Rob Brydon: Why I Love Making People Laugh | GREAT MOMENTS
Great Company with Jamie Laing
Jampot
4.6 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Is there any better feeling than a proper belly laugh? It really is the best kind of medicine and something we all rely on to get through the ups and downs of life.
Rob Brydon has built a hugely successful career on making people laugh. From his iconic role as Uncle Bryn in Gavin & Stacey to his hilarious travels with Steve Coogan in The Trip, he’s truly mastered the art of entertaining.
In this Great Moment, Rob shares why entertaining has always meant more to him than just getting a laugh. He also talks about creating characters like his “small man in a box” and what first sparked his love of performing.
Sometimes making someone laugh isn’t just about the joke, it’s about giving them a moment they didn’t know they needed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, I'm Jamie Lang and this is Great Moments. |
| 0:09.1 | Hey everyone, welcome back to Great Moments. |
| 0:11.4 | Really excited for this little episode today because it's with Rob Bryden. |
| 0:16.7 | Now, I'm a huge, huge fan of Rob Bryden. |
| 0:19.2 | Always have been from Gavin and Stacey to The Trip, |
| 0:22.7 | which was Steve Coogan. It's one of my favorite shows ever. He's so good. And when he came into |
| 0:27.8 | the studio, I was kind of like over-excited because being a fan of him, it's kind of strange to |
| 0:32.1 | interview him. And he talks a lot about how he's always been an entertainer, always wanted to |
| 0:35.6 | entertain, which kind of I relate to a lot. He does his very famous small man in the box, which I try and replicate. It doesn't go as well as he can do it. I'm not even going to try and do it again because you've got to wait for the show for that to happen. But it's an amazing episode. And if you like this little great moments, |
| 0:54.5 | you'll love the full episode. So all you've got to do is click on the show notes and it'll take you |
| 0:58.3 | to the full episode. Plus, there are so many more episodes like this that you will enjoy. So check |
| 1:02.8 | them all out. Okay, here we go. Enjoy this. Great Moments with Rob Brydon. |
| 1:09.8 | Rod, do you think you were truthfully, do you think you would put on this earth to entertain? |
| 1:14.3 | I would never make so self-aggrandizing a statement, but it's certainly what I like to do. |
| 1:21.9 | What do you love about it so much? What does it do to your body, to your mind, to make you feel? |
| 1:27.2 | That's a great question. |
| 1:28.4 | No one's ever asked me that. |
| 1:29.5 | Because just a caveat just for a second, and I want you to... |
| 1:32.5 | Because, Rob, I don't find you entertaining. |
| 1:35.0 | But I know there are people who do, and I just want to understand it. |
| 1:38.7 | Because every single situation, whenever I've met you, whether it's on a TV show or when we go for our dinners that we go |
| 1:44.8 | for. Or in rehab. Almost times we've had to get, sorry, if you have been to rehab, I'm sorry, I'm |
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