Steve Coogan - RARE interview

...with Clive Anderson, in 1998.

[@khershner]

I LOVE Steve Coogan. Brilliant comedic mind and always puts me in a good mood when I'm not inclined to be in one.

[@peteross4587]

Doctor of laughter

[@kinggimped]

His Alan Partridge impression is spot on

[@dadsdo2677]

This is the 12th rare interview I have seen

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Coogan is on a different planet talent wise to nearly any of his peers

[@davehoward22]

so he thinks

[@jodomo4279]

Brydon is better I think. He's funnier too.

[@godofwater1234]

@@jodomo4279 you cant compare what Brydon has done compared to Coogan. Brydon is a very good light entertainer but thats all.

[@49dwalin55]

Yup. Coogan and dont forget Morris - both comedic geniuses

[@godofwater1234]

@@49dwalin55 Chris Morris is amazing. The Day today 👍

[@Ziggyziggy1]

Immensely talented, Hi impersonations are just spot on, brilliant.

[@GreenyBlues]

Can't believe this is on KZbin! Thanks so much for uploading it. I'm that guy who asks the first question: 'What's in the draw at the Travel Tavern?'. A VERY long time ago. It's weird looking at your younger self! 1998? Feels like a lifetime ago.

[@hugoagogo9435]

It’s even longer ago now 11 years later

[@MartinHiggins1972]

Even longer now. Nearly 11 and a half years later!

[@Alpine_Joe]

'National treasure' is a terms bandied about all too frequently these days ... but Steve Coogan is definitely one of that very small band.

[@christschinwon]

He's deserving of it but it's likely he's been promoted where others have been relegated. Cleese for example was a national treasure who mistakenly spoke his mind on being in favour of Brexit and it all came crashing down!

[@shefmeisterextraordinaire3717]

Cleese has since eaten his words on Brexit, then ruined it all over again by moving to the Caribbean / sticking two fingers up ol' Blighty.

[@beterbutz]

Alan partridge could have written this comment

[@dr.rodders3329]

That and Karl Pilkington

[@jackgammon4084]

Thanks for this, great interview with a master of comedy by a quality host.

[@RickyMacHatton]

He’s a rock n roll comedian. Legend

[@quietfi123]

this is a great interview. Steve was on top form.

[@timpricedrums]

He’s a very clever man

[@jos9116]

But I don’t trust him!

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

LOL! I meant rare for COOGAN - he doesn't do many interviews. You can see here that he'd rather be somewhere else. Thus while millions saw this interview - BILLIONS DIDN'T. Therefore, for those billions, here is one of Steve Coogan's RARE interviews...

[@eyemoeba]

fucking brilliant. you gotta love the coog.

[@travisbest9041]

His Michael Caine is staggering.

[@joelaine828]

It's perfect

[@boydegg]

He's a comedy genius and a master entertainer. I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like Alan Patridge.

[@billyculbert8167]

I’ve always said that I thought that Steve Coogan was a comedy genius.

[@TheProducerPeople]

That's deliberate though, Coogan's a rare comic who's aware of how people feel about him and he plays on it.

[@hufclufc]

Coogan has been very funny for 30 years.

[@Fifury161]

0:10 - "oh no - you're the fourth BeeGee!" - I get that reference! In an earlier show Clive Anderson interviewed the BeeGees and made reference to their previous band name "Les Tossers". They decided to walk out of the interview. Sadly both interviews have since been removed from KZbin - it was at time stamp 5:55 watch?v=2Uf8PYl1V44. My previous post was removed so I can;t provide an alternative link...

[@JacquiCryer]

Never been able to say whether I like him or not. I think it's Alan Partridge I'm fed up of. However this interview was excellent. Really enjoyed it - clever, funny and endearing x

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

Jacqui Cryer Mushroom fryer He's come up with a number of strong characters - but the PUBLIC always decide what they want you to do. THEIR fault!

[@Guedingen]

great fun, many thanks.

[@andiidoode]

This is an excellent interview

[@paulmorton3259]

Best bit was the alan partridge at the very end

[@nbmufc94]

He is ridiculously funny.

[@phillipbailey70]

Just got the 'I, Partridge' audiobook. Seriously 'laugh-out-loud-on-a-rough-urban-bus-first-thing-in-the-morning-so-the-freaks-all-stare-at-you-and-you-still-can't-help-grinning-at-them' FUNNY!!

[@michaelhehir3426]

Totally outclassed Clive Anderson.

[@hb-fc3jj]

Yep, same when Anderson interviewed Partridge

[@robertsmith3672]

Anderson has no class so not difficult.

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

It wasn't that he was that unpopular. Ferrino WAS very popular but Coogan was still working on Partridge at that time in the late 90's and because of it's success just continued with that which also included a heavy UK tour.

