I can honestly say British humour has never ever let me down. We've been spoilt for choice for great shows for decades and each generation seems to produce great comedians.
For those confused about the name of the show. Its a mashup of 2 shows. Countdown is a maths and words quiz usually played by middle ages ladies or university maths students. And 8 out of 10 cats is a comedy celebrity quiz show. The host and team captains from 8 out of 10 cats are on the "Spin off" version of countdown, which they named 8 out of 10 cats does countdown
Peter Serafinowicz is part of the team behind one of the most underrated British Comedy series of all time "Look Around You" which is very odd but very funny. The first series is a parody of thoae creaky old videos that were shown to British kids in High School when the teacher couldn't be bothered teaching (I'm not sure if the US had the same thing). 1970s production values and strange electronic music. It nails the feel of those shows perfectly and is brilliant fun to watch. The second series moves on to parody 1970s Science and Consumer shows more generally and is equally funny. Really really weird though.
To explain the strangeways joke. Strangeways is a prison in manchester on the border with Salford (Salford is a city within the borders of Manchester) and is used to house serious criminals from greater Manchester and the surrounding area. There was famously a riot there in 1990 where prisoners scaled the roof for 25 days. This led to widespread prison reform in the Uk
famous in the M Harding song that starts : Last Saturday night I got into a fight And I woke up on Wednesday in an 'eck of a fright 'Cause the judge said "young fella, you're going for a spell Six months' hard labour in the Strangeways Hotel"
@justonehornetto I believe us "pedantics" should stick and live together but, and I don't wish to be too pedantic here, I really can not live with someone who gets their "your" and "you're" mixed up as in your "you're name is "Isle Of Skye" " comment, even here on the South East London/North Kent Borders 😀
Basically, 8/10 cats is a comedy panel show and it's own thing. Countdown was it's own separate thing as well. 8 out of 10 cats does countdown is when they take over the countdown studio and take the piss on what would normally be a serious game show mostly aimed at pensioners.
Yes Peter had a great comedy series, played the lead role in The Tick tv series and was in Shaun of the Dead! He’s very intelligent and is amazing in his voice imitations!
It began as a special combination of 8 out of 10 cats and Countdown, mixing silly with nerdy, and it just worked well enough to warrant becoming its own show.
Yes, this is basically how Jimmy goes about introductions, typically making jabs at them individually, with some exceptions to add extra onto Jon Richardson... unless Josh Widdicome is on, in which case he is being slatted in all of them. He also does the same for Rachel and Suzie, as well as Dictionary Corner's guest (Suzie over the years has been the source of some of his most show-stopping lines - just look up the "Glory Hole" edition)
Peter Serafinowicz was also in a comedy sitcom called Spaced with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost directed by Edgar Wright. If you havent already, I really recommend giving it a watch.
I think Kevin Bridges' "did ye? aye." bit is one of the funniest bits of stand up I've seen. Massively recommend that one. Also, Peter Serafinowicz is a legend :D
I often wonder if anyone actually explains the "Eight out of ten cats" thing! About 20 years ago-ish, there was an advert (a commercial as they like to call it State-side) for cat food. The tag line was that 'Eight out of ten cats preferred Whiskas' (Whiskas being the name of the catfood).
@@ketmaniac you might be right! I am fuzzy on the historic details, but to "outsiders" the term "Eight of of ten cats..." is going to be very weird! So any context is helpful?
@@thebobsful Matter of fact, I think it was originally "cats" rather than "owners", but IIRC there were complaints to trading standards about "false advertising" or some such thing. So they changed the wording.
@@ketmaniac now you mention it, didn't they have to change it? Something about "who expressed a preference"? too. The joke being that it was the owners, rather than the cats, that expressed that preference?
Jimmy introduces each guest with a 'mini roast' in every episode. Considering there have been 4 regulars (Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Susie Dent and Rachel Riley) they still manage to come up with new ones each week.
Sean Lock RIP had me in tears with his jokes great man. good video king boomer. loved the chants usa vs english but you need to look into that more there is some beauties
Here's another one of Jimmy hosting a game show. It's called I Literally Just Told You and it's where Jimmy and the question writers give answers to questions throughout the show and make up questions about stuff that happens as the show goes on. There's this compilation from the second episode where Jimmy is crying with laughter because the contestants are so bad at the game. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. th-cam.com/video/qMIggDSnPGk/w-d-xo.html
"Any words you hope to come up this evening?" - "Abdicates." I have seen that before, but I realised just now that that's probably the first 9-letter word in the dictionary...
