TIM VINE'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE

Tim Vine's first television appearance on BBC's Pebble Mill in 1994.
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[@nigelcarren]

Last night my girlfriend and I watched all the Tim Vine DVD's back to back... Luckily, I was the one facing the TV!

[@ibbybibby]

ooo I see what you did there

[@YorkyOne]

Boom boom!

[@newbarker523]

nigelcarren is “night night” what you call bedtime?

[@danielwood1928]

Sorry Milton.

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

He has improved a lot.

[@aires69uk]

There's two or three of them that he still tells. That's quality.

[@mica412]

What only two or three??!! Still think he's fab though!

[@paulcarson7860]

I saw him live a few weeks ago, he did that cross country one!

[@GavTatu]

hi jack !

[@skoot2u]

Seen him twice and he's brilliant, had the audience in stitches both times.He is a really nice bloke as well.

[@Daemiex]

i had a man out to fit me a new aerial last we and he invited me to his wedding, the reception was excellent

[@alm2187]

Meanwhile, those of us who've lived stateside all our lives gotta look up what an aerial is, in this context. 🙂

[@timothymcdonnell2466]

One thing I like about Tim Vine is he never uses profanities or bad language!.

[@pressureworks]

I heard him say bum

[@terencejay8845]

'Pebble Mill at One'.. times gone by.

[@mrman4645]

I just assumed he was born without hair

[@thomasmohan9565]

MrMan most people are born without hair

[@team3383]

@@thomasmohan9565 And when they don't have any talent, they stay off TV also. To imagine this man made a career of this on TV makes you wonder how low British humour has gone.

[@tealstorn8921]

@@team3383 Which country's humour and comedians do you prefer?

[@team3383]

@@tealstorn8921 Humour has no borders. Worldwide, the level has gone down. I still prefer British humour, but this "one liner" guy has gone on for years and only come up with a bunch of half funny one liners that you can count on the fingers of one hand. Don't ask me. No I have not come up with any in my whole life, but then again I'm not trying to make a living off TV with them either. Never funny, never will be this man. Sorry. One liners that are funny: Watch Mitch Hedberg. THAT is raw talent.

[@tealstorn8921]

@@team3383 Why are do you keep referring to 'British humour' whilst insisting that 'humour has no borders'? I've watched three Mitch Hedberg clips now, and to be perfectly frank he seems like a parody of a stand up comic that you'd find within a sitcom. In fact I can vividly picture him being the lampooned version of a real life comic in (and I'm not at all espousing this show so you don't need to judge based on this) Family Guy. What makes Tim so brilliant is the character he has built up over the years - he isn't particularly funny in this clip as he hasn't fine tuned it yet, but over the years he has become an unstoppable tour de force in his brand of innocent irony.

[@JoeStunner]

So I said to this bloke at the bus-stop with no legs, "How you getting on?"

[@BradBurnian]

His delivery has definately improved, he's much more confident than he was back then.

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

He'd only been on Tv about 2 years at this point. Maybe less

[@BradBurnian]

@@LivesInLibertyCity Well I never though I’d get a reply to a comment I made at uni 😂

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

@@BradBurnian dude my kid was born the year you wrote this 🤣🤣

[@spongebabe27]

​@@LivesInLibertyCityI thought this was his first TV appearance?

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

@spongebabe27 tbf if this interview was his first tv appearance then the interviewer wouldn't know who he is because he hasn't been on tv yet 😅😅. His first appearance was on pebble Mill in 94

[@pikeflowed]

A comedian who is definitely not Hair today, gone tomorrow, HES STILL HERE ! :) Love Tim's comedy, there's almost a dream-like rib-tickling bliss that comes with the barrage of so many spoken and visual gags, Tim is in a class all by himself........he's been naughty :P

[@johnpiasecki5614]

Just so funny clean and refreshing….. brilliant Jim 👏🏽

[@gregofthedump]

Brilliant! He's like a clean Gary Delaney.

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

Oh my god, he looks like Peter Davison here!

