The Day Today - Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan

Peter get's it wrong again

[@7752]

The fact that Chris got the jump on him by speaking fluent German always gets me in stitches 😂

[@rumpelpumpel7687]

with heavy HEAVY accent thou :) sounds almost like he's speaking dutch ...

[@TheyCallMeTouchpad]

@@NJCNuke Fluent does not mean without accent. I mean, have you guys heard yourselves speak english? Lmao

[@cube2fox]

@@TheyCallMeTouchpad The grammar is perfect but the pronunciation is bad so I fear he doesn't really speak German, he just got the relevant lines prepared by someone else. Still, this is more effort than most other shows are willing to do. For example, if someone in South Park speaks German, both the grammar and the pronunciation are terrible. Of course this doesn't really matter for the purposes of the joke, since most of the audience doesn't understand the language.

[@TheyCallMeTouchpad]

@@cube2fox He most likely doesn't actually speak german. But I think it's very ironic and almost hilarious that a couple of germans are criticising his fluency due to his pronounciation.

[@cube2fox]

@@TheyCallMeTouchpad It's not criticism. "Fluent" is is just ambiguous. The Grammer is perfect, but the pronunciation shows that he probably doesn't speak the language. If we mean grammar, the lines are indeed fluent. :)

[@danshaggy292]

I love that quiver in Peter's voice when he says "That's right", after Chris asks if he actually spoke to the finance minister. Peter knows exactly what's coming.

[@roryoconnor9542]

I read it differently, it's a titter of laughter, not a quiver. More like: heehee I'm gonna get away with this, they'll never know.

[@cheydinal5401]

Oh, I always thought he was just trying to play it over, being like "Yeah, that was cool to catch him like that 😊"

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

I think that's the actor suppressing a laugh lol

[@laganas2008]

I love how he corrects him with the 30% and he just says "yes" as though he was right first time. 😁

[@borealis5379]

You've never been to a high school German lesson. That's about how it looks everyday

[@HashimAziz1]

So this is where Tom Hardy got his inspiration for Ronnie Kray.

[@laganas2008]

You gonna bake me a cake?

[@lindan.137]

I was thinking the same thing! Uncanny

[@Kjca_1998]

@@laganas2008 Sing me a song? Blow out me fuckin candles?

[@geoffsullivan4063]

Ha ha ha "don't look at him f@ckin look at me".. 🤓

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

"Ronnie! You've just lost the news!!" (Probably the last thing Chris will ever say. An enraged Ronnie Kray never forgets)

[@gazatkinson5288]

Chris Morris is a satirical genius. God bless him we need him more than ever

[@FishAreFriendsNotFood]

Shame the brass eye special ruined him

[@subspaceanomaly]

@@FishAreFriendsNotFood the films he makes are good. In an interview on channel four news he talks about things being so beyond satire there isn't a need for him to make these kinds of shows

[@gordo6908]

@@FishAreFriendsNotFood how so? i still regularly rewatch pedogeddon

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

​@@subspaceanomalydo you have a link? It is still a sad story

[@Snaildriver]

@@dontspikemydrink9382 kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq5ZqqBds6bnpo

[@gandalfstormcrow7943]

I love that “Peter, thank you.” So respectful and polite after that humiliation.

[@cheetoschrist5685]

I love that their interaction begins normally, the proper respect between the co-workers, then, Peter repeats the same inane statement "He said he didn't like it, but he had to go along with it". Then the whole thing just devolves into an improv roast session

[@00pturnerj]

Peter, thank you

[@grimTales1]

"Ich nichten lichten" - classic :D

[@smeesquatch]

We watched this in my English class, and I think most of the class was convinced it was a real news report until about 40 seconds in...

[@Yelooh]

Trenta percenta!

[@anouarkrassimovich7481]

it might not be german but he translated it very well in spanish and italian

[@BIoknight000]

@@anouarkrassimovich7481 por ciento in Spanish

[@anouarkrassimovich7481]

@@BIoknight000 no that's in english

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Maybe he talked with the Minister of Finance of Italy?

