This Morning with Richard not Judy - Lee and Herring

[@lotuseater7247]

I remember this as a kid, I was about 12 or 13 and it was my favorite show. It was reason enough to wake up early on a weekend. At that age and time I didn't know Stewart Lee or Richard Herring. I also had no idea about The Fall reference to curious orange, one of my favorite skits in the show. It's great to see that some 20+ years later I would grow to be a fan of Lee, and The Fall, without realising the connections until now. I'm proud of my immaculate taste in pop culture as a boy and a man, and have no hesitation in bragging about this here.

[@ralphlea7595]

Top tier comment

[@dansaunders1655]

Just come back here because I stumbled on Kurious Oranj while listening to the Fall. All is love

[@lotuseater7247]

@@dansaunders1655 They were invulnerable to cool.

[@danmcdaid]

...And then I got off the bus, ahh.

[@StrongBad-r5c]

The 90's was a wild place. Whoever greenlit this getting an 11am Sunday morning slot on BBC was a visionary.

[@therealcaliphbaghdad1357]

Young Stewart Lee hasn't let himself go yet.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Stewart said whoever was in charge was so disinterested in their show they never checked its contents :)

[@dharker7595]

You should see him now

[@Robert_Manners]

@@TheStevenWhiting sometimes you want this approach as it let's the creativity of the artist flow without any disruption to the end brilliance.

[@alfsmith4936]

Old Mr Herring is still doing comebacks to these jokes.

[@samuelhumphrey5908]

Saucy!

[@EnglishAddict]

The tracking control on my Ferguson Videostar 3V29 Toploader VHS Player has really let itself go.

[@TheJonnyzeus]

It's amazing that this was shown at Sunday lunchtime. BBC were more enlightened then, obviously.

[@daveroche6522]

Aye. T'was obligatory viewing on Sunday mornings. I still believe no-one in the upper echelon of Beeb2 (cue Kenny Everett at the boardroom table covered in cobwebs) actually watched it, so it stayed on. Thankfully.

[@v00n2000]

And then Jane Root took over. Bye Lee & Herring, never mind the fan base.

[@billyshearer117]

Pretty sure BBC weren’t interested in what was on BBC2 on Sunday lunchtimes

[@24magiccarrot]

BBC's response to the restriction of shows was based on audience interaction, the audience didn't get all in a tizzy if something happened they didn't like they'd just change channel, now if you call a fella that looks like a fella but pretends to be a woman "he" then you'll have 100 people outside the BBC with pitchforks demanding the BBC remove your kidneys and donate your earlobes to cancer research.

[@alphabetaxenonzzzcat]

Just a great series. Probably the best thing that Lee and Herring ever did.

[@seanholmes1642]

Fist of fun was the best thing they did

[@TrevorEdwards-w4r]

Weekends were never and not again the same as this yet again a pure timeless classic 🎉🎉

[@robashton8606]

Stuff like _this_ is why the 90's were so fucking brilliant. You don't get Sunday morning telly like this any more.

[@leytonjay]

Excellent this contains the famously "lost episode" - series 2 episode 7. This one is corrupted on all torrent and video sites after the 3 min mark. It begings around 31mins into this clip. I woulda found it sooner had this been labelled properly. I will suck this out KZbin and give it back the world. Thanks so much for this. x

[@judy_thomson]

Happy to help Leyton. I think this is all I had recorded on VHS so that was a bit of luck.

[@retter2critical]

How could daytime TV ever have been this good? I'd bloody sign-on in an instant if this was what I could sip coffee to in my pants. This is utopian! I just discovered these guys recently and have enjoyed their late material too.

[@samuelbrook-williams1529]

it went out on sunday morning so u could have kept your job and still watched it

[@simonmoore2380]

You want this, AND your job? You want the MOON ON A STICK thats what you want......

[@huxleypig69]

Sunday fucking morning too! I remember flicking over to this while my heathenous ass was not at church with the rest of my religion-addled family. Made waking up early on a Sunday worthwhile.

[@CalridRobnor123srs]

How the hell they got away with this, is a mystery. On a Sunday Morning with all that religious satire and so on, I can only presume finally the channel caught on, when they actually watched it but it was hilarious. Miss it. Miss out. :)

[@huxleypig69]

Yeah, they caught on after commissioning a 2nd series, lol! Should've ran forever.

[@matthewcasey4795]

God i miss the 90s. Getting drunk on a Saturday night and waking up to this on a Sunday with a stinking hangover. Ahh pubs.... remember them?

[@GaryGoals]

28 years old I was

[@jameswilson1984]

‘My expectations were confounded and from thence the humour arose.’

