Richard Hammond Can't Recall After A Five Minute Timeframe | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

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  • ORIGINAL BROADCAST DATE: 22 December 2006
    Series 11, Episode 15
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Komentáře • 465

  • @chloelane1045
    @chloelane1045 Před 3 lety +1050

    when this happened i was so upset and very young ( maybe 9/10). i wrote a card to hammond with a curly wurly ( which was his fav chocolate) wishing him the best. got a letter back from jezza and still have it today, saying thank you and signed by him- it is handwritten

    • @zebrasbean2385
      @zebrasbean2385 Před 3 lety +67

      Omg I wish I’d have sent one I met hammond with his family on holiday before and he was lovely

    • @mutestingray
      @mutestingray Před 3 lety +11

      I would love to see that.

    • @dragonking6620
      @dragonking6620 Před 2 lety +55

      What a lovely gesture by you at such a young age and then by Jezza too.
      Use to waitch Top Gear everyday on Dave back in those days. I was a bairn too and very distressed over it.

    • @chloelane1045
      @chloelane1045 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mutestingray sure thing!

    • @tealwashablemarker8886
      @tealwashablemarker8886 Před 2 lety +2

      omg that is brilliant

  • @TechyMantis
    @TechyMantis Před 4 lety +1384

    I read his book and apparently when James and Jeremy arrived at the hospital with Richard in a coma they were told to be normal with him. Jeremy said to Richard "you're a crap driver" I can imagine him saying it lol

    • @dylanzrim1011
      @dylanzrim1011 Před 3 lety +18

      😂 brilliant

    • @MissVERAFLOYD
      @MissVERAFLOYD Před 3 lety +56

      My brother had a head injury and when we saw him in the icu for the first time they said the same thing, all you can do is cry and say "yeah i won't mention it and try not to cry or he'll get upset" it's so weird.

    • @isaonderwaater8136
      @isaonderwaater8136 Před 3 lety +1

      What is the name of that book?

    • @TechyMantis
      @TechyMantis Před 3 lety +9

      @@isaonderwaater8136 Richard Hammond on the edge. my story

    • @isaonderwaater8136
      @isaonderwaater8136 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TechyMantis thank you

  • @deanrobert8674
    @deanrobert8674 Před 4 lety +778

    I can just picture Clarkson going into the hospital at night, and playing Phil Collins over the PA system...

    • @willemgroen7546
      @willemgroen7546 Před 4 lety +2

      😂

    • @deanrobert8674
      @deanrobert8674 Před 4 lety +8

      @Kieran Slapman have you watched any old top gear ?

    • @watermalone5782
      @watermalone5782 Před 4 lety +15

      Aaaaaaaaa cen feeeel it coaaamin

    • @yammmit
      @yammmit Před 4 lety +14

      Kieran Slapman you must not have watched old Top Gear if you don’t get the joke. Clarkson used to play Genesis over loud speakers to annoy Hammond.

    • @Atlassss_
      @Atlassss_ Před 4 lety +1

      Dean Robert that’s such a Clarkson thing to do

  • @seb_gibbs
    @seb_gibbs Před 4 lety +798

    If I remember correctly, Richard's last words before it left the road and crashed was 'I've never felt so alive'

    • @hsk_245
      @hsk_245 Před 4 lety +7

      Seb Gibbs ironic

    • @dongatello6969
      @dongatello6969 Před 4 lety +34

      Also, there's "Watch this!"

    • @twoflower8264
      @twoflower8264 Před 4 lety +5

      "Hold my beer"

    • @AzguardMike
      @AzguardMike Před 4 lety +3

      @@twoflower8264 "hammond you blithering idiot!"

    • @makaan699
      @makaan699 Před 3 lety +2

      @@hsk_245 He could save others from death, but not himself.

  • @DalleDayul
    @DalleDayul Před 3 lety +440

    Hammond said a few years after this that despite being lucid during this interview, he doesn't actually remember giving it, and that he effectively lost a year after the accident. Insane to think about, because he's obviously pretty lucid here, that he doesn't recall it happening whatsoever.

    • @dawnemery6029
      @dawnemery6029 Před 3 lety +27

      Hol'on, he actually forgets this interview????

    • @AnnaMarianne
      @AnnaMarianne Před 2 lety +15

      @@dawnemery6029 Yes

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 2 lety +87

      Having had a golf ball hit me between the eyes from about 30m away i can say yep, theres whole wads of my life i cant remember prior to the accident, and for about 3 years after only the most random stuff stuck. And i know i am nowhere near as 'smart' as i was before. I could feel the difference. I sometime struggle to form words when speaking. I can read the same paragraph a dozen times without comprehension. Some days are better than others. It was 31 years ago and Im still dealing with it on a daily basis.
      Brain injuries are weird things.

    • @strafniki1080
      @strafniki1080 Před 2 lety

      wow

    • @areteees
      @areteees Před 2 lety +12

      They did a Top Gear live tour in South Africa that summer too and he's since said he's got no memory of the entire tour

  • @jamiepeterson5646
    @jamiepeterson5646 Před rokem +74

    My mum had a neurologist join her team shortly after the accident, and in his previous job, he was one of the people who looked at Richard's MRIs. At the time, in his opinion, he was going to be a vegetable IF he survived. It's astonishing that he was able to make the comeback that he did.

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před 9 měsíci +5

      To be fair, he just had to get back to vegetable level to be back to normal.

