Like studying the month before the first world war

Clive Talkin’

I liked Clive Anderson's show back in the day but the Bee Gees were polite throughout this interview, didn't deserve the cheap digs and can't blame them for walking out, thanks to Limmy for the thorough analysis (again)

You can see Robin notice Barry is fuming and he's worried, it's taking him back to when Barry used to kick off and beat his younger brothers up.

The problem is that he is trying to find every pun and joke possible he probably didn’t mean to cal then shit, not believe it but the joke presented itself

“Shit writers”? How dare you! I think this next one will prove you wrong Clive… 🎵 I will stand for ice cream if I can🎵

Did anyone see the episode - it might have been the following show - where Clive Anderson had Alan Partridge on as a guest? There's a great moment relating to this interview. Clive says something to Alan about him sometimes insulting his guests on Knowing Me, Knowing You, and Alan Partridge responds with something like 'well, it happens, but it's never intentional, I'd never be THAT rude.'

"Oooooof" cracks me up

Came here looking forward to a laugh, having enjoyed Limmy's first analysis of this. Ended up staying and quite seriously agreeing with every point he made. Barry was 100% right here and very restrained. (And I thought Clive was funny in those days, when I was about 12,, from "Whose Line . . ." etc)

How did Clive not see the tension in front of him

Has Limmy ever watched the Billy Bob Thornton interview ?

Not long after this Bee Gees incident, Steve Coogan was on Clive Anderson's show in character as Alan Partridge and he made reference to this incident, saying something like "..there's a big difference between humorous banter and just being plain rude....". When Alan Partridge is being critical of your interview technique and is spot on, it's pretty sorry state of affairs.

According to Wikipedia, Clive Anderson supports Rangers and his father was from Glasgow.

Was a good watch. Thanks

Honestly Clive Anderson would fit right in the limmy twitch community

He’s being snide and rude right from the beginning. I like Clive Anderson, but tbf hes being a proper 🔔🔚 here.

I heard Paul McCartney refused to appear on this show.

Bee Gees will be remembered forever but nobody is going to remember Clive Anderson

I like that his reanalysis. Wish we had Limmy analysing the Zapfruder tape

I like Clive Anderson but he was being a bit of a tosser here. I get the thing of taking down folk with big egos but the Bee Gees were being pretty humble and polite. They rolled with the punches to begin with but he just pushed it too far.

The Bee Gees endured an entire period of mockery during the death of disco which massively hurt their artistic pride, of course its still a sore point when a host is trying to belittle their legacy

I watched this at the time. Started well then Clive tried too hard to be edgy 😆

The Bee Gees were musical giants.

I like the bee gees. I like Clive Anderson. I think the lads took it up wrong. It's a comedy show and you literally said "we were called les tosseurs". I mean what did you expect?

I don’t think the “shit writers” line was the problem. It was clearly an off-the-cuff quip after he queried if ‘hit writers’ was the right term, and the Bee Gees will have recognised it was just quick wit and not a premeditated attack. The problem is that by this point they were already tired of constant little digs in general, and Clive just wasn’t picking up on their frustrations

What's awkward compared to modern chat shows is that the audience is not laughing at all.

Clive talkin! Im a genius, what a guy i am

Superficial glib humour doesn't mix with 3 music legends and gentleman.🥶

This was Clive’s whole Schtick though, he was a piss taker but was able to take it back from guests with good humour. The gees should have been forewarned. I thought the le tosseurs joke was brilliant.

Heres my take - Clive had too long with them, he was obviously out of his comfort zone and was struggling to think of good questions and how to conduct this interview. So he took the cheap and easy option of taking the piss. Backfired!

they knew what he was like as an interviewer - cry babies

Did the Bee Gees invent Turkey Teeth?

The Bee Gees probably sacked their marketing promo team after this. Clive probably took too much pre show dickhead dust and allowed himself to get carried away.

The Biggest Manchester Band of them all.

Clive was just trying to be funny but most 'jokes/puns' came off like digs.

i'll always love Red Chair Fadeaway by the Bee Gees

need to get the shug from still game to analyse that "fuck off".

Brilliant analysis from Limmy, he's so good at this sort of thing! Bringing together Clive Anderson, a smug Oxbridge smartarse with a lofty disdain for popular culture, and the Bee Gees, of all groups, was almost certain to end in tears. Anyone remember the Hee Bee Gees? The pisstake of the Bee Gees in the 80s? That was the product of Oxbridge contemporaries of Anderson's: Angus Deayton, Richard Curtis, Philip Pope. So what could go wrong here? Anyway, if you know anything about the Gibb brothers then this is a revealing interview as they're all very much in character. Barry is bullish and taking himself a wee bit too seriously, Robin is moody and prone to being oversensitive and Maurice is just very friendly and laidback. Barry really strikes me as a guy you wouldn't want to fall out with!

It’s not a “big heid” Anderson has, it’s the lack of a neck he has.

This is actually "post wig" Robin.

I like Clive Anderson.

90s Beegees, AKA R&Beegees

The 18th brumaire of Clive Anderson walkouts

He needs to do Amstell vs preston

Limmy's just jealous of Clive Anderson's hairline

He insulted sting as well.

Clive Anderson the human Cabbage Patch Kid!

The reason Barry didn't walk out sooner is because he had to gather himself enough for a 15 second exit. Barry was well on the back foot after a couple of witty (snide) remarks from Anderson. A few bad gags later and Barry felt good enough to walk out on the child.

This is fascinating. I often find Clive Anderson very funny (as well as his writing for others), but you can absolutely tell he used to be a lawyer, and he's acting like a pillock here.

This was just usual Clive talk. Who's Line Is It Anyway level friendly jibe at their name which had a high likelyhood of being mentioned, not to be taken seriously. I only saw one hurt Bee Gee and ego. The last to go was pretty mellow about the situation

Clive Anderson is a national treasure in England. From the gemstone Cuntrocite.

Imagine interviewing music royalty like The Bee Gees and being an absolute prick.

The Bee Gees were an amazing comedy routine. So cool that people took them seriously. The beards and falsetto are top tier comedy gold. Reminds me of Christopher Guest and his crew from Spinal Tap.

Clive went the wrong way.

Clive went too far and lacked respect

Clive wanksonhissonderson

I remember this when it happened. I was a teenager. It was the 90's. I hated the Bee Gees. A lot of what Clive was mocking them for was true....They were outdated, uncool, unfashionable. I thought they were SHIT, and the interview underlined for me what a prick Barry Gibb was. Limmy's analysis however, has made me rethink the situation entirely. Gibb was right... Anderson just got them on to take the piss out of them. Just looking for opportunities between the questions to humiliate them and their work. Fuck Clive. I'm on Barry's side for literally the first time in my life.

looking for laffs/entertainment/comedy..not here

I really don't see why they got the hump about this. It wasn't even edgy. It was just a bit of rolling banter. It they didn't take themselves so seriously in terms of protecting the image they would have had a great evening. They could have thrown it back to him.

Clive anderson annoyed me that time I mind it. He's clever but i didnt like what he did.

beyond the bad jokes and insults he's just a bad interviewer. never shuts up for more than a second

Barry Gibb is so far up his own arse Maurice has a sense of humour Robin off to put another box of frogs in his throat

Ya wee fanny

This was soooo awkward. They are my favourite group. Right from the off it didn't go well. Robin was pissed too....Mo , always the man in the middle. Loyal, so followed them. Clive was an embarrassment here. Shame because I quite liked him before this .