+snipeors first time seeing this, too true, i think its cause Ferguson just let him do his thing and then kinda moved into an improve skit which is how British comedy often develops, all about that wit!
I would say this with most but you should see Craig's interview with Robert Downey Jr, could cut the uncomfortableness with a knife. But that's probably Rob being more sensitive than he's gonna let on. Edit: Looked at a couple on youtube and don't see it now, but it was one where Craig brought up their shared histories with drugs.
+Volvandese Yeah indeed. But than Richard doesn't like interviews and there are a lot of interviewers that ask stupid questions. Craig's show is always more of a series of conversations. It rarely happens that they are really talking about selling the film or book or whatever. Just having fun conversations about anything and everything the guests want to talk about. I think Richard just feel way more at ease. Plus it's very hard to talk Craig under the table...
Craig always treated his guests as just normal people where he prefers to make conversation. It's why so many people loved him for it since they feel right at home.
Perfectly showcases Craig’s skill as a conversationalist. Today, Graham Norton is one of the few with a similar ability to create fun, where many ‘interviewers’ are simply trying to avoid silence.
@@dunnnuu6502 G.N. is always formulating his next joke instead of listening to the guests. (The so-called ‘listening to respond’ rather than, as Ferguson does so naturally, ‘listening to understand,” and only then cracking his joke.)
+todd lerfondler 100% agree. Props to him for doing his homework and realising what Ayoade likes to do with interviews, and presenting a different technique than the other bland interviewers who quickly fall under Ayoade's sarcastic blade.
+Joe Brechting Colbert is a great interviewer, but when it comes to getting on the guest's level, Ferguson has him beat. Case in point: TJ Miller. Another person who can't be steered. Compare and contrast.
2 years later I still agree with your comment! I love both of them dearly and this interview is ironically so REAL. They are both being sarcastic, both of them are sort of ironically poking fun at interviews, bad therapists, and the meaningless of life, yet their doing it in such an uplifting and genuinely respectful way. We need more of this kind of humour. It's not for everyone, but it is so much better than the fake laughs and redundant questions we get more than half the time!
I wish they could talk for hours. The minute that Richard opened up and said he preferred to stay at a distance from people, that's when Craig felt a connection and they just bonded. I feel like Craig is more introverted than he lets on.
And this is why Craigy Ferg was a great interviewer. Perfectly able to match the speed of any comic while also being able to slow himself down so as to not outshine a non-comedian guest. He immediately caught up to Richard's speed and then the two just began playing with each other (verbally). The audience may not have been laughing much but it's obvious that the two of them were revelling in each others company, bouncing off each other in a back-and-forth you could've seen on a vaudevillian stage. This is what proper comedy sounds like.
+James Thomas Laughing would distract the audience from following and absorbing the conversation, and that would be a waste when given such an interesting ride as this one.
Craig is/was one the best interviewers on American tv. He pretty much shredded and burned the Late Night Talk Show Rulebook. Very few hosts these days would take the time to get to know someone as offbeat/unconventional as Richard. And even fewer would believe that someone who know who Groucho Marx and Quentin Crisp are.
That was a laugh track. The producers put them in to tell the audience when something is funny. I hate when that happens. I want to listen to everything Richard says without any interruption.
@@Katya_Lastochka "Quite" actually has different connotations in different countries. In the UK, its meaning is vague - it can mean a substantial amount, but just as often it means any amount not equalling zero. In the US, it just means "very".
I imagine he hates talk shows where the questions are all discussed ahead of time.....he probably thinks thats ridiculous and makes him uncomfortable. (i dont blame him) SO thats why he probably is comfortable here
***** And you read that in his diary? Do you know the reason he doesn't like interviews? It's because it is a very one-sided conversation, and it makes him feel rude and therefore uncomfortable. In this interview however, it's just him and Craig talking. There is no specific subject they need to talk about and it's not only Craig asking the questions you see...? But again I said "seem"...
As a full-blooded American, British humor is much more satisfying. American humor often is cheep and seems to only go for the shock factor, while the IT crowd, Red Dwarf, and Black Adder seems to have more thought behind it. Maybe I'm over analyzing it, but this interview shows the brilliance of people like Ayoade along with those involved in the previous shows I mentioned and of course the Monty Python crew. That being said, my aunt is British so I have cousins that are half English, but they have had no influence on my sense of humor. They are just surprised when I rattle off the names of my favorite shows.
+Moonlight Productions Define American smart boy. Remember, the America we understand when under the statement "full blooded American" is based on the United States of America established by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Since it was my ancestors who participated in this process, I'm as 100% American as you can get. As for peoples who have lived on this land, no one is 100% since everyone migrated from somewhere to this continent. Whether it was from land bridge from Asia, or explorers from Spain or even the from the East and Middle East, everyone came from somewhere else. Once the lands broke up, the populated continents had to come populate the Americas. Maybe you're the one who got an F in History; or you just had to deal with common core version of History. In your context, no one is 100% American Blood.
