+EgoShredder Agree Interviewer was a complete prick. I think he was looking for some drama to make his show more popular. He really did try and provoke Clive but clive did not respond thankfully
Clive Anderson was notorious for this kind of interview. Always trying to be funny (half the time he wasn't) and trying to provoke his guests. His most infamous moment came when the Bee Gees stormed off the set after he mocked them one too many times.
That was just Clive Anderson’s style - it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek hence the name Clive Anderson Talks Back, it was a comedy interview show, but was serious equally. Sir Clive was a great sport during this as did most of his guests. I think grace jones didn’t get his humour and laid some smacks on him bad style
Sir Clive is just too far ahead of the curve for too many people unfortunately, as time goes by his ideas get rehashed and everyone is like wow what a great idea, forgetting the original inventor, a true legend. I still love my spectrum 😘
Well, yes, and kicking and screaming out of the antiquated 70s. Then dying for the consoles of the nineties. The Spectrum was shite. You couldn't do what we're doing now on it could you.
Because of this man and others of Sinclair Research my life as a kid was absolutely full of happiness. The spectrum was just affordable enough for most kids to have their sleepless nights of gaming and program writing.
Exactly! Always looked forward to CA talks back on friday nights. He ridiculed everyone. Remember the Bee Gees? They were indeed great, yet they couldn't take the joshing. Sir Clive could and did!
Sinclair didn’t design the Spectrum at all. It was Richard Altwasser, Rick Dickinson and Steve Vickers who designed it, they created the hardware, firmware and the familiar “black box” outer case with rubbery keyboard. Clive Sinclair himself had little interest in computers.
Very talented and self controlled person. I was pretty amazed when I heard that he and a fellow engineer went over the math functions so that they would "fit into" the calculator.
Two underrated and very clever Clives. The malcontents have to understand this was fairly prime time late night TV for people who are not computer nerds, not a more factual programme like Tomorrow's World and the entertainment format was what it was. The fact is, Clive Anderson made some good points and quick witted jokes for the audience whilst giving Clive Sinclair a platform and it was all done in a good humoured way.
I wish today's TV programmes were like this as to having no political correctness, and worry for people who "may get offended". Nice to see real laughing within the audience.
We have two men on screen here, one a true legend in his own lifetime, a man way ahead of the curve, a true pioneer in so many respects. R.I.P. Sir Clive. The other, just an arsehole who thinks he's funny.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt
He was pushing EV bikes 30 years ago, briefly alluded to in this interview. I think by this stage Sinclair Research and the computers had gone to Alan Sugar and the C5 was a total flop. But for several years after he tried with small bikes and ev bikes. The man was years ahead of his time.
I don't think this is from 1990; Anderson makes a joke about going on a cruise if he lost a lot of money which I think is a thinly-veiled reference to Robert Maxwell's death. Maxwell didn't die until late 1991.
This guy is so disrespectful. Sir Clive is a genius, his products may not have been the best on the market but he had the ideas and made them affordable for everyone to enjoy. I think it is safe to say that a lot of other "inventors" took Clive's ideas and modified them a bit only to flood the market. Sir Clive's creations were mainly miniaturised versions of technology, ideas which Japanese manufacturers stole from him and he was also ahead of his time, take the C5, yes it was nothing more than a hybrid electric tricycle but look at today, not just people driving fully electronic cars, but mobility scooters etc. The world is certainly a better place thanks to Sir Clive, my first computer was a ZX Spectrum and here I am over 30 years later still working in the IT industry since 1989. So thank you Sir Clive Sinclair.
Clive Anderson was notorious for making digs at his guests, that was his onscreen chat persona and pretty much why people tuned in every week. Therefore guests were fully aware what they were getting into (except maybe The Bee Gees!) and off-screen Clive Anderson would deal with his guests in a far different manner. But anyway I wholeheartedly agree, Sir Clive Sinclair has left us a monumental legacy, affordable home computing in the UK wouldn't have taken off if it wasn't for this one man, RIP good Sir.
