Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - with David Mitchell #94
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ม.ค. 2016
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Richard talks briefly to a semi-retired postman and considers bumping his guest to chat with him more, but instead introduces perhaps the perfect RHLSTP guest David Mitchell.
It’s David’s second time in the hot seat (though the chairs have got nicer since he was last here) and Richard is determined not to be as childish and rude to him as he was last time. But will he be able to keep a lid on the simmering mayonnaise vat of bitterness? Find out if David swears during sex, if he would allow himself to be raped by a ghost, why he’s so obsessed with war that he’s apparently wearing a poppy in January and if he enjoyed working the cloakroom for TFI Friday.
There are also some more serious chats about the mindset of someone who paps a couple going for a walk with their baby and why there is so much antipathy towards Ben Elton. But it’s possibly the funniest episode yet, with Mitchell, once again, giving possibly the definitive answers to some of the emergency questions. What a treat.
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“You don’t need to gild that particular Lilly of filth.” The pinnacle of comedy!
I used "lily liver" in a convo earlier and briefly considered trying to add "gilded" to it but, well, I'm pedantic AF and wasn't up to making sure it worked not only grammatically but just the general syntax 😂
In other words, I love David Mitchell and he's like a soothing salve to my brain and its eccentricities lol
@@sempressfi
Born in the UK, I live in Australia and chat to my co-workers on TEAMS from a department I use to work in. Often times they have to Google old UK sayings I throw at them. I occasionally get a “hence” in a reply. Which I will always call out in the positive.
I’ll try using “gild that lily “ today, see what I get back.
Have you listened to the audio of The Unbelievable Truth? With him hosting?
It’s a great sleep aid and you do pick up some interesting facts on the way. 😀
I love David Mitchell,apart from being funny and clever,he is just a thoroughly decent human being.
"No need to guild that particular lily of filth" The most David Mitchell that was ever Mitchelled.
@James Harper pointless
originally "lily of filth" is Victoria's nickname for him these days
@James Harper …as in to apply gold.
I would love if Richard Ayoade would be a guest on this. Then again, I would love Richard Ayoade to be a guest on anything.
"No need to gild that particular Lily of filth"? I nearly pissed myself laughing.
21:21 "I do beg your pardon..."
... But I am in your garden?
Maybe just a quiet apology.
I do beg your pardon..... We are in your garden.
Oh Bob, how we love you!
Bob is such a weird and beautiful legend
Your lady garden! Ahahahaha! ... Sorry.
Just catching up on this five years later & what a pleasure it truly was, thank you both so much.
Playing this for AT LEAST the third time, i can DEFINITIVELY say that i’m with Rich, in that:
• Mitchell really is the best at Emergency Questions;
• This is for the same reason that he’s among the best at the wacky-conversation elements of the program;
• Which is that he completely goes along with the premise, considers it carefully, responds as anyone would if Rich had just said a sensible thing instead of whatever Herringism he’s just said, and all of that in the blink of an eye, because he DIDN’T have to think about it.
Full marks.
Been looking forward to this one for ages. The first David Mitchell RHLSTP is one of my favourites, along with Greg Davies.
David looks like he's having an amazing time up there. Very happy to see him come back as a guest.
Very entertaining as always. And many thanks to the IMDb contributor!
Very, very funny conversation one of the best I’ve seen so far, now off to watch Davids other half 👍🏻
Quickest hour of my life ever. Total joy to watch, very natural and super funny. You and David were on great form Rich and i think it's great when your stupid ideas can be bounced off someone who can rationalize them so well. Probably the best one for me since Greg Davis. Well worth my pound a month!
Excellent - loved this one. Only just started listening to them - brilliant!
This was brilliant. Oh, how I love David Mitchell!
That was very funny. All the words were good. Thank you Richard!
Nice one Rich, really enjoyed this one, you were great.
Thank you Richard Herring for making these,some are definitely better than others.
Great show! Thanks for the upload!
That had more laughs than many a standup special ! Fantastic.
Absolutley brilliant! Keep up the good work.
cheers for the content :))) even revisiting an older episode is brilliant
Can Mitchell be the first person to get 3 RHLSTP appearances please, you are brilliant together.
Seconded
A brilliant 75 mins of humour! I find the belly laughs of some of the audience members hilarious.
I've come away in a deep maelstrom of bourgeois self-loathing.
It fills me with minor contentment that your profile picture fits your comment.
And does yours, would be an appropriate response?
Brad Siemens Yes but only if you follow up with a private conversation about how common it actually is while I wait in the front room.
Ok, I capitulate. What does that mean?
David Mitchell is the best!
Love David so much, rewatched his and Victoria's episodes so many times
What a couple. Of they ever break up 💔 that will just be the last straw.
DYLAN MORAN!!!!! Please, Richard.
It certainly was a year. Better because of you. Thanks Richard.
"It's 2016, I think this year is gonna be great". Now THAT is a wrong prediction if I've ever seen one.
I guess if you really like entropy.
