The Word | Oliver Reed Interview | Channel 4

[KARLOS2269]

If you see this interview to the end on other web sites you will see that as usual Ollie gets the better of the interviewers - the crowd end up chanting his name! He could take a joke and no- one ever got the better of him - he was far too intelligent for that, and after all Terry Christian was just a young prick trying to make a name for himself! Long live Ollie he is a legend!

[rmccaw7]

how dare they mock the man like that. fucking disgusting

[aeronuk1]

17 years since "the word" ended....Fuck I feel old!

[youngian]

Terry Christian is very good on the radio, this is not his natural medium though

[themachinist1000]

Why is somebody waving a toy next to his head? Was this a children's TV show or something?

[Gupont]

"Gosh, that was a surprise..."

*Look despairingly, deep into the camera, as if every effort to save mankind from complete idiocy has just been proved futile and ultimately a waste of time*

[purplenurps]

i can't believe humiliate the guy like this, what did he do wrong?

[punkyhiphopdood]

@purplenurps he wasn't humiliated. He made everyone involved in that show look like absolute dickheads.

[purplenurps]

@punkyhiphopdood They did, why take advantage of a drunk guy?

[MrPenfold84]

Look at the state of that pretentious cunt of a girl who shakes her shoulders and ask ollie if he knew they were spying on him, Duh!! What a dumb thing to ask somebody. He should have stepped over and slapped her across her ugly face. A show for morons run presented by morons.

[ninjacosplay]

OMG LATIN! I can speak Latin.

[twistedthumbv2]

Who was that tosser with the dinosaur

[kirstyasher2]

Terry Christian's a dick, look at his smarmy little face.

[jemapenny1993]

Bill Hicks looks really pissed off with the presenter, who is a dickhead.

[nevilleprinsloo]

What a shit talk show.

[MrPenfold84]

What a character Oliver was, I'll give you your moment in a minute! Class.

[LerafoLuap]

Even while sloshed, Ollie effortlessly shows up the presenters for the nobodies that they are - not in a cruel or calculating way, but simply by being the funny, erudite, irrepressible character that he is. As many others have said here, the presenters try to make him look foolish but he turns the tables without even trying.

[Eightfold11]

The Word was a fucking joke, I think you can trace the demise of British culture directly to that show.

[SLX10]

Who is this single celled organism Terry Christian and this fucking lackey cunt of his? I've watched them make a monkey out of a restrained Bill Hicks and now the great Oliver Reed? and the KID with the dinosaur toy should have that things lodged up his fuckin ass!

[ProjectLonely]

Bill Hicks is like WTF

[nahim55]

terry christian was the worst presenter in the history of television.

[AlDAGGAT]

That fucking annoyed me...To see one of the greatest actors of all time be reduced to mockeries for these cunts actually makes me angry.

[Sdea1903]

at the end of the day, these guys look like cunts....not olly

[makky123]

Don't watch this if your misanthropic, those fuckwits with the dinosaur might just tip you over the edge.

[ASupremeOwl]

Oliver Reed is an absolute legend. A great intellectual and a great actor. Lets not forget that. Terry Christian on the over hand is just an out and out cock...

[railroadspy]

it's very sad to get such a cheap laugh out of such a great actor...

[fuzzface100]

Good old Oli. What an absolute ledge.

[tomes55moon]

look at that, reed and hicks side by side. they could have been brothers!

[Aurality]

I would have Loved to see Oli boot Terry's throat in with his 2" heel

Twat the obnoxious patronising cow sat next to him so hard it wiped

her smug grin crimson - While Bill rammed that fucking dinasaur

serated edge forward up whoever's giggly arsehole it was that owned it.

[MrVinushka]

Idol2Idol is Terry Christian.

[togzig]

I think Oliver knew the score on thins one - they look terrified of him!

[hugeackman]

that chick is hot.

[chrisnyse93]

i hope he sacked his fucking manager

[jigalojim]

wankers for humiliating him like that

[midianholic]

Katie Puckrick is a talentless cunt.

[doogstoos]

@midianholic beautifully put...

[cableguy786]

The Word one word BASTARDS, SOB such a brilliant actor who cares if he liked to drink. Putting a camera in his room was nasty!