[@ianmangham4570]

🤣

[@java4656]

23 people didn't like it, but they had to go along with it.

[@MareIngenii]

Jesus, every other month I come here again just to have this dialogue crack me up. Peter O'Hanraha-Hanrahan never fails! Ich nichten lichten.

[@marcokite]

don't blaspheme the Holy Name

[@QFIhawkman]

"He said he didn't like it, but he'd have to go along with it." Unbelievable that this is the same man that wrote "Closer". Talented bloke.

[@Boruh179forever]

Whats his name?

[@cordeliamaintenance6418]

@@Boruh179forever Patrick Marber

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

Patrick Marber was in NIN?

[@Snaildriver]

@@jeanpaulsinatra lol

[@VortexMotiveVision]

This never gets old.

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

Google translate suggests that "Ich nichten lichten" actually means "I weigh nieces". Well done Peter.

[@randyatlantis2388]

The fact you even looked it up is impressive. :)

[@HashimAziz1]

It doesn't anymore?

[@danielkitta]

Nope. It's nonsense mock German.

[@bubukashya]

I'm slightly baffled as to how they made it into "to weigh" to be honest. "Nichten" are nieces alright, but "lichten" means to clear out an area of woods, to broadly clear out, if you will. All in all it doesn't make any sense as previously stated due to the fact that the verb would be in the infinitive. Gladly ruining jokes as is German tradition!

[@kaimikk9898]

Google Translate says its "I do not clear" now.

[@stewux]

I love the " yeees " at 1.19, cracks me up every time.

[@rotamota33]

Omg I had forgotten all about peter o'hanra-hanrahan. Comedy gold. he needs his own chat show immediately.

[@clinteldorado]

Peter, thankyou.

[@Ashethetics]

Quite often, "Cobweb!" In his voice just comes into my brain and I randomly burst out laughing. the Day Today is no less funny with age and, quite sadly, increasingly relevant to today's journalism.

[@CerberusLives]

It's rare that someone can make a single word so damn funny, but Marber and 'cobweb!' are a match made in heaven.

[@KaitainCPS]

I frequently say it in Peter's voice while dusting my lounge. It has to be accompanied by the small nod.

[@sillygoose635]

ehh, not really relevant

[@TheCozzienan]

Oh this is my absolute favourite Day Today moment !!!! Closely followed by "PETER YOU'VE LOST THE NEWS!" Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ronno4691]

The Falklands War made a minor celebrity out of a BBC reporter called Brian O'Hanrahan or something. "I counted them all out and I counted them all back in again!".

[@grahamfrew]

Pure comedy genius. I've seen this about two hundred times and it still makes me cry with laughter. The Day Today was the best and most significant UK comedy of the nineties. Vic and Bob were great but they weren't a patch on Chris Morris. As far Newman and Baddiel, they would have made good comedians if they had been funny. Chris Morris was the Peter Cook of his generation, that's all there is to it.

[@inger233]

Agreed, and Baddiel is about as funny as ass cancer.

[@Sarah-tr5je]

Just Chris saying the name Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan is enough to launch me into hysterics

[@Lucifronz]

He was fantastic in the IT Crowd. I'm not saying it got worse when he left, but every bit with him was just a little bit better.

[@Harmonical1]

Always loved The Day Today - wonderful!

[@NickyNustar]

So wonderful. Pretty much the only example on TV in 1995 whilst I suffered in the den of iniquity on a cornucopia of mad drugs, that proved Great Britain was mega awesome, and still bubbling with intelligent life.

[@scottshanahan3827]

At the :42 mark is when Chris starts to sound like a parent who knows his child is lying to him. I love how he just nailed the tone.

[@annal2740]

God, I miss The Day Today so much.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

the time yesteryears

[@cheydinal5401]

"He's a pretty busy man" - "That's right 😊"

[@Destro7000]

The BBC is still like this today! Maybe not in presentation, but in attitudes, and over-dramatic self-importance. Good jawb Chris Morris/Armando Iannucci.

