100% filled with mirth!' Comedians pay tribute to Jeremy Hardy
February 1, 2019 11:51 AM Subscribe
To elaborate a bit... This is hitting me hard... He was one of my favourite comedians on the News Quiz.
posted by Pendragon at 12:14 PM on February 1, 2019 [9 favorites]
posted by Pendragon at 12:14 PM on February 1, 2019 [9 favorites]
this is absolutely gutting. Like Pendragon, I loved him on News Quiz. Far, far too young.
posted by kalimac at 12:29 PM on February 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by kalimac at 12:29 PM on February 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
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posted by crocomancer at 12:33 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by crocomancer at 12:33 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by heatvision at 12:38 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by heatvision at 12:38 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by lalochezia at 12:42 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by lalochezia at 12:42 PM on February 1, 2019
Fuck this. I love Jeremy Hardy on Radio 4. His live standup was also wonderful.
My Dad the comedy writer worked with him way back in 86 on a BBC Two show that starred Rory Bremner, and always said how nice Jeremy was. Well now they're both gone. Fuck cancer.
posted by w0mbat at 12:46 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
My Dad the comedy writer worked with him way back in 86 on a BBC Two show that starred Rory Bremner, and always said how nice Jeremy was. Well now they're both gone. Fuck cancer.
posted by w0mbat at 12:46 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
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The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue fansite has a tribute to his unique musical contributions to the show. Voice of an angel.
posted by parm at 12:49 PM on February 1, 2019 [9 favorites]
The I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue fansite has a tribute to his unique musical contributions to the show. Voice of an angel.
posted by parm at 12:49 PM on February 1, 2019 [9 favorites]
Just this morning I was remembering the time he went off on a rant during the News Quiz and Sandi Toksvig literally begged him to stop, she was laughing so hard. (I believe her exact words were "You need to stop because you're going to kill me.") A comment on Twitter leads me to think that it may have been a rant about bright children. I hope there's a roundup of his best bits, and that that is on it.
posted by kalimac at 12:53 PM on February 1, 2019 [7 favorites]
posted by kalimac at 12:53 PM on February 1, 2019 [7 favorites]
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posted by taskmaster at 12:53 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by taskmaster at 12:53 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by faceplantingcheetah at 1:16 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by faceplantingcheetah at 1:16 PM on February 1, 2019
kalimac, it's this clip
https://audioboom.com/posts/751466-jeremy-hardy-s-news-quiz-buddha-rant
It's a great clip, though I misremembered the names of the middle-class children as "Flymo and Mezzanine", which my wife reminds me were actually coined by his great friend, the late Linda Smith
To lose both of them so young seems terribly cruel. Fuck cancer, indeed
posted by barnsoir at 1:58 PM on February 1, 2019 [10 favorites]
https://audioboom.com/posts/751466-jeremy-hardy-s-news-quiz-buddha-rant
It's a great clip, though I misremembered the names of the middle-class children as "Flymo and Mezzanine", which my wife reminds me were actually coined by his great friend, the late Linda Smith
To lose both of them so young seems terribly cruel. Fuck cancer, indeed
posted by barnsoir at 1:58 PM on February 1, 2019 [10 favorites]
When I first started listening to the News Quiz, there were only three participants I could remember (other than the host, Sandi Toksvig): Susan Calman, Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy.
Calman was easy: how many tiny, very very Scottish lesbian comics are there? But I mixed up the voices of Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy at first (similar timber/tone). But gradually, I worked them out: Andy Hamilton is crochety and thoughtful (and tiny*, though not as tiny as Calman or Toksvig), and Hardy was crochety and righteously angry.
I will miss that righteous anger so much.
*No, you can't see size on the radio. But their sizes were mentioned often enough to be memorable.
posted by jb at 2:00 PM on February 1, 2019 [4 favorites]
Calman was easy: how many tiny, very very Scottish lesbian comics are there? But I mixed up the voices of Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy at first (similar timber/tone). But gradually, I worked them out: Andy Hamilton is crochety and thoughtful (and tiny*, though not as tiny as Calman or Toksvig), and Hardy was crochety and righteously angry.
I will miss that righteous anger so much.
*No, you can't see size on the radio. But their sizes were mentioned often enough to be memorable.
posted by jb at 2:00 PM on February 1, 2019 [4 favorites]
Hardy once said on the News Quiz that when he died, he wanted his remains to be scattered "... not cremated, just scattered". Best I can recall. he suggested distributing them in a series of service station toilets along the M1.
That was one side of him. The other was his 2002 trip to Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement.
posted by Paul Slade at 2:31 PM on February 1, 2019 [7 favorites]
That was one side of him. The other was his 2002 trip to Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement.
posted by Paul Slade at 2:31 PM on February 1, 2019 [7 favorites]
Fucking fuck. The cyclones of hyperbole that his rants could ascend into were brilliant.
