Limmy is a twitter savant. I've actually read this whole thing twice
http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/Brian_Limond_%28daftlimmy%29_TheLose1000.htm#TheLose1000
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
I really like him, despite the PAIN his work causes me in the office. He's clearly a fan of Tim & Eric - says as much on the commentaries for the new DVD.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcqzrNOG2TA
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
this one always gets me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tt5DE4hbYY
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
My dad frequently tells me how much he loves the sketch with the magic picture frame and his dad in it. Limmy's humour is at its best when it reflects that particular Scottish sense of neither being derogatory /laughing at somebody's expense nor self deprecating - just funny because it is.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
YERRA LIAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AryQPWvlvU
― jed_, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
Burnistoun (although equally prone to misfires) stomps all over it with Jolly Boy John.
Much as I love Burnistoun and agree that both are hit and miss, I think Limmy's highs are higher.
I once spent half an hour suppressing giggles on a train after my brother texted "d'ye want this mushroom" to me.
I've followed and unfollowed Limmy several times on twitter. He's hard work sometimes. I used to occasionally watch his webcam stuff too.
― squozen turnip (onimo), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
the webcam stuff is definitely a little too weird for me
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
Limmy is a twitter savant. I've actually read this whole thing twicehttp://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/Brian_Limond_%28daftlimmy%29_TheLose1000.htm#TheLose1000― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 21:59 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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wee bits of that are cracking me up - I think he just riffs away and some things eventually become sketch ideas
― squozen turnip (onimo), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
yes. it's not so much that he sketches are hilarious (although the best ones are) but that so many of them have taken on a life of their own between my friends.
― jed_, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DbShY2hE_c"heavy duty"
― calumerio, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
"dessert" is painfully otm, could do a follow up with "a glass of wine please" " would that be a *large* glass of wine ooh ooh smirk wink?"
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
this thread is making me realise how much stuff he has, i'd say there are 30/40 i love and i hadn't seen a lot of the ones posted here.
jed otm too, the stuff has a way of getting into conversation.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Thursday, 8 November 2012 09:34 (eleven years ago) link
the one i drop the most is "and that means YOU".
― second only to popcorn (or something), Thursday, 8 November 2012 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
I also think it's really clear from a lot of the sketches that he has been a major raver at some point
I used to know him, when he but was wee laddie (aye), so I can confirm this as true
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:04 (eleven years ago) link
A friend's three-year old son asked her for a "muffit of tea" the other day.
― Stevie T, Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
love "a muffit of tea".
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
I've still never seen his show!
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:12 (eleven years ago) link
The "Nightmare" sketch had me in hysterics first time I watched it.
So many good Limmy's sketches. I bought series 1 on DVD but when it came to watching it my flatmate was just unimpressed and I had to admit that series lacked a lot of the best of his work.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
― jed_, Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:16 (eleven years ago) link
I once did a telephone interview with him and I genuinely was laughing for the full thirty minutes we were speaking.
This is my personal favourite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysnjjvcAmk
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 8 November 2012 10:32 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot about "a muffit of tea"! I often read problem as ploblem to myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVdrwLEx1I
both parts of this sketch kill me
― squozen turnip (onimo), Thursday, 8 November 2012 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
omg muffit of tea
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
the way the "new characters" sketches - drunk lassie, soaking guy etc. - built to their final realisation was masterful.
-i'm not numb hen, these are great these wee things...-whit wee things?-ECCIES!!!
― jed_, Thursday, 8 November 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
Looking forward to the new series. S2 was brilliant. Easily the best British sketch show (not that there's much competition) since The Fast Show and arguably more inventive.
Each to their own, but I find it surprising that people say Limmy is hit and miss compared to Burnistoun. There are a few great Burnistoun sketches (2 Litre Bottle of Ginger, The Lift, the single issue MP, er that's about it) but it's always been seriously patchy. The latest series was piss poor; lazy writing, a lack of imagination. With stuff like Jolly Boy John it's as if they're trying to go for the weirdness of Limmy, but it totally falls flat and just comes across as the sort of 'random' wacky shit Limmy takes the piss out of so well (youtube the Limmy 'random' sketch from the pilot - one of my favourites).
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Thursday, 8 November 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
There are endless Limmy sketches imo.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Thursday, 8 November 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
SHES TURNED THE WAINS AGAINST US!
