BRIAN BLESSED!!!! - Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 เม.ย. 2018
- What Was The Question?
It’s finally come to pass. The podcasts can end now, because the whole point of starting them up has been achieved. Richard’s guest is a man who has played all theatrical parts, but most notably the part of Brian Blessed.
I couldn’t even begin to describe what happened on this extraordinary night, except to say it is was a bona fide happening. Try and predict how many words Richard will say in this. It’s a free form and extraordinary, yet sometimes beautiful and inspiring, journey through the career, philosophy and madness of a man who might be the greatest living Englishmen. How much of it is true? I can’t tell you. But at least some of it. Includes sticking it to Picasso, toileting on a mountain, biting umbilical cords, working with the young Peter O’Toole and Patrick Stewart, never dying and probably some other stuff. I can’t tell you. I had a little nap through most of it. Worth watching the video version to see my torture on what was one of the best experiences of my life. This podcast is absolutely unbeatable.
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Brian Blessed is so funny. I hope Richard's dream comes true and he gets to interview him one day :)
Haha
Wekk to be fair, I don't think anyone ever managed to actually interview Brian Blessed...
@@stefanejegod8644 it's true
It's like trying to interview a tsunami.
An enagaging, interesting, hillarious, inspiring tsunami.
More like a giant hairy avalanche.
@@maxximumb HAHA!
20 seconds in and...here we go!
Brian Blessed is essentially a theatrical Grandpa Simpson. "I tied an onion to my belt, which was the fashion at the time" - Brian Blessed 2018
🤣🤣🤣🤣
There's even an episode where Grampa claims to have died climbing the highest mountain in Springfield. "I fell 8,000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks. Of course, folks were tougher in those days."
Apart from he tells the truth. His autobiography is brilliant
Blessed has actually climbed mt Everest many times.
Been waiting for this for years, really enjoyed Brian Blessed’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (bblstp). What was weird was, at the start, that Richard Herring bloke came up from the audience and said some stuff, but when Brian came on, instead of going back to his seat in the audience, Richard just sat in the middle of the stage during the entire show! Unbelievable! Being the true professional that Brian is, he just ignored it and carried on with the show to end, amazing, nothing phases him.
Ian Grey I think that Richard fellow won a “fan gets to sit on the stage” type contest
you made me lol. Good on ya.
Ian Grey haaaa
"BUHBUHLUHSTUHPUH!"
The lengths some of these people will go to, just for a little publicity beggars belief.
He's 81!
What a specimen
He's not a spaceman, he's a Hawkman!
He makes my 74 year old father-in-law look 174!
he got genetics to live very very long :) God bless him
So nice of Brian to let Richard speak occasionally.
Saw Brian Blessed on tour at The Orchard Theatre recently and it was one of the best nights of my life. Got to meet him afterwards and he was influential when I told him I’m going to Drama school this September.
At one point when he was talking on the stage a couple of people were nipping out to go to the toilet and he shouted ‘WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING!?’ 😂😂
"So you haven't seen a ghost then?"
Brilliant!
That was great and I also like the bit where Brian spoke for ages, then turned to Rich and politely said "Hello," as if he'd just realised he was there.
Completely brilliant.
omg are you the actual Andy McH from off of RHLSTP? Hello!
He was the ghost in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.
Richard has Emergency Questions, Brian has Emergency Answers
that's really funny Matty :)
If I could live to be only have 10% of a life like Brian I would die a proud man.
Or at least 10% of the life Brian has claimed to live!
Funny how the most anticipated guest you have had was also the easiest interview you have done. Even when you asked a question, he answered whatever question he had in his head anyway.
Once the switch is flipped, he goes on like a Duracell bunny.
This is exactly how you interview Brian. You give the clockwork a few spins and unselfishly let the audience and yourself enjoy it.
No format can contain Brians amount of sheer power
Outrageous tales, base and disgusting impulses, gut-wrenching laughter. It was especially amazing seeing and feeling Rich's torture and pleasurable exhilaration. The amazing beauty of a human: a man, a performer, a story-teller, an eccentric/mad-man losing the threads of his own stories at times, an adventurer and explorer, and an inspiration.
So Rich how does it feel to have been on BBLSTP ?
Or as the cool kids are calling it, Bubalistapa!
One of the best non-interviews I've ever seen
The one where Richard Herring only says 23 words.
Yeah but "So you haven't seen a ghost, then?" has to be one of his greatest lines!
@@Steve157Oh Could have been much, much worse. "So you've never tried to suck yourself off then Brian?'
@@Steve157Oh I just listened to this for the first time today and I spat tea everywhere at that line
@@Steve157Oh RHLSTP's equivalent of "I'll have what she's having."
39:30 Just marking that moment for posterity, and the likelihood of many revisits. I haven't marked one since Armando.
Pleased for Richard to have accomplished his goal.
He's still got to get Jerry Sadowitz; that's an even bigger challenge.
Ultimately, I _think_ Richard was as well.
