"I know. It was very hard to get" is an amazing comeback. Plus "it's a real page turner.. I turned all of them at once" is a line ill keep in mind forever.
Anstell's humour had a time limit on it just like Ali G did, once people learnt he is a one trick pony, and his "victim" knows he's just been an a-hole he's liable to get a punch in the face.
@@michaely6665 you know he's still creating right? He doesn't do TV very much but since leaving buzzcocks he did a sitcom and at least two dvds (one might be streaming though) as well as directing at least one movie. His stand up has never been the same as his hosting and is actually quite sweet from what I remember. I watched Numb I think when it came out.
Anthea's reaction: the right way. Preston's reaction: the wrong way. The moment you show Simon you're actually pissed off, you've lost it. The only way to handle him is to laugh along with him. I love Simon, and this is why I never had a problem with what some people saw as his cruelty: so long as you could laugh at yourself, he was utterly harmless. Only if you took yourself too seriously would you have a problem.
+Buffoon1980 i only used to watch because i was hoping one day a guest might punch him never happened though, what is the point of booking the guests if you are going to destroy them its a good way to never be able to book anyone again, he always destroyed the show turning it back to himself, rather then the guests. he made the show garbage, noel and phil couldn't have much input so there was no entertainment just roasting guests
The thing with Preston, is that Simon wasn't being cruel to HIM, he was being cruel about his then wife, who he was already having marital problems with. He was unintentionally making fun of an already unhappy marriage. Preston wasn't taking himself seriously at all.
Vermillion 303 he didnt even make fun of his wife, he just read what she wrote xD. thats whats so funny is that her writing was so bad that preston found it insulting to have him read it out
I think its the intent behind it rather than the actual words. Its like swinging at someone repeatedly and stopping an inch from their face, no you aren't hitting them but its still fucking annoying.
Or just go on the show and just be a down to earth person and not an egocentric loser. You never saw anyone trying to make fun of Stephen Fry when he went on the show.
@@WalterLiddy Ha, I have very often looked at the comments under a video, thought, 'Wow, this guy said exactly what I was thinking', gone to reply about how much I agreed, and then realised it was a comment by me, from years ago...
The new Buzzcocks is terrible. Greg Davies isn't particularly funny, just acted very badly in a great tv show (inbetweeners) and still riding that train.
He wasn't even making fun of his wife, he was reading sections of the book. Plus everyone that goes on the show somehow is made fun of a bit and everyone else has a sense of humor and laughs along. This guy shouldn't BE on TV if he's going to get pissed every time they joke around with him.
He deserved it, went on CBB and got with Chantelle even though he had a girlfriend at the time. I think she took him back when he split with Chantelle.
Amstel enjoyed pulling out the pin on a grenade, its was always up to the grenade if they let the handle fly and go off in a spectacularly funny explosion.
RealityCheck6T9 I think Russell might have any eye for just about everyone and everything-that man has stuck his dick in more than one inanimate object in his life, I'd bet money on it!
two very different hosts from two very different backgrounds in comedy hosting very different shows - just the fact that after Simon left there were guest presenters for years changed the energy of buzzcocks - Phil and Noel /had/ to take on different roles as the regulars. What's the point in comparing them?
After Simon left it just went downhill for NMTB :( Yes he was a prick but he was very entertaining, and as some people say in the comments as long as you can laugh about yourself he is harmless and it is all fun and games.. I specially like the episode where the one guest turned the tables and showed a embarrassing clip of him!!
I remember that one, I think it was Davina McCall who got him with that. If I remember right, it was a clip of him on one of the breakfast shows, he was about 14 and doing an impression of Dame Edna
I miss Simon on NMTB, but I understand why some people woudn't go one - because he was so mean to some of them. But then again they could be mean to him and he just toke it with a smile :)
I vaguely remember an interview Amstell did with some US gangster rapper and it got really uncomfortable. So to give Simon credit he didn't back down against anyone
Anthea Turner -takes the piss taking like a champ and goes with it. She's still relevant and has a great career today. Preston - has a strop and walks off - this clip is the only reason anybody knows his name.
Jupitus, Fielding, Bailey, etc are formulaic, they are absolutely hilarious but they run along predictable lines, the reason Simon is not a big celebrity is because he is unpredictable, he doesn't go in for the happy-funny punchlines, he tries to touch a nerve and then sieze upon it for more laughs. This puts other comedians on edge, comics don't like being the butt of other folks jokes. He made a point of never attacking comics and only attacking guests but it still didn't put the hosts at ease because they know what he is like. When they jab at him, he jabs back worse. His speciality is tearing someone down. Simon started out as the teenage host of a saturday morning kids show where he would eviscerate adult guests as a faux news reporter, he learned a lot about pushing buttons at an early age.