  • @Jackyl82334
    @Jackyl82334 Před 4 lety +629

    According to the investigators, when the tire of the Vampire Dragster blew out, Hammond's reflexes were on a par with a combat trained fighter pilot, he reacted precisely as he should have, he saved his own life with his driving prowess that day.

    • @tkerrs9795
      @tkerrs9795 Před 4 lety +43

      Hes dead. This is a clone

    • @twirlypenpsn4771
      @twirlypenpsn4771 Před 4 lety +18

      Yes a perfectly intentional barrel roll shoving his own skull 6 inches into planet earth.

    • @chloehennessey6813
      @chloehennessey6813 Před 4 lety +49

      Dario DeNiro Are you a slow thinker?
      Not familiar with how a car works?
      Not familiar with emergency maneuvers?
      Had he reacted .03 seconds later than he did it would have been his death.

    • @jasonroman8031
      @jasonroman8031 Před 4 lety +11

      @@tkerrs9795 Like Paul McCartney

    • @uncannysnake
      @uncannysnake Před 4 lety +77

      @@jasonroman8031 Additionally to that, James May was actually supposed to drive it but he had no time that day. The analysts literally said that because Hammond is a little guy this was what really saved his life. James May could have reacted just as well as Hammond and had the exact same crash but would most likely still be dead, just because he would be taller and thus come into more contact with the ground, ripping his head off.

  • @Guillaume2606
    @Guillaume2606 Před 4 lety +746

    "Wichawd Hammond was dwiving a vewy fast wacing caw."

  • @sugarnads
    @sugarnads Před 2 lety +46

    My missus (RIP) was almost inconsolable when this accident happened. She adored hampster.
    🇭🇲👍🏿

  • @gandurk
    @gandurk Před 3 lety +146

    "Have you seen that film, Memento?"
    "Probably"
    See I love the top gear trio and while Clarkson is the legend and James, weirdly, is the most interesting, but I honestly feel that Hammond is the wittiest of the three

  • @kevinducharme1263
    @kevinducharme1263 Před rokem +18

    this man has led such charmed life. he is part of one of the most memorable ensemble casts of TV presenters. he has survived a major life-changing event. he has been part of some of the most exciting events ever captured on camera. and he is such a humble person. respect.

  • @waltzingmatilda9092
    @waltzingmatilda9092 Před 4 lety +232

    I was quite young when this happened... eleven years old I believe, and I loved Top Gear and Richard Hammond... I cried and cried and cried and was worried sick the entire time. I made and sent him a card to TG with a hamster on it weightlifting toothpaste (Clarkson and May always mocked him about his white teeth) and told him to stay strong and get well soon... even now, I'm almost 25 years old and it still upsets me when I watch back on these interviews because I remember how I felt as a kid. If that is how a fan felt, well, I can't even imagine how it must have been for his friends and family...

    • @Thomas_Bergel
      @Thomas_Bergel Před 4 lety +11

      sophie deabreu
      That‘s how i felt after michael schumachers skiing accident in 2013... although i was some years older...

    • @waltzingmatilda9092
      @waltzingmatilda9092 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Thomas_Bergel I try quite sad when F1 did that tribute to Schumacher actually... it's funny how watching things back can put us right back into that mindset!

    • @DylRicho
      @DylRicho Před 4 lety +2

      Did he ever send one back to you? (Also 25 and a die-hard Top Gear fan here, so I was the same age when I found out about it.)

    • @marthamorrison4649
      @marthamorrison4649 Před 4 lety +2

      I remember this too, loved the boys. Didn’t realise until I looked at the broadcast date that I was only 6! It’s one of very few memories from that young

    • @waltzingmatilda9092
      @waltzingmatilda9092 Před 4 lety +11

      @@DylRicho no response, but I didn't mind! I was was just happy to see him alive! Top Gear was just one of those programmes that could pick me up no matter the mood, but very much lost my love of it when the boys left, transferred all that love onto The Grand Tour!

  • @jeanr6948
    @jeanr6948 Před 4 lety +212

    This is the first time I have heard someone speak about post traumatic memory loss AND I am a Hammond fan! In 1976 a met police car apparently flew off a flyover and rolled across a motorway [apparently] with me in it! I had no memory of the whole journey. Bits came back. I was left with memory problems forever. I survived by using lists!! The nhs did nothing and never has done anything to explain what was happening to me _ I didn’t even remember my home. And was car phobic but had no idea why! I was told to learn to drive - which I did whilst quaking and sweating. The driving licence set me free!! And drive powerful cars too! It would be nice to let Richard Hammond know that his description has given relief to me after over 40 years!!

    • @pattate9636
      @pattate9636 Před 4 lety +5

      What you doing in an old bill motor in the first place Jean? You naughty bitch

    • @cathat9622
      @cathat9622 Před 4 lety +8

      That moment when a driving licence is more usefull than the nhs

    • @jonwelch564
      @jonwelch564 Před 4 lety +27

      @@pattate9636 try reading Jean's reply again, and try to grasp what she's been through, and how horrendous a brain injury can be. Your brain is what makes you, you. She suffered all these years and you show disrespect to her, what if it happened to you? Would you want everyone to be rude to you? Would you be Ok with the doctors giving you no answers, and you only get an answer when the same thing happens to someone else on TV years later. You should be ashamed of yourself.

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 Před 4 lety +3

      Jean wont remember David Bowie dedicating a song to him either.

