The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2004 (Full Episode) | Absolute Jokes

In The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2004, the panel is filled with celebrities such as host Jimmy Carr, comedian David Walliams, "Gavin, and Stacey" star Rob Brydon, Simon Pegg, Jonathan Ross, Liza Tarbuck, and June Sarpong. They are asked some of the biggest and most interesting questions of the year like, why was Christian Bale so angry in January? What made NASA so happy in December, and which scandal prompted President Obama to call Kanye West a `jackass' in September?
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[@tubeyhamster]

I find it reassuring that this show looks almost exactly the same 19 years later.

[@remixplastic7324]

I like that Simon and Liza are just making each other laugh!

[@Khono]

It's no wonder I've never seen them on a panel since.

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

@@Khono yes thats how it works. xD

[@BaChNiEr]

Those kids from Mitchell Brook are nearly the same age as Jimmy in this episode now

[@keithfissel1884]

To each their own but Steve Irwin holding baby feeding gator, was CrAzY.

[@Astro_War]

Despite this being nearly 20 years ago.....Rob looks older than he does today😆🤣

[@SoSo-li6dn]

hair plugs

[@TrickerAndy]

The wonders of modern surgery

[@clairehenderson9710]

I love that Liza and Simon are just having a good time they are like to friends in class.

[@Kaustich]

"Is he an MP?" Simon asks about Boris me watching: "OH BOY!"

[@maccoll3644]

Yes, that was a very interesting moment! 🤣

[@Kaustich]

@@maccoll3644 Funniest thing is, Boris was born in New York City making him the only foreign birthed PM I'm quite sure lmao

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Happier times.

[@DerekHartley]

​@@Kaustich Bonar Law was born in Canada.

[@Kaustich]

@@DerekHartley Yeah but Canada is still an English territory so its more forgivable than being born in New York

[@frankcooke1692]

For those of us playing "Oh god where has my life gone" Jimmy Carr - 31 Rob Brydon - 38 Simon Pegg - 34 Jonathan Ross - 43 Liza Tarbuck - 39 June Sarpong - 26 David Walliams - 32

[@thearmchairjournalist566]

Jimmy Carr is 50 years old - so your mathematics skills are gone too 😂

[@frankcooke1692]

@@thearmchairjournalist566 Yeah what's 31 plus 19 years ago? They don't call you "The Armchair Mathematician" do they

[@SKa-tt9nm]

@@thearmchairjournalist566 my God what a moron!

[@kirbotime]

​@@frankcooke1692what a ratio 😂

[@pistonburner6448]

And for those of us playing "Oh God where has my country gone", that primary school was only 95% "diverse" back then, now it's 99%...

[@sophier5322]

Something beautifully full circle about Simon Pegg making a Star Trek joke (at 18:59) on a late night TV quiz show in 2004.... then starring in a Hollywood Star Trek trilogy from 2009 (then 2013 and 2016... with a writing credit included). The universe and it's mysterious ways...

[@kylesmith8135]

This comment is really boring

[@SKa-tt9nm]

@@kylesmith8135 yours is boring and stupid. Lowering the bar.

[@shmookins]

In addition, starring in the Mission Impossible movies- which is something I would have NEVER expected from the Shawn of the Dead guy. Good for him. He also looks healthier now, too.

[@sophier5322]

@@kylesmith8135 - as are you 😊.

[@bawsack69]

Spooky!!!!

[@tjrs3121]

Jimmy Carr likening hisself to jimmy saville is hilarious

[@butterflydiva72]

You need to learn how to spell

[@ShonnDaylee]

Also, the pictured "CAR" is actually a convertible Chevy Pickup "TRUCK".

[@maccoll3644]

I really enoyed every moment of this! It made me laugh a lot and I thank you for sharing the fun with us!🤣🤣🤣

[@inallthechaos2774]

You're a legend for uploading this. I was doubtful I'd be able to find it

[@DJTrek83]

Wow, this is excellent. They really did a great job pairing up the celebs. Great chemistry between them!

[@tron198]

OMG thank you so much for doing this I mean the resolution on the original upload was so shite.

[@judithb6623]

lol the incredulous look on Simon Pegg's face when he asked if Boris Johnson was an MP :D

[@someguynamedtycho846]

Love Simon Pegg

[@regenjo]

Weird to see Simon Pegg on a panel show.

[@mmjackk667]

He was good.

[@alzychoze6591]

It’s why I’m here

[@ipellaers]

Would be even weirder to see Simon pegged on a panel show though.

[@templestark4779]

True. Usually he's being pegged.

[@ppem1988]

before he became all Hollywood

[@michaelpatison986]

So interesting to see how far the format has moved. Some truly sleep-inducing moments in this one just bc they didn't really know what they were doing yet.

[@gavinhall6040]

It shows that things were more sedate and slower, which is the same thing the generation before said about our entertainment.

