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Francis Viper Higgins
« on: November 04, 2018, 08:18:22 PM »
Live gaming stream now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t85zs5jBEk

Looks pre-edited with sketches. You can rewind to the start. He did a some comedy stuff with RT a while back, will post later.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 08:41:26 PM »
Irish comedians get very little coverage on here. McSavage, Hardy Bucks, Rubberbandits, Bridget and Eamon etc.

It's very hard to see any of that stuff outside of Ireland to be fair. Even in the north. RTE doesn't like to release stuff on disc or make it available for international streaming, the bollixes.

But aye, I've been watching this now 20 minutes or so. Higgins is very funny indeed.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 08:59:04 PM »
A few of those RT clips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=207YqHLwquw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opd9C66QS18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5odE8v-o7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6RIZa8-sk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIV0T720NYU

Quote from: magval on November 04, 2018, 08:41:26 PM
Irish comedians get very little coverage on here. McSavage, Hardy Bucks, Rubberbandits, Bridget and Eamon etc.

It's very hard to see any of that stuff outside of Ireland to be fair. Even in the north. RTE doesn't like to release stuff on disc or make it available for international streaming, the bollixes.

But aye, I've been watching this now 20 minutes or so. Higgins is very funny indeed.

I watched a GTAV stream from months back and it was one of the funniest things ever. Sadly, he took it down/made it private a few days later. It's an alternative to Limmy's often trolling style and if you get the references/colloquialisms it's class stuff altogether.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2018, 09:03:39 PM »
Quote from: magval on November 04, 2018, 08:41:26 PM
Irish comedians get very little coverage on here. McSavage, Hardy Bucks, Rubberbandits, Bridget and Eamon etc.

It's very hard to see any of that stuff outside of Ireland to be fair. Even in the north. RTE doesn't like to release stuff on disc or make it available for international streaming, the bollixes.

But aye, I've been watching this now 20 minutes or so. Higgins is very funny indeed.

Maybe because most of them are shit? This is isn't an anti-Irish rant before you 'blow your Cork' - most Welsh comedians are and heavens most saes jokers are fire worthy, plus most Scots too.

Regional coverage should be alloted, like that Sally Phillips (welsh/english) thing, or bags mags rags (quite liked it) I'm going to sound regionally insensitive but sometimes it's bollocks - shit. Mistype but going to leave it in - haven't seen it nor know where to? Fucking I player?


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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2018, 09:10:51 PM »
Quote from: remedial_gash on November 04, 2018, 09:03:39 PM
Maybe because most of them are shit? This is isn't an anti-Irish rant before you 'blow your Cork' - most Welsh comedians are and heavens most saes jokers are fire worthy, plus most Scots too.

Regional coverage should be alloted, like that Sally Phillips (welsh/english) thing, or bags mags rags (quite liked it) I'm going to sound regionally insensitive but sometimes it's bollocks - shit. Mistype but going to leave it in - haven't seen it nor know where to? Fucking I player?

Well it's probably fair to say most of them are shit as most comedians are shit. A small few make it, and an even smaller few appeal.

I think the more important point is, and Limmy has shown, that if you're not prepared to make broader material or tone down your accent, for example, you will receive fewer opportunities, as demonstrated with his ongoing BBC experiences. He's highly regarded by many comedy fans, fellow comedians included, yet is limited to certain avenues - BBC Scotland pretty much being the glass ceiling.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2018, 10:00:24 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2018, 12:26:40 AM »
The best stuff Higgins has done is still his Modern Warfare 3 vids. "In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, g'luck".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CTYEwX3Etg

I'm pretty certain I have the exact same shirt he wears around somewhere. Doubt it fits me now.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2018, 02:57:33 PM »
Currently going through the A-Z of SNES games: https://youtu.be/omI8C-pHOa0
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2018, 10:46:11 PM »
Quote from: Depressed Beyond Tables on November 04, 2018, 10:00:24 PM
Optimus Prime has become an alcoholic
Optimus's voice is probably more like Chris Tordoff's original accent there.
I love a bit of Viper/Francis. I did get the impression that World News under RT suffered a bit from editorial line toeing compared to the earlier ones. It's a shame he hasn't gone back to doing them since he got the boot from RT.

Some of the 'non-canon' Francis vids like Schlug,  9/4 and Santy Money with the phone calls to poor Patin are ace. The newer post RT ones like The Man In The Shed and Mercedes  are great too, but there's been nothing new for 6 months.

From the bits I've seen on youtube, Hardy Bucks seems to owe a lot to Tordoff and Maloney's observations of the Mayo locals from the viewpoint of outsiders (they have said as much in interviews, having both moved to Ireland in their early teens). Their director/co-writer/ producer Mike Cockayne is also an outsider too. Not being Irish, I guess it's seen as pretty accurate/affectionate given how popular it seems to be (less so with Irish Americans, from the reviews I've read).
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2018, 11:02:12 PM »
Oh! This is the guy who did the Mercedes video in the Last Thing That Made You Cry With Laughter thread, which was great. So good on him.

He's not one of these gamergaters is he? I automatically distrust anyone gaming related.
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2018, 11:28:18 PM »
Quote from: Cuellar on December 03, 2018, 11:02:12 PM
Oh! This is the guy who did the Mercedes video in the Last Thing That Made You Cry With Laughter thread, which was great. So good on him.

