The difference between Mark and Simon was that mark could recognise and take a good comeback. Simon however just had to go along with his dads ejaculation.
@@john.premose The hell? I don't know the man personally but from everything I've seen he LOVES music. You think the singing bit at 1:30 was scripted? He knows every word. He's hosted Early Rock and Skiffle based shows pretty much out of his basement for like a decade just out of his love for a bunch of albums that 99.9% of the viewership of this show would never have heard of. Just look at how hard he fanboy-ed over Jimmy Cliff.
I remember if my mum was working a late shift at the hospital, my Dad would sometimes let me stay up and watch Buzzocks with him. He was normally quite strict and not especially a fan of profanities, but I can clearly remember him almost in tears laughing at Mark Lamar going off about Chris Moyles. RIP Dad.
I used to go and watch these being recorded live. Mark would always do an hour long warm up stand up routine before the show started and he was epic! Definitely one of the best live comedians I have ever seen. Great times!
I used to go and see then too. At the start, he would run through the format with the audience and get everyone warmed up. On one occasion, "After I've introduced each team, that's when you applaud, don't applaud individual guests, ok?" Lamarr introduces each guest and a few people applaud, ok let's go again, DON'T applaud until I've introduced THE TEAM.....OK, we get it, sorry.....Lamarr introduces a couple of guests and then a few in the audience get it wrong and applaud again "LOOK YOU C--TS, I said DON'T applaud until the WHOLE TEAM has been introduced FFS" This got a big laugh. I always got the impression that ML was only half-joking though. He was a funny guy but seemed unhappy. I heard he's doing the in-flight radio for British Airways now. A bit sad really.
Bursting Wizard it was brilliant! I kid you not when I say this...I used to laugh so hard during his sets that my face had cramp for 3 days afterwards! Very very very talented comedian!
I liked Mark , his dry whit never failed to make people laugh and taking the rise out of some who were so dumb to realise was brilliant. He is also quick thinking and rarely without a response when verbally attacked, that was a unique show with him at the helm and could never be duplicated.
The Bill bailey one has always been my favourite moment on that show. Had me I stitches when I originally watched it. Two of my favourite comedians by far.
He was just the only person who was just so quick to take the piss and responded to the replys,, He owed the show and it was great every week, BRILLIANT
“Also on Phil’s team- The man who can list singer, dancer, actor and presenter on his cv- all after the word ‘failed’, the man I like to call Won’t Smith, it’s Richard Blackwood!”
Lamarr is a legend. His best line for me was on one of the line-ups: “is it number one... a little more lovin? Is it it number 2...a little left on the plate wouldn’t kill you” lmfao
He bloody wasn't, he didn't have the charisma or the ability to snap back he had no quick fire wit. Noel Fielding was worse which is why Amstel isn't criticised.
@@commanderaugustus7882 Hughes, just 51 years old, had been picked up from his home by an ambulance on Sunday night. On the way to hospital he went into cardiac arrest. He died shortly afterwards. It transpired that he was also suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.
He always somehow looked like a 15 year old in his dad’s suit to give a speech at school and at the same time was also the spitting image of a middle-aged bloke from the 1950s with crippling debt and a terrible marriage, which would always intrigue and confuse me in equal measure. GOD I miss this show.
Mark was always on point. Quick witted with vast knowledge of contemporary music. He was able to poke fun at the guests without being overly nasty. Simon had some great moments but he also had a tendency to be plain spitefully mean.
Completely agree. Mark was genuinely funny and could take it as well as dish it out. Simon Anstell could only take the piss out of people and fell apart if anyone gave it back to him. He seems like a pretty horrible person tbh whereas Mark seems just the opposite.
@@Hyperllam4 It was a bad thing because it led to people not wanting to be on the show. It got increasingly difficult to book guests with Simon as the host.
Cracks me up when they play the bonanza theme theme and Mark Lamarr is all like "where'd ya get that from?". Simpler times. I can only assume the delay was them running and getting the cassette.
Jim Phill hey kids, here’s a lesson for you. The internet couldn’t play music back in the late 90s. And even if it could, the delay would be longer than going finding the tape like they did.
