The Start Of James Acaster's Bake Off Story | COLD LASAGNE HATE MYSELF 1999

[@JamesAcaster]

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[@jason_a_smith_gb]

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[@illCMAC]

James, Vimeo is trash. The app is garbage and makes it as hard as possible to watch your special. Is there any way you can get away from this pos company??

[@izzyxblades]

I watched this clip before I watched the show (Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999). I thought this clip was hilarious until I learned the entire context of what happened to him before and after this moment in his life. I'm glad he said that he is actually already done processing everything he shared in the show, but it still made me really really sad to hear how he felt throughout the stories in this show. This special was both more energetic but also more depressing than he previous special Repertoire.

[@simontide6780]

The only joke is you.

[@LukeDwornikComedy]

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[@slash196]

And yet through that whole experience, he still came up with "Started baking, had a breakdown...bon appetit!"

[@Mammutidae]

Which seems to be his introduction to the casual observer.

[@totalweirdo8538]

I've always thought, and this clip makes it far more likely that I'm right, that him saying that was more just... him explaining the situation. He started making it, had a literal breakdown, and here it is. Obviously, he's a brilliant comedian and put his spin on it, but it's never come across to me as an actual joke.

[@kath1626]

@@totalweirdo8538 You're right, it wasn't. He goes on talking about the meme and it wasn't supposed to be funny.

[@KaishaLouise]

@@totalweirdo8538 Yep! He was genuinely being serious when he said it

[@KaishaLouise]

Having watched it, this is only about the first day of bake off - it actually got worse by the second day, poor James!

[@impish_snake3526]

The mental image of Paul Hollywood staring down at the worlds worst bowl of porridge knowing it contains his grim and inescapable doom was truly a blessing.

[@elliottotbc]

Give us the Acaster cut!!

[@StrawberryCrush2000]

40 minutes of him blacking in and out of consciousness while nothing happens to some custard?

[@JeniJustJeni]

@@StrawberryCrush2000 Everything, including that.

[@isa-nw3tw]

@@JeniJustJeni ESPECIALLY that

[@JokelesComedian]

I would pay to see the whole unedited time. Just a 10 part series of him and the whole experience.

[@sarabitterman7781]

I feel bad that James had a difficult time on bake off. BUT that clip is where I discovered him as a comedian, so I’m happy it led to that. That being said, I have had jet lag and been awake for 36 hours before and it was not a good time. So I’m mostly impressed he could do anything in that state.

[@TheJoker718]

💯

[@lalie9995]

Have you seen him on would I lie to you? The cabbage story is my absolute favorite

[@beanie7547]

First trip to Australia I was jet lagged so bad thinking I was on the verge of passing out, that I let the family grab anything from the supermarket just to get out and to our lodging.

[@JNO1972]

I’d need to have jet lag to enjoy this guy, and heroin.

[@mahoganywolf8843]

@@JNO1972 Its his channel and his name is in the title. What did you think you were clicking on?

[@A_O_Leary]

“I fell off the wagon during Bake Off.”😂

[@henrydunn7130]

“Blairwitching it all over the place” gets me every time 😂

[@habu179]

Right......

[@AraGramul]

😂😂😂

[@teresayeates3437]

Absolutely adore James Acaster. Since discovering his great humour on WILTY and then onto Taskmaster, I cannot get enough. I like clever, I like sarcastic and a little warped, mostly I really like all three with great humour. He has all.

[@brendanberry7403]

Lol his meltdown over the garage was truly amazing.

[@robinclick7546]

And the hula hooping...I felt for him

[@James_taylor810]

Check out his podcast “off menu”

[@thesandwich5321]

Someone made an hour long edit of all his cabbadge stories.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

@@thesandwich5321 Love the cabbadge montage! 😁👍

[@limerence8365]

James Acaster on Bake Off was iconic and everyone was talking about it for ages. Not pleasent at the time but definitely made him blow up online.

[@kalvaxus]

"The cameraman is Blair Witch'ing all over the shot".. Genius!

[@MedievalFolkDance]

I would love a sit-com where James finds himself in a scrape every episode, preferably involving cabbage, where he has a massive breakdown, screams for Rylan who turns up and fixes everything without any issues. Ever Decreasing Rylans

[@NameWithoutNumber]

That would be great, but meanwhile you should definitely read/listen to James Acaster's Classic Scrapes (if you haven't already)! It's delightful.

[@vampirefox7]

I love it when he screams "Rylan!"