Peter Serafinowicz should be way more famous than he is. There's also a great clip of him talking about the Phantom Menace premiere on Richard Herrings podcast.
You might have recognised Peter Serafinowicz from either "Spaced" or "Black Books" - he has relatively minor roles in both of those, and they are both well worth watching if you haven't seen them already.
The best way I can explain 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown to us Americans is Whose Line is it Anyway Does Jeopardy. So there's a show called 8 out of 10 Cats that has comedians and other celebrities joking around and guessing results of polls and they take the cast and have them play Countdown a show that generally only nerds and old people watch.
Geordies are people from Newcastle, in the north east of England. We are wrongly perceived, because of our accent, as being a bit rough, but year after year national polls show us to be the friendliest people in the country.
One of the comedians on that clip is Kathy Bates check her out on kevin and perry. It's from the 90's I think. Her and Harry Enfield play teenage boys. It's really funny. They made a film called kevin and perry go large, it's hilarious.
8 out of 10 cats was originally a comedy panel game based around fun statistics. Countdown is a words/maths daily game show that has been running continuously since 1984. A few years ago they merged 8 out of 10 cats with Countdown, which is what you see now - and comedy gold was made.
Peter Serafinowicz was in Shaun of the dead as Shaun's flatmate. He played the sommelier in John Wick 2 and also he featured in Guardians of the Galaxy as one of the Nova Corp.
Peter Serafinowicz ("This guy") was the voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace. He was also in Shaun of the Dead, John Wick 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Countdown is a separate show shown in the afternoons. It is a family safe word finding and number solving show. This show was a one off for charity but was so successful it continued as an adult version played for laughs
The jokes about Geordies/Newcastle is based on the fact that for a long time the north east of England, and the north is general, is more likely to suffer from unemployment and poverty, hence the bailiffs, and being in jail. And Sarah is from that part of England. Jon Richardson is lovely but seen as nerdy, wearing cardigans , being a vegan and overwhelmed by OCD so naturally a target for a lot of jokes. Kwvin Bridges does a a great standup. Maybe find the one where he's standing at a bus stop. The person you asked about is Peter Szymon Serafinowicz , an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as the title character in the 2016 live-action series of The Tick, Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). He has also appeared in many British and American comedy series, and received attention for political satire videos in which he dubs over videos of Donald Trump with various comedic voices. He has also directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip.
8 out of 10 Cats is a kind of comedy, team, quiz show that was based around silly statistics kinda... If I remember correctly. Countdown was a competitive game show, where two people at a time will compete at two tasks. The first is making the longest words out of a selection of letters, while the second is using a selection of numbers to try to make a target number. Both of these have a 30 second timer or something, hence the name Countdown... Then, at the end of the show, they normally have a selection of letters that are an anagram of a long word, which the contestants will try to figure out before the other for a bunch of extra points... I think the winner normally gets to stay on for the next show, for a limited amount of times... Later on, the people who did best will play in the finals of the competition 8 out of 10 Cats does countdown, I think, was originally part of some sort of event, possibly for charity or something, where they combined the two as a joke.... Then it did well and they decided to do more... Something like that.
When he made the American Maths/Math joke there was an American comedian on the panel. A Geordie is a person from Newcastle or the North East of England (just below Scotland) which is where the comedian Sarah Milican is from. Strangeways is a prison in Manchester. He made a joke about that to a comedian from Manchester which I think you missed. Whenever Jimmy Carr makes jokes about a place or country there is someone on the panel from there. He mentions Rolf Harris when the Aussie comedian Adam Hill was on (who only has one leg, which Carr joked about), he was imprisoned for being a paedophile (Google him, it's a disgusting story).
"He mentions Rolf Harris when the Aussie comedian Adam Hill was on (who only has one leg, which Carr joked about), he was imprisoned for being a paedophile". I think we need clarity here... It's Rolf Harris who is the paedophile, not Adam Hills. Dice M's sentence (as originally written) could be read either way. Ironically, Rolf once recorded a song called "Jake The Peg" about a guy who had an extra leg!