    • @deanrobert8674
      @deanrobert8674 Před 4 lety

      @leahcim38 you know that a lot of young people's brains are going to explode once/if they can comprehend what you have write here.
      Bravo i just wish I could see the look on there faces & eyes RME during nice 1 .

  • @aqua46784
    @aqua46784 Před 4 lety +31

    All these years later, thinking it's a miracle he survived. Have to say that Jonathan Ross was a brilliant interviewer/foil for Richard in this period of recovery. The affection is obvious.

  • @elirien4264
    @elirien4264 Před 4 lety +94

    From what I heard about the accident, it was very fortunate the Hammy is so small. They said if he'd been a bit taller, he would have been decapitated.

    • @tealwashablemarker8886
      @tealwashablemarker8886 Před 2 lety +18

      it was actually supposed to be james in the car that day, but he couldn’t do it (drawing an utter blank on why) and they got richard to do it instead. if it had been james in there when it crashed, he would’ve died.

    • @elirien4264
      @elirien4264 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tealwashablemarker8886 Maybe James wasn't "meant" to be there? Dunno....

    • @gumpoi
      @gumpoi Před 2 lety

      @@tealwashablemarker8886 Was a schedulin issue I heard.

  • @TXnine7nine
    @TXnine7nine Před rokem +32

    Richard has said that he doesn’t remember this interview. This was only about 3 months after the crash and he said that the first year after that crash is just gone. Said he should have taken a lot more time before coming back.

    • @MsAliciaRL
      @MsAliciaRL Před 10 měsíci +3

      Definitely, but the annoying thing about brain injuries is that you damage the organ responsible for making good decisions.

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@MsAliciaRL And his organ was always a few keys short of a full instrument anyways.

  • @chasingenigma7482
    @chasingenigma7482 Před 4 lety +50

    Brain injury is crazy, my friend also got into a motorcycle accident and hit his head and also went to coma for a week and when he woke up from it, he became like a 5 yr old child. It took many months before he got back to the way used to be.

    • @chilli-soup
      @chilli-soup Před 4 lety +2

      @Don homer David Smith had an even bigger bang on the head.

    • @TheBushRanger.
      @TheBushRanger. Před rokem

      Did he fully recover?

  • @Strainj1
    @Strainj1 Před 3 lety +131

    I am honestly amazed by how well Richard handled this interview - he covered a serious number of personal issues, in a really sensitive way. I take my hat off to the man. He handled it with humour and sincerity, and I gained an insight into what he has gone through in his recovery......... Jonathon i wasn't so impressed by though - I was upset by how often he went out of his way to turn Richard's personal story into almost mocking him. Ah well, Richard saved this, and I loved the interview overall.

  • @U2QuoZepplin
    @U2QuoZepplin Před 4 lety +52

    That’s horrible when he says “Mindy had to contemplate raising the kids on her own.” I remember around the time when this happened, it was big news and everyone seemed to have an opinion on it. It’s quite funny how detached he is from the serious and dangerous side of the incident, but as he says. He James and Jeremy had a pact to reflect on it only very briefly . I think if it had gone seriously wrong then it might have been curtains for the whole show anyway.

  • @garypowell1540
    @garypowell1540 Před rokem +29

    Here is a story that one could not make up.
    Back this March I suffered a cardiac arrest while attending a Church meeting in Lambeth. Very fortunately, at the time I was apparently in conversation with a female paramedic from the St Johns Ambulance. She got my heart beating again after a few minutes by virtually caving in my chest and I was rushed to St Tomas's where I arrived after a short time. My wife took a couple of days to find where I had been taken to as someone had given the hospital my incorrect birth date. However, having been assured that I should be OK, by a few friends of mine who were present at the time eventually arrived at the ICU department to find me in an induced Coma in a highly distressed and concerned but otherwise calm disposition.
    However, her already high-stress levels were about to get much much higher. She enquired to the doctor as to my prognosis. He looked at the file slowly shook his head and replied that "your husband's heart was not beating for over 30 minutes and so he is highly unlikely to ever regain consciousness. However, if he does regain consciousness it is all but certain that he will have received serious brain damage," or words very much to that effect. She understandably went into what can only be described as an emotional fit screaming all the way to the Cost a Fortune Coffee Shop where she attempted to regain some form of relative composure. After several hours and having rung around our family to break the awful news she tearfully returned to the ICU. At this point, the same doctor came to her and said, "I am so sorry Mrs. Powell I was reading from the wrong file, ( the guy in the bed next to mine) your husband should eventually make a full recovery as we can't find anything wrong with his heart and still have no idea why he even had a cardiac arrest in the first place."

    • @rdb4996
      @rdb4996 Před rokem +1

      I'm glad you are able to write this story. But I am so incredibly sorry for the scare your wife must have had. My mum is currently in hospital and the strain on the care system is real.

