Jeffrey Archer on Clive Anderson Talks Back

[sail1948]

I've always thought Archer is one of those unfortunate authors who wont be appreciated until he's dead...or at the very least recieves a fucking good kicking.

[Mayna00]

Clive is just RIDICULOUSLY quick.

He can tear a man to pieces.

I love him, but even if I didn't, I'd pretend otherwise.

He's just scary.

[bavwill]

Related to Nixon, by any chance?

[SigfridsTardis]

I love Clive!

[nath909]

"i'll show you, you wait till im mayor" haha

[takewhole]

Archer the bastard

[jacksawild]

Slimy weasel. Lying, criminal, thieving plagiarist. Horrible waste of space. Nasty, petty and a truly ugly personality. Hate, bile-filled machiavellian shit-head.

I have very little love for Archer.

[adamtzsch]

Ironic to hear Archer talking about having "convictions", previous to his criminal ones.

[bryngOneOn]

2nd try by anderson for some response "you lacked convictions when you were younger, do you have any convictions now your older" so jeffrey what are they then. Acher replies " yes younger people lack convictions...." not even saying about himself now "... and as you get older you do develop them" not only didnt tell us again and he wasnt even in a rock and hard place situ but he dosnt even admit that he himself has convictions, he avoids truth on lil things, is to disguise the big lies?

[bryngOneOn]

trying to read an on-line article on archer that said when he delivered his novels to his publisher, they had to hire someone to rewrite them so they they made sense and were so poor, but the article deleted. i watched some clips of him on utube and you just know he's totally twisting the dialogue to make him look like a lad in prison, when he was most likely locked up on numbers for safety. can u tell me the show where they did his biography through his eyes, comedy, so funny, do u know title?

[andragonous]

Does anyone else remember a short story by Daphne Du Maurier having a very similar idea to the one that Archer 'stole'? it was in the same collection of short stories that 'The birds' was in.

[intellisis01]

The true sense of genius is knowing what thoughts not to express in words.....I guess that makes Clive Anderson an imbecile

[priapus56]

If I were famous, I would certainly not agree to be interviewed by this self-advertising buffoon. Was he a failed stand-up comic? Were people supposed to come on the show and talk about their work or was the show just a vehicle for Anderson's smart-arse gags?

[grizzlybear0]

Jeffery Archer is brilliant. At the moment I'm reading false impresson which is about as good a thriller as you can read.Cain and Able and all the rest of his books are well worth a read.

[hippotoast]

@grizzlybear0 You forgot the qualifier which is "if you're a gormless twat".

[grizzlybear0]

@hippotoast You don't know what you're talking about. If I ever got hold of you I would kill you.And I mean I would Kill you.Top you, murder you,cut you're bloody throat sunshine.

[grizzlybear0]

@grizzlybear0 sorry mate.I ignore the nasty comment I didn't maen it,All the best

[grizzlybear0]

@hippotoast You don't have to make comments like that .Have you ever read any of his books.I suggest you do.

[triumphadelic]

they broke the mould when they made Jeffrey Archer... although come to think of it , no they didnt because EVERY Member of Parliament is a lying , cheating , cunt....

[Monumentum616]

Oh, he has got convictions all right!

[sail1948]

Archers one of those unfortunate authors who'll only be appreciated when he's dead.....or at the least a fucking good kicking.

[TomMackio]

Classic example of a sociopathic narcissist !

[zeroheadroom]

perjuring cock!

[cliptwingz]

surrounded by nuthin'

but fluffy lil'

bunny rabbits

was brer wolf

Gotta lurve Tuesday nites

[cliptwingz]

re teh below: of course nowadays thay'll prattle on endlessly about the need for convolution no doubt.

[cliptwingz]

something polly's could talk about. Check out the convolution in the Wikipedia article List of Law Enforcement Agencies in the United Kingdom. Talk about an obvious need for a bureaucratic revamp. And I thought us Aussies were bad!

[bodnotbod]

Jeffrey Archer doesn't even write his books. Tosser.

[Stube437]

@bodnotbod proof?

[Mayna00]

@bodnotbod To be honest, that's exactly what I'd say if I'd written them.

No one wants to be associated with that drivel ..

[nickbaldeagle01]

I remember seeing this first time around. Clive ripped Archer to pieces. He deserved it the smug git.

[Hunt3Rs70]

Archer was a good sport, and he is quick himself, its just that Clive is faster

[pattayalob]

I feel ashamed to admit it but I like the books of Jeffrey Archer.

[thisnotmyname]

I love how Clive just gets on with it, but Archer's ego is too big to let it go.

I wish he would stop with the fake fucking laugh.

Oh, and fuck the Bee Gees!

