Tim Vine | The Cambridge Union

[@wenchangeljac6343]

I literally do not know how Tim Vine deals with this level of dead brain. The work he puts in to writing some of the most genius jokes ever written. I sometimes feel really upset watching people not get it at all. It scares me for the human race. Tim, you are fxxking brilliant.

[@johnryman-f3c]

iT'S DUMB RICH KIDS CAMBRIDGERS

[@I_Am_The_Paulrus]

"Don't follow that dream" Holy crap - Tim just ad-libbed a fully formed joke at the end there. And it was really good! He's totally underrated as a writer. The craft that goes into those one-liners is impeccable. And although he's known as the pun guy, all of his non-pun gags (like the I-don't-have-wife one) are fantastic as well. Pure clever silliness

[@tom4626]

My word - was looking forward to an interview and insight as a Tim Vine fan - it was like a bunch of students had bumped into him at Zizzis and started asking him to perform

[@DMBtomp]

What a rough crowd! You'd have thunk people would have been quicker/looked him up on KZbin before to see his style, so they could appreciate it on the day. Especially these bright lot!!

[@reemlsilkworm]

I was waiting for hockey stick behind the ear :D Tim is the king of the one liner... Has made me literally expell tea from my nose and ears.. Well okay just my ears.

[@binghamguevara6814]

This is the best Cambridge interview ever

[@ALabSoftware]

Love Tim, saw him live in Hastings a few weeks ago!

[@Thewingkongexchange]

The hockey stick question was golden. You could say he pucked it out of thin air.

[@Picnicl]

The audience (who are there more to hear / see a conversation than be in a gig, remember) laughed a lot (and remember that the audience will have heard some of these jokes before so even some laughter will be out of politeness or due to Tim's delivery). The audience understandably particularly laughed when something was conversational / appeared to be an adlib / could have only been said at that meeting. The interviewer was also engaged with Tim's style and no doubt made things easier for Tim filling 75 minutes by sometimes being a light hearted, polite, pun adlibber and comedy foil. I don't know why people hear / see otherwise.

[@vaslav030547]

He's very Cooper. Barrel of laughs!

[@SamOwenI]

to be honest to the interviewer, at least the guy is trying. Many people would not dare to slot in their own jokes, particularly when sat opposite the pun king himself.

[@e-d461]

Now I can't get "Pen behind the ear" out of my head.

[@SeanHegartyComedian]

Don't think the audience are to blame here. The room's not set up for comedy one bit. For a start the audience are facing each other, it's too bright and by the looks of it, there's about 40 people in a huge room. Tim dealt with it like the pro he is. Very, very funny given the situation. Looked hard work.

[@MrDaiseymay]

absolutely.

[@janderson2709]

I don't think the Audience were bad, I just think the guy interviewing leaves too longer pause when Tim has finished speaking.

[@boggybogallow]

I'm thinking of setting up my own business selling pasties and pastries on airlines. I know what you're thinking. It all sounds a bit pie in the sky.

[@steerpike50]

no . just a bit flaky

[@djdavegolden]

lets hope you can earn a crust out of it

[@trystangriffiths8448]

Half baked idea.

[@tomtom21194]

I'm sure it'll take off

[@gedofgont1006]

Oh, go away! Go on, choux! 🤓

[@robertcolema]

Hope they paid Tim for this gig, he managed to get through it ,really tough audience

[@rickyleeufc]

I've got tonnes of questions that was never asked.. can't help but feel I would have nailed this interview..🤔

[@cardinalnight3883]

I think they appreciated him didn't they?

[@e-d461]

My father invented pastry headphones. He was a real Pie-on-ear kind of guy.

[@ots1634]

hmm

[@tc98826]

Works better like: My Dad invented the world's first pastry headphones. Pioneer.

[@tomconlon2364]

I first heard of Tim through the Jape Vine.

[@davevikkuz6821]

Proof Tim Vine could cope co hosting an evening with a demanding toddler and still get away with it. Watching this for the third time consecutively, the awkwardness I'm feeling for him is taking on synesthetic qualities. Like the entire film is actually a reconstruction of the last 60 minutes of a hostage's captivity. Imagine he's trapped by a weird cult and if he can keep them entertained for long enough the pills for the mass ritual death cult will work and he can creep out. Comedy on an unintentional level

[@dyslexic89]

I liked it but why do they make it last over an hour? Tim was really trying to keep it fun. I agree the audience did not get it all the time. But the chap running the interview was not good at all there was way too many spaces and silence s that tim felt he had to fill. When really the interviewer should have pushed things along. But over all it was ok

[@zaroffhound]

must be difficult being naturally springy & vivaciously funny whilst being surrounded by woodworm.

[@kirknewton100]

Brilliant.

