Enjoying the sound of bewilderment and surprised laughter from the audience, whose brains are obviously prepared for a run-of-the-mill comic. Enter Harry Hill with a brain scoop and sprinkles.
The biggest compliment Harry could get was Dave coming out and showing the audience the lining of his jacket for months after this. Has a special place in my heart.
@@indiekid76 7 times according to IMDb, which sounds about right - was a regular viewer whenever it was broadcast in UK (got shifted around satellite channels a fair bit!)
My wife makes a mean sausage casserole,mmm,mmm,a mean sausage casserole.Carrots,onions,potatoes,.....one small sausage. Mmm,mmm, you can have that one for free Harry. GOAL!
I love harry hill but i think you ned to give him at least an hour to round in curcles building up layers of jokes and phrases and references the long you watch the more you get but i agree if youve watched 15mins and not enjoyed it miht not be for you
He's also a bit of an artist. I saw an art exhibition of his in Edinburgh years ago. Crazy pictures of Chris Tarrant and Bruce Forsythe and such like. Highly recommend 👌
This audience had the same reaction to me when I first saw Harry Hill "what the hell is going on"? He gets funnier and funnier with repetition, often within the same show. After seeing him every Saturday on British tv, he was absolutely hysterical to watch, the highlight of the week. It takes a genius to make this funny: "mole.....mole.......mole.....mole.......goal."
Thanks for the upload. I remember seeing this on UK TV all those years ago. So good to know I hadn't imagined Dave mentioning the Marlowe Theatre in my hometown Canterbury.
Not my thing at 1st glance, but original enough that I'll look for more. Thankfully we have great arbiters of taste like @Alexander Troy; unselfishly devoting precious time as guides to our enlightenment
The Letterman audience would be very forgiving, to be fair, and as far as I know American chat audiences are really encouraged by the producers to be jubilant. You can tell that the audience is a bit divided about him. Some are into it, and some are not. I'd be a lot more interested to hear how he went down in the actual comedy clubs, if he played any. Places like Caroline's in NYC. That would have been a more realistic barometer of US audiences' receptiveness. Even then, he'd already carved out a big niche in the UK by this point. He may just have not wanted to uproot his life to break America.
@@brianm2881a few years back he did a show where he talked about his career in comedy. When he spoke about performing in America he said (paraphrasing here) that the chat show audiences would sit there in stunned silence and at the comedy clubs he went down like a lead balloon.
@@duckingforcover09 In a way, I would have liked to have seen those performances more than anything, because there's something quite exciting about a comedian who's great, but is completely wrong for the room. Even better, a comedian where no-one is laughing except for maybe five people who are absolutely howling. There is a school of thought that says a great comedian should be able to own any room they're in. I'm not sure I agree with that - it's very in the aggressive American comedian mindset of "Oh, I killed! I destroyed!". It locks out many odd or idiosyncratic styles of comedy that not everyone is going to get, almost by definition. Reeves and Mortimer did a set at Just For Laughs in Montreal in the 90s and the audience did not get it whatsoever. They died a death. However, Reeves and Mortimer are beloved by British audiences, but it's really not the kind of humour that translates.
@@brianm2881 I have a miniscule experience of this as someone who does standup at the moment as a hobby. I've see comedians do the same set in different rooms one where they did absolutely killed and the audiences loved them, the same where the audience simply didn't get it and didn't want to give the act any satisfaction. Sometimes there is no finite science to it, it could be how the audiences simply respond to their immediate presence and respond to it. Yes there are British acts and American acts etc who are probably more catered to their audiences both culturally and comedically but all in all there is a possibility to do well on any stage at any venue if you can gauge the audiences attention as soon as you possibly can.
I love how he wins them around in the end!
Enjoying the sound of bewilderment and surprised laughter from the audience, whose brains are obviously prepared for a run-of-the-mill comic. Enter Harry Hill with a brain scoop and sprinkles.