@@iamtheoneandonly9361 Bill's face and how happy he looks saying 'In the burrow...' just kills me 😂 I wish they'd repeat these episodes somewhere, great show at the time.
As much as I loved Sean Hughes, IMO Bill's era was the best. Him constantly annoying Mark with the cheese and weasels comments, until the episode where Fearne Cotton was on and the next lines round was all childrens songs and Bill sang most of them perfectly. th-cam.com/video/nxVjcUkT5E4/w-d-xo.html
I love you Mark Lamarr.Very funny and great music at 9.30 for an hour on BBC2..yep I did press record on tape and still got them to play. hope you're well. thanks x
Twice I have seen Mark be genuinely scared of a guest. One was Lemmy which is understandable the other was Jah Wobble. Wobble seems a really laid back kinda guy but there must be something about him in person. He would have been bass player in the Sex Pistols instead of Sid Vicious but Malcolm McLaren was too scared of Wobble.
I remember a few years back (yeah somehow I remember this, my memory has a knack for remembering stupid things) there was this youtube commenter who was seriously accusing Mark Lamarr of abuse. It was like the guy had never seen comedy in his life.
I once owned Mark Lamarr. I met him outside a bar in Edinburgh some years ago, and pretended to get all star struck, which he quite enjoyed because he had a lady with him at the time. Then I deliberately addressed him by the wrong name, pretending to have confused him with Terry Christian. The girl he was with pissed herself laughing and he knew he'd been well and truly got. Good sport.
My best friend went to a party where the lead singer of The Kooks was. My mate knew who he was but asked him what he did. My mate: what do you do Kooks: I'm a singer in a band My mate: cool, who's your band? Kooks: The kooks My mate: never heard of them, any good? My friend does this every time he is in the company of "famous" people
I once owned mark also, he was getting all close with this girl at a festival and when he was about to go back to her room after kissing her all night....I had to let him know it was a man dressed in drag 🤷🏻♂️😂
My favourite Lamarr moment was when he said this: "....Stuart Adamson who later became a Big Country member. And remember we do!" Stuart Adamson was a guest on the show the following week.
@@matthewstephens6848 "The Paris Hilton work was a low point for me" "The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket..." 😂😂😂
Was just watching a clip of Dave Chappelle where he was saying that he's so good, he writes jokes backwards and starts with the punchline....immediately made me think of Lamar! He was so good, he ONLY needed to read the unused punchlines to make us laugh and didn't even have to start with the setup!!! Dude was a fucking legend!!
Lucky enough to watch two episodes being filmed at Shepherds Bush, both when Mark was host. If you thought it was funny on screen, there was SOOOOO much that couldn't make the final cut for being too rude for BBC and for legal reasons...
Mark is the perfect example of how funny barely contained rage and unpredictable wit can be.
He was a miserable person who hated music hosting a show supposedly about music.
@@john.premose yeah one of the few times the host being miserable saved his performance. I hope he's doing better now.
The difference between Mark and Simon was that mark could recognise and take a good comeback. Simon however just had to go along with his dads ejaculation.
He's a greasy, cockney wide-boy.
@@john.premose The hell? I don't know the man personally but from everything I've seen he LOVES music. You think the singing bit at 1:30 was scripted? He knows every word. He's hosted Early Rock and Skiffle based shows pretty much out of his basement for like a decade just out of his love for a bunch of albums that 99.9% of the viewership of this show would never have heard of.
Just look at how hard he fanboy-ed over Jimmy Cliff.
I remember if my mum was working a late shift at the hospital, my Dad would sometimes let me stay up and watch Buzzocks with him. He was normally quite strict and not especially a fan of profanities, but I can clearly remember him almost in tears laughing at Mark Lamar going off about Chris Moyles. RIP Dad.
Seems even more validated when you find out that chris moyles is the kind of person who runs of with his so called mate's wife.
Your Dad IS a legend. Not WAS, IS. Sorry for your loss, my dude x
Sorry about your dad. Xx
My dad used to let me stay up to watch this too when my mum was working nights. He died a few years ago too 💚
The late 90s. Mark lamarr was smashing it on never mind the buzzcocks and i had my life ahead of me. Good times.
Lady Squiffington you and me both.