[@ViktorErikFade]

" he's just Blaire witchin" it behind the camera " 😂😂😂

[@LackadaisyFRECKLE]

I have never laughed at a comedian so hard in my life. I was trying to sip my coffee when watching this, started laughing with coffee in my mouth, then CHOKED because I'm special. The coffee came out like a spraying hose and went directly for my friend's handmade blanket (which I also previously accidentally set on fire), and her DND books. Still choking, I picked up the sentimental blanket, rushed to the bathroom to wash the coffee out, but managed to pull the shower curtain and rod down onto me on the way. 10/10, would recommend this video! Thanks James, definitely made my morning more memorable! 😂😂

[@firestar2557]

How did you set fire to it?

[@LackadaisyFRECKLE]

@@firestar2557 accidentally knocked it off the couch and onto a heater

[@benpollard498]

i want the director's cut of james acaster on bake off

[@hada__02]

#ReleaseTheAcasterCut

[@scz1770]

James absolutely looks like he is currently experiencing the worst jetlag of his life ALL THE TIME.

[@mandel12]

Hahaha this is fair. James has that special faraway gaze that makes you wonder if his pets are safe.

[@sammygreen066]

Whenever I'm stressed I say to myself "at least I'm not James Acaster on bake-off"

[@user__214]

4:12 My man did almost a minute of jokes, making people laugh, without any dialogue whatsoever.

[@unlockyourlife]

SO good!

[@Jarr-04]

I like to think even when James states something matter-of-factly, people laugh at it and he doesn’t know why.

[@drumqid]

its his delivery, he definitely knows

[@JustSaralius]

Having a pretty rough mental health day and chronic pain. I appreciate this so much right now! Really love James! Such a funny and genuine person. ❤

[@sevenofnine1915]

Honestly, I can't understand why comedians like Louis C.K. or Ricky Gervais are as celebrated as they are - James is WAY better! His Netflix specials are the best bits of comedy I've ever seen in my life. They had me in stiches for the whole time. James, I LOVE YOU!

[@merissahucul1374]

It's crazy that he isn't better known!

[@hhiippiittyy]

I like all three.

[@cmarq817]

I refuse to watch C K … but I love Ricky

[@Halcy_n]

What? Lol. You don't have to put other comics down to say you like acaster

[@sevenofnine1915]

@@Halcy_n True, but I just wanted to illustrate that it is - in my personal opinion - completely unfathomable that those two guys are considered gods of comedy and James is not (yet) ;P I just wanted to express that he exeeds every big name out there :D

[@TheGreatKrystoff]

The best part about this bit is that it's the greatest stoner routine ever, without even being about weed.

[@hystericalclerical]

4:13 to 5:06 he's just holding the audience by saying nothing.

[@framedragged]

And to top it all off, there's an ad for the great british bakeoff right on this page. It's like getting cabbaged all over again.

[@lisathomas1622]

I’m a British Baking show fan, this was hysterical. I’m sad I don’t get to see the full show cuz I’m in the US.

[@jotoenatehaaen]

There's a British TV subreddit which often posts Google drive links to such shows

[@dyodoleu]

3:52 he was well within his right to break character for a split second, that Attenborough code line was straight up murder 😂

[@lovepuppy2242]

I would like it to be known I laughed so hard I had an asma attack, however I had just eaten. So I also threw up. Let me reiterate, I found this so fucking funny, I, an adult, had to go to the ER because I laughed so hard vomit went out my nose. Apologies if this is disgusting but I had to suffer through it so you can too./j

[@firstsurname7099]

Asthma

[@notsquash3980]

bruuuuuuh

[@firstsurname7099]

@@notsquash3980 Seeeeeesssss, stay dumb

[@notsquash3980]

@@firstsurname7099 dont want to be rude but could you repeat that i dont understand

[@firstsurname7099]

@@notsquash3980 Yup that's obvious

[@JehanineMelmoth]

Ah, bless him. He’s a sweet boy.

[@jennimather316]

Can't stop watching this! Cry laughing every single time!! Love him!! Need to see him live!

[@sandrayuen9497]

Bless you, you poor thing! I’m kinda sorry I laughed so hard. It was like laughing at your best friend after they take a spastic fall. Thank you for being able to laugh at yourself and let us laugh along. Just so you know, every time I mess up a dish I’m cooking I still serve it to the family and when they start to ask what happened I repeat your line ending with bon appetit and everyone laughs and then eats it anyway. Thanks. :)

[@lynsn6590]

James, I don't know if you'll read this, but I love you so much that my mate got a mask of your face and wore it at my birthday party

[@susanleslie6178]

One restraining order coming right up! 😉

[@lynsn6590]

@@susanleslie6178 wouldn't stop me 😂😂

[@ankledsquid]

I really wish we had seen him saying "this doesn't feel nice"

[@rooty]

When is this whole thing going to be available? I'm dying here

[@Lightning-speed27]

Thank you James. Two days ago I learnt of you and been laughing ever since…. All gratitude 🙏🏽 “Humour is a hidden wisdom” Sri Chinmoy What a special soul you are.