[jamesjonesrocket]

bill hicks and oliver reed are both dead, but terry christian continues to live, there's no justice :(

[filos219]

its so sad that both oliver reed and bill hicks are dead. i could care less about those other people.

[BaronVonPenguin]

The look on Bill Hick's face says it all.

[kinkyplunk]

Producers and presenters typical of those with no morals or consideration for others. Also known as twats.

[mixomatosis]

That's Bill Hicks? I thought it was Chris De Burgh.

[ChrisDorgan]

that girl laughing was seriously irritating and it looks as though at one point mr reed thought so too!

[diddydiddycool]

@ChrisDorgan I agree Chris. I actually thought that she was a plant to 'fluff' the audience into laughing.

[SethHesio]

Who's that sitting next to Oli? Oh it's Bill FUCKING Hicks. How much awesome can you have on one couch?

[JonathanBones]

@SethHesio Bill "dead malignant tumour of a cunt" Hicks? Yeah, how much awesome indeed.

[SethHesio]

@JonathanBones Are you Denis Leary by any chance?

[JonathanBones]

@SethHesio Why would I steal that cunt's "jokes"? Hicks dying of drugs which he insisted were brilliant and wrongfully banned was a damn sight funnier than his goatboy self-embarrassment or anything else he did.

[SethHesio]

@JonathanBones Have a holly jolly Christmas. :)

[JonathanBones]

@SethHesio You too pal. x

[bonzilicke]

@JonathanBones So foul and disrespectful, are you black?

[JonathanBones]

@bonzilicke no blud what u chattin u disrespectin me? Etc.

[wonderfulwomp]

Bill Hicks and Oliver Reed on the same couch, what a guestlist

[engineer387]

@wonderfulwomp My foolish mistake i stupidly put a reply to the wrong person before endorsing his demise i did NOT mean that i think he has an alcohol problem but he is VERY experienced in life and very intelligent,

[Falstaff6]

@RichardElden Fail. It was a hitroprian infection in ONE of his kidneys. It became dangerous after complications. Research facts properly, you cuntwipe.

[1Thompsonmusic]

Seems good he died when he did. Just as the rot was setting into TV

[bankslord]

He wasn't drunk on this show, read his book, a lot of these 'drunk appearances' he was as sober as a judge. He done it because it's what the producers wanted and he was an excellant actor. He also knew about the 'hidden camera' on this show.

[ska2808]

What a bunch of cunts they are.

Bill Hicks looks genuinely unimpressed.

[rhodesyboys]

my hero

[khukhem1001]

I love him so much!

[alocohc]

Sad world that people laugh at someone who is ill. Disgrace.

[Falstaff6]

@alocohc ill? he never had any regrets. I had the pleasure of drinking with him at the queens hotel, Portsmouth in the early 90s and he was the life and soul of the party. EVERY night some craziness happened. He wasnt fucking suffering then

[alocohc]

@Falstaff6 I take it you "like a wee drink or 50" like Olie then. Does that make you an alcoholic or someone with a drinking problem? You choose.

[Falstaff6]

@alocohc I dont give a fuck, thats my choice? Your chpice? drama.

[alocohc]

@Falstaff6 NO, you have a choice whether or not to live your life as an alcoholic . You chose that way of life and the the unavoidable end will be that your liver will eventually conk out. When it does you might not be lucky enough to be given a replacement liver. Think about it.

[Falstaff6]

@alocohc You are so absurdly incorrect it is untrue. All I will leave you with is circumstances. You pathetic motherfucker. I hope you choke on a jagged stick or die of cancer.

[alocohc]

@Falstaff6 You'r an alcoholic loser with a failing liver! LOL

[engineer387]

@Falstaff6 well said

[thegirl44]

@alocohc

What's been said about Mr. Reed is that he was never a mean or violent drunk. Assuming that this information, that has come from many sources, is true I figure fair fucks to him if he made it his choice to drink.

Mr. Reed was one of our last true gentlemen in that he made every facet of his character available to the public at a time when short comings were largely subjected to spin control.

He was also kind to animals, but we CHOOSE to focus on the negative.

[MrVinushka]

@thegirl44 That would make sense. My dad bumped into him at various times during his career and, despite the fact that he was always completely loaded, he was apparently really friendly and somewhat jovial.

