John Cooper Clarke ROASTS Comedian's Poetry | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Channel 4

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  • @kwarsha
    @kwarsha ปีที่แล้ว +309

    "Not twinned with anywhere but it's got a suicide pact with Gdansk"... the surrealism of that sentence just made with laugh for 5 minutes straight

    • @pixelfrenzy
      @pixelfrenzy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I vaguely remember that line from many years ago, possibly applied to somewhere other than Oldham? :)

    • @oliwilson
      @oliwilson ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@pixelfrenzy I heard (the late, great) Linda Smith say that Swindon was in a suicide pact with Braintree

    • @TheGeneralDisarray
      @TheGeneralDisarray ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@oliwilsonah I miss Linda

    • @dougalpento3436
      @dougalpento3436 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's a direct quote from Ken Dodd

    • @abnormalanorak
      @abnormalanorak 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I hate to be THAT guy, but Oldham is actually twinned with Kranj in Slovenia.
      Oh, and Geesthacht in Germany.

  • @zaxzaxx4561
    @zaxzaxx4561 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I always think JCC should be cast as Doctor Who. If you ever really met a 1000-plus year old Time Lord, he'd be exactly like this.

    • @fourutubez7294
      @fourutubez7294 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This NEEDS to happen

    • @zaxzaxx4561
      @zaxzaxx4561 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fourutubez7294 ...even if only as some kind of twenty-minute 'temporary regeneration' cameo - it'd be easy enough to work into a typical Who plot. The campaign starts here!

    • @arcticauroras9627
      @arcticauroras9627 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi I don't know the ones who didn't

    • @bruceevans3476
      @bruceevans3476 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He is a Time(less) Lord.

  • @andrewbairstow8600
    @andrewbairstow8600 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I love the fact that everyone on in the show listens in awe. Especially Susie.

    • @jakecooper5855
      @jakecooper5855 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They weren't in awe, they were trying damn hard to understand what he was saying so fast

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He is just that damn cool !

    • @tynebar
      @tynebar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jakecooper5855 Shame you don't have the mental capacity to understand a legend.

    • @joakimandersson7769
      @joakimandersson7769 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jakecooper5855 Judging by your name, english is your first language, and an 80-year old beat punk poet runs circles round ya so fiercily you can't even comprehend other people following along? You american perchance? 😉

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      indeed i noticed susie being starstruck ... he is a good poet after all

  • @fab-ian
    @fab-ian ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "A lack of intestinal fortitude." The vernacular of this man is next level

    • @pixelfrenzy
      @pixelfrenzy ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Almost as if he'd been a wordsmith all these years...

    • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
      @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm not sure you know what "vernacular" means.

    • @ChickenWirexd
      @ChickenWirexd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.hahahahaha I thought I was the only one to notice this. “The regional dialect of this man is next level!!!”

    • @matthewstephens6848
      @matthewstephens6848 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Intestinal fortitude is a common saying. Even your phone will complete it for you. Once you skip ‘cancer.’ 🙂

    • @fab-ian
      @fab-ian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ChickenWirexd I thought it was the specific phrases individuals [repeatedly] use - whoops 🤣

  • @dipdees123
    @dipdees123 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Very witty and funny guy, wish they’d bring him on more.

  • @kwanarchive
    @kwanarchive 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Lee Mack normally takes the piss out of everyone with sarcastic remarks, but he seems to have a real genuine admiration for John Cooper Clarke.

  • @j.c7719
    @j.c7719 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    John Cooper Clarke is a legend, I remember seeing him at Blackpool winter gardens, he was such a star. Also the most commercially successful poet in music who isn’t a singer/songwriter.

    • @aVeryTinyCat
      @aVeryTinyCat ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I know he's not intentionally a songwriter, but I wonder what kind of royalties he received for Arctic Monkeys' I Wanna Be Yours.

    • @j.c7719
      @j.c7719 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@aVeryTinyCat It was certified platinum in several countries so I think he probably made a nice amount off that

    • @25desforest
      @25desforest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Johnny Clarke

  • @eyedeasneverdie3348
    @eyedeasneverdie3348 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    John doesnt seem to roast anyone's poem and just happy to watch people try and write their own.

