

The fact that I met Gordon Ramsay before Steve Carell did is kinda dope

[@tamato420]

A +++ interview !

[@tonyshaw7420]

Gordon and Steve are in fantastic shape 🍻🇨🇦

[@penoyer79]

Fine Dining isn't for everyone and I think Gordon Ramsey of all people is well aware of this.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I love “fine dining” but not extreme trends like foam and smoke.

[@sabotagethefool]

Fun fact; the “Toxic scum on a stagnant pool” comment Gordon made was actually him quoting one of his first very negative critics.

[@ProxCQ]

Gordon not getting the A+++ joke made it even funnier 😆

[@TejasNarvekar1]

Steve is so smooth with the Q&A. Typical media trained, savvy A lister

[@Troy-McClure81]

I worked with a bartender for many years who was Steve's bus boy in Chicago, and he said to me one day when he sees him on TV "That is the driest guy I've ever worked with".Coming from someone who was very serious and not much of a joker I found that very shocking lol

[@BlackLyondreamworks]

This interview was phenomenal

[@prernasaraf5898]

What a Man, Carell. I love you. ❤️

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I love this show as the guests get so much more time than US talk shows

[@westsidejatt]

To illustrate what Steve Carell thinks about pricey restaurants, Jonathan Ross should have played the skit Steve Carell did with Steve Colbert,

[@Rgla21]

Omg I wanna see them cooking together Steve Carell and Gordon Ramsey

[@mrmark44]

Good clip. Amazing how many interviewers or journalists with speech impediments end up on TV.

[@ioanak.3100]

Steve and Gordon within the same square meter - such lovely interview

[@ReinoldFZ]

Very good interviewer, most of the time is hard to be as fast as experienced comedians, that can have very fast comebacks.

[@brofenix]

Haha, Steve seems like a nice guy and good husband :) Really cool to see ^^

[@goofsaddggkle7351]

Ok that interviewer was really good. Need to check out that show.

[@kdh2484]

"Toxic scum on a stagnant pool".... is what he considered one of his most memorable critical food insults on "The Hot Ones" show

[@alialsmith07]

I don’t understand why the comment section is so taken aback about the questions, they are fine and i don’t find them awkward or rude at all

[@jeremiahdomer4657]

Steve is my spirit animal

[@andrewbrinkworth1420]

The big short is my favorite Steve Carell part

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I loved Dan in Real Life

[@raybeezs]

Beautifull moments. Just saw Girl CRAZY and stumbled on to this video. Mickey was fantastic.

[@aarontheshowman]

Gordon has incredible patients. Both great.

[@robertomoi2044]

Didn't know he was a doctor

[@debbiereynolds3498]

Patience....

[@ianlassitter2397]

I was waiting peacefully for someone to correct that….

[@brycspain]

Fantastic interview.

[@juliefudds5140]

Steve with the jiggerie and the pokie got me so good

[@om3g4z3r0]

Was he told beforehand to not talk about the office?

[@Isleofskye]

That was great but I wonder if Jonathan was told NOT to mention " The Office" which made a household name as he may have wanted to show he has done far more than just that.

[@littleripper312]

Their stories of meeting their wives were adorable!

[@DarthMajora]

I dunno what youre blowing there and not sure i want to know, but glad you can reach it, impressive Had me rolling lol

[@MsRuthK]

Priceless!

[@papashh_]

Steve is my favorite person ever ❤

[@bekkiharper]

So sweet that Steve Carrol’s meeting his wife was very similar to his character in crazy stupid love cute .

[@maririttner]

They both deserve respect!

[@mmc9828]

I'll bet the restaurant Steve was talking about was The French Laundry in Yountville. And I feel the same about the food there.

[@tugcebalta86]

😅 Keanu and me! We're that totally! We eat so well. But only is not meals! 🙄

[@noeliajaime7656]

Steve is tok good a man to be a lawyer. Thank god he didn't pursuit it. He can act kn ANYTHING,but i love him in comedy. That's just for special.people.❤❤❤

[@geeksvendetta5333]

Steve and Gordon... what a combo 🤣 🤟

[@kimmycupreacts]

Gordon looking good in his suit!

[@jesshigginbottom3866]

I’ve never seen this show but I LOVE THIS HOST & separate obscure guests lol

[@Isleofskye]

Jonathan Ross had a very successful BBC Show and switched to rivals in The UK: I T V. He is best mates with Ricky Gervais who rips him to shreds when he interviews him...lol