Fun fact, Harry had been originally booked to appear on the show twice before this, both times he was told he couldn't go on at last minute.
brilliant, I was looking to see if someone else has read his book lol
@@tobyharper8614 What was the reason?
@@TheCulturedThug Harry was on last, and the rest of the show over ran. No time for extra laughs.
Not that fun, it shows that Letterman saw his guests as just commodities. "No time? Ahh well, put them back on the shelf."
Did you come here via his book too? Haha
The biggest compliment Harry could get was Dave coming out and showing the audience the lining of his jacket for months after this. Has a special place in my heart.
I thought it was only me that noticed that. I sent a tweet to Harry regarding this, but no response. I wonder if he knows?
"We'll be right back... with Spin Doctors!" Probably the most 90s chat show ad break outro line
Harry Hill and dave letterman, that is a duo I did not think I'd ever see
He had him on loads of times 🙂
@@castellmai twice, I think 😉
@@indiekid76 7 times according to IMDb, which sounds about right - was a regular viewer whenever it was broadcast in UK (got shifted around satellite channels a fair bit!)
@@castellmai Mmm… pretty sure he said he only went back on once more in his autobiography. 🤷🏻♂️
Wow, never knew America had the chance to see Harry. His full shows are brilliant.
A true UK original
Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more
Haven't seen collars like that since the 70's...
So weird seeing him before TV Burp
He had a show on Channel 4 for years before TV Burp. And was a regular on ITV's Saturday Live revival before that!
This is absolutely brilliant 😂 the a team bit at 3:20 is just too good
My wife makes a mean sausage casserole,mmm,mmm,a mean sausage casserole.Carrots,onions,potatoes,.....one small sausage. Mmm,mmm, you can have that one for free Harry. GOAL!
Harrys book just brought me here hahah
I love Harry he's a comic, but not as we know it, Cap'n.
Madder than professors eyebrows. In a good way.
Interesting parody of crowdwork
Is it?
I'm crying.
Toast in the morning or Nan... don't make me choose! Had me giggling. Not sure the audience were quite ready for Harry Hill.
And that guy grew up to become Dominic Cummings.
Oh, the almond...
Far too surreal for US audiences.
If by “surreal” you mean “insufferably stupid”, I’d have to agree.
I’m afraid if I Like this video, TH-cam will start recommending Harry Hill videos.
Yanks don't really seem to get absurdism. If it's not the most basic, run-of-the-mill joke possible, it seems to go completely over their heads.
Absolute scamp! British national treasure is our Harry.
Where’s me washboard?
Open the windows, close the door
Cher's name mistyped as share
Strange cat
I love harry hill but i think you ned to give him at least an hour to round in curcles building up layers of jokes and phrases and references the long you watch the more you get but i agree if youve watched 15mins and not enjoyed it miht not be for you
I just can’t comprehend this
Hmm? Hmm??
lost in translation
Didn’t laugh once.
The worst 5 minutes of my life.
*The worst 5 minutes of your life SO FAR.
British standup has always been inferior to American standup, and I would hold this up as exhibit A. This is a tough watch.
Nah man, Harry Hills pure class
Plenty good british standuppers, but agreed this was painful.
What a cope!
Yeah man Kevin hart just keeps knocking it out the park doesn’t he
Well, he's original. I don't remember seeing him before.
This man is a qualified Doctor....
Let that sink in.
He's also a bit of an artist. I saw an art exhibition of his in Edinburgh years ago. Crazy pictures of Chris Tarrant and Bruce Forsythe and such like. Highly recommend 👌
This audience had the same reaction to me when I first saw Harry Hill "what the hell is going on"? He gets funnier and funnier with repetition, often within the same show. After seeing him every Saturday on British tv, he was absolutely hysterical to watch, the highlight of the week.
It takes a genius to make this funny: "mole.....mole.......mole.....mole.......goal."
