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- All the best moments from Bill Bailey on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as he performs his love ballad for Adele, reads out some surprising emails from the AA _and recalls the time he and Sean Lock went on holiday together.
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It's not hard to understand Rachel's obsession with the man. He's just great.
Totally understandable. Every woman I know thinks he's magnificent and so do I, in a totally non-sexual way of course vicar
His panto/stand-up shows are amazing. Only surpassed by him and Fry together on Qi. Also as evidenced by the clip his appearances with Sean. Such a great pair. I would kill to be at the one dinner at Jimmy's they mentioned can't remember if it was on countdown , cats or another... Sean ,Jon , Bill, Katherine Ryan, Susy and Rachel... Apparently they spent the entire evening picking on Jimmy for his girlfriend who they all adore it seems. Apparently most of Jimmy's dinners are like that since he's so vicious on tv but so nice in person. Revenge for friends if you will heh. To witness that... Priceless.
This whole viddy I was thinking "keep it in your pants, Rachel" 😂
You could see she was having problems restraining herself while watching him.
well put
Bill and Sean were close mates. My heart breaks for him and for Sean. RIP Sean.
I don't think Sean is feeling sad, mostly because he can't feel anything anymore.
@@kaldo_kaldo I hope for your sake you’re better than that.
@@Jimmyjames738 Mate, Sean would approve of a dark joke like that one, no doubts there.
@@ragzaugustus it was one of his actually, so yeah
@@ragzaugustus Fair play to the joke, but gotta say it's hard watching anything with Sean in it right now. Some part of him was so salt of the earth, or the rock that's always there. I had an easier time (relatively) with Robin Williams.
It might just have been his routine, he always played the hard done by, or put out character. I'm sure he had a good run really though.
Maybe the best thing you can say about Bill Bailey is he always seems to have Sean Locke laughing.
Well ... not any more. Cheerio.
Real genuinely good friends, families went on hols together etc.
Who's Sean Locke? I've heard of Sean Lock but not Sean Locke
@@IgglePyggle If you've heard of them out loud, they are one and the same. 😉
@@IgglePyggle try again
‘The one with the corpse in it’ bloody hell just spat my coffee out 😂😂😂😂😂
It was avante garden.
I like how Bill Bailey made it his mission to learn every eclectic instrument he can find.
Including the oud. "OOOOOOUUUUD!"
I'm waiting for when he brings on the bowed lyre, the hurdy gurdy, and just for the level of absurdity, bagpipes
The look Sean gives at 4:11 is really clearly that of someone reacting wearily to their best friend being up to their nonsense again.
Like: "...yeah he does this a lot. He'll wear himself out, don't worry."
Bill is an amazingly fascinating and intelligent person who just happens to be funny. Always a joy to see him on any show.
I don't like his humour that much. Most of it is just, hey look or listen to this, isnt it weird and I just don't find it funny. I think most comedians can see through his act and hes a bit too precious of his ego as well.
@@kakapofan6542 ?
He’s a treasure… love him to bits !
He's an absolute genius. The way he can improv music at the drop of a hat in any style any tempo. Most instruments. A crazy smart wit. A vast knowledge of music, language, the classics. He's utterly insane. I cannot get enough of him. He never fails to crack me up
@@fosterthemusic6375he doesn't get it
Everything Bill touches is gold.
People don't call him Gold dick Bill for nothing
@@hop-skip-ouch8798 no, your right, every time they call him that you gotta pay two bob. That's where all the gold comes from.
When do I get to meet the golden kids?
Except his Digeridoo. That's still wood.
@@forcemajeure6751 Mirror
Went to see Bill Bailey. Laughed throughout. Can't describe the gig because I'm not a musician.
Mixture of hilarity and awe.
"OOOOOUD!"
I saw him in Sydney as part of his Tinsel Worm tour, it was brilliant.
2020 was a terrible year but will be forever remembered as the year Bill Bailey won Strictly. I would have loved to see him play Sean at "Carrot in the Box". Sean would obviously have won being undisputed champion, but it would have been great.
Always learn the best stuff from Bill Bailey ... I've got to get one of those log drums now . I just love that sound ... The neighbors may not care for it but that's their problem 😂😂🎉
Hi Jason, I'm your neighbor. Please don't get the log drum. Not because I don't want the noise but I believe you will be wasting your money. You will play it for a month or so and then it will sit in a closet for the next 10 years.
