James May On Jeremy Clarkson's Uncivilised Sleeping Habits | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

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  • Grand Tour's James May joins Jonathan on the couch to discuss the historic success of Top Gear, exciting developments in the EV world, and sleeping in the same tent as Jeremy Clarkson.
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    Original Broadcast Date: 10 July 2009
    Season 16, Episode 23
    Jonathan Ross is joined by the grande dame of British fashion, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Top Gear's James May and American singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright. With music from Scottish troubadour Paolo Nutini
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  • @johnsonpragantha2974
    @johnsonpragantha2974 Před rokem +744

    I would like Amazon to make, Tea Time with James May, which is a 1 and half hour episode of James drinking tea with crumpets and him talking about whatever topic he had that day.

    • @zeusapollo8688
      @zeusapollo8688 Před rokem +3

      Yes

    • @gicssalada813
      @gicssalada813 Před rokem +26

      James May: The reassembler is a bit like this, he builds things and talks about random topics

    • @cvn6555
      @cvn6555 Před rokem +6

      He has essentially done this already. Lots of James content on the internet. "Unpimp My Ride" was great.

    • @patriotbarrow
      @patriotbarrow Před rokem +5

      @@cvn6555 There's always room for more May content

    • @Ed.Arthur
      @Ed.Arthur Před rokem +3

      Agreed if it's Navy Gin time with James May

  • @4eyesinthecorner399
    @4eyesinthecorner399 Před rokem +267

    I genuinely find him so interesting and the nicest of the trio so it really irritates me when people make fun of him getting passionate about things or cutting him off because he’s actually knowledgeable about something and pretty decent at explaining it too.

    • @pyrotechnick420
      @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem +13

      Out of all three, James is the one who I identify with the most, so naturally I don't like it when people make fun of him.

    • @gregspark9845
      @gregspark9845 Před rokem +3

      @@pyrotechnick420 lighten up! Ross wasn't making fun of him, it was part of the entertainment, and James bought into it if course.

    • @camerontrail7281
      @camerontrail7281 Před rokem

      @@gregspark9845 hammond and clarkson busting his balls is actually comedic though, when a television host does it it’s not funny because they’re not friends and this guy doesn’t know him. it’s the same as you or i meeting him

  • @andrew.4g637
    @andrew.4g637 Před rokem +131

    I actually find james “technical rants” very interesting. I would love to be stuck in a lift with him

  • @jennyarnold9350
    @jennyarnold9350 Před rokem +96

    Hes a very intelligent informative man. Love listening to James. Hes great with Richard with their gin drinking.

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Před rokem +11

      I spent like an hour and a half watching Richard and James getting drunk and playing chess and I have zero regrets, it was wildly entertaining

  • @plipiethefish8174
    @plipiethefish8174 Před rokem +98

    May is a true gentleman, have always been a fan but this interview is gold! Hearing him speak about his hippie moment because of the air being a 30min bike ride away really resonated. Absolute legend!

  • @DeanMoxley87
    @DeanMoxley87 Před rokem +29

    This randomly came up
    So I clicked love a bit of our James May

  • @l3uIletpoints
    @l3uIletpoints Před rokem +28

    James May is a legend. He knows full well that people want to hear what he has to say. "Should the bonger come on halfway into the carwash or at the end?" Is a question not meant to have an answer. I will watch anything that he presents because he talks to me, the viewer, like no other presenter has ever mastered and make no mistake, he mastered his craft - presentation - better than anyone else ever has... apart from maybe, Clarkson. They're different sure, but they both worked very hard at perfecting the craft of presenting their programming to me and you, as individuals. And they're brilliant. I do like James May more though. Not because I think he's more authentic, they both are, I just think that James enjoys it more.

  • @SardiPax
    @SardiPax Před rokem +215

    Ross at his most irritating. James trying to tell us things that are genuinely interesting and Ross just interrupting and jibbering about not wanting to be in a lift with him. I'd happily listen to what James has to say over Ross.