[@juliusseesaw5450]

Punslinger meets bumclingers

[@DRAINPIPE57]

I think the audience were split 50/50 with the laughter Weird layout but needed a close up camera for interview .Great comedian seen plenty times live because if dead wouldn't hear any jokes

[@harpothehealer]

Yes this was difficult for Tim but he got through it, fine. The young interviewer was fine but he hadn't learnt the golden rule that Tim had attempted to educate him on very early on. The interviewer has to be the straight man, you don't try out or compete or attempt to do anything other than being the interviewer and the straight man. Anything else spells disaster. The interviewer should have used story telling anecdotes of his own experience of life or whoever to tee up Tim Vine and evolve the conversation for new ground as well as old to be explored. )

[@ashleyp.4932]

This just shows how timing is so important to a joke. The gag, that Tim Vine won an award for, is ruined by the poor timing of the Introducer reading it out.

[@ots1634]

he is better than you

[@JamesLee-xw5gb]

Feel sorry for tim here, funny, but the wankers of an audience didn't understand it, theyre so boring!

[@thegardenoffragileegos1845]

poshies.

[@arwahsapi]

Immigrants

[@ots1634]

maybe he is not that funny?

[@Dug6666666]

His act works best at a rapid fire pace with hi energy where the audience is full engauge trying to keep up. Not so much in a low energy interview with a few zingers forced in to keep it light.

[@trendydelquendy]

I think he does extremely well. That Jamie Demetriou one radicalised me.

[@rosstaylor1979]

Very good.

[@AttachedFileDracula]

I once had a nihilistic turtle for a teacher. Taught us nothing.

[@ots1634]

a turtle is not a tortoise

[@WebsiteRight]

Can someone fill me in on what joke the interviewer is trying to make on 8:00? Work abroad, or just guys? What?! Seriously have no idea.

[@mrlister2000]

A "broad" is slang for a lady.

[@FTzFT]

Should have taken a straw poll about that scarecrow joke...

[@johnrichardson544]

+MrAserFiles He's outstanding in his field !

[@philhutchinson5885]

Explain the joke at 1:05:30 please?

[@samlejambon]

16 is 91 upside down.... geddit?

[@Avengers24-sw7cv]

Crime in multi storey car parks is wrong on so many levels.

[@MileyonDisney]

1:12:00 Why is the interviewer wearing clown shoes???

[@BaronQ]

Actually let me add... As this progresses, reminds me of a party I was at as a student. Was studying law, they were all medics. The lack of interest or being human in the face of 'i do something different to you' or 'I'm not exactly the same as you' was staggering... You knew you'd arrived at closed mind dullards city...

[@VeggieGamer]

At the pen behind the ear bit and am worried that there is another hour of this video D:

[@petethedrummer]

The presenter couldn't get the rhythm of it either.

[@neilonaniet]

He was, at that point, a quarter of the way through his act.

[@steveo7165]

Now the other ear. :-)

[@moonpawooe7134]

Today I have been mostly eating spuds 😊

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Tim's joke work better when you can see his facial expressions.

[@tomconlon2364]

Has anyone cracked the Jape Vine joke?

[@lotmitanni971]

Luv tom vine

[@mrmochay9222]

I prefer Tim

[@ots1634]

@@mrmochay9222 i much prefer tom

[@0910_today_memory-card1_saved]

♥

[@stujd1539]

Mayhem broke out at the tosser's convention until the MC said "come on guys, pull yourselves together".

[@Iamjimpage]

Alon - ITS NOT ABOUT YOU

[@briscoethecollie1510]

Alon? What's all that about? They never give their kids names like 'Barry' do they?

[@symbionet]

Tough crowd, Does the interviewer have very big feet or was he wearing clown shoes For the occasion.

[@jonathanjackson4983]

Tim certainly earned is money that night! Audience too intelligent (or stupid) to appreciate brilliant humour - should be ashamed. Tim's a great comedian

[@colinsoper3291]

.. cue tumbleweed..

[@RTD553]

Tim is right. That was a terrible warmup. Meanwhile, that kid will manage to drop into every conversation for the rest of his life that he went to Cambridge, despite being talentless, clueless, and lacking warmth.

[@stevesandford8993]

LIKE this INTERVIEWER!!!!! xx SF

[@Alrukitaf]

Needs a close up shot. Camera too far away. Hard to see the facial expressions - that’s critical in standup comedy. Obviously the producers of this clip didn’t consider that angle (!)

[@danlloyd9996]

Whose that noddy interviewing. State of him.

[@briscoethecollie1510]

You mean 'Alon'? Look he's the Michaelmas 2013 Executive Officer, you know, show some respect for that! Mummy and Daddy were so pleased with him for getting that.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

no script ....

