Have I Got a Bit More News for You S65 E9. Harry Hill. 9 June 23

Harry Hill is guest host, with panellists Jack Dee and Zing Tsjeng joining team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop

[@angeladawn805]

Cheers ViVaHD. Every time I have the pleasure of viewing the unabridged editions, I can't understand why they don't broadcast the full episode in its full glory

[@ysbyttybedbug]

They do! BBC2, midweek some time 😊

[@mreckes9967]

Season 65 has been exceptional so far, and I've always been a fan.

[@buggerall]

Yeah, they've been on fire lately.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

I remember Trump reading Yo semites' ! I appreciate the reminder from Paul. 😆

[@sharonmullins1957]

Love Jack Dee's dry sardonic wit.

[@eshaibraheem4218]

Jack Dee and Paul Merton are my dream team ...

[@lauragranger9813]

they bounce off each other really well

[@owenfitzgerald3219]

In Eamonn Holmes's case the GB in GBN stands for Gormless Bastard.

[@frankrives9964]

I love how no one laughs harder, even when he is the butt of the joke, than Ian.

[@EricBrettJones]

Long experience...

[@cuzned1375]

ViVaHD, hero to Americans!

[@1969Kismet]

And again, thank you, ViVaHD! Master of dead pan: Jack Dee.

[@cwbrooks5329]

Hooray! Thanks from the US.

[@samb1123]

Ian has spent enough time in court to know you shouldn't show up without evidence.

[@williamkeily6686]

Great line up. Zing Tsjeng was very funny.

[@seanmegan1278]

Thanks so much for the upload, much appreciated ❤

[@joanne4758]

Brilliant - I thought this show had disappeared. Thanks for posting. (NZ)

[@eastvandb]

Zing Tsjeng is a nice surprise. I'm not familiar with her work, but she's sharp and funny. I hope she comes back.

[@shoredude2]

In the edited version, she appeared knowledgeable but not funny. In the unedited version she was funnier.

[@eastvandb]

@@shoredude2 I can see how that could happen. I thought she was quite playful and held her own pretty well with actual comedians.

[@ethzero]

There was an episode just a few weeks ago where it looked like Merton barely said a word in the regular program but a completely different story in the longer cut. TBH, that's why I tend to only watch the longer cuts now.

[@eastvandb]

@@ethzero Yeah, me too. I wait for the extended cut.

[@janewescombe426]

@@ethzero And where can we find the longer cut?

[@duckideva]

Thank you so much ViVa. You've kept me sane for years.

[@c.t5136]

Thank you so much for uploading.

[@chiaroscuroamore]

Thank you for posting this! Loved the shorter one and super looking forward to the extended version!

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

This is the extended version......

[@chiaroscuroamore]

@@michaelcolbourn6719 sorry I should have worded that better. I meant that I was looking forward to this one being the extended one

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

@@chiaroscuroamore ah I got ya! No need to be sorry though :)

[@michaelking8642]

Thank you very much ❤

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@kassistwisted]

Thanks for the upload, ViVa. It seems like there's so much more in this version this week. Great stuff!

[@firestar070]

Just looking to see if this had been posted and I was just on time - thanks vivahd!

[@russellgaudin5981]

Thanks again

[@claudiamueller5475]

Thank you!

[@p5rsona]

Harry is such a funny host, especially with those head turns

[@bbrockert]

The episode really leaned on knowing who he is and what the style references are from, which made this one of the least understandable episodes in a while.

[@abnorris123]

Unless you did know who he is and his style.... And then it made it very understandable. And hilarious.

[@beth12svist]

​@@bbrockert I don't really know who he is and no doubt missed some references but I didn't have a problem finding it funny anyway.

[@sfshinz]

After Mitch McConnell has spent years making me despise turtles, it’s nice that Harry Hill can come along and remind me that I actually kinda like turtles.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@68sweetnovember]

Wonderful

[@juggenbugger]

Harry Hill is a very clever man. Love nearly everything he does.

[@romulusnr]

He comes off as mostly a dim tool on YBF but I suspected he had more depth. He adapts the same brand of comedy here to much higher brow fare and it works cleverly.

[@kevinciccone445]

Couldn't disagree more. Find him utterly unfunny as a "comedian" and his childish jokes didn't fit to the programme at all. Here's hoping we never see him again, on this programme or anywhere else.

[@sn4rff]

brilliant 😃

[@michaelanderson5747]

I always wait for the rebroadcast, great show, thanks.