They gave a huge award to Graham Norton (who IS deserving), but Ferguson is incredibly under-rated in his great ability to both draw people out + be funny + entertain + exudes "genuine". Why did Craig have to retire!? Damn. Ayoade? Poster child for "under-rated" talent.
Richard Ayoade's is pretty great at controlling his impulse to laugh when he's in character. I've seen him break and try to hide it. If I were a comedian who worked with him, I might become slightly obsessed with trying to make him laugh.
They're like Elephant & Castle - wtf that's a place. Ok for me as I actually lived in Islington a year ago but no I would never go to Elephant & Castle out of choice
***** You're right. The area derives its name from a large pub or coaching inn which used to be the main identifying feature long before the area was built around it. This inn was even referenced by Shakespeare, as he knew his south London audience in The Globe Theatre would have been familiar with it.
Elephant & Castle was hella grimy, i went to uni there. Its good for americans to learn about other things and other places out side their little bubbles #noshade but insular much? ...i think they are a tad sometimes.
This is going over most American audiences heads I think. They've never seen a talk show conversation like this before. You'll never see something like this on Jimmy Fallon.
I think just about everyone can appreciate Craig's special brand of humor, American or not! He was one of the best talk show hosts I've ever seen - certainly hundreds of times better at it than Jimmy Fallon.
@@maryrosekent8223 His mother is Norwegian. He's got a Norwegian middle name (Ellef), and he named his daughter Ida (a common Norwegian name that works well in English) :)
@@natecw45 John Mulaney has done a lot of brilliant stuff, but I know people who will simply fall apart whenever he says, "As you do..." So, even if someone is consistently funny, I won't judge someone for being particularly tickled by an odd turn of phrase.
They literally had a conversation by pretending to have a conversation and then pretended to impersonate a shrink and client in the middle of their pseudo-conversation !
Two different energies... and the secret of Craig's success, it's an improv conversation, but an actual conversation, chock full of punchlines. It keeps *everyone* engaged, even the guest...
conor spencer See, I actually think Richard and Moss are quite different. Moss is way, way, waaaay more awkward than Richard (which is REALLY saying something). That being said, no one else could play Moss.
Nikki Prock Richard is much more socially intelligent, whereas Moss is basically a caricature of him, though he had his own charm that only works in sitcoms but in real life he would be considered a sociopath.
for the first time, it's the guest who dominates the room. Finally someone authoritative and witty enough to take the piss at Ferguson. Great interview btw
I think you misunderstand. Richard wasn't dominating the room at all, they were just basking in each other's wit because it fit so perfectly. If was domineering, it wouldn't have been enjoyable.
True. Usually, Richard sort of dissects the interviewers. It didn't feel like domination in this video. In this video it felt like it was casual conversation between two people.
Craig.... Has never, ever, EVER asked real questions. He doesn't even want to, that's his thing. Its all about the conversation and breaking the convention of having to ask guests questions. That's why he always does that whole bit in the beginning of every single interview where he rips up the "questions".
No one took the piss at anyone, these two are just talking lol. Why would he even want to dominate the room?? Why do you see a contest here at all?! Look at some other interviews ffs.
Silver Champagne Not seen the American IT Crowd, i imagine it is as crap as the American version of the Office. The original is always the best anything else is just cheap imitation
God Craig Ferguson's "interviews" are always the best - mostly because they're not interviews at all, we just get to spy in on two witty poeple having an entertaining conversation. I could watch this for minutes!
Man! I had no idea Richard was this brilliant...clearly this is an extremely intelligent guy. They were great together. Two really smart, really quick, very funny guys. And they played so well off of each other.
I met him once at a screening of his first film Submarine (If you liked Rushmore, you'll love Submarine). Very smart. So shy. SO handsome. I mean, really, the camera doesn't do him justice at all, no matter how much it may love him.
LrsLzk His interaction with Jimmy Carr on that show is one of the best things I've ever seen. Also when he hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks. And also virtually every other panel show he's ever appeared on.
I just recently "discovered" him & I happened upon an episode of Travel Man with him & Eddie Izzard & now I've just been mainlining Richard Ayaode, especially once I saw him & Noel Fielding together.
Wow. I really love watching interviews where the guests and hosts just gave the best chemistry and this one was pretty amazing. Seemed like they were just talking man to man without the audience.
Pretty much any time i see Richard's name, i click immediately. Then i realize, "Tsk, i've played this one before," and don't care because it's awesome. This comment really takes you on a ride.
"Shut up!" " i will not " "shut up!" "I will not shut up." This is sheer pleasure. I put this up there with Seinfeld getting coffee in cars with John Oliver. When it feels like they would go on exactly the same if there were no camera or audience, it's a delight.