    • @rosadyke6349
      @rosadyke6349 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beautiful ❤

    • @rjy8960
      @rjy8960 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I've spent some time in his company over the years. I have never in my life met a more witty and gentle person. He is an absolute joy to engage with.

  • @JasonUmbrellabird
    @JasonUmbrellabird ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I met JCC at Stanstead airport a few years ago, after a brief chat he asked where I was going, I told him Latvia and he immediately said "Where's that via?" Genius.

  • @ItsMeBenson
    @ItsMeBenson ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Sometimes in life you are alive at the same time as a genius. John Cooer Clarke is a one of those and we are with him - gotta count ourselves lucky

  • @jackhargreaves1911
    @jackhargreaves1911 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Only two of my heroes have ever approached me and started talking. One was John Cooper-Clarke in Edinburgh in 1980 (and again on the London Underground in 1995). The other was Mark E Smith (The Fall) in Birmingham in 1997. Both John and Mark were born in Salford, a place (including neighbouring Prestwich and Broughton where they grew up) that should be proud of producing such friendly and down to Earth (as well as talented) people.

    • @TomNoles007
      @TomNoles007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only 2!?! Pah!! 😂

  • @billybob7345
    @billybob7345 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I get the impression JCC just loves words. They all made an effort and he couldn't get enough

    • @j.s.m.5351
      @j.s.m.5351 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you don’t say…

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Absolutely love this guy ...I remember being a young punk and him being so cool. A Treasure

  • @TheSteerpike
    @TheSteerpike ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Love JCC. I remember been blown away when ‘Evidently Chicken Town’ was used in an ominous closing sequence in ‘Sopranos’. It was the perfect choice for the end credits and completely unexpected!

  • @diabolicalartificer
    @diabolicalartificer ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hells beard, I amazed John is still alive and still cogent after all the drugs he's done. Saw him at Glastonbury in 82 or 3, can't remember, loved his poetry ever since. Amazing bloke.

  • @ashfly
    @ashfly ปีที่แล้ว +18

    'Reversing into the future together' Genius.

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    John Super Clark he is an absolute legend. A wordsmith genius.

  • @bartonseagrave9605
    @bartonseagrave9605 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "Shook hands and my whole right arm sobered up " - Dean Martin said about shaking hands with Pat Boone .

  • @retockirtap
    @retockirtap ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Aw, they missed the Johnny Vegas poem that got a standing ovation. One of the best things ever seen on a panel show anywhere. He "wrote it about a friend"!

  • @jzwadlo
    @jzwadlo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love the reverence and respect that they show to the great man. Truly a modern-day shakespeare reminding us to not regress to interactions such as 'wys bro'

  • @S7EVE_P
    @S7EVE_P 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Even Johns casual remarks seem like a line from a poem. Exhibit 1: "a roadblock on the highway of enlightenment"😁

  • @Sif3r
    @Sif3r ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Had the pleasure of watching John Cooper Clarke late last year as a support act for Squeeze. He's bloody brilliant!

  • @alfiehawes2412
    @alfiehawes2412 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Petition for an "All of John Cooper Clarke" compilation

    • @pixelfrenzy
      @pixelfrenzy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There are loads of his poetry performances on youtube... he's had a very long career since before countdown/EOOTCDCD came long... enjoy!

    • @natehardy8350
      @natehardy8350 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We love you John Cooper Clarke ❤️

  • @hatblocker
    @hatblocker ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can't believe we studied him in year 12 English in 1984, A master wordsmith at work

  • @DoctorandtheDoll
    @DoctorandtheDoll ปีที่แล้ว +184

    He didn't roast their poems; he seemed to quite enjoy them lol.

    • @dalluc
      @dalluc ปีที่แล้ว +18

      These titles keep getting more and more terrible

    • @shanegooding4839
      @shanegooding4839 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@dallucAll titles these days are pure clickbait.

