I look forward to watching the extended version during the week.
Have I Got News for You - Series 52
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Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Hislop is the main funnyman now, he outdoes paul completely”
“Hislop is the main funnyman now, he outdoes paul completely”
And yet he also seems to lose on points?
Yep, he was great tonight, the new Buckingham Palace bit was hilarious.
One of the best of the series so far.
Originally Posted by RickLopez:
“And yet he also seems to lose on points?
Yep, he was great tonight, the new Buckingham Palace bit was hilarious.
One of the best of the series so far.”
“And yet he also seems to lose on points?
Yep, he was great tonight, the new Buckingham Palace bit was hilarious.
One of the best of the series so far.”
Though predictable, the gag has been used quite a few times since the picture of Nigel Farage in front of the gold door was in the papers.
Originally Posted by roddydogs:
“Was that really a Labour MP, or Kathy Burke playing one?”
“Was that really a Labour MP, or Kathy Burke playing one?”
She's not too keen on Jeremy Corbyn, is she?
Originally Posted by roddydogs:
“Was that really a Labour MP, or Kathy Burke playing one?”
“Was that really a Labour MP, or Kathy Burke playing one?”
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“She's not too keen on Jeremy Corbyn, is she?”
“She's not too keen on Jeremy Corbyn, is she?”
She was on the last series also and I think she similarly made clear what she thought of Corbyn.
Originally Posted by mazzy50:
“Really enjoyed it - everyone was funny at one point or another and Ian Hislop was on fire.
His digs at Trump Tower and an upgraded Buckingham Palace were very funny.”
“Really enjoyed it - everyone was funny at one point or another and Ian Hislop was on fire.
His digs at Trump Tower and an upgraded Buckingham Palace were very funny.”
I agree, there was no stopping Hislop and he really held the show. The others including Merton didn't do badly either and Armstrong chaired well. Funny but he always irritates me on that pointless quiz show he's known for.
Originally Posted by lundavra:
“She was on the last series also and I think she similarly made clear what she thought of Corbyn.”
“She was on the last series also and I think she similarly made clear what she thought of Corbyn.”
The dentures that woman was flashing were frightening.
Originally Posted by Sambda:
“The dentures that woman was flashing were frightening.”
“The dentures that woman was flashing were frightening.”
I'm pretty sure they were her own teeth
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“I'm pretty sure they were her own teeth”
“I'm pretty sure they were her own teeth
”
You can always tell by the pinkness of the gums. Dentures are always too pink - real gums are darker red.
Some funny bits (albeit anti the-usual-suspects), especially describing Trump Towers' decor as 'Late Gaddafi or possibly Early Sadam, a riot of dictator chic'.
Even Alexander Armstrong was mildly amusing, but then he was working with a script.
Even Alexander Armstrong was mildly amusing, but then he was working with a script.
Merton really has become useless , it makes me cringe when he suddnly launches into one of his 'surrealist' rants and turns to the audience begging for attention
Originally Posted by Virgil Tracy:
“Merton really has become useless , it makes me cringe when he suddnly launches into one of his 'surrealist' rants and turns to the audience begging for attention”
“Merton really has become useless , it makes me cringe when he suddnly launches into one of his 'surrealist' rants and turns to the audience begging for attention”
Merton is absolutely fine IMO. The programme wouldn't be the same without him.
Originally Posted by jjwales:
“Merton is absolutely fine IMO. The programme wouldn't be the same without him.”
“Merton is absolutely fine IMO. The programme wouldn't be the same without him.”
he's certainly stagnant .
.
I was a bit surprised they got away with the 'fat cats' acronym follow-up to J.A.Ms...and it's not like it was off-the-cuff: that had been conceived, approved, sent to artwork...
Originally Posted by JVS:
“Some funny bits (albeit anti the-usual-suspects), especially describing Trump Towers' decor as 'Late Gaddafi or possibly Early Sadam, a riot of dictator chic'.
Even Alexander Armstrong was mildly amusing, but then he was working with a script.”
“Some funny bits (albeit anti the-usual-suspects), especially describing Trump Towers' decor as 'Late Gaddafi or possibly Early Sadam, a riot of dictator chic'.
Even Alexander Armstrong was mildly amusing, but then he was working with a script.”
"Saddamchique" i think the description was!
Originally Posted by PaddyODawes:
“I was a bit surprised they got away with the 'fat cats' acronym follow-up to J.A.Ms...and it's not like it was off-the-cuff: that had been conceived, approved, sent to artwork...”
“I was a bit surprised they got away with the 'fat cats' acronym follow-up to J.A.Ms...and it's not like it was off-the-cuff: that had been conceived, approved, sent to artwork...”
I think I'm going to start using the acronym myself - couldn't be a better description for them.
Really enjoyed this weeks show. Best of the series. Everyone contributed and made an effort. Great show.
Originally Posted by mal2pool:
“Hislop is the main funnyman now, he outdoes paul completely”
“Hislop is the main funnyman now, he outdoes paul completely”
Well Ian has had a long career as a comedy script writer and satirist before becoming editor of PE, so not surprising really.
Tonight:
Tom Hollander hosts with Hal Cruttenden on Ian's team and Suzanne Evans on Paul's.
The rest of the episodes are now confirmed:
9 December 2016 Mel Giedroyc Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Adil Ray
16 December 2016 Gary Lineker Jon Richardson Nicky Morgan MP
16th looks good, Gary and Jon are always funny.
Enjoy!
Tom Hollander hosts with Hal Cruttenden on Ian's team and Suzanne Evans on Paul's.
The rest of the episodes are now confirmed:
9 December 2016 Mel Giedroyc Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Adil Ray
16 December 2016 Gary Lineker Jon Richardson Nicky Morgan MP
16th looks good, Gary and Jon are always funny.
Enjoy!
Originally Posted by Faust:
“Well Ian has had a long career as a comedy script writer and satirist before becoming editor of PE, so not surprising really.”
“Well Ian has had a long career as a comedy script writer and satirist before becoming editor of PE, so not surprising really.”
Very true, he wrote for Spitting Image in the 80s, and Harry Enfield in the 90s.
Originally Posted by RickLopez:
“Tonight:
Tom Hollander hosts with Hal Cruttenden on Ian's team and Suzanne Evans on Paul's.
The rest of the episodes are now confirmed:
9 December 2016 Mel Giedroyc Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Adil Ray
16 December 2016 Gary Lineker Jon Richardson Nicky Morgan MP
16th looks good, Gary and Jon are always funny.
Enjoy!”
“Tonight:
Tom Hollander hosts with Hal Cruttenden on Ian's team and Suzanne Evans on Paul's.
The rest of the episodes are now confirmed:
9 December 2016 Mel Giedroyc Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Adil Ray
16 December 2016 Gary Lineker Jon Richardson Nicky Morgan MP
16th looks good, Gary and Jon are always funny.
Enjoy!
”
Nicky Morgan?
She looks like a rabbit in the headlights at the best of times, God knows how she'll be on this! (
Probably!)
Not a great show, Tom Hollander was an awful host, don't get him back. Some funny bits from the panellists but overall poor.
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