[@usblueflyer]

I LOVE TIM VINE!!!!

[@thirteenfingers]

I saw him in Manchester recently and he didn't tell a single one of these jokes... ...which quite frankly I find amazing. I'd have expected to hear a lof of repeat ones. This guy must know more short gags than any other person alive!

[@tim40gabby25]

I saw an overzealous surgeon trying his hand at standup - had the audience in stitches.

[@baz810]

Show me a comic that doesn't repeat some of his jokes over the years!! I think Tim's brilliant and this was a superb debut

[@gteaz]

Some? I heard all these jokes last week on Live at the apollo

[@josephmurphy7768]

Baz- i agree!!!.......he's just a funny man....he had it even then.....he's a wordssmith, very , very clever.

[@robi8020]

I love this guy. Lots of joke and no profanity

[@realPromotememedia]

Exactly

[@williambunter3311]

Absolutely, Rob. The so-called 'alternative comedians' cannot put a sentence together without filthy language, juvenile sexual innuendo or blasphemy. Tim is funny. And brilliant in 'Not Going Out'.

[@mitch-mlb216]

"A cattle prod and an electric fence" those jokes are shocking...

[@Thewingkongexchange]

I hope it was free of charge.

[@matthewbulic]

And so was the electricity bill

[@gregheffernan1078]

Don’t get me started...

[@weswheel4834]

He was just keeping things current.

[@auth0r_alphas27]

Love this guy 😍💖 so funny

[@sajmeister]

LOL! I had that hairstyle back in the days! He was a handsome guy!

[@mc77727]

When did Tim loose his hair? Must have been within the following 7 years after this appearance as was mostly bald in "The Sketch Show"?

[@mrcharliecharles]

pebble mill ahhh takes me back oh and tim vine's brilliant

[@broughton90]

British humour is made on one liners we love it 😂😂😂🤣

[@missionpassed4584]

OMG I remember when he was like this (young) many years ago now always been a bit of a fan

[@Nick-66]

He's funny without being rude. That's quite an art.

[@Robo983]

I wish he would come to America!

[@fontybits]

I had to give up work for health reasons - I was SICK of it!

[@fontybits]

I saw a guy with a pair of Reeboks strapped to his head. When I asked him why, he said he couldn't remember - he was trying to jog his memory.

[@copferthat]

Not bad for a first attempt. He should call himself Beano, a great comic! Bum Bum. I really like this lad, he's a class act.

[@AlexFearn]

he was amazing!!!

[@candbproductions]

Brilliant!

[@paulramsay1481]

Can you copy a cassette for me brilliant.

[@sj460162]

Brilliant. Saw him at bournemouth. Although he threw in a dart match with a friend half way through the gig. Never understood that...

[@mudchair16]

You just can't let it go, can you?

[@sj460162]

@@mudchair16 🤣🤣 brilliant!!

[@saturn2619]

One liners are the best!

[@waybexxx]

Great clip.. thanks :) As ever there's some on here using the tiresome "he's still telling the same jokes now" rubbish - one plank even told us to check out other clips here so we know how 'right' he is. He's definately not telling the same jokes now. Many of the clips here are from this era up until his 1st DVD - some jokes are kept, some are dropped... it's called refining the act. That's why his 1st DVD is so brilliant. 3 DVDs of non-stop joke telling - all different gags & mostly great!

[@stevetaylor7403]

Bet if some of these moaners went to a gig featuring their favourite band they would be disappointed if they didn’t play any of their old numbers.

[@tristanmccauley2318]

Drove past the local cemetary today there was a que of people dying to get in.

[@jasonayres]

True story - when I was a teenager, I dated a girl whose dad was a gardener at a cemetery. Naively, I said "Oh, how does he feel about working at a cemetery." My friend replied, genuinely, "He says it's the best place he's ever worked. No complaints. The quietest neighbours."

[@vultan2000]

I got exhausted recently as my bike had a double puncture. I was too tired.