    • @garypowell1540
      @garypowell1540 Před rokem +2

      @@rdb4996 Sorry to hear that. Soon after this, I had serious complications in my abdominal region, was in an ICU for 2 months, and was in the ward for another 6 weeks. To cut a very long story and extremely traumatic experience short. I am still expected to make a full recovery. I have some particular issues which made my stay in the ICU a horror story, to say the least. Having said that the strain in the care system must vary greatly from place to place. With a couple of exceptions, the nurses were wonderful and my treatment was as well-managed and comprehensive as could be reasonably expected. My aftercare, which is extensive has been excellent, the district nurses wonderful and their service exemplary. My GP and his surgery have also been top-class in every way. I genuinely believe that I have one of the best GPs in the country. I had plenty of time to talk to many nurses over this time. Of course, the job is hard work and stressful as I am sure nursing always is even on a quiet day. However, none of them seemed to be overly concerned with any additional issues, and everything seemed to run just about as smoothly as any reasonable person could expect. Even the food was better than I expected when I was eventually allowed to eat any of it. In general, I would give the hospital, the staff, and the NHS in general at least 8 out of 10.
      My experience leads to this advice. However well-intentioned the entire system may or may not be, you would be well advised to keep as close a watch on your mother as you can while she is under their care. Mistakes do get made, and some of them may be of the fatal variety. Not all of the staff are either suited to or well qualified enough for the responsibility they hold. If your mother complains take it seriously making sure that you get full and proper answers from the doctors and nurses. Remember to stay as focused, polite, calm, and rational as possible as if you piss these people off they have been known to take it out on their patients. I don't guess this, I know this as I have several highly qualified medical professionals either within my family or on my list of close friends. Do not allow them to claim, as an excuse that they don't have enough funds or staff as this is not your concern, your mother is.
      Like all organizations, they have priorities, and regretfully those who properly demand it very often get it, or get it first.

    • @neek01
      @neek01 Před rokem

      @@garypowell1540 I fully agree with you.
      i’ve had 8 cardiac arrests, nephrotic syndrome (kidney damage) and severe asthma attacks before i even reached 10 years old.
      I’m 27 years old now, i still sometimes get really bad chest pain or kidney stones (which can be an indicator my kidney is getting bad again) and 9/10 times my GP tries to brush it off as nothing important and something that will just fade away. I always have to demand my GP to actually do a proper checkup and take my condition serious before he even bothers looking at it.
      Similar thing happened just a couple weeks ago, my little cousin who is 6 years old had been having extreme pain near his stomach and GP kept saying “he probably just has a bad fever since his body temp is high” and gave him antibiotics. Not even 2 days later my aunt had to bring him to the hospital in the middle of the night and he went straight into surgery an hour later. His appendix had ruptured 2 days prior. He was only so much away from an infection spreading throughout his entire body which would’ve killed him all because the GP’s negligence.

  • @Dave68Goliath
    @Dave68Goliath Před 4 lety +39

    The Hamster wheel broke

  • @michaelloach9461
    @michaelloach9461 Před 4 lety +47

    Anyone who has had a similar head injury & has been in an induced coma will relate to what he is saying. I dont know whether Mr Hammond had a craniectomy but its great when you can say "I need this like I need another hole in my head". I'm with you all the way Richard...........

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 2 lety +2

      Yep.
      Yep

    • @britters220
      @britters220 Před rokem +1

      with a brain injury like that, he would have had some bleeding on the brain and swelling, so to alleviate this they would have had to cut a window to relieve the pressure and drain any blood out.

    • @MsAliciaRL
      @MsAliciaRL Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@britters220 The doctors considered it, but it ultimately wasn't done. It's because he didn't need surgery that he was able to get his driving license back so quickly.

  • @ianr5844
    @ianr5844 Před 8 měsíci +1

    One of the best books I have ever read. Lent it and never got it back unfortunately. I'll have to find it again.

  • @stuffbychaz7124
    @stuffbychaz7124 Před 4 lety +200

    Not 100% on this but didn't he later say (maybe it was in the documentary he did on Evil Knievel) that he has no recollection of doing this interview?

    • @scottk1987
      @scottk1987 Před 4 lety +38

      Yes he did

    • @VascoCC95
      @VascoCC95 Před 3 lety +21

      Yes and he was not very good when he re-started presenting Top Gear. If you're a great fan you can notice that in this interview he is acting a bit different from his usual personality, despite they talk in contrary.

    • @ciaranwalsh96
      @ciaranwalsh96 Před rokem

      Think he said it to Jonathan the next time he was on the show, which was less than a year later.

  • @briancrow7855
    @briancrow7855 Před 4 lety +5

    What a perfect interview!!!!!

  • @FourOf92000
    @FourOf92000 Před 2 lety +12

    Hammond doesn't remember doing this interview. Turns out he wasn't "all fixed" yet.

  • @AlexCookTheatre
    @AlexCookTheatre Před 4 lety +11

    Oh my god I can't believe this was 2006!? I was about 14 yet I remember this as if it was so recent. As if his accident had only been a couple of years ago !!

    • @calebm.5698
      @calebm.5698 Před 3 lety +1

      I was 3 years old, and I’m 17 now

  • @poshpanda469
    @poshpanda469 Před 4 lety +129

    Ooh, it's only 13 years ago. Nothing has happened since..

    • @scottk1987
      @scottk1987 Před 4 lety +7

      He had a second crash in 2015

    • @apangade
      @apangade Před 4 lety +27

      Scott Kindness wow you clearly do not understand the sarcasm in the original comment

    • @scottk1987
      @scottk1987 Před 4 lety +4

      @@apangade no I didn't

    • @suzanne03ful
      @suzanne03ful Před 3 lety +2

      im from the future might wanna take that back

  • @chiefinspectorduvall6073
    @chiefinspectorduvall6073 Před 4 lety +5

    14 years ago. Wow! Where has all that time gone!

