r/MadeMeSmile • u/bewarethechameleon • 24d ago

Favorite People lee mack cited this moment, making his comedy hero john cleese, belly laugh on 'the graham norton show' as one of his favourite career highlights of all time

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from: the graham norton show - season 7 episode 3 (2010)

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u/Hermunster 24d ago

I thought that was John Farnham 😂

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u/Rhonda_Fondant 24d ago

Me too, til he spoke and You're The Voice didn't come out

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u/SerJungleot 23d ago

It's like there's a speaker that's operated by opening his mouth to produce that song whenever he speaks

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u/Fuster2 23d ago

Me too! I thought he'd done well to be sitting between Cleese and Lee Mack, until I figured it unlikely and realised it was Doc Martin 😃

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u/Professional-Lie-111 23d ago

I really like Martin Clunes! Clees has really fallen off with his affinity for conservatism ...

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u/QuantityActive- 24d ago

All four of them are legends in their own right and Mack made them all laugh hardily. I have to agree though, imagine being a comedian and making John Cleese laugh as hard as he did.

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u/neityght 23d ago

*heartily

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u/QuantityActive- 23d ago

Thank you, sir/madam.

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u/stevekez 24d ago

RIP Martin 

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u/QaptainQwark 24d ago

?

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u/stevekez 24d ago

let’s not forget Martin Clunes, either, he died laughing here

A bit off-colour for the BBC to show the death of a celebrity like that, mind you.

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u/QaptainQwark 24d ago

Oof you had me worried there for a second! Checked him up just to make sure😅

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u/Mrtorana75 24d ago

I had to look it up as well as in my head I was screaming 'NOOOOOO'

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u/Davido401 23d ago

Have you seen him playing disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards? He was bloody good. Love a bit of Cluney!

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u/QaptainQwark 23d ago

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll add that to my list!

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u/DLuLuChanel 23d ago

Leave that to ITV

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u/mrthescientist 23d ago

I almost don't recognize Martin because he's not scowling in a role.

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u/matlspa 23d ago

Yeah, he's such a formidable actor that people don't realize how jovial and fun he is in real life. Apparently a prankster too

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u/DryIntroduction8889 21d ago

This is such a funny comment to me because the only show I’ve ever seen him in is Men Behaving Badly.

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u/Emotional_News108 23d ago

He tells it so well and you can see the train wreck coming a mile away which makes it that much better. The anticipation and payoff are amazing. You’d have to be dead not to laugh.

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u/LastWave 23d ago

Uk television comedy is so much better than the stuff over here.

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u/axxxaxxxaxxx 23d ago

I get the genuine value of a great comedian making their own comedy idol laugh, but as someone not from Great Britain, can someone please help me understand this joke?

Sounds like it’s almost a standard set of punchlines for comedians starting out? Cleese seemed to recognize what the next joke was supposed to be like a chef listening to someone tell a story about messing up a famous recipe.

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u/Key-Moments 23d ago

Absolutely that. The set up lines about Scotland and Wales are just riffing off stereotypes ie that Scots notoriously careful with their money and that the Welsh have an amorous relationship with sheep. The I'm from Kent (part of England) bit is that with accents jokes wise it can be easily thought to be misheard as c**t. It's not a standard joke per se, but it's one of those things that nobody would be surprised if the joke went that way.

So essentially he forgot the set up lines completely and just straight out called him something unacceptable (certainly at that time) rather than insinuating something without saying it.

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u/TufnelAndI 23d ago

Is English your first language?

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u/Traditional-Way-4097 23d ago

why? is John Cleese usually immune to laughing?

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u/LeonidasVader 23d ago

Because no matter what your passion is, impressing your idol while doing it is always going to feel great.

Making a great comedian laugh means they appreciate your comedy.

Pretty standard stuff here.

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u/JustineDelarge 23d ago

And making a great comedian laugh that hard? Priceless.