[@O-o-Azazel-o-O]

​@@gavinhall6040I think we should of stayed put with this pace with our entertainment because the nonsense gen z find funny today is simply brain dead shite. Social media has destroyed what was once known as an attention span 😂

[@SordoBjorn]

Russel brand and Noel Fielding made this show what it is today

[@arnaudmeert1527]

@@SordoBjorn I find them annoying

[@zordorfe]

@@arnaudmeert1527who asked lad

[@TroubleToby3040]

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS ONE!! And Simon Pegg? Truthfully, I thought he was too "big" to do this. Anyway, it's awesome. Thanks to the uploader. 👍👍👍

[@handlesarefeckinstupid]

20 years ago he wasn't that 'big'. I reckon Sean of the dead was just out and he had written and acted in Spaced a couple of years before.

[@DerekHartley]

Not 20 years ago he wasn't.

[@HRHDMKYT]

He wasn’t “big” yet when he did this show. Fame came later.

[@dana.j9062]

You hit him he didn't hit me lol 😆 😂

[@akelly-li9vk]

nice seeing Simon

[@FistandFootMartialArts]

I love these shows! That said, this one was kinda hard to watch (compared to subsequent years). Lotsa bugs to work out. Still, I did enjoy it. Thx for posting.

[@shantayedincsoy1611]

Finally, one I have not seen!

[@eolsunder]

same with me, i thought i had seen them all.

[@lukefallon8276]

When I usually watch a Big Fat Quiz time flies by. But this one made me check the time a few times.

[@calumtosh1438]

The jimmy car joke aged wonderfully

[@SKa-tt9nm]

It’s a 100 minute video. Can you please be more vague?

[@natatk1570]

@@SKa-tt9nmnonce car

[@zordorfe]

@@SKa-tt9nmjimmy saville

[@artyb27]

​@@SKa-tt9nmit's in the first couple of minutes and was literally "Jimmy car". Not a joke said by Jimmy Carr. It showed a photo of Jimmy Savile, whose monstrous and decades-long predation of young children and disabled patients wasn't yet known to the public.

[@soul_asmr]

Im actually so impressed that all of them have barely aged in 20 years??? wow. Good for them

[@leontinemccain5170]

Except for Lisa Tarbuck. She has definitely aged a fair amount. I guess that BBC radio doesn't pay enough for plastic surgery 😝

[@pedrohaslambs]

Thank you Dr Zizmor! 😉 😉

[@kenstills4406]

Yeah good for them. Because that's the only thing that matters in a shallow self-involved existence.

[@Kyharra]

@@kenstills4406 calm down ogre

[@spilfington]

But I think most of them look older than they were back then.

[@RobertT1999]

3:34 I personally would've gone with Pedomobile, but I guess I'll cut them some slack as the public wasn't made aware at this point.

[@JoyJoyJ0yJoyJ0y]

Ah 2004... such a simple time

[@nak3dxsnake]

2023...such a simp time

[@A2Z83]

simple time for simple minds

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Was it? War in Iraq, recovering from a recession. England reduced to a puppet state of the United States as far as foreign policy is concerned.

[@HellInternAKACandyMD]

"Rob, sit down." HUGE teacher energy there, bout 3:27ish Edit:And it just continues, with classroom like reactions lmao

[@smithydunne]

nah rewating this and finding jimmy savile in the example is carzy to think about

[@ComplexMotivations]

I was wondering if this was really 2004 then saw young Jonathan Ross and knew for sure

[@alfieb.c5268]

Immediately started watching this as soon as I saw Simon Pegg, but had to stop five minutes into watching David Walliams.

[@artyb27]

55:06 I must say i never expected "Oh leave him alone" to make a comeback on a panel show and regarding David Beckham

[@spongebabe27]

55:45 what is Jimmy's putdown in reference to? It honestly sounded like a total burn but i have no context

[@HRHDMKYT]

The questions on this Quiz Show got easier as the years went on. (I don’t enjoy it as much when they make the questions too challenging - especially when contestants start whining!). Looks like Boris Johnson *did* at one time know how to comb his hair (somewhat!). 😂

[@Milamberinx]

I am really surprised by the say what you see for "Greg Dyke". I wouldn't have thought that would have flown in 2004.

[@popsicko6493]

It was a lot more acceptable back then in comparison to now.

[@A2Z83]

it flys today in the uk

[@JB-wy8fc]

Are you serious? We used to live in a world where people could joke about things without people saying shit like 'that wouldn't fly now' 😂

[@Nabium]

They've been doing this since I was a teenager, I hadn't even discovered British comedy yet, I wouldn't have known who any of them were yet. Weird to think about.