It’s nice getting to hear an audience laugh at something they weren’t prepared for. Could have gone either way but they liked him.
Thanks for the upload. I remember seeing this on UK TV all those years ago. So good to know I hadn't imagined Dave mentioning the Marlowe Theatre in my hometown Canterbury.
genuinely think the coin in the drink joke is one of the best of all time
Its a lovely coin gift that they can keep 😂
Elizabeth Hurley, Curly Wurly
Graeme Garden, Osama Bin Laden
@@initialspcp you've gotta have a system
did not expect a marlowe theatre name drop at the start of that lmaooo
This video cuts out the band playing "Please Please Me" as Harry walks on.
That costs money!
@@neilgodfrey2669 If it hasn't already gone to the taxman!
Well, he’s no Norm MacDonald, I’ll give you that…..
And this, ladies and gents, is what "culture clash" actually loooks like.
He didn’t do the “fight fire with fire” joke. I thought he did
I haven't watched yet, but I didn't think Americans would quite "get" Harry Hill...
And that was some FULL ON Harry Hill too, good to see he didn't try watering it down.
Yeah, I just watched him and not my thing at all.
@@keefriff99
Philistine.
@@keefriff99
But you liked the lining tho... hmmm?
Not my thing at 1st glance, but original enough that I'll look for more. Thankfully we have great arbiters of taste like @Alexander Troy; unselfishly devoting precious time as guides to our enlightenment
Harry went down really well. I wonder why he didn't pursue a career in the US? Btw watch his full Man Alive show. Superb.
The Letterman audience would be very forgiving, to be fair, and as far as I know American chat audiences are really encouraged by the producers to be jubilant. You can tell that the audience is a bit divided about him. Some are into it, and some are not. I'd be a lot more interested to hear how he went down in the actual comedy clubs, if he played any. Places like Caroline's in NYC. That would have been a more realistic barometer of US audiences' receptiveness.
Even then, he'd already carved out a big niche in the UK by this point. He may just have not wanted to uproot his life to break America.
@@brianm2881a few years back he did a show where he talked about his career in comedy. When he spoke about performing in America he said (paraphrasing here) that the chat show audiences would sit there in stunned silence and at the comedy clubs he went down like a lead balloon.
@@duckingforcover09 In a way, I would have liked to have seen those performances more than anything, because there's something quite exciting about a comedian who's great, but is completely wrong for the room. Even better, a comedian where no-one is laughing except for maybe five people who are absolutely howling. There is a school of thought that says a great comedian should be able to own any room they're in. I'm not sure I agree with that - it's very in the aggressive American comedian mindset of "Oh, I killed! I destroyed!". It locks out many odd or idiosyncratic styles of comedy that not everyone is going to get, almost by definition. Reeves and Mortimer did a set at Just For Laughs in Montreal in the 90s and the audience did not get it whatsoever. They died a death. However, Reeves and Mortimer are beloved by British audiences, but it's really not the kind of humour that translates.
@@brianm2881 I have a miniscule experience of this as someone who does standup at the moment as a hobby. I've see comedians do the same set in different rooms one where they did absolutely killed and the audiences loved them, the same where the audience simply didn't get it and didn't want to give the act any satisfaction. Sometimes there is no finite science to it, it could be how the audiences simply respond to their immediate presence and respond to it. Yes there are British acts and American acts etc who are probably more catered to their audiences both culturally and comedically but all in all there is a possibility to do well on any stage at any venue if you can gauge the audiences attention as soon as you possibly can.
Funny weird comedy.
If you took Benny Hill and Eddie Izzard and slammed them together in a particle accelerator...
It’s pretty good if you imagine Steve Martin doing the same material
Steve Martin hasn't said or done anything funny in 30 years.
He really could USE the material.
I usually like British comedy. This? Not so much. Sorry old chap.
Did you see what year this was😐
try his longer stuff - it is sublime