@@sstills951 But everyone who visits will have a go on it, and they will break the sticks and hide the bits inside. That's what happens to mine.
I want me some log drums now too
They're not noisy if you play with your fingers instead of the mallets.
@@sstills951 o
Amongst my favourite bits of this clip was Jon’s comment on how Bill would b the one arrested if Rachel peered into HIS window. ❤️👏😂🤣😂🤣😂
It is really worth listening to Australian Aboriginal people playing the didgeridoo. It has a variety of sounds and notes from a deep sound to a higher pitch. The Aboriginal people play it along with rhythm sticks and singing while others are dancing around a flickering camp fire. With tall eucalypt trees towering above in the darkness and the sense of the vast bushland stretching behind you, the effect is very powerful. Many Aboriginal people play in popular bands in Australia, combining the didgeridoo with other instruments with marvellous effect.
Yeah, that's not very fair of old B.B. Mind you, I bet he has actually learned to play it at least privately. It looked like a beautiful instrument.
Also, the percussion box is very similar to one I was given by Geoff- the father of a friend- in the 80s. He'd been retired from the Tidbinbilla space tracking station & made lovely wooden things including a row boat called Waste Of Time.
I saw an incredible piece that was written for two pianos accompanied by a didgeridoo, written by the composer Adrian Sculthorpe. A fascinating listen even as someone who isn't particularly into classical music.
And there's the inevitable promotional advert from tourism Australia ...
Bill Bailey. A national treasure.
100% agree. Great name, by the way.
That book Bill had. I think we finally found out where Bethesda got the dialogue for the Oblivion NPCs lmao
Bill's Indonesian phrasebook is about as accurate as the Monty Python Hungarian-English one ("my hovercraft is full of eels")
A légpárnásom tele van angolnákkal.
I will not buy this record.... it is scratched.
Bill Bailey is just amazing. He needs to be on the show more often!
I suspect Bill is deliberately faking those letters from the AA. The late-model Renault Kangoo uses electronic ignition, so it doesn't have a distributor cap.
Electronic ignition does not automatically mean no distributor and cap, just gets rid of the points, distributorless/direct ignition is a further evolution.
thanks for blowing the truth wide open. lets boycott this hairy bald scam artist!
This comment is so dull and boring that it actually traveled all the way around the corner and through to entertaining and funny
idk if you have realised this but he's doing jokes
Obviously Bill had the AA well informed about the modifications he made to his Renaul Kagoo before being so reckless as to cancel his membership.
Bill Bailey is a comedic and musical genius. There, I've said it!!!
didn't realize that Joe Lycett worked for the AA, these letters sound like something he would do lol
Yes!
Bill Bailey is truly one of my favorite people in the world; top five
Him and James May.
He's the best I seen him in Brisbane a few years ago, I was sitting in the front row and came in late and he made a whole thing about it 😅 I also gave him a hug after his show. And told him I loved him. It was such a good show. So funny. He's so talented as a comedian and a musician.
That conversation book was brilliant lol
Bill Bailey's songs are brilliant even when he's just making them to kid around. xD
It's great to watch these again and remember how talented Bill and Sean were, as well as good mates. Sean will be forever missed and Bill isn't the only one who misses him greatly.
Comedy greats!
Loved watching BB slowly losing his shit as the instruments get weirder and weirder lol 💜
I think Bill Bailey is a legit genius! Hilarious to boot!
Bill Bailey is such a talented performer,
Somehow, I'd missed seeing every scene in this video before. It had me literally weeping with laughter in a couple of places. Bill Bailey needs to be declared a UK National Treasure.
When Bill is telling a story or playing a song, I always have an imagine of us (he, me and a dozen good friends) are sitting around a BBQ on a summer evening and there after our meal we are all enjoying a beer and chewing the fat. He always comes across as a great mate sharing his mind.
that: Why did you Leave MEEEEE, but 'm not gonna go on about it, was fantastic,
09:59
and the "chorus" Why why why why why WHY DID YOU LEAVE MEEEE !!!! is amazing, and definitely could be implemented in something, with that melody
We all feel love for Bill, not only Rachel.
And please give us a Claudia Winkleman compilation!!!
I'd go for that. She's mad as a box of frogs.
