Room 101 - Will Self (2 of 2)

[Badkarma333]

God bless both of them. The antagonism is fierce, but I think it spurred them both into being exceptionally funny on this occasion.

[TolpuddleMartyr]

The audience in this episode began by laughing at all Paul Merton's jokes and finished by laughing at all Will Self's. Interesting.

[danspivey91]

@flupmakintosh he was amazing on shooting stars! the funny sketches he used to do were brilliant. remember mark lamar had to pretend to be pissed off as well. it was important to have someone offsetting the whackyness which will self was brilliant at

[arbutus27]

Question on trainers - and frankly I was disappointed that Selfy didn't bring it up: how the f**k do you get dog turds out from all those grooves on the sole?

On another point, Will Self's persona in this is more a less a dead rip-of of Peter Cook's E.L. Wisty. Funny enough, but a rip-off nonetheless.

[soberhippie]

@arbutus27 The accent is definitely the same.

[todayinlondon]

Paul obviously doesn't like Will.

[bensimps123]

will self reminds me of the who quitarist pete townshend

[GlassPike]

Merton's so intimidated he's ruined the atmosphere with his petulant jealous attitude, and Self doesn't give the tiniest of shits. It's wonderful.

[IonizedRasputin]

Being only 20, if I want to watch any comedy on TV I have to watch shit sketch shows, or a panel show with jimmy "pan face" carr swaggering it about and pissing me off. Shame I've only just discovered WIll Self.

[henrah1981]

Will Self seems to have decided to conduct much of this interview in the style of Peter Cook..

[SpectralOpposites]

@henrah1981 And you got that from the Russell Brand Show where he says that.

[MrHeslopian]

I don't understand why people are getting in such a tizzy about the supposed tension between Paul and Will, even choosing sides. If you call this tension you must lead a very sheltered life, in which someone looking at you cockeyed can create suicidal tendencies.

[oscardoodles]

@MrHeslopian .........yes, it's like a metaphor of life really.

[Cloudlesssoul]

Brilliant comment about the trainers! xD

[Rich7714]

I'm glad I've seen this bloke outside of Shooting Stars. He's actually very funny and good with words which I haven't noticed before.

[TenWhoWereTaken]

Merton seems to feel a little threatened...

[dilwich123]

Is it me or is Paul being slightly off with Will?

[annikee59]

I'm with Will on the airports!

[kroschfoenigin]

It's probably just me, but the way he speaks here sounds a bit like a mixture of Alan Davies and Arthur Smith... Great episode!

[GrunGrauWeiss]

big fan of will self, but i somehow doubt he's ever waited for a bus.

[tanyasaur]

@GrunGrauWeiss nah, he'd probably walk

[janeeyre1990]

Can I put people mistaking comedians' comedy personas for the personalities of the comedians themselves into Room 101? Judging solely from this show, we have no way of knowing whether Paul and Will like or dislike each other. Nor does it matter, as long as they can be professional and create an entertaining experience for us all.

[Rb2productions]

2:20

[simonmaxwellstewart]

Will wins this battle of the wills (then again, he's had more experience). Starting the show by playing the class card- "Ooh, isn't Magma a long word" (it's five letters long)- wasn't exactly inviting. Self is just as working class as Merton.

Will Self was hilarious here. Gooey stuff...Viking Helmets... I love him!

Prob the most fascinating show in Room 101's history. So many weird undercurrents of tension.

[TheDensley7]

@simonmaxwellstewart Self isn't working class - he's about as middle class as you can get, he's a good geezer.

[graemeoliver84]

@simonmaxwellstewart The class divide bit is where Self talks about his parents' parties and Merton says his parents never had parties.

[gonufc]

They don't seem to like each other much, hopefully they didn't both agree to do this knowing that

[TheDensley7]

@flupmakintosh Good point, I met him in person and he's such a nice man.

[herefordmsv]

Paul is being a bit of a dick in this episode

[77Fortran]

@herefordmsv 5:47, he's looking daggers at him!

[herefordmsv]

@77Fortran Yep I thought that and not putting trainers into 101 is a big mistake!

[yaakhee]

@herefordmsv yeah i dont think he likes will self been thinking it the whole episode

[myopium]

@herefordmsv Yeah, oddly enough he seemed to get touchy with him after the 13 minute mark in part 1. Paul tried to use the example of a disproportionately large cat to undermine Will's view on scale. Will quickly retorted and Paul seemed to take a huff. lol. All very trivial stuff yet apparently worth my typing this out.

[graemeoliver84]

@herefordmsv He's not, that's just his deadpan TV persona, have you never seen Have I Got News For You?

[dantean]

@herefordmsv I don't think so. I think he's assumed a mock-abrasive jerk position to lend more fun to the thing. Self eats it up and doesn't miss a beat, don't you think? The effect, to me, is hilarious.

[duttee]

thanks always wanted to see this its been long overdue!