    • @fukuoka-musician
      @fukuoka-musician ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Best to downvote videos with clickbait titles. Why upvote a liar?

    • @ulricvoncatalyst1507
      @ulricvoncatalyst1507 ปีที่แล้ว

      Their clickbait schtick just makes me sick.it's a mean trick played by an utter dick. If there's one thing that gets on my wick it's that mean trick, utter dick, clickbait sctick.

  • @brohanime
    @brohanime ปีที่แล้ว +36

    genuinely one of the funniest guests they've ever had, and a brilliant literary craftsman to boot

  • @Steven-d6b7x
    @Steven-d6b7x 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Seen JCC many times and was lucky enough to meet him in the 80s. When people say 'they broke the mould' this applies to this man.

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    How could you not include Johnny Vegas' poem ??? That guy is pretty much a genius

    • @RikSolstice
      @RikSolstice ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That was a genius poem, but I've seen it on 5 different highlight reels. Most of these clips I've never seen before which is great.

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RikSolstice I do agree with you on that one !

    • @tynebar
      @tynebar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RikSolstice 2 of the shows these clips were from were on this very week!

    • @seanhuxter6724
      @seanhuxter6724 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, Vegas’s poem was heartbreaking!

  • @charliecroker6445
    @charliecroker6445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Been listening to the great man since I bought snap crackle pop in 79/80 ,we used to try an imitate with our southern accents , managed to to see him a few times over the years ( not enough) , sitting here as a 60 yr old still loving him and laughing.

  • @magic_hotel
    @magic_hotel ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There'll never be another like him. Original, both in style and content; his material is as clever as it is funny.

  • @sawneyhasbean
    @sawneyhasbean 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Incredibly, his talent seems to grow as he gets older! He is originality personified.Fantastic!

  • @gmaasry
    @gmaasry 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I would call him a National Treasure but frankly he is more a Global Treasure. A person of surreal excellence.

  • @irenemax3574
    @irenemax3574 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Aww man, the haiku!
    To freeze the moment
    In seventeen syllables
    Is very diffic

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I dont see any roasting ...JCC always seems to be a great guy ...I love when he shows up !

  • @Harrier_DuBois
    @Harrier_DuBois ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Clarke is such a damn legend, one in a million.

  • @wayulooktonige
    @wayulooktonige 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As an Oldhamer, I firmly believe 'Trouble at t' Mall' should be displayed at the entrance to our grotty Civic Centre/Town Hall, or outside the Spindles/Town Square Shopping Centre!

  • @vinylsbest
    @vinylsbest ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The man is a living legend. Respect

  • @jasonhudson4209
    @jasonhudson4209 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "In the dying words of Gore Vidal, 'Appen it's trouble, aye, trouble at mall" !

  • @johnfrank443
    @johnfrank443 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Met this womderful chap at the hotel i work at this week, couldn't have been friendlier,lovely snd talented man

  • @TheHooly1
    @TheHooly1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the greatest talents of the last 100 years - listen to his first album "DISGUISE IN LOVE" - World Class

  • @irenemax3574
    @irenemax3574 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The poems were all excellent!

  • @craiggorham3522
    @craiggorham3522 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I occasionally write a bit of poetry but every time I do I hear them in his voice in my head.

  • @zhenjiu
    @zhenjiu ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have an old NME cassette compilation on which JCC introduces himself as 'Sheena Easton.' Still 2 funny!

  • @neilwilson5785
    @neilwilson5785 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Right after Health Fanatic Bob Mortimers face says that I know this one, but now I've heard it again and it's great.

  • @bigtone1348
    @bigtone1348 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His tyres are knackered. His knackers are tired. Genius!

  • @rushelm8101
    @rushelm8101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved this guys work since '77.

  • @Robin-gg9ej
    @Robin-gg9ej ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think John Cooper Clarke is Lee Mack’s favourite stand up comedian.

  • @sfshinz
    @sfshinz 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Saw (and mostly heard, due to a shite sound man) him yesterday at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and, despite the lack of volume, he did not disappoint.