[taffwob]

Drunk as ten men, set up by a cheap Friday night brain donors show & he still comes out on top. Top bloke!

[sunflowerpot]

what have the monsters done to him.. they made him into a joke and then laughed like twats..confused humans very sad indeed

[ravehistory]

" I regret not having made love to every women on earth, I regret having not kissed the wet nose on every dog on earth, I regret having not been into every bar on earth, but it doesn't make me a hell raiser. If somebody punches me on the nose, I will punch them back; if somebody buys me a drink, I will buy them one back "

Oliver Reed

Actor, animal lover, hellraiser. A true national treasure

[dial8d]

Ollie, you were, you are still, a legend !!

[pcvideogamer]

It's good to see Bill Hicks looking slightly bemused... poor ole oli, i really liked him.

[rexcrossnet]

I don't think he was drunk, he just acting very very good! Same on Aspel and After Dark!

[shagemharder]

i wish hed been a violent drunk and smashed their fuckin heads in....why take the piss out of a legend with a drink probs???

[dickydodd]

you can see bill hicks cringing so badly at that. people only ever got oly on shows because they knew they could take the piss out of him.

[dwl82iw]

God when you look back at it you realise how awful The Word really was. I know some of the presenters were just doing it because they needed to further their careers, but it's like having Beethoven interviewed by the Jonas Brothers and an uneducated jeering crowd that have never heard classical music in their life. It's just sad to watch. (BTW not specifically meaning disrespect to the JBs but they did fit the analogy reasonably well).

[molly0000000s]

Too much Christian love in for my liking. The bloke is an utter spanner. He was on a awful debate show on the weekend dismissing Islamic fundamentalism as being something in a vacuum completely unaffected by British foreign policy. His erudite, nuanced take on things was "they're nutjobs". I suppose fair play he even managed to get on tele in 2010.

[dontleademsomuch]

@molly0000000s they are nutjobs, all the way back to the glory years of the Ottoman Empire and the pirate Barbarossa

[flaxonx3]

Terry Christian knew he'd only got the job because it was considered trendy to have a Manchester accent back then. He played on that & I admired the hidden contempt he seemed to have for the garbage he was fronting. This was the dawn of trash TV for the coming idiot generation of uncritical morons. Christian knew that.

[gibbsies]

bill looks disgusted, i bet he regretted coming on the show after that

[LollieSmith]

Not fit to lick Ollies boots

[fuckamericanidiot]

@flaxonx3 no way, terry christian was a cunt then and he's a cunt now. he's awkward, he isn't funny, he's unprofessional and he seems to know nothing

[irlam7]

@flaxonx3 Lol you lfmla dnns stop ghj

[MovieMad007]

@flaxonx3 the word was far more challenging television than the air brushed crap we have today pumped into our living rooms! I was at University College of Salford when this came out when Music in Britain was great! Oasis, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, heavy metal had a much better presence than it does today! The Word Heralded the MadChester scene and Factory Records! And The Hacienda NC! When Northern Sounds ruled! Now what have we got Simon bloody Cowell every bloody channel every bloody night!

[Idol2Idol]

@flaxonx3 mate Terry Christian is an intelligent guy. Read his bio mate.

[keroine9]

@Idol2Idol You stupid cock.

[Idol2Idol]

@keroine9 your the stupid cock pal, Terry won awards for his radio shows and know a hell about music so get it up you :)

[Idol2Idol]

@keroine9 Terry got sony awards for his radio awards and was renowned for his work before the word so fuck off.

[keroine9]

@Idol2Idol Sorry mate, my mistake -- the fact that this idiot got a certificate changes everything.

[Idol2Idol]

@keroine9 haul you ya tit i know what I'm talking about unlike you. Terry himself was unhappy about how the show was run and the guy did loads before the word so how does that make him an idiot ?

[Mirrorkissers]

That's really disgusting what they did to him

[fenwick101e]

he isnt even bothered he absoloutly mortal!!! haha

[suffern63]

@Mirrorkissers He did it to himself,but it's disgusting to see him paraded in public for the spectacle of the mob.

[freakyfadge]

@Mirrorkissers

yeah, but he turned around with a few choice words and had the audience on his side in seconds.

[ludwigvonsteampole1]

Terry who?? Would have loved to have joined Ollie for a beer or 2!! Who could forget him as Bill sykes in Oliver!

