Huge fan for many years, and I jumped at the chance to meet him in Dublin in 2012 at a talk in one of the universities. The line wrapped all the way around the campus and I didn't get in! But then a few hours later, spotted him when I was coming out of a Nando's, locked eyes with him, said 'Hi, Mr. Laurie' all shy then approached him to ask him to sign a copy of his book, 'The Gun Seller'. He was very kind and said the talk wasn't good anyway when my friends said I couldn't get in. A proper gentleman through and through. :')
Melissa Collins Aww great anecdote! I met him when he was signing autographs on whatever fans had at the moment. It was just at the end of one of his concerts. In my case, in San Diego. I live in a mexican city that is 2 and half hours from SD so I got to see him! I got his second album autographed by him and the female singers, and of course, I got to take a pic with him. This was in 2014.
"And who are you?" (In this show) Without skipping a beat...-"I'm Josh Gad, I'm your guest tonight." Freakin hilarious!! I could easily watch 2 hours of this!
I feel like I could watch an hour of Stephen and Josh talking about absolutely nothing poignant and it’d still be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
I love this guy. I remember him on an episode of Numb3rs, and it was one of my favorite episodes. This is one of my favorite interviews ever. He makes everything better.
OMG!! That is a perfect description --- I love Josh Gad, he's great at finding the comic moments in places where others might not. He and Hugh Laurie are going to be perfect together.
The highest praise I can give Josh Gad is that, every time I see him perform, I completely forget he's an actor and just see the role. For example, in The Internship, the thought went through my head, "Did they get an actual Googler to play this role or something?"
And also in the fourth series of BA -- he's the COMPLETELY polar opposite to Greg House, an absolutely authentically convincing twerp and eff-up of collosal proportions, with an IQ and emotional age barely out of single digits. (Actually I guess Greg H is not the most emotionally mature character, so perhaps not QUITE the polar opposite)
He will always be Bertie Wooster to me. No one could have played that role better. Especially with Stephen Fry playing Jeeves. First time I saw "Wooster and Jeeves" I became a fan of both.
That clip was great, I'm sold. I wonder how much of that was scripted and how much they made up. People don't realize Hugh Laurie is a comic genius. Him doing house would be the equivalent of Bill Murray doing a drama for years in Britain and them thinking here's a dramatic actor.
*I just finished watching season 2 of Avenue 5. It's such a funny sci-fi comedy and a good show to unwind with at the end of a busy day. Sad to hear they cancled it though. I hope another network picks it up maybe :(*
Love Josh Gad. He was the standout in Little Monsters this past year. So hilarious. Would also like to see him do more work like he did in Murder on the Orient Express. He's got a great look for period pieces.
A European here: I'm sorry Josh that you had to learn the uber hard way how horrible Ryanair is. They are safe, I'll give them that, but don't expect anything else but being treated like a cattle. Or better still, just don't fly with them.
I don't understand it because I had a similar problem before and they maxed out at charging 200€ then, any more and the bag would have been above the weight allowed for safety. Did he exaggerate or did he have ten bags?
@@Cruxador I dare say Josh may have exaggerated. But even if he hadn't paid as much as he said he did, Ryanair is notorious after all for charging - and surprising passengers with - ridiculous money for the luggage, whether it's within the set limits or overweight. Not to mention their exorbitant prices for Christmas time tickets...
I fliy with Ryan Air, with 20€ you enjoy weekends all over Europe. It's not so hard to understand that they have to charge ANYTHING to make the company profitable.
The Sprawl I thought so as well, I think because he played the gay character in beauty and the beast? But I have seen him do acting wise has always been great so this interview makes me want to see more of his work!
@@Annamarie40985 I didn't see Beauty and the Beast. I just vaguely remember there was some fuss because he was the first gay character that Disney had allowed in their films. And I'll bet it was only hinted at in the eventual film anyway, so it's not much of a big deal. A step forward, but a typically timid, don't-offend-the-hicks-in-our-audience, corporate step nevertheless.