[@willman85]

Oc course Clive Anderson did do an interview with Alan Partridge a year later.

[@howdj]

RARE! IT'S ON ON KZbin.

[@thescottman1988]

cheers for the upload m8

[@loganslaughter8212]

BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW!!

[@paulmorphy6187]

He really is a national treasure....Steve Coogan too

[@ethancooper3946]

He does a great alan partridge impression

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

I liked it. Coogan had obviously done a LOT of work on it - songs and all. But perhaps the character, being Portuguese, was not as accessible to the British as Paul and Pauline Calf, Alan Partridge, et al. And his new creation being less than massively successful (although it was hardly a DISASTER) the tabloid press (who never liked Coogan anyway) LEAPT on it - ensuring its demise...

[@mc1703]

what a talent

[@Rentaghost76]

Coogan looks like phil daniels here

[@laxeystu8096]

He has hated tabloid journalists for a long time ....

[@ponyboycurtis5734]

Owned him at the end.

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

@cheekymancunian There's a great clip on YT (not one of mine) where Steve and Rob Brydon have a "Caine-off" - it's hilarious! Comments don't URL, but if you YT search: Steve Coogan Rob Brydon Michael Caine - you'll find it! It's cut from a BBC 2 prog called "The Trip" - enjoy!

[@goonervillegonad3662]

Masterclass

[@Loosecrewproductions]

Bombed is harsh. Live on stage he worked really well.

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

He is THE BEST.

[@ElMufro]

Lol brilliant interview

[@SM-dt1pr]

The audience are having a good time, aren't they?

[@ZER0--]

Impressions, although it might be a correct word, I wish Clive would describe Steve Coogan as an impersonator and not an impressionist . If he did a "sketch" circa 1875, as and artist, he could say I am impersonating an impressionist.

[@classicartfoundation639]

An impressionist is a painter

[@KlinsmannsMullet]

Coogan is the man.

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

Aren't we all?

[@slimlegs6298]

20 foot tall chickens

[@jimbo99ful]

Funny bloke.

[@loganslaughter8212]

STEVE COOGAN IS ALMOST 52 NOW!! BUT HE WAS 32 IN THIS VIDEO!!

[@betterthantelly2993]

That's amazing. So he's 20 years older now? Unbelievable really when you think about it.

[@MrAristaeus]

It’s quite surreal to see his comic genius scythe through the 90s mediocrity of Clive Anderson amidst the horrendous canned laughter. It’s odd too to see Anderson’s lame attempts at finding an angle on Coogan’s ‘rude’ show as if trying to rile him somehow by not so subtly accusing him of sharing the same characteristics of his fictitious creations and then immediately attempting to put words in his mouth by suggesting that Coogan thinks that his audience is somehow stupid. You get the sense that Clive Anderson knew he was flailing and didn’t have the necessary clout/gravitas to be in front of the camera in this format. Coogan is, as ever, flawless in his delivery and deftly sideswipes these attacks.

[@tobleramone]

Canned laughter?

[@buckass]

Thanks for the upload. Comic genius.

[@NxDoyle]

The lighting is the same as the lighting for Anglian Lives.

[@danlevay5657]

How RARE can this interview be? It’s on KZbin isn’t it.

[@Lazy_Sundae]

Rare interview? He does loads of them, lol.

[@johnking5174]

Not in the 1990s. Steve chose to not be interviewed as himself on chat shows during the 1990s.

[@pressureworks]

Why do folks feel compelled to label something as Rare ? When it obviously isn't ?

[@jesterjacobs]

Clive Anderson is the man.

[@peterh1353]

I thought his Neil Kinnock is his best. Makes him funny as well as real. Just tapped in to what it was that the public didn't want or trust.

[@sirraymondluxuryyacht8131]

Didn't realize he was so witty off the cuff

[@DanAvenell]

We did the ask someone to ask someone (who was in on it) 'er, how's your dad's piano lessons coming along ' 'you bastard you know my dad's got no hands' prank at school on younger pupils and even teachers. About 1984.

[@davidjames579]

Did you use to 'get' the teacher after school?

[@RobertJohnson-xv9eg]

Steve coolant rocks

[@salubrious]

HTF does this qualify as a "rare interview?"

[@thecasualfront7432]

'Speed stoppers with Alan partridge'......Alan and celebrity guests including piers Morgan and Ian Huntley stake out accident black spots with hand held laser speed cameras in a competition to clock dangerous speeding vehicles.

[@KNIGH7]

Looks like the KMKY set.

[@johnmaveric5]

genius !!!

[@billibeecreative]

the irony from back then to now - "i hate tabloid journalists" lol love the man!!!

