>3) Why was TMWRNJ shown at the ridiculous time of noon on a Sunday, when it would have been much more at home post-watershed?

The timing was JUST RIGHT. In my opinion.

I'm more pissed off that the BBC didn't have the sense to commission another series. Without wanting to sound like a complete arselicker, I thought it was one of the funniest programmes I had seen for a long time. That could at least have the decency to repeat the programmes you did make.

Cheers for making me laugh, and hope you're on TV again soon :)

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>3) Why was TMWRNJ shown at the ridiculous time of noon on a Sunday, when it would have been much more at home post-watershed?
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There was a repeat of TMWRNJ on Fridays, although edited, it had all the swearing, making the "I'm wanking as I write this" gag pointless.

I used to have to give up watching some of this to let my house mate watch Dawsons Creek (for fuck sake the girl was 23!).

I have a question for Mr. Herring:

1. Are you Jesus?
oh and another one, a bit obscure as it refers to about 15secs of TMWRNJ.
2. Was the bit where you played Bill Hicks doing the "Artistic Roll Call" bit a dig at Peter "Too Gorgeous" Baynham?

Actually any chance of you being on telly? As Mr Lee played 5mins walk from my house and I still couldn't be arsed. Ask him how the Redditch gig went.

oh oh oh oh I have questions too. ohoh.

Mr Herring, as a comedian you are meant to be funny all the time. This is of course impossible. So what percentage of the time you are awake are you funny (yr best guess)?


oh, And what other contempory comedians do you respect?

>2. Was the bit where you played Bill Hicks doing the "Artistic Roll Call" bit a dig at Peter "Too Gorgeous" Baynham?

But PB's Pot Noodle ads were great.

"I'm rock, I am!"

>2. Was the bit where you played Bill Hicks doing the "Artistic Roll Call" bit a dig at Peter "Too Gorgeous" Baynham?

But PB's Pot Noodle ads were great.

"I'm rock, I am!"

>But PB's Pot Noodle ads were great.

No! No no no no!

*Everything* Baynham Peter Baynham has done is great.

"My kind of stranger's funeral..."

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>*Everything* Baynham Peter Baynham has done is great.
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I'm not slagging PB, I just wondered if there was any connection between the two incidents.

>I'm not slagging PB, I just wondered if there was any connection between the two incidents.

Fair enough...let us take this opportunity to go on about how great he is, and good looking to the bargiain and possibly gay...not that that stops me lusting after him, not that I do... see what a hole you have made me dig!

"Meals you can make in your mouth..."

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>"Meals you can make in your mouth..."

My fav was (for FoF) the drug guide he did. BTW if you smoke a cigarette in the bath & stand up quickly you do get a rush, then you nearly fall over and crack yer head on the loo.

Didn't try the OD one.

So people reckon he's gay? I might try to sleep with him just to piss you off RHC

>So people reckon he's gay? I might try to sleep with him just to piss you off RHC

Ha! Like he'd have you...

"Buy a newspaper, go into a library and read an atlas. When someone asks if you've finished with the newspaper, say "Oh, this is mine actually..."..."

>"Buy a newspaper, go into a library and read an atlas. When someone asks if you've finished with the newspaper, say "Oh, this is mine actually..."..."

What happened to him (is he doing the play/book/one man show). Armando's got a new show, D. Schneider(sp?) did those awful "The Horror of having to pay the morgage by fronting some awful clips programme".

From The Armistice & CM Radio show to having a teenage girl and a 20 something slacker argue about whose going to fuck him. Which is still me BTW.
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He's been on 99P Challenge regularly and I think he's still writing. He seems happy, and I'm glad.

"Classic Meat Magazine"

>He's been on 99P Challenge regularly and I think he's still writing. He seems happy, and I'm glad.
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>"Classic Meat Magazine"

I'm going to have to check out this 99p challege, please list the funny peeps in it then the annoying people.

Eg Sue Perkins: No, Mel (not even going to attempt spelling it): Yes, though that's based more on a "Who I'd rather sleep with" jag than a talent thing (but hey! I'm a hetrosexual bloke!).

This may break your heart but Boothy is a bad thing (like I say I'm a hetro bloke).

It's R4 thing isn't it. Don't tell me the series has finished.

Yes it has finished, but I have both series on tape if you're *that* interested.

Rich Herring
David Quantik
Simon Pegg
David Schneider
Nick Frost
Mel Geidroyc (?)
Sue Perkins (Host)
Baynham Peter Baynham
Armando Iannucci
Tom Binns
Marcus Brigstocke
Bill Bailey
Ben Moor

And some others...

And why is Boothby bad?

>What happened to him (is he doing the play/book/one man show). Armando's got a new show, D. Schneider(sp?) did those awful "The Horror of having to pay the morgage by fronting some awful clips programme".

According to the Observer, he's trying to move into films. Only ever seen him in Mission Impossible though, but I always wondered what he was doing at the back of the train. Surely if he was the driver, he should have been on the other end?