[MsGORGONS]

have you ever read ARCHER's books...everytime I see one in a bookshop I go and scratch the cover or tear pages so no one buys them...what a horrid Englishman

[nbarrett100]

yes it must be hard to be original when you have no talent at all

[ThatChinkyThing]

Anderson is not a good interviewer. He pokes too much fun at his guests. When he applied his style in interviewing the Bee Gees they let him have it and suddenly walked out. Clive looked like he swallowed an egg. Some time later Alan Partridge (AKA Steeve Cogan) literally tore him apart over his interviewing style. I never seen an interviewer put down so easily on his own show.

[MsGORGONS]

@ThatChinkyThing th e BEE GEES?? yukkie...I hate the BEE GEES queen, the bee gees and abbaba = yukkie...and lord disgraced archer too

[MeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeAndU]

@ThatChinkyThing Clive Anderson certainly tore Archer apart.

[6of1halfadozon]

Archer is a crook and a charlatan. He deserves this treatment. Well done Clive.

[gloomyoutlook]

Hahah, Clive just can't stop 

[adamtzsch]

Jeffrey Archer is a conniving, lying piece of pompous, self-serving shit.

[DaveJP1973]

Jeffrey Archer is the greatest writer of our times - Shakespeare for the 21st Century.

[omariam05]

this anderson fellow is very mean.

[jcberry525]

a real con man in life why he still out of jail???????????

[maceain]

Clive Anderson is a real jerk... what a professional wuss.

[epmorris]

The true art of a Barrister at work !

[superiourcowies]

Convitions indeed.

[bertiethetoupee4]

Oh, Clive! I read the comment about him being 'so fucking quick' but I didn't expect him to be THAT quick!

[oneniluptwoonedown]

clive anderson...you are a tosser and a cunt..end of.

[kraigus]

IN COMPARISON TO JEFFERY ARCHER?

[edgarholland]

I remember watching this show, it was the tail end of the Tory era even if there was 6 more years to go. The slease of those last 6 years was sick, but no different than New Labour where\are. Clive could have stuck the knife in deeper when one thinks about what Private Eye wrote about Jeffery. He didnt need to as Archer was a dickhead. Clives show was great at the time as there was mostly rubbish on then, but in hindsight better than the shit on British TV today.

[sirtinycreep]

He can't beat Clive!

[hididdlyho82]

Archers got quite alot of convictions now!LOL I've never read any of his books but I have had "Kane and Able" recomended many times and will eventually read it! He is supposed to be a excellent author!

[charliechutney]

I thought all his books were ghost-written? Just because he says he wrote novels, doesn't necessarily make it so. He's a shifty, lying cunt.

[kenfig]

Ha ha Lol "thats me being Brutal" says Clive ; Archer is another example of a fucking criminal cunt who can get away with anything because of who they know and even if the are 'punished' their 'punishment' is like ordinary folk's holidays ; like people like Jacqui Smith now

[hididdlyho82]

This guy's a super crook! (like some sort of charecter from the Adam West old Batman TV show he even looks a bit like the Riddler!) Jacqui Smith would need to go some to catch up!

[kenfig]

yeah though this guys a stupid berk like Alan Partridge and a cheap cowardly cheat

[hididdlyho82]

Alan Partridge is the jewel in the crown that is radio Norwich! Malado!

[vikramvaranasi]

Kane and Abel best book!

[unseenocean]

I remember somebody else walking off of a Clive Anderson interview......wasn't just the Bee Gees....anyone else remember that?

[buckley54]

That's right. And of course you have to ask yourself the question - was - or could - Jesus have been a member of Queen. Or any other group come to that.

I know this is deep stuff but if jesus was a queen bee I think we should be told.

[sail1948]

Jeffrey Archer is one of those unfortunate people who arent appreciated until they're dead, or in Archers case a bloody good kicking at the very least.

[IntellectualAmy]

If ever a man deserved the title of 'liar' - this guy is it. He so typifies the 'Tory' of that era that were so nauseting they were beyond parody. He finally got jailed and God, he deserved it!

[muskier]

'thrz no beginning to your talents' brill. why'r most MPs like him? lining their own pockets, whilst the rest'v us go without.

[nickbaldeagle01]

Oh, this is priceless. I remember this first time round.

[PaulRoberts]

Jeffrey Archer is a complete shit.

[ElectricAnus]

That's being a bit harsh on shit.

[cyberhiker1]

I've always hated this odious reptile. I well remember watching him being 'slit up a treat' by Anderson. It's great to watch him squirming in discomfort once again as Anderson easily deals with his pathetic attempts at retaliation.

[simonzon]

He has certainly achieved a few convictions since.

[MeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeAndU]

The great thing about Clive Anderson is that he tells it like he see's it. He doesn't pathetically fawn over his guests a la Jonathan Ross. His mind is so quick witted. My fave bit of the Archer interview is "i've read some of your books and they're not quite as bad as people make out"

[sezums]

I like your username!

[dunkiep]

Having just seen Clive on Have I Got News for you, I checked this out. He's a brilliant interviewer who is both quick and thick skinned enough to poke fun at someone very po-faced, smug and clever with words. Well done. His Bee Gee interview is also on Youtube, and I can only assume Barry Gibb was in a funny mood before the show - Anderson was only teasing him yet he over-reacted and sulked throughout the interview before storming off. Maurice obviously didn't have any problem with it.

[PennilessLlama]

He's good isn't he. I always though he came over as a bit of a mug but he's far from that.

[dunkiep]

Yeah, although he does overstep it a bit with the cher interview... cringe at the 'you look a million dollars' bit.

[Emmalala123]

Dunkiep: The problem with the interview with the Bee Gees is that there was stuff going on prior to the interview that nobody knows about: the Bee Gees (including Mo, he was equally angry!) didn't want to go on the show in the first place, because they didn't want to be ripped apart. Then they heard that Clive was a big fan of theirs and that he wouldn't rip them apart, yet he did. Obviously they got angry. Clive could've treated them with a little bit of respect.

[cambridgechris]

But isn't that the whole point, though? People like Clive Anderson are there to stick a pin in the pompousity of celebrity. Could the Bee Gees have been any more arrogant?

[BarryDennen12]

@cambridgechris Yeah I don't get the Bee Gees video. Were there jokes that we missed or something?

[Emmalala123]

As for being a brilliant interviewer, I respectfully disagree. I don't think he's very interested in what his guests are telling, and he's just trying to be funny all the time...

That's just my opinion though ;).

[dunkiep]

Interesting insight into the Bee Gee interview - it seemed as though there HAD to be a reason they were touchy - can you shed anymore light on it? As for Clive's interview technique, I can agree that he's looking for opportunities to have a dig at his guests' expense so he can get his gags in, but for his viewers, that was what they switched on for. Obviously, that's gonna rub a few people up along the way, but that's showbiz!

[Emmalala123]

Dunkiep: Maybe you watched the Youtube video of the Bee Gees & Clive Anderson. If so, I suggest you google "Clive Anderson Bee Gees", where you will find the entire video. Note that Barry doesn't seem to be in a bad mood at the start and sort of tries to go along with Clive's jokes. Only about halfway does he really get irritated.

Maurice talked about the show afterwards, you can find the interview on google too.

Hope that helps.

[dunkiep]

Cheers. Should be doing some work at the moment, but will gladly spend the next half hour researching that!

[thobern]

Who else's would it be?

[burdlow]

He certainly has a conviction now ha ha!

[richie8811]

SOCIOPATH ALERT! All hands to battlestations! Sulu, prime photon torpedoes!

[PunkCheerleaderBetch]

Sharp wit Anderson pulls no punches!

[Emmalala123]

I cannot say whether Jeffrey Archer is an ass (I don't know him), but Clive certainly is...

[capaldicorporations]

why do you think that?

[ignorantpom]

I thought they were 'twats'?

[Balefan83]

isnt that the same thing as a cunt?

[gizmo4eva]

This makes up for the Gibbs Brothers interview, at least.

[LITTLEUNDERPANTS]

Ahh , that explains it . Only a nonce like you would lust after Archer. Get back in your section before I come round and give you a good old fashioned nonce bashing on the stairs you cunt.

[MyFantazmagazzle]

Clive Anderson is so fucking quick!

[kentusmaximus]

Clive Anderson's wit is as sharp as a tac.

[gdv42]

Anderson: "you were not a conviction politician, have you got any convictions now"

Did Anderson have a crystal ball? Archer was later convicted of perjury. He epitomises the very worst of british politics. He is a lying,cheating,arselicking,adu­lterous, superficial waste of space. Ringo Starr met him in the 60's when Archer got the Beatles to promote Oxfam and Ringo said: "He strikes me as a nice enough fella, but he's the kind of bloke who would bottle your piss and sell it".

[spittingimage4005]

i hate both

[Isidore98]

it's just that Archer is a total pompous and scary and nasty person just from seeing him and without knowing the background.

[MissKateUK]

Every time I see Archer I look at him and think "He doesn't look as if he's ever had any fun in his entire life".

[Stan1208]

Oh but he has.  He has.

[jimmyfourchannels]

You were saying whether he was a crook or not was subjective. I'd say the prison sentence clears up that ambiguity.

[cambridgechris]

This is from 1990. As for Jeffrey Archer - typical smug Thatcher-Tory git, totally sliced up by Clive Anderson on top form! Fabulosa!