But it wasn't only that moment that made me think he was bitchy. It was before Simon said ONE joking around thing which wasn't even bad and he was pissed about it up until that point. To be fair, Simon wasn't even insulting his wife, he was reading a part of her book.
had to pause it at 2:06 and laugh.... hysterically at prestons face. simon brings out the book and just thr look over to preston and then paused it cos couldn'thandle it lol lol.
At the time I always took Amstell for an a**hole. Like he really just thrived on making other people feel small. Now I look back on it... I still think that. 🤣
I do wish he'd take over NMTB again, his stand up is okay but everything else he's done has been abysmal. But he was pretty good on this show and the guest host shtick stolen from HIGNFY just doesn't work as well for NMTB (Possibly because there are only two regulars out of seven people or maybe they just book shite hosts).
That's definitely true. I'm sure that book is completely ridiculous. But when you make the foolish decision to marry its author you have to stand by her, you know? ;)
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"I know. It was very hard to get" is an amazing comeback. Plus "it's a real page turner.. I turned all of them at once" is a line ill keep in mind forever.
"You did very well hurting those people's feelings." ~ this should be carved into Amstell's tombstone.
WalterLiddy you realize you commented a similar thing four years ago?
Doing it for the likes he’s a loser
@@chrisfitness2033 RANDOM LOL
Anstell's humour had a time limit on it just like Ali G did, once people learnt he is a one trick pony, and his "victim" knows he's just been an a-hole he's liable to get a punch in the face.
@@michaely6665 you know he's still creating right? He doesn't do TV very much but since leaving buzzcocks he did a sitcom and at least two dvds (one might be streaming though) as well as directing at least one movie. His stand up has never been the same as his hosting and is actually quite sweet from what I remember. I watched Numb I think when it came out.
lmao @ its quite a page turner... i turn them all at once
Gold! 😂
Pun on Anthea Turner’s name too.
I like the look on Preston's face when Simon's having a go at his wife's biog. It's like he's trying to blue-steel his way out of an awkward situation
And do you know how he actually got out of that awkward situation?
BeyondSideshow Yep, he walked away. Like a dummins
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Anthea's reaction: the right way.
Preston's reaction: the wrong way.
The moment you show Simon you're actually pissed off, you've lost it. The only way to handle him is to laugh along with him. I love Simon, and this is why I never had a problem with what some people saw as his cruelty: so long as you could laugh at yourself, he was utterly harmless. Only if you took yourself too seriously would you have a problem.
+Buffoon1980 i only used to watch because i was hoping one day a guest might punch him never happened though, what is the point of booking the guests if you are going to destroy them its a good way to never be able to book anyone again, he always destroyed the show turning it back to himself, rather then the guests. he made the show garbage, noel and phil couldn't have much input so there was no entertainment just roasting guests
+Erica Croft That's what made it great.
Miguel Rodriquez made phil and noel not able to have any input into the show, I'm amazed they didn't walk
+Buffoon1980 Professor Green did it best. "That was funny and there's no question but I'm not leaving cause I'm not Preston".
surprized they let amstell on for aslong as they did..
''I only read his girlfriends book''
IT'S HIS WIFE
''I only read his wife's book''
The thing with Preston, is that Simon wasn't being cruel to HIM, he was being cruel about his then wife, who he was already having marital problems with. He was unintentionally making fun of an already unhappy marriage. Preston wasn't taking himself seriously at all.
Vermillion 303 he didnt even make fun of his wife, he just read what she wrote xD. thats whats so funny is that her writing was so bad that preston found it insulting to have him read it out
I think its the intent behind it rather than the actual words. Its like swinging at someone repeatedly and stopping an inch from their face, no you aren't hitting them but its still fucking annoying.
Yeah, that was so fucking quick
You don't go on a show like this without expecting the piss taken out of you.
"Oh... you're gonna use my book against me." 😂
The last line was the best one.
"It's a page turner.. I turn all of them at once" :d
So gonna use that line one day..! haha
Moral of the story is: Never go on NMTB if you've written an autobiography.
Or just go on the show and just be a down to earth person and not an egocentric loser. You never saw anyone trying to make fun of Stephen Fry when he went on the show.
Or done anything remotely creative because Amstell has done very little.
The post-it’s sticking out Chantells book kills it the most
"Then go back to the flat for an evening of snakes and ladders or monopoly"
"RAUNCHY"
This is poorly edited. Cut out all of the punchlines.
'Its quite a page turner...I turned them all at once..Ha ha'
"You did very very well hurting those people's feelings!" ~ strangely, a truthful assessment of Amstell's career
Youre a bit of a cabbage aren't you!