Both Clives were great. Anderson never mentions his greatest achievement though - the ZX Spectrum. Done for laughs I suppose. Clive Anderson & Angus Deaton are what's missing from our TV sets today - genuinely witty people. Instead we only have box-tickers with little actual talent.
@@ninaevans4501 Wrong! Have I got news for you went crap as soon as Angus left. He provided just the right kind of sarcasm for a show like that. Clive Anderson was a great and witty talk show host. Far far better than the likes of Johnathan Ross. If you prefer what passes for TV today then maybe there is something not quite right about you (perhaps you are gen z?). TV in the 70s/80s was the golden years. The 90s is when it started to go wrong. I'm so glad I was alive through it.
You really couldn't go on Clive Anderson's show if you couldn't take criticism... Especially that very British, implied undermining nasty little joke (I think that's enough adjectives) that Anderson used to do. God he was particularly annoying, though... And ridiculously sharp-witted. He was just being rude to Jeffrey Archer in "that" interview, but I used to see things like this interview and wonder "how did he think of that so fast?" Clive Sinclair, brilliant man.
That other Clive was just condescending to sir Clive, and kinda insulting. And sir Clive just took it in stride, but had him assasinated backstage after the show lol
I never liked clive anderson's interviewing style. He was a weasel that always conjured cheap nitpicks for laughs to such an extreme the bee gees walked off his set. I'm surprised many more didn't.
@@cpcnw Chris and Sir Clive were both familiar with the use of a soldering iron and knew their way around a circuit better than the average joe. In contrast, Apple CEO Tim Cook often doesn’t see new Apple products until they’re shown to the public.
Clive Sinclair was so polite and avoided the temptation to punch his interviewer in the face. Inventors make the world a better place, not lawyers!
+EgoShredder Agree Interviewer was a complete prick. I think he was looking for some drama to make his show more popular. He really did try and provoke Clive but clive did not respond thankfully
Clive Anderson was notorious for this kind of interview. Always trying to be funny (half the time he wasn't) and trying to provoke his guests. His most infamous moment came when the Bee Gees stormed off the set after he mocked them one too many times.
That was just Clive Anderson’s style - it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek hence the name Clive Anderson Talks Back, it was a comedy interview show, but was serious equally.
Sir Clive was a great sport during this as did most of his guests. I think grace jones didn’t get his humour and laid some smacks on him bad style
I know i'm four years late with this reply, but I had exactly the same thought.
@@LeighDWYC Wasn't that Russell Harty?
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair. A legend, a good man, and a great inventor. It is very sad he is gone, but he has left a huge impact.
R.I.P. Clive Sinclair. The ZX Spectrum changed my childhood and my life forever.
Sir Clive is just too far ahead of the curve for too many people unfortunately, as time goes by his ideas get rehashed and everyone is like wow what a great idea, forgetting the original inventor, a true legend. I still love my spectrum 😘
Well, yes, and kicking and screaming out of the antiquated 70s. Then dying for the consoles of the nineties. The Spectrum was shite. You couldn't do what we're doing now on it could you.
Sir Clive certainly has a good sense of humour.
Good job, I was cringing at this and felt a little sorry for Clive Sinclair.
Because of this man and others of Sinclair Research my life as a kid was absolutely full of happiness. The spectrum was just affordable enough for most kids to have their sleepless nights of gaming and program writing.
Used to fall asleep waiting for the bastard games to load.
@@therespectedlex9794 To be fair, you would have had that experience with a C64 too. Loading times were even worse with C64 tapes.
@@cygil1 Who the frig brought the Commodore 64 up? You could have more discs on that anyway.
Careful Clive Anderson, Be nice this mans a legend.
The world needs more people like SIR Clive, a true genius and visionary!
RIP Sir Clive! Well done
One man here is great at conducting interviews, has a very quick wit and a wonderful sense of humour. The other man is Clive Anderson.
Interesting how the success of the ZX Spectrum and its domination on the UK market was not mentioned.
Indeed. Sir Clive made my youth and the youth of so many others a lot happier. I wish I could thank him personally for that.