[@alokveyagami]

This was not a vine.

[@fingerhorn4]

Poor Tim. Would have been better discarding the interview and just doing his thing. He handled it with great dignity and politeness. A tragic waste of his great talent courtesy of embarrassingly inept host, the wrong seating, lighting. And this is the home of footlights?

[@manofconstantsorrow]

The interviewer and the audience is fine (nice babe in the bootom left corner). Stop whining.

[@TAILSESTVITA1955]

as tim said at the start , this is worst set up for a gig , people facing each other , lights on the audience , a twat for an interviewer , tim tried to jolly it along but think it should have been cut to 20 mins , it was like a giant panda in places [ big paws ] .

[@colin72]

Cambridge couldn’t find a less awkward interviewer?

[@markymark2819]

those students clearly didn't get his humour. I feel for him - he took it in good spirit.

[@Alrukitaf]

Hard to work up enthusiasm when you’ve heard them before. The price of KZbin.

[@moonpawooe7134]

Scorchio 🙂

[@psic881]

Cambridge Union are soooo not impressed with anyone. Resistance extrordinaire. Pen behind the ear. That is only funny when the humour is obviously taking the piss. Comedians who really wish to die ... line up.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Tim's REAL fans are there by choice, they PAY to see/hear him, in a proper theatre which is obviously designed for this.

[@coecovideo]

boring audience

[@AR-iy7oy]

What a bunch of chinless wonders, absolutely no idea what real comedy is, they have the great Tim Vine practically in their laps and his humour goes straight over their heads, they could not even get together for Pen behind the ear.

[@davidarmstrong1666]

A Tribe of Toffs...

[@briscoethecollie1510]

Wunch of bankers more like...

[@RazorSharpChannel]

wut 9:56 (bottom left)

[@neilonaniet]

A fly, I think. Or a moth. it's there at 06:10 too.

[@briscoethecollie1510]

Aliens, bro, aliens

[@briscoethecollie1510]

Toff at the start has about as much charisma as something that has absolutely no charisma that doesn't even know what the word charisma means, in fact if he Googled charisma he'd find absolutely nothing, not even Charisma Carpenter, that fit one out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in fact she doesn't even exist on his wavelength or even dimension.

[@tjfSIM]

Tim was brilliant as always, but the interviewer was truly awful, and very annoying.

[@dannydorko7075]

Unfortunately, though a lot of people in oxbridge have brains, they don't have personalities...

[@beuxjmusic]

Here, here, Dorko! They can fill you with knowledge but they can't teach you how to comprehend! And few places even try to teach timing and confidence, sadly... I think the interviewer just needs practice to build more confidence. Being loud and essentially rude (interrupting a guest to help them move a sentence on, for eg) is a big part of Presenting a talk-show, after all!

[@somesinger1575]

The interviewer needed to be the straight man, but unfortunately he wanted some lime light it appeared.

[@briscoethecollie1510]

@@somesinger1575 No straight men in Cambridge, they all lean the other way, knowwarramean?

[@MartinMcMartin]

PAINFUL !!!

[@edrowland8172]

B

[@jonathanthorpe3037]

These guys may well be intelligent but they have no personality whatsoever. Tim Vine is miles ahead of them.

[@Picnicl]

A personality can barely be even partly judged by a laugh. They wouldn't be likely to be going to see Tim Vine at all if they were half as bad as you claim.

[@the_Giovanni_Jian]

The host didn't have a single clever repartee, he really needs to loosen up a bit

[@colinsoper3291]

the awkwardness is simply down the interviewer being incompetent.

[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

16:22-18:42 Went on far too long. Host was good though

[@BackOfTheNeto-7]

Guy doing the interview is poor

[@tinyblight]

tedious hour, lack of interview, poorly paced, slow crowd

[@08453300222]

I make up some great jokes, but also some groans and even the odd ones that even I dont get!. God loves Atheists, but is ambivalent about agnostics. Drawings pins with a pencil, do you get the point.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

The presenter and the audience are half dead. Tim Vine is wasted on them.

[@tomconlon2364]

Tim is a bit of a joker.

[@MrAndygayle]

Interviewer a bit annoying...trying to be to clever.

[@jeremyskelton1604]

sorry Tim I had to turn him off.

[@mikewilliams258]

Embarrassingly awful!

[@akaNOCTURN]

Awkward

[@thechief337]

Tim vine is the worst comedian in the UK .... amazes me how he Betts work .

[@thechief337]

Getts

[@paulfletcher4213]

Gets

[@shirokzo6300]

He’s so good, you haven’t got a clue. Such a natural funny man and it’s all in the delivery

[@ziggarillo]

You've not got a good ear for comedy.