It's super cheap to fly with ryanair but to compensate they charge ridiculous amounts for things like excess luggage, boarding pass reprints, name change fee etc
When it turned out that my first name on my passport did not match my boardingpass, they gave me two options. Or I was refused from the flight and had to book a new flight or they would try to find someone to adjust my name and reprint for a fee. This fee turned out to be the price of a new ticket. 160 euro. The work involved was maybe 2 minutes. My passport has my formal name that I never use. On my boarding pass was a shorter version of my formal name. I consider the shorter version as my first name. It is the name used from my birth. I even don't react on my formal name.
He's lying about being charges $2000. They charge $25 per extra 20KG (44 pounds). I think he made a massive fuss about it like Americans do and now he has to lie when he tells the story. He sounds like he likes to complain. He basically attacked the entire country of Italy because airconditioning broke down. I bet he booked a super cheap hotel like he booked a cheap airline. So he is cheap and then likes to moan. I've been to the USA and to Italy. Italy is is the renaisance and roman heritage and stunning beyond words. The USA is fat people and shopping malls. He should stay home next time. Here are the Ryanair fees - www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/fees
people have somewhat forgotten this show, because of corona. its a tragedy. its PURE genius. its lord of the flies but also a lot of elements from dont look up. i cant even describe it.
His Italy story is much like mine. Given a relatives house to stay in, proceed to break the bed whilst sitting down to put shoes on. Having to explain to (now) wife’s grandfather so he can interpret to the Italians that the newly engaged couple broke the bed... also no home improvement stores exist so they needed to find a woodworker to replace a wooden beam - nearly $100 what would have cost $5 here. To cap off the trip, my wife contracted a mosquito virus that hadn’t developed in the states yet and was out of commission for 6+months...
Between the description of the show which sounds like a cross between Lord of the Flies, Gilligan's Island, red dwarf and Lost in Space And the honeymoon from hell starring Ryanair relatives and a hotel with broken air conditioning, I am sitting here laughing with tears coming down my face because I can actually imagine all of this., this is Comic gold
Ryanair is like Southwest around Europe...if you like waiting in the terminal overnight for them to replace an entire engine only to have another plane take it's place 18 hours later.
Cousin: Dont't book the fancy flight, the Delta, No-no,.. Me: He must be suggesting RyanAir. Cousin: (continued) Do RyanAir. ME: (actually falls down laughing) LOLolololol
It's lovely to hear someone sing Hugh's praise. He deserves all of it. I adore the man
"Hugh Laurie rides in on a motorcycle and records an album for the masses."
Hugh Laurie is such a gentleman! My best celebrity meeting ever! So humble and gentle!
Debbie Aguilar so he is exactly like he seems to be.
Huge fan for many years, and I jumped at the chance to meet him in Dublin in 2012 at a talk in one of the universities. The line wrapped all the way around the campus and I didn't get in! But then a few hours later, spotted him when I was coming out of a Nando's, locked eyes with him, said 'Hi, Mr. Laurie' all shy then approached him to ask him to sign a copy of his book, 'The Gun Seller'. He was very kind and said the talk wasn't good anyway when my friends said I couldn't get in. A proper gentleman through and through. :')
Sues Anna Yeap, a really nice guy n.n
Melissa Collins Aww great anecdote! I met him when he was signing autographs on whatever fans had at the moment. It was just at the end of one of his concerts. In my case, in San Diego. I live in a mexican city that is 2 and half hours from SD so I got to see him! I got his second album autographed by him and the female singers, and of course, I got to take a pic with him. This was in 2014.
I've had such a Huge Crush on him for many years!
"And who are you?" (In this show)
Without skipping a beat...-"I'm Josh Gad, I'm your guest tonight."
Freakin hilarious!! I could easily watch 2 hours of this!
You know what, Josh would be a great sidekick on the show...
Richard Reed haha he certainly does not suffer fools gladly
That was some wit!
I feel like I could watch an hour of Stephen and Josh talking about absolutely nothing poignant and it’d still be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
Get a life.
Or maybe just Josh. Stephen is being way less funny over the last six years.
Me: Olaf sounds eloquent af...
Olaf: Hugh Laurie is a pain in the ass.
I love this guy. I remember him on an episode of Numb3rs, and it was one of my favorite episodes. This is one of my favorite interviews ever. He makes everything better.
That was delightful. Josh Gad is lovely and I'm just tickled by this interview.
God I will always have a thing for Hugh Laurie
Holly S***, these guys riff off each other so well and they clearly love being together.
I imagine most of the Daily Show alumni do just as well together.