[@habu179]

Special soul ?.....jesus christ !

[@ThestuffthatSaralikes]

Gawd i adore this man. I come back whenever i need a good giggle… maybe I’ll watch his Bake-off episodes now…😊

[@primadolce8453]

Classic scrape right there

[@kwikbit]

Went to a show of his a few years ago. Brilliant. I've never viewed the lollopop man outside my school the same since ....... 😉😀

[@JSjujubee]

omg.that whole episode makes more sense now lmAO

[@mosesracal6758]

36 hours is no joke, he nailed it so much lmao

[@MelissaThompson432]

James Acaster is probably my favorite living comedian. Bob Mortimer is hilarious, but idk whether he's a comedian or simply personality writ large. You don't get the idea that being funny is his main goal, somehow. Actually, with Bob Mortimer, it feels like he just wandered by and decided to visit. With James it's more like he really wants to tell you how f'd up everything is, but he doesn't want you to retaliate, so he's going for the strategic laugh instead. Which is more or less my experience of the world.

[@b.i.c.violet4545]

I laughed so hard my head hurt. YES. MY HEAD. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. HOW DID YOU DO IT JAMES???

[@idrisnewton4552]

i fucking love James Acaster. so glad he has a netflix special.

[@DebRowley]

Crying with laughter while my husband tries to get to sleep. 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@uyd]

James Acaster is a freewheeling madman....but he never fucks up for no reason.

[@FrederickFokker]

I think I need to see this episode he's talking about!

[@KateFergeson]

Bro, I watched the show for you, because you were in it :x Rock On!!!

[@murraynatkie7490]

it makes so much sense now!

[@perrytoombs]

watched the special and loved it !

[@bamb00zld]

This was me today walking around downtown trying to find my friend I was gonna meet up with but her phone died and she never told me where to meet her. Walked 13 miles total. Went to a coffee shop and started having involuntary spasms so bad that I left because everyone was staring or pointing at me. Hadn't slept a wink in two days. Two bars acted as if I was homeless and needed to leave immediately as soon as I walked in the door just because I wasn't wearing my best outfit. But I found the friend. And we reconnected. And it was worth it. But mate...living in the UK sounds tedious as hell.

[@thesciencesrule]

Bon appétit.

[@persephonessibling]

James' description of his bake-off experience is exactly what its like to have autism 😅 (before anyone comes for me, i have autism)

[@numerousfrogsinacoat607]

I’m autistic too and have always thought James was autistic. I know he used to work as a teaching assistant in a school for autistic children

[@mosshealy3280]

Oh my goodness you’re RIGHT

[@KumoGoesFast]

THIS DOESNT FEEL NICE

[@iwantdie7997]

TRUE

[@ellenkarlsson9490]

The last time I was up for 40 hours was when I was in hospital for appendicitis. A strange man putting a mask over my face and telling me to think happy thoughts have never felt so good. Apparently, my idea of happy thoughts is reciting marine meiofauna in latin because that was what I was doing when I woke up. Unfortunately for me, I got some sort of post-trauma amnesia the weeks after surgery and now I can't name one single marine worm. No, wait! Rotifera! Not actually a worm, but still.

[@sarcasmo57]

Why can't he put pastry in the tin?

[@nicola8450]

He shouldn't have had any excess pastry basically. He should have used it all to make 6 cream horns. Instead he made one (sort of) and put the rest of the pastry in the tin ha

[@anglicismus]

Actually the story is a bit altered, he was supposed to make six identical flapjacks and only one cream horn. He wasn't supposed to have any excess pastry because he was meant to make a rectangle of a given size from it using all of it, but he didn't, and so it ended up being too thin and it fell apart.

[@nicola8450]

@@anglicismus Sort of. You can see in this video they were tasked with creating six identical cream horns. He was meant to cut six from the rectangle and not have any excess pastry. He wasn't meant to only make one cream horn, it just so happened he only made one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d52qgoyaa9uIpKs

[@anglicismus]

Oh, sorry, I guess I completely misremembered that

[@daveedwards9363]

i love this guy.. so funny

[@sophiacariad5870]

LOVE THIS!