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Thursday, 8 November 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
I love the delivery of "you're a wee fanny" here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKEOwkkmQ68
― squozen turnip (onimo), Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
"I'll fock'n kill ye, ye wank!"
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Thursday, 8 November 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zwxIMMGZro
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
tom d, did you know him well? was he always funny?
i'm hands down obsessed with the guy, greatest comedian of all time for me. certainly the most *now* in tone - as in it seems a product of internet age, cf: his previous career in webdesign and rise to fame through youtube
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
never seen burniston - is it similar stuff?
true about his stuff bleeding into everyday conversation, i'm always referencing the 'back on top' sketch after any minor/major mishap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH9ajekHNKM
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
agree slightly about s2 being better than the first, but i can watch both over and over, soaking it up like whale noise. can't do this with any other tv show at all ever, there's something almost songlike and rhythmic about his stuff
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
vague mutterings online about a beef between him and his older brother, saying limmy jr robbed a lot of material from his bro. apparently elder limmy did 'requiem' for real in the 80s which is kinda horrifying if still a bit amusing
worth checking him out too, his twitter stuff is mostly football rants but there are gems like this on soundcloud and youtube: http://soundcloud.com/davidlimond/me-calling-danny-dyer
as my mate phil put it, "like limmy but just dead rough and not honed at all"
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
(warning: bit of racism in that soundcloud link)
and if you've not heard limmy's 'world of glasgow' podcasts then you're in for a treat. should be out there to download but if not let me know and i'll upload a zip somewhere. mental image of jacqueline mcafferty dancing to 'call on me' is forever burned onto my psyche
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
can easily imagine him not being to many peoples taste, a lot of his material is just a torrent of grim with only a sliver of a pay-off (often just him pulling a disgusted face to camera). then again there are things that make me explode like "they all just wanna RRRRIDE me"
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
disappointingly his wife did the stage layout for frankie boyle's tour. boyle just seems like a thick nasty limmy, completely missing the point, hitting way below the mark
― NI, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
world of glasgow is on itunes for free i think
― Number None, Friday, 9 November 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
disappointingly his wife did the stage layout for frankie boyle's tour.
No, his girlfriend did the art on the DVD cover! (x-post)
He sometimes mentions his father, who is a regional "comedy hypnotist" that performs at local pubs. He's clearly got an interesting family history. Jesus - half the press for S3 is him talking about alcoholism and suicide.
It's amazing to me (as someone who didn't grow up in the UK, so his accent is sometimes REALLY hard for me to understand, like on the Dee Dee sketches or the amazing "Get away from the motor" one) how he can also have such broadly-appealing ones. The Mr. Mulvaney sketches are incredible!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KmdBEFisQ&playnext=1&list=PLCA06AD4FAB1EAC48&feature=results_video
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 9 November 2012 07:57 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't quite finish that thought - I just mean the range of his sketches is impressive. Total surreal non-sequitor stuff all the way to something that could have been a Mr. Show bit or whatever.
Part of it is that he's a genuinely great actor, I think.
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 9 November 2012 07:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggEUx-wS0ms
Burnistoun is kind of the flip side of the coin to Limmy's Show - an unashamedly big, dumb, noisy sketch show. There's usually one or two decent sketches per series, and the rest is sort of "hmm". It's disappointing cos the stuff Rab Florence used to do on his old shows(eg Consolevania & Videogaiden) wasn't like that at all, I get the sense he's playing things deliberately low-brow for a more mainstream audience.
Limmy's stuff is in a different league, which is odd as initially they were coming very much from the same place, humour-wise - both very Tim & Eric influenced. Not to mention Limmy was a regular in Videogaiden as "Zak Eastman".
― Pheeel, Friday, 9 November 2012 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty well. Yes, and the humour was exactly the same, but I would never have thought he'd end up a "comedian" with his own TV show!
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Friday, 9 November 2012 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus - half the press for S3 is him talking about alcoholism and suicide.
That's Glasgow for you!
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Friday, 9 November 2012 11:26 (eleven years ago) link
Got tae laugh int ye? Else ye'd walk till yer bunnet floated.