Alexandre Fry +
Well in comparison to the past 2 years
@@trashj8778 I think the last two years have been better than the year that saw every decent celebrity die, Brexit and the birth of cunty Trump as POTUS.
Or in comparison to this fucking year.
Whatever the situation, David Mitchell is always entertaining to watch and hear. I also agree with so much of what he says and the way he sees things.
The two of you clearly had an excellent time making this podcast. For the future, would you consider a double guest show with both David and Victoria? It's rare to see them both on screen in the same show, but I'm sure you could bribe/blackmail them. ;-)
One of my favourite episodes was the sectioning one! Also the episode in season one when they 'take care' of each others enemies. Jeremy in the balaclava discussing his voice always gets me.
One of the best. Brilliant.
" he's so unchristmasy, that he just wants people to think of the fallen" lol slayed me :p
This was really good.
Actually loll ' ed a few times there. Cheers Richard
that's because of Mitchell
love all the podcast mate will deffo b buying happy now tickets
Can't wait for the Ray Peacock interview :)
David embarrassed *Richard* during the Dirty Britcom Confessions section--bravo!
A superb episode.
The look of glee on Richard's face as he's asking the various 'would you have sex with' questions!!! I love how David deconstructs everything, no matter how surreal.
yes anyone who doesnt do that knowing the format of the show is a fool
@@agee7777 chill out bud.
I am from the U.S. British comedy is the best! I have loved it since I was a child. I love the panel shows with comedians. I think it does show that the UK values comedy highly. When I first saw David M. it was on The Big Fat Quiz. I wasn't a fan until I started watching WILTY. Now I think he is magnificent!
"She'll never escape the shadow of your mother"
I laughed when he thought it was going to be a good year. We are halfway through and the world is in flames.
BigMisterApple Haha, how do you feel about it now?
About the same.. How about you?
BigMisterApple Even worse :)
fuck off...it's now 2018 and i'm having a ball
how about now ;_;
leave it to mitchell to create context for that silly mayonnaise story, he could've left it at mayonnaise vat room but nooo he had to make a plausible scenario 😂
Another incredible podcast Richard
+SatanBeMyRadar shit, you listened to that quick
+sratus satan's his radar
+zeds dead Yeah, but he should be everyone's radar
What a pathetic username.
Cool to see David laugh.
Having sex is already very rude so swearing is unnecessary. Brilliant. Thanks for this Richard Herring. Good work.
Brilliant stuff!
I really like the podcasts when herring feels comfortable enough to ask the most base questions of his guests. He's clearly having a whale of a time being as childish at possible at points in the conversation.
He really is the perfect guest.
The Sprawl agreed
adore Richard Herring!
definitely one of the best!
I say that a lot I know :)
This has to be the best thing I have watched in years! Where do I find the first one with David Mitchell?
+Tularis it's on audio only, at british comedy guide or on itunes. I am sure google will get you there
This was very excellent. So excellent it makes me wonder if parts were scripted. If not you both are incredibly and humorously fantastical together.
British television triumphs over American television, in my opinion. It's unfortunate that America doesn't receive, and can't even purchase or download most British series. Thank goodness for TH-cam.
Hahaha flavoured with David! I'm wiping my eyes with tears!
I agree about Kettle Chips. When I first ate them I thought they were amazing, and I think I've gotten used to them so I've gone back to Lays. They might have changed the oil they cook them in, but they taste the same to me.
Brilliant! :D
"Let ass crack on." Glad I stayed for the intro now.
This can only be great!
Love the sectioning episode! Great interview.
Great job on the podcasts, I'm hooked. This one with David Mitchell is my personal favorite. I'd love to see you get Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall, Alan Davies & Joe Brand among others on board (hopefully it'll only be a matter of time),
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time
Love Mitchell. Would love to see Paul Merton.
+Colin Green
Seconded! Merton would be great! I'd love to see that happen.
Richard Herring: Don't go out of your way on my account, I think Merton is a supercilious toss pot.
+Stan Whattmore Supercilious? Hilarious. You obviously don't get Paul.
+Stan Whattmore
You think so? Interesting, as in all the hours of Paul's material I've listened to and watched I've never got that impression, in fact quite the opposite.
God yes. Can't stand him.
Me and my pals would love to see you in Inverness mate! Please, even if it's primarily just a wee holiday at the end of the tour! It's worth it man! :D
I watched the beginning 😂
What's the reason for using hand held mics?
Is the first podcast with David Mitchell available anywhere?
I know the afternoon recordings are a pain in the arse for you - but it does mean that those of us from outside of London are able to come and see the show then get back home the same day... at the same time, as a listener, I do enjoy pushing through the boredom barrier on the longer podcasts.... swings and roundabouts, I guess.
"You're already being very rude" keeps making me laugh so much
Sectioning episode- a great one!
Upstart Crow turned out to be really great.
That was a good one
I just want more Histor & Pliny.
Egg, I said egg!
Coming back to this in 2017, the intro to this episode is so foreboding...
Best RHLSTP ever.