Josh was adorable in this interview! So good at rolling with it
When Josh Gad is introduced, the band plays “Joshua”, a famous jazz standard by Miles Davis. So clever!
Okay, I’m not cool enough to figure it out: why?
Jon Batiste and the band are always doing stuff like that. I love it. I just don't think most of the audience appreciates how great they are.
@@4545kc cuz...name?
@@StatusMusicDesign if that is clever :b the bar is low
StatusMusicDesign well damn, I shoulda figured that one out myself.... do I feel sheepish! :) thanks.
"She tells them I was allergic to the house...or something" LMAO
*the kiss was ADORABLE* Lol 😂
Josh Gad's character looks like the love child of Richard Branson and Jack Black...
OMG!! That is a perfect description --- I love Josh Gad, he's great at finding the comic moments in places where others might not. He and Hugh Laurie are going to be perfect together.
does a good Olaf tho
and Jonah Hill and Chris Farley.
I have always thought that Jack Black is cute and I think Josh Gad is as well.
ahhh you are spot on - absolutely right!
I loveeeee Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad hahaha
I love them both and I love that Josh almost spit out his coffee after kissing Steven's cheek.
The highest praise I can give Josh Gad is that, every time I see him perform, I completely forget he's an actor and just see the role. For example, in The Internship, the thought went through my head, "Did they get an actual Googler to play this role or something?"
So... he was melting in the Italian sun like a.... snowman in summer.
Do you wanna build a Josh Gad?
An jabba the hut snow man with freddy hair..however awkwardly funny he assumed he was 🤨
Steven covert
Hugh is an old friend, I met him twice
I'm English, we all know him, and the Queen.
Where he also told his taxi story twice, such a nice man
I think Hugh is awesome. I wish I was English. lol
"Oh, yeah. I miss that guy. What ever happened to him?"
Well now, Stephen, if I recall correctly, he's living right under your desk.
I was waiting for them to look under it for him.
Avenue 5 is so underrated. Straight hilarity
The collective gasp when “broken air conditioning” was mentioned was the most American moment I’ve witnessed in a while...
Yes, but on the other hand, I was there once when it was 43 degrees Celsius. You feel like you're being cooked alive.
You can tell the Europeans in the audience when he mentions "Ryan Air"
Was josh Gad ever a stand-up comic? Feels like he’d make a good one - the ad-libbing, the spontaneity
Great interview Me Colbert. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You Colbert? Me impressed!
He was a correspondent on the Daily Show, so he is definitely a comedian
@@Treebot1 ROFL
Just watch Hugh Laurie as the Prince in "Blackadder"...
Igor Schmidlapp he’s amazing in that
"TEAAAA!" 😂
And also in the fourth series of BA -- he's the COMPLETELY polar opposite to Greg House, an absolutely authentically convincing twerp and eff-up of collosal proportions, with an IQ and emotional age barely out of single digits. (Actually I guess Greg H is not the most emotionally mature character, so perhaps not QUITE the polar opposite)
He will always be Bertie Wooster to me. No one could have played that role better. Especially with Stephen Fry playing Jeeves. First time I saw "Wooster and Jeeves" I became a fan of both.
And then as Lieutenant George in Blackadder Goes Forth.
I love these two together. I need more of them in my life
If you close your eyes, Olaf is getting interviewed by Stephen Colbert and he's learned to curse
Omg, I actually did this and I feel like such a follower😂🤣. However, that was funny.
That clip was great, I'm sold. I wonder how much of that was scripted and how much they made up. People don't realize Hugh Laurie is a comic genius. Him doing house would be the equivalent of Bill Murray doing a drama for years in Britain and them thinking here's a dramatic actor.
I love Stephen Colbert and Josh Gad!!!!!!
Josh is always so funny! Love the guy.
this was a really enjoyable interview - well most of Stephen's are - just this one was extra special.
Julia Connell
Josh Gad is great!
@@mlfeathers7527 oh good, glad I'm not the only one, thanks :)
=_
He was awesome! What an entertaining interview with such a witty guy! I’ve never seen him on a talk show, actually and this was great!
Oh you should watch him with James corden and Jimmy Fallon. Laughs are guaranteed
I love it when two funny people play off each other that effortlessly
This is great chemistry between these two. The way Stephen gently held Josh's arm at 3:36 made me laugh!