[@shorerocks]

Paul rocked this one!

[@mindfuldrone]

Thanks for the upload.

[@failuretolaunch4571]

Jack Dee not able to hold his laughter is never not going to be funny.

[@sq1rlsqu4d]

+1 - a few times on Shooting Stars where Vic did the "...with your face like...", too. When Jack laughs, everyone laughs.

[@DennisMoore664]

He was tearing it up!

[@martythemartian99]

So I assume from the triple negative... he is funny? o_O

[@marywood8794]

​@@martythemartian99 Are you the David Mitchell in this comment section? Lol

[@louieberg2942]

@@marywood8794 I could care less about a triple negative. Hyuck hyuck.

[@eddyk3]

I enjoyed this latest episode of TV Burp.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Storms brewing outside, have to stay inside, what am I going to do? How about A Bit More News for You. well, if you insist. Thanks ViVaHD !!

[@goldeneddie]

Very poetic!

[@thehellyousay]

The side eye shots when he landed zingers were perfectly executed.

[@SkepticalTeacher]

Viva VivaHD, ¡¡¡viva!!!❤

[@jemshadow123]

That collar is epic...

[@lyonsja1]

It's an interesting contrast how This Morning reacted to the departure of Scofield compared to how this show responded to when Angus Deaton was booted out.

[@Fiidnrnhr]

I‘d love to see Merton and Dee as a double act.

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

Don't forget that American bathrooms don't always have baths. They call the toilet the restroom or the bathroom. And they describe bathrooms as baths, weirdly!

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I feel like AI would be advanced to know that killing all humanity to make paper clips is a terrible business model, with human beings making up *at least* 80% of the customer base for paper clips.

[@kaspianepps7946]

If the instruction is "make as much money as possible making and selling paper clips" your argument would work, but if the instruction is just "make as many paper clips as possible" (and the AI has direct control of a bunch of robots) then it could end up killing all humanity. It's an extreme hypothetical trying to emphasise that computers will do what you tell them to do. Exactly what you tell them to do. Also I searched "paperclips" because I wasn't sure if it should have a space or not (both are correct but with a space seems more common) and the first result was Universal Paperclips - an idle game where you play as the AI in this scenario.

[@kevinw712]

I remember there was a message board I used to frequent years ago where up popped this little mouse clicking-based game that caught on like wildfire for awhile, something about the number of times you clicked equaled paper clips being made. it went to insane lengths and like rummaging planets from alternate universes or something like that to continue the iron supply and making hundreds of trillions

[@653j521]

@@kaspianepps7946 At no point did the humans change the instructions? Then they were too stupid to live anyway.

[@rumi9005]

!!! Much credit to Google !!! After hearing the young lady on Ian's team being introduced as (what sounded like) Zing Sing, I typed 'zing sing' into Google and it IMMEDIATELY listed the link to Zing Tsjeng's Wikipedia page at the top! Pretty good algorithms, I guess.

[@noneofyourbizness]

excellent laughs

[@sands7779]

34:35. the hand gestures and expressions 😂😅😂

[@gryphonberlin]

A particularly charming episode .

[@lesleyallerby1295]

A Dr Who storyline a few years ago had a computer programmed for positivity killing off humans who didn't smile. Not far off the paperclip scenario.

[@sk31370n]

9:32 its not 1660 anymore nigel! they have these things called motors now!

[@markc8956]

He missed an opportunity to do his Local News Round Up feature from Alien Fun Capsule!

[@WalterBurton]

👍👍❤❤👍👍

[@bradleybarnett9545]

@18:43 How many paperclips can be made from one human being?

[@sk31370n]

16:19 apple vision PRO? what happened to apple vision amateur?

[@woodypride5497]

Harry never gets old

[@poeiabird]

Good episode. Thanks. FYI to the non-Americans... We call any room with a toilet in it a "bathroom" (maybe a "half bath" if it's just a loo and a sink).

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

So, @Jane Ash, what do you call it when there's a toilet, a bidet and a sink? A " three-quarter bath "? Alternatively if there's no sink in there do you call it a " quarter-bath "? It's a bloody good job that I'm British and not 'posh' because where I come from we just refer to it as " the bog " and we don't call toilet paper that - we call it " bog-roll " instead.

