S18.E15: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Sir David Attenborough, Elle King

[Athena]

 

Together on Graham's sofa tonight: rapper, music producer, actor and film-maker Ice Cube and actor and comedian Kevin Hart, starring in comedy action sequel Ride Along 2; House star Hugh Laurie and Broadchurch star Olivia Colman, together in The Night Manager; and broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough. Plus, music from Elle King.

 

[dusang]

They're all on the couch together!!!!!!

[dubbel zout]

Good news for us Yanks: BBCA has it scheduled for Monday at 10 ET.

[attica]

Good couch! I did want Cube to move his hat brim so that we could see his eyes, or that the lighting crew would do something about that shadow, but I guess one can't have everything.

 

I love Olivia Colman so much (and can. not. wait. to see Night Manager.). I want to have drinks with her.

 

Red Chair guy was hysterical: I think he's a refugee from a Guy Ritchie movie. I'm still saying "Rawscals" at random people today. (I know Americans on the couch are probably trying to be self-deprecating when they confess not being able to follow accents, but it often does not come off that way. Elle King's "I did not understand a WORD!" came off...not so self-deprecating. It came off -- at least to me -- like it's their fault for being incomprehensible to her.) 

[sugarbaker design]

Only on The GNS can a disparate panel of celebrities like this one could work so well together.  Ice Cube had a smile on from start to finish.  And I agree with Hugh Laurie, Ice Cube's take on the current Oscar controversy is spot on.

[dusang]

I think my favourite moment was when Graham noted that Olivia had not even known her character's name the last time she was on to promote a film and Kevin and Cube were just killing themselves laughing at her promotional ineptitude.

[FormerMod-a1]

I loved showing the Hugh Laurie rap in front of Ice Cube!  I also loved the Hugh Laurie rap, in general.  I had never seen it before.

[attica]

Few things are as reliably comic as middle-aged (or older) white people affecting hip-hop language/slang/culture. 

[sugarbaker design]

That never gets old!

[dubbel zout]

Hugh had the grace to be deeply embarrassed, too; that always helps. I just adore Olivia Colman. She's always so funny and charming.

 

Kevin Hart was a good guest; he has a tendency to take over, and it was nice to see him give everyone a chance to talk.

[peeayebee]

Fantastic show. Probably my least favorite was Ice Cube, but that's not because he did anything bad. Everyone else was just so great. Kevin Hart consistently cracks me up, and I just loved how much he was enjoying himself. Olivia Cole is perfect, as usual. When she said she didn't know why she was sent out to do promotional talk shows, I just wanted to say, "Because you're awesome." Hugh Laurie is always a treat, as is Attenborough.

 

I need to find out when The Night Manager plays here. I hope it hasn't started already.

[dubbel zout]

I don't think The Night Manager is here yet. I searched it on my DVR and couldn't find it. 

[attica]

It hasn't aired in the UK yet.  The tubes tell me A&E will begin airing it here 19 April. It's a good book, I'm tickled they cast Burr with Colman. I pictured Brian Cox when I read it (because he has played plenty of spydaddies in his day, I guess), but there's literally no reason that character can't be a woman.

[paramitch]

I loved this episode so much. One of the best examples of why this show is so wonderful -- the unexpected alchemy of the couch! You never know what the newest mix will bring, and watching Kevin Hart cracking up over Olivia Colman's daffy promotional goofyness was just the most delightful thing ever. 

 

I love Olivia Colman so much (and can. not. wait. to see Night Manager.). I want to have drinks with her.

 

She's really so charming and funny. She definitely comes across as someone you'd want to be best friends with, instantly.

 

Fantastic show. Probably my least favorite was Ice Cube, but that's not because he did anything bad. Everyone else was just so great. Kevin Hart consistently cracks me up, and I just loved how much he was enjoying himself. Olivia Cole is perfect, as usual. When she said she didn't know why she was sent out to do promotional talk shows, I just wanted to say, "Because you're awesome." Hugh Laurie is always a treat, as is Attenborough.

 

I loved that so much, especially Olivia's "I don't know why they keep asking me to do these..." (said not in annoyance, but in genuine puzzlement, since she's so bad (ahem, BRILLIANT) at it! The entire couch was just adorable together, and Graham's enjoyment was palpable.

 

It was interesting -- I was surprised at how reserved Ice Cube was, but that made Hart even funnier, honestly, because it gave him something really funny to work off of. And I always love Hugh Laurie (and that "Good-ass Motherliker" rap video was EVERYTHING).

 

I've never been a huge fan of Kevin Hart's movies, but I had a total crush on him here -- he was just so clever and effortlessly, consistently funny, and he was also generous with the other guests. 

[peeayebee]

I don't think I've seen a Kevin Hart movie, but he is so great in interviews. I think I saw one standup performance, and that was fun. He was enjoyable and funny on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, and in a bit on Conan with Ice Cube.

[catray]

This was a very random couch, but a lot of fun! Which is something I love about Graham Norton, because most of the time, he can bring a disparate group of people together and find the hidden chemistry. While I am not a huge Kevin Hart (sorry, haven't seen any of his movies), he was very charming on the couch and I enjoyed the reactions to Hugh Laurie's rapping (which was hysterical, I just about died laughing) and to Olivia Colman not knowing which character/movie she was promoting (and she's is very affable and charming anyway). Fun episode!

[Mumbles]

I think my favourite moment was when Graham noted that Olivia had not even known her character's name the last time she was on to promote a film and Kevin and Cube were just killing themselves laughing at her promotional ineptitude

Gosh, Ice Cube and Hart was such great guests - funny and interesting in their own right but gracious and genuine when it was the other guests' turn. Their genuine laugh when they showed the Night Manager promotional photo and Coleman commented it look like she wandered into it made me laugh as well. And they were so engaged when Attenborough came out.