With that hair in the show, he looks like Jack Black's cousin, lol
Like Gru and Dru from despicable me. Hahaha
Just priceless all the way!! 😆😆😆
I love when these two get together they obviously enjoy each other’s company
The mint in my mouth almost fell out when Josh went to peck Colbert!!
When he said Ryan air, i was like uh-oh
Josh, I love your rewind episodes. Please continue them post COVID.
That was an excellent interview. Extremely funny! :)
Avenue 5 is the most ridiculous show I've ever seen. For some unknown reason I can't stop watching.... Please show me more lol. Funniest thing ever!!!
*I just finished watching season 2 of Avenue 5. It's such a funny sci-fi comedy and a good show to unwind with at the end of a busy day. Sad to hear they cancled it though. I hope another network picks it up maybe :(*
I didn't realize Olaf was such a naturally funny guy
And the band plays Joshua. Awesome!!
Like I couldn’t be a bigger fan of Hugh Laurie’s!! Thx, Josh, for the info. Josh is great too. ❤
Love Josh Gad. He was the standout in Little Monsters this past year. So hilarious. Would also like to see him do more work like he did in Murder on the Orient Express. He's got a great look for period pieces.
You need to watch "Marshall" then. It's a courtroom drama set in 1940. Maybe you'll like it
A European here: I'm sorry Josh that you had to learn the uber hard way how horrible Ryanair is. They are safe, I'll give them that, but don't expect anything else but being treated like a cattle. Or better still, just don't fly with them.
I don't understand it because I had a similar problem before and they maxed out at charging 200€ then, any more and the bag would have been above the weight allowed for safety. Did he exaggerate or did he have ten bags?
Well, he said one bag, so... going by Ryanair's fee page, it weighed 198kg/436lbs.
@@Cruxador I dare say Josh may have exaggerated. But even if he hadn't paid as much as he said he did, Ryanair is notorious after all for charging - and surprising passengers with - ridiculous money for the luggage, whether it's within the set limits or overweight. Not to mention their exorbitant prices for Christmas time tickets...
And he admitted that he is Jewish and loves cheap air fares..he is such a wonderful mess of guilty pleasure but absolutely a real adult pervert 🤨
I fliy with Ryan Air, with 20€ you enjoy weekends all over Europe. It's not so hard to understand that they have to charge ANYTHING to make the company profitable.
40 years in the future? Let's hope we'll make that.
It kinda feels like there was more to that honeymoon story, but they cut it for time or for some other reason.
rocketdave yeah, I’m guessing France didn’t go so well either.
I was surprised when he said 'her'. I assumed he was gay for some reason.
The Sprawl I thought so as well, I think because he played the gay character in beauty and the beast? But I have seen him do acting wise has always been great so this interview makes me want to see more of his work!
@@Annamarie40985 I didn't see Beauty and the Beast. I just vaguely remember there was some fuss because he was the first gay character that Disney had allowed in their films. And I'll bet it was only hinted at in the eventual film anyway, so it's not much of a big deal.
A step forward, but a typically timid, don't-offend-the-hicks-in-our-audience, corporate step nevertheless.
Steven Colbert
His laughter sounds so similar to Bill Hader's... and it's just as infectious :-)
It's super cheap to fly with ryanair but to compensate they charge ridiculous amounts for things like excess luggage, boarding pass reprints, name change fee etc
When it turned out that my first name on my passport did not match my boardingpass, they gave me two options. Or I was refused from the flight and had to book a new flight or they would try to find someone to adjust my name and reprint for a fee. This fee turned out to be the price of a new ticket. 160 euro. The work involved was maybe 2 minutes.
My passport has my formal name that I never use. On my boarding pass was a shorter version of my formal name. I consider the shorter version as my first name. It is the name used from my birth. I even don't react on my formal name.
@@asdbg Letting you pay 160 euros is outrageous.