My fave is when she's concerned on Bfq that they have a non orange picture of her... Then her relief oh good I was orange six years ago whew... priceless
For a second I thought Bill had brought the Little Book Of Calm
This reminds me of when my kids, friend, and I all played Dungeons and Dragons and my friend created three Dwarvish characters that all played musical instruments. Somehow all four of us spontaneously and unanimously decided that all Dwarvish songs sound like "Sixteen Tons." Dan announced that the Dwarves were going to play a Dwarvish victory song and the four of us started in with "Ba da DA DA DA. Dada da dah. Da dada da dada da dada da da!" And we did it every time they played anything. Dwarvish dirge? "Ba da DA DA DA. Dada da dah. Da dada da dada da dada da da!" Dwarvish battle song? "Ba da DA DA DA. Dada da dah. Da dada da dada da dada da da!" Dwarvish love song? "Ba da DA DA DA. Dada da dah. Da dada da dada da dada da da!"
Listen to a traditional didgeridoo, it’s absolutely magical.
As a professional musician, Bill Bailey is an annoying git. Hes too bloody talented. He plays silly instruments better than I play guitar or piano and hes hilarious too boot.
Hilarious two boot?
Careful . I said he not funny an idiots are losing their minds over it .
@@tonyb9735 Lil' Hilarious Too Boots is his rapping name
I don't even find him to be particularly precise as a musician. Almost sloppy. Diverse, for sure, though.
@G.A.P. no . He just isnt . . Im fine with that way .
That momnet when I remember that I have seen both Bill, and Jimmy live at shows, all the way down here in NZ. I know they are sort of characters, but Jimmy did a live meet and greet after his show that anyone could attend, with a crowd of several thousands. Amoung many other reasons I want to lose weight in case he comes back again, and then also has a meet and greet after that show. Also you can think of any witty thing you want, you never pull it off in the momonet. I great at banter, even in the face of very challenging opponents I do well, but here, I had nothing, as after 2 and a half hours laughing my ass off I had no reserves.
I know it may have been been said before, but both you guys do so much more than you know. Giving people a reason to try tomorrow is a lot. And I used to play that same role in my old job, the grease that goes between the wheels. Live is up and downs, and it makes it so much easier to deal with the downs when you have an up to come back to. I don't wanna say doctor, but it's not that far off in terms of mental health for those extreme cases.
LOL Bill Bailey is on fire! 🔥
And when fire is angry, it can destroy ಠ_ಠ
What an amazing human being.
I had an AA Ireland membership from 2012 until just recently. Went online to cancel it and there was NO WAY to actually cancel it. I had to send a message to them so someone would "discuss" my membership. When I got the call I told them I didn't want to discuss it, just cancel. So instead of departing on good terms, potentially renewing some other time, I never ever want to join them ever again. So great tactic AA Ireland, awesome.
Rachel in her element getting tons of free skits from Bill
Bill Bailey, a comedy legend... Funny as hell and love the fact he can play any instrument.
I hoped the small book at 7:20 would be the little book of calm.
Can't be, he swallowed it and then it got absorbed by his system.
Nooooo, he swallowed it.....have a rewatch of black books
I want Bill on taskmaster!!!!
Without a doubt, one of the great observers.
Bill and Sean, best comedy pairings on Cats Countdown ever.
They are too similar IMO
I feel like almost everyone on panel shows doesn’t appreciate the talent that is Bill Bailey. He is too talented
I feel like you are assuming to know what "almost everyone" is appreciating.
I first though it was the little book of calm he brought at 7:32 :)
Bill is so effortlessly talented
That song for Adele sounds suspiciously like "listen to your heart"
As well as "Self esteem" by The Offspring, and about two million other songs ;-p
Bill Bailey is educated musically gifted and funny. The perfect package.
“You left me….but, I’m not gonna go on about it”.
I met you, down on the street,
And you said, there was someone you were on your way to meet,
And I knew, it couldn’t be me….
(Cause I was the one that was…. There)…..
I stood for many hours crying outside your door,
Singing, why why why why why why why why?
Why why why why why why WHY?!
WHY DID YOU LEAVE?!
WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!
WHY’D YOU LEAVE ME, OI!!!!!?
WHY’D YOU LEAVE ME?!
YOU SLAG!!!!!