[@kennethdrewary1094]

1994 but he still uses some of those lines now.

[@holdyourplums4204]

So what...??? Elton John still sings Rocket Man.

[@realPromotememedia]

Some of those lines are too good to use once . . . With his delicious delivery

[@robdee9341]

@@holdyourplums4204 Why doesn't Elton John like lettuce. Cause he's a ROCKET MAN... 🚀

[@Woodworker1947]

Funny then, and to Prove It, still funny today!

[@PERFECTCOMMENT]

hes great

[@marsflamesniper]

Omg he was cute.

[@Oorwul]

I think this guy might be quite successful in comedy

[@VinnieAndZach]

Still is!

[@paulthornhill2331]

GBAN THAT'S BANG OUT OF ORDER!!

[@whatyousaidbud]

BNAG

[@SarahRT92]

His voice is so high!

[@Maffoo]

@thirteenfingers at the lowry? he was bloody brilliant!

[@Superbruv07]

@aroundtheworlda Hi Jack! says the Co-Pilot. Hi-jack is a term for taking over or commandeering the plane.

[@pressureworks]

For his first appearance on tv, he really knows how to present himself to the camera must have been practicing!

[@Daemiex]

so im guessing there was only 4 people in the audience

[@petercutler3136]

It was Bungle!!😂😂😂

[@mreckes9967]

When you look up comic timing in the dictionary there's a photo of Tim Vine.

[@vultan2000]

Apparently scientists are looking into using chip shop fish as a new power source. Because they’re battery.

[@Js5s141]

@mentaltoes Bit hard for him to come up with new ones everytime, to fill 5 minutes of material he would have to come up with 50 odd everytime.

[@VinnieAndZach]

@superpumpernickel I honestly think he's gorgeous.

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

Hes way funnier now

[@alm2187]

Unhelpful and redundant: avoiding the question of why a specific woman is absent by saying she's a broad...

[@AlexFearn]

woo im going to see him tonight in london!

[@louisorleans4554]

Cosmic, he said "something to do with television...". Looks a lot like Tom Verlaine here. Spooky......

[@JollyGraham]

Shame but after all this time he’s run out of material. However there’s still the DVDs which are still funny despite being listened to many times. Thanks Tim for the laughter.

[@Sephirosu91Plus]

Hmm, maybe, but Tim makes it an art form

[@muninraven3327]

Thankfully he's nothing like his brother! -_-

[@stevemorris3710]

29 years forward and he's still using the same jokes. Still funny though.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

not entirely, the candlelit dinner one was funny

[@GinoZump]

@DeckyStrikesBack and faster

[@deanmoncaster]

His roll neck and bobble jokes are copies of Tommy Cooper's camp and camper jokes.

[@ianclarke3627]

Bottle and a glass ,glass and a bottle .

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

What we thinking? 1995?

[@stewartwebb5699]

Brilliant! And quite edgey!

[@rockinrickyricardo42]

I went up to a German barber and I said I'd like a shave. He said Yaass, I said No, Just my face

[@Pooledogg]

This is OK but he still does the same jokes but with better delivery

[@0wls2k]

Pooledogg His tours are brand new every year. Don't judge him on 4 min sets on TV...

[@Pooledogg]

I'm not. I'm judging him on 20 years

[@0wls2k]

So you've seen his tours in those 20 years? Brand new material every tour.

[@MrLarryhoover425]

+0wls2k I saw an interview and he rights 3 jokes a day or something like that so yeah your totally right!

[@goodrobotusses]

Does he post them to people now?

[@henrikhyrup3995]

"Flag hippo....??"

[@pjay3028]

He just points at random!

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

My personal favourite is 'My marvellous Metronome'

[@dantrizz]

That sounds like a ricky gervais opinion.

[@vultan2000]

I asked my friend ‘what new car did you get?’ He said ‘a little corsa’ so I growled ‘WHAT NEW CAR DID YOU GET?!’

[@stephaniewaters1777]

What's the punchline to the dandruff joke? It skips 2:24

[@Fizzbuzz994]

"It doesn't, but I didn’t have any carpet shampoo."