Reminds me of Spirit Airlines
He's lying about being charges $2000. They charge $25 per extra 20KG (44 pounds). I think he made a massive fuss about it like Americans do and now he has to lie when he tells the story. He sounds like he likes to complain. He basically attacked the entire country of Italy because airconditioning broke down. I bet he booked a super cheap hotel like he booked a cheap airline. So he is cheap and then likes to moan. I've been to the USA and to Italy. Italy is is the renaisance and roman heritage and stunning beyond words. The USA is fat people and shopping malls. He should stay home next time. Here are the Ryanair fees - www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/fees
Josh is someone whose work I haven't followed much, but as interviews go, this was great!
this guy is a true comic; wild swings from hilarity to obnoxiousness...
I just picture Olaf sitting there in that outfit with those glasses talking about political Zeitgeists, etc.
He's a breath of fresh air XD
Best interview EVER!
I feel like watching a talk show interviewing Olaf
exactly my thoughts. Love his voice... Samantha!!!
I feel like a loaf of bread watching a tik tok video.
Hold it one minute! I want to hear that new album Hugh Laurie's recording?
When's the release?
😄
Best interview ever... LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I’m Josh Gad.” YES!!!! 😂
Such a funny interview, I watched it twice.
I feel like Josh Gad is really talented and he's playing the long game. In 20 years I'll have told you so.
I bet you are the one that likes my comment, Josh Gad.
He’s great!
His voice is so nice.
5:20 I was more thinking Jack Black 😁
people have somewhat forgotten this show, because of corona. its a tragedy. its PURE genius. its lord of the flies but also a lot of elements from dont look up. i cant even describe it.
Josh Gad is the best. 🤣🤣🤣
That was delightful.
Give us DR HOUSE right now!!
It is always a good time when Josh Gad is on the Late Show!
That last minute was seriously Laugh Out Loud... on a crowded commuter train 😅
Avenue 5 is a very funny show, my wife and I have really been enjoying the comedy.
His Italy story is much like mine.
Given a relatives house to stay in, proceed to break the bed whilst sitting down to put shoes on. Having to explain to (now) wife’s grandfather so he can interpret to the Italians that the newly engaged couple broke the bed... also no home improvement stores exist so they needed to find a woodworker to replace a wooden beam - nearly $100 what would have cost $5 here.
To cap off the trip, my wife contracted a mosquito virus that hadn’t developed in the states yet and was out of commission for 6+months...
Oh man I needed that gut busting laugh.
@3:19 What a delivery
~4:00 I was laughing as much as Josh. 😂
Omg I love him even more!
Great interview!!
That was excellent.
Between the description of the show which sounds like a cross between Lord of the Flies, Gilligan's Island, red dwarf and Lost in Space
And the honeymoon from hell starring Ryanair relatives and a hotel with broken air conditioning, I am sitting here laughing with tears coming down my face because I can actually imagine all of this., this is Comic gold
Loved Avenue 5 and everyone on the show. I shutter thinking of all of those people stuck in space together.
Love how he changed his voice not one whit to play Olaf haha.
best interview ever
"I'm Josh Gad, I'm your guest tonight."
I like this guy.
How can you mention Armando Iannucci without mentioning him co-creating Alan Partridge, one of the best comedy characters of all time?
Douglas Kalberg Everyone should learn of Radio Norwich’s finest!
kudos for deeps cuts like Brass Eye and Day to Day.
Josh Gad is one funny dude! He should do standup.
-. Great interview by the way. Lol
Josh Had is adorable 💞
God this was so hilarious
A billionaire fraud with obnoxious blonde hair? Old news.
It crowd Denholm jr?
@@brodull1142 you don't watch The Late Show often, do you? also, Douglas Reynholm is unmistakably non-blonde.
@@pike666db /wooosh
😂😂😂
Josh Gad is fucking hilarious!!!
Ryanair is like Southwest around Europe...if you like waiting in the terminal overnight for them to replace an entire engine only to have another plane take it's place 18 hours later.
I remember this guy from "You put the weed in the coconut and light shhh up" I almost died when he did that soprano bit. I wasn't ready at all. Lmao!
Aww that was a cute interview
Cousin: Dont't book the fancy flight, the Delta, No-no,..
Me: He must be suggesting RyanAir.
Cousin: (continued) Do RyanAir.
ME: (actually falls down laughing) LOLolololol
Josh Gad was also amazing in "Marshall" on Netflix.
What a splendid bunch of humans.
GOT Um Coach! Stephen is on fire
I think what I like best about Colbert, is his face. He has a great face.
Josh Gad could make anything entertaining