@@MontyCantsin5 The Cherry on the cake. He's such a fucking purist, there's a whole generation at least, who don't know him from a hole in the ground. That just isn't right. A great man once wrote
"Extraordinary fellow, like Mr Punchinello
He's the kind of geezer who must never be abused
When you're in town and Ebeneezer is around
You can sense a presence in the sound of the crowd"
and I think that could have easily been written about the great Rabbi Burns himself.
Gallows humour? More like Guilletine humour. Chop, chop, chop, no head too sacred, he put the "rave" into "depraved" he didn't lower the bar, he's buried it so deep, Tony Robinson and Time Team couldn't find it. To call him "inappropriate" does him a diservice, because it suggests circumstances where he IS appropriate. Maybe if he reigned in his devoted taskforce of litigation lawyers from getting every bit of footage of him on the internet pulled, and instead, accepted Richard's invite, he could demonstrate what a real fucking comedy monster does. It's savage, it's brutal, and it's not pretty.
But comedy's purpose isn't just to make us laugh. It's supposed to make us squirm, it's supposed to make us feel uncomfortable, it's supposed to address subjects so taboo, that nobody wants to look at them. Comedy has a cultural function, in that its the first way we can begin to address the horror of something like a War. WWII ended what, 70 years ago, and only recently Hitler's comedic value been embraced by mainstream comics. But Sadovitz would have been right there with the troops when those camps were liberated cracking on about how big Hitler's gas bill must have been.
He would not have turned away. He would have witnessed the horror and processed it, then forced his audience to start laughing about it. Which is pretty much what he does. He's not there to entertain his audience, his audience is there for him to abuse, offend, outrage, and appall, all at such a breakneck speed, by the time you've realised what he just said, he's off on some vitriolic rant about something else. "Omg, did he really just. . . . . . "
He was working on his 9/11 material before the second plane hit. He outed Rochdale's child abusing councils way back in 1988 when Cyril Smith was running things. He suggested that the best way to get to the bottom of it, was to get Jimmy Savile on the case, because "He's a fucking paedophile, who better to head up the investigation?" Which, in hindsight was pretty much what happened.
Brian Blessed what a tour de force! A stonking performance from the great hirsute man giant, you won't be disappointed, it's all here! Rich you didn't get many questions in but what a great RHlstp!
In years to come this will be remembered as one of the great Brian Blessed encounters. RHlstp is just the best comedy podcast in the universe!
The phrase "Larger Than Life" barely scratches the surface.
And I can't help but think that the term "National Treasure" would be considered an insult...
Can you imagine having a pint with Brian Blessed? It would be amazing for about half an hour.
Brian Blessed for President of the World.
Maxx B Brian Blessed for Christ!
President of the Universe!
He's got my vote
When a person gets their dream guest and it turns out to be far, far more than they could have ever imagined.
Brilliant guest, brilliant show and good of Rich to sit back and just let it happen. It's not like he had a choice.
Richard, thank you for all the amazing stuff you've done on your podcasts, and elsewhere.
Seconded!
Brian Blessed - SENSATIONAL. Don't be fooled by his theatrical ego and bluster; he's a very, very smart guy.
His life is very impressive. Has some amazing achievements. Absolute legend
Brian blessed is living the life he wants. And I think we should let him.
I'm not gonna be the one to try and stop him.
id love to see someone try and stop him.
DunnCarnage I don't think we could stop him.
If Salvador Dali painted a podcast, it would be this flavour!
Omfg yes that's the perfect way to describe it
You'll notice there's no dressing room selfie here on the thumbnail. I bet that's because Brian literally crashed through a wall, shouted "GORDON'S ALIIIIIIVE!!!", did the interview and then hopped back out through the hole he'd made in order to do a fun run up Kilimanjaro.
Thanks
Fantastic stuff. I especially loved Rich's reactions as he sat there unable to speak throughout the show!
Jeanette
This is magnificent. Never seen anything quite like it. He could probably tour the UK and do an amazing improvised show every night. The mind boggles. How is he doing it?
"My only regret in life is not asking Brian Blessed anything about donkeys" - Alan Bennett.
Super show. Not strictly an interview but an hilarious hour or so.
Simply Magnificent! It's the first time I've given a standing ovation to a TH-cam video.
Saw him last year at the Crucible in Sheffield, and when he came on, went round the entire front row shaking everyone's hand. Incredible man.
Brilliant. I think this one should be renamed “Brian Blessed’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast!” 😂
Brian should be touring the country telling all of his stories, i'd buy a ticket!
One of the few men in existence whose personality and ability to talk about anything is even larger than he is. What a wonderfully funny and entertaining man, a natural showman.
The best one yet.. Blessed is a national treasure
Wow! I'm still watching through all these in order, but great to see this worked out, and can't wait to see it!
Brian Blessed is a fucking legend i love him so much
Absolutely amazing. What a brilliant man. Thank you to Richard for his persistence in getting Brian as well as for such a consistently fabulous show
Thank you Richard I am high from laughter! The very best one and absolutely sublime! He is uniquely, unequivocally the one and only Brian Blessed! Fantastic!
That was simply wonderful! Thanks, both.
Spellbinding! Thanks Richard and Brian.