[@matthewhendy5785]

Both together and separately my favourite comedians.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Time has been kinder to this material than it has to Lee and Herring

[@Jimble675]

They should be forced at gunpoint to do more material together. Absolute gold.

[@LikwidAyshun]

Yes. Sorry it’s taken me ten years to agree

[@alexpn_]

Amazing to think they referenced the Stephen Lawrence case and this was so long ago !

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

"And then they lez up..." Been using that one for over 20 years.

[@jamespilcher5287]

it's a classic

[@guitarreilly]

you can tell some of this material was the basic frame which formed for some of Stewart lees great stand up routines later on on

[@dannycheesums]

Just about the most nerdy observation of all time - but I swear I saw the old editor of doctor who magazine, Gary Gillatt in the studio audience!

[@dubyadee1]

Haven't seen these for ages.Thanks for uploading.

[@pearljam619]

This takes me back. Being a student on Sunday mornings with a hangover, bacon sandwich and TMWRNJ. Happy Days.

[@sfoster.23]

Richard hasn’t changed at all, Stewart on the other hand is so much cheerier here

[@kathish]

How lovely to see some of these in higher quality! If anyone's wondering about the weirdness of the final few seconds, from Rich's show notes: "In the post sig with Ian Cress ... I was not getting any kind of countdown to the end of the show (if you look in my eyes you can see the fear). Similarly confused, Stu got up to attempt to cover, as we had no idea how long was left til the end."

[@EdinburghAndy]

Maybe if Bill Hicks had eaten more cress he'd still be alive today!

[@jimjamsreview5861]

Can we have these times back please. Please can we all go back to 1998.

[@KaleidoAbridged]

OMG this was so funny! I love these two guys, I fell off my chair laughing in tears. I even shit myself at 26:48. Then I got off the bus ahm...

[@richardtuxford1812]

28 years old you were.....

[@KaleidoAbridged]

@@richardtuxford1812 I was 28 years old um

[@richardtuxford1812]

@@KaleidoAbridged ahhhhhh

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

I've been taking comedy classes at evening school for the past eight weeks, and am confident enough now to attempt the 'pull back and reveal'. Not sure it will work so well in the written form but here goes: I remember watching Lee and Herring on the old analogue televisions they had back then (attention to detail makes the joke funnier according to my teacher), sitting on my grandad's knee laughing away at the silly men, lips stained with cherryade...28 years old I was. Bit laboured that, don't think I pulled it off.

[@GoteeDevotee]

Woody Hutton Was that a joke. Fuck. That was shite.

[@soilcredibility]

Woody Hutton You pulled it off. And then you got off the bus.

[@julienguieu5636]

Yeah that used to happen to me too. NOT! (As you can see, I've also been going to evening comedy classes lately, and felt I was finally ready to try my hand at the "... ... NOT!" idiom. I've also combined it with the classic KZbin "click and reveal" trick for optimum merriment.)

[@GaryMcCaffrey]

I wrote a joke about my foreskin the other day, it was a basic pull back and reveal.

[@geeblanco]

Clearly Dara Ó Briain modelled his comic delivery on the Lazy Comedy Slags "ahhh" bit, but (in a stroke of genius) made it his own by changing it to "ehhh"

[@ThunderChunky101]

Stewart Lee used to do it quite often himself haha, but yeah, O'Brien and Jo Brand are the worst offenders.

[@spidaminida]

Fukkin hate it when he does that...which is all the time...

[@ThunderChunky101]

spidaminida Same as the sharp intake of breath just after a punchline, as though it was just something they said, a casual observation that was not really considered a joke at all... Only it's clear they've lined it up for the bullseye.

[@patkawasaki]

Eddie Izzard does it too. Which Stewart Lee makes reference to in one of his recent shows. Annoying.

[@djpheeze]

I believe in Dara Ó Briain's case it's a speech impediment [citation needed]

[@Govanmauler]

thanks for the upload Juuuuuuddeeeeeeee

[@obsoleteworlds]

Imagine talking about "fly whores" on Sunday morning BBC TV...

[@MrPlannery]

good use of Harrison Birtwistle sample there at 8:49

[@Nogli]

I love just how unnecessary these moments seemed (therefore probably making them necessary). Stupidly loud and inappropriate to the sketch, and definitely designed to give viewers a headache. The show was full of them. There would be at least one deafening scene per episode with everyone laughing into the camera with screeching strings in the background.

[@andrewe3165]

since the dvd is no longer coming out someone should make a complete youtube playlist

[@SummerVivaldi432]

YESSS! Cheers for uploading this!

[@ronnygill]

Terry Christian hasn’t let himself go

[@moodini99]

The curious orange has really let himself go!

