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HIGNFY: Angus Deayton and Paul Merton
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These two seemed to disdain each other. What was the main reason behind it? I've heard all sorts of rumours but not sure of the truth. Merton didn't seem to hold back and he could be relentless at times.
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Plus aren't there certain people who just don't get on? Maybe these 2 come in that category
I agree, although I do think Paul and Ian have a genuine respect for each other and seem to get on well.
Interesting that Deayton was censured by the BBC for making a joke about Jimmy Savile's relationship with his mother on Would I Lie To You:
""Sir Jimmy is quite keen on seeing how blue mouldy bits develop," said Deayton.
"That's why he stayed with his mum so long after she died. The blue bit in cheese is in fact a living fungus that smells slightly off and serves no useful purpose - much like Sir Jimmy himself nowadays."
Curiously, Lee Mack thought Deayton was "well out of order" to make such an unfair remark. Those were the days, eh?
The continued lack of a permanent host is an uncomfortable reminder of how Angus was irreplaceable.
Only because Xander Armstrong won`t take the job full-time.
Irreplaceable? Obviously not, just about universally disliked perhaps.
Jack Dee would be good alternative permanent host, his demeanor is perfect for the show.
Some of the hosts have been really good, and it helps that the show is tailored so that, say, Damien Lewis gets a different style of script from Victoria Coren Mitchell. On the other hand, some of the hosts have been awful. But Deayton was good because he was good at bringing a script to life, and the ones who are bad are bad because they're terrible at delivering the script.
Hadn't thought of that before, but yes Deayton, Lewis and Armstrong are all professional actors.
I don't know if there was some perception that he was the star of the show because he was the host, but that makes me wonder if that's why Paul and Ian don't seem bothered about having a decent regular host.
He was. His early radio 4 stuff is truly funny, but now he just comes across as a consummate bore who may as well telephone his shows in.
I suspect that the best improvisors just have a good script (writer) and either a good memory or are able to read it without most people noticing.
I never liked Deayton but what really put me off him was hearing how hounded Frank Bough after his problems then fell to very similar (if not worse) problems himself/ I wonder if he ever apologised to Frank Bough?
I wouldn't say that he was irreplaceable if his talent was down to his ability to read an autocue.
In fact if they have a new host for each new show it proves that he can be replaced time and time again.
'i'm fat and I don't let my husband f*** me'
Deayton was Oscar Wilde compared to that.
Edit: I'd just like to add that in that infamous episode where Angus was in the news and Paul has the newspaper and the T-shirt, rather than finding it funny, I felt very awkward and even felt sorry for Angus. It felt like bullying. Paul was surprisingly malicious. Rather than being jokey about it (which could have been funny, like Sean and Jon's jokes about Jimmy Carr's taxes on 8 Out of 10 Cats), it just seemed mean spirited and almost an attempt to ensure that Angus can never work again. It was like watching a brutal argument between family members at Christmas where one of them says something they regret and then everyone feels uncomfortable and doesn't know where to look.
I'd agree with this. He has fitted in well as the permanent host of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue after they had a rota of hosts after Hump died.
I think the show would do with a permanent host now but Deayton, irreplaceable?! Really?!
He brought nothing to the show that wasn't scripted. Just needs a trained chimp in the seat.
I'm genuinely amazed someone would describe him or his on-screen persona as "irreplaceable".
Oh my what a delicate little soul you are.
He deserved it, he could have avoided it. No more to be said.
After the first batch of headlines the producers called Deayton in and asked if he had any more skeletons in the closet which the BBC should know about. He lied and said no. Everyone thought it'd blow over and they could move on. Then, just before the next series, the follow up story broke dragging down Deayton's reputation further and burnt any bridges he had left standing between himself and the production team/Hislop and Merton. But if there was any doubt about his future it was a scripted line about 'disgraced former MP Neil Hamilton' to which wife and panelist Christine Hamilton replied 'if he's disgraced then what are you?' Merton later said on Parkinson that the show could not work with a scandal-ridden Deayton at the helm as the key to it's success was taking the mick out of scandal ridden figures.