    • @Krytern
      @Krytern Před rokem +10

      Of course he kept interrupting him to try and make a joke it IS a comedy show lmao

    • @anomalyp8584
      @anomalyp8584 Před rokem +11

      He had to man, it's a quick interview for views and show.

    • @RD1R
      @RD1R Před rokem +7

      @@anomalyp8584 nahhhh Ross said the "oxygen bubble" around a u2 at 70k ft. He didn't even realize that James corrected him with "air bubble." After Ross said he always wanted to go "the moon and space and loves that sorta thing." Dunning Kruger hard at work.
      This is a bad interview because James May is SO much better educated and informed it's almost impossible to have any non-topical conversation. Ross is useless.

    • @anomalyp8584
      @anomalyp8584 Před rokem

      @@RD1R Ross is there to entertain the viewer...the vast majority of which isn't educated well enough to understand what James would be on about.
      It's a frustration for you and me both...but that's the disadvantage of dealing with the average.The show is to give James some publicity, not to have an interesting discussion about physics or the meaning of life.

    • @Hiznogood
      @Hiznogood Před rokem

      Ross is more of a Clarkson guy, not much sophistication and kinda rubbish.

  • @elliotttalksf1825
    @elliotttalksf1825 Před rokem +17

    Listening to James is a form of ASMR.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 Před rokem +27

    You know you've had an epic life when you can accurately drop a quote from Buzz Aldrin about the lunar surface in reference to an experience you've had on earth, you don't get to just call something "magnificent desolation" unless it's seriously amazing.

  • @tuszkki9357
    @tuszkki9357 Před 7 měsíci +3

    the way he explained how the atmosphere works and the metaphor of the football wrapped in tissue paper, its genuinely beautiful. James is amazing at explaining things

  • @kuljit2306
    @kuljit2306 Před rokem +10

    Hammond's hair hahaha 😂

  • @reshmapatel325
    @reshmapatel325 Před rokem +38

    I want james may and Jeremy Clarkson to be roomates. They are so funny together

    • @djmiserablecunt7932
      @djmiserablecunt7932 Před rokem

      yes. the hamster is annoying

    • @tanker4516
      @tanker4516 Před rokem

      They were in the polar special.

    • @TeethedGlory
      @TeethedGlory Před rokem +3

      Imagine being neighbours with them. Hearing ocasionally, every other evening distinctive cry "CLARKSOOOON!!!".

    • @reshmapatel325
      @reshmapatel325 Před rokem

      @@TeethedGlory 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @RonPiggott
    @RonPiggott Před rokem +9

    If I could have James May over to my home I would honestly talk to him for hours and enjoy every single precious second. He thinks like me when you get into tinkering. It would be wonderful. In fact it would make my year. (I have a physical disability. Life isn't particularly easy. I enjoyed this video immensely.)

  • @randylucas2458
    @randylucas2458 Před rokem +50

    I have never watched top gear because of the cars I have always watched top gear and the later work of the three gentlemen because they are so excellent together the three of them as entertainment as they are different from each other completely

    • @nothajzl
      @nothajzl Před rokem +4

      Top Gear is a top tier comedy. Cars are just a backdrop.

    • @randylucas2458
      @randylucas2458 Před rokem

      @@nothajzl well said sir well said

  • @sdstewart87
    @sdstewart87 Před rokem +9

    James May is an absolute legend

  • @anomalyp8584
    @anomalyp8584 Před rokem +7

    James's memory truly is like a hard drive...SO much stuff in there!

  • @schoey13
    @schoey13 Před rokem +5

    Am I the only one who seriously wants to sit down and listen to him explain mechanical and engineering stuff it’s so interesting to me

  • @swampdog1011
    @swampdog1011 Před rokem +6

    I would absolutely DREAM of getting stuck in a lift with Mr May.... but I wonder if he could actually handle me🤣

  • @user-bv8wr3vw4x
    @user-bv8wr3vw4x Před rokem +6

    In the description it's written that this is from 10 July 2009, people.