  • @AggresarioX
    @AggresarioX 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    JCC's a national legend. He should run for Crown

  • @mummyd1990
    @mummyd1990 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    John is a living legend.

  • @rael1999
    @rael1999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw him supporting Be Bop Deluxe at The Manchester Apollo back in 1978. Bag of school note books and a few bottles of Guinness. Johnny strolled on the stage like a dude who had lost his way back stage. The crowd uncertain but he broke into the legendary Beasley Street and they were all of a sudden on board with both his poetry and style of delivery.
    Shame we lost so many unwritten poems to the drug addled years, but the good news was thanks to his missus Evie and people like Johnny Green he made it through it all and re-launched his career.

  • @Mick873b
    @Mick873b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    JCC - Evidently Chicken Town on The Sopranos, legendary.

  • @pmc8451
    @pmc8451 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the few people equally at home on the real countdown as much as this countdown

  • @VeteranHedonist
    @VeteranHedonist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant 👏 😁 He probably wouldn't take it, but make the Doctor a poet laureate. ❤ (Even though he dissed my hometown of Burnley, when he told you now and he told you firmly). 🤟✌❤

  • @markdavids2511
    @markdavids2511 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He’s a very intelligent bloke, the people’s poet.

  • @imagecollections6665
    @imagecollections6665 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting how the word cunt is banned on tv unless you're a northerner. I took my mum to one of his gigs for mothers day. She ended up getting invited for a drink with him after the show by introducing herself to the support act.

  • @parhhesia
    @parhhesia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you want to hear John in full flight, listen to Beasley Street, it's an amazing epic poem.

  • @stevegoodson9022
    @stevegoodson9022 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Going to see JCC in Halifax soon, can't wait. Even my Carer from Nigeria found him funny, but to be honest his English is probably better than mine.

  • @colnuttall9035
    @colnuttall9035 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was born in Ashot Under Lyne in 1953. On occasion my mother would take me from Stalybridge to Manchester shopping or the' pictures. A;ong the way we always encountered signs saying 'Oldham.' I wanted to know so badly what was there, but then I was whisked away to Australia as a 10 Pound Pom's riff raff ! Now I may never know the delights of Oldham. But fuckit, I found plenty more in Melbourne, Sydney, Thailand an Singapore. We make do.

  • @ginil.b9483
    @ginil.b9483 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love John Cooper Clarke on Would I lie to You as well. His life with a monkey so funny on there.

  • @timlewis8567
    @timlewis8567 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    John Cooper Clarke for poet laureate.

  • @AggresarioX
    @AggresarioX 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    JCC makes the UK worthwhile

  • @jonathangwynne1917
    @jonathangwynne1917 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He's a nation treasure...

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    7:28 😂😂😂
    The Real winner 🏆 8:00 🎉🎉

  • @freebornjohn2687
    @freebornjohn2687 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need more mavericks in life, long live JCC.

  • @alanbbrady8196
    @alanbbrady8196 ปีที่แล้ว

    I listened to radio 4 one morning going from Somerset to Wiltshire at 04:30 am about a year ago. Compulsive listening. I think it was a repeat broadcast of desert island disks and our hero asked for a "skull sized chunk of Opium in order to relax on the beach" while the interviewer clearly panicked our hero didn't hesitate to laugh his tits off. Great stuff.

  • @palmeadia
    @palmeadia ปีที่แล้ว +3

    MF DOOM Feat JCC would of been phenomenal

  • @neilgerace355
    @neilgerace355 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He was a great sport

  • @JALOPPY
    @JALOPPY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If anyone hasn't listened to him voice his own autobiography, i highly recommend it. Full of wit and humour. I was sad when it ended.

  • @leybald60
    @leybald60 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love a bit of JCC, nothing to do with the gorgeous Suzi Dent sat next to him.

  • @Pete_Delfina
    @Pete_Delfina ปีที่แล้ว

    I am Dutch and I do not know him very well, but I knew his cousin Dennis Sydney (Paul) and his children very well and I met his other cousin Frank recently. I love his family 💜💜💜

  • @jeffwenberg4321
    @jeffwenberg4321 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've fallen in love with my wife was just amazing.
    Didn't see it here.