  • @Metal-Possum
    @Metal-Possum Před 4 lety +33

    A wocket car? Sounds like something from a Dr Seuss book. There's a wocket car in my pocket.

  • @editingandtutorials
    @editingandtutorials Před rokem +4

    He's the wittiest of three the great trio.

  • @recemarkou3223
    @recemarkou3223 Před 4 lety +46

    Hammond: “Racing.”
    This bloke: “wHaCiNg”

    • @cmdrtianyilin8107
      @cmdrtianyilin8107 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah, it is a signature trait of Jonathan Ross, he cannot pronounce R.

    • @User-jk8wq
      @User-jk8wq Před 8 měsíci

      @@cmdrtianyilin8107 *Jonathan Woss

  • @jeanmyers1787
    @jeanmyers1787 Před 2 lety +2

    Love this man, sod the cars they are pure comic entertainment, especially Hammond.

  • @51mon72
    @51mon72 Před 4 lety +5

    Love Richard ..

  • @jameshickey1294
    @jameshickey1294 Před rokem +1

    The fact with this amazing trio is the banter an they find humour in everything they are doing an have done - of course we're glad Richard made it back to work with his mates! Wishing the same to Flintoff-who's taken to hospital after crash on top gear set today. 🤞

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před 9 měsíci

      It was Frankie Boyle's joke about him that made it all good fun for me. Not only were we able to laugh with him, but laugh at him for being such an annoying putz, and suffering a life threatening crash. Obviously, an agonising burned alive death would have been the perfect punchline, but for a Top Geartard he's actually not nearly as annoying as the tall retartded one.

    • @jameshickey1294
      @jameshickey1294 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @vangroover1903 🤝😂 yep you are not wrong there ! O frankie Boyle is dynamite ain't he ...lol. brilliant

  • @thamertanner5448
    @thamertanner5448 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I had some classmates in high school, they got into a horrible wreck, it's a miracle no one was killed. I was friends with one guy in the car, he got destroyed and was in an induced coma for many months, 6 I believe. They had to reconstruct his face from photos. There is a large portion of his head that is missing and his face looks pretty messed up but they did a great job considering what they had to work with, he's still recognizable. There was a girl in the crash that suffered serious head trauma, she lost everything up to that point. Literally her entire life all her memories everything just gone. She didn't know her family or friends, she couldn't remember her childhood, education, nothing. Can you imagine being 16-17 years old and having to start life over? She was never the same, her whole personality changed. She was such a sweet, kind, friendly, bubbly girl before the accident, very quiet and withdrawn after, very shy. She came back to school about 3 months after the crash and it was so bittersweet, we were all so happy to have her back but she didn't know who any of us were. Pretty much only the people who were closest to her prior to the accident, her twin brother and best friends, were the only ones who interacted with her afterwards to keep things simple and not overwhelm her. Everyone was super respectful and kept their distance, everyone just treated her normally, no one wanted to remind her of the accident or what she had lost. The driver of the car was uninjured and he received so much hate from the entire school that he ended up dropping out. The girl who lost her memory was extremely beloved in the school, she was home coming queen, prom queen, etc, just the sweetest girl, so people were really really mad at the driver for ruining her life. He came back to school for I think it was 3 days before dropping out, multiple people threated to hurt him.

  • @stewartread4235
    @stewartread4235 Před 3 lety +10

    It's OK, he's small and infantile enough to keep connected to his kids. Love you Richard, keep happy and safe.

  • @markroberts171
    @markroberts171 Před 2 lety

    Awesome. What a professional.

  • @servicarrider
    @servicarrider Před 4 lety +46

    I'm so proud to have the Hamster as a fellow American.

    • @servicarrider
      @servicarrider Před 4 lety +1

      Congratulations...somebody finally got it! ; - )

    • @ridanann
      @ridanann Před 4 lety

      tbh iv never got that joke coming from English people its abit rich they have no identity past tea football an the queen. James is nearly Welsh an a Republican but still to beige to calling out Richard for Americanisms.

    • @drsamc21
      @drsamc21 Před 4 lety

      learn to take a bit of banter lad, thats the point it supposed to be annoying

    • @adils786
      @adils786 Před rokem +3

      @@ridanann but your identity is itself a development of English and British culture. Its a bit like calling your own dad ugly and not realising the implication.

  • @sararaftery3729
    @sararaftery3729 Před 4 lety +16

    glasgow coma scale is a tool used to determine head injuries, consciousness levels etc

  • @mohitdahiya1923
    @mohitdahiya1923 Před 8 měsíci

    Such a geniune bloke

  • @melomaniakjm
    @melomaniakjm Před rokem +1

    Best anti speeding advert according to Frankie Boyle: "Footage of Richard Hammond trying to remember his wedding day."

  • @mjak993
    @mjak993 Před 4 lety +4

    "Yes... just standing further away." :DDD

  • @sirandrelefaedelinoge
    @sirandrelefaedelinoge Před 4 lety +153

    Richard Hammond/David Tennant ... separated at birth.