[@CoxysHobbiesJESUSLOVESYOU]

I can’t believe it started in 2004 and that it’s nearly 24 years ago!! Gosh

[@lynxsy572]

20 years

[@duffhood2334]

3:36 YEEEEEEEP this is an old one

[@OfficialFingazMC]

01:16:00 haha just shows how mad times are today!

[@jimmygoodrich9590]

Oh my god its taking for ever

[@spongebabe27]

Was this the first one? It feels like it

[@blueberries254]

Jimmy Carr hasn't aged in two full decades. What.

[@preachercaine]

weird to think the kids in this will be nearing their 30's now

[@evolution118]

David Walliam's constant whining is not endearing at all.

[@palmeristo]

Probably why he's not as popular nowadays lol

[@LucyInNightmares1]

of all the Gordon Ramsey footage I've seen over the years i've never seen that clip of the woman trying to slap him until right now

[@britishbobcat2098]

I think it is Amanda Barrie who used to play Alma on Coronation Street. Am I correct?

[@hungry_sailor9470]

Jimmy still has his original teeth!

[@runswithcows]

Thank fuck that year is distant memory.

[@tony_potsandpans]

This was almost 20 years ago... What the fuck even is time?

[@bloodsimple94]

Turns out no one aside from Jimmy possessed charisma in 2004

[@joepagram8287]

That Kevin spacey joke has a whole other meaning these days. He probably went to that park to assault someone and got beat to shit for the attempt. If you’re going to a park at 4am and end up bruised and battered, I don’t think are many simpler explanations for a known predator

[@maccoll3644]

He was there as a gay man, he is a known gay man.

[@joepagram8287]

@@maccoll3644 he only came out as gay after he was publicly accused of grooming boys. Yes he was always gay but it wasn’t public knowledge in 2004 when this show aired. He only came out publicly to distract from the controversy probably hoping the praise for his bravery for coming out would drown out the disgusting acts he was accused of.

[@fredhasopinions]

@@maccoll3644 ? Do you think gay people have more sex at night in parks than straight people do? Because as a bisexual person I can tell you the quota is about the same

[@julianevans9548]

@@fredhasopinions I've never known a woman who has sex with strangers in parks. Have you?

[@jackbuff_I]

I see Walliams kept his mouth shut quite a bit after Jimmy's tabloid quip!

[@westofley]

what's the context?

[@julianevans9548]

Ah, David Walliams doing his not at all homophobic 1970s 'pretending to be gay' schtick. Even at the time I wondered how he got away with this. (The answer seems to be 'because Matt Lucas is gay.)

[@chrisdenny1850]

Why cut Out the bits with the questions in, if it's about the length of it then make it all in two half's.

[@ellekay4758]

We need a Wallians & Brydon 2024 reunion next year :D

[@joshuataylor3550]

Jimmy Saville picture was a bit unnerving

[@catatonicable]

Wasnt it....

[@1035pm]

I know right, I thought he was about to jump right out of my phone and start trying to touch me kids.... but thank god it was only a photo...

[@davem6749]

Sneaky bastard slipping ads 😂😂

[@nickdanger3802]

Ads interrupted by entertainment!!!

[@mrsilence666]

This is so old that Jimmy Savile was just a random neutral reference.

[@TrickerAndy]

As Jimmy said in a later year "no man has fallen further other than Felix Baumgartner"

[@CaptChrispy]

41:00 she did get him a little

[@leow3696]

Those kids in the play would be in their twenties now, bloody hell.

[@davidconnell1959]

This channel is not monetized enough 🧐

[@linebrunelle1004]

it's not the original channel. so

[@radicool86]

someone needs to deep fake shane gillis on the bored kid behind bush

[@bushidobot8251]

Has Gervais ever done one of these?

[@LiamEFC.]

3:35 😬

[@Dr.Bong_]

fuuuuuckin 19 years ago!

[@bushidobot8251]

The younger Jimmy is, the more he looks like Quagmire

[@ppodism]

The Mitchellbrook children are very sweet but I just can’t understand what they’re saying 😅❤

[@spaghetilegs8887]

Little did Walliams know he would be taking Walsh's spot on X Factor

[@SUPER_WOLFMOON]

I just realized how much Steve Irwin looked like Baggins/Watson actor-guy.

[@joshuataylor3550]

samwise gamgee?

[@modithorson7484]

Martin Freeman.

[@modithorson7484]

​@Joshua Taylor that was Sean Astin

[@Klaproossje]

Holy shit, iv'e seen allot of bfqty's but not this one!

[@mickus85]

Cat Stevens isn’t his real name. It’s Steven Georgiou

[@swtlisa]

It’s actually MRSA. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus… their answer was wrong.

[@alisonponce8337]

MSSA is methicillin susceptible staph aurrus.

[@user-fe1gb9uc1t]

why does Rob Brydon look older here than he does in The Trip 2010

[@julianevans9548]

He's had hair implants.