Rich Hall was in there. He's really worth checking out. My theory is that he's British but was accidentally born in Mississippi. He's made some fantastic dry humoured documentaries about the USA.
a bayliff is someone who comes to your house when your behind on debts / bills etc. Think getting your car towed when your behind on payments. They have to sent you a letter advising you they are coming first so hence the jokes
Not sure how much you've learned about 8 out of 1010 cats does countdown in the past year, but it's a what in England they call a panel show, which is basically it's a game show, but they have only comedians on to add to the fund and they spend more time on. The comedy than they do on the game show. check out qi sometime. and have you seen the 8 out of 10 cats with Joe Wilkerson's poem yet? "EVERINE LITERAALY CRYING OVER JOE WILKINSON'S..."
The reference to bailiffs letters is about the people who collect debts imposed by the Courts. He is implying Geordies are all poor and in debt and owe money. They are all friends really.
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I can honestly say British humour has never ever let me down. We've been spoilt for choice for great shows for decades and each generation seems to produce great comedians.
You really need to watch Sean lock on childrens acting from the big fat quiz of the year, it’s hilarious and one of my favourite moments from him!
“Sean lock has no time for child actors - the big fat quiz of the year 2008”
Totally, It is one of the funniest rants you'll ever hear
oh hell yeah, that one is absofuckinlutely one of the best lol
Thats a golden clip! Gets me everytime. Good shout.
For those confused about the name of the show. Its a mashup of 2 shows. Countdown is a maths and words quiz usually played by middle ages ladies or university maths students.
And 8 out of 10 cats is a comedy celebrity quiz show. The host and team captains from 8 out of 10 cats are on the "Spin off" version of countdown, which they named 8 out of 10 cats does countdown
Peter serafinwic is in John wick and he’s the voice of darth maul in phantom menace. His sketch show is also well worth a watch
He's also in Shaun of the Dead and he is The Tick. Plus many other things.
He also was the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars.
Also in Parks & Recreations if I remember correctly
Don’t worry, I couldn’t spell Peter’s name either. 😁
@@Pluggit1953 I’m gonna take a guess without googling. Serafinovic?
Peter Serafinowicz is part of the team behind one of the most underrated British Comedy series of all time "Look Around You" which is very odd but very funny. The first series is a parody of thoae creaky old videos that were shown to British kids in High School when the teacher couldn't be bothered teaching (I'm not sure if the US had the same thing). 1970s production values and strange electronic music. It nails the feel of those shows perfectly and is brilliant fun to watch. The second series moves on to parody 1970s Science and Consumer shows more generally and is equally funny. Really really weird though.
He was also the voice of Darth Maul and played the tick in the amazon prime series of the same name
@@j9lorna
And let’s not forget Shaun of the Dead
Look Around You is so underrated.
The tic is worth a watch
Oh damn that’s him.
To explain the strangeways joke.
Strangeways is a prison in manchester on the border with Salford (Salford is a city within the borders of Manchester) and is used to house serious criminals from greater Manchester and the surrounding area. There was famously a riot there in 1990 where prisoners scaled the roof for 25 days. This led to widespread prison reform in the Uk
@justonehornetto so they say...really its just the shit part of manchester 😁
Only joking you are right it is a city.
famous in the M Harding song that starts :
Last Saturday night I got into a fight
And I woke up on Wednesday in an 'eck of a fright
'Cause the judge said "young fella, you're going for a spell
Six months' hard labour in the Strangeways Hotel"
@justonehornetto I wish you were my neighbour here in Pedantry. It's halfway between Coventry and Daventry...
@justonehornetto I believe us "pedantics" should stick and live together but, and I don't wish to be too pedantic here, I really can not live with someone who gets their "your" and "you're" mixed up as in your "you're name is "Isle Of Skye" " comment, even here on the South East London/North Kent Borders 😀
Peter serafinowitz does some comedy but is mostly an actor. He is in john wick 2. And also is the voice of darth maul in star wars
Pete from Shaun of the dead
Dwayne Benzy (sp) in Spaced
Basically, 8/10 cats is a comedy panel show and it's own thing. Countdown was it's own separate thing as well. 8 out of 10 cats does countdown is when they take over the countdown studio and take the piss on what would normally be a serious game show mostly aimed at pensioners.