[@charlottebowes7666]

Brit here, I’ve always called any room with a toilet a bathroom. It implies you need to freshen up rather than trash it…😂

[@MPM6785ChitChat]

And if there is no actual bath tub but a walk-in shower it's a shower room😊 Edit: lf only the hand basin and toilet its called a WC, loo or toilet.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@MPM6785ChitChat Only if there's no toilet. If it has a toilet, it's a bathroom.

[@MPM6785ChitChat]

@@beenaplumber8379 l've had a shower room plus a bathroom for years and both have toilets. House has been rented out a few times when living abroad and been advertised with that description. Edit. My sister has the same plus a bedroom Ensuite.

[@ktom5262]

She's witty.

[@MxMattyB]

you need a ladder to reach the top of your collar is our team name

[@mr51406]

38:28 😂 Compare last week’s 80’s hit “Big in Japan” to this week’s “Massage in a brothel.” Washington Nationals ⚾️ : successor franchise to my hometown team, the Montreal Expos. We’re still bitter they left town. Love Jack sincerely laughing, belying his grumpy façade/persona. See also the occasional “In my pants” segments on “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.”

[@bettychatfield2544]

All I could think about at one point was "DAS BOOT" ... sorry I know that is not really funny but that is where my brain went

[@James-ye7rp]

I believe that the ratio of bathrooms to bedrooms has to do with racist policies at the time the building was erected.

[@AndrewTBP]

That's what I was assuming too.

[@sourabhmayekar3354]

Nice

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

We hated the recorder as kids... :D If kids want to make a tune these days, they have apps for that..

[@markloveless1001]

I expect the reason there are so many bathrooms in Blair House is it was built during segregation. The Pentagon has the same issue. But hey, what do I know? I've lived in Little Rock for 40 years....

[@vellavarun]

a reason to live 😂

[@sk31370n]

24:35 charles really looks different with a crown on

[@sk31370n]

4:33 maybe he could have tried 8 inch heels? failing that an 8 foot ladder? im sure he would have made the distance then..

[@davebowman6497]

"I bet your dog Nellie is paying attention now" and the elongated reaction from the audience was epic. Scientific proof that most people have a dirty mind - they just vary in what speed it's working at.

[@stop-the-greed]

The number of bathrooms is because of segregation .. separate bathroom for black maids ... it's the same in the pentagon ... segregation was common until the late 60s .

[@troumer]

No, not really. That's true for the Pentagon because it's actually in Virginia, a state which did have segregation. Blair House is in DC proper; segregation was never law there. I'd guess the excessive number is due to other factors, such as the residents having "guest restrooms" for visitors and accommodating different bathroom preferences for international guests.

[@dwdeclare1965]

24:35 "get out of my pub!"

[@bbgunn917]

tossup between who is more hangdog, Jack or Paul

[@MxMattyB]

29:21 "Here he is. Or here she is. I'm not walking into that trap." first of all, missing out "they" is walking into the pitfall, and second, to use the term "trap" in relation to gender is too suspicious these days

[@sk31370n]

5:15 youd think by now they would have fixed him to a motorized plinth and moved his limbs like a puppet

[@DennisMoore664]

A very silly episode! Thanks again.

[@garrick3727]

I haven't seen Harry Hill in decades. Didn't know he was still doing the rounds. Obviously he hosts some show I don't know.

[@arghjayem]

09:05 Timberlands are crap boots. They’re cheap boots with a “brand” on them. They’re made in sweatshops in China, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam and Bangladesh. You want a real pair of boots it’s got to be something like Nick’s Boots (google them). If a pair of Timberland boots is “the best” he can afford given his PM salary, his personal wealth and his wife’s wealth he either is ignorant or not as wealthy as we think he is. Nick’s boot will outlast Timberland boots, they’re better made and a sound investment. It’s like the Terry Pratchett Sam Vimes boot theory of economics, only Sunak is the rich guy who has still picked the shitty boots.

[@beth12svist]

You get a like for bringing up Sam Vimes' boots theory. 😁

[@garrick3727]

Your are correct in your assessment. They are outdoors boots for people who like posing rather than hiking.

[@DavidDArcy1975]

'at least it's a british uniform'... 🤣🤣🤣 nice one centurion, like it like it

[@MxMattyB]

27:00 i just hope that aliens who are cool enough to make it to earth are also cool enough not to kill us and also cool enough not to be turned away by an image of us as we are

[@lamzwerfpaard5896]

Anyone have the video of the guy punching the plant? That has me up in stitches and I must share 😂

[@Padraigp]

Theres a facility where you can make a clip...its often come up when ive been trying to do something else...couldnt tell you how I did it...a youth might know. 😂😂😂

[@romulusnr]

did Paul Merton just call the Queen "the poor cow" ...