I wish I could thank him too, I really loved my Spectrum. I have 2 rubber key Spectrums and regularly play games on them and Spectaculator.
im guessing you watched micro men, what a britsh legend
Loved my Speccy, too!
Manic Minor, Jet Set Willy, Jet Pac ...
Great days.
It wasn't mentioned because it was a success which wasn't as funny as the failures.
Quality TV, nice to see this side of Clive actually
The Bee Gees had the right idea!!! Sir Clive was very tolerant.
Sinclair C5 was just ahead of its time ,when battery and motor tech was not as good as it is today
RIP Sinclair
Clive Anderson was a very entertaining interviewer with a cheeky nature and Sir Clive, being the gent he is, took it in his stride.
Exactly! Always looked forward to CA talks back on friday nights. He ridiculed everyone. Remember the Bee Gees? They were indeed great, yet they couldn't take the joshing. Sir Clive could and did!
Let's see Clive Anderson make a ZX Spectrum from scratch. How patronising; Sinclair stays so calm, what a guy
Sinclair didn’t design the Spectrum at all. It was Richard Altwasser, Rick Dickinson and Steve Vickers who designed it, they created the hardware, firmware and the familiar “black box” outer case with rubbery keyboard. Clive Sinclair himself had little interest in computers.
Clive Anderson was going for cheap laughs, Clive Sinclair stood the test of time. He made products that inspired a generation to learn coding.
That was his job (and style)!
When you spend your life inventing and reseach and you can laugh at your own products
The man is a star 😊 Had most of your products
What a legend, helped change the world - self-deprecation is the best way to combat dickhead interviewers.
Very talented and self controlled person. I was pretty amazed when I heard that he and a fellow engineer went over the math functions so that they would "fit into" the calculator.
Two underrated and very clever Clives. The malcontents have to understand this was fairly prime time late night TV for people who are not computer nerds, not a more factual programme like Tomorrow's World and the entertainment format was what it was. The fact is, Clive Anderson made some good points and quick witted jokes for the audience whilst giving Clive Sinclair a platform and it was all done in a good humoured way.
Talking out of your arse
I wish today's TV programmes were like this as to having no political correctness, and worry for people who "may get offended". Nice to see real laughing within the audience.
What a gentleman.
RIP Sir Clive. Pioneer, undercover British icon, an actual OG.
Clive Anderson about as funny as a dose of clap
Clive Andersons about as funny as testicle cancer
Extraordinary man - Clive Sinclair I mean
Clive Sinclair talks like a such a typical scientist/engineer type. He has a good sense of humour though.
R.I.P. Sir Clive. Thanks. 🙏🏾
We have two men on screen here, one a true legend in his own lifetime, a man way ahead of the curve, a true pioneer in so many respects. R.I.P. Sir Clive.
The other, just an arsehole who thinks he's funny.
Here here! Well said.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
He was pushing EV bikes 30 years ago, briefly alluded to in this interview. I think by this stage Sinclair Research and the computers had gone to Alan Sugar and the C5 was a total flop. But for several years after he tried with small bikes and ev bikes. The man was years ahead of his time.
I don't think this is from 1990; Anderson makes a joke about going on a cruise if he lost a lot of money which I think is a thinly-veiled reference to Robert Maxwell's death. Maxwell didn't die until late 1991.
At a guess I'd say about 1993
This guy is so disrespectful. Sir Clive is a genius, his products may not have been the best on the market but he had the ideas and made them affordable for everyone to enjoy. I think it is safe to say that a lot of other "inventors" took Clive's ideas and modified them a bit only to flood the market. Sir Clive's creations were mainly miniaturised versions of technology, ideas which Japanese manufacturers stole from him and he was also ahead of his time, take the C5, yes it was nothing more than a hybrid electric tricycle but look at today, not just people driving fully electronic cars, but mobility scooters etc.
The world is certainly a better place thanks to Sir Clive, my first computer was a ZX Spectrum and here I am over 30 years later still working in the IT industry since 1989. So thank you Sir Clive Sinclair.
