South Bank Show - Paul Merton Prt 1 of 6

[IdiotsForSale]

Ye, I know you from that angle! Why does he do that?

[gullivera]

The story about his essay is truly epic. "Oh go fuck yourself!"

Looking back how many adults have you wanted to say that to!

[xSJJACKSONx]

is that john irwin at the beginning paul's writing partner i always wanted to know wa he looks like

[innit27]

nuns are among the worst fucking teachers, like any religious zealot. they take out all their pent up frustration that they are not getting any on kids who are free of all that shit

[KasHCubeD]

Paul Merton would be nothing without Paul Merton.

[bigredsfunbus]

Paul Merton is one of my comedy heroes. An incredible mind!

[kataliceb]

please can someone put south bank show billy conolly on you tube! I can't find it anywhere :(

[xxxsomeonextragicxxx]

I love him.... And he's 39 years my senior.... *thinks*... I like him.

[sysarchitect]

Is that Melvyn Bragg, interviewing Paul.

He has a great show, about the history of ideas, on the BBC called "In Our Time"

There is a Podcast of it

[DragonSporks]

How cute is he talking to those kids at the end?

[Harlequin70]

@DragonSporks

He was alright, it's the kids that were bloody awful, I know I went to that school. I was there when Paul Came to visit.

The teacher on his left was possibly the finest teacher you could ever come across.

[Kralhonj]

Merton is very over-rated. I've even heard folks compare him to Spike Milligan, utter bollocks.

[ariba1888]

@Kralhonj Your Talking Bollocks :)

[Kralhonj]

You mean youre, sad illiterate.

Based on your grasp of English I doubt you even understand most of his poorly copied Tony Hancock jokes....

Start the car he stole that one from Julian Clary....check out the episode when Julian hosts HIGNFY, says it all really....

Stop drinking your own bath water retard!

[ariba1888]

@Kralhonj Fuck off wank pot :)

[Kralhonj]

Why not dig out your head, fill it with earth and then plant a nice geranium????

[2205923358]

Clary hosted for the first time in 2006, this is from 1999, don't know if Clary has used the joke before, but if you're saying that Merton's knicked that from what he's heard on HINGFY then does he time-travel? If so he's definately not over rated if he's gone back in time...

[puretroubleman]

his whit is sharper than any man on the island.

[SecularAuthority]

HIGNFY would be nothing without Paul Merton.

[danvinesexgod]

To add to everyone else thats commented. Brilliant. Thank you so much for putting this on here. I will love you forever...hopefully that doesn't come across as too terrifying.

[banditemilyx12]

You have no idea how much I appreciate this!

[troumer]

Many thanks (once again) from the other side of the Atlantic.

[tay66]

thank you thank you thank you