Glad I watched this one rather than my usual audio only podcast. Great episode.
I've never seen your show before Richard, but thank you for this. It is absolutely superb.
Absolutely hilarious,Richard should make the next series of RHLSTP with just Brian Blessed on every episode
The look on Richard's face for the entire episode
Love your podcasts Rich they keep me company while I'm working in the vineyard in NZ - it's like having a piece of home with me 💕tears streaming and wetting my pants from laughing 🤣🤣🤣 bloody funny!!.....Brian Blessed OMG what a crack up he's as mad as a snake 🐍
It was a "I caught my white whale" face.
This must be the best thing that I've watched on TH-cam, to date. Brian Blessed; a veritable force of nature.
amazing podcast richard. every interview with brian is a blessing
Loved this one! Absolutely brilliant.
I was beginning to think it wasn't ever going to happen. That was one of the best things I've ever watched. He's completely fucking mental! It was like watching someone try to herd a pissed rhinocerous with a fly swat. Fantastic. Congrats on finally getting him on, Richard!
If anyone could herd a pissed rhino with a flyswat, Brian could.
@@smoog I believe he has done. The drunk, pregnant rhinoceros gave birth and Brian bit clean through the umbilical cord.
@@smoog He'd give it a bloody good try. And now I can't un-envision that. Brilliant.
big up the calder valley massive thanks richard x
Now that I've heard Brian Blessed sing opera, I can die in peace.
So loved this. At now 56, I've adored this man since I was a child tuning into I, Claudius on our small B&W TV in the 70's. So many great stories. I can only imagine what he'd be like in person, you'd chat for a moment....next thing you know it's 5 hours later. The man is brilliant.
When the sad day comes that Brian Blessed passes away the world will be a bleaker place.
15 mins in, so far everything I hoped it would be.
The shy, retiring Brian Blessed. What a beautiful beast of a man.
Nice one Richard.
He just let Brian loose.
A really great interview! Richard let Brian Blessed talk without interrupting him 10/10
Thank you so much, Richard and Chris Evans (not that one). Thoroughly enjoyed.
oh dear lord.. this is utterly brilliant!!
Superb. I'm an Australian, but may I suggest that Brian Blessed is an English national treasure.
The pinnacle of your podcasting Richard......Brian Blessed can never be beaten.....nothing can better this
Well worth the wait. Thank you!
Great to have a video record of Brian doing his "act" for an extended period. It's fun watching him pick which story to tell.
I had never expected to see a standing ovation on this podcast!
That was well worth the wait. Great show.
Brilliant! Had to wait a whole night to watch the full episode, but what a treat.
Thanks for this, Rich.
Absolutely exquisite edition. Proper laugh out loud stuff.
Brian fucking Blessed. He just took over. A national treasure!
Thank you Richard for just sitting there and letting this anecdonal explosion happen. What a bawdy jolly bastard
Wow, this is Richard Herring interviewing Richard Herring as I asked for last week. Incredible split screen camera work..well.done
Utterly wonderful!!! Bonkers :)
The thumbnail just made my day. Well done sir!
Thanks so much for posting
This one is exceptional. Absolute energy. Total projection. Massive ignorance of Richard, perfect !
I had they pleasure of seeing the force of nature that is Brian Blessed at Hay Festival 2 years ago. Richard did superbly, the "interviewer" that day only got 1.5 questions in at best
I'm 12 mins in and it's already the best thing ever!
What.A.Double.Act. Arguably, two of the most endearing characters this world has offered us.
“That Brian Blessed: he’s a terrible man, but he’s a lovely bit of rough!” My parents came back from England quoting that anecdote in the early ‘80’s.
I’m so glad I wasn’t there. I’m pretty sure I would have soiled myself 😂
He could talk about paint drying and I'd listen all day. 🤣👍👍
What an absolute bombastic legend. I love him.
One of My favourite people on the whole planet!
Love you Brian! ☺
I'd happily listen to Mr Blessed talk about anything for as long as he wants. I don't care what he says I just love to hear him speak. He would have a hit podcast on his hands.
Absolutely, positively AMAZING.
Absolutely amazing!
Thankyou so much!
Not yet watched the video yet but already liked it as it has `Teh Blessed`, a true living legend - missed out on getting tickets for this and utterly gutted I could not see it live :(
Edit: Seen it now and that has got to be one of the best episodes - sheer brilliance :)
Omg glad I'm off work today this is a shock can't wait to see how this goes
Woo! I haven't watched yet but I was so giddy when I saw the notification. :D
Gold. Pure comedy gold!! 😂👍
i frigging love this guy
Brian. What an icon. Fantastic
BB is a wonderful irresistible force of nature and never equalled.
Now we're all Blessed. Genius.
Brian is a reminder...The innocence..The wonder..Youth..spiritual childhood...Awe..Beauty..Us...Beings ...♥️
I was listening no footage, at the end I thought that needs a standing Ovation so glad he got it.
I could listen to Brian Blessed talk for hours. I can imagine sitting at his feet while he sat in a big armchair by a fire just talking and being incredibly happy :)