Yes Peter had a great comedy series, played the lead role in The Tick tv series and was in Shaun of the Dead! He’s very intelligent and is amazing in his voice imitations!
It began as a special combination of 8 out of 10 cats and Countdown, mixing silly with nerdy, and it just worked well enough to warrant becoming its own show.
Check out Sean Lock and Miles Jupp on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. It’s really funny!
Yes those two together is sooooo funny!
The Peter Serafinowicz show was brilliant as well. So underrated. Keep the brilliant videos coming 👏
Jon Richardson is now married to a very funny comedian, she goes on the show with him sometimes 🤣
Insults in British humour is term of endearment.
Peter Serafinowicz is mainly known for his impressions and voice-over work. Probably his biggest role was the voice of Darth Maul.
He was also in guardians of the galaxy
Usually starts with a couple topical jokes and then a gentle roast of the panelists.
Yes, this is basically how Jimmy goes about introductions, typically making jabs at them individually, with some exceptions to add extra onto Jon Richardson... unless Josh Widdicome is on, in which case he is being slatted in all of them. He also does the same for Rachel and Suzie, as well as Dictionary Corner's guest (Suzie over the years has been the source of some of his most show-stopping lines - just look up the "Glory Hole" edition)
I think he does the voice of darth maul
Peter Serafinowicz was also in a comedy sitcom called Spaced with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost directed by Edgar Wright. If you havent already, I really recommend giving it a watch.
Spaced is great! Whenever I watch S1E1, I end up binging the whole box set.
Geordies are people from Newcastle in the UK. But Sarah went to school with my sister lol.
Note to self: KB can't see you nodding in agreement, or hear your answers to his question when he asks! 🙄🤦♀️🤣
I'm a Boomerang! I keep coming back, for the laughs!
I think Kevin Bridges' "did ye? aye." bit is one of the funniest bits of stand up I've seen. Massively recommend that one. Also, Peter Serafinowicz is a legend :D
I often wonder if anyone actually explains the "Eight out of ten cats" thing! About 20 years ago-ish, there was an advert (a commercial as they like to call it State-side) for cat food. The tag line was that 'Eight out of ten cats preferred Whiskas' (Whiskas being the name of the catfood).
Liked your comment and replied to it to push it up “The Algorithm”, ‘cos it might be a useful one for KB to read.
Strictly speaking it was "Eight out of ten owners said their cats preferred it". It also goes back a lot longer than 20 years. More like 40.
@@ketmaniac you might be right! I am fuzzy on the historic details, but to "outsiders" the term "Eight of of ten cats..." is going to be very weird! So any context is helpful?
@@thebobsful Matter of fact, I think it was originally "cats" rather than "owners", but IIRC there were complaints to trading standards about "false advertising" or some such thing. So they changed the wording.
@@ketmaniac now you mention it, didn't they have to change it? Something about "who expressed a preference"? too. The joke being that it was the owners, rather than the cats, that expressed that preference?
Kevin Bridges ‘bus stop joke’ is really good
Jimmy introduces each guest with a 'mini roast' in every episode. Considering there have been 4 regulars (Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Susie Dent and Rachel Riley) they still manage to come up with new ones each week.
Also go heck Rod Gilbert, you can start with luggage clip
Going to see Jimmy Carr on 18th September in Dublin can't wait haha
Sean Lock RIP had me in tears with his jokes great man. good video king boomer. loved the chants usa vs english but you need to look into that more there is some beauties
Kevin bridges
I've got mates like Greece
Its hilarious 😂
Oh hey, remember when you first watched Jimmy Carr ages ago and you said he looks like a game show host... Well... 😂
+1 for Kevin! As someone who loves Sean, you'll really enjoy him too
Here's another one of Jimmy hosting a game show. It's called I Literally Just Told You and it's where Jimmy and the question writers give answers to questions throughout the show and make up questions about stuff that happens as the show goes on. There's this compilation from the second episode where Jimmy is crying with laughter because the contestants are so bad at the game. One of the funniest things I've ever seen.
th-cam.com/video/qMIggDSnPGk/w-d-xo.html
Makes me laugh every time.
Peter Serafinowicz almost steals the show in John Wick 2 :D
Adam Hills has a prosthetic foot. That's why he makes light of Lee Mack pulling out of a marathon for a short leg.
He was in Spaced and Sean of the Dead briefly
One of our best shows
My favourite is "John turns her off again".