>Surely if he was the driver, he should have been on the other end?

Have you ever been on a underground train? Thought not.

Wasnee also in The Saint for 10 seconds?

>Yes it has finished, but I have both series on tape if you're *that* interested.
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>Rich Herring -Rah
>David Quantik -Not Rah (I'm sorry, I just don't like his voice, ever since C&M Hit Parade
>Simon Pegg -Not fussed, doesn't strike me as a "wit"
>David Schneider Rah!
>Nick Frost -hmm
>Mel Geidroyc (?) -Rah Rah
>Sue Perkins (Host) Well if she's the host
>Baynham Peter Baynham -Everyone's fav psuedo welsh gay boy (apparently)
>Armando Iannucci -Check out Facts & Fancies
>Tom Binns -Nope don't know him
>Marcus Brigstocke -Nah
>Bill Bailey -Rah
>Ben Moor -Indifferent
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>And some others...
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>And why is Boothby bad?
Cos he's better looking than me. That's what you wanted to hear, isn't it.

>>Surely if he was the driver, he should have been on the other end?
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>Have you ever been on a underground train? Thought not.

mmm? Course I have! Is it usual then, just in case they bump into a wall or something?

>mmm? Course I have! Is it usual then, just in case they bump into a wall or something?

There are drivers at both ends, usually.

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>According to the Observer, he's trying to move into films. Only ever seen him in Mission Impossible though, but I always wondered what he was doing at the back of the train. Surely if he was the driver, he should have been on the other end?
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Maybe it was Balham Pete & he was pretending to be the driver, driving the train backwards.

Well I hope he has more luck than Steve Coogan, tho' I must say I've not seen the Parole Officer, but I have a funny feeling it's better that way.

So, do you want some episodes?

NB Herring was fired after two shows for swearing too much. Bill Bailey only appears once, and Simon Pegg is in nearly every biscuitting show.

>Cos he's better looking than me. That's what you wanted to hear, isn't it.

I'm pretty indifferent to his looks. I think Baynham Peter Baynham is gorgeous for biscuit's sakes.

>So, do you want some episodes?
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>NB Herring was fired after two shows for swearing too much. Bill Bailey only appears once, and Simon Pegg is in nearly every biscuitting show.
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>>Cos he's better looking than me. That's what you wanted to hear, isn't it.
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>I'm pretty indifferent to his looks. I think Baynham Peter Baynham is gorgeous for biscuit's sakes.
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Right I would like to comment on this Simon Pegg thing. I remember a programme a few years ago called 6 Pairs of Pants. It was made by up and coming types, one of them Master Pegg. It was shit, not "Shit because it's not clever/boundrybreaking/likePythonenough, it was shit as in "not funny".

Spaced I liked, very nice little sit-com, I think one more series is enough.

I think this shows that Pegg is a good comic actor, and is no comedian, BTW did you ever see him do stand-up?

Um, copies, er no I have memories of Light Lunch, Armistice etc... basically don't knock yerself out I probably won't listen to them, anyway the only thing I've got to swop is: I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again, some Jasper Carrot tapes and The Stan Freberg Show (which I finally managed to get my mum to give me).

>I think this shows that Pegg is a good comic actor, and is no comedian, BTW did you ever see him do stand-up?

Noooo thank you.

So, no copies than. Rightio, although I did knock out a rather good...in my opinion... compilation of my favourite, Baynham included, bits the other day.

Anyway why would I want anything you had to offer? It's all old and therefore rubbish, as nostalgia programming has proved to me.

1) Why haven't you been on telly for two years?
I have been on Time Gentlemen Please for about 3 minutes. But L&H is not on because no broadcaster has given us money or a slot to do the show. Basically it's down to Jane Root at BBC2. But I am hopeful that we shall return to TV both individually and together.

2) Are you and Stew still working together?
At the moment we are working together to some degree writing series 2 of TGP. We have both been very busy with individual projects, but hope to work together again in the future (if only on the radio)

3) Why was TMWRNJ shown at the ridiculous time of noon on a Sunday, when it would have been much more at home post-watershed?
I was responsible for that. I thought the slot was a really good one - hangover TV. I watched Sunday morning TV a lot and thought it would be a good place to do a really funny and subversive show (post watershed it is no longer possible to be subversive in the same way).
In the end I think we suffered because the BBC were not really interested in the slot or in promoting it. Had they realised what a good thing they were on to they might have something to rival T4 now.

4) Did you know that I come from the same town as Stewart Lee?
No. And I am not interested.
5) Do you want to come back to my place?
No Ian the smegmeister. You have a name which makes you appear like an unappealing sexual propostion.

Sorry I took so long to answer your questions. I will do my best to get back to my usual reply within the hour technique

"We have both been very busy with individual projects, but hope to work together again in the future (if only on the radio) "

This is the best news I have ever heard.

My nipples are pointing to the ceiling.

>My nipples are pointing to the ceiling.

Mine have exploded with delight




Obvious, but what the heck