Are all the little activities he does on the show[The all Phone Calls, the Dummy in the Bar, etc] staged? They seems to perfectly timed and perfectly done to actually be real.
shareThat's what I would think. Everything works out a little too perfectly.
shareEven though I like the show, more and more I'm thinking that most of the stuff is fake. What if Norton called a random guy on the street (like he normally does) and the guy ended up furious because he was on television and didn't want to be? Heck, even when he calls someone to talk to a guest, I'm pretty sure he'd be able to hire people to speak on the other line.
Very suspicious. But still, very funny (most of the time).
There was an episode a couple of years ago when he was doing So Graham Norton here in the UK where he called a guy in a bar and got the guy's girlfriend. She passed the phone to the guy and he got really angry about it. It was absolutely hilarious - I cried laughing. I wish I could remember exactly what was said now, but it convinced me that it was real :)
shareUhhh...the show is edited probably from about three or four hours down to one, so if you have four hours of material, they just take the highlights and shovce them into the one hour show.
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Yeah that is how they did So Graham Norton so why would he change it when he came to America and did just about the same exact show. If you ever saw So Graham Norton it is almost identical except for the set.
I don't even wanna hear it David;Get that ass, up in the air;We don't have this money;He's Satin
Yea, So Graham Norton showed that most of the stuff was real... but Graham would sometimes mention that he had talked to some of the people he was calling previously, either through email or an off-air phone call. Actually, the funniest call I remember was when he call some kid in the UK who was gay and who liked to dress up in animal costumes during sex. The kid was probably late teens and ran his own personal website about his lifestyle, but when Graham called the number and started asking, I believe it went something like this:
Graham: Uh, yes hello, this is Graham Norton and I'm calling about your website.
Male: Im sorry?
Graham: You know, the website where you talk about how you dress up like animals during sex?
Male: <long pause>
Graham: He-Hello?
Male: Yes, I'm here.
Graham: Do I have the wrong number?
Male: You might.
Graham: Well is it [Graham recites number, and its bleeped from TV transmission]?
Male: Yes, this is that number.
Graham: Yea, well then I'm looking for the owner of the website about the gay animal costume sex.
Male: <again, silent>
Graham: [Graham looks through his notes] Um.... "Jason. Jason *Bleep*" Is this him?
Male: No....this is his father. He's not home right now.
Graham: [Panicked] Oh! Um.... oh, well, i'll try back later... Thank you!
Male: Good-bye.
That moment was priceless!
that was F*UCKING amazing!
XD!
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I want to believe that Mr. Norton has magical powers which enable him to do everything on his show perfectly. I mean, when Paul Rudd went on, he complained about how people just call him Mike (from Friends) now. Then later, they put fake feet and a speaker in a toilet seat and had some guy think that it was President Bush and there and he needed toilet paper, and when the guy started talking to Graham after the joke and the phone was handed to Paul, the guy said, "Is this Mike from Friends?"
My favorite had to be when Graham called up a guy who had a website where he dressed like Jesus was was trying to get a date, and Graham sent a car to go pick him up so that they could talk to him on the show. Then Graham got a guy from the audience to dress up like a drag queen and stand on a corner to see if he could get customers, and when a car finally pulled over, Jesus stepped out. That was effin' amazing.
But even if it is staged, he had some good stuff that doesn't require all that excellent timing. I mean, he had Chris Rock, Marilyn Manson and himself, a gay Irish man, all eating vagina shaped cookies. Now there's a sight.
"But why is the rum gone?"