The man has my full respect. An extremely ingenious fellow, truly deserving his title.
Clive Anderson was notorious for making digs at his guests, that was his onscreen chat persona and pretty much why people tuned in every week. Therefore guests were fully aware what they were getting into (except maybe The Bee Gees!) and off-screen Clive Anderson would deal with his guests in a far different manner. But anyway I wholeheartedly agree, Sir Clive Sinclair has left us a monumental legacy, affordable home computing in the UK wouldn't have taken off if it wasn't for this one man, RIP good Sir.
Good old Sir Clive. To see Mr Anderson get his comeuppance watch his chat with Robin Williams.
Both Clives were great. Anderson never mentions his greatest achievement though - the ZX Spectrum. Done for laughs I suppose. Clive Anderson & Angus Deaton are what's missing from our TV sets today - genuinely witty people. Instead we only have box-tickers with little actual talent.
Clive Anderson and Angus Deaton. The pair of them are as funny as a fart in an astronauts suit.
@@ninaevans4501 Wrong! Have I got news for you went crap as soon as Angus left. He provided just the right kind of sarcasm for a show like that. Clive Anderson was a great and witty talk show host. Far far better than the likes of Johnathan Ross. If you prefer what passes for TV today then maybe there is something not quite right about you (perhaps you are gen z?). TV in the 70s/80s was the golden years. The 90s is when it started to go wrong. I'm so glad I was alive through it.
Although Sir Clive took the questions quite well and in his stride, I felt CA was a bit of an ass
Not an ass, more like a first class, diamond cross with oak leaves medal, Chelsea Flower award winning ARSEHOLE!!!
RIP Clive Anderson died on a Sinclair C5.
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he died of embarrassment driving one..
Clive Anderson makes his interviews with people that have achieved great things all about how funny he isn't.
8:15 a bit falls off. ROFL. Classic Sinclair product!
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Clive Sinclair needs to get back into computing we need his input today be fore he leaves us
he aloso invented the spectrum
The Sinclair Spectrum? No. Also, I'm looking at a two inch screen on my phone now. He had the right idea.
You really couldn't go on Clive Anderson's show if you couldn't take criticism... Especially that very British, implied undermining nasty little joke (I think that's enough adjectives) that Anderson used to do. God he was particularly annoying, though...
And ridiculously sharp-witted. He was just being rude to Jeffrey Archer in "that" interview, but I used to see things like this interview and wonder "how did he think of that so fast?"
Clive Sinclair, brilliant man.
Elon musk has based his whole act on him
I was thinking about that particular comparison just the other day.
Both Clives are high as kites..
Except only one is not high on a horse 😁
The interviewer was a bit of a arse here, anything for laugh. RIP Sir Clive.
When you're enjoying the interview, then realise it's two dead people haveing a conversation :(
Anderson is a knob, not even an iota of Sir Clive's intelligence and charm
And now electric bikes out sell push bikes ha genius
Anderson, Sinclair, James -- what is it with Clives and baldness?
That other Clive was just condescending to sir Clive, and kinda insulting. And sir Clive just took it in stride, but had him assasinated backstage after the show lol
It's typical deprecating British humour. You probably have to be a brit to understand it!
They put him into this narrative of trinket salesman, goofy and irrelevant.
I never liked clive anderson's interviewing style. He was a weasel that always conjured cheap nitpicks for laughs to such an extreme the bee gees walked off his set. I'm surprised many more didn't.
meh he called himself an inventor. He wasn't. He was a marketeer. He didn't invent anything. Chris Curry was the inventor.
Roger and Steve did most of the development work, not Chris.
@@cpcnw Chris and Sir Clive were both familiar with the use of a soldering iron and knew their way around a circuit better than the average joe.
In contrast, Apple CEO Tim Cook often doesn’t see new Apple products until they’re shown to the public.
Nonsense the movie "Micro Men" and inventing everything else including the spectrum ZX 82 . Sadly died a very rich man Sir Clive Sinclair.
Sir Clive certainly has a good sense of humour.