I really think there's a huge bowl of coke backstage in the dressing rooms of the guests....
Keep it in the back of your head next time you're watching Goldie Hawn remembering the name of one of her own movies, or watch Cameron Diaz and Kathy Griffin laugh there asses of about absolutley nothing.
Not passing judgement here, just an observation :)
I came on here with the same thing in mind; good to see I'm not the only one.
Some guests are off their minds on drugs & it shows. This is where this show suffers & Alan Carr's excels.
Goldie looked like she'd just had botox & it had gone wrong. I love her movies but she gets too intense while telling a story & sadly just isn't very funny.
I wish they'd stop re-using ideas they've already used when they do the internet thing - we've already seen the kids exam answers one, plus they've shown the Cats that look like Hitler twice too.
I'm such an innocent I never notice these things! But I have read Paul O'Grady complaining about guests off their head on drugs recently. I'm going to keep an eye out now, I see what you mean about yesterday though.
shareI read that article with Paul O'Grady. It was understandable how furious he used to get when he was forced to be show an interest in whatever some disrespectful coked-up guest was promoting.
Graham Norton is great but it wouldn't surprise me if he feels the same, it's hard not to notice it sometimes. Plus some if his guests are pure mediocrity, like when they have to call on Ed Byrne for the 10th time when someone pulls out.
You're absolutlely right about the 3rd rate guests they keep on inviting, it often feels like they're just a distraction from the "Main Interviews".
Glad to read i'm not the only one who thinks that some of the guests are on "another realm of existence" during the show...
This is where this show suffers & Alan Carr's excels?
You must be drunk, off your head on said drug or Alan's close relative.
What a funny and stupid thing to say.
Coke neither makes one forgetful nor laugh inappropriately. It just heightens one's senses, for a brief time, and makes one talk a load of crap and want to be the centre of attention. But memory loss and/or laughter....neither of these things.
shareDon't trip. Cocaine doesn't make you laught like there's no tomorrow.
shareExactly. I'm not sure why op thinks that people must be on drugs because they are laughing and enjoying themselves. And coke for that matter!
The show and the interactions are just wonderful. Love it.
Could it just be that Norton is a genius when it comes to interviewing celebs and gets the best out of them? Goldie Hawn, I admit, was just awkward. She wasn't funny, it felt forced and was just telling stories that had NOTHING to do with anything else they had been talking about. I feel like that some of his American guests he has on the show feel the need to tell him well-planned and well-rehearsed 'talk show stories' and aren't used to the 'relax and enjoy'-type of talk show Norton has. Compare Reese Whiterspoon's first appearance on Graham Norton and the one she did a year later. Massive difference! In the first one she seems embarrassed and shocked by what is going on around her. On her second appearance she gets it, seems more relaxed and goes along with it.
shareHowever, alcohol does make you laugh and makes you forgetful! And the wine on the show is MORE than obvious! The guests and Graham drink the whole while!
Got to imagine that there's more flowing in the greenroom!
Marky Mark was so TOASTED!!
Jack, Charles, and Harry. So many memories! RIP.
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A BIT!?! are you kidding me?!?!? The boy was just at wasted!! Almost embarrassingly so!!
Jack, Charles, and Harry. So many memories! RIP.
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Mark was totally toasted alright! but I think this particular episode was one of the most brilliant of Graham's and I happen to think Graham is the best talk show host ever.
I was astonished by the honestly of the lass in the middle and the synergy between the Mark and Michael Fassbender. Fassbender finally got a chance to speak and his unexpectedly Irish accent was just as gorgeous as him, and he did not resent Mark being a sloshed over-sharer. Whew, thought Mark was never going to make it to the end of any of his stories, but he did indeed.
I felt sorry for Mark's wife, who he called "conservative" while looking resigned and bored, on international television - I bet he got it when she saw the show.
I think all these guests hooked into the Graham Norton vibe and the floodgates of honesty opened up, but with no malice to speak of. Kind of like a improv session.
Graham's comments are always just so apt and I love that he really knows a lot about all of his guests, he never fakes that, and he never disrespects anyone or talks to them like they are their public image/movie character only and yet he is mischievously funny, but not at anyone's expense.
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I agree Michaela...Mark was an ass. I found nothing interesting in his hogging all the time with his borish behaviour. It is incredibly rude for anyone to continuously interrupt others then tell them to continue only to interrupt them again. I found him quite tedious.
I would be interested in seeing what Graham said about him though.
Mark was totally toasted alright! but I think this particular episode was one of the most brilliant of Graham's and I happen to think Graham is the best talk show host ever.
Don't knock it until you try it.
shareDon't know about cocaine, but they do offer them free alcohol and most guests do drink. That's why they appear so mellow at times:)
shareOf course they aren't being given cocaine.
Alcohol though? Absolutely. It loosens people up. Part of the reason the show is so entertaining is the guests are relaxed and seem to have fun with the interview.
Cocaine? I don't think so. Alcohol absolutely
Hell you even see them drinking right there on the couch. And it's embarrassing that Americans can't hold their liquor. Mark Wahlburg, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, all come to mind
Those three were hysterical. If there is any cocaine ,the guests bring their own. Trust me.
shareBlame it on the alcohol.
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