[@classicartfoundation639]

I always though Clive Anderson would have made a great host on HIGNFY replacing Angus Deayton

[@redfield1007]

He gave the same interview on parky. Bloody hell what a let down.

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

@steveparadox1 Even KZbin's sync isn't THAT bad!

[@ChibabaDave]

Very funny but looking back on old.interviews and new.cljps and you can see he uses the same jokes and impressions.

[@matthewk7145]

This guy would have been mr bean if Atkinson wasn’t

[@thejacalofskaro74]

This interview is so 'RARE' that it was broadcast to millions of viewers from a studio full of people. Wow.

[@TheLatchford]

like good comedians hes a lier my dad pull the sweater joke in the 50s but credit to him a new generation havnt heard it so its funny to them

[@legatrix]

wait, how does that make him a liar? he said it was a joke.

[@JohnSmith-ix5gx]

+Luke Bradley we used to do the same ,ask john about his grandads bike..

[@vandolmatzis8146]

comic genuis

[@philipkempbell7174]

Rare?

[@thejacalofskaro74]

Stalking me on KZbin and looking like a massive twat, success!!

[@TallSilentGuy]

I've read rumours that Coogan is a narcissist, but narcissists are supposed to be unable to "get" comedy. Would a true narcissist be able to grasp what causes people to laugh?

[@Netlife-001]

No it's a false flag. I started those rumours but I mean to type Steve Saunders. A mechanic my dad used to work with. Started out with a long thin face, like a dark-haired horse with sideburns but then when I saw him years later it had gone all round like a tyre due to massive weight gain. (or exposure to radiation) I stated the rumour as I felt he'd sold out and bought the American fast food dream. So just to clarify, it's Saunders, not Keegan.

[@Geofffascia]

Maybe even *worse* than Brydon for cracking out the ol' Ronnie Corbett !?

[@jimsmith3971]

Whilst watching this clip I've realised that my breath smells of semen but all I've eaten are five mince pies!

[@joyhaswell751]

He’s not bad to look at

[@Rentaghost76]

Tony Ferrigno really bombed - Coogan dropped that character after a year and never brought him back. Why was he so unpopular?

[@richardmckrell4899]

Has Coogan ever done an interview where he hasn't said he's better than everyone?

[@97channel]

5:28 Haha!

[@tomm5228]

Lefty

[@wegreenall]

Militant != military

[@nickbradbrook4990]

Non

[@thejacalofskaro74]

""Any vicious channel comments will be instantly deleted and blocked. I'm not on youtube to debate."" Follow your own advice, creatard.

[@juliemdavis1391]

This is when coogan was funny ..... what went wrong

[@fortnitepros8025]

He went Uber woke and started taking himself far too seriously

[@thejacalofskaro74]

Whatever.

[@royfr8136]

Really, shoe horning his stand up into this interview....Love Partridge....never really like steve

[@pigknickers2975]

+ROY F Come off it! He's lovely here, bright and clever and a funny young man.

[@natdon5804]

i agree. its weird loving the character and really disliking the artist. he just has an arrogance that is really off putting

[@ThemeParkChomp]

nat don The arrogance is very put on for comic effect in this interview, but he’s shown some arrogance and hypocrisy in his views in other appearances before. I think he’s quietened down on that front now but is still one of the most original, hardest working British comedy writers and producers out there.

[@CaptainMarmite]

Sadly not rare enough.

[@johngalantini6910]

was this at the height of Steve's coke habit?

[@lippypongstockings8356]

From 2:16 is sublime

[@sed8me69]

9:08 vs now days, in High Heels and grinding at ya on gardi gras...?

[@dickslaughter2]

I love partridge but bloody hell what a smug insufferable snob coogan is. Utterly obnoxious.

[@stevehunt914]

My wife 'endures' my love of Alan Partridge. I was watching an episode with my kids and they asked 'whats in the drawer!!??' i was about to say 'we never find out' and she walked past with an armful of washing and casually replied: "obviously the little leather pants he parades around in during the dream sequence' I married her again RIGHT on the spot.

[@geekpie100]

Fantastic. The 70s foreign-film impression I had never seen before.

[@HoldenMcGroyne81]

+geekpie100 I've tried it - it's a HELL of a lot harder than it looks!

[@muttley9520]

+geekpie100 Brilliant, just brilliant.

[@RogerOThornhill]

Billy Crystal did the exact same routine 20 years earlier.

[@classicartfoundation639]

It's genius

[@classicartfoundation639]

@@RogerOThornhill really? Billy Crystal is a funny bastard too lol

[@bhuvidya]

Steve Coogan is just soooo funny. And has been for such a long time. One of the best.

[@paulietrev1]

Steve is a legend ..very under rated as a comic , totally original and pure comedy gold

[@chuzzwozzer]

LEGEND!