Harry Hill

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Rob Brydon | Wondery

Comedy

4.6 • 597 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Brydon &, comedian Harry Hill joins Rob to talk about his upcoming musical ‘Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]’, touring the UK from 21st June. Harry reveals the reasons behind his iconic outfit choice, how he’s working on new stand-up material, and recounts the time he heard the magic words, “It’s a Yes from me” from Simon Cowell.

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0:00.0	I went, hello, I went to see, you should always say hello, shouldn't you? Hello, I went to see Harry Hill live. In the mid-90s would be my guesstimate.
0:13.0	At the Richmond theatre, I was all on my own, I'd heard these things about him, and I laughed and laughed and laughed. and it was the unpredictability of what he was
0:23.3	doing that really impressed me. You could not second guess him. Then as the years went by, I got
0:30.0	to know him a little bit, although I thought we'd spent more time with each other than we had,
0:35.3	as we'll become apparent in this conversation.
0:38.4	He's got a new musical that he's written with Steve Brown, Tony Blair, the rock opera.
0:43.7	We talk about that. We talk about all sorts of other things.
0:47.5	Wonderful stories from Harry about meeting some of the people that he grew up watching.
0:53.2	So people like Jimmy Tarbuck and Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett,
0:57.0	there's stuff about that.
0:58.8	About his love is newfound or returned love of touring.
1:04.1	Really good conversation.
1:05.6	We talked for a long time.
1:07.2	I think you'll enjoy this.
1:08.8	Bryden and Harry Hill.
1:17.2	Do we wear headphones, no?
1:19.1	No, no, no, no.
1:21.0	Weird.
1:21.6	No.
1:22.5	This is weird.
1:23.9	Yeah, it's really odd, isn't it?
1:25.2	Yeah.
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