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

He has improved a lot since that appearance

[@Js5s141]

@aroundtheworlda "Hi jack" or as in HIJACK. As in a plan was being stolen.

[@stewartnell]

Plane

[@willdavey6570]

Is that Nicola sturgeon

[@drtrustrum]

Has no-one pointed out that 'the steaks are too high' is an old Tommy Cooper Joke?

[@dellzincht]

No, because it isn't.

[@silverbullet8338]

@@dellzincht v custard

[@drtrustrum]

@@dellzincht Attributed to Tommy all over the web You can probably even find video of it on here.

[@Hardysamnin]

So i went to the railway station and i said, "Can i have a ticket to Paris please" the man said "Eurostar?" i said "Well ive been on telly but im no Dean Martin" Watch "so i said to this bloke" if you haven't already, its epic.

[@Girlypop346]

jim davidson :)

[@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS]

'Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit' ever heard of that phrase?

[@kinsmansteve]

I've heard that phrase, yes. It isn't true.

[@realPromotememedia]

It’s a thick persons response when they finally fall in but haven’t got a reply

[@dilboy1234]

ha ha classic stuff! I saw him two months ago and although hes brilliant its amazing he has got away with telling the same jokes for 14 years!!!

[@realPromotememedia]

Yeah . . .bit like going to see a band really . . . Same old favourite hits . . . . Sandwiched between totally forgettable stuff.

[@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS]

that would be sarcasm

[@robert8566]

Confusious says man who walks thru airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok

[@tootsy1100]

I used to fancy judy something rotten 🤤

[@TheFogey17]

but sarcasm is used by the smart people to insult the dumb without them knowing, Simon Amstell does this the best and also David Mitchell

[@fuckamericanidiot]

the hokey cokey gang.......painfully predictable

[@MKShaggy1985]

The funny thing is he is still doing the exact same jokes today - look at some of the other KZbin clips taken in the last few years.

[@BS-jr3dl]

It's funny, that, mate, as I just checked a performance on Saturday Night Live from 1996. Now, you would expect just 2 years later he would be telling some of the same jokes; not one of the jokes here was used in that set. So, you're wrong.

[@kevingreen3781]

Still tell those same jokes today needs new material don’t you think

[@Pwecko]

All these jokes will be new to some people. Some will be new to some people. Even some of those people who have heard them all before still enjoy hearing them. Like most comedians, I guess he keeps his new stuff for live performances.

[@fuckthis81]

No different to most stand ups. Peter Kay for instance

[@brianparsons5026]

oki koke gag brillant

[@markillingworth1929]

Really?

[@yousurfer2]

not bad for a first tv performance. He knows the jokes are bad that's why he looks at the audience in that way, reminds me of tommy cooper

[@deanmoncaster]

He copied Tommy cooper in a couple of those..... The roll neck and bobble jokes

[@stewartnell]

Been doing the same old act for decades

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Yeah puns

[@LivesInLibertyCity]

Same style... Because that's his genre perhaps?? 🤔

[@joshjayaratnasingam]

When I worked in the local library a man walked up to me and said, 'what are the odds on today's race?' I said, 'Sorry mate, but this is a library. The bookies is just around the corner.'

[@deanmoncaster]

Erm... Thanks?

[@jasonayres]

In the realm of What are hippies for? They hold up your leggies.

[@williamyoung7204]

His jokes were pish then n still pish noo

[@waynebennett7792]

Zero stage presence

[@tost6956]

Incorrect

[@chrisdonaghey5749]

Wow that was bad 💤

[@kramniboh1189]

Awful.

[@SubjectRandom21]

Bloody awful. Argh, the cringe!

[@tost6956]

It great. How is it cringy???

[@smhussain62]

Oh, man. This is terrible. These are the kinds of jokes I used to tell when I was 16. I grew out of that phase by 17. What? 149 likes, 8 dislikes. His last joke was at least passable.