Also, I just scrolled through the comments and I don't think some of the haters saw the same interview. Ayoade has a highly oddball, detached style frequently featuring imagined conceits and tangents predicated on absurdity. Ferguson got this, which is why his "questions" jumped from random topic to random topic without much serious intent, just to see what Ayoade would do with it. And when a line of conversation petered out, he'd jump to another, which worked well because it almost pre-empted Ayoade in going off on tangents. And then they went into the therapy bit, which was a brilliant parody of therapy clichés that spun into the same absurdity they'd been working on the entire interview. That final insouciant handwave, done deliberately in contrast to the somber "we're dying now"? Again, fits into that absurdist vein. My sense of humor is pretty similar, which is obviously why I hugely enjoyed this interview. I can understand why someone wouldn't enjoy it because their senses of humor may not totally line up. Or they're used to the way the Channel 4 comedians play off Ayoade and Ferguson was doing something different from them. (As one commenter pointed out, an extended one-on-one interview has a totally different purpose and format from a quiz show.) Either way, humor is highly subjective. You can enjoy or not enjoy a particular iteration, and you can argue about perception and implication and whatnot, but at the fundamental base of it, to declare that your subjective preference for humor and comedians to be universal, objective truth is...well, absurd.
+didderjade It is indeed impressive that Ferguson so readily goes along with Ayoade's style. Of course, Ayoade's style on its own is also quite impressive. "It takes two to tango" is really valid for Ayoade's style. He also excels when paired up with Noel Fielding.
Not so much concerned with who ends up on top but the verbal sparring is lovely to see as they both have rare personalities types. Testament also to Craig for his ability to scale quickly to pretty much any type of person. Great chat/interview.
Craig doesn't care about seeming like the more witty guy, when it becomes an effort he stops because he doesn't want to take himself too seriously. However, Richard is an uptight guy, but also really enjoys a good and competitive back and forth. You can see it in every interview or show he does, he knows that his fans love his unpredictable quick and cynical replies so he does just that. Craig is like a happy outgoing dude having a midlife crisis, Richard an introverted stoic but also competitive dude, both, insanely funny and smart.
Also, I feel like people dont realize, but Richard is always playing a character, that's like an extreme caricature of himself, that he doesn't feel the need to point out because it's this character that also takes part in every interaction on TV, whenever there's tension or expectation for him to say something funny. Definitely helps that he's naturally uptight, he's fucking hilarious.
I discovered Richard Ayoade on "The Big Fat Quiz of the (fill in the Year)" shows and fell in love. I used to think that I didn't understand British Humor when I was a teenager but now I love it, especially their panel game shows. Check out Richard when he is paired with Noel Fielding the two of them make me pee my pants.
@Jewels Star I'm just saying the bad reputation was because of how Brixton used to be back in the '80s and '90s. But in the 2000s, Brixton got cleaned-up and became a friendlier place.
@Jewels Star Well, I moved out of Brixton as a kid in the '90s, and hadn't been back there until the early 2010s. By that time, Brixton had become a clean and well-developed place. There's also been a shift in demographics, due to an influx of EU migrants from Eastern Europe since the 2000s. So now there's a large white population in Brixton, although most of them are Eastern-European.
Two of the most clever and wittiest entertainers! Watching them go back and forth is pure comedy. 😆 Also, they are kindred spirit... Just look at their socks.
I miss Craig doing interviews so much, I've watched everything I can since he stepped down but i still gotta come back to these. Anyone who can have a genuinely pleasant time with Ayoade AND Cillian Murphy should be recognized for their greatness.
Both Richard and Ferguson are very much enjoyable to listen to, I just love how creative most of Craig Fergusons interviews turn out, but with Richard Ayoade as his guest, it was just over the top entertaining. I could listen to Richard forever, and I'd happily pay those two for talking to each other.
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This is probably the most comfortable I've seen Richard Ayoade be in an interview scenario.
+snipeors first time seeing this, too true, i think its cause Ferguson just let him do his thing and then kinda moved into an improve skit which is how British comedy often develops, all about that wit!
Shows just how good Craig is, at sensing how the guest is and adapting his style to fit them.
I say that about pretty much everybody Craig ever interviewed, he's perfect at getting them to relax and unwind. I wish he'd get another talk show!
I would say this with most but you should see Craig's interview with Robert Downey Jr, could cut the uncomfortableness with a knife. But that's probably Rob being more sensitive than he's gonna let on. Edit: Looked at a couple on youtube and don't see it now, but it was one where Craig brought up their shared histories with drugs.
@@trailersic Are you talking about the Guru-Murthy interview?
The only man to ever successfully interview Richard Ayoade
TRUUUU
SenorKristobbalVLog so true
SenorKristobbalVLog Craig tore, what i think was, the interview questions in the very beginning
SenorKristobbalVLog So true. did you see the Krishnan Guru-Murthy one? So awkward.
***** Ohh, nevermind then. I thought he did that with Richard because he wanted to do unconventional interview. I don't watch his show that much
"Shut up!" "I will not."
+Bethebug123 best
Bethebug123 😄😄
JabberW/TalkyBot, can't
It was kind of bizarre watching an interview where Ayoade didn't just casually dissect the interviewer and the process itself.
+Volvandese Yeah indeed. But than Richard doesn't like interviews and there are a lot of interviewers that ask stupid questions. Craig's show is always more of a series of conversations. It rarely happens that they are really talking about selling the film or book or whatever. Just having fun conversations about anything and everything the guests want to talk about. I think Richard just feel way more at ease. Plus it's very hard to talk Craig under the table...