[@RIXRADvidz]

And Now, ... History as a Humour If You're Laughin' You're Learnin' . praise the code for the slide bar on the bottom of the screen, you can skip the shit Walliams and Brydon yeah innit

[@TroubleToby3040]

1:04:40

[@hensonlaura]

Imo, DuChamp should've had that urinal broken over his head.

[@nyumbaniTZ]

You've got an awful lot of commercials for content that clearly isn't yours. Not smart of you want to keep this channel up

[@alisonponce8337]

Only one now.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

9:50

[@TurboNutterBastard.]

Even in 2004 nobody found the bear funny.

[@tron198]

Of course it's still a snooze fest in terms of pacing compared to the later editions.

[@thedroneflyingviking1284]

I miss when this show had 5 funny (4 this year if you count Walliams this year) people and one celebrity as opposed to rhe reverse it is now

[@brasstacks4801]

June Sarpong?

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

Ah, simpler times. Bush was so hated, he must be so glad trump came along and made him look so much better.

[@kmcg6444]

Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump. All still hated.

[@WIIGGYX]

Well hated by the media not the people

[@jonathandevereaux298]

​@@kmcg6444 odd you picked one party and only one party. Bush and Reagan were so hated they were elected twice.

[@palmeristo]

​@@jonathandevereaux298and Reagan sold guns for coke, lied about it then got caught, admitted he lied on TV and we all still trust politics.

[@omgandwtf1]

​@WIIGGYX I think they were universally hated, Bush and Reagan and Trump still have ardent supporters, with Reagan being something of a deity to some especially conservative people and Bush has supporters because he was president on 9/11 while Trump has racists,bigots and people who are so rock hard about banning abortion and other civil liberties they're willing to sell their soul to achieve it, he also has the support of right wing politicians willing to do anything to get elected or stay in power. But most moderates and democrats (aka sane people) hate them.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Jimmy looks identical to how he looks today...

[@Ubique2927]

So much more innocent in 2004 compared to the last one 2022.

[@happivaras]

12:45 rohypnol is its trade name. That vermin probably called shhh🤫🤫🤫 it's because you're special Juice.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Ffs. The whole point is less adverts than channel 4. No one is going to watch it now and buy anything, just put the full thing on ffs.

[@spongebabe27]

I'm not sure why Walliams and Brydon chose to be the villains but it's weird seeing them (well, mostly Rob) being unlikeable, even if it is just for entertainment purposes

[@fredhasopinions]

idk, it feels very in character to have Rob silently being pulled along David Walliam's streak of morally grey activity. In a funny way, though, it works

[@ricardosp7975]

This just proves that certain people are very talented - just not on shows like this. And some people are neither...

[@blackbird5634]

As an American I thought Ant AND Deck was Anton Deck, the way it's pronounced makes it seem like one person. It took a while to realize it's two flimsy brits on tv.

[@ChaosHusky]

Rather be that than a yank mate 😆 put...the gun...down...

[@Milamberinx]

They're "Ant 'n' Dec", like "salt 'n' pepper", or "fish 'n' chips".

[@jakovbrizic]

You're thinking about Anton Du Beke

[@Ravestar80]

Tom Jones ??? More like Robert De Niro.

[@flyaround312]

This show is a lot less funny when everyone is taking it seriously and arguing about every single question, and you don't have one team just messing around and putting down silly answers for laughs

[@sarahwilson7257]

This is crazy… I was born in 2004!!!!!

[@A2Z83]

i was just looking at british tv to see how long before they used a slur

[@Truffle_Pup]

David Walliams is such an unbearable prat.

[@markmiller6402]

He is mate, been saying it for years. Fucking winds me up.

[@cayce9010]

I went hunting for this comment. He acts like a child who throws fits when he doesn't get what he wants; Tantrum Walliams.

[@FroggattDouglas]

Yes, he is. Love him!

[@julianevans9548]

Ah, David Walliams doing his not at all homophobic 1970s 'pretending to be gay' schtick. Even at the time I wondered how he got away with this. (The answer seems to be 'because Matt Lucas is gay.) And I wouldn't be at all surprised if we one day find out the rumours about him are true... no once did I laugh at anything he said here.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I don't get the appeal of David Walliams.

[@willdenoble1898]

Interesting how Barack Obama was president in 2004…….maybe they meant 2014?

[@tylerfoyle3845]

What on earth are you talking about

[@TurboNutterBastard.]

No

[@danielikelman481]

Question for Brits...Do you really like David Walliams?

[@molly801]

absolutely not

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

I reckon this might be the worst BFQOTY I've seen. Is there a worst year? It's like a talentless pub quiz with teams full of argumentative, boring, wakers who hate hate their team mates.

[@publiusrunesteffensen5276]

Steve Irwin: "I was in complete control [...] That is my profession" That didn't age well.