[@thecoderofyoutube]

Destro7000 Don't watch any other channel, then?

[@ExtremeSquared]

All journalism is like this and has been for a while. It has certainly gone downhill a bit since this show aired, but not in a way that should surprise anyone.

[@djcaesar9114]

The best part of seing this video it years after it aired it that I have a whole new comic universe to discover.I now understand more where the powerful character of the IT crowd comes from.

[@TinyFord1]

This remains the best one

[@SixEightySeven]

RTE News (in Ireland) just reported on the US debt ceiling agreement 'Nobody liked it, but they had to go along with it' Sounds like a Day Today fan writing the script!

[@subspaceanomaly]

That is funny

[@RayKailo]

Chris: did you speak to the German finace minister about the new deal this afternoon Peter: No Chris: And what was his reaction? Peter: I don't know Chris: Peter thank you

[@miketacos9034]

I watched this last night and laughed just as violently.

[@joliecide]

Patrick Marber is comedy gold! He's also a brilliant writer... Closer and Notes on a Scandal are to his credit.

[@Communist-Doge]

14 years ago! Are you still alive?

[@cloudededen5819]

​@@Communist-Doge no he had hiv

[@jaydee15003]

Peter thank you

[@WrestleTheDecibel]

One of my all times favourites this

[@SedanChair]

Peter thank you.

[@roddi733]

Watching every recent Diane Abbot interview reminded me of this gem

[@a.j.figliolini7771]

I love how they brought this joke back in Veep.

[@MareIngenii]

Laughed tears... Incredible.

[@randyjohnson3412]

He said he didn't like it, but he had to go along with it.

[@antbubb]

Peter, thank you.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Welcome to 2024, this is beyond accurate

[@grahamblack1961]

Ich mag es nicht, aber ich muss es mitmachen Peter.

[@LukaszVT40k]

I haven't learnt German for 20 years, but wouldn't "muss" come after the aber, and before the "ich"?

[@NoFlu]

@@LukaszVT40k nope. Well it can actually but then it would be a question, not a statement

[@LukaszVT40k]

@@NoFlu Cheers!

[@thugkermit9999]

The sentence makes no grammatical sense when you translate it directly into German A better way would be to restructure it Ich mag es nicht, aber ich hatte keine andere Wahl Trans: i don’t like it, but I had no other choice

[@luke-alex]

@@thugkermit9999 You mean it makes no _semantical_ sense? Or what is wrong with Graham's translation grammatically? Would it be better as "I don't like it but I am forced to go along with it"? (I'm not sure why it doesn't directly translate is my point.)

[@MrNuts70]

That look on his face at the end! hahahah

[@roryoconnor6574]

Finance Minister Reinhardt speaks excellent English.

[@ChrissyboyH44]

LMFAO now this is classic comedy at its finest!!!!!

[@robfielding100]

Absolutely brilliant

[@lukebrierley3344]

Trenta percenta was a great go

[@emjackson2289]

"I counted the Harrier's out and I counted them all back again" "Did you Peter?" "Yes Chris" "But aside from the fact they're not Harrier's they're F35's what did you see?" A modern take on this classic sketch.

[@dash1141]

Peter, thank you

[@RatPfink66]

Dreißig Prozent!

[@NormanArches]

Sometimes comedy gets so sublime it burns your brain and you just gawp at it like you´re having a stroke because it´s too perfect to ruin by laughing over it. I have always tended to have this reaction to Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan. Alongside Fela Kuti and Michael Aspel, one of my greatest heroes.

[@meandmymouth]

Great antidote to crazy news junkies like me. Thanks guys. I'm off to wash my brain out ;)

[@mr.d.8121]

Excellent work.

[@KarlWilletts]

cant help it use this all the time!!!!!! Ich Nicten Lichten!!!!

[@rickoneillable]

The funny thing is he would have been able to conduct the interview in perfect English. Silly Peter!

[@sasukesarutobi3862]

Getting a strong Jeremy Paxman vibe from the newsreader.