Kevin Bridges
Gimme a quid or you're getting stabbed...
I still laugh at the sketch years afterwards
Yes it's how he introduces the contestants and panelists 😂😂
Jon Richardson is married now, and his wife Lucy is gorgeous!
The guy in the black jacket was in that Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law film Spy...
Peter Serafinowicz is the sommelier in John Wick, but he is a comedian, actor, director, writer, etc etc etc
Peter serafinawicz was also in the 1st guardians of the galaxy. Played a security officer
Peter Serafinowicz also played Shaun and Ed's room mate in Shaun of the Dead.
Peter Serafinowicz co-wrote a send up of British TV science shows, called Look Around You.
Yes Jimmy starts every show like this.
I feel like you understood about 30% of what’s going on lol
8 out of 10 cats and countdown were both separate programs that’s merged
Went to my local Tesco, England, supermarket Wednesday and had to do a double take, Queen Boomer has a doppelganger.
"Any words you hope to come up this evening?" - "Abdicates." I have seen that before, but I realised just now that that's probably the first 9-letter word in the dictionary...
Peter Serafinowicz should be way more famous than he is. There's also a great clip of him talking about the Phantom Menace premiere on Richard Herrings podcast.
Peter serafino(however you spell it) was in "The Tick" series too mate,worth a watch :)
Peter played the part of the Superhero called The Tick on Amazon TV.
Yeah it's how he introduces the contestants b4 the show
You might have recognised Peter Serafinowicz from either "Spaced" or "Black Books" - he has relatively minor roles in both of those, and they are both well worth watching if you haven't seen them already.
The best way I can explain 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown to us Americans is Whose Line is it Anyway Does Jeopardy. So there's a show called 8 out of 10 Cats that has comedians and other celebrities joking around and guessing results of polls and they take the cast and have them play Countdown a show that generally only nerds and old people watch.
Kevin bridges would be a challenge for you to understand. He is funny though.
Yeah, it's Jimmy's regular way of introducing the night's contestants.
The "8 out of 10 cats", thing comes from a tv commercial in the 70's, which went, "8 out of 10 cats love Whiskas", which was a cat food.
Geordies are people from Newcastle, in the north east of England. We are wrongly perceived, because of our accent, as being a bit rough, but year after year national polls show us to be the friendliest people in the country.
One of the comedians on that clip is Kathy Bates check her out on kevin and perry. It's from the 90's I think. Her and Harry Enfield play teenage boys. It's really funny. They made a film called kevin and perry go large, it's hilarious.
Peter Serfina etc ... was in Parks and Rec, when Andy worked in England
8 out of 10 cats was originally a comedy panel game based around fun statistics. Countdown is a words/maths daily game show that has been running continuously since 1984.
A few years ago they merged 8 out of 10 cats with Countdown, which is what you see now - and comedy gold was made.
The guy you are speaking about, was actually Darth Maul. Legit.
Peter Serafinowicz played the armourer in John Wick 😁
Peter Serafinowicz did the voice for Darth Maul in Star Wars The Phantom Menace.
Peter Serafinowicz was in Shaun of the dead as Shaun's flatmate. He played the sommelier in John Wick 2 and also he featured in Guardians of the Galaxy as one of the Nova Corp.
Inbetweeners ep 3 🙌🙌🙌
funfact, during a riot at strangeways prison, the SAS had to be called in to end the violence
When he made the American joke,the guy you see right after it,is an American comedian
Strangeways is a category A prison in Manchester, England.
Eight out of ten cats and countdown were separate comedy and quiz shows and were just combined to get the best of both worlds
His Peter Serafinowicz and by chance does an exultant impression of Terry Wogan (see would I lie to you)
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Peter Serafinowicz ("This guy") was the voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace. He was also in Shaun of the Dead, John Wick 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Peter Serafinowicz was in the first Guardians of the Galaxy film too
Countdown is a separate show shown in the afternoons. It is a family safe word finding and number solving show. This show was a one off for charity but was so successful it continued as an adult version played for laughs
…and a masterpiece was born.
Adam the Aussie has only one leg.
