Newsnight Weather Reports - Paxman resists

Jeremy Paxman famously hated the idea of weather reports on Newsnight. Here's how the great Paxo dealt with it, in a compendium shown on Have I Got News For You.

• Category

  Comedy

[cpreston5]

I would love to know the context of the Lembit Opecantspellhisname joke.

[Asif Khan]

It's nothing deep, Sian Lloyd had a four-year relationship with Lembit Opik, they nearly got married.

[Abhijeet Gaiha]

"It's April, what do you expect?"

[walt gillyhole]

well it sounds really fucked up but thanks for the explanation

nigger

[Snookbone]

They just cut the audience laughing short so that they can fit in enough material. I've been to two recordings and to include the full laughter would take up way too much air time.

[Subscriptism]

Possibly, I know Top Gear does that. Perhaps the laughter from the crowd alone isn't loud enough.

[walt gillyhole]

laughtrack over the audience

[Subscriptism]

You can see the audience when it pans out.

[walt gillyhole]

there is no way in hell a live audience will laugh for 1 second or less and stop at the same time

[Allen Hunt]

Its a live audience.

[walt gillyhole]

what the fuck is with this laugh track?

[VaporShock1]

Incredible, you watched the video too?!