+Volvandese It wasn't so much an interview though. It was more like a conversation between them, which is the way Richard likes it.
this show is improvised and is just natural conversation instead of pre rehearsed conversations like other talk shows
Joecaine yeah, but if you watch other people interview him it's pretty clear that they're always one step behind him
Craig always treated his guests as just normal people where he prefers to make conversation. It's why so many people loved him for it since they feel right at home.
This fluidity of this interview is truly admirable considering the topic changes every sentence . They're not missing a beat
Theyre both british style comedians its like two gears meshing
Perhaps they edited out the luls in conversation
No topic , it was basically a skit riffing between the two of them.
ayoade has serious suit game
this is true
another reason why he needs to be the doctor
Being weird and my sweet style that’s all I’ve got.
it’s more of an exacting tailoring preference
Craig Ferguson. The only man who can interview Richard Ayoade.
Well Richard has said he doesn't like the one-sidedness of interviews. So this, which was more of a real convo he probably liked less
Pringle Prangle agree
@@philevans6395 what?
Except for Richard Ayoade
@@philevans6395 proof reading, it saves lives.
Perfectly showcases Craig’s skill as a conversationalist. Today, Graham Norton is one of the few with a similar ability to create fun, where many ‘interviewers’ are simply trying to avoid silence.
To be fair Craig does try avoid silence a lot but he does it in a way thats not noisy and obnoxious
Graham Norton is a parasite. The entire chat show circuit is one giant marketing campaign for the sociopaths of the entertainment industry.
g.n creeped on so many
Ferguson hosting the Late Late Show, it was truly anomalous for American television: a talk show host that actually listened to the guests.
@@dunnnuu6502 G.N. is always formulating his next joke instead of listening to the guests. (The so-called ‘listening to respond’ rather than, as Ferguson does so naturally, ‘listening to understand,” and only then cracking his joke.)
This is the strangest talk show interview I've ever seen. One of the best, too. I find Ferguson and Ayoade played off each other perfectly.
Craig is that way. He can adapt quickly and get on anyone's level. Tied with Colbert for best interviews imho
+todd lerfondler 100% agree. Props to him for doing his homework and realising what Ayoade likes to do with interviews, and presenting a different technique than the other bland interviewers who quickly fall under Ayoade's sarcastic blade.
+Joe Brechting Colbert is a great interviewer, but when it comes to getting on the guest's level, Ferguson has him beat. Case in point: TJ Miller. Another person who can't be steered. Compare and contrast.
2 years later I still agree with your comment! I love both of them dearly and this interview is ironically so REAL. They are both being sarcastic, both of them are sort of ironically poking fun at interviews, bad therapists, and the meaningless of life, yet their doing it in such an uplifting and genuinely respectful way.
We need more of this kind of humour. It's not for everyone, but it is so much better than the fake laughs and redundant questions we get more than half the time!
I wish they could talk for hours. The minute that Richard opened up and said he preferred to stay at a distance from people, that's when Craig felt a connection and they just bonded. I feel like Craig is more introverted than he lets on.
And this is why Craigy Ferg was a great interviewer. Perfectly able to match the speed of any comic while also being able to slow himself down so as to not outshine a non-comedian guest. He immediately caught up to Richard's speed and then the two just began playing with each other (verbally). The audience may not have been laughing much but it's obvious that the two of them were revelling in each others company, bouncing off each other in a back-and-forth you could've seen on a vaudevillian stage. This is what proper comedy sounds like.
+James Thomas Laughing would distract the audience from following and absorbing the conversation, and that would be a waste when given such an interesting ride as this one.
+kimaboe Totally agree, I hadn't thought that perhaps the audience were so captivated in the journey they forgot to laugh!
Craig is/was one the best interviewers on American tv. He pretty much shredded and burned the Late Night Talk Show Rulebook.
Very few hosts these days would take the time to get to know someone as offbeat/unconventional as Richard. And even fewer would believe that someone who know who Groucho Marx and Quentin Crisp are.
That was a laugh track. The producers put them in to tell the audience when something is funny. I hate when that happens. I want to listen to everything Richard says without any interruption.
yeah was great seeing them play off each other so well.
This, Jen, is the internet
I thought it'd be a bit bigger.
@@ronindebeatrice That's what she said ;)
😂😂😂😂
"The Elders of the Internet know who I am?!" XD Best episode!
@@ronindebeatrice "It's so light" "Hah the internet doesn't *weigh* anything, Jen."
I can never get enough of the British wit. This was quite delightful.
Alexandria Garcia I think the word 'quite' is specifically for British purposes.
@@Katya_Lastochka "Quite" actually has different connotations in different countries. In the UK, its meaning is vague - it can mean a substantial amount, but just as often it means any amount not equalling zero. In the US, it just means "very".
@@ThreadBomb Another thing the US has gotten wrong then.
Quite interesting certainly isn't at the level of very interesting.
@@ThreadBomb Thank you. I did mean it in the vein of "very."
No such thing as ''British' wit! Each country on the island is very different!
I just love how clearly comfortable Richard seems during this. He doesn't like interviews so much, but with Craig it's always more of a conversation!
