The extended version of HIGNFY. Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by guest host Frank Skinner and panellists Lucy Prebble and Henning Wehn. 4 June 2018
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If you don't have the captions on every program despite need of them or not, you are failing to fully appreciate the absolute artistry of these unsung heroes.
Compared to what HIGNFY used to be, I still find it very funny, and very relevant and a brilliant show we all over the world are lucky to be able to view. I dont know any other country that produces & televizes politically knowledgeable comedians and writers, and witty politicans.
i LOVE the chemistry between Henning and Frank! Love that they gave Henning so much air time as well cuz he's simply brilliant. He's witty and takes a good German joke. ♥
The letter complaining about the buttons on the jackets, and thereby the state of the UK, is the most English thing I, as a foreigner, have seen in a while.
At 38:35 he gets up to go to the loo and "explains" 'I've had enough of all this. I'm going back to Berlin'. Hilarious. But it is straight-faced, spontaneous humour.
I find Hennig funny in three ways. Firstly, he is very witty. Secondly, his usage and pronunciation of English idioms is funny. Thirdly, I am constantly amazed at hearing humour coming from a German (my own biases. Germans are great and Germany a fascinating country but few will deny they're a little stiff).
I can see your point. Growing up, my best friend's mother was from West Germany and never got humor. This was in the America. She was very serious and really seemed to think that people were out to get her instead just joking with her. It was odd because she was fluent in English. Once she thought that my mother was saying that her daughter stole my jacket because she had the same jacket as me. My mother's sarcasm went right over her head and she was deeply offended!
I had problems with a Ryanair flight from Germany once and ended up having a high speed train. I went into the local station to buy a ticket and said that I wanted a Eurostar ticket to London. The guy looked at me and said, in perfect English, with a straight face, When you see the price you might still need it but you won’t want it. Don’t put a whole nation down because of what you read in the Express or Telegraph. 🙂🙂
I love that self check out cashiering is turning into a retail nightmare, if I"m going to self check, I want the employee discount. and that is why you have cashiers/till attendants. shrinkage control...loss prevention.
If stores are going to make me check myself out. The three swipe rule will be in effect. It serves them right for having one EMPLOYEE to watch multiple registers.
At 28:27 the BBC edited image from NZ government website. It reads: "We’re sorry, something’s missing... like NZ on this map." So they did that intentionally!
mssca calm down sweetheart. This is a running joke for us Kiwis. Our gov't was just joining in, to have some fun. The BBC aren't tampering with our Gov't. That's China. No shit. We've got a former Chinese cyber-spy trainer sitting on our opposition benches.
Are avocados sold by weight in major UK grocery chains? Because in my homes, Australia and the US, they're sold mostly per item. Recently I saw someone at a supermarket place a barcode sticker over the barcode of a $20 Camelbak water bottle. I don't know whether they were caught or how much they ended up paying, but you'd have to think that it happens quite a lot. And the stores would need to be very vigilant to safeguard against it.
I'm a bit confused about Queen Victoria & the coronation ring finger mix-up. (30 minute mark) Frank read that "...it was sized for her little finger but the Archbishop forced it on her *fourth* finger." I got the gist of the story but the little finger *is* the fourth finger. Do many/most Brits count the thumb as a finger? (No pun intended!) Signed, A curious American
I know this comment is ancient, but I've just watched in 2023: They also made a joke about a wedding ring going on the THIRD finger, which would be correct for the ring finger. So I think the Victoria joke was an error.
@@myoldvhstapes Ooh, well spotted! This question is actually based on context. I'm American, and I teach guitar. In the guitar world, we have 4 fingers and a thumb. I also used to teach anatomy, where we had 5 digits, numbered 1-5. So we use both systems.
10:57 - "I will call him, Mini Mogg". The German's are a lot meeker about the World Cup than the English considering Germany won it 4 times and England a lousy 1.
If it's like any of the other comedy quiz shows, they'll have shot longer than the show length and edited the less funny or more libelous parts out and so the final scores might not represent the actual points shown in the running time.
@@stardogs2084 At some point it became a running joke. In later series Ian's team almost never wins, no matter how well they do. It's part of the "points are meaningless" thing.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"
A bit of bad taste by the Gerry on the gag about the Irish reporter,and how all Irish people sound like that to him,not gone on his bloody accent, don't think Paul Merton was to impressed with the gag also. Brian Flynn, Mullingar, Eire.
