Who do you think was the worst Never Mind The Buzzcocks host during the declining years of the show?

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Top-Bet1435@reddit

I didn’t like Simon Amstell when he first started but once he found his stride, he became the best one.

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

I still can't believe that Simon Amstell went from one of the most vicious, quick witted TV hosts to softly spoken introspective stand up.

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Happy_Philosopher608@reddit

And completely disappeared off telly as far as i can tell. I havent heard his name in decade 😬

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Top_Explanation_3383@reddit

I had no idea he did stand up. I'll have to look it up

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

It was so completely different from his persona on Buzzcocks it gave me whiplash when I first saw it. https://youtu.be/K4mH6E0hMbI?si=xFUC6GunY3IoKgej

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Top_Explanation_3383@reddit

Watched 10 minutes and loving it so far. Thanks for the link

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I'm fairly sure Amstell has gone on record saying that while he enjoyed his time on Buzzcocks, he was pushed a lot to be "cocky cheeky grin Simon Amstell who takes the piss out of everyone" and that's just not him, and he regrets some of it. Just off the top of my head, happy to be proven wrong.

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Elongulation420@reddit

That certainly chimes with what I’d heard. He left because he didn’t like being made to behave in a manner that was so outside his normal character. (I did enjoy his brutality though)

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Top_Explanation_3383@reddit

It's her book!

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Lopsided-Camel1114@reddit

He was ruthless once he realised he could be...towers of London wankers...he verbally destroyed the lad into a whining sideshow 😅🤣😅

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Top_Explanation_3383@reddit

Oh yeah you're such a rebel smoking a cigarette. How on earth did those guys actually exist they were so fucking cringily shite it was embarrassing. Must have had an incredible pr team

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concretepigeon@reddit

And Preston.

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Lopsided-Camel1114@reddit

🤣😅more tears haha

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smellyfeet25@reddit

he was funny. insulting to them but witty

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Blandiblub@reddit

Did Preston from The Ordinary Boys ever get a go?!

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JamesL25@reddit

He was worried hosting would alienate hardcore Ordinary Boys fans, but thankfully, neither of them are in the country

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WoodyManic@reddit

I think he went on to write songs for Olly Murs after the last fan Ordinary Boys died on loneliness.

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ExoticExchange@reddit

Or were they just working their 9 to 5.

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blainy-o@reddit

Or existed.

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

That's out of order.

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blainy-o@reddit

You're smiling as we make fun of you, you're already being a very bad Preston.

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

The Paris Hilton work was a low point for me. It wasn't what I wanted to be doing, and on top of that, it caused me some real problems with my hair.

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Own-Lecture251@reddit

Where do they get these crazy names?

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Delduath@reddit (OP)

That was the high point of that guys career.

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Various_Ad2320@reddit

Ricky Wilson

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Adventurous-Read-765@reddit

He was excellent.

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WoodyManic@reddit

Still a twat, though.

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tdrules@reddit

Biggest drunk in music, surprised he’s alive

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filbert94@reddit

That twat did it?

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WoodyManic@reddit

I stopped watching it when Noel Fielding joined. He's unbearable.

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TankFoster@reddit

I tried watching the newer ones with Greg Davies but it was *really* shit. I can't put my finger on what was different. (Nothing against Greg Davies btw, I quite like him.)

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SnooCompliments6843@reddit

Daisy May Cooper put me off. I hated her in taskmaster and buzzcocks confirmed it for me. I also don’t really like Jamali Maddox

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fleapit70@reddit

She's off it now. They've got Sophie Willard instead and she's quite funny. And she doesn't have Daisy's cackling laugh thank God.

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VxDeva80@reddit

Your comment absolutely nails what is wrong with the new series in my opinion. I love Greg as host, but Daisy's over the top screaming laughter at any joke and Jamali's general unpleasantness ruin it for me. I liked them both on Taskmaster, but they've stopped me watching Buzzcocks.

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gizmostrumpet@reddit

Jamali gets really nasty with the lineup people

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KonkeyDongPrime@reddit

Jamali Maddox is a prick. He is the worst stand up I’ve ever seen.

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TankFoster@reddit

You couldn't imagine the Preston or Donny Tourettes incidents happening now. The whole thing just seemed really safe and.... I don't know. Just shit.

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Delduath@reddit (OP)

They don't invite obscure weirdos on. Can you imagine someone like Dani Filth being invited on to the new one?

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NumeroRyan@reddit

I think it’s because they aren’t harsh on the guests or the line ups anymore. That was part of what made it so great, but also what made it decline as no musician wanted to go on it.

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Fine-State8014@reddit

Jamali tears into the line up every episode

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NumeroRyan@reddit

He does to an extent, but it’s not like the 2000’s or 90’s where they were savage. Jamali saying, “number 5 looks like he’s a sad single dad at McDonalds” isn’t ripping into anyone as much as they used too.

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DoctorWhofan789eywim@reddit

Buzzcocks needs viciousness. I appreciate that it came across as, in fact it often was, outright bullying. But that biting wit from Lamarr and Amstell was what made it great. Without that, it's just another anodyne panel show.

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Lopsided-Camel1114@reddit

Precisely 🙏

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Delduath@reddit (OP)

It's a totally different show since it rebooted on sky. Daisy May Cooper just screeches like a velociraptor all the time and Jamali contributes nothing until the lineup round where he just says things like "number three looks like a pedophile who beats bags of cats with a hammer".

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iloovehugecock@reddit

I enjoy the new series 🤷‍♂️ Simon will always be the best for me but Greg is decent. I think it is as good as it can be really given how much society has changed. You wouldn’t get away with a lot of the bullying that was done before on the show nowadays.

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levezvosskinnyfists7@reddit

Rizzle Kicks

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tmr89@reddit

Cringe

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gizmostrumpet@reddit

The best - Adam Buxton, Frankie Boyle The worst - Peter Andre

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Neviss99@reddit

Tony Blackburn

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