Watching this in 2021 laughing instantly at the intro... Happy New Year , it’s 2016, I think this year is going to be great ......
Great show as usual. Very funny. Is Victoria coming on again to balance out the numbers?
39:08 .. .History of beer - started in Trappist Monastaries where they would "brew a nutritional drink - made of grains, hops, cerals - to ingest during a FAST "... [ fast = no eating ] ...
( the open kegs stored in the basement- would ferment from natural yeasts blowing in the window & being allowed it to ferment )
David deals with the random and somewhat childish nature of the questions respectfully. I see a job for him in the house of commons
16:30-16:58 Effortlessly brilliant satire.
I enjoyed the part where you asked if the Shakespeare thing was going to be shit.
That was the highlight. Maybe if the entire podcast series!
+Richard Herring If only more people would ask that questions like that. Kudos to you for doing it.
Well, let's be clear, the primary reason why people tend not to just directly ask people "is the thing you're doing shit?" is because that person, the one you're asking, is the one doing that thing, so they're either going to say "no, it's going to be great!" because they think it's great - which is why they're doing it - or, even if they're only doing it for the money, they'll say "no, it's going to be great!" because though they know it's shit, they're not going to risk not getting paid by losing their job / encouraging less people to watch (where, in show biz, lots of people watching buying tickets / watching ads interspersed with your "art" is ultimately from whence your wage derives).
So, though it is, indeed, refreshing to both hear someone be so direct in asking and, in the form of David Mitchell, getting an actual answer that he bothers to make slightly more entertaining than "no, it's going to be great!" - which, let's be clear, was pretty much something that only asking David Mitchell would get and only because of his natural sense of humility and comedic sense of the futility of the Human Condition to not bring himself to be able to fanfare his own ego - is not any fantastically revolutionary interviewing technique, but rather, you know, defying basic logic.
People who're engaged in doing something tend not to think that that thing is shit, or they wouldn't bother doing it. Not unless they're solely doing it for the money, in which case they're not going to announce, in public, that the thing they're doing is shit, as they'd actually quite like to eventually get paid at some point.
So, really, we should congratulate Richard on a refreshingly illogical interviewing technique that he's damn lucky, in this instance, didn't crash and burn on its arse. And it only didn't because he's interviewing comedians, who're skilled in the art of giving a funny and entertaining retort, even if the raw answer boils down to, as I said, "No, it's going to be great".
Which, you'll notice, is essentially what David's answer actually was, but he just knows how to embellish that with humour to make it seem a little less boring.
UPSTART CROW , is quite funny,
Too bad it was :(
Along with Greg Davies and Bob Mortimer, he is the best guest.
I remember watching Richard and Lee on that show back in the 90's and it was fecking ace. I recently found Richard podcasts and thier fecking ace too. I will buy some mechanise and if he ever gigs in Leeds I will also buy a ticket because his humour is so similar to mine. fecking ace.
If you're looking for more places to play if you announce a Dublin gig I'll be first in line :)
Mitchell and Webb for me have to be the best comedy duo still going today. They are absolutely incredible, and nail the british sense of humour like no other. The only other duo I would rate above them is Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. They we're side splitting in anything they ever did.
There should have been a camera on Victoria. As a matter of fact, the whole thing should have had the audio of the interview, but showing Victoria's reactions, and not Richard and David.
very enjoyable
I agree on Kettle Cri...I mean Chips. They need to bring back Salsa With Mesquite!
I love your way of interviewing. Because of the sillyness of it, the guests often open up. You come across as honest, censere but always in a fun and weird way. Will you consider interviewing a TH-camr? My question would be if you would interview 'jacksepticeye'? He is a very successfull Irish gamer TH-camr.
please correct if needed but isn't 'would i lie to you?' just 'call my bluff'...?
Best RHLSTP episode ever. Seems like Rich has finally forgiven David for stealing his life ten years ago.
Get Rob Newman on - wonder what he's up to...
How am I just discovering this show in 2021?
What does he mean at 50:00
Is there a recording of the first time David Mitchell did RHLSTP?
Try search!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I had to be stuck in a lift for several hours with 3 people, it would be Charlie Brooker, Victoria coren and David Mitchell, I might actually devise a cunning plan to make it so.
"I think this year's gonna be great. That's my feeling, nothing can possibly go wrong."
That went well... :P
He was almost spot on, unless of course your a fan of Bowie, Prince, Lennard Cohen, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, world peace, the most powerful man in the world having even the smallest amount of compassion or brains, but who really likes any of that?
people die. shit happens every year, people will die in 2017 and shit will happen. so what
Is the first David Mitchell podcast available anywhere? I don't see it on Richard's channel.
audio only. Check itunes or British comedy guide
Whoa, a reply from the great man himself, and so rapidly! Cheers! And since I momentarily have (or had) your attention, I have to say how much I've enjoyed watching these over the last week or so. They're a great combination of banter and interview, and it's been so awesome to see pretty much all of my comedy idols up there on the stage.
Many thanks from an Australian fan of British comedy :)