He's not one of these gamergaters is he? I automatically distrust anyone gaming related.
He's a character comedian/actor/writer from Co. Mayo via Leeds called Chris Tordoff. The Francis 'Viper' Higgins character started in the Hardy Bucks videos, and also went on to become his regular comedy persona (I don't consider the Viper from his youtube videos to be the same character that appears in Hardy Bucks, from what I've seen of it, anyway)

The older Modern Warfare 3 vids were just an outlet for the Viper character's style of humour. I haven't seen any of his newer livestreams, but I doubt it has anything to do with Gamergate.
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2018, 08:06:37 PM »
No I'm pretty sure he's got nothing to do with gamer gate. Politically speaking he seems to have his head screwed on and stays mainly on the fence so as not to spoil the naivety of the character.

He also seems to be getting his setup together, broadcasting-wise. I expect him to be doing like Limmy soon and going full time online. The only reason I can think of him not leaving the streams up for later viewing is that he feels they're a bit rough right now.

His Viper character is not quite just the petty drug dealer of the TV show anymore. It's more a mixture of that character and oul boy Irish nonsense. Which is great craic altogether if you're at all familiar with that end of things.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2018, 11:14:46 PM »
I was only semi joking about gamergate, but you never know! They crop up everywhere and my general rule is that anyone internet/youtube famous is probably a cunt.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2018, 01:24:30 AM »
Quote from: Depressed Beyond Tables on December 04, 2018, 08:06:37 PM
No I'm pretty sure he's got nothing to do with gamer gate. Politically speaking he seems to have his head screwed on and stays mainly on the fence so as not to spoil the naivety of the character.

He also seems to be getting his setup together, broadcasting-wise. I expect him to be doing like Limmy soon and going full time online. The only reason I can think of him not leaving the streams up for later viewing is that he feels they're a bit rough right now.

His Viper character is not quite just the petty drug dealer of the TV show anymore. It's more a mixture of that character and oul boy Irish nonsense. Which is great craic altogether if you're at all familiar with that end of things.

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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2018, 09:21:14 AM »
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2018, 12:29:46 PM »
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TwinPeaks

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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2019, 05:18:24 PM »
Watched all of his videos on YouTube after seeing the Mercedes one. Really love him. Then found out about Hardy Bucks which just happened to have been added to Netflix, enjoying that a lot too. He's hilarious. Streams are the best streams I've watched too, love the aesthetic of them and all the clips he drops in.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2019, 06:51:25 PM »
edit: fucks sake I'm an idiot
« Last Edit: March 30, 2019, 07:03:28 PM by chveik »
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magval

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« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2019, 07:53:30 PM »
Ah Jesus the Shenmue streaming has taken over mine and my wife's lives this past month or so. Shouldn't be rearranging ourselves around some pretend Irishman streaming shit games on the Internet, but he's just so good. Big fan, although the rest of the Bucks I could do without. Glad to see he's transcended that show in a way the others have been trying unsuccessfully to do.
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« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2019, 09:01:22 PM »
I watched 3 or 4 episodes of the Hardy Bucks series. It's really decent, but yeah, found myself constantly waiting for Viper's bits.

Fun trivia: My ex grew up in the town where the Hardy Bucks was filmed (Kilasser, Co. Mayo). He also claims to have had a wee bit of a gay fumble with one of the main guys, when they were teenagers. AND!! He cheated on me and fucked off with a guy from Birmingham about 3 years into our relationship.

So both Kilasser and Birmingham are cancelled.

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Umm yeah, I really like Viper.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2019, 09:28:54 PM »
Quote from: magval on March 30, 2019, 07:53:30 PM
Ah Jesus the Shenmue streaming has taken over mine and my wife's lives this past month or so. Shouldn't be rearranging ourselves around some pretend Irishman streaming shit games on the Internet, but he's just so good. Big fan, although the rest of the Bucks I could do without. Glad to see he's transcended that show in a way the others have been trying unsuccessfully to do.
where are these at?
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« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2019, 09:59:41 PM »
Aye, I always try and watch his streams when they're on, even better when he's playing something wonky and old like Shenmue. Much more watchable than Limmy's streams for me, although I'm not even sure if Limmy streams games these days.
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« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2019, 10:42:50 PM »
Quote from: Z on March 30, 2019, 09:28:54 PM
where are these at?

On YouTube but you just have to be around to catch them, sadly they don't get archived. You can get notifications when you subscribe to him though.
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magval

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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2019, 11:04:26 PM »
A few of them have been archived by Redditors (against his wishes) so check the Viper Higgins thread over there.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2019, 11:41:37 PM »
Ahahaha he's started streaming LA Noire as Fontaine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCi6Dkaoto
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #25 on: April 01, 2019, 01:09:08 AM »
Quote from: TwinPeaks on March 31, 2019, 11:41:37 PM
Ahahaha he's started streaming LA Noire as Fontaine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCi6Dkaoto

cheers, it's great
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #26 on: April 03, 2019, 07:09:54 PM »
Live now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KB6FC1MUQA

Shnake is currently blowing the lid on the the whole aeroplane shcam.
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #27 on: May 05, 2019, 09:31:02 PM »
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Re: Francis Viper Higgins
« Reply #28 on: May 05, 2019, 10:08:09 PM »
love it
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« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2019, 08:04:56 PM »
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