[About E17]
They just had two guys in the background who did nothing.
SimonMatt used to be one of those.
No, he played the bass.
SimonHe did play bass...[In a high pitched voice] or at least pretended to.
A character in Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Played by Simon Amstell
Never Mind the Buzzcocks · 480 quotes
Most-quoted character in Never Mind the Buzzcocks: in 254 of its 480 quotes
Most scenes with: Phill (38), Bill (32), Donny (11)
[About E17]
They just had two guys in the background who did nothing.
SimonMatt used to be one of those.
No, he played the bass.
SimonHe did play bass...[In a high pitched voice] or at least pretended to.
Tonight on Phill - when team members bicker!
SimonPhill, Phill, can I say something?
Yeah?
[Simon stands up]
SimonRight...I think, I think you don't know what you're talking about...you, you shouldn't even go there...and, talk to the face, 'cause my arse ain't listening...
What's the difference between a dildo and a strap on?
SimonA strap on is like a hands free phone...so it's legal if you're driving...
She's been cleaned up very quickly, as they do with the guillemots, and the cormorants and all that sort of thing-
SimonBill, Bill, I had a feeling you would rather talk about birds this evening, so I prepared your own game. Here you go, are you ready? What's this?
[He plays the sound of a bird]
It's a robin eating a Crunchie bar.
SimonThat's not what I've got on the card.
[Bill Oddie is talking nonsense]
You're in charge of this....
SimonI am in charge of this! Stewart's right! Shoosh, Oddie!!
[Bill Oddie is trying unsuccessfully to guess the name of a song]
SimonBill, I don't like to see you struggle. What's this? [Holds up a picture of a bird]
That's an eyebrowed thrush.
SimonCorrect. Do you know the latin name for it?
No! Turdus something or other. Ooh, that's funny, turdus. I know where you're going, I know where you're going.
SimonHe's caught us out. They're all slightly rude. It was the turdus obscurus.
Yeah, I know, it's funny. Means the invisible shit!
SimonI thought you knew about birds!
Well, it's a foreign one.
SimonDo you just pretend for the telly?
It's, it's a foreign one!
SimonOh...racist.
We don't mention Lily Allen.
SimonWe don't mention her? What did she do to you?
She put super-glue on your bird table.
SimonWhat's your final answer?
Medication.
Stand up a minute...
SimonWhy, what's wrong with me?
Nah, just stand up...You look like you've been drawn by children!
[Laughter]
"Here is a man in a suit. I've got lots of brown so here's his hair!"
SimonThat's what I was going for...
"Hair or Blair?"
SimonWhat's that?
"Hair or Blair?" I'm trying to think up new rounds!
SimonVery good, "Hair or Blair?". What about [simultaneously with other panellists] "Bill or Kill?"?
Well, three has a dance music face...if there can be such a thing. Four has a guest dance vocal musicalist hair. If you put that hair and that face together, it would definitely be that one...but unfortunately they exist in separate bodies. Perhaps something could be done about that...
SimonThere he is, blaspheming again. Against God's work.
[Thunder is heard]
SimonGod is not happy with you, Stewart Lee.
You know what it's like, you're trying to guess a song, and you end up looking at a hat.
SimonYou would say that...because you hate the baby Jesus.
SimonHow dare you come on here with that Pagan-Marxist agenda, this is God's Pop Quiz.
Stay friends with the editor, that's my advice.
SimonStay friends with the doctor, that's my advice.
Do we know what Cliff Richard's biography is called?
SimonCliff Richard's biography is called - Cliff Richard: The Biography.
Oh, Christ.
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