The jokes about Geordies/Newcastle is based on the fact that for a long time the north east of England, and the north is general, is more likely to suffer from unemployment and poverty, hence the bailiffs, and being in jail. And Sarah is from that part of England. Jon Richardson is lovely but seen as nerdy, wearing cardigans , being a vegan and overwhelmed by OCD so naturally a target for a lot of jokes. Kwvin Bridges does a a great standup. Maybe find the one where he's standing at a bus stop.
The person you asked about is Peter Szymon Serafinowicz , an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as the title character in the 2016 live-action series of The Tick, Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). He has also appeared in many British and American comedy series, and received attention for political satire videos in which he dubs over videos of Donald Trump with various comedic voices. He has also directed music videos for acts such as Hot Chip.
Peter Serarinawicz was in Shaun of the Dead and pops up in quite a few movie roles. He also voiced Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace!
He's like that throughout the show
8 out of 10 Cats is a kind of comedy, team, quiz show that was based around silly statistics kinda... If I remember correctly.
Countdown was a competitive game show, where two people at a time will compete at two tasks. The first is making the longest words out of a selection of letters, while the second is using a selection of numbers to try to make a target number. Both of these have a 30 second timer or something, hence the name Countdown... Then, at the end of the show, they normally have a selection of letters that are an anagram of a long word, which the contestants will try to figure out before the other for a bunch of extra points... I think the winner normally gets to stay on for the next show, for a limited amount of times... Later on, the people who did best will play in the finals of the competition
8 out of 10 Cats does countdown, I think, was originally part of some sort of event, possibly for charity or something, where they combined the two as a joke.... Then it did well and they decided to do more... Something like that.
Yes this is how he introduces the guests by taking the piss out of them
David Mitchell, Jon Richardson and Charlie Brooker are the same person, born thrice.
Peter Serafinowicz actually voiced Darth Maul in Phantom Menace
When he made the American Maths/Math joke there was an American comedian on the panel.
A Geordie is a person from Newcastle or the North East of England (just below Scotland) which is where the comedian Sarah Milican is from.
Strangeways is a prison in Manchester. He made a joke about that to a comedian from Manchester which I think you missed.
Whenever Jimmy Carr makes jokes about a place or country there is someone on the panel from there.
He mentions Rolf Harris when the Aussie comedian Adam Hill was on (who only has one leg, which Carr joked about), he was imprisoned for being a paedophile (Google him, it's a disgusting story).
"He mentions Rolf Harris when the Aussie comedian Adam Hill was on (who only has one leg, which Carr joked about), he was imprisoned for being a paedophile".
I think we need clarity here... It's Rolf Harris who is the paedophile, not Adam Hills. Dice M's sentence (as originally written) could be read either way. Ironically, Rolf once recorded a song called "Jake The Peg" about a guy who had an extra leg!
Sarah is a Geordie, that's her accent. Bailiff's are arresting officers etc
You mentioned Kevin Bridges, check out his ‘bus stop’ stand up
Peter was also in the tick a series I think it was shown on Amazon prime
Peter serafinowicz did a skit ages ago, the butterfield diet. Should give that a watch
The Adam that was mentioned was Adam Hills who has a prosthetic leg
Rich Hall was in there. He's really worth checking out. My theory is that he's British but was accidentally born in Mississippi.
He's made some fantastic dry humoured documentaries about the USA.
Peter Serafinowicz was the original voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace. He was also in Parks and Rec.
COUNTDOWN is a old folks words quiz show.
a bayliff is someone who comes to your house when your behind on debts / bills etc. Think getting your car towed when your behind on payments. They have to sent you a letter advising you they are coming first so hence the jokes
Think the yanks call them debt collectors. Maybe :)
Not sure how much you've learned about 8 out of 1010 cats does countdown in the past year, but it's a what in England they call a panel show, which is basically it's a game show, but they have only comedians on to add to the fund and they spend more time on. The comedy than they do on the game show. check out qi sometime. and have you seen the 8 out of 10 cats with Joe Wilkerson's poem yet? "EVERINE LITERAALY CRYING OVER JOE WILKINSON'S..."
The reference to bailiffs letters is about the people who collect debts imposed by the Courts. He is implying Geordies are all poor and in debt and owe money. They are all friends really.
Peter serefinowic did the voice acting for darth maul in the phantom menace
You should see Meet the Richardsons on youtube, it is John Richardson and his comedian wife, she's a looker too!
So many jokes go over the head of people from other countries which is expected, some of the jokes in this vid are brilliant.