….. But I’m not gonna go on about it.
This is on point for an Adele song.
7:18
i got so hyped when i saw the book cos i thought it was gonna be "The Little Book of Calm"
THIS. Black Books is LIFE
I miss Sean
His Adele is brilliant!
The "Adele" song was so accurate 😂
definitely
one of my top five guests, id like to invite for dinner / tea.
class!
✌🏻🇦🇺
Ok.
Bill is awesomely funny and Rachel is a goddess at math. And being.
I was really hoping his phrase book was going to be the 'Little Book of Calm'.
Sean Locke laughing at the Adele joke is funny.
*Lock. Muppet
I have "I have to tw*ts, Yes I have Yes I have" stuck in my head now. Sweet dreams, ha. Cheers from NYC.
@3:25 OMG. Anyone else remember the 80's show "Untamed World"? That's the instrument from the theme isn't it?
That drum thing was cool I want one
I happen across this video just before I was going to smuggle opium into Malaysia and since I am not keen to be hanged I'm glad I did, I had no idea! Thanks B.B.
I don't find his jokes particularly funny but his sheer charisma and talent make me really enjoy his work
Wonderful!!
That phrasebook though. me want
What's Manny doing outside the book shop on a week night? At first I thought that phrase book was the Little Book of Clam. Bill is awesome!
Little Book of Clam sold much better than The Little Book of Calm. Probably because it was so salty.
It was also quite hard to open.... zing!
Me too! The little book of calm. The one on clams is different. ;)
Not wishing to be pedantic (in fact I do, to be pedantic) but the AA picture of Bill broken down on the verge of the B3116 where it joins the A39 neglects to account for the fine Keynsham Motors, located precisely there
Bill's popularity now easily makes up for the years of meanspiritedness he had to put up with on Buzzcocks.
Log drum sounds like "Akira" soundtrack.
i like to imagine bill with his "blindfolds" is the origin of daft punk
This
Was
Awesome
Television! ❤
*REALLY GONNA MISS SEAN’S SARCASM* 😔
Nice to see a big company like the AA having a sense of humour, or at least one employee.
RIP Sean Lock, Top Man.
Umm....Bill obviously wrote it all himself. Agreed on Sean Lock, though. RIP.
@@stuartedworthy5111 Maybe.....maybe not.....who knows....obviously.
@@hissingsidll750 haha, you remind me of my 9 year old self watching Brass Eye on TV and thinking, "OMG, is this real!?'. Any adult with a bit of sense who's watched comedy before knows Bill wrote this, friend. Allow me to briefly explain two of the reasons for this.
There's no way that the AA would send a letter like that. They are a large company with procedures that employees must follow. They have standard letters that they send for such purposes. I suppose the odd maverick might diverge, but it would take them a very long time, and if their manager didnt block it before posting, they would be disciplined or fired.
Another thing is that anyone familiar with Bill Bailey knows that the words and phrases are so typical of his comedic expression. The over the top, archaic vocabulary and syntax are undeniably his own words.
By saying that the letters are from the AA, he's just setting up a comedic premise. If you watch a bit more comedy, you'll see comedians doing this sort of thing all the time.
@@hissingsidll750 And as a final thought, have you, or anyone you know ever received a brilliantly written, sarcastic and quite bizarre letter from a big company? I'm going to assume the answer is no. Therefore, don't you find it to be such an unbelievable coincidence that the one time such a letter was sent, it just so happened to be to a famous TV comedian?
@@stuartedworthy5111 Touched a nerve....obviously. Anyway, I`ve seen more live comedians than you have had hot dinners so I think you have me mixed up with somebody who gives a toss what you think. Like I said, maybe he did, maybe he did not. Opinions are like aholes, everybody has one and they nearly all stink. Yours is no exception.
I couldn't find the exact one he uses here, but those phrasebooks are real. I did find another one and it reads the same way, just preposterous situations with ridiculous dialogue that just teaches conversation flow.
Yes, I found one when I moved to South Korea in 2000. Basically the same conversations, except for a few changes to make them set in that country. Unbelievably bad and worse than useless.
Thank you! I was looking for a comment confirming that. So insane 🤣🤣
I always forgot that Indonesia is a pretty significant country. Each time any British comedians refered anything about Indonesians, it still surprised me.