That’s sad because it’s true. I look at myself now and think wtf
It was I must agree, glad you felt the same 💫
20 years ago now, and what have we done?
how did your life turn out.
I used to go and watch these being recorded live. Mark would always do an hour long warm up stand up routine before the show started and he was epic! Definitely one of the best live comedians I have ever seen. Great times!
I used to go and see then too. At the start, he would run through the format with the audience and get everyone warmed up. On one occasion, "After I've introduced each team, that's when you applaud, don't applaud individual guests, ok?" Lamarr introduces each guest and a few people applaud, ok let's go again, DON'T applaud until I've introduced THE TEAM.....OK, we get it, sorry.....Lamarr introduces a couple of guests and then a few in the audience get it wrong and applaud again "LOOK YOU C--TS, I said DON'T applaud until the WHOLE TEAM has been introduced FFS" This got a big laugh. I always got the impression that ML was only half-joking though. He was a funny guy but seemed unhappy. I heard he's doing the in-flight radio for British Airways now. A bit sad really.
Wow that sounds epic!
I wish I could see that, damn
Bursting Wizard it was brilliant! I kid you not when I say this...I used to laugh so hard during his sets that my face had cramp for 3 days afterwards! Very very very talented comedian!
What happened to him?
I never knew how great TV was back then, it was just normal to watch insanely smart guys with quick wit and style, Lamarr being top dog. What a bloke
And then we got even more american media influence...
Our children's documentaries where less dumbed down than their high brow adult stuff.
Unless it's been banned., now we can't watch anything without a trigger warning.
Preston: I had a great time on Buzzcocks last time, so happy they invited me back and Simon Amstell seems like a decent fella.
lol, I was amazed to see he had been on the show before. Guy's an oversensitive twat.
"I was only reading from his girlfreind's book"
*its his wife*
"I was only reading from his wife's book"
@@Lucifronz wifes
@@LawrieRobb wife's
@@oedipamaas2067 wines
I LOVED his reaction when the producers somehow managed to break out the "Bonanza" theme tune at 2:41, hilarious! XD
I liked Mark , his dry whit never failed to make people laugh and taking the rise out of some who were so dumb to realise was brilliant.
He is also quick thinking and rarely without a response when verbally attacked, that was a unique show with him at the helm and could never be duplicated.
Sean Lock would have nailed it. Also very dry wit and rapier like speed with a comeback. RIP.
@@Chris-i0i0i0 Would've been a perfect replacement - greatly missed - RIP
Whit Sunday?
I miss Mark Lamarr being on the telly.
Top bloke. Proper fella in real life too.
@@theatheistmonk4385 Haven't we all
@@LuxTheSlav Haha
Any idea what he does now? Haven't seen or heard of him in years.
@@SluttChops I'm not, so I can't follow him, but thanks for the info. Glad to hear he is still expressing himself somehow.
@@Chris-i0i0i0 He's a music producer now, apparently. Though, if you have Twitter, you could always ask him what else he's up to.
The Bill bailey one has always been my favourite moment on that show. Had me I stitches when I originally watched it. Two of my favourite comedians by far.
......."solitary WEASEL" 🤣
He was just the only person who was just so quick to take the piss and responded to the replys,,
He owed the show and it was great every week, BRILLIANT
I hope he’s doing well nowadays. One of the icons of the nineties for sure! Seemed like a top bloke
Number 8 was pure class of the production team being able to keep up with him with that nice suprise
I liked Simon Amstell, he did really well having to follow Mark Lamarr, but these highlights just remind me just how brilliant Mark was as the host.
Couldn't stand that little twat.
Sorry but Amstell was crap
Making Preston walk off was the highlight for me 😂
Lamarr and Amstell were both brilliant.
Amstell was wonderful
I think Tom Hardy studied Mark lamarr to practice for his role as Ronnie kray
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one thinking of him looking like Ronnie Kray
Thinking the exact same thing..mad!
Reggie was based on Tommy Cooper though.
Ronnie or reggie
Funny I thought of Hardy's Reggie too
Him singing always got me excited. His voice actually was nice.