@@seanmacmusic6478 no he’s just right
@@timberlande774 😆😆
@Cian MacGana Strangely, I have no memory of either occasion. I guess the same thought just occurred to me twice. lol
@@WalterLiddy Ha, I have very often looked at the comments under a video, thought, 'Wow, this guy said exactly what I was thinking', gone to reply about how much I agreed, and then realised it was a comment by me, from years ago...
If Jesse Eisenberg was a British comic
+goodie23 I've had the same thought!
Nothing like him! Amstell is a comedy genius.
Exactly
Jesse Eisenberg isn't funny.
Charlie Catesby hence the conditional “if” you oaf
Simon making fun of Preston's wife's book will never get old. So funny!
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Why the fuck would you read the comments before watching the video?
6 years later and this still seems to be the trend on TH-cam.
@@livinglifeform7974 How to obscure the tone of a comments section
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tell you what you do see some inspiration from Simon in some of James Acasters work, sometimes very similar delivery
I love Greg Davies, but the new NMTB on Sky isn't anywhere near as good as the Amstell/Lamarr years
If only you could go back and show Brand the footage of him kneeling in prayer with tucker carlson 🤔
The new Buzzcocks is terrible. Greg Davies isn't particularly funny, just acted very badly in a great tv show (inbetweeners) and still riding that train.
Totally agree amigo. His success is a mystery to me. The guy is just not funny.
Glad to hear others see through talentless oaf
@@johnboro64
On the subject of talentless oafs Phil Jupitus is another prime example.
Anthea Turner what a sport...joined in and had a laugh whilst trying to defend the book... great girl !!
I don't care. Simon was one reason I carried on watching NMTB after Mark
He wasn't even making fun of his wife, he was reading sections of the book. Plus everyone that goes on the show somehow is made fun of a bit and everyone else has a sense of humor and laughs along. This guy shouldn't BE on TV if he's going to get pissed every time they joke around with him.
He deserved it, went on CBB and got with Chantelle even though he had a girlfriend at the time. I think she took him back when he split with Chantelle.
He WAS making fun of him, via a wifes book. Hey if you can't take banter, get off TV!!
I would pay good money to see Simon Amstell and Russel Brand having an extended conversation about anything
You're in luck, Russel had Simon on his podcast a while ago.
Amstel enjoyed pulling out the pin on a grenade, its was always up to the grenade if they let the handle fly and go off in a spectacularly funny explosion.
It’s funny how this is how Preston is best known these days
God, I'd love to see Simon and Russell get together. It'll never happen, I know, but I can dream!
+OhCmonItsFunny I think, and I could be wrong, but I think that Russell might have an eye for the ladies
RealityCheck6T9 I think Russell might have any eye for just about everyone and everything-that man has stuck his dick in more than one inanimate object in his life, I'd bet money on it!
That's true, I fucked a bottle once.
@@OhCmonItsFunnyin a spot of bother for it at the moment
"You did very well hurting those peoples feelings"
Hahahahaha!
Like an older brother mocking his sisters diary lol
This is how you do it Rhod Gilbert.
Rhod could never reach Simon's level. No one could, honestly.
two very different hosts from two very different backgrounds in comedy hosting very different shows - just the fact that after Simon left there were guest presenters for years changed the energy of buzzcocks - Phil and Noel /had/ to take on different roles as the regulars.
What's the point in comparing them?
Simon and Russell’s relationship is adorable
Wonder what it’s like now
After Simon left it just went downhill for NMTB :( Yes he was a prick but he was very entertaining, and as some people say in the comments as long as you can laugh about yourself he is harmless and it is all fun and games.. I specially like the episode where the one guest turned the tables and showed a embarrassing clip of him!!
I remember that one, I think it was Davina McCall who got him with that. If I remember right, it was a clip of him on one of the breakfast shows, he was about 14 and doing an impression of Dame Edna
Simon was brilliant. I miss him on buzzcocks. No one else comes close
Apart from the original presenter mark lamarr 😂 he was the best!
It’s quite a page turner, I turn them all at once. Amazing!
Holy shit, the line about him 'hurting peoples feelings' was amazing.
This was poorly edited, but thanks
I miss Simon on NMTB, but I understand why some people woudn't go one - because he was so mean to some of them. But then again they could be mean to him and he just toke it with a smile :)
Not mean, just an eye for reality.
Russell Brand stinks of desperation.
Are you a time traveller??
Simon is so appealing. Love how critical he can be. It's all in good humor. Much love
"You did very well hurting those people's feelings..." (internally) ...and now you've hurt mine :(
3:05 the pain in that laugh
He was proper funny but also a brutal little prick sometimes.
I vaguely remember an interview Amstell did with some US gangster rapper and it got really uncomfortable. So to give Simon credit he didn't back down against anyone
It was Lloyd Banks, he told him he looked like Craig David 😂 - I'd love to see a clip of it again!
Anthea Turner -takes the piss taking like a champ and goes with it. She's still relevant and has a great career today.