[flitts]

they were goding him..disrespect..dont like it.He was a great actor.

[aoxomoxoa88]

I wish he had twatted them, for invading his privacy and trying to belittle him in public too. Still, hats off to him for being better than that. Who'll forget Oliver Reed?

[AlanHolsworth]

Oliver Reed was pure class, a fine acctor, a gentleman and a wonderful drunk.

[jimsibob]

i here youre a hetrosexual gold

[tuber2010ish]

oh lovely trash!!!!!!!!!

[Nellynoodlebums]

They tried there best to make him look drunk/stupid but they fell on their faces. Mr.Reed is way intelligent for them.

[Erkal2006]

Is that Bill Hicks next to Ollie?

2 legends on one couch....

[mattvansickle]

@Erkal2006 Yeah that is Bill Hicks, who was apparently not happy at all with How Oliver Reed was exploited on this terrible and vacuous show.

[Erkal2006]

@mattvansickle Bill was, and will always be, the barometer of decency in indecent times

[mikris50]

Terry Christian! Prentend accent, proven TV cunt! Calow and ilk follow......'good telly'...serving and siring the herd! Olly saw them then for what they were and remain!

[Kevinasp]

Shows how peurile they were, laughing hysterically at some shithouse waving a toy Dinosaur.

[Kevinasp]

Oliver Reed - Legend.

Terry Christian - Bellend.

1993 this was broadcast.

[Kevinasp]

Oliver Reed is remembered and admired years after his death, and will be in years to come. I doubt anybody will remember Christian a week after he dies.

[coolhandflukey]

@Kevinasp oh come on get real. no one remembers christian now and hes not dead (?).

[Kevinasp]

@coolhandflukey Who?

[goldenfilly]

aw he looks so misarable and they're all bullying him

[goldenfilly]

lol he's such a stoner

[MrJimmyboy1972]

this guy would do you in, just in two minutes. dont think that because he has had a few he is any less powerfull. dont take the piss out of the great.

[nathancroucher90]

Oliver Reed is a godlike genius.

[wonderfulwomp]

Oliver Reed and Bill Hicks on one couch together...What a moment.

[wesmatron]

His headstone should read "Here lies Oliver Reed...enuff said"

Legend

[TheJmlwb]

Mr. Reed is fucking legend and always will be.

[kazimann]

"Full of council!"

Fantastic comment!

[Hogweed2543]

The Word, truly a show for the unwashed masses. Sad to see a giant like Oliver Reed even on there.

[Idol2Idol]

Read Tery Chrtistians Bio before ye have a go at him!, He Makes a good argument!

[JuanMacready]

Oliver Reed was a talentless wife beating drunken loser. He only got into movies because his uncle was Sir Carol Reed.

[Cellsolid]

@JuanMacready oh fuck you, you ignorant cunt bastard

[JuanMacready]

@Cellsolid The only ignorant cunt bastard was the racist Tory apartheid supporter Reed. I wish he had died of cancer like Alex Higgins.

[kitkat6026]

@JuanMacready ..............what happened in your 16 years to warp your mind cuz it aint natural you need to talk to some one and sort your head out

[JuanMacready]

@kitkat6026 Reed was a talentless fat ugly wife beating thug who only got into movies because his uncle was Sir Carol Reed.

[kitkat6026]

@JuanMacready yeah yeah boring nothing new to say i see

[JuanMacready]

@kitkat6026 He was very lucky not to get cancer like his equally foul and abusive friend Alex Higgins.

[kitkat6026]

@JuanMacready yeah yeah whatever

[2Touchstone]

Terry Christian is a twat.

[BlackenedForLife]

That Christian fella is a fag?

[leekehrer]

Damn childish idiots waggling a toy Dino around behind Oli. I would give my left leg to have met that man and my right one to have a drink with him. A true legend of the Silver Screen. I hate cake takers like this lot.

[kazimann]

Oliver Reed: A king among men!

[EvilCensor]

Underrated in every respect the guy is a legend, all there is to it.

[JuanMacready]

He was a talentless fat ugly wife beater who only got into movies because his uncle was Sir Carol Reed.

[EvilCensor]

@JuanMacready: Your opinion is noted.