His voice on Buttercup is actually fucking perfect
Phill jupitus as his backup singer 😂
@Steve Grow up
They call him Mr. Bombastic
hes a decent singer
My favourite Lamarr quote on NMTB was "Stuart Adamson went on to be a Big Country member. And we do remember" 🤣🤣🤣
Funniest joke I ever heard
One of the funniest lines ever on TV.
“Also on Phil’s team- The man who can list singer, dancer, actor and presenter on his cv- all after the word ‘failed’, the man I like to call Won’t Smith, it’s Richard Blackwood!”
Mark Lamar bossed that show. Tuned in for his banter alone.
Lamarr is a legend. His best line for me was on one of the line-ups: “is it number one... a little more lovin? Is it it number 2...a little left on the plate wouldn’t kill you” lmfao
I remember that well. Wouldn't get aired these days.
@@ravecrab Loved those line-ups. And the unforgettable Athelstan!
Simon Amstell was a good replacement, but I miss the nifty fifties bin man in general. Also pang of sadness when I saw Sean Hughes...RIP
He bloody wasn't, he didn't have the charisma or the ability to snap back he had no quick fire wit. Noel Fielding was worse which is why Amstel isn't criticised.
Didn't even know he died!!
@@jediknight1294 I dunno, Amstell was good. The shit with Donnie Tourette was fucking hilarious!
@@commanderaugustus7882 Hughes, just 51 years old, had been picked up from his home by an ambulance on Sunday night. On the way to hospital he went into cardiac arrest. He died shortly afterwards. It transpired that he was also suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.
@@commanderaugustus7882 Have you been in prison?
Still the best host. It's just the dry cynical wit that really has me rolling.
Number 6. Marks every other song recorded and Phils appreciative nod at The Specials. Love this one.
Forgotten how much I miss Mark Lamarr from TV generally. And his Radio 2 specialist shows too.
He always somehow looked like a 15 year old in his dad’s suit to give a speech at school and at the same time was also the spitting image of a middle-aged bloke from the 1950s with crippling debt and a terrible marriage, which would always intrigue and confuse me in equal measure.
GOD I miss this show.
Great description!
Mixed with the lead singer of Talking Heads
Mark was always on point. Quick witted with vast knowledge of contemporary music. He was able to poke fun at the guests without being overly nasty. Simon had some great moments but he also had a tendency to be plain spitefully mean.
>he also had a tendency to be plain spitefully mean
You're saying it like it's a bad thing.
Completely agree. Mark was genuinely funny and could take it as well as dish it out. Simon Anstell could only take the piss out of people and fell apart if anyone gave it back to him. He seems like a pretty horrible person tbh whereas Mark seems just the opposite.
@@Hyperllam4 It was a bad thing because it led to people not wanting to be on the show. It got increasingly difficult to book guests with Simon as the host.
Simon is trying his best to be Mark Lamarr, but he isn't close.
@@chrishayes2207i don't believe that
Picking just 10 moment where he owned must have been a difficult task. He was brilliant, I wish the show was still available somewhere.
It is.
All the series are. .I watch them regularly. Hilarious.
@@Rippershammer Where? For me, the iPlayer only shows series 18 and up.
I love Jimmy Carr’s stare when Mark is singing “Build me up Buttercup”.
Yeah, he was just sitting there like -help-
“You’re being a silly goose” I always say thanks to mark lamarr
Me too
Mark was brilliant, I miss him being on tv.
I loved Mark's shocked glee at hearing the Bonanza theme.
Cracks me up when they play the bonanza theme theme and Mark Lamarr is all like "where'd ya get that from?".
Simpler times. I can only assume the delay was them running and getting the cassette.
They had hard drives ya numpty!!
Yea this isnt the early 90s. They had internet and CDs and I dunno storage with music on
Jim Phill hey kids, here’s a lesson for you. The internet couldn’t play music back in the late 90s. And even if it could, the delay would be longer than going finding the tape like they did.
His face when they start playing it.
z ohhh yes it could, despite the lack of TH-cam.
'Solitary Weasel' was the funniest part of his
In the burrow...
@@iamtheoneandonly9361 Bill's face and how happy he looks saying 'In the burrow...' just kills me 😂
I wish they'd repeat these episodes somewhere, great show at the time.
Your human friends r tried to save you 😂😂😂😂..