I imagine he hates talk shows where the questions are all discussed ahead of time.....he probably thinks thats ridiculous and makes him uncomfortable. (i dont blame him) SO thats why he probably is comfortable here
***** Hence the word "seems"...
***** Erm... No ti's not and he does... So... I guess it's a difference in opinion.
***** And you read that in his diary?
Do you know the reason he doesn't like interviews? It's because it is a very one-sided conversation, and it makes him feel rude and therefore uncomfortable.
In this interview however, it's just him and Craig talking. There is no specific subject they need to talk about and it's not only Craig asking the questions you see...?
But again I said "seem"...
***** You clearly haven't been paying attention if you really think his behavior here it the same in all of his other interviews...
"My default position is 'no'". :D
then you wander into this part of youtube and look at the comments section, and there you see a bunch of nice people...
+Praveen Namboothiri Kinda unusual to not see bickering the whole way down the page isn't it?
I think it's because Richard is so lovely :)
+Caryn D Prescott racist
Holy shit you're right. Richard Ayoade is so awesome that he brings people together even on the internet. He is the solution to world peace.
Shut ya god damn face! :-P
As a full-blooded American, British humor is much more satisfying. American humor often is cheep and seems to only go for the shock factor, while the IT crowd, Red Dwarf, and Black Adder seems to have more thought behind it. Maybe I'm over analyzing it, but this interview shows the brilliance of people like Ayoade along with those involved in the previous shows I mentioned and of course the Monty Python crew. That being said, my aunt is British so I have cousins that are half English, but they have had no influence on my sense of humor. They are just surprised when I rattle off the names of my favorite shows.
+jmhatutube are you native american?
+242jams if that means I was born in the US then yes. If it means I'm American Indian then, no.
+Moonlight Productions Nope, not black. What is this, twenty questions?
***** Yes I am. And who are you to determine who is and isn't.
+Moonlight Productions Define American smart boy. Remember, the America we understand when under the statement "full blooded American" is based on the United States of America established by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Since it was my ancestors who participated in this process, I'm as 100% American as you can get.
As for peoples who have lived on this land, no one is 100% since everyone migrated from somewhere to this continent. Whether it was from land bridge from Asia, or explorers from Spain or even the from the East and Middle East, everyone came from somewhere else. Once the lands broke up, the populated continents had to come populate the Americas. Maybe you're the one who got an F in History; or you just had to deal with common core version of History. In your context, no one is 100% American Blood.
did you see that ludicrous display last night?
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott that early?
Matt Golding arsenal seem to think they can just walk it in.
Arsenal?
lmao
The thing about arsenal is they always try to walk it in.
What a gorgeous man Ayoade is!
Oh he is 😍😍😍 something about him x
Oh! He’s mine!
Super sexy: smart and funny!
They gave a huge award to Graham Norton (who IS deserving), but Ferguson is incredibly under-rated in his great ability to both draw people out + be funny + entertain + exudes "genuine". Why did Craig have to retire!? Damn. Ayoade? Poster child for "under-rated" talent.
I heard Craigy say on his show that his contract was up, it had gone on long enough, and he was ready.
Craigy Ferg was awarded A Peabody for his interviews with Desmond Tutu. Thats enough, that combo, for a lifetime, aye?
Richard Ayoade's is pretty great at controlling his impulse to laugh when he's in character. I've seen him break and try to hide it. If I were a comedian who worked with him, I might become slightly obsessed with trying to make him laugh.
somethingnewplz8 bored
Like John Mulaney and Bill Hader as Stephan.
He cracks a lot on Travel Man and I love it.
Then there was the time he laughed on camera by saying "Bad Dong".
Oh don't mention Conan!
@@GeorgiaOverdrive bad dong and your mum jokes
The audience has no idea what's going on when Richard and Craig are talking about the places where they grew up.
They're like Elephant & Castle - wtf that's a place. Ok for me as I actually lived in Islington a year ago but no I would never go to Elephant & Castle out of choice
***** You're right. The area derives its name from a large pub or coaching inn which used to be the main identifying feature long before the area was built around it. This inn was even referenced by Shakespeare, as he knew his south London audience in The Globe Theatre would have been familiar with it.
***** I get it, but only because a large portion of my family is from county Norfolk.
Elephant & Castle was hella grimy, i went to uni there. Its good for americans to learn about other things and other places out side their little bubbles #noshade but insular much? ...i think they are a tad sometimes.
that is the most funny part lol
Only Ayoade can refer to a fart as a "comment on the preceedings" LMAO
Strong sock game from Ayoade.
Ah Yes, But it's the woman's slacks that gives him his confidence.
Richard Ayoade is literally everything I look for in a man; tall, dark, handsome, intelligent, AND great sense of humor.
+Bendage so basically everything every girl looks for then.
Jack Reilly and some guys, but basically yes.
Racist
+Bendage mostly guys
Dark? Not always.
This is going over most American audiences heads I think. They've never seen a talk show conversation like this before. You'll never see something like this on Jimmy Fallon.