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posted by mixedmetaphors at 2:45 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by mixedmetaphors at 2:45 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by doctor_negative at 3:45 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by doctor_negative at 3:45 PM on February 1, 2019
Jeremy Hardy was bloody marvelous. I'll miss those mad rants.
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posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 4:26 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by The Ardship of Cambry at 4:26 PM on February 1, 2019
I'd never heard of him. Been watching youtube for an hour, now. Seems a genuine heroic comedian/activist in the vein of Barry Crimmins, who died just about a year ago. Absolute tragedy.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:50 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by es_de_bah at 4:50 PM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
Like many of you, his increasingly ridiculous rants were a highlight of the News Quiz and I can't imagine what the show will be without them. And at 57, jeez.
I genuinely thought he was older.
posted by Merus at 5:39 PM on February 1, 2019 [5 favorites]
I genuinely thought he was older.
posted by Merus at 5:39 PM on February 1, 2019 [5 favorites]
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posted by Mister Bijou at 7:07 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by Mister Bijou at 7:07 PM on February 1, 2019
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This was not what I was expecting when I turned on my News Quiz podcast today.
posted by asra at 7:25 PM on February 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
This was not what I was expecting when I turned on my News Quiz podcast today.
posted by asra at 7:25 PM on February 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
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posted by rhamphorhynchus at 8:05 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 8:05 PM on February 1, 2019
Well, fuck, I adored him on the News Quiz. I didn't know why he hadn't been on as much recently, and I had decided to blame Miles. This sucks.
When I first started listening to the News Quiz, there were only three participants I could remember (other than the host, Sandi Toksvig): Susan Calman, Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy.
Me too, plus Fred MacAulay. Sandi and Susan tweeted their remembrances of Jeremy.
posted by gladly at 8:25 PM on February 1, 2019 [4 favorites]
When I first started listening to the News Quiz, there were only three participants I could remember (other than the host, Sandi Toksvig): Susan Calman, Andy Hamilton and Jeremy Hardy.
Me too, plus Fred MacAulay. Sandi and Susan tweeted their remembrances of Jeremy.
posted by gladly at 8:25 PM on February 1, 2019 [4 favorites]
Oh, bugger. :(
One of my all time favourites.
Almost the same age as me too.
RIP, funny big-hearted man.
posted by Pouteria at 8:49 PM on February 1, 2019
One of my all time favourites.
Almost the same age as me too.
RIP, funny big-hearted man.
posted by Pouteria at 8:49 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by TheophileEscargot at 9:52 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by TheophileEscargot at 9:52 PM on February 1, 2019
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posted by runincircles at 10:39 PM on February 1, 2019
posted by runincircles at 10:39 PM on February 1, 2019
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He was the conscience of the News Quiz whilst being extremely funny. I'm not sure how they are going to fill those boots.
posted by jaduncan at 11:43 PM on February 1, 2019 [3 favorites]
He was the conscience of the News Quiz whilst being extremely funny. I'm not sure how they are going to fill those boots.
posted by jaduncan at 11:43 PM on February 1, 2019 [3 favorites]
Damn!
A decent and very funny man. I'll very much miss his rants on the News Quiz and his enthusiastically terrible singing on Clue.
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posted by Fuchsoid at 11:43 PM on February 1, 2019
A decent and very funny man. I'll very much miss his rants on the News Quiz and his enthusiastically terrible singing on Clue.
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posted by Fuchsoid at 11:43 PM on February 1, 2019
If you liked Jeremy Hardy's rants on the News Quiz and elsewhere, do seek out Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation which are basically full length versions of those.
posted by MartinWisse at 2:16 AM on February 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by MartinWisse at 2:16 AM on February 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
Another one here who loved him on the News Quiz. I’m in one of those moments after someone dies when I can’t process the finality of it all. I genuinely can’t conceive of never hearing his voice again when I’m listening to new episodes, or standing in my kitchen cackling over one of his flights of fancy. A very funny, good, man taken far too fucking early.
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posted by billiebee at 5:01 AM on February 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
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posted by billiebee at 5:01 AM on February 2, 2019 [6 favorites]
He has been a voice in my ear for so long. It won’t be the same.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 6:11 PM on February 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 6:11 PM on February 2, 2019 [1 favorite]
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posted by inpHilltr8r at 12:37 AM on February 6, 2019
posted by inpHilltr8r at 12:37 AM on February 6, 2019
Comedian's Comedian - Remembering Jeremy Hardy
The Comedian's Comedian podcast reran this interview from 2017. Well worth a listen.
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posted by ppl at 12:39 PM on February 10, 2019
The Comedian's Comedian podcast reran this interview from 2017. Well worth a listen.
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posted by ppl at 12:39 PM on February 10, 2019
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A sad day indeed.
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posted by stanf at 11:57 AM on February 1, 2019 [1 favorite]