[@trampflips101]

Camera man started Blair witching it 😅

[@kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji]

Amazing - so very very British 👵🏽👋🏾🍃💛🍃

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

Oh, man, I was hoping the bit about being a meme in America would be on here.

[@just-tess]

David Attenborough's code😂

[@DESiSAUR]

my stomach is hurting😂😂😂

[@becca1979]

RYLAN!!!!!!!

[@censusgary]

Don’t worry, James. A freewheeling madman is better than a tired, jet lagged drudge.

[@jofi4580]

Great story telling.

[@cyrilfoday]

This is hilarious and so upsetting at the same time

[@nickneal7]

james you can always come to the cherokee nation capitol we would enjoy your cooking

[@claire_317]

I thought he was going to say there was ready custard in the tin💀

[@abkl1]

👏🏻release👏🏻the👏🏻custard👏🏻cut👏🏻

[@Ellierua]

Great on Seth Myers..

[@dananabread6632]

james!

[@kristinrad]

Because of David Attenborough's code. 😂😂

[@carolineyuen3247]

He’s like Trevor Wallace’s UK bro

[@joannepiccirilli6371]

Brilliant 😂

[@damselfly8]

OMG you're so flippin funny!

[@MamaSassKathryn]

Aw poor James, saw this set in Brooklyn and he assumed none of us had seen him on Bake Off, but you know KZbin so 🤷‍♀️

[@Magnussc2]

You can hear a can of beer being opened at 3:07

[@davidwaybright2346]

Excess pastry makes me lose it every time

[@stevengrayson1853]

Listen to the off menu podcast with Paul Hollywood lol

[@ask4389]

Fall off the wagon during Bake off 😂, u shd have showered at least after falling 🚿🚿

[@nunyanunya4147]

i have never seen this skinny boi move before from the waist down. normal. waist up he looks like a toddler trying to balance itsself but always on the lean taht will end it all but some how doesnt. if he gets pissed does he go full on WeebleWobble?

[@rhombus0ne]

Anyone know where I can watch this whole special??

[@spencerdungan5382]

I've seen the clips, but is that episode on Netflix yet? We watched that show before he was a guest so haven't seen the episode with him yet

[@someofmyplantsarestillaliv5037]

it's on channel 4 if you're UK based!

[@spencerdungan5382]

@@someofmyplantsarestillaliv5037 sadly I'm in states

[@kristennorth3268]

I’ve been trying to find U.S. access to the charity episodes for ages with no luck. I would happily pay for them.

[@harryturner8701]

Does anyone know what he had done wrong

[@devonmorrowii7670]

Noice

[@ladenses8245]

RYLAAAAANNNN?!

[@RicardoPM777]

👏👏👏

[@MissAlive1]

Which season???

[@Stamnley]

It was on of the stand up to cancer specials

[@otralee]

Comment!

[@MagicCardboardBox]

I hope he can find it funny now

[@lucinda2329]

❤ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤

[@sammfabish5230]

Am I losing my heating or just too American to understand his exclamation at the end? Like, I’ve listened to him say it both times like five times and I THINK he says “PLEASE D-DONT FILM THIS!” But I’m not sure

[@anitaxcore]

"THIS DOESN'T FEEL NICE"

[@robeans_]

The way he screams RYLAND! like he’s Shane Dawson lmao

[@substandardtim]

Not making fun but does he have some kind of medical condition related to his posture? Always looks like he is about to fall over backwards.

[@NinjaOnANinja]

He wouldn't have lasted on the streets.

[@thefrub]

Fun Fact: James' girlfriend dumped him for Mr. Bean

[@3styler1]

Good comedian not on the same level as Ricky though so first joke felt a bit flat

[@alexread6767]

Yeah, Ricky's pretty low level compared to Acaster

[@3styler1]

@@alexread6767 pmsl yea of course he is haha retarded comment

[@alexread6767]

Watch your language please

[@ask4389]

Yeah I thot as much u forgot to shower 🚿🚿 before bakeoff and after??

[@icturner23]

It’s a shame that flying is compulsory; otherwise, you’d be able to avoid jetlag during a prestigious job you’d actively chosen to take.

[@jamesracioppi2574]

The Great British bake-off is much funnier than this guy.

[@amandaviolino4055]

Wow! Did brexit make British comedians unfunny? I’ve seen this guy before and he always disappoints…

[@LUFC123]

This guy is not funny at all. He's about as funny as Nish Kumar