I think just about everyone can appreciate Craig's special brand of humor, American or not! He was one of the best talk show hosts I've ever seen - certainly hundreds of times better at it than Jimmy Fallon.
The 10 IT Crowd fans who were screaming as Ayoade sat down are laughing.
Half Norwegian, half Nigerian, all English! One of the funniest people out there.
Frank Robert Skogstad
I didn’t know about the Norwegian part.
@@maryrosekent8223 His mother is Norwegian. He's got a Norwegian middle name (Ellef), and he named his daughter Ida (a common Norwegian name that works well in English) :)
Frank Robert Skogstad
Thanks for the info.
It's like watching Federer and Nadal. Champions of comedy these 2 are.
I disagree, Federer and Nadal's sense of humor is not nearly as good.
@@lamosos Yeh, Federer leans too much on slapstick, I find
@@youngyoungmcgurn5088 Saw what you did there 👏
Jimmy Carr is Federer !
These are my two favorite.
The fact that Richard Ayoade is really funny without smiling and is funny makes me love him more.
I learned a lot about myself watching this interview…
***** im sacred of mice ??
Make sure you use plenty of lubricant
Jimmy G so am i
IFrameRodger I'm not sure what that would do to quench the fear of mice
+scottclaudet yeah, same here
"Shut UP!"
"I will not..."
I rarely comment just to post quotes from a video, but this was worthy
THAT was what resonated with you most?
bless your heart
@@natecw45 John Mulaney has done a lot of brilliant stuff, but I know people who will simply fall apart whenever he says, "As you do..." So, even if someone is consistently funny, I won't judge someone for being particularly tickled by an odd turn of phrase.
OH man I would pay to see these two talk for hours.
They literally had a conversation by pretending to have a conversation and then pretended to impersonate a shrink and client in the middle of their pseudo-conversation !
Real geniuses
"Oh I hope they wouldn't, as then I'd have to stop admiring them"
Love it
I was thinking “hey he’s actually quite a good therapist”
“Mice”
“Ah”
Watching this I am angry that 1)Craig Ferguson quit doing this show, that 2)IT Crowd isn't making new episodes, and 3) that I'm not living in the UK.
jrenae75 It's not that nice here
Yeah it's nothing great the UK
I love england very much:)
Isabelle Maria I feel sorry for you
Well don't - England is a wonderful country:)
One of the sharpest minds in film. And Craig Ferguson is amazing as a host.
You do realize they have both been in movies, yeah? So that's two of the sharpest minds!
Two different energies... and the secret of Craig's success, it's an improv conversation, but an actual conversation, chock full of punchlines. It keeps *everyone* engaged, even the guest...
Possibly the only person who can handle the awkwardness of Richard.
My default position is "urm, no" Classic Ayoade
This was a journey. I feel blessed.
How much do I love Richard Ayoade? A lot is the answer.
00RaraAvis00 That's a good answer, and actually the only correct answer if it's multiple choice.
00RaraAvis00 thanks for clearing that up ... annnnnnd .. uummmm ... loved u in reservoir dogs btw 👍🎂💐
Playing Moss in the IT crowd must of been the easiest role he's ever been cast for, he literally just had to be himself.
conor spencer See, I actually think Richard and Moss are quite different. Moss is way, way, waaaay more awkward than Richard (which is REALLY saying something). That being said, no one else could play Moss.
Nikki Prock Richard is much more socially intelligent, whereas Moss is basically a caricature of him, though he had his own charm that only works in sitcoms but in real life he would be considered a sociopath.
conor spencer *have
@@Katya_Lastochka sending company emails about a fire in the office during the fire xD
@@Katya_Lastochka If Moss would have been here it would have been to drink milk and kick ass... and he just finished his milk.
Richard Ayoade is always so humorous, he is wonderful.
Richard takes self-deprecation to self-flagellation.
He’s so understated but he just kills me with his delivery
for the first time, it's the guest who dominates the room. Finally someone authoritative and witty enough to take the piss at Ferguson. Great interview btw
I think you misunderstand. Richard wasn't dominating the room at all, they were just basking in each other's wit because it fit so perfectly. If was domineering, it wouldn't have been enjoyable.
True. Usually, Richard sort of dissects the interviewers. It didn't feel like domination in this video. In this video it felt like it was casual conversation between two people.
Craig.... Has never, ever, EVER asked real questions. He doesn't even want to, that's his thing. Its all about the conversation and breaking the convention of having to ask guests questions. That's why he always does that whole bit in the beginning of every single interview where he rips up the "questions".
No one took the piss at anyone, these two are just talking lol. Why would he even want to dominate the room?? Why do you see a contest here at all?! Look at some other interviews ffs.
undeny Which also explains why he always rips the paper at 1:29
This is probably the most comfortable Richard has been in any interview. They were in sync the whole time.
This is how to handle an interview with Richard. Spot on!
These two just naturally go off on surreal tangents - its amazing seeing them together.
Richard Ayoade in "The IT Crowd" top class channel 4 comedy, just love that show. Americans i highly recommend it.
+Gary Mcatear IT'S Awesome! Have you seen the American IT Crowd. It is exactly the same, but CRAP!
