Stephen Merchant on being recognised off the telly

[ElvisLivesUpstairs]

The lanky goggle eyed freak.

[Kozzy06]

Everything in his stand up was from the xfm shows and podcasts.

[zerotaut08]

hes like the stick bug from a bugs life

[whitesebi]

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA and I don't believe he mentioned having mates there with him!

[eddylolrofl]

Have they actually had to blur the Blue Peter badge?

[C6RLJ]

this guy could do with learning a thing or too from me about being funny I think!

[KittiMitties]

Really Steve? You told this anecdote on Xfm in 2001, and you better believe we all remember it.

[ofwolvesandthrones]

@KittiMitties Haha so true

[etocadet]

@KittiMitties i think once a decade is acceptable, i bought a frankie boyle dvd and it was essentially the best bits of mock the week repackaged as new stuff

[SirBread13]

@KittiMitties The same goes for about 30% of Ricky's live gigs but we still love them both!

[FalconPictomancer]

@KittiMitties That's not even the half of it; this guy's whole array of speech patterns and mannerisms is a total rip-off of Portal 2! WHERE'S YOUR ORIGINALITY, STEVE

[KittiMitties]

@FalconPictomancer I can only hope you're being sarcastic...

[Doppelganger177]

@FalconPictomancer youre joking right....

[Cobhammar]

@KittiMitties what are the odds everybody seeing this has actually listened to the xfm show...

[Thecrimson08]

@KittiMitties he forgot the baalllloon :D i love steve

[SteveMerchantStalker]

Blurred Blue Peter Badge...w.e, im still in love with the 6 foot 7 man that is stephen! ^_^

[SteveMerchantStalker]

@Ellis307 Its a blue peter badge but they've blurred it out :) xxx (im a huge fan, i have the disk, thats how i know) xx

[Ellis307]

whats the generic white spot on his right nipple?

[moonsugar1]

Why is the top comment explaining the fucking joke? If you dont get it, for the sake of the gene pool, kill yourself.

XFM! ;)

[PorroFirst]

He's really good.. I gotta say I'm surprised. I like their team with Ricky and Karl but wasn't expecting him to live up to the job on his own.

[DivideInfinity]

I remember this on XFM podcasts haha

[BubbaShrimp2012]

Old XFM mates!

[BaubleRob]

Trafalgar Square? You fibber, Merchant! You were in Bristol and you know it!

[BaubleRob]

Is his Blue Peter badge blurred out?

[shanario]

why have they blurred his blue peter badge?

[MrKudos1992]

@shanario I suppose because it's a BBC thing. Ridiculous though, isn't it?

[timbum1000]

I dont get the joke. Meet back at you???

[UniversalPsycho]

@timbum1000 The joke is that he so tall that he can be seen over a crowd, so at that point, hes a "location" so to speak. I hope this helps.

[ludwigchopin]

@timbum1000 he's tall

[guitargod2323]

@ludwigchopin 6'7" to be exact

[formerhpguru]

@timbum1000 Steve is 6 feet 7 inches tall. The girls picked him as a meeting spot because he's so tall that his head sticks up above the crowd so he's easy to find.

[eghed8]

@timbum1000 also that they chose him rather than nelson's column.

[user36able]

The expression on his face at 1:03- awesome.

[brajtnerinjo]

This from the guy who co-wrote The Office? I have to say I'm disappointed

[writing314]

i thought his stand up shows would fail but hes great

[21stcenturyaneurysm]

Pilky's material getting thrown in there too..ahh xfm

[SteveMerchantStalker]

Love!!!

[steviejacko]

what a funny guy , love it : )