Preston - has a strop and walks off - this clip is the only reason anybody knows his name.
Watching this was like watching Memento.
Just look at how well Russel Brand deals with the insults compared to the likes of that guy Preston!
He didn't insult him much.
Jupitus didn't like him apparently. Booking guests just to attack them.
They're both massive babies. They can play their part and defend the guests (or more softly mock them) and Amstell can be Amstell.
Jupitus, Fielding, Bailey, etc are formulaic, they are absolutely hilarious but they run along predictable lines, the reason Simon is not a big celebrity is because he is unpredictable, he doesn't go in for the happy-funny punchlines, he tries to touch a nerve and then sieze upon it for more laughs. This puts other comedians on edge, comics don't like being the butt of other folks jokes.
He made a point of never attacking comics and only attacking guests but it still didn't put the hosts at ease because they know what he is like. When they jab at him, he jabs back worse. His speciality is tearing someone down. Simon started out as the teenage host of a saturday morning kids show where he would eviscerate adult guests as a faux news reporter, he learned a lot about pushing buttons at an early age.
+Rob Fraser Well there was that one episode where he pretty much dissected Fielding's entire act and Noel looked really uncomfortable.
He was right about it though.
goldsalmon97 common now it wasnt that bad
I watch these clips because there hilarious but also because I see stars that I forgot even existed
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Been a minute.
But it wasn't only that moment that made me think he was bitchy. It was before Simon said ONE joking around thing which wasn't even bad and he was pissed about it up until that point. To be fair, Simon wasn't even insulting his wife, he was reading a part of her book.
This guy is hilarious... But I didn't realize Andy Sandburg and Jesse Eisenburg had a baby.
One of the funniest comedians over the past few decades. Never fails to make me laugh, his wit and sarcastic humour is always funny
Simon is the only person who could rival Mark Lamar on this show.
"I would pay good money to see Simon Amstell and Russel Brand" doing something else together ;p
It's free! Simon co-hosted Russell's radio show once in 2008 (almost 2 hours long). It's all on youtube :)
Why is Amstel so annoying?
Even though I don't like Preston. I wouldn't like it if someone was taking the piss out of my partner like that and have everyone laugh at them.
Simon was the best host that show had, some top TV when he presented.
The guy in green and russell brand are painfully unfunny
i wish there were more full episodes on here!
had to pause it at 2:06 and laugh.... hysterically at prestons face.
simon brings out the book and just thr look over to preston and then paused it cos couldn'thandle it lol lol.
Rightleggedleftback Anthea Turner... an old British Celeb. :)
I’d do Simon in a second
"It's quite a page turner... I turn all of them at once." LOL!
At the time I always took Amstell for an a**hole. Like he really just thrived on making other people feel small. Now I look back on it... I still think that. 🤣
Anthea Turner would still get it. I’d class her as a GILF
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Anthea "The Body" Turner.
We watch 70’s comedy now and cringe at the racism. In 30/40 years we’ll cringe at the bullying we all used to laugh at.
😂 bullying? Ok snowflake
maybe, although it would be harsh to label him an opportunist.
it's just his expression when he's outstaring preston- total mischief.
Preston smokes too much pot
She wrote them. Gotta take it on the chin; something Preston apparently lacked.
I turned all of them at once.
Given they were married just over a year, I don't know why Preston got so huffy.
Russel Brand watching Stewart Lee is like a dog listening to classical music
It's made Mr Winky go right small it has
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Reported for spam.
You gotta learn how to handle certain situations its not hard
I do wish he'd take over NMTB again, his stand up is okay but everything else he's done has been abysmal. But he was pretty good on this show and the guest host shtick stolen from HIGNFY just doesn't work as well for NMTB (Possibly because there are only two regulars out of seven people or maybe they just book shite hosts).
the ending was it
Then everyone decided they hated jokes at their own expense, and Amstell's career died.
That's definitely true. I'm sure that book is completely ridiculous. But when you make the foolish decision to marry its author you have to stand by her, you know? ;)
who is the woman in pink at the beginning?
Anthea Turner
Anthea Turner
what ever happened to him? lol jokes no ones seeing this comment thanks yt you shits
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Amstell is a total coward. Unfunny and cruel.
Comedy isn’t for everyone. He’s doing his best.
Grumpy McPrestonface
We can't lose Preston
If a guy repeatedly insulted your wife, you'd stay there and laugh?
And Simon anstell is doing stand up in a pub
you're quite gay aren't you
Are you saying his careers hit the skids?
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@@johnsmith-wx5fb 🤔🤔 just a tad 🤣🤣
@@matthewfarmer5676 ok just dont b gey ok
1:54 there’s real wisdom here
This is why the name Bellend was invented
He wasn't very funny really.