Silver Champagne Not seen the American IT Crowd, i imagine it is as crap as the American version of the Office. The original is always the best anything else is just cheap imitation
+Gary Mcatear I actually like both versions is The Office, but the IT Crowd, Nope! And you know what? Richard is in that one too. (as Moss)
Silver Champagne Richard Ayoade is in the American It Crowd are you saying?
Gary Mcatear yeap!
God Craig Ferguson's "interviews" are always the best - mostly because they're not interviews at all, we just get to spy in on two witty poeple having an entertaining conversation. I could watch this for minutes!
richard ayoade is perfection
I cant help but ardently admire him.
Oh im here again. hello old self
yikes i have a problem
Return to the video once again. It’s a good one
@@HM-yv9xk that's not a problem that's an obsession......
8 years ago now
Rarely do you see an interviewer stay on the same level as Ayoade during their discussion.
Man! I had no idea Richard was this brilliant...clearly this is an extremely intelligent guy.
They were great together. Two really smart, really quick, very funny guys.
And they played so well off of each other.
As usual, Richard’s marketing and promotion skills are ever thriving
I miss Craigy Ferg’s show so much. This was so much funnier than the other late shows of the time. What a beast.
God the sarcasm is completely on point
I met him once at a screening of his first film Submarine (If you liked Rushmore, you'll love Submarine). Very smart. So shy. SO handsome. I mean, really, the camera doesn't do him justice at all, no matter how much it may love him.
Richard Ayoade is absolutely hilarious.
If you like this guy, check him out on Britain's "Big Fat Quiz Of The Year" super funny
Him ad Noel together on it are just fabulous.
him on Big Fat Quiz of the Year is the best thing ever
He's great with David Mitchell on "Was it Something I Said?"
LrsLzk
His interaction with Jimmy Carr on that show is one of the best things I've ever seen. Also when he hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks. And also virtually every other panel show he's ever appeared on.
I just recently "discovered" him & I happened upon an episode of Travel Man with him & Eddie Izzard & now I've just been mainlining Richard Ayaode, especially once I saw him & Noel Fielding together.
Finally pulled off an Ayoade interview! Bravo!
They went to a dark place, but I'm glad they talked man to man.
lovely references my friend. dean would be proud
Wow. I really love watching interviews where the guests and hosts just gave the best chemistry and this one was pretty amazing. Seemed like they were just talking man to man without the audience.
Love how Richard just plays along as a way of mocking interviews and social interaction . He's so brilliant.
Love the banter between these two... =)
Im more surprised that people are surprised that the guy who could keep up with Robin Williams, managed a good interview with Ayoade.
Massively taking the piss out of each other in the best way!
"I don't really know what's going on in any walk of life."
Pretty much any time i see Richard's name, i click immediately. Then i realize, "Tsk, i've played this one before," and don't care because it's awesome.
This comment really takes you on a ride.
I've only just discovered Richard Ayoade (he's not really known in my country) - man... The guy is amazing!
"Shut up!" " i will not " "shut up!" "I will not shut up."
This is sheer pleasure. I put this up there with Seinfeld getting coffee in cars with John Oliver. When it feels like they would go on exactly the same if there were no camera or audience, it's a delight.
Also, I just scrolled through the comments and I don't think some of the haters saw the same interview. Ayoade has a highly oddball, detached style frequently featuring imagined conceits and tangents predicated on absurdity. Ferguson got this, which is why his "questions" jumped from random topic to random topic without much serious intent, just to see what Ayoade would do with it. And when a line of conversation petered out, he'd jump to another, which worked well because it almost pre-empted Ayoade in going off on tangents. And then they went into the therapy bit, which was a brilliant parody of therapy clichés that spun into the same absurdity they'd been working on the entire interview. That final insouciant handwave, done deliberately in contrast to the somber "we're dying now"? Again, fits into that absurdist vein.
My sense of humor is pretty similar, which is obviously why I hugely enjoyed this interview. I can understand why someone wouldn't enjoy it because their senses of humor may not totally line up. Or they're used to the way the Channel 4 comedians play off Ayoade and Ferguson was doing something different from them. (As one commenter pointed out, an extended one-on-one interview has a totally different purpose and format from a quiz show.) Either way, humor is highly subjective. You can enjoy or not enjoy a particular iteration, and you can argue about perception and implication and whatnot, but at the fundamental base of it, to declare that your subjective preference for humor and comedians to be universal, objective truth is...well, absurd.
+didderjade no other host/interviewer would be smart enuf to do that. Ferguson is just the best. but thats interesting thx for saying that
+didderjade It is indeed impressive that Ferguson so readily goes along with Ayoade's style. Of course, Ayoade's style on its own is also quite impressive.
"It takes two to tango" is really valid for Ayoade's style. He also excels when paired up with Noel Fielding.
+didderjade That my friend was a poetic explanation.
+didderjade I'm not even sure how this is a youtube comment. Have you nothing stupid or racist to say?! Nothing??
+Ella D You had me at Jimmy Carr. Worst comedian of all time.