[@revengeguy]

He didn't like it, but he had to go along with it!

[@Sarah-tr5je]

"Yes!"

[@freekjegeen8603]

Peter didn’t like it, but he has to go along with it.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

And in what language did you conduct the conversation in?

[@robertcreighton4635]

It took me 3 days to realise this was a spoof

[@c0ldc0ne]

Love the self-referential description of this video.

[@rogerroger5255]

I've googled "Ich nichten lichten" and the translation is "I don't like it".

[@barrythick6196]

"That's what he said"

[@lachlanmclennan2188]

I didn't know that Tom Hardy from legend was a reporter. Good stuff.

[@TP1988]

Fun fact: Tom Hardy made a film about Peter O’Hanrahah-Hanrahan’s life, called Legend.

[@carterdrake8543]

I watch this clip like once a week lmao

[@DrCrabfingers]

The name Spartacus Mills pops into my mind with great regularity...

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

Can you summarize it in a word?

[@speckle126]

Glorious

[@aaron4820]

so good...

[@ironyelegy]

im 26 and i started to get really swept up in the news cycles of the world in maybe 2015 ... im now at the phase where i am constantly correlating the past with the present and this... what is this a show???? the best and most masterful satire of the stuffy bureaucratic international news casting ever... i thought the ONION circa 2010 was funny and the closest I'd get to decent comedic satire... thank god the world is a big place when you're tiny.

[@annehebert510]

This is from 1994, so it's as old as you.

[@elmerofairo]

you should watch Yes, Minister if you're after good satire

[@ManicRay]

Gets me everytime hahaha

[@johnking5174]

Notice at 1:00 Chris never takes his eyes off the screen, he never looks down at the notes he is speaking from, he continues with direct eye contact on screen with Peter, even though Peter is in Europe via satellite.

[@gregtube88]

RIP, Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan

[@TheNorsePagan]

brilliant

[@blatherskite3009]

Chris proving he could do everyone else's job better than they can. But you'd expect no less from the God of News.

[@billfactor9338]

using Google Translate "Trenta Percenta" translates to "percent percent" in Slovakian

[@beakfordclakington1337]

Poor Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan, went to work for cnn BBC after that

[@DripTracy]

Damn you Peter! You let the news get away again

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

Chris Morris is the greatest satirist.

[@Simpleburger1968]

Morris' news anchor was a terrifying creation ! (perhaps Peter should have said the conversation took place in English...)

[@rich_rich90]

"Peter do you know what's written on your grave?" ....... "News"

[@bowlchamps37]

From the description: Peter *get's* it wrong again Oh my.

[@pcoldlight5631]

Only man that can hold a candle to Python ! Insert joke .

[@TheBrokenreed]

ich nichten lichten! genius!

[@madcarew5168]

Best series ever, cancelled ....wonder why???

[@mikeyk212]

Ah the good ol days when a comedy was funny.

[@christschinwon]

Brian O'Hanrahan was a real reporter, hence the exaggerated imposter!

[@Clem_Fandango11]

Based on Brian Hanrahan, the BBC reporter who made his name in the Falklands War.

[@Bobby56288]

I searched "ich nichten lichten" to find this

[@shakeking]

Tom Hardy based both of his Kray brothers characters in Legend on Peter O'Hanra-Hanrahan

[@elnurkuliev]

This is how Turkish media is actually practiced 🤣

[@JonponMusic]

it's Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan !

[@johnking5174]

At 0:42 Peter would have gotten himself out of a mountain of trouble by answering Chris that he spoke to the German finance minister in English. Nearly every European country's ministers speak basic English.

[@LerafoLuap]

Absolute genius

[@NormanArches]

@smeesquatch I wish we´d been able to watch this at school.....but then i suppose we had jobs to go to back then so we had to knuckle down...

[@antbubb]

You spoke to him about the technicalities of the deal in German?

[@Riczero]

Brilliant stuff. But people dont seem to give credit to Armando Ianucci the main writer of the The Day Today and Brass Eye,

[@eddybaby83]

YES!