[@hoilst265]

"...because it was a bit pants, wasn't it?"

[@sk31370n]

6:33 whats goin on here? is this a classroom full of naughty students that the teacher has taken their devices from?

[@Fullvinyl]

This is the second time the Washington Nationals have been on HIGNFY this series...weird.

[@Jamal-jv8yc]

He should do a rap for Rishi every month.😂

[@malmopaddy]

love harry hill

[@DKDexter999]

DUUUUUUUUUUUDE, HARRY! Honeytrap! You've got lots of B(ee)'s in your HONEYTRAP, man! Get in the game. (40:40)

[@irbadger]

viva la vivahd! ty :)

[@MrKained123]

Don't get me wrong I like Harry in this capacity. *Cough* his show is terrible *Cough*... But when hes chilled out and not OTT hes funny. Still, I don't know why but I kept getting confused and thinking jack dee was the host... I seriously don't know why lol

[@DanGolag]

Paul: people complain about repeats on BBC 1 but not normally within the same program. Harry: Within the same program.

[@fumthings]

in the "rap" i cant help but notice they rhymed "out" with "itself"... sounded like "owt" and " its sowf" 11:55

[@bentruthuncovers9331]

Bruno Brookes has let itself go

[@Retrobeemer]

*Great episode! He's hoping Harry is invited back again. Paul is always funnier when he has Jack on his team too!*

[@briansmithwins]

I want Frankie Boyle on this show but I’m afraid they’d end up cutting all of his stuff from the broadcast edit.

[@CaesarTjalbo]

He's been on the show several times, none of which was particularly remarkable other than that he sweats a lot.

[@louieberg2942]

@@CaesarTjalbo Sweat or swear?

[@troumer]

@@louieberg2942 Sweat. His first time on, he had huge wet patches.

[@CaesarTjalbo]

@@louieberg2942 If you only know Frankie from his stand up, Mock The Week or New World Order, you probably think of him as a very brutal comedian but he's quite multi-faceted. His books are more subtle and his appearance in Taskmaster was rather different, but not less funny, too.

[@snappycatchy]

Calling Oprah 'Opera' is Ian Hislop unintentionally doing self-parody.

[@kevinw712]

Not that I'm even necessarily like super angry over the plug getting pulled on Mock The Week like I know some others are, but I am a bit curious just as to what the rationale would've been for something like HIGNFY here to keep going, given a certain overlap of material. like is HIGNFY considered more "professional" or something, given actual politicians sometimes appear? granted, MTW had a section that I way more often than not skipped over pretty much entirely (the standup challenge), no matter how much I liked the given comics participating. like you can see these peoples' proper standup routines other places, what I watch these panel shows for is their in the moment, off the cuff banter with each other.

[@JJVernig]

This is probably cheaper... And maybe perceived as a bit more "highbrow", which is a better match with the BBC?

[@Hexon66]

Mock the Week had Dara going for it, but little else. It never recovered from losing Frankie Boyle.

[@tinay9491]

no comparison to MTW, this show wins

[@francescaruby1150]

They should make the programme 45 minutes.

[@edwardhannah8507]

Are you okay?

[@robsmith7655]

If you pause this 2 secs in then Harry's end script is displayed on Screen complete with "APPLAUSE" so he knows when to stop stop talking & pause. The result is on here as well. Good old BBC incompetence.. BEST IN THE WORLD 🙂 Thanks for these vids.

[@mattsan70]

i ddnt see anything

[@kevinw712]

umm, no. It would be there for the same purpose as when it says "LAUGHTER" after a bit, it's simply part of the closed captioning so those hearing impaired can know all the elements that are happening in the broadcast.

[@653j521]

Good old BBC viewer incompetence, it seems, not to know the CC is on.

[@sk31370n]

3:50 isnt that how indian names are pronounced?

[@ivaneames4354]

If the government has to resort to putting out a cringey rap video claiming that they are doing good then they clearly are not. How could they not realise it was going to get instantly torn apart and ridiculed? Smh, lol.

[@beenaplumber8379]

"Charles III was crowned, and I helped!"

[@louieberg2942]

I'm surprised people my age and up still don't understand that rapping isn't some magic language that will hook in all the kids. Every damn time...

[@chrismcbride9471]

Here he is or here she is- I'm not walking into that trap

[@bournemouthisshit]

VERY lovely!