― squozen turnip (onimo), Friday, 9 November 2012 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
Aye, ye never knwo the minute
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Friday, 9 November 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
forgot mulvaney and up t' bloody tree. both amazing.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Friday, 9 November 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously though, why is is still not on one of the main BBC channels? Considering the shite they have on. It's not an accent thing is it? Cos that's a bit fucked
― Number None, Friday, 9 November 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
Is it really not on nationwide? I've only seen the sketches on YouTube through mates and assumed it was.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 9 November 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
that Harriet Gilbert has terrible taste in books and some of the featured authors she has on are so tedious, but the show is just background noise to me while I'm cooking usually.
― calzino, Monday, 2 August 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqMBma6H4cI mean, this is what his hing is, and it's vital shit
― Aberdeen Thugs Kiss All Visiting Fans (Jonathan Hellion Mumble), Saturday, 11 December 2021 20:40 (two years ago) link
hi Limmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu0cJ593qfg
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 10:44 (one year ago) link
not sure if that's starting at the right place - 1:09:42
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 12:34 (one year ago) link
looool
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 12:50 (one year ago) link
"No cunt knows" = new board description
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 13:08 (one year ago) link
the look of bafflement
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 13:18 (one year ago) link
Amazing
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
Sorry to sound like Lloyd Cole up there, but do people really watch 4+ hours of Limmy looking at shit on the internet and talking about it?
― fetter, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
Haha, I don‘t get it, but my brother often does when he is working.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
Shit on the internet so much, but I could watch him watching old UK variety and game shows for 420 hours.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 5 January 2023 11:05 (one year ago) link
* not so much
I can watch his stream for ages but it's an on-in-the-background sort of thing usually. There is a yt channel which compiles short (like 1-2 minutes or less) clips too.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 5 January 2023 11:14 (one year ago) link
I enjoy sticking on the old TV 'analysis' or some of the video games he plays for twenty minutes here and there, but there does seem to be a lot of people who hunker down for a focused four-hour stream, which yeah is behaviour that's very alien to me.
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 5 January 2023 11:27 (one year ago) link
I pretty much watch any time it’s on if I’m not in the office, can’t get enough tbh
― crisp, Thursday, 5 January 2023 12:31 (one year ago) link
job wouldn't allow me to watch regularly anyway but likewise did get hooked on putting the 80s tv streams on while doing housework over xmas
― devvvine, Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:01 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I put it on in the background sometimes. Like NPR but y’know Limmy playing Rust instead of Here and Now.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
Would love to see him work the best of his streaming raw material into proper sketches someday because I miss them.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link
Realize he has lots of unresolved challenges but anyway, he has wasted his talents.
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
Limmy's Show = "The Stone Roses"Handmade Show & books = Second ComingSocial media stuff = The Seahorses"Stream me playing Animal Crossing" = Ian Brown's anti-lockdown song
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:28 (one year ago) link
Idk, some of his social media stuff is arguably the pinnacle. Those Vines!
― imago, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
Imo he is best when working with straight actors which gives a reasonable context to his whole thing.
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link
He had the promise of a young Steve Martin or Rowan Atkinson. Someone who is just naturally funny with unique body language to express it. He could be making movies by now instead of retreating into a corner.
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
he was unhappy with the pressure of making TV shows, he's much happier doing this
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
i love that he’s stretching the boundaries of comedy, so glad that he’s embracing streaming and new tech.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:57 (one year ago) link
That is a very crowded field and he is a very minor participant. He is making a living perhaps but where's the evidence that he is happy?
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
As long as he's happy and making a living out of whatever he's doing then that's a good thing. I don't think we really need a Glaswegian Mr. Bean tbh.
― Aw naw, no' an Antonioni wan oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link
His autobiography had barely a moment of happiness in it.
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link
i mean, he says so, but if you watch the stream or just the clips channel you'll see how he's in a better place than a few years ago
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
(xp) That's just who he is. Let's just say as happy as can be expected.
― Aw naw, no' an Antonioni wan oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
I suppose there might've been a world where he could've gotten famous enough to make auteurist films, but really "he could be making movies" just makes me think of a scenario where he gets wasted in bit parts in Hollywood comedies, so I'll take the streams
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 7 January 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
He would probably agree with you. His book has a strong vien of a particularly Scottish fear of failure and ridicule. Keep your expectations limited and know your place!
― everything, Saturday, 7 January 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ofv70RC.png
― butch wig (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 15:25 (four months ago) link
"see? nae cunt knows what it means"
whoops should've seen the last revive
― butch wig (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 15:28 (four months ago) link