  • @robertclarke71
    @robertclarke71 Před rokem +3

    Mate if I had to pick anyone to be stuck in a lift with, James would be on the list. Seems like a fascinating and genuinely nice bloke.

  • @billsmith7254
    @billsmith7254 Před rokem +13

    A clever man!

  • @phucnguyen0110
    @phucnguyen0110 Před rokem +4

    Damn, that was 13 years ago already 😯😯😯

  • @formulajuan_
    @formulajuan_ Před rokem +1

    That sound effect he does at 14:10 is amazing!

  • @aynos629
    @aynos629 Před rokem +18

    I like James May. Intelligence and knowledge are sexy

  • @artzreal
    @artzreal Před rokem +1

    James is the coolest of the trio, by far. And I would very much like to have some good long conversations with him.

  • @tomasrubeck230
    @tomasrubeck230 Před rokem +3

    What a lovely bloke

  • @leahhe3528
    @leahhe3528 Před rokem +4

    I find May is very charming. I don't know why they always find him awkward.

  • @kiely4561
    @kiely4561 Před rokem +5

    well James was definitely right about the electric car lol

  • @eatonuter7113
    @eatonuter7113 Před rokem

    Intelligent conversation between James and Johnathan.

  • @noobzy964
    @noobzy964 Před rokem +10

    2 4 6 8 JAMES MAYyyy!!!!!

  • @waywardgoddess7219
    @waywardgoddess7219 Před rokem +1

    I just gotta say the photo of Hammond and Clarkson in the thumbnail Hammond looks like a hobbit from the shire and Clarkson looks like he could be an extremely young Gandalf 😂😂

  • @abitoutofsorts
    @abitoutofsorts Před rokem +1

    James is awesome

  • @markorollo.
    @markorollo. Před rokem +4

    i think the most interesting thing here is finding out JR is older than JM

  • @Zyrdalf
    @Zyrdalf Před rokem +3

    I want to hear about the overlapping tube method?!!!??!?!

  • @SW4PN1L
    @SW4PN1L Před rokem +7

    Why do you want him on the show if you don't want to hear him talk, i bet not so interesting people always cut short the interesting ones....

  • @FirestormX9
    @FirestormX9 Před rokem +1

    Can't believe this was over a decade ago!

  • @elirien4264
    @elirien4264 Před rokem +5

    I'd rather listen to James May than that host.

  • @sectortech12b8
    @sectortech12b8 Před rokem

    Top gear with the original 3 is a favorite , hilarious great show on prime

  • @87654321j
    @87654321j Před rokem +3

    Id love to get in a conversation with James May Johnathan woss however I'd rather skewer my hand Toba table 😂

  • @franciscourioste4783
    @franciscourioste4783 Před rokem

    I'm quite interested about what he meant by the principle of the "Tube in a tube"

  • @iambiggus
    @iambiggus Před rokem +1

    I was 9 when Challenger went up. I had stayed home from school with a cold and watched it with my dad. I still recall quite a bit of detail, even to the point of remembering what the room/bed/tv looked like and the brief conversation right after. I asked him if that actually just happened? He didn't answer me right away but was very somber and said something to the effect of how big a deal it was and how it will be something I remember years from now. He was right, it's one of my earliest, strongest memories.

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris Před rokem

    I was in primary school for the Luna Landing and I was in a classroom in Perth WA to watch the landing on a small black and white TV. I know that before then we were asked to leave all the lights on at night for when the astronauts were orbiting.

  • @claireyoung9620
    @claireyoung9620 Před měsícem

    James is a wonderfully intelligent man.

  • @zAngus
    @zAngus Před rokem +1

    How old is this interview. Must be years and years.