    • @hannahbaxter8825
      @hannahbaxter8825 Před 4 lety +7

      Nope cos I've never fancied David Tennant so they can't be that similar

    • @nicolejayne99
      @nicolejayne99 Před 4 lety +4

      Ahaha I’ve fancied both 😂😍

    • @ridanann
      @ridanann Před 4 lety +2

      if u squashed david Tennant maybe but davids way fitter then a hamster

    • @carlfranz6805
      @carlfranz6805 Před 4 lety +2

      And here all I can think is: Hammond for Dr. Who. 😎😁

    • @evaniscool1341
      @evaniscool1341 Před 3 lety

      @@carlfranz6805 you should spent and hour on wattpad

  • @pj7362
    @pj7362 Před 4 lety +7

    A true British Gentleman

  • @bartman9400
    @bartman9400 Před rokem +5

    I must admit he has an amazing sense of humour

  • @Necronox24
    @Necronox24 Před 4 lety +18

    Richard is genuinely hilarious!

  • @BenjaminRodandwhoopi
    @BenjaminRodandwhoopi Před 4 lety +5

    9:11 An accurate description of Jonathan Ross.

  • @jeffreyrobinson3782
    @jeffreyrobinson3782 Před 4 lety +47

    When i was 17 i had a motor cycle accident i am 73 now and still cant remember the crash for several months after if i did anything phycical my brain would start racing and i would have to sit down till it setteled very unsetteling but kept it to myself

    • @rattusnorvegicus4380
      @rattusnorvegicus4380 Před 4 lety +2

      Amazing how we can repair when younger

    • @SteveOnlin
      @SteveOnlin Před 4 lety +2

      Wow! it's really scary how anyone can experience stuff like that and just have to suffer through it, I hope there'll be a day where no one will have to suffer from something like this, Hope you have a nice day.

  • @charliedekadens3348
    @charliedekadens3348 Před 3 lety +1

    Been there done that. I forgot to remember not to forget something

  • @markhendrikx4424
    @markhendrikx4424 Před 4 lety +7

    Johnathan Ross is one of the best interviewers he is genuinely interested

    • @tonychan8558
      @tonychan8558 Před rokem +2

      Disagree. He talks too much, like most American talk show hosts. Watch Graham Norton; he knows when to shut up and let the guests talk.

  • @glenndennis6376
    @glenndennis6376 Před 4 lety +3

    Billy don't be a hero was done by Bo Donaldson and the Haywords. Paper lace sang "The night Chicago died"

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads Před 2 lety

      He did one of the many arrangements of that old civil war song

  • @scottcrosby-art5490
    @scottcrosby-art5490 Před 4 lety +24

    Still remember the day he crashed, It was the height of top gear, I actually cried

  • @KiloGramNo1
    @KiloGramNo1 Před 4 lety +32

    Apparently he can’t remember this anymore

    • @twirlypenpsn4771
      @twirlypenpsn4771 Před 4 lety +3

      I believe it. He didn't yet know the front right tire exploded, so this was right after he got out.

    • @enduser63
      @enduser63 Před 3 lety +1

      I've had a similar situation in a coma,then I realised it may have been all the morphine,that sent me on one weird trip. I was out for two weeks.kept waking up to sneeze,im a hay fever sufferer,it was July,not pleasant with 130 skull fractures 4 broken ribs,. Three best things about my head injuries, I can hide my own Easter eggs, I get to meet new people every day,and, I can hide my own Easter eggs,best therapy is genuine laughter,

  • @thefurrybastard1964
    @thefurrybastard1964 Před 4 lety +5

    The Hamster is a *HERO!*

  • @suchnothing
    @suchnothing Před rokem +3

    You can see how fascinated Ross is by this subject. It makes for a cool interview.

    • @ammarisrar2005
      @ammarisrar2005 Před 11 měsíci

      it also heightens my interest in the brain, its such a cool, abstract organ that is VITAL for your wellbeing

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před 9 měsíci

      To be fair, it would have been hard for a twerp like RH to find a bigger twerp to talk to about it.

  • @johnbaldock6353
    @johnbaldock6353 Před 3 lety +16

    Thank God for the NHS! All three of them are National treasures.

  • @richardpichan6916
    @richardpichan6916 Před 3 lety +3

    I can relate to the experience a little, I rolled a 1994 Ford Ranger standard cab pickup in 1997 at round about 75 mph receiving 3 concussions, hemorrhaging of the brain, loads of stiches a broken neck and two collapsed lungs.
    Was conscious the whole time. At the scene, in the helicopter, the e.r. and intensive care....multiple days....don't remember it, lol. Don't remember punching the staff....😞....don't remember being strapped down....😣....two or three times lol....

    • @mayscough72
      @mayscough72 Před 3 lety +1

      That doesn’t sound good, can’t contemplate having those injuries hope you are on the mend, good luck with everything 👍🏻

    • @richardpichan6916
      @richardpichan6916 Před 3 lety +2

      @@mayscough72 thank you so much, I'm right as rain now. Been back to sportbikes, motocross and snowboarding like I used to do 😁.

    • @mayscough72
      @mayscough72 Před 3 lety

      @@richardpichan6916 great news friend 👍🏻

    • @TheBushRanger.
      @TheBushRanger. Před rokem

      @@richardpichan6916 that’s awesome Richard how long did it take to recover?

    • @richardpichan6916
      @richardpichan6916 Před rokem

      @@TheBushRanger. I was in the hospital on bedrest for around 14 weeks then had my spinal fusion the day before I was released from the hospital.
      They had to wait for my other injuries to heal enough before they could perform the fusion.
      A-ok since then though. Still ride motorcycles, snowboard, jetski....

  • @thornofsociety6857
    @thornofsociety6857 Před 4 lety +32

    To my understanding, he doesn't actually remember this interview.