  • @terrybowler7215
    @terrybowler7215 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The guys so entertaining and funny and a genius with words

  • @lunchbreakmechanic
    @lunchbreakmechanic หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    last one was dope

  • @em0_tion
    @em0_tion 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Had me at minimalism. Also, I really loved his poetry. 🤔👏🙏

  • @mistacoz
    @mistacoz ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m 49 and this guys been cool as fk since I can remember. Legend.

  • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
    @sirandrelefaedelinoge ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The bloody chips are bloody cold...

    • @neilgerace355
      @neilgerace355 ปีที่แล้ว

      On The Sopranos he changed fuckin' to bloody

    • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
      @sirandrelefaedelinoge ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@neilgerace355t was originally "bloody" by the time he changed it, "fucking" was considered less taboo...

  • @happivaras
    @happivaras ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That health fanatic sounds like Katherine Ryan's friend Jane's ham coloured husband.❤

  • @winchester92stevebrook44
    @winchester92stevebrook44 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A National Treasure

  • @heidiheidiho6412
    @heidiheidiho6412 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone remember John Cooper Clarke from URGH! A Music War!? He did Health Fanatic.

  • @ItsMeBenson
    @ItsMeBenson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fuckin hell 6:26 Richardsons poem was half decent 😮
    EDIT: I didn’t know John won in the end but seriously his poem was actually fuckin decent

  • @larrymclarnon-pd8xf
    @larrymclarnon-pd8xf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Get it out of you John, you are the man.

  • @dylantrinder1571
    @dylantrinder1571 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw Dr JCC on his tour a few years ago, what a fantastic evening. I’d certainly recommend seeing him before he croaks. 😏

  • @andrewroberts8139
    @andrewroberts8139 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Check out his hairdresser joke, it's superb

  • @JasonCrombie
    @JasonCrombie ปีที่แล้ว

    National Treasure. Read his autobiography if you haven't already. Brilliant.

  • @nelsonclub7722
    @nelsonclub7722 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Hire Car poem was legend

  • @kylerowe666
    @kylerowe666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lack of intestinal fortitude

  • @timg3679
    @timg3679 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love John Cooper Clarke's style of writing! Like a foul poetry slam

  • @MrHarvey1968
    @MrHarvey1968 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Doesnt roast anyone ofc, just loves people expressing themselves.

  • @ShortMan_123
    @ShortMan_123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    JCC is a genius

  • @haydenwayne3710
    @haydenwayne3710 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a BIG fan of John Cooper Clarke

  • @reelloopy
    @reelloopy ปีที่แล้ว

    truly a national treasure

  • @DANTHETUBEMAN
    @DANTHETUBEMAN ปีที่แล้ว

    All the poems where unequally good. 😁

  • @fourutubez7294
    @fourutubez7294 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dr John is wonderful

  • @jiimwilkes76
    @jiimwilkes76 ปีที่แล้ว

    My best is,
    What is one of the frequently asked questions!

  • @nononsense3528
    @nononsense3528 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got tickets to see him supporting Soixsie and the banshees in Coventry in about ‘81, I was more keen to see him to be honest but he didn’t turn up, Soixsie was brill though so I’ll let him off…👍🏻

    • @AHoundOnAHonda
      @AHoundOnAHonda 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Soixsie may be brill, but Siouxsie is better.

  • @coupdegras107
    @coupdegras107 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you cancel the show, kids will be playing Street Countdown with 18 letters in parking decks and abandoned shopping malls. Is that what you want?

  • @900BEN
    @900BEN 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    " Paint my House "

  • @juchetony1910
    @juchetony1910 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    20% of what he writes is fantastic, but 80% is just filler, IMHO. But he's worth listening to for the nuggets.

  • @SW3channel
    @SW3channel 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Huge fan of JCC ever since Arctic Monkeys' cover of I Wanna Be Yours