This is probably the most comfortable I've seen Richard Ayoade be in an interview scenario.

The only man to ever successfully interview Richard Ayoade

"Shut up!" "I will not."

It was kind of bizarre watching an interview where Ayoade didn't just casually dissect the interviewer and the process itself.

This fluidity of this interview is truly admirable considering the topic changes every sentence . They're not missing a beat

ayoade has serious suit game

Craig Ferguson. The only man who can interview Richard Ayoade.

Perfectly showcases Craig’s skill as a conversationalist. Today, Graham Norton is one of the few with a similar ability to create fun, where many ‘interviewers’ are simply trying to avoid silence.

This is the strangest talk show interview I've ever seen. One of the best, too. I find Ferguson and Ayoade played off each other perfectly.

And this is why Craigy Ferg was a great interviewer. Perfectly able to match the speed of any comic while also being able to slow himself down so as to not outshine a non-comedian guest. He immediately caught up to Richard's speed and then the two just began playing with each other (verbally). The audience may not have been laughing much but it's obvious that the two of them were revelling in each others company, bouncing off each other in a back-and-forth you could've seen on a vaudevillian stage. This is what proper comedy sounds like.

This, Jen, is the internet

I can never get enough of the British wit. This was quite delightful.

I just love how clearly comfortable Richard seems during this. He doesn't like interviews so much, but with Craig it's always more of a conversation!

"My default position is 'no'". :D

then you wander into this part of youtube and look at the comments section, and there you see a bunch of nice people...

As a full-blooded American, British humor is much more satisfying. American humor often is cheep and seems to only go for the shock factor, while the IT crowd, Red Dwarf, and Black Adder seems to have more thought behind it. Maybe I'm over analyzing it, but this interview shows the brilliance of people like Ayoade along with those involved in the previous shows I mentioned and of course the Monty Python crew. That being said, my aunt is British so I have cousins that are half English, but they have had no influence on my sense of humor. They are just surprised when I rattle off the names of my favorite shows.

did you see that ludicrous display last night?

What a gorgeous man Ayoade is!

They gave a huge award to Graham Norton (who IS deserving), but Ferguson is incredibly under-rated in his great ability to both draw people out + be funny + entertain + exudes "genuine". Why did Craig have to retire!? Damn. Ayoade? Poster child for "under-rated" talent.

Richard Ayoade's is pretty great at controlling his impulse to laugh when he's in character. I've seen him break and try to hide it. If I were a comedian who worked with him, I might become slightly obsessed with trying to make him laugh.

The audience has no idea what's going on when Richard and Craig are talking about the places where they grew up.

Only Ayoade can refer to a fart as a "comment on the preceedings" LMAO

Strong sock game from Ayoade.

Richard Ayoade is literally everything I look for in a man; tall, dark, handsome, intelligent, AND great sense of humor.

This is going over most American audiences heads I think. They've never seen a talk show conversation like this before. You'll never see something like this on Jimmy Fallon.

Half Norwegian, half Nigerian, all English! One of the funniest people out there.

It's like watching Federer and Nadal. Champions of comedy these 2 are.

The fact that Richard Ayoade is really funny without smiling and is funny makes me love him more.

I learned a lot about myself watching this interview…

"Shut UP!" "I will not..." I rarely comment just to post quotes from a video, but this was worthy

OH man I would pay to see these two talk for hours.

They literally had a conversation by pretending to have a conversation and then pretended to impersonate a shrink and client in the middle of their pseudo-conversation !

"Oh I hope they wouldn't, as then I'd have to stop admiring them" Love it

I was thinking “hey he’s actually quite a good therapist” “Mice” “Ah”

Watching this I am angry that 1)Craig Ferguson quit doing this show, that 2)IT Crowd isn't making new episodes, and 3) that I'm not living in the UK.

One of the sharpest minds in film. And Craig Ferguson is amazing as a host.

Two different energies... and the secret of Craig's success, it's an improv conversation, but an actual conversation, chock full of punchlines. It keeps *everyone* engaged, even the guest...

Possibly the only person who can handle the awkwardness of Richard.

My default position is "urm, no" Classic Ayoade

This was a journey. I feel blessed.

How much do I love Richard Ayoade? A lot is the answer.

Playing Moss in the IT crowd must of been the easiest role he's ever been cast for, he literally just had to be himself.

Richard Ayoade is always so humorous, he is wonderful.

Richard takes self-deprecation to self-flagellation.

He’s so understated but he just kills me with his delivery

for the first time, it's the guest who dominates the room. Finally someone authoritative and witty enough to take the piss at Ferguson. Great interview btw

This is probably the most comfortable Richard has been in any interview. They were in sync the whole time.

This is how to handle an interview with Richard. Spot on!

These two just naturally go off on surreal tangents - its amazing seeing them together.

Richard Ayoade in "The IT Crowd" top class channel 4 comedy, just love that show. Americans i highly recommend it.

God Craig Ferguson's "interviews" are always the best - mostly because they're not interviews at all, we just get to spy in on two witty poeple having an entertaining conversation. I could watch this for minutes!

richard ayoade is perfection

I cant help but ardently admire him.

Rarely do you see an interviewer stay on the same level as Ayoade during their discussion.

Man! I had no idea Richard was this brilliant...clearly this is an extremely intelligent guy. They were great together. Two really smart, really quick, very funny guys. And they played so well off of each other.