There is no-one even close to Anderson these days? Jonathan Ross? Kiss my ass!

[0FindGlory]

I remember having this on video and it is still the best example of an interviewer getting the better of his guest!

[keflar5]

Have you got any convictions? lol you can tell clive really doesn't like him because he's not joking when he's joking and he's being polite as if to appologise for wanting him to die horribly. the old jokes are the best ones (best) yes i've read your books. nice

[Airtiz]

Well the guy is a poltician, so of course he is a crook.

But for all the people that hate Clive. That's exactly why I like him. Been watching him (what I can get her ein the US) since I was 12 or 13.

Way to go Clive! Keep pissin' on'em!

[blueno555]

i love the book written by him

[morgandrim]

This crook should not be allowed to hold public office.

[morgandrim]

"You weren`t a `conviction politician.`" No - more like a "Convicted" politician. Lord Archer - Lord my ass. I`d never want the accolade "Lord" placed on my shoulders. I suspect St. Peter would take an extremely close look at anyone who came before the Pearly Gates with the title "Lord," before their name !

[lauraisaposeur]

Jeffrey Archer, what an arse. I love the way Clive Anderson still manages to maintain a very professional style whilst insulting him. Good stuff.

[Shamden]

I keep hearing Clive being described as legend and I honestly think that's the best word for him! He's like no other interviewer out there.

"I haven't knocked anything for ages."

Cannot believe he said that! Well done, Clive, for making me fall off my seat in disbelief!

[CaptainBirdseye2006]

I don't think so. I don't think Clive was ever wanting to be a Johnathan Ross character. I love Clive and i love his interviewing style, why should he waste his quick wit by just asking that ahole stupid questions. Clive is a legend.

[OutOnBailNow]

Anderson's cynical sense of humour wears thin after a while which is probably why he has not been a big name on television for many years now. Archer's career, on the other hand, despite his prison sejourn, is on the up and up. So I guess it is last laugh to Jeffrey.

[frizzyizzy80]

woooo! go clive!

[dvddom]

PMSL! Thanks for the upload. I remember this at the time. Fantastic stuff!

[edgarholland]

I remember this from that time as well when John Major was PM. Fun times compared to today, and what does that say about then and what has happened since? Clive was good and had his time in the sun, to his eternal credit he helped push Bill Hicks career in Britain. That is important as Bill changed peoples lives, and is still changing lives even if he is long gone.

[sisterbrothers]

LOL, I just read the 'talents' thing on Wiki - glad I could find it here, cheers!

[kenfig]

Archer is an example of how a COMPLETE conman & FRAUD has LIED about practically EVERYTHING including his QUALIFICATIONS to gain admission to Oxford & STILL, I REPEAT,STILL (!?!?!) make MILLIONS of pounds - How STUPID has any of this pretentious middle class British public been over the years to be impressed by the utter crooked scumbag CUNT !!!

[shakercoola]

I think Archer is a fraud and he is contemptible. But Anderson is no better with snide jibes - he is not a nice man - a little man who hasn't any talents as far as I can see.

[kenfig]

He is obviously very self-assured & probably conceited as he is a barrister originally as a profession so presumably is very intelligent but Archer, if anyone, deserves his snide jibes & at least Anderson isnt, as far as ive heared, or has been proved is not a liar or crook

[thegallery]

I read one of his novels a few years back, and it was a very good thriller; just as good if not better than much of the dribble out there, (though not necessarily memorable). But that's why he's a millionaire; like it or hate it, truth or lies, he can write.

[Alfolioli]

To be honest, aren't both of these guys absolute cunts?

[flymogram]

No!!! Clive Anderson is a legend! Archer is a cunt.

[shellycoat]

To be honest, no. Jeffrey Archer is, don't see how the two are even comparable.

[xpietmaasx]

what an absolute cock, a cheat, a lier, a criminal and a complete arse

[nickyjns]

F**k Off Archer you c***t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Birdieupon]

Archer looks scarily like Olivier. Far less honest of course.

[flymogram]

Clive rocks! He pissed on Archer here.

[knucmo]

Why on earth did Archer come on a show hosted by a wit like Clive Anderson? I think it was Archer who was 'ill-informed' to even come on a show where he'd get parboiled by Clive, and quite rightly too, as history has borne out.

[antster1983]

W00t! Go Clive! \^o^/

[synchronicity777]

What a prick Archer is.

[bunnylodge]

tory cunt

[seanpennatgmail]

Archer seems to think he can turn the crowd to his side by making catty remarks towards Clive.

[66chrissy66]

clive is so witty.

[JFBridge]

Love Clive's one liners: "There's no beginning to your talents" and "I've read your books".