This is the exact energy black mums beat their kids with. 😂😂😂
As much as I loved Sean Hughes, IMO Bill's era was the best. Him constantly annoying Mark with the cheese and weasels comments, until the episode where Fearne Cotton was on and the next lines round was all childrens songs and Bill sang most of them perfectly.
th-cam.com/video/nxVjcUkT5E4/w-d-xo.html
Riverbank
An absolute legend of a presenter! One of a kind!
The line-up was one of the best bits and just for all the names you'd hear and get funnier through each one.
I love how Claudia cracks up when he starts to sing. Also Thumbs up for Phil who starting singing backup
Lamarr was brilliant back then, loved him on The Word,
NMTB was Lamarr at his epic best , miss those days
"To be fair, I didn't watch the Brits performance. I had to knock a wall through that night.
With my FIST!"
I almost shat myself with laughter.
Mark was very clever and witty. His comebacks were brilliant.
I wish Mark Lamarr would come back to television.
Bring back Buzzcocks WITH Lamarr and make Friday nights amazing again!
This was the show to watch back in the day, I used to hate it when Mark would say goodbye.
Preston just sat there thinking it's out of order
Lamarr’s voice is so gruff and deep and badass
That's the cause of countless pints of bleech
Lamarr was so good he was off the scale on that programme.
Absolutely. It was unmissable, I can't think of any show I'm even slightly bothered about.
I love you Mark Lamarr.Very funny and great music at 9.30 for an hour on BBC2..yep I did press record on tape and still got them to play. hope you're well. thanks x
This show with Lamarr as host was one of the funniest things I ever watched
I second that.
RIP Sean Hughes
Mark Lamarr and Bill Bailey were some of the funniest moments on TV and I miss them both.
Bill Bailey is hilarious 👍
Are they dead?
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle no, just Lamar only really does radio now and bill bailey has other things todo.
@@CrashHeadroomLike selling out enormous theatres all over the world 😁
Watched Lamar on Buzzcocks the first time around and had forgotten just how good it was!
Best intro: "Love don't live here anymore... not since Kurt shot himself anyway"
Gosh I miss the Lamarr Buzzcocks years!
the fact the skit with Kenzi where he sung house of the rising sun isnt in this is heartbreaking
Craig Henderson one of the funniest scenes on Buzzcocks that.
And sounded great too 😂
"Clammy hands" Partridge moment Mark even sounds a bit like Partridge when he says it.
Twice I have seen Mark be genuinely scared of a guest.
One was Lemmy which is understandable the other was Jah Wobble. Wobble seems a really laid back kinda guy but there must be something about him in person. He would have been bass player in the Sex Pistols instead of Sid Vicious but Malcolm McLaren was too scared of Wobble.
One forgets how fucking amazing Mark was, fantastic to watch these clips again.....solitary weasel.....love it.
#8 - Ahh for the days when being able to play a record on a moment's notice was impressive!
Sorry but best Mark Lamarr moment on Buzzcocks was him putting a bag on his head and repeatedly screaming "DIE" during a Chris DeBurgh VT
theshaunmeister I wish someone could dig out a video of that
That last part with Bill Bailey screwing around was so damn funny
🤣
He’s got that Midlands Klingon persona down to a t. A great comedian and a very nice bloke.
Hunter's Moon oh I was dying laughing the whole time haha
I remember a few years back (yeah somehow I remember this, my memory has a knack for remembering stupid things) there was this youtube commenter who was seriously accusing Mark Lamarr of abuse. It was like the guy had never seen comedy in his life.
That last segment with Bill Bailey made me spill my tea.
Mark Lemarr was amazing and the best host of Buzzcocks!!
He needs a Netflix stand-up or anything
he's like the angry twin of Mark Kermode :D this show needs to come back to cleanse society of the perpetually offended
The time he did 'Snow - Informer' should of been in the top 3!
Should HAVE been
@@Hellwyck Don't forget to put a full stop at the end of your sentence.
I once owned Mark Lamarr. I met him outside a bar in Edinburgh some years ago, and pretended to get all star struck, which he quite enjoyed because he had a lady with him at the time. Then I deliberately addressed him by the wrong name, pretending to have confused him with Terry Christian. The girl he was with pissed herself laughing and he knew he'd been well and truly got. Good sport.