[@TheAncientSlumber]

Hi Judy.. thank you so much for sharing this! It's much higher quality than the other TMWRNJ vids on KZbin! I don't suppose you have the rest at the same quality do you?

[@judy_thomson]

+TheAncientSlumber I'm sorry I think that was the only one I had recorded on vhs.

[@TheAncientSlumber]

+Judy Thomson Not to worry but thanks for replying

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

Look at his little face...It's almost as though he understands xD

[@Weathergoat]

Don't want to post a cliche, but it really *is* a mystery how something this good and risky got pegged for that timeslot.

[@METALVLOGUK]

crazyclive pretty sure it was the other way round, Friday nights were the repeats. I think they reference it in an episode too.

[@craigcotter7476]

....said the man in the orthopaedic shoe!

[@BowsPoetryCorner]

Who got pegged?

[@exasperated]

I think not mentioning pegging was the key.

[@alpine_newt]

I used to watch this hungover on a Sunday afternoon! I still don't understand how they got away with this stuff at that time!

[@deft08]

I love the curious orange, but he still scares me shitless!

[@perilouspower2141]

9:43 "Lazy, comedy slags x2 Tedious set-ups, predictable gags Lazy, boring comedy slags x2" Hilarious.

[@bedojames]

Ive gone back to a time when Sunday mornings were brilliant. Both still performing and writing. Im laughing so hard at this as an older adult v a teenage college student.

[@alistairpage-mcgill2723]

who's winning your strange laughing competition?

[@stevencowie7151]

Happy memories.

[@Rmg12]

3:03 Pause for Thought - this is the same joke as Thought for the day with Msgnr Trieb-Lopez on On The Hour, though Stewart Lee was a writer on it

[@stevecox7075]

Stuart Lee was a cutie. ❤

[@ozzythecats]

He was. He's let himself go now

[@LF0]

Seriously though...how did they get away with airing this at midday on a Sunday?

[@jambammz9908]

90s mate.

[@Joecoleman84]

As an eleven year old whose mind was warped by this, I now ask the same thing. But christ I'm glad they did.

[@stephenderry9488]

They were protected by powerful friends in the cress industry.

[@walteredstates]

Oh f***, i swear,@@stephenderry9488, this cracked me right up & made me giggle more than anything in the show! Well done, sir.

[@JoeyXSmith]

I wish they brought stuff like this for Sunday viewing instead of endless cooking shows.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Used to love this on a sunday...what happened to great subversive telly?? P.s ta for the upload!

[@annikafrankenstein]

How was I watching this every weekend as a child ?

[@Monumentum616]

Haha they really loved threshing machines. It is a good word! I've been pissing myself to this, such a legendary show in my life

[@johnnyw525]

Why can’t we get a DVD release of this perfect show?

[@joeljones8066]

Stew doesn't want to put money into it

[@ThunderChunky101]

Surfing the web as a hobby! How quaint!

[@ThunderChunky101]

"I wish I was dead Bill Hicks"!

[@chrispowell8121]

I'm gasping for a cress right now

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Forgotten just how funny this was.

[@elementarydrw]

I had so forgotten how hot S Club 7 were in their heyday!

[@littlemascara5204]

Kurious Oranj😍😍😁😁

[@sfoster.23]

26:45 is how I imagine his kids talk when they’re in trouble too 😂😂

[@gypsumfantastic7733]

The tiny portions of this which are in vivid colour are very nice,

[@SirCraigius]

Its just banter Martin! Harmless banter!

[@dannycheesums]

Ah Athena posters - it really is the 90s!

[@keymeter1917]

'Curious' is brilliant !🤣

[@jpneumonic]

Haven't seen cress since the 90's. Is it because of this show?

[@stephenderry9488]

Ian Cress gave a speech at the Institute of Cruciferous Vegetables in which he said of cress "It has no nutritional value, basically it's total crap," following which the market for cress collapsed almost overnight resulting in cress farmers across the UK facing insolvency.

[@beardedartisan]

1:43 is that Josie Long on the right?

[@jorjenn]

I just think everyone looked like that in the 90’s

[@RIXRADvidz]

Mr. Lee, such a 'Fine Young Cannibal'....ah, Youth and Time. Ravagers All.

[@Bradwellcommon]

Peter Capaldi’s really let himself go 5:16

[@PinkFloydFan74]

Saw him live last year ripping the piss out of religion. Brilliant stuff.

[@stevenforman3044]

Great. 😀

[@isabella6206]

I love the simple humour see you pal!

[@julienguieu5636]

Comedy buffs will have noticed that the sketch starting at 37:06 was the first-ever on-screen appearance of Dwight K. Schrute. Contrary to that Morrissey guy in the other sketches, he has aged rather well.