Also, I've seen that dialogue book in my High School library.
Now if Countdown was just this I'd watch it. (And perhaps this is bcos I DON'T watch Countdown but what is that guy doing standing around holding a red+white umbrella???)
I loved the scene where Richard Ayoade is trying really hard not to laugh. That's the proof that Bill Bailey is genuinely hilarious - can make Ayoade laugh
I love it when comedians like Richard Ayoade or Joe Wilkinson, who portray stoic personas on screen, just can't help but crack up.
This is classic stuff. I still chuckle after multiple times.
The didgeridoo joke is from WKUK (2010). "Saul Rosenerg plays the hits"
If Rachel has a crush on Bill, she has excellent taste
When fire is angry it can destroy.
When fire is happy it can hug you. If it's happier it hugs your whole family. When fire is happiest it hugs your house.
as an ex AA workedrI contastly worried I came across like this lmao
WHERE do I get a copy of the Practical Phrases book???
I spit out my coffee with the didgeridoo bit. Thank you Bill
You should buy better coffee.
A note king like Bill Bailey probably actually knows how to play the Didgeridoo, it would have been nice for him to play a tiny bit somewhere in that bit to show folks that might not know how hectic it can sound
On the contrary, I think it’s very likely that he doesn’t know how to play the didgeridoo, or at least doesn’t have enough respect for it as an instrument to want to showcase its complexity when played by a virtuoso. I love BB as much as the next person, but using a sacred instrument to score cheap points with the ignorant is a mark against him in my book.
@@feuilletoniste yeah I'm not a fan of it being used this way either, I guess I'm just giving him the benefit of the doubt?
Although I'm not sure why I would now, the premise of the joke is a pretty weak reason to go to the effort of even bringing a didgeridoo along.
This is also coming from a place of love for this fellow
You missed the joke.
He's making fun of you the audience, not the instrument.
@@feuilletoniste Just because you make a bit out of something doesn't mean you don't respect it, just means you found something funny about it.
And what's it matter if it's sacred, anyway? Its not like he's doing this bit during a didgeridoo-relevant ceremony/cultural event/whatever it's used for (I'll admit I have no idea how it's sacred or what it's used for. Don't think I've ever even heard it legitimately played). If everything somebody cried "no that's too important to me!" over was off-limits, comedy wouldn't exist.
@@feuilletoniste Yes, not very likely that a classically trained, talented musician, known for his ability to play incredibly obscure instruments, could play the didgeridoo. That an the fact that he actually can play it.
And he isn’t scoring points with the ignorant, he’s mocking the ignorant notion that it only has one sound. Not much of a fan if you didn’t pick up on that.
More like unwanted outrage on other peoples behalf just for the sake of it. I’m sure it made you feel better though and that’s all that matters eh?
I FUCKENING LOVE BILL BAILEY! but I'm not gonna go on about it.
Also I feel like they need to go into more detail about what being hanged means, cause the name doesn't really give it away to those who don't know.
7:17 I thought he had The Little Book Of Calm.
Ofc your called Bob
I'm going to Indonesia in a week 😂
The true urban Buddha: wisdom and cheap cider
So we got a Christmas special, but when's the new series?
IIRC Suzie said that they'll do the recording in 2022. So probably still a while before the first episode.
Bill Bailey is an absolute legend. Now excuse me, I have to go listen to Adele
Does anybody know the episode number with Bill as guest (basically the second clip)
4:30 Yeah! I've clicked on this one hoping to watch some jokes on that AA...
Adele clearly has a lot more to learn about songwriting.
Adele's music came on the radio in a cafe I was in the other day and it really moved me..... to another cafe.
The laugh of the host (I guess, never seen this show) will haunt me in my sleep! Sounds like an android gone mad :-)
That's Jimmy Carr, one of the top comedians in the world at the moment. Numerous specials, numerous shows, and a career decades long.
@@InservioLetum Thanks for the info. I guess he's just not popular (or even known at all) in my country (Argentina). I landed on this video due to loving Bill Bailey :-)
Have a good one!
I used to thoroughly enjoy Jon.
Since seeing him in a obviously amicable photograph with Starmer (evil character) it's hard for me to look at him without loathing.
Will this Show ever be back?
"When Fire is angry it can destroy."
Well they're not wrong. However I've never met a fire in a good mood.