  • @biswojyoti1
    @biswojyoti1 Před rokem

    i cant understand why these trios are not in more talkshows

  • @jeanmyers1787
    @jeanmyers1787 Před rokem +22

    James May is so super intelligent compared to J. Ross

  • @kathywilliams9672
    @kathywilliams9672 Před rokem

    i love Janes

  • @TheCrapman50
    @TheCrapman50 Před rokem

    the interview was delightful, the laughing that abruptly stops sounded pretty damn stupid. 😂

  • @raccooncitysurvivor7746
    @raccooncitysurvivor7746 Před rokem +2

    Lurpak was invented in 1901

  • @stonkr
    @stonkr Před rokem +4

    I think we're going to need a bigger lift.

  • @HNRichard
    @HNRichard Před rokem

    This is from 2009?? It's so HD! Maybe this one isn't edited for old nearly square TVs at the time.

  • @ModifiedSecta
    @ModifiedSecta Před rokem +2

    Friday Night With An Absolute K N O B feat Sir James May

  • @SS-jt9ex
    @SS-jt9ex Před rokem +30

    I would not mind in the slightest if i was stuck in a lift with James,.. Jonathon, on the other hand. Not so much

  • @moonliteX
    @moonliteX Před rokem

    is this quite an old episode?

  • @annettekleynhans6127
    @annettekleynhans6127 Před rokem

    Fleck of dust in a Hoover bag…… well said James!

  • @BarryBollox.
    @BarryBollox. Před 8 měsíci

    I would rather get stuck in a lift with james may than 99% of the guests on here.

  • @Leonf123
    @Leonf123 Před rokem +1

    Has to be one of the coolest men alive

  • @hugoagogo9435
    @hugoagogo9435 Před 3 měsíci

    May for prime minister. His fantastic logic to everything would run the country like clockwork.

  • @cambo338
    @cambo338 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Why wouldn't you want to be stuck in a lift with him? The amount of interesting things he could tell you

  • @LackedBetterName
    @LackedBetterName Před rokem +2

    There's only one person here I wouldn't want to get stuck in a lift with and it ain't James

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem

    They did great with James' makeup here he looks 10 years younger lol

  • @PrestigeWorldWide179
    @PrestigeWorldWide179 Před rokem

    Fucken good on James

  • @jimmunro4649
    @jimmunro4649 Před rokem +2

    Yea James 252 mph is slow

  • @numberyellow
    @numberyellow Před rokem +1

    I wouldn't mind getting stuck in a lift with him... i can only imagine the kind of fascinating conversation that would take place..

  • @pyrotechnick420
    @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem +1

    fun fact James studied music out of all things in university. But he played a keyboard only once on Top Gear and that's it

    • @MontyCantsin5
      @MontyCantsin5 Před rokem +1

      @pyrotechnick: What about the Top Gear of the Pops episode that was aired as part of Red Nose Day? Surely that counts too.

    • @pyrotechnick420
      @pyrotechnick420 Před rokem

      @@MontyCantsin5 totally forgot about that thank you

  • @alstuart8801
    @alstuart8801 Před rokem

    this is old footage.. May not on Top Gear. Four Puffs & A Piano are no longer on Ross's show either.

  • @jesusalbertoguerrerocarden6628

    Imagine a podcast between James May and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

  • @youtubeaccount489
    @youtubeaccount489 Před rokem +1

    Ross isnt half rude

  • @mediocreman2
    @mediocreman2 Před rokem +1

    That old grey haired lady has quite a deep voice! And looks 50 years older than Jonathan. 😅

  • @chawnadams9648
    @chawnadams9648 Před rokem

    Reason why new Top Gear and the copies dont work is Jim, Jezza and Dick are actually real best friends. People feel like they're watching their buddies argue and bicker.