As usual, Richard’s marketing and promotion skills are ever thriving

I miss Craigy Ferg’s show so much. This was so much funnier than the other late shows of the time. What a beast.

God the sarcasm is completely on point

I met him once at a screening of his first film Submarine (If you liked Rushmore, you'll love Submarine). Very smart. So shy. SO handsome. I mean, really, the camera doesn't do him justice at all, no matter how much it may love him.

Richard Ayoade is absolutely hilarious.

If you like this guy, check him out on Britain's "Big Fat Quiz Of The Year" super funny

Finally pulled off an Ayoade interview! Bravo!

They went to a dark place, but I'm glad they talked man to man.

Wow. I really love watching interviews where the guests and hosts just gave the best chemistry and this one was pretty amazing. Seemed like they were just talking man to man without the audience.

Love how Richard just plays along as a way of mocking interviews and social interaction . He's so brilliant.

Love the banter between these two... =)

Im more surprised that people are surprised that the guy who could keep up with Robin Williams, managed a good interview with Ayoade.

Massively taking the piss out of each other in the best way!

"I don't really know what's going on in any walk of life."

Pretty much any time i see Richard's name, i click immediately. Then i realize, "Tsk, i've played this one before," and don't care because it's awesome. This comment really takes you on a ride.

I've only just discovered Richard Ayoade (he's not really known in my country) - man... The guy is amazing!

"Shut up!" " i will not " "shut up!" "I will not shut up." This is sheer pleasure. I put this up there with Seinfeld getting coffee in cars with John Oliver. When it feels like they would go on exactly the same if there were no camera or audience, it's a delight.

Also, I just scrolled through the comments and I don't think some of the haters saw the same interview. Ayoade has a highly oddball, detached style frequently featuring imagined conceits and tangents predicated on absurdity. Ferguson got this, which is why his "questions" jumped from random topic to random topic without much serious intent, just to see what Ayoade would do with it. And when a line of conversation petered out, he'd jump to another, which worked well because it almost pre-empted Ayoade in going off on tangents. And then they went into the therapy bit, which was a brilliant parody of therapy clichés that spun into the same absurdity they'd been working on the entire interview. That final insouciant handwave, done deliberately in contrast to the somber "we're dying now"? Again, fits into that absurdist vein. My sense of humor is pretty similar, which is obviously why I hugely enjoyed this interview. I can understand why someone wouldn't enjoy it because their senses of humor may not totally line up. Or they're used to the way the Channel 4 comedians play off Ayoade and Ferguson was doing something different from them. (As one commenter pointed out, an extended one-on-one interview has a totally different purpose and format from a quiz show.) Either way, humor is highly subjective. You can enjoy or not enjoy a particular iteration, and you can argue about perception and implication and whatnot, but at the fundamental base of it, to declare that your subjective preference for humor and comedians to be universal, objective truth is...well, absurd.

This is the job I want. To sit and talk shit with celebrities, about their interesting lives and then get paid for it.

Richard Ayoade is pure magic...

This is the best interview I've ever seen if my favourite man, Richard Ayoade , because Craig understood him! I adore Richard so much gahhh

"I don't really know what's going on in any walk of life... I don't hate ppl. I'm not nuts on them. I mean, my general answer is emmm... no." 👌

Holy shit, that was interviewing on brutal difficulty. That was amazing.

if he and John Oliver were ever in the same room I would just explode from the Englishness

The last time I saw someone else go toe to toe with Craig and come out on top was Robin. Rip brother

I discovered Richard Ayoade on "The Big Fat Quiz of the (fill in the Year)" shows and fell in love. I used to think that I didn't understand British Humor when I was a teenager but now I love it, especially their panel game shows. Check out Richard when he is paired with Noel Fielding the two of them make me pee my pants.

I used to visit Elephant & Castle every month and didn't think it was that bad... But then again, I used to live in Brixton, so that's probably why.

Never underestimate the power of a vibrantly hued sock.

Two of the most clever and wittiest entertainers! Watching them go back and forth is pure comedy. 😆 Also, they are kindred spirit... Just look at their socks.

Fucking love this interview haha

"Pity sex is still sex, my friend!" That's true matey!

“I’ll play the therapist - which I’m not qualified to do, much like Dr Phil” 😂 😂 😂 funny because it’s true.

I think that is one of my favourite interviews ever.

I love both of them, and this feels more like a conversation instead of an interview. Brilliant!

I miss Craig doing interviews so much, I've watched everything I can since he stepped down but i still gotta come back to these. Anyone who can have a genuinely pleasant time with Ayoade AND Cillian Murphy should be recognized for their greatness.

Both Richard and Ferguson are very much enjoyable to listen to, I just love how creative most of Craig Fergusons interviews turn out, but with Richard Ayoade as his guest, it was just over the top entertaining. I could listen to Richard forever, and I'd happily pay those two for talking to each other.

it is me or did i wanted 20 more minutes of this?? both are brilliant!!!!

I’d buy tickets just to watch these two chat for 90 minutes .. brilliant interview.

These two work off each other perfectly. Hysterical.

The British are the best at dry humor! So happy I found out about Richard Ayoade 💯

My favorite interview of Richard so far. So sincere.

Literally one word shy of perfect. It seems like Craig ran out of options when he said "mice."

man i love the brits. Richard Ayoade's wit is just unmatched.

Fabulous interview. I really miss this show.

Great interview!