  • @Realmikesambo
    @Realmikesambo Před 3 lety +5

    Dudley Moore looks amazing. I hope he can still play piano!

  • @ABCDEFGHIJKELA...
    @ABCDEFGHIJKELA... Před rokem +3

    A lot of what he went through afterwards may have something to do with the amount of Morphine he was dripped during his hospitalization. Withdrawal from an opiate has some very odd symptoms when it comes to concentration, depression, focus, sleep, etc, and can be very painful if not done correctly. They may have also put him in withdrawal during the coma, I don't know, but if they waited until afterwards, to control his pain, some of those symptoms could be attributed to that. His "tree on the hill" (while his wife yelled at him) story from when he was comatose, is very interesting, and touching.

  • @tomburton8239
    @tomburton8239 Před rokem +1

    Post-traumatic memory loss sounds like Transient Global Amnesia (TGA), but is perhaps quite different. I’ve had a TGA episode, no clear cause. Completely lost all memory of an hour or two - but that reduced slowly to 30 mins completely gone. And I asked the same question of the ambulance crew several times, at 5 min intervals.

  • @fgwolfieofficialyt5504
    @fgwolfieofficialyt5504 Před 2 lety +6

    I’ve also experienced a Acquired Brain injury a few years ago and I can relate to Richard Hammond’s Experiences At Hospital

  • @richardeasther2569
    @richardeasther2569 Před 4 lety

    It’s so nice how u tube get the sound to arrive at the wrong time-brilliant

  • @shazmeister2005
    @shazmeister2005 Před 2 lety +17

    He was still far from right in this video, can’t remember how long after the crash this was but it wasn’t that long. Took him quite a while to fully recover.

  • @nikobellic2515
    @nikobellic2515 Před 8 měsíci

    Bob Odenkirk’s British accent is pretty good!

  • @ROOKTABULA
    @ROOKTABULA Před 4 lety +9

    2006?!?!? Holy Bald Headed Jesus! That seems like yesterday!! Where did 14 years disappear to??

  • @sittinandthinkin
    @sittinandthinkin Před 3 měsíci

    Insurance, "Any accidents?" "On the public roads? Nope!"

  • @sisvsbrotiktoksyoutubefan

    I was 10 months old when this happened

  • @brkemm25
    @brkemm25 Před 3 lety +1

    Little did he know what happens 11 years later!

  • @ramjam25
    @ramjam25 Před 4 lety +22

    I'm impressed he can walk in them stilettos

  • @srija8409
    @srija8409 Před 3 lety +2

    Ohh I thought this was after the second big crash!

  • @michaelrichartz3615
    @michaelrichartz3615 Před 4 lety +3

    Have you seen the film momento?.... probably

  • @ursulaknopp9446
    @ursulaknopp9446 Před 4 lety +1

    Echt krass 👊🏼💜
    💗

  • @airsoftopa577
    @airsoftopa577 Před 3 lety +5

    Imagine Hamster crashing a jetcar and being well after a few month and Michael Schumacher on the other hand... Glad, RH is okay! Read his book "On the edge"...

  • @patrickx2420
    @patrickx2420 Před 3 lety +2

    This guy has a great sense of humor...maybe comedy would save him an ICU stint or two.

  • @greypoet2
    @greypoet2 Před rokem +1

    Traumatic brain injuries are insidious. Car accident at 15 YO, 60 years ago. Still don't remember accident, hands still shake, memory is atrocious, and told I had a personality change, etc., etc. If so, I like this one. lol

  • @waynepantry7023
    @waynepantry7023 Před 4 lety +18

    The front right tire blew out at speed on the jet car and veered off the track. Nothing to do with bad driving .

  • @harold_Shitmum
    @harold_Shitmum Před 4 lety +28

    Glasgow coma scale: real thing.
    You only get to level 1 after a Glasgow kiss!

    • @sniffmatip3865
      @sniffmatip3865 Před 4 lety +1

      @Ryan Lumsden fife!! 😂😭🤣 sit the fuck doon you!! Youll dae fuckall!! Cany get a hard man fae Fife!!

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin Před 4 lety +2

      Is that like the Bristol stool chart

    • @arron8883
      @arron8883 Před 4 lety +2

      Rather be a lifer than a fifer

  • @wetkneehouston6293
    @wetkneehouston6293 Před 4 lety +27

    What a loss if he didn't make it. Can't bare to think about it

  • @williamg209two
    @williamg209two Před 4 lety +7

    Richard has always been angry thou

  • @i_exist_i_guess8006
    @i_exist_i_guess8006 Před rokem +1

    GET RICHARD HAMMOND IN A 5TH DOCTOR OUTFIT OMG

  • @Julia56401
    @Julia56401 Před 4 lety +12

    I thought his name was Richard not witchard

  • @ace.l.w
    @ace.l.w Před rokem

    As a kiddo, I watched Top Gear, Dirty Jobs, and Mythbusters rather than cartoons as a consequence of an absolute nerd of a father. I have a very vague recollection of when I was 5, my mother had just had major surgery on her foot and was couch bound for an extended period of time.
    For several months, I couldn’t watch any top gear reruns as it made my mother upset. I never connected the dots. I don’t know if I was ever told about the accident, but it must have also really struck a nerve with my father whose childhood best friend survived (but was lost as a consequence of) multiple traumatic brain injuries from motorcycle accidents.