This is the job I want. To sit and talk shit with celebrities, about their interesting lives and then get paid for it.
Richard Ayoade is pure magic...
This is the best interview I've ever seen if my favourite man, Richard Ayoade , because Craig understood him! I adore Richard so much gahhh
"I don't really know what's going on in any walk of life... I don't hate ppl. I'm not nuts on them. I mean, my general answer is emmm... no." 👌
Holy shit, that was interviewing on brutal difficulty. That was amazing.
if he and John Oliver were ever in the same room I would just explode from the Englishness
They were best friends at Cambridge together
@@Disestabulistic is this true? Didn't know that.
@@moimeself1088 czcams.com/video/CNJXC9n0prs/video.html
One or the other (can't remember which) has talked about it in an interview as well.
@@Disestabulistic thank you!!! So weird to see both so young, and behaving so "out of character". John less than Richard, but still. 😊
The last time I saw someone else go toe to toe with Craig and come out on top was Robin. Rip brother
+jonathan Jaffe I wouldn't say he came out "on top of Craig". They were just chatting is all.
Not so much concerned with who ends up on top but the verbal sparring is lovely to see as they both have rare personalities types. Testament also to Craig for his ability to scale quickly to pretty much any type of person.
Great chat/interview.
Craig doesn't care about seeming like the more witty guy, when it becomes an effort he stops because he doesn't want to take himself too seriously.
However, Richard is an uptight guy, but also really enjoys a good and competitive back and forth. You can see it in every interview or show he does, he knows that his fans love his unpredictable quick and cynical replies so he does just that.
Craig is like a happy outgoing dude having a midlife crisis, Richard an introverted stoic but also competitive dude, both, insanely funny and smart.
Also, I feel like people dont realize, but Richard is always playing a character, that's like an extreme caricature of himself, that he doesn't feel the need to point out because it's this character that also takes part in every interaction on TV, whenever there's tension or expectation for him to say something funny.
Definitely helps that he's naturally uptight, he's fucking hilarious.
Steven Wright was also great.
I discovered Richard Ayoade on "The Big Fat Quiz of the (fill in the Year)" shows and fell in love. I used to think that I didn't understand British Humor when I was a teenager but now I love it, especially their panel game shows. Check out Richard when he is paired with Noel Fielding the two of them make me pee my pants.
Have you ever seen The Mighty Boosh?
I used to visit Elephant & Castle every month and didn't think it was that bad... But then again, I used to live in Brixton, so that's probably why.
@Antonio Bromelini It changes at exactly 1am
When I moved to London I visited Elephant and castle - there was definitely a ‘vibe’ 😂
@Jewels Star Brixton started improving about 15 years ago. But back in the '90s, Brixton was one of the most run-down, crime-ridden parts of London.
@Jewels Star I'm just saying the bad reputation was because of how Brixton used to be back in the '80s and '90s. But in the 2000s, Brixton got cleaned-up and became a friendlier place.
@Jewels Star Well, I moved out of Brixton as a kid in the '90s, and hadn't been back there until the early 2010s. By that time, Brixton had become a clean and well-developed place. There's also been a shift in demographics, due to an influx of EU migrants from Eastern Europe since the 2000s. So now there's a large white population in Brixton, although most of them are Eastern-European.
Never underestimate the power of a vibrantly hued sock.
Two of the most clever and wittiest entertainers! Watching them go back and forth is pure comedy. 😆 Also, they are kindred spirit... Just look at their socks.
Fucking love this interview haha
"Pity sex is still sex, my friend!" That's true matey!
“I’ll play the therapist - which I’m not qualified to do, much like Dr Phil” 😂 😂 😂 funny because it’s true.
I think that is one of my favourite interviews ever.
I love both of them, and this feels more like a conversation instead of an interview. Brilliant!
I miss Craig doing interviews so much, I've watched everything I can since he stepped down but i still gotta come back to these. Anyone who can have a genuinely pleasant time with Ayoade AND Cillian Murphy should be recognized for their greatness.
Both Richard and Ferguson are very much enjoyable to listen to, I just love how creative most of Craig Fergusons interviews turn out, but with Richard Ayoade as his guest, it was just over the top entertaining.
I could listen to Richard forever, and I'd happily pay those two for talking to each other.
it is me or did i wanted 20 more minutes of this??
both are brilliant!!!!
I’d buy tickets just to watch these two chat for 90 minutes .. brilliant interview.
These two work off each other perfectly. Hysterical.
The British are the best at dry humor! So happy I found out about Richard Ayoade 💯
The term 'British' is highly offensive to every country on Britain, except for the English!
@@albagubrath9073 Incorrect
My favorite interview of Richard so far. So sincere.
Literally one word shy of perfect. It seems like Craig ran out of options when he said "mice."
Yeah but he came around with "And that'll be 100 dollars."
man i love the brits. Richard Ayoade's wit is just unmatched.
Richards nationality is English, he was born in England. Fergusson was born in a different country!
@@albagubrath9073England is Britain along with Scotland and Wales, Northern Ireland makes up the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland.
Fabulous interview. I really miss this show.
Great interview!