[@countoftheunderworld]

How did i not notice the ONE-KING ONE-KING song.

[@judy_thomson]

Both Richard Herring and Stewart Lee are successful comedians, I'll link to their websites in the video description. You can see Stewart on the TV at the moment on Comedy Central in The Alternative Comedy Experience at 11pm on Tuesdays.

[@teetonball1]

General Ratko Mladić before he let himself go.

[@joelnicholson]

29:19 - always nice to see Jo from S Club 7 before she took up the old racism. :)

[@tomtownsend5009]

Thanks for this, used to love this and fist if fun, great to see again

[@darrenstrange9374]

“THEY’RE YOUR LEGS! “ 😂

[@danielcropp8553]

Morrissey has kept himself in check, surprising everyone.

[@judeloveless9427]

This is the best one

[@mikeoxlong2265]

Mark Lamar has let himself go a bit

[@mattmattmatt9806]

it's Terry Christian. The two look alike

[@jimmelton5846]

It's Morrissey and heaven knows I'm miserable now.

[@Superfantastictop10]

Mark Lamar, Terry Christian, the guy from Fine Young Cannibals, an Eskimo from the 90s, KD Lang, Edwyn Collins, Morrissey and Ratko Mladić all tried to teleport at the same time but were merged at the other end, ala "The Fly" with Jeff Goldblum. The resulting chimera then let him/her/it/them...self/ves go.

[@mannzymunster]

Was this bbc 2 Sunday morning? I remember loving it but can't help wondering when it was on.

[@evonne_]

Yes it was!!! I went on the 2nd ever show and my face is on it as well 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄 😄

[@stephenduncan3605]

It was on Sunday Mornings in the early part of 1999. One of the episodes was dedicated to the memory of Rod Hull on the same day that Ernie Wise died!

[@madgebishop5409]

i wonder what Simon Quinlank would think about us watching him on the internet in 2021

[@grilledtortilla]

I didnt know Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross did a show together, they look so young in this.

[@Littlehickish]

grilledtortilla how dare you

[@SethMcFartlane]

"He's only cheating himself." - Jesus of Nazareth

[@andrewwood9953]

We#ß

[@GrubStLodger]

I forgot this was where 'the man Corr' came from.

[@blohmymind]

Dave Lister is looking better than ever.

[@danmcdaid]

Its just cress, Stew!

[@daveroche6522]

"And then I got off the cress. Aah.....".

[@NxDoyle]

The impression I get from both Stew and Rich is that they were largely ignored by the higher-ups, but not by easily offended letter writers, who letter wrote in large number, according to the BBC-sourced Wiki entry.

[@daviddraper3871]

The BBC should commission a program.What are they doing now, comedians of the 90s.I’d watch it be interesting 😁

[@ZER0--]

Discipling ? Well , my computer hasnt underlined it with a red squiggly line so it must be a real word. It sound silly..... Then I got off the Universal Serial Bus.

[@dansaunders1655]

Ahhhm

[@hootsmon]

As the Vicar finishes the Cress advert you can hear in the background Stewart Lee saying for F@ck sake..Slipped past the BBC Watchdog team :)

[@soilcredibility]

hootsmon This was live, no stopping it.

[@hootsmon]

+howdj Right! They joked that the show even with low viewing figures was given no interest by the BBC, so anything was possible. A good thing for the 20 something new comics. Have a good week, howdj :）

[@ThomasSchmall]

Wow, that thing at 55:08 sounds exactly like "scientifically accurate Spider-man" :o

[@emdiar6588]

LOL. Rich is still advertising cress on RHLSTP. (RHLSTP!!)

[@moppettshow]

Louis van Gaal has let himself go.

[@mattmclellan123]

In the background of “lazy fat comedy slags” is that Andi Peters in the bottom left?

[@pandapurrito]

I definitely heard the "fuck sake" too; brilliant. But he must stress the goodness of cress... I guess.

[@Superfantastictop10]

In ComEdy slags, is the first one a caricature of Lee Hurst?

[@RIXRADvidz]

FRENETIC RICK!!!! way before ''Pickle Rick!''.......so cute rolling over on his back at the beginning, begging for acceptance, yes, we still love our RHLSTP host way up here in the Future.

[@Luwoo82]

I have never laughed so much as I laughed in the 90s.

[@spidaminida]

Is curious orange the father of annoying orange?

[@colsaldo4615]

Stewart Lee has let Richard Herring go

[@MrChrisBarker]

Sunday afternoon, recovering from clubbing.. great days.

[@Kat-fl1yj]

stewart lee is well fit dressed up like geena davis