  • @suburbohemian
    @suburbohemian Před 11 měsíci

    there is a form of unconsciousness that allows for person to be seemingly conscious, even talk, but it's more like when someone is sleep walking/talking

  • @jamaicanjoe270
    @jamaicanjoe270 Před 3 lety +2

    Richard Hammond looks like David tennant

  • @S.R.Crnt.
    @S.R.Crnt. Před 3 lety +13

    how much poorer the world would have been if things had gone worse for him that day.

  • @kieranwhite6647
    @kieranwhite6647 Před 4 lety +26

    Hammond later he said he couldn't remember doing this interview

    • @Punnikin1969
      @Punnikin1969 Před 4 lety +22

      A lot of guests on that show say the very same thing.

  • @billy1673
    @billy1673 Před 11 měsíci

    His memory was like Dory the fish from Finding Nemo.

  • @markorollo.
    @markorollo. Před rokem +3

    man JR likes the sound of his own voice, how about shush after a question and let richard answer it?

  • @sumarianson
    @sumarianson Před 4 lety +5

    The front RHS tyre blew out and caused the crash.

  • @MyselfTheThird
    @MyselfTheThird Před 9 měsíci +1

    Now ask about his wedding day.

    • @vangroover1903
      @vangroover1903 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Frankie called and he wants his joke back ;@

    • @MyselfTheThird
      @MyselfTheThird Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@vangroover1903 tell him he can come get it himself.

  • @didakad4207
    @didakad4207 Před 4 lety +31

    So now i know when Richard crashed in Season 13 Episode 2 why they act like it's no big deal.

    • @VINNIEJONES10
      @VINNIEJONES10 Před 4 lety +1

      Didaka D what did he crash in that episode?

    • @Z4G.
      @Z4G. Před 4 lety +1

      @@VINNIEJONES10 Google it, you'll find it easily.

    • @didakad4207
      @didakad4207 Před 4 lety

      @@VINNIEJONES10 in another car. He was in a red Honda (I think civic, not rly sure) and he had to hit some objects. One of them was a car.

    • @VINNIEJONES10
      @VINNIEJONES10 Před 4 lety +3

      Didaka D was this the teenage driving thing they did? I believe it was a Hyundai S Coupe

    • @didakad4207
      @didakad4207 Před 4 lety

      @@VINNIEJONES10 yes it was the same challenge not sure about the car it is honda or hyundai tho

  • @jeffrey44
    @jeffrey44 Před 4 lety

    Why is the top of the picture missing?

    • @paulcarmi8130
      @paulcarmi8130 Před 4 lety +3

      Because the person uploading doesn't own the content. CZcams's algorithm doesn't notice (somehow) if you tweak the video, allowing the video the escape removal from the platform. That's why a lot of top gear on youtube has wierd boarders around the screen OR tweaked audio.

    • @jeffrey44
      @jeffrey44 Před 4 lety

      @@paulcarmi8130 The channel Friday Night with Jonathan Ross doesn't own the rights to Friday Night with Jonathan Ross? What a crazy world!

    • @paulcarmi8130
      @paulcarmi8130 Před 4 lety

      @@jeffrey44 well if this is the official channel, then I'm wrong. If its uploaded by someone else, then I'm correct.

    • @jeffrey44
      @jeffrey44 Před 4 lety +1

      @@paulcarmi8130 This is a fair summary of the situation. I wonder if we will ever know the truth.

    • @paulcarmi8130
      @paulcarmi8130 Před 4 lety

      @@jeffrey44 sarcasm?

  • @mad-_-observer
    @mad-_-observer Před rokem +3

    If I remember correctly, Richard's last words before he left the road and crashed were " I'm a driving god!!"

  • @jamesdspaderf2883
    @jamesdspaderf2883 Před 4 lety +5

    7% of Richard was left in the car wreck

  • @michaelhall202
    @michaelhall202 Před 3 lety +4

    Does Hammond age?

  • @jackbuff_I
    @jackbuff_I Před rokem

    4:10 👌🤣

  • @paddyj7690
    @paddyj7690 Před 4 lety +9

    did anybody ever realise that the height difference between Clarkson and May is the same as between May and Hammond? 5.5 inches.

    • @paddyj7690
      @paddyj7690 Před 4 lety

      @Don homer ooops I didn't want to cause a snowflake to melt...

    • @paddyj7690
      @paddyj7690 Před 4 lety

      @Don homer
      Edited it as it is true that they're not a foot apart.
      Well, if you'd be smart: 2x 5.5 inches is 11 inches and not a foot. Maths is difficult I know. "Bruv" ;-) Says everything I need to know about your ugly mug. Nothing "Don" about you "bruv".
      FYI: the reason I use a fake profile picture is because I don't want these kind of conversations and my personal opinion to have an impact on the stock price of my company.

    • @paddyj7690
      @paddyj7690 Před 4 lety

      @Don homer Dude you're fighting on lost ground. We know the world is too complicated for you. Sorry "bruv". Now go back to cleaning toilets :-*

    • @paddyj7690
      @paddyj7690 Před 4 lety

      @Don homer calling me an ugly cunt while looking like you're about to rip one. 😆 dude, get a life, honestly.

    • @moloney118
      @moloney118 Před 4 lety

      Don homer clarkson is 6ft 5

  • @chhavimanichoubey9437
    @chhavimanichoubey9437 Před 2 lety

    Mindy was emotional