russell brand - C or D?

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what i like most about him is that although he's very quick, especially in the audience opinion sections of the show, he's never snide towards the audience members. also he always tries to deflate any particularly vitriolic opinion in a surprisingly claming way. "oh you shouldn't think that, i like grace, she's nice".

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:16 (twenty years ago)

working Kristallnacht into the gags is always a winner.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:19 (twenty years ago)

I don't think I'd ever noticed him between this summer and yet suddenly he appears to be EVERYWHERE. It's like he's dominating the summer, which is quite an achievement in World Cup year.

But yeah, he's a twunt.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

he's always making nazi references.

he SHOULD be a twunt but somehow isn't.

― Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:23 (twenty years ago)

Judging by those pics on the fansite, he is more of a PIRATE than a dandy.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:23 (twenty years ago)

I liked when the Arctic Monkeys tried to slag him off for doing Grim Oop North gags at the NME awards. Whooshes all round.

He's funny and annoying in equal measures. I think I mostly like him.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes there's a fine line between pirates and dandies.

― theantmustdance (theantmustdance), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:24 (twenty years ago)

I blame Johnny Depp

― Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:28 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, definite Jack Sparrow vibe to him.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

considering how rubbish most anchors are he's certainly a breath of less stale air.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 13:46 (twenty years ago)

It's funny the way he puts his arm around people on BBBM, and sits on their knee! Sometimes he is staring right in their face and doing this, it's really weird and amusing.

Also that Derrida joke mentioned upthread was insane. Who else would be that quick.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 16 June 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

Dannii Minogue has accused Russell Brand of being a "vile predator".
The singer was left shocked after the MTV host flirted outrageously with her throughout an interview for his show 1 Leicester Square. Later, the presenter apparently chased Minogue down a corridor and demanded her phone number.
"He is completely crazy and a bit of a vile predator," Dannii told The Mirror. "I certainly don't think he has cured his sex addiction, that's for sure. He wouldn't take no for an answer."
She added, "I was told he got sacked from MTV before for wearing an Osama bin Laden costume to work the day after September 11. I couldn't believe that I'd just agreed to be interviewed by someone who would do that, it really unnerved me.

"And then throughout the interview he kept making shocking remarks that I can't even repeat. Just uttering the words would make me blush."

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 17 June 2006 17:37 (twenty years ago)

What would that racist bint know about anything?

― Shadow of the Waxwing (noodle vague), Saturday, 17 June 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

haha

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 17 June 2006 17:46 (twenty years ago)

"And then throughout the interview he kept making shocking remarks that I can't even repeat. Just uttering the words would make me blush."

Well I do declare!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 17 June 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

the osama bit has got to be bullshit!

― Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Monday, 19 June 2006 11:50 (twenty years ago)

No, he did!

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 19 June 2006 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Wrong Minogue. Again, we fail to care. Story of Dannii's life.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 19 June 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

It could have been worse Dannii, what if he was black!!!

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 19 June 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

She mistook him for a Gypsy.

― Shadow of the Waxwing (noodle vague), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:00 (twenty years ago)

telly people like him because he is totally professional. If you shout in his earpiece that he needs to make shit up for the next two minutes, he'll do it. It seems like a strange skill in the real world, but is highly prized in tellyland.

yeah it's kind of unnerving when you see him visibly turn off the zany tap when he cuts to break and the camera lingers on the set for a second longer

― rtccc (mwah), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

yes, "see him visibly", that's right

― rtccc (mwah), Monday, 19 June 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

there was a regular audience member in 'bbbm'. he seemed to have his shirt unbuttoned to the navel, and had a kind of wideboy shtick -- think he tried to sell RB some leather trousers?

anyway, on charlie brooker's screenwipe t'other week there was a mock talent show audition -- and there he was! desperate.

kind of gives you an insight into... something.

― Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I saw that. Best line in the whole series of "Screenwipe": "The only way you'd recognise a face on "Love Island" would be if you sat near enough your TV that you could see your reflection on the screen"

― dud Hab 'C' dEva (Dada), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:35 (nineteen years ago)

quantick's bit about how so-and-so didn't have blue hair slayed me.

― Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

Indeed! I didn't know he was married to that woman who, errrrrrr, he's married to

― dud Hab 'C' dEva (Dada), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

karen kristananeonovitch or something.

― Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

He's not a bad writer, judging by his Keith Richards piece in the last OMM. Even if the entireity of the 'interview' was him shaking Keith's hand and saying hello.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

i saw 'russell brand's got issues'. it was unbelievably shit.

― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

i saw 'russell brand's got issues'. it was unbelievably shit.
you expected something else?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 07:25 (nineteen years ago)

i expected 'bbbm' to be shit, but it wasn't.

― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 07:41 (nineteen years ago)

'rbgi' was 'bbbm' without the 'bb', ie it lacked 'i'

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

The influence of Trevor "I may be small faced, but I'm not a rapist" Lock loomed large with some ham-fisted attempts at TMWRNJ-type material (such as General Zod's son).

It was rubbish though.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)

He is basically just:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/kennyeverett_3.jpg

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:04 (nineteen years ago)

if only

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:13 (nineteen years ago)

the backlash is on!

― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:14 (nineteen years ago)

Does that mean he'll be appearing at the next Tory election rally demanding to bomb Russia?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:25 (nineteen years ago)

Not Kenny Everett, just Sid Snot

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 08:29 (nineteen years ago)

I saw him in real life last week going into some awards do (the one where Rod Stewart told him off) and he was the only person to pay more attention to the fans or onlookers than the photographers. So I think he is OK, and I wish him well.

I didn't watch his programme though. Is it repeated?

Rod Stewart was nice to the civillians too, but he kept his distance a bit more than RB.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

i saw some of this last night and it wasn't v funny.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:22 (nineteen years ago)

or maybe it was, but i don't remember it.

can someone remind me of the good bits?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:23 (nineteen years ago)

i didn't catch any :(

― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

what about the bad bits? maybe i'll remember those?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:49 (nineteen years ago)

There were naked people jiggling their bits about at the end of the show.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:51 (nineteen years ago)

we were asked to feel sorry for lily allen.

― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

She was at that thing too.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

I had a dream the other night that Russell Brand was going to be the first Englishman to go to the moon and I had been sent to interview him for a major newspaper. However, I ended up inadvertantly offending his twin 11 year-old sons and the interview was called off.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)

Sounds like your dream was funnier than the show

― Tad Sneery (Dada), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

unusually sane piece

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

unusually sane

keeps a cat, which for a vegetarian is like Wilberforce keeping a cannibal slave.

― DavidM* (unreal), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:32 (nineteen years ago)

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