[kara1464]

@EvilCensor

I wouldn't bother. His opinion is worthless. He lies like you and I breathe - he can't help it.

The fewer responses he gets the better.

[EvilCensor]

@kara1464: Fair enough, thought it rude not to respond.

[kara1464]

@EvilCensor

I understand why you wouldn't want to be rude... but...

Just click on his name where there's been a response to his comments (has the @ sign in front of it and you'll see why being rude wouldn't affect him in any way whatsoever. You'll see a list of his comments and nearly all of them saying he wishes some actor or singer or whatever would die of cancer.

[EvilCensor]

@kara1464: Perhaps I should explain, my initial reply to the guy was dismissive and would like as not be the only one I gave, there would be no sense in being rude to the chap due to his probable mental disposition.. I've seen that he has posted the same unkind words about Mr Reed on other YouTube video threads and as such I have formed an opinion of his character ;o)

Anyway back to the video, his delivery of "would I know anything madam?" still to this day manages to make me chuckle.

[kara1464]

@EvilCensor

I think Ollie behaves with such dignity on these shows. He far outclasses any of them in terms of humour and intelligence.

God blessed us with Ollie and people will be talking about him long after that wotsisname presenter draws his pension.

[EvilCensor]

@kara1464: Yes, I think one his better interviews is the one with Johnny Carson.

[kirkwanglers32]

Oliver had to live up to his retrebution.

Miss you.

RIP

[Filthdrive]

wtf is it with these FUCKING CUNTING ADVERTS!!!??? YOU FUCKING CORPORATE BASTARDS!!! FUCK YOU!!

[JuanMacready]

Reed was a talentless twat.

[kara1464]

@JuanMacready

Fact is, Oliver Reed's lifestyle served to undermine his MASSIVE talent. And it's a shame because it prevents simple minded people like you seeing beyond the television appearances that set him up like this.

Oliver Reed was one of the best actors of our time - despite, or because of, his lifestyle.

Whether you like him or not, that fact is irrefutable.

[JuanMacready]

Reed was a talentless overacting loser who only got into films because his uncle was Sir Carol Reed.

[JuanMacready]

Reed was just a talentless wife beating piece of shit. No wonder Sean Connery hated him so much.

[kara1464]

@JuanMacready

You said that on one of your other posts. Running out of things to say?

yawwwwnnnnnnn

[JuanMacready]

It's a real shame Sir Carol cast his nephew as Bill Sikes because it meant they had to lose the great song "My Name". Thankfully Steven Hartley is so great as Bill.

[kara1464]

@JuanMacready

Well, with what all that Ollie brought to the Bill Sykes role, losing one great song (amongst so many great songs) is a small price to pay.

[JuanMacready]

Yeah, Reed is my mother's favourite actor. I think also it was because the film was so long.

[kutuluu]

"Would I know anything madam?" That cracked me up

[123enigma456]

I cant look at Oliver Reed without the phrase "BULLSEYE!" running through my mind

[itsdarkinere]

Without question Ollie was much more interesting than The Word and its presenters. I read his biography years ago and he really was a complicated chap. Humble, charitable, clever and witty, he was admired by the more intelligent veiwer. He hated his primary school when he was young yet bought the building later in life so as to save it from demolition. There was always more going on with him than his outward appearance and behaviour suggested. Far from being a hopeless drunk.

[kelly121398]

happysmile this is my first post oliver reed seem to me as a real person that could love even if he was drunk thats what matters to me

[jesuschristlolomgwtf]

fucking class

[Idol2Idol]

That is a fucking brilliant jacket oliver has on.

[srpsk]

fucking idiot talk show host

[opiate115]

What an amazing man. Oozes character and charm, still retains some semblance of class when absolutely sauced.

[JuanMacready]

Oliver Reed was a talentless loser who only had a career because his uncle was the Oscar winning film director Sir Carol Reed.

[bunceyboy101]

1st class moustache well done Olly!!!!

[PsychedeliciousMelon]

Is that Bill Hicks next to him?

[muttilo]

Yup

[elgruga]

Yes, 'vacant wankers' is an exceptionally accurate description.

Reed had a brain and a character, unlike the dopey twits on the show.

[eezysqueezy]

This is a disgrace.

Vacant wankers mocking a legend.

May they all rot in hell....Katie Puckrick first.