My best friend went to a party where the lead singer of The Kooks was. My mate knew who he was but asked him what he did.
My mate: what do you do
Kooks: I'm a singer in a band
My mate: cool, who's your band?
Kooks: The kooks
My mate: never heard of them, any good?
My friend does this every time he is in the company of "famous" people
Lmao!
I once owned mark also, he was getting all close with this girl at a festival and when he was about to go back to her room after kissing her all night....I had to let him know it was a man dressed in drag 🤷🏻♂️😂
@@jay2k536 cool story... what`s you mates name?
@@tvi82 could say but why do you want to know?
"I could quite happily drink bleach now."
You laugh but he's immune to covid-19
Will never have a host like Mark again. He was amazing. God bless nmtb
Tom Hardy’s Funnier older brother is dope.
Does have the voice.
My favourite Lamarr moment was when he said this: "....Stuart Adamson who later became a Big Country member.
And remember we do!"
Stuart Adamson was a guest on the show the following week.
Beaten to that joke by about 30 years by Gough Whitlam. Who may not have been the first, come to think of it.
“Definition of countryside, the murder of Piers Morgan.” William Rushdon about 30 years ago.
I always fancied him a little bit
Same
Back when it was classic
OH my goodness this was a very funny show and Mark Lamarr the best host, bring it back BBC
The look on Jimmy Carrs face when Mark sings to him was priceless 🤣🤣🤣
Mark Lamarr rules......he set the bar so high!!
They definitely all had vodka In their mugs on this show
“… and he later became a big country member and we do remember don’t we. “. Surely his finest moment.
Solitary weasel gets me everytime.
I miss Mark Lamarr so much
Shooting stars, Have i got news for you and Never mind the Buzzcocks. Absolute comedy bliss and very much missed.
Lamarr and Amstell were both brilliant in their own ways
But both were brilliant than the other
Sorry only mark
Lamarr needs to get back on the tv box.
It's crazy remembering watching tv at a time when pulling that Bonanza record so quickly was such a flex
I miss that bastard Lamarr, come back mate... I’ve hardly watched any tv in the last years, nothing on worth it!
Awesome show, all the hosts have been spot on. Different but brilliant in their own way
Ah, the good old days, always ended up in stitches at this snarky party for anarchists
Mark Lamar and Simon amstell were absolute monsters on this show. Comedy gold
Both of them far to sharp for any of the guests Both underrated
The best host of any quiz show in history
Absolutely brilliant,he was class,good days,couldnt get away with it now.
I could never work out how old Mark was when he was doing these shows in the 1990s.
Mark and Bill were an amazing combination!
Amstel was more brutal, but Lamarr was funnier
Nothing will top how he reads Chantelle's book. :)
@@matthewstephens6848
"The Paris Hilton work was a low point for me"
"The photo shoot was for the Daily Mail, which made me feel really posh and upmarket..." 😂😂😂
@@galaxi407 was that Preston at 2:20 ? I only remember him on when Amstel was host
Nope!
Was just watching a clip of Dave Chappelle where he was saying that he's so good, he writes jokes backwards and starts with the punchline....immediately made me think of Lamar! He was so good, he ONLY needed to read the unused punchlines to make us laugh and didn't even have to start with the setup!!! Dude was a fucking legend!!
Lucky enough to watch two episodes being filmed at Shepherds Bush, both when Mark was host. If you thought it was funny on screen, there was SOOOOO much that couldn't make the final cut for being too rude for BBC and for legal reasons...
Mark Lamarr was a great host on this show another one that should never have been taken off.
I remember when comedy used to look like this
@djrmarky True.
i saw him do stand up in Manchester and it was the funniest thing i've ever seen :)
OMG TOP VIDEO.. THIS NEEDS TO BE BACK ON OUR SCREENS.. I WAS 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
I actually miss mark lamarr 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he was hilarious, had me and my mum in tears laughing every week watchin buzzcocks ! What a show ! 😂
I laughed until it hurt, literally. My eyes are watering.
Lamarr was so good turning it around, when a guest landed a bad joke. Great wit.
One of the best shows to grace British tv