  • @fabiandimaspratama
    @fabiandimaspratama Před rokem

    The most interesting "boring man". James May a.k.a. Captain Slow a.k.a. Captain OCD

  • @terryhayward7905
    @terryhayward7905 Před rokem +1

    Being stuck in a lift with James would be a a really good time, I just would not want to be stuck in lift with JC :)

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Před rokem +2

      Why not? He'd be bloody hilarious and he's tall enough to remove the roof panels

    • @terryhayward7905
      @terryhayward7905 Před rokem

      @@cleverusername9369 I don't think I could take the complaints that "I have every disease that has ever been invented".
      OK, I am joking, he would be hilarious. :)

  • @emptybucket1988
    @emptybucket1988 Před rokem

    Imagine if they grabbed a few cold ones at James pub they can talk day and night can't they

  • @peterthomas5792
    @peterthomas5792 Před rokem

    Sorry to echo James' anality, but 70,000 feet is a bit more that a 30-minute brisk bicycle ride.
    You'd have to average 26 mph - that's Tour-de France riding.

  • @IdleByte
    @IdleByte Před rokem

    Goes from talking about the environment being fragile to building plasticine villages and Lego houses... :O

  • @derlangsame4471
    @derlangsame4471 Před rokem +2

    Who the hell could cycle for 70000 feet in half an hour constantly? Athletes yes, but not normal cyclists. Seventy thousand feet is almost 22 km. That means averaging 44 km/h or 27 mph.

    • @Krytern
      @Krytern Před rokem +2

      He just came up with the number in the middle of a conversation he couldn't pause to do a quick bit of math like you can watching a video over the internet.

  • @nothajzl
    @nothajzl Před rokem

    One time people let May explain something and the universe stopped

  • @manny2248
    @manny2248 Před rokem +1

    The host is Nicholas Cage in a wig

  • @adgyadgy
    @adgyadgy Před rokem

    Land on the moon ?????????

  • @jennybettles7680
    @jennybettles7680 Před rokem

    James where has the beard gone it suits you.

  • @TheShootist
    @TheShootist Před rokem +4

    10 years old?

  • @bamikroket
    @bamikroket Před rokem +3

    If there's anyone with who I'd rather not be in an elevator with, it's some jackass who thinks it's comedy to make fun of people knowing things.

  • @Dibs1978
    @Dibs1978 Před rokem +1

    Both great guys, but no chemistry in this interview.

  • @cidertom5140
    @cidertom5140 Před rokem +1

    I wish they would sort out the way ross speaks

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 Před rokem

    Were they pressed for time? Feels very rushed… ⏰😒

  • @bsenroy
    @bsenroy Před rokem +3

    Man, James is sexy. and i am not even gay.

  • @since1876
    @since1876 Před rokem +3

    I really hate when smart people go on shows with dumb people that won't let them talk because it's boring to dumb people.

  • @TheXxPSYCHO
    @TheXxPSYCHO Před rokem

    old news

  • @richierich1835
    @richierich1835 Před rokem +5

    this is really old.. Clarkson is NOT married to her anymore

  • @bhew7409
    @bhew7409 Před rokem

    Typical finger on the pulse upload from the JR team...

  • @thatsmeinthepic
    @thatsmeinthepic Před rokem +1

    Can’t imagine Mr. May has been back on Ross’ show after this encounter. Awful hosting!!

  • @pauls466
    @pauls466 Před rokem +1

    at least he has a brain.

  • @littlepepito
    @littlepepito Před rokem

    Didnt know jon hangs out in a gay showtune salon

  • @FullmetalSP1
    @FullmetalSP1 Před rokem

    Biggest load of bollox talking about how exhausting the potential of bicycle is the reason why people drive cars.

  • @thegman352
    @thegman352 Před rokem

    The most interesting boring man

  • @johnfrei9057
    @johnfrei9057 Před rokem

    EVs are not real for prime time. They’re recharged mostly by fossil fuels. The manufacture of them has a huge environmental impact, as does the disposal of the highly toxic batteries. Where’s the environmental benefit?

  • @pepe6666
    @pepe6666 Před rokem

    He is the world's most interesting boring person

  • @phuketexplorer
    @phuketexplorer Před rokem +1

    This video is from ancient history! Thumbs down.

  • @windsweptconcept7261